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An anthology called “Way of Worlds” edited by J. R. Martin containing a story cowritten by Jamie Lackey and Patrick Ropp

The story Jamie and I co-wrote is in this anthology! It’s got shapeshifting robots made of spiders, oppressive government regimes, and kissing! What more could you ask for?
✨ @jamielackey.bsky.social ✨
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Not gonna lie: I had and continue to have complicated feelings re: my debut novel taking off due to the Trump administration.

But if you can find something in it that resonates with you in these weird times, my feelings about that aren't complicated at all. <3

Five Answers to Questions You Probably Have - Uncanny Magazine Answer 1: Your mother was right. I get pissed off upset too easily, and I can’t be trusted with money. I can make a lot of excuses but the clearest answer is she’s always been right about our fights e...

New story day! “Five Answers to Questions You Probably Have” is live at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social.

It's a short story told in the form of a crumpled up note, stuffed inside a geode, hidden in your bedroom wall, from the father you've never met, explaining how he knew you'd find this one day.

Three Faces of a Beheading - Uncanny Magazine Bloodsoaked and grinning, the Soldier climbs to the summit of the ruins. The wind is mountain-top fast. It grabs the strands of her hair that have escaped her ponytail and sticks them to her ecstatic ...

Today I have a new story out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social - “Three Faces of a Beheading”, which is about historiography and usurpation and storytelling and protest actions.

(This is the story I was talking about a bit ago with the stunt-writing POV and structure games!)

I am very proud of it.

From searingly important YA to gritty adult SF, Sam J Miller's been winning all the awards and changing the field's landscape one incredible novel and story at a time. Join him to chat all things SFF and literary.

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That’s the exact feeling, lol. Very Good when it works but

A black and white graphic with a background of creepy fog-obscured trees. White text reads: Thrills & Chills: Horror writing with Nino Cipri. Four sessions. Starts Sunday, February 18. $225 per person.

My 4-week horror writing class with Atlas Obscura will be starting up again soon! Sign up by February 18 to learn about horror's origins, creepypasta, responsible trope deconstruction, and how scaring people is really similar to making them laugh. www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/...

This is amazing.

Hey folks! I'm not really on social media, but since I've been asked what I'm working on, here's a list of my upcoming books for 2024.

Oh no. It’s me.

Wowwwww my short story "If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak" is on the Bram Stoker Award preliminary ballot!! I love the horror writing community, so this is deeply meaningful for me.

Big big gratitude to The Dark, for publishing the story.

www.thedarkmagazine.com/if-someone-y...

Apply - Alpha Young Writers Workshop - Pittsburgh USA Applications are OPEN for 2024 (as of 8th January 2024). Applications for Alpha 2024 will close on 10th March 2024. Workshop Dates – July 24 – Aug 4, 2024 If you’re unclear about whether you’r...

This is the place. Say you're between 14 and 19 years old and you wanna learn about writing skiffy: alphawritersworkshop.org/apply/

Humble Book Bundle: Terry Pratchett's Discworld by HarperCollins Experience Sir Terry Practchett’s beloved Discworld series! Get 35+ books covering all corners of this comic fantasy universe and help support Room to Read!

Hey, DiscworldSky, heads up:

All of the discworld e-books are up for sale on HumbleBundle. $18 bucks for all 39.

Spread the word.

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Comic page giving a mini tutorial on what an RSS feed is. Panel 1: You might've seen this icon before. It's the RSS icon. But what is RSS? RSS is an update feed for a website. Every time the site publishes a post, article, comic page, etc. the feed is updated. Most websites have a RSS feed. Panel 2: You'll usually find it in a site's menu. It might also be on a sidebar or the footer. Panel 3: But if I click on it it's just a bunch of code! What gives? What am I supposed to do with it?! Panel 4: This is where you'll need a feed reader like feedly!

Comic page giving a mini tutorial on what an RSS feed is. Panel 1: One, on Feedly click the follow button. Two, copy the URL from the site's RSS button and add it to the search box. Panel 2: Three, this will bring up the feed for the site. Four, Add it by clicking the follow button. You can also search the name of the site without the RSS link but it's more accurate if you have the link. Panel 3: Add the new feed to a folder. Panel 4: Now the feed will appear on your Feedly when it updates! Panel 5: What I did was get the Feedly add-on for my browser. So every time a site I follow updates the extension lets me know! Panel 6: Clicking the title of the update opens the site in a new tab. I personally like seeing content on it's own site. But you can set everything up so you only ever need to open Feedly.

Comic page giving a mini tutorial on what an RSS feed is. Panel 1:If you run a site make sure your RSS button is easily accessible. The URL will usually be something like yoursite.com/feed or yoursite.com/rss. Panel 2: Be sure to follow your own RSS feeds to make sure they're updating properly. This way if it goes down for whatever reason you'll be able to catch the problem before your readers miss too many updates. Panel 3: And that's all there is to it! It's very customizable so play around with it to see what works for you! Panel 4: No fuss. No algorithms. Just the updates you choose to see! Hey! My favourite comic updated!

My really popular barebones RSS comic from November 2022! I hope it helps you stay updated with your favourite webcomics, artists and websites.
I’m just a simple guy who’s passionate about RSS feeds, comics and staying updated using both. Go forth and make the feed of your dreams!
#Art #Comic #RSS

On being listed in the court document of artists whose work was used to train Midjourney with 4,000 of my closest friends and Willem De Kooning, 1/12

soooo I have a new short story out!! for the first time... four years???? that can't be right. I'm totally chill about this and not freaking out in the least!!

so many of these text editors are trying to winnow our vocabularies. Let your wavy red underline flags fly! ⛳️

LOVED this book. I've even assigned it in writing classes to show how characters, relationships, and plot all interact and build on each other -- it's a masterclass.

A burning building saying "The year is 2023, Civilisation has progressed little in the last 20 years."

Today is the last day you can repost this

It seems new people are finding Benjanun Sriduangkaew, aka Maria Ying, who is also Winterfox/Requires Hate, and who is a serial harasser and stalker. I am linking to a rundown of their history, from Livejournal days through now, of harming others. Block and do not engage. Share vetted sources.

Oh my god yes and also I hate making videos so very much.

MAJOR FAN of John Wiswell here - John's my hero as a person and as a writer - so I'm super honored that he connected with my addiction horror story "If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak!!"

Oh hey, I'm one of those authors! "Someone Else's Device" and other wonderful stories available now!

"Hello, we have a reservation for the night."
"No you don't."

Spent the last few days on Twitter because something incredible happened there: thousands of people reading and translating Refaat Alareer's last poem, "If I Must Die," into, by now, probably over a hundred languages. You must see the replies and quotes of this tweet. twitter.com/blkpaws/stat...

Lee Mandelo

New essay! "Sweat and Skin" by Lee Mandelo! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/swea...

This essay is about atrocity, memory, and feeding the courageous child inside oneself. Amal has put language to the grief that has been accumulating over these past weeks; this is an absolutely vital read.

Accompanied by a recipe for labaneh and zaatar on pita.

Maladaptive Camouflage “Ask me something only I would know.” You say this to your wife because you know you’re human. You can feel it in the familiar ache in your back, and the fear writhing in your guts. You feel it ...

My latest story is live at Strange Horizons!

It's a worm-filled exploration of the violence of the closet, set in the aftermath of an Invasion of the Body Snatchers type event.
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BREAKING: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer just signed landmark voting rights legislation:

It's the first law in the nation that will automatically register people as they're released from prison!

Learn more: boltsmag.org/michigan-aut...