E. D. Jones (he/him), author and weirdmaster of Write Sinister

You had me at worker-owned.

Dangit I just binged the first 6 eps of hot gay hockey boys and now I'm out of hot gay hockey boys.

End of ep 2 in particular.

Ok wow. This show is *something* although a couple of the sex scenes are a little too yadda yadda’ed.

I just started watching and I’ll tell you exactly why. Zowie.

I backed Howard Dean, ffs. Then Edwards in 2008, then Hillary in 2008 when he dropped out, then Bernie in 2016, then Pete and Warren in 2020.

But I mean, I’ve been wrong about so many things in politics over the last 20 years, I just have no idea.

I dunno man, we’ve been burned by “swing for the fences” a lot lately. Maybe you’re right, but I’m very skeptical. We need an easy, unifying primary where everyone comes together for a consensus candidate, and I don’t see AOC as that candidate. I’d love to have her or Pete, but I don’t see it.

Hot hockey boys show on HBO has zero subtlety, and I’m here for all of it. Zowie.

I hate this, but we're going to need a safe, heterosexual, populist white guy to run against the couch-fucker. Anyone but Gavin "I hate trans people" Newsom.

Predator Badlands is a pretty damn fun movie. Clever storytelling, a good sense of humor, and some fun lore drops for both Alien and Predator fans. A-.

Right which was why I suggested glasses instead, which might provide the necessary light refraction and distance.

or wait, could he wear mirrored contact lenses? Huh.

My answer was - well, it'd have to be glasses rather than an eyepatch because it's hard to focus on an image pressed directly onto your eye.

Discussion I'm currently having with nerdy TTRPG friends:

One asked:

If a vamp wore an eyepatch with a mirror in it, could he see behind him at all times and prevent anyone from sneaking up on him?

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Who knew the guy who plays the hot vampire Astarion in Baldurs Gate 3 is a smokeshow himself? Zowie. youtu.be/PBKOx9YmLi4?...

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We wish to inform you that this is a bop.

#ghost #papaV

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AWOO takes place in our world. One spot that gets a lot of attention is Haystack Rock, off the coast of Oregon. It's this dramatic rock that juts out of the Pacific surrounded by swirling waves. Sometimes, the tide is low enough that the rock is accessible from the beach. #februaryworldbuilders

I just really need hot Klingon to get with cute War College dude. They're just so damn sweet together.

Mostly we're letting the Jem Hadar-Klingon hybrid slide because I fucking love that character - and the actress is a hilarious comedian to boot.

A good episode that also contained a few head-scratchers, like why SFA continues to be lazy about Trek canon - Betazoid eyes, and now Vulcan blood (not to mention including alien species that shouldn't exist, like Jem Hadar-Klingon hybrids and Cherons, but we'll let that slide for now).

But yeah, what is it with SFA just being lazy about oddly specific canon stuff - Betazoid eyes, Vulcan blood?

When Sean says "mostly harmless" in a section about easter eggs, it's clear he's a hoopy frood who knows where his towel is.

My novel AWOO has vampires in it, which might imply a soul, because vamps are cowed by religious icons. My vamps are cowed by *any* religious icon (including atheism - I have a vamp cowed by a copy of The God Delusion) because it's the *belief* that matters most. #februaryworldbuilders

Keeping my eye on this. Sounds cool. #horrorwriterschat

I'm excited to read this! Sounds very cool.

The creature in this blurb comes from a dream I had (yes, really), where a small black-skinned creature covered in eyes grinned at me from a bathroom sink. It's now a primary antagonist in "Cold."

Thanks for a fun one, Eryn!

writesinister.substack.com < - my weird little corner of the Internet.

tinyurl.com/mehhurm9 < - "Flash of the Flesh" - a nasty little anthology of body horror featuring a story of mine.

#horrorwriterschat

The thing stares at me with all of its eyes, the eye-mouth splitting into a smirk, spilling glutinous fluid down its chin, still humming. I know the tune, but I can't name it. When I finally turn to the thing, that wet eye-grin widens. "It's your next hit song," it says. #horrorwriterschat

Thanks! I'm sure I'll get it done. The problem I have is my metal band has to cross the whole country LOTR-style and then play a show at Disneyworld. Hard to know how to pace it, where to put scenes. That's the real problem - pacing the journey itself. :)