You wanna read an awesome poem today? Because we've got a certified award finalist poem right here: smallwondersmag.com/piece/from-d...

guess @bencollins.bsky.social will be succeeded by John Onion.

The Stars Play Tug-of-War Sometimes - Small Wonders There have never been so many red lights before. I wouldn’t mind dreadfully—they tickle all pleasant and rich over my skin—but you are too silent.

"The Stars Play Tug-of-War Sometimes" by @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social has an unexpected point of view character, especially since the story is set on a spaceship. Check it out here:

That’s actually the path for Manuscriptum to work for novels — use the Longform YAML frontmatter.

It’s remarkable how much time I need to sink into thinking about what I’m going to do instead of waiting for inspiration to strike and thus am often putting sections in my outlines or notes that read “I’ll figure this out later” because past me is a dick.

- Continuous Mode: view multiple docs as a single page
- Novel Word Count
- Typewriter Mode: keep the current line centered on screen
- my Manuscriptum plugin (github.com/sgranade/man...): turn notes into Shunn-formatted docx
- Templater: formatted scene/note cards
- Git: source control

🤝 I rewrote my university’s entire LaTeX template to make it actually follow requirements.

but think of all the time you could spend fiddling with your writing setup instead of writing and getting paid

I think the main thing for me is Scrivener for Windows is slow to start, slower to compile, and compilation options are like prepping a passenger jet for flight. Obsidian’s lower friction across all of those but requires more plugins.

I suspect I could tune my manuscript-producing plugin to work for novel length works, but right now that’s too speculative for me to use Obsidian for any of my longer works. (Though for research and wiki-like compilations of info it’s aces.)

If you need advanced compilation or formatting, or are writing a novel, or pile all of your research in with your writing, Scrivener likely is better. Obsidian took some adjustment (Markdown only; had to find plugins to get what I wanted) but is really light on its feet and focused on writing.

Don't worry, they still mostly get rejected, I guess I haven't found the right Obsidian plugin to fix that.

I've switched to using Obsidian to write my short stories and I gotta say it's made my experience so much better.

A report card about our dog’s ear condition and nails that ends with the groomer’s note: “old girl didn’t want to stand”

The place that bathed our elderly dog gave her a report card and you know, same, elderly dog, same.

The Deadlands - Issue 42 | Psychopomp Includes the work of Nosawema O., |A. E. Weisgerber, Phoenix Mendoza, R.B. Lemberg, Maya Ysabel Ng, Marvin Garbeh Davis, Sr., Diana Dima, and Kelsey Dean

issue 42 of The Deadlands is RELEASED UPON THE WORLD

including many deathy fiction and poetry

INCLUDING ONE (1) NOVELETTE, our first novelette in a while it's been too long tbh.

check out the issue page below and DEFINITELY, PRETTY PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND SUPPORT US LIKE A SKELETON
💀🦴🖤

a sign that says sorry we 're closed hangs on a glass door Alt: a sign that says sorry we're open hangs on a glass door

Kaleidotrope is now open to fiction and poetry submissions.

This is deeply frustrating. So glad you’re making it harder for me to have accessible post, Bluesky.

Welp gonna put that record on now.

Lotta folks failing the Point Out Caitlyn Jenner is Suffering Entirely Predictable Consequences Without Being Transphobic challenge.

This story has an understated approach to building really effective horror.

matthew

I’d settle for a recognition that not all can be proved in logic systems.

“please prove all true axioms expressable in your symbolic language”

“that was ancient before I was conceived of, try again”

Oh hey this is the one where Starfleet had AI take everyone’s space job and tells them it’s an honor, good thing this is no longer relevant.

Tonight’s episode of Star Trek: TOS has another evil computer. Will it be defeated by logic and paradoxes? Only time will tell!

mockup cover of an anthology called [RECORDED], showing an old fashioned film camera with colorful glitch overlays, and a skull vaguely visible in the background; smaller text says "edited by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor"

'sup, sickos — who likes FOUND FOOTAGE???? good, because SO DO I and I am going to spend my tax monies on BRINGING MORE FICTION INTO THE WORLD and editing an anthology this summer. because we need more weird art and I want YOU to help make it. 👀⬇️

mercfennwolfmoor.carrd.co#recordedantho

I wish that surprised me.

never forget

Yuuuuup. Some folks in my program volunteered at a local science museum and caught flack for it.

The pushback I got to that view in grad school has stuck with me.

When I realized what this poem was about, I sat up. The end of it made me gasp.