Get in Trouble by Kelly Link.
So not only do I have to make more room on my favorite stories shelf but also have to keep the stories-within-stories straight as well - thanks @kellylink.bsky.social for more timeless troublesome fun. (I know this is an older one but it's gold.)
investigate everyone involved in DOGE
The seventh story in Saros #5, "Walk with the Angels" by @awritingwren.bsky.social, is a wonderfully (and/or horribly) rich sensory experience. I am absolutely in love with the way this story mingles the sublime and the grotesque through its fascinatingly awful imagery and poignant sense of longing.
On a metro car that smells like all the weed in the history of the world until the end of time.
Overhead shot of cars passing over a bridge with the legend “Montgomery County Maryland”
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Today in tilting at windmills, I’m taking another run at the novelette/novella/whatever that I’ve started then abandoned three times now.
ICYMI my latest short story recs are up! With stories from @khoreo.bsky.social @unchartedmag.bsky.social @frivolouscomma.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social @undertow.bsky.social @thedeadlands.com @flashfrog.bsky.social @lightspeedmagazine.com
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Movie poster for Deathstalker (2026)
The Deathstalker remake’s version of GGG is gory, goopy, and goofy. It’s a fun tongue-planted-firmly-in-cheek watch, and hang out for the closing credits for some period-accurate 80s power metal.
Cover of issue 10 of Nightmare Abbey featuring luris, pulpy colours and a large spider and dilapidated house, plus list of contributors.
Preview of my story "The Grinning Woman" with black and white art of a woman rising from a lake.
What's this? Another new story just published. "The Grinning Woman" appears in Nightmare Abbey #10 among a stellar ToC.
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Janky. Janky janky janky. Thanks AI!
Throw in Rain Dogs and we have a party. A weird, weird party.
I just noticed that there’s—appropriately enough—a typo in this comment.
“Josh Rountree mixes Charles Portis’s True Grit and Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove with elements of James Whale’s The Bride of Frankenstein for a relentless train-ride of a novel.”
―Derek Austin Johnson, author of The Faith
www.amazon.com/Unkillable-F...?
Any gif of someone one their knees screaming NOOOOOOOO
The fact that he’s referring to Roy Cohn only lends this additional resonance.
Lately, I can’t stop thinking about Belize’s monologue from Angels in America, the one that includes the line “…I’ll show you America. Terminal, crazy, and mean.” This is why.
…and this will of course be totally upended by any books I decide to buy on said trip.
Deciding which books I’m going to take on a trip is a complex process that starts at least a week in advance and will involve numerous twists and reversals. High drama folks, high drama.
It's a little heartbreaking that Locus is down to the wire here. Locus is so important to the SFF community. If you can chip in, please do. @locusmag.bsky.social
Another year of adventure awaits! The new Goblins & Galaxies Kickstarter for issues 5-8 is live. Use this link to check out our new rewards! https://bit.ly/4cX6LP8
If you're able, please consider kicking in something towards the Locus fundraising campaign ASAP.
Awning for Maryland Stamps & Coins, est. 1974
I’m neither a stamp guy nor a coin guy, but I love that this nerdy little business has been a going concern for 50+ years.
Emerging from three weeks of the worst flu I have ever had to continue singing the praises of the stories in the Sound/Silence issue of Saros SF. The linguist in me cannot get enough of @yasmeenfahmy.bsky.social's work, and I hope to see her stories in many, many magazines in the years to come!
awesome review with a nice mention of my story “The Reek from Pelton Creek”.
thanks for reading!
Always trust the meat brain. The meat brain has the answer.
Text on top: Frost Zone, below this STORIES in an oval shape, then Books 1-3 now available. Book 4 coming autumn, 2026. Below text are a row of 4 books: covers of Frost Zone Stories 1, 2, and 3, plus a mock-up/stand-in cover for book 4 featuring only text BOOK 4 autumn 2026.
...working on Book 4 of Frost Zone Stories & can't wait to present the 11 new stories from fantastic authors.
Book 4 will arrive early autumn, then we'll be open for submissions for books 5 & 6!
See books 1 -3 here:
www.frostzonestories.com/p/issuesbook...
I’m well aware of the many, many problems at the Post, but Philip Kennicott remains America’s preeminent architecture critic and this piece is worth reading.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Science is good. We should fund it.
