Sarah JH Fletcher

Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Condé Nast emptied out every single trans and Black journalist from Teen Vogue while clearing a six figure salary for a woman who slept with people she was covering while she mocked real concerns about their fitness

Lord knows I need money but this is SYSTEMIC

After Hours at Dooryard Books The manager of secondhand bookstore takes in a mysterious drifter. And then his best friend and her newborn move in. Everyone spends a lot of time thinking about Walt Whitman and badly processing t…

New Cat Sebastian day, thank FUCK

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blessed to be able to read
cursed to be unable to resist reading

Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor

The most outlandish one I’ve tried is the Moonlander, which would be very good in certain specific use cases. However, even after a couple of months of consistent use I found the mental load of retraining myself was too high.

I have the K2 on my media PC, which I mostly use for intermittent gaming. This one has brown key switches – I had it wrong upthread – which makes it pretty loud, but it’s fine for that use. It’s built like a tank so it feels very solid but it’s also higher profile and quite heavy.

I use the K3 ultra slim v2 for work – its compact layout is better for me ergonomically because I can keep the mouse more in line with my shoulder (no numeric keypad). Also very light and easy to transport. It comes with both Windows and Mac keys that you can swap in and out.

I have two Keychrons and I really like them. (One normal profile and one slim profile.) I got the red switches which are satisfying and quieter, but not silent. I do find I need the palm rest. I like that they can be used both wired and wireless.

I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one

Bart and Lisa being asked "Do you dare enter the screamatorium of Dr. Frightmarestein?"

#NowWatching Guillermo del Toro's FRIGHTMARESTEIN (2025)

I promised Jez I would watch Frankenstein with him tonight but it turns out I am at capacity for body horror 🙈

(I don’t know why I agreed, actually – it’s well known that I can only really handle one-and-a-half films from the del Torro oeuvre.)

The cover letter to my first submission: August 12, 1971 1381 East 72nd Street Brooklyn NY 11234 Edward L. Ferman The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fistion 347 East 53rd Street New York, NY 10022 Dear Mr. Ferman, I am submitting for possible publication the enclosed story, "Gem of the Gods". Too long has Sword and sorcery been dead. I hope this may help revive it. A stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed in case of rejection. Sincerely yours, Scott Edelman

On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...

"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."

THE DRINK THAT STOPS THE NATION. Some kind of midori-based cocktail topped with dried flowers

At the Hayes Theatre tonight for PHAR LAP: THE ELECTRO SWING MUSICAL, which has a suitably electric green cocktail to go with it.

just started having recency bias and i love it. easily the best bias

IT'S '6-7', COOPER. A GENERATION ALPHA TREND. WHAT THEY CALL A 'MAY-MAY'. IT'S AN ORPHANED SIGNIFIER, NO SIGNS ATTACHED. ONE COULD CALL IT DADAIST, BUT SOMME SAY IT'S TOO STUPID TO BE DADA. IT'S ANTI-MEANING, ANTI-HUMOUR, BUT DAMN IF THOSE KIDS DON'T FIND IT A CRACK-UP.

Sustainable band lineups include four cool people (Ramones), four dorks (Weezer), or two cool people and two dorks (Cheap Trick). Unsustainable band lineups include one cool person and three dorks (Pixies)

Screenshot of the NSW Fuel Check app showing two service stations opposite each other on Victoria Rd, Rydalmere. The BP price is 231.9 cents per litre and the United price is 187.9 cents per litre. A difference of 44 cents per litre.

I love the NSW Fuel Check app.

“Swear jars are mutual aid” Christopher Brown 2025

“Garfield is a lasagna pervert." Christopher Brown 2025

“Nirvana is less a band now and more a shirt." Christopher Brown 2025

“If I were a dog, I'm pretty sure I'd be a movie star." Christopher Brown 2025

for my husband’s birthday today, I made inspirational quote graphics from the funniest things he said to me this year

This entire piece is very, very good and well worth your time to read — but this bit had me rolling

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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Curtains for Zoosha

My desk, including one monitor with a split georeferenced map of London then and now showing the East India docks, one screen with a google maps of Cannon St to Aldgate, one 1920s transport map of London, and one massive 1900s London atlas showing the spread from Cannon St to the East India Docks.

"I wonder if the author fact checked this single sentence detailing how the characters get from Location A to Location B in 1922" said literally nobody EVER, and yet...

If you're 1/13th as good as my family, you're pretty important to me

The crowd has gone silent at Cuomo's party.

roses are red
big laughs are hearty

reminder to all my trans friends that a man who campaigned with this much support and love for us just destroyed the most machine politician to ever exist in spite of all odds. turns out vocally caring about us is a winning strategy!!