I didn't expect much from Scary Movie 6, but I happened to see the trailer just now and it goes hard on being anti-woke and like... really? I know they have never been great, but I thought it was more about not caring instead of taking a side.

I think a lot about how the percentage of American men not reading is less because there aren't books that could appeal to men (duh), and more that genuinely dark forces have worked to suck all of their attention towards self-destruction.

Looking forward to getting my Simon "Terrible Human Being" Cowell on for the Editorial Idol competition 😂

A blue card reads "Halifax Ghost Walk" with a picture of the Citadel belltower and details on the event.

A blue card reads "North Brewing Presents The TriCon Starlight Party" with the North logo and a yellow graphic of moons and stars, along with details on a party.

A blue card reads "TriCon 1st Annual Editorial Idol" above event details and three circular photos of editors/judges

A blue card reads "Imaro Book Club" over a circular cutout showing a book cover, and details on a book club event.

TriCon after dark! Whatever your jam, we will have fun, nerdy things for you to do while you are in town.

We're almost done the daytime schedule of panels, workshops, lectures, launches, and more, but fun? That's ready to go.

More details, sign up forms and more at tricon-halifax.com/events/

Cover art by Narupiti Harunsong, which shows the mythic Monkey King emerging from his flying cloud

Issue 45 of the new-look Mythaxis Magazine is out now!

mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/

Here you’ll find 6 new stories and 2 review articles, plus a background overhaul that adds an app-like mobile reading experience and a bunch of little bells and whistles!

Many thanks to our latest contributors!

The Drake "no and yes" meme format. He says no to: "I'm not a real writer because I've had writers block for six months." He says yes to: "I am a real writer because I won't use AI to write for me no matter how long it takes."

you can write masterpieces twenty words at a time

Pink birthday cake with Barbie topper. Barbie is covered in red icing to rep blood. Cake features the cover of BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE! by Tanya Pell

This is the best birthday cake I could ever get 🤣

For real tho, I have five that could pop at any moment. D:

Bugs Bunny in a black suit with a red flower. "I wish all PUBLISHERS a very RESPOND TO MY SUBS"

Bugs Bunny in a black suit with a red flower. "I wish all PUBLISHERS a very RESPOND TO MY SUBS"

Nuckelavee, 2025 In Nuckelavee, the dreaded sea spirit of Orcadian myth rises as a warped fusion of horse, bird, and human, split by the waterline into two mirrored horrors. Above, its bark-like form looms with primal...

Today’s inspiration is this painting from Frank Forrestall. I am obsessed. frankforrestall.com/products/nuc...

This is a Blue October Stan account.

space horror is the best horror. what's out there? no one knows! big rocks. creepy things. sticky things. math! stuff on fire. big holes. big holes with math in them.

Moon's haunted. Happy Wednesday.

Come on then, and remove him.

Headcanon: Jumanji and Predators (2010) take place in the same world. When the kid is sucked into the board game he is transported to the Predators forest game preserve planet where he out kills the predators for decades until the games spits him back out. All of those parachutes? Jumanji players.

birdsrightsactivist has painted human babies and hidden them in the shrubbery.

I hope the vibes land on the page exactly as they feel in your heart

There are a lot of things that make me sad for humanity, but when I see search query suggestions on my browser like "What is the best book?" I take a lot of psychic damage.

I’m salty about author discourse focusing on irrelevant craft minutiae because publishing is more broken than at any time in my 25 years of freelance writing. And it’s not like it didn’t suck back then. It’s just that everything that sucked back then STILL sucks, and the rest also sucks now too.

ΞRΛ, by ΔXIUS LIИK 32 track album

This morning's #Bandcamp listen while I'm writing some flash. Fun Witchcore vibes.

Omg can I fry the skin into delicate skin chips??? I love a floppy skin as much as the next person, but I’d die for skin crisps.

I'm in this one with Hatred Enthrones Me! I even made some art for it. Really a bucket-list success for me, and supporting a good cause.

I may be perceived for one day only. The other 364 says you're SOL. #tdov

If you subscribe to Small Wonders you get every piece they publish, in its entirety, sent straight to your inbox! I love the convenience, and I've been introduced to a lot of cool creators I might not have found otherwise!

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Our subscription drive continues! When we get to 50 new or upgraded subscriptions, we'll do a Best Of Year 2 anthology. Help get us more stability so we can keep putting many small wonders into the world!

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I gather the SF&F subgenre formerly referred to as'blokes in cloaks' is now to be known as 'mantasy', and may be considered the counterpart to 'guy fi'. You may now go on with your day.

When this particular sin happens, it’s often because the author got the rights back from the original publisher and is now self-publishing it. They don’t necessarily have the same resources as the publisher did and don’t have the rights to use the original covers.

Vivid Worlds Book cover - green space ship and leaf design. edited by Donna Scott with stories by Ana Sun Cévile Cristofari David Cleden Liam Hogan Holly Schofield and many more...

Many congratulations to @rickandwrite.bsky.social whose story "One Step at a Time" from The Slab Press's anthology Vivid Worlds has been shortlisted for the BSFA Awards, Best Short Fiction.

Space background Obsidian book cover Photo of author wearing neon 80s shades. “’Contingency Protocol’ was written on a dare. I like to challenge myself as a person and a writer. Science is very challenging to my non-scientific brain. Consequently, most science fiction I write is of the "soft" variety. So I challenged myself to write hard sci-fi, et voilà! A story was born.” Obsidian Author: Mia Dalia What inspired this story? Preorder from Theslab.press Out April 30th

Meet Obsidian author Mia Dalia, whose novelette "Contingency Protocol" about the ill-fated crew of the Prometheus 4, whose terraforming mission to Mars goes disturbingly awry, is in the dark space anthology.
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Pre-order details here: theslab.press/store/

Space background, black book cover. Photo of author standing near a rock. Obsidian Author: Elana Gomel “The immensity of space is something that is impossible for us to comprehend. When we are confronted with the idea of infinity, our minds just shut down. It's not fear exactly, but more like terror and awe mixed together: the sublime. Deep space is sublime.” What really scares you about space? Preorder from Theslab.press Out April 30th

Meet Elana Gomel whose novelette City of Voices is being published in the Obsidian anthology, exploring dark stories from the depths of space.

www.citiesoflightanddarkness.com
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pretty excited for ya'll to read the "Bad Science" issue of Agita coming from @frombeyondpress.bsky.social in a little over a month!