Samuel Chapman

Thanks to where I live, I can proudly say that I got so distracted by my audiobook that I drove into a different state

The worst of them are the ones that sound excited about the breakdown of law and order, because laws are the only things stopping them from hurting the people they hate.

Others have probably said this, but it's not the act of prepping so much as a prominent community of bad-apple preppers.

Growing food, installing solar panels, and forming bonds with your neighbors are all prepping! But for a few loud folks, it's all about the guns.

Reminder that while climate change is a major contributor to water crises in the American West, it is far from the only factor

Also a reminder that distributing water rights by date of colonization is a Bad Idea

And the people pushing both movements will do so while insisting there's no value to college gender studies departments.

Happy Halloween! In case you need a ghost story for the occasion, I abridged The Legend of Sleepy Hollow to better suit reading aloud: samuelpchapman.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/t...

For me, it's not the power armor that makes Iron Man, it's the wealth. He's filthy rich, but his conscience won't let him throw his money around without leading from the front.

He could be a French nobleman named Antoine de Starque who equips a mercenary company entirely out of his own pocket.

Reminds me of a useful quote from Aaron Sorkin: "Nobody ever starts a sentence with 'dammit.'"

HP Lovecraft, a man twisted by a perverse cocktail of racism and seafood allergies, did irreparable damage to our perception of unknowable ancientness. Our model for Great Old Ones should be Tom Bombadil, not Cthulhu.

I could teach an entire Environmental Humanities semester unpacking this joke

Also why teenagers don't seem to care about anything. Caring is a weakness. Some people pretend they think "everything is lame" because enthusiasm has been used against them once too often.

So many phrases sound like "a good band name" that it's harder to come up with a bad name for a band than a good one. Discuss.

My mother, who grew up in southern Indiana, would frequently describe things as "going great guns"

(I actually tried this. Did not work.)

ChatGPT, please rewrite Marc Andreessen's "Techno-Optimist Manifesto" to be a response to his mother not letting him play video games after 9

Reminds me of a MBMBAM bit where they asked the very legitimate question of how Garfield keeps getting access to lasagna. Is Jon making it for him? But then why does Jon always get mad that the lasagna is gone?

it's always the ones you most expect

Zeke is probably stealing something right now. Larisa doesn't need to, she just asks for it nicely.

And now to offset the rage and frustration, here is some moss

Never forget what these keyboard warriors have revealed about themselves.

The first priority of all reasonable people should be to minimize bloodshed. Prioritizing punishment over the safety of victims is a morally bankrupt perspective.

It's fair to blame climate change on the limitless growth demanded by capitalism, but that has nothing to do with birthrates and everything to do with unequal distribution

OK, I officially lasted 6 posts before getting political, but I can't stand when people blame all environmental problems on overpopulation. Developing countries have higher birthrates and lower per capita emissions. It's willful ignorance.

Writers, one of my day jobs is hiring: app.workello.com/a/cloudwards...

It's not always the most exciting content, but it's steady remote work with fully flexible hours and a fantastic team. And you might have me as an editor! (I promise I'm cool)

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Light of Setting Suns by Samuel Chapman "Grandpa, you don't have to." Dovan's little hand rests inside his. Cyfris closes his fingers around it. "I know I said before that I wanted you to tell everything, but I changed my mind. You don't ne...

Live in BCS #392, Fifteenth Anniversary Double-Issue: "The Light of Setting Suns" @samuelchapman.bsky.social. ""Grandpa, you don't have to." Dovan's little hand rests inside his. "I know I said before that I wanted you to tell everything, but I changed my mind. You don't need to tell this part.""

Looking forward to connecting with a writing community again!

Oh, and I'm cuttlefishcrossbow on AO3, where I just wrapped up a murder mystery set in Stardew Valley: archiveofourown.org/users/cuttle...

To Find the Colors Again My name is Sam Chapman. I'm trying to make a living writing stories.

I also blog irregularly at To Find The Colors Again: samuelpchapman.wordpress.com

My most recent post lists 100 alternate history ideas that don't involve the Nazis or Confederacy. Feel free to use any of them!

OK, here I am on Bluesky! I'll start by boosting a story I just published, "The Light of Setting Suns" in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social. It's a retelling of the story of Icarus that asks (among other things) if an eight-year-old can really display hubris:

www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...

Hi Michael! Just finished listening to the podcast. What an experience -- your performance was incredible. This is the first time I've ever had a story narrated by pros, and I'm ridiculously impressed by how you and MK brought it to life. Thank you so much!