Dave Gross

Deleted a well-meaning but almost certainly unwelcome bit of advice.

You may praise me now.

This is upsetting if you attended my university.

Flinty Rictus is the name I danced under in college.

I was ready for snow, but I failed to apply the wind-drift multiplier.

Cropped art by Jimmy Makepeace of the Mongol nomad Goatskin standing at combat ready, a friend at her back, as the disembodied head of a statue spews violet light from its eyes. Overlaid are captions. Along the top reads "Just Launched on Backerkit. New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026 is live" Along the bottom reads "Share this post to unlock bonus stories".

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I love that review because I have read it more than once about my books, and because Mel Brooks once uttered the same phrase in appraising Matthew Broderick's and Nathan Lane's vocal performance in the cast recording of The Producers.

Just discovered another of my favorite reviews of one of my nerdbooks: "surprisingly good."

I don't buy the argument that writers using AI will replace writers who don't because those who use AI aren't writers. They're plagiarists.

A reminder that this sale continues until March 4 and the release of Operation Hellmouth.

I was half-joking, but in the context of “the party has gone completely silly.”

Well, Yakety Sax, to be honest.

The 3:27 Avatar: Fire and Ash sure felt like 6:00.

Marty Supreme is better than I'd hoped. It's often hard for me to enjoy watching a horrible protagonist wreck the lives of a more sympathetic supporting cast, but this one worked for me.

I showed up late to the party, but there are tiers including back issues. Laying in stock for a summer of Sword & Sorcery reading.

Prompted by the New Edge campaign, I backed this one, too. It's a good era for new Sword & Sorcery fiction.

Web head.

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This looks promising. Based on the same parable as Onibaba was.

When you’ve got to go…

It is time for you to recommend your favorite folk horror novels and films right here.

During the Seattle International Film Festival, John Waters was walking up Pine Street as I was walking down, so as we passed I was started by how tall he is. From a distance he'd seemed petite.

Some very good work indeed.

If Word prompts me to "accept insertion" one more time, I'm calling HR.

The digital versions of Pathfinder Tales novels are on sale until the imminent release of Operation Hellmouth.

I regret to inform you that I have become someone who refers to "young people these days."

It’s too much to hope for the D&D equivalent of Andor, but the creator of Chernobyl running the sequel to BG3?

I shiver in antici—

For decades, I avoided em-dashes because others used them as the universal punctuation mark. Editors and other colleagues coaxed me into using them occasionally. They became part of my repertoire.

Now here we are. Fucking AI.

❤️

We talked about you at lunch.

I would be damned disappointed.

That room looks frightfully familiar.