Craig Clevenger

Thanks for this... Richard Matheson is an under appreciated legend.

Cover image of "Whalefall" by Daniel Kraus, showing a whale swimming upward and about to swallow a lone diver. Bonus alt text: the only other books in my "do not read right before bedtime" are all by Brian Evenson.

This book. Goddamn. Seventy-five pages in and it's already on a (very) short list of 'do not read right before I go to sleep' books. Get this one, stat. @danielkraus.com

"...In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

"He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power...

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us..

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world...

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury...

"He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers...

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance...

"...He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good...

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people...

We celebrate the signing of this document annually. But here we are.

"...But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government...

It's October, so it's officially The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (not that other holiday), so I'm kickin' off a new thing at the library. Come on down and let's hash it out over @sgj.bsky.social and #TheBuffaloHunterHunter.

Saturday, October 18th, 1-2pm, Goleta Valley Community Center.

Cheers, Craig.

For the briefest flash, I thought the mini-thumbnail of this was your leg with a new tattoo. My immediate thought was, "I didn't think Steven had any tattoos but yeah, this one tracks."

Philadelphia could be a shining city on a hill for this tactic

An image of Frank the Bunny from the film, "Donnie Darko." Superimposed is the date: September 23, 2025

He's the only horror writer to give me legit nightmares. I have sworn revenge... someday I hope to write something that returns the favor. But he's set the bar really high.

Thanks for this. Brian Evenson is masterful.

highway 64 the trail of tears is a flat circle

"They fed our novels to the machine without asking if we wanted to be the voice of skynet."

will7christopher.substack.com/p/highway-64

The Sunday Rumpus Fiction: Vapor Trail - The Rumpus "There’s days I think I’ll burn a year in Hell for every night Maria woke her momma and me, wanting to sleep with us, and I told her no, took her back to her room." Acclaimed novelist Craig Clevenger ...

therumpus.net/2014/01/26/t...

Back home from New Orleans #Bouchercon and just rolled a trinket shop voodoo doll in catnip and threw it to the little beasts. Now waiting to see if someone out there spontaneously rips open.

Photo of a traditional New Orleans beignet heavily dusted with powdered sugar. And damn... they are tasty.

Turns out the cafés in New Orleans frown on it when you motorboat their pastries in public. But you get it, right? #Bouchercon2025

Red TSA flyer that reads: REAL ID - The ID you presented is NOT REAL ID-compliant.

Security gave me this li'l scarlet letter to carry through airport screening. Sorta like a coupon for a free pat-down and a side-eye. And the extra time in line meant I got to hear my name over the airport PA for the boarding gate. Not quite the win that it sounds like. But I'm in NOLA. #Bouchercon

Bouchercon 2025, New Orleans Real or Imagined: Supernatural Elements in Crime Fiction Panel discussion with Dennis K. Crosby (M), Dale W. Berry, Hunter Burke, Craig Clevenger, J.B. Garner and Chelsea Conradt Thursday, September 4th, 9am, Salon E, Floor 3

Hey y'all, I'll be at Bouchercon this coming week. Hit me up.

Hardware Store Clerk: Help you find something, sir?
Me: Um... yeah... ant poison?
Clerk: Aisle 10. That's Death Row.

Another reason to support small, local businesses.

"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.

How about that? A victory for people who actually read.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:

LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

Thanks for this... added, as well.

Turns out maybe this book's gonna have a long, slow burn after all... #MotherHowl

Cheers, good sir. I do appreciate that, very much.

Caught a matinee of Weapons... damn... really solid.

Anyone with experience in completing a self-evaluation for work? Advice?

A worthwhile read... this article was the shot of hope I needed this morning.

Well, damn... this just made my evening. Thank you, so very much.