How it started. How it's going. 26 years today. [When we took the second pic, I reminded her of my proposal: "I can't promise you happily ever after, I *can* promise you that it will be interesting!"]

I SWEAR Y'ALL, I'M WORKING!

Just me hanging with RL Stine at the Ray Bradbury Center...

Behold the cover of Forged in FIYAH edited by DaVaun Sanders, a celebration of Black speculative fiction unlike anything seen before! Coming September 29, 2026. Cover art by Ernanda Souzà Cover design by Christine Foltzer us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

If you know Piper J. Drake, here is the fundraiser to help pay for her next round of chemo treatments. www.gofundme.com/f/help-autho...

For those wondering who we were bringing into the GenCon Writers Symposium as special and featured guests, wonder no longer… www.gencon.com/gen-con-indy... @tananarivedue.bsky.social @kundalinisteve.bsky.social @justinaireland.com @kwamembalia.bsky.social

In an hour or so, I'll be here with @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social , @edenroyce.bsky.social , @pdjeliclark.bsky.social and others! Come join us online!

How Black Gallerists Are Staying Resilient This Black History Month - Artsy

A friend helped me put into words my existential angst about Valentines Day: it's a manufactured holiday designed to create more Scorpios...

Locus Magazine forgot to add Spacefunk! on its list of 2025 recommending reading. I forgive them. Y'all can still read it, though. Available anywhere books are sold. Happy Black History Month.😁

Speaking of Voices… … my collection, The Voices of Martyrs, has been re-issued! Featuring a new cover by Ali and Damon Taziyah. These short stories are a mix of history, fantasy, horror, and sci-fi.

Believe it or not, the first Mo*Con was in 2006 making this year its 20th Anniversary! We can’t let that achievement go uncelebrated, so we’re bringing back some old friends and welcoming some new ones! Mo*Con 2026 runs April 30th (coincidentally my birthday) through May 2nd.

Read @Gabino_Iglesias’s review of THE MAP OF LOST PLACES edited by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social & @lesleyconner.bsky.social: “a solid group of stories that focus on place in very different ways... a very worthy journey.”

I'm honored to be part of a great and supportive team at the Oaks Academy who have worked so hard to bring the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library back to being a community jewel. www.indianapolismonthly.com/arts-and-cul...

My latest Amazing Stories column. As we pass out of the 1/4 of the 21st century these are 23 underrated speculative fiction works. Weird and under the radar a few are out of print. All amazing. Featuring works by @brianevenson.bsky.social @jamesreich.bsky.social @sbdivya.bsky.social...

Next, Abagail’s Gethsemane by Wayne Brady and Maurice Broaddus (@mauricebroaddus.bsky.social). This story fills in Mother Abagail’s time in the wilderness, informing it with an incident (and a pandemic) from her, and America’s, past. This one’s brilliant.

Different publication! @mruthrobinson.bsky.social's "The Last God of Talam Dor" in GigaNotoSaurus is a heartrending queer tale of religious sacrifice and forbidden love, and how queer love was the sacred thing all along (in my reading).

It’s the first #FridayReads of 2026! Hope it brings you good things. Anyway, let’s share some books! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) little monster full of friendship, magic, and ghosts. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

Tickets are on sale! I've been going to opera productions for nearly 25 yeaes and I'm incredibly psyched for this one. I'm going out for a supernumerary role (supers are background actors in opera productions) in the spring. Wish me luck! #blacksky

Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines… blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Marshall is such a great guy and does so much for community gofund.me/b65736a10

25 years of marriage means if you're staying in a hotel that has a land line in the bathroom, you're obligated to keep calling your spouse until they answer...or at least yell "YOU BETTER NOT BE CALLING ME FROM THE TOILET!" - - Yeah, my job here is done.

Not that I want Jeff's humiliation. I'm just a supportive friend.

When your business manager, who is also your wife, begins the update meeting with "Bruh," you know your antics are about to be reined in...

#FandSF #FavoriteStories Summer 2025 #Fantasy #SF Soul Rebel by @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social Afrofuturistic steampunk tale about the political conflict between the Maroons, Assembly of First Nations, and United States of Albion. Each chapter heading is an apropos title of a Bob Marley song.

Signed books & comics by @laurelhightower.bsky.social, @joerlansdale.bsky.social, @amandaheadlee.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @jeffstrand.bsky.social, @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social, @owenkingauthor.bsky.social, & more! Try finding those on Amazon! vortexbooksandcomicsonline.bigcartel.com

A new issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is here at last from new publisher Must Read Magazines! Featuring @nnedi.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @matthewkressel.net and @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social, @justinkey.bsky.social and more: weightlessbooks.com/the-magazine...

Happy birthday to the timeless, ageless, Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social. She's ... kinda alright. #bestbestman

I am finally home for a few days in a row so you know what that means....rant time. How Booksellers Decide What to Sell: Why Aren't We Getting This Info Out About Libraries? raforall.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-...

I have a new interview about RAKESFALL up at Reactor! In which I am quite verbose reactormag.com/author-inter...

@niadavenport.bsky.social has been an incredible part of the SSF community. She's someone who has helped many others, including myself. Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...

Flashback Tuesday: in case you were wondering what it's like raising my children (the college years edition)... Oldest: Hey, can you send me some money? I have some college expenses I didn't expect. Us: *sends money* Oldest: Thanks. *sends pic* (He's the 3rd banana from the right)

If y'all ain't karaoke-ing "Bohemian Rhapsody" with your editors, you're doing networking wrong. With @leeharris.net [To those checking our receipts, THESE ARE OFFICIAL BUSINESS MEETINGS, WE SWEAR!]

On the train to London for a variety of author and agent meetings and evening shenanigans with @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social.

This new has been a long time in coming, but it’s finally official: Wayne Brady and I are writing a book together! But first (if you want a peek at what the working relationship of me and Wayne is like), a story …

Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever. I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today! This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic. In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook Available wherever books are sold. #booksky #Blackbooksky

THIS WAS BEYOND EPIC!

I made it to New York Comic Con for the first time! Me and Wayne Brady did a signing for our story “Abagail’s Gethsemane” in The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand. We were joined by editor extraordinaire, @dianapho.bsky.social. All copies of the book sold out!

ABAGAIL'S GETHSEMANE by Wayne Brady and @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social is another story in THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: New Tales of Stephen King's THE STAND that provides insight into a pivotal character. 💙📚🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks #bookreview #bookrec

It’s been a whirlwind time at New York Comic Con so far — here are some client highlights we’ve seen! 🧵 @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social was on the fantastic Young, Gifted & Whack panel, covering the intersections of creativity and nerdom among Black communities, moderated by Wayne Brady! #nycc

My bookclub read: 'Pimp My Airship: A Naptown by Airship Novel' by @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social It's a fight for the culture in Steampunk Indianapolis Are you a #BlackReader that enjoys Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Horror by #BlackAuthors ? Join us! discord.gg/PU6wqYMq #BlackBookSky #BlackSky #BookSky

Alright, I'm reluctantly coming to terms with me being post the "Unc" phase of my career, but I don't feel like I'm ready for "Elder" status. Is there an in-between?

"Abagail's Gethsemane", by Wayne Brady & @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social: To take on a story involving such an iconic character and not only do it justice, but to add even further depth and complexity, is a shining testament to the absolute brilliance of these authors!

Oh hey please subscribe I talk about writing, media, tea and various other things catching my fancy (and to everyone who remained subscribed while it lay fallow, thank you SO MUCH).

It's a project I love, too! (And not just because I'm a special fiction editor there)

If these times have taught us nothing else, it's that we can't finance our liberation efforts on grants...

If you or anyone you is interested in taking a short fiction online workshop with me, please urge them to register at the link in next post Registration fee for this is a mere 25$ but more is welcome Thanks for your attention to this f*cking matter www.humanitiesnd.org/event-detail...

I've finally had a chance to put out a new newsletter over at Patreon. What I've been up to... www.patreon.com/posts/awesom...

New one's up! Sibling rivalry, cheetahs, and Crazy Charles with @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social (Sweep of Stars, The Knights of Breton Court, Unfadeable)! youtu.be/CpiSsxEt2FE #horror #psychology #podcast