Scott Edelman

This afternoon's treadmill movie was Sisu, because I was in need of something feel-good, and since I'd heard it was about Nazis getting what they deserve, I figured in dark times like these, there's nothing more feel-good than that.

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It seems to be here, though I don't know whether it's a trustworthy site. m.ok.ru/video/834239...

Donald Trump was already a career criminal when he entered the public's consciousness during the '80s, so there's no way anyone who cast their vote his way didn't know he'd use the power of the presidency to become a war criminal as well. Those who claim they were fooled wanted to be fooled.

Because you should understand we're all bozos on this bus, let me report I've received 11 rejections during the first two months of 2026, which would annualize to 66, not quite hitting my record of 82 in a single year. But with 10 months still ahead and 11 stories circulating, you never know ...

Marie Severin's black and white wash caricature of the EC Comics publisher with his feet up on his desk and his head back in his chair while napping. There's a blank thought balloon over his head toward which an arrow points with the caption, "Oh, wouldn't we like to know!" I had Gaines autograph in that blank thought balloon. He chose to write: "The seducers are innocent. And so is the National Lampoon!!! Bill Gaines."

Remembering publisher Bill Gaines, born on this date in 1922, who throughout the 1972 EC Fan-Addict convention this teen needled about the National Lampoon's then-recent spoof of MAD — which explains his autograph within the thought balloon above Marie Severin's caricature in the con's program book.

A graphic for the game Clues by Sam which says: Solved Mar 1st 2026 Solved in 05:01 There are four graphics in a two by two grid. Image #1 shows a sleuth with a magnifying glass and the words Clues by Sam. Image #2 shows one of the suspects with a the outline of a person and a pretend text block beneath. Image #3 shows another suspect's outline, and the words, "One criminal is a turncoat" Image #4 shows a four by five grid of the puzzle itself, with check marks in many of the squares.

Today's Clues by Sam rating was "Evil" ... and it was. cluesbysam.com

The Outer Limits St. Remedius Medical College <https://stremedius. com/2026/01/28/st-remedius- medical-college-baking-through- the-apocalypse-2026/> has started a new feature "Baking Through the Apocalypse 2026" inspired by Scott Edelman and Chloe N. Clark.

Flipped through the latest issue of Locus and discovered —wait, what?

Submitted my Bram Stoker Awards final ballot. Best of luck to all the nominees! I look forward to partying with you at StokerCon in Pittsburgh this June.

THIS.

A Hillary Clinton for president bumper sticker from 2016, with Hillary in blue and 2016 in red. There's also a url on the lower left of hillaryclinton.com.

Thinking of slapping this bumper sticker on the back of my Jeep today to remind the world we didn't have to live this way.

YouTube video by Sally Baby's Silver Dollars NPR Tiny Desk Submission 2025 | Sally Baby's Silver Dollars - Goodnight Miss Lulu White

Ending the night with some Sally Baby's Silver Dollars as a palate cleanser for the day before heading off to Dreamland. youtu.be/dFYNGbASJ-Q

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If you'll be attending Capclave this October, take note — the hotel room block opened today. capclave.org/capclave26/h...

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Completed my Nebula Awards ballot with only hours remaining, and having done so, felt compelled to rewatch this snippet from Andor, which seems terribly important on this day of all days. youtu.be/-asb8zTiuZ4

A final ICYMI for weekenders of the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic with Liz Gorinsky. Take a seat at the table to find out the many reasons whatever you’re doing you should be doing for love, what makes Liz realize a manuscript shows potential — and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Now this is the news I *should* have woken to this morning!

A photograph of a woman wearing a rainbow-colored, horizontally striped, full body, hooded onsie with bunny ears.

Remember the garment I told you I'd bought which would cause everything you've ever seen me in at a convention before seem boring by comparison? This isn't it. (But could be, I suppose.)

This guy is almost enough to make me wish I was a New Yorker again.

When did that beard happen? We obviously haven't seen each other in far too long!

Photos of those guests in a row stripped across the middle of the Eating the Fantastic icon, with the logo and the top of a flying saucer visible above, and a chicken leg and donut visible below. The guests captured eating are Gareth L. Powell, Amal El-Mohta, Wole Talabi, and Eugenia Triantafyllou.

Congratulations to everyone who made the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards shortlist! I'm particularly pleased four of them have previously dined with me on my Eating the Fantastic podcast. I invite you to learn more about these amazing creators by eavesdropping as we chat and chew. pod.link/1083737796

A graphic for the game Clues by Sam which says: Solved Feb 28th 2026 Under 7 minutes There are four graphics in a two by two grid. Image #1 shows a sleuth with a magnifying glass and the words Clues by Sam. Image #2 shows one of the suspects with a the outline of a person and a pretend text block beneath. Image #3 shows another suspect's outline, and the words, "One criminal is socking away for retirement" Image #4 shows a four by five grid of the puzzle itself, with check marks in many of the squares.

Turned to today's Clues by Sam as a distraction from the horrors around us and found it took me longer than it should have to solve. My mind couldn't quite focus properly. I wonder why.

IMPEACH

CONVICT

REMOVE

"“O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle — be Thou near them! With them — in spirit — we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe. O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it — for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet! We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen."

Donald Trump's latest atrocities have me thinking of Mark Twain's "The War Prayer." www.americanyawp.com/reader/19-am...

I know how you feel.

Vis-à-vis yesterday's comments about navigating this world, I'll note my last words to Liz Gorinsky on the latest Eating the Fantastic were, "We’ll go out into the world now and do no harm."

To which Liz wisely added, "Or try, at least."

Try, at least, is all any of us can do. pod.link/1083737796

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Last night's earworm which bounced through my brain each time I woke was Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" — thanks to having yesterday run across a brief clip online from this staging of the song. youtu.be/ihM1bqIKYBY

I long for the day I don't wake to discover — as I have each day of Donald Trump's presidency — a new reason to apologize to the world. The damage he's done is profound and generational, and alas, I will not live to see us recover from the cruelty inflicted by the worst U.S. president in history.

Bram Stoker Awards banquet tickets went on sale today, so I grabbed mine. See you in Pittsburgh! www.stokercon.com/copy-of-regi...

Oh, no! I'm so sorry. May your symptoms be mild and recovery swift!

Oh, that's true! Thanks for reminding me. And here I was thinking I'd have to search out some other con. Whew!

Canadians travelling to the US advised to not fucking do that OTTAWA - Canadians thinking of planning a trip to the United States are being advised by the Government of Canada to perhaps consider going anywhere else on the entire fucking planet for their summer ...

This headline has me thinking I should plan a trip to a Canadian con next year the way I planned one to the UK in April if I ever want to see my Canadian friends again, now that Donald Trump has made the U.S. an unsafe destination for international travelers. www.thebeaverton.com/2025/06/cana...