It’s good fun Stephen King. It’s desert horror and weird. Can’t say it’ll be his best but he’s like pizza. Even the bad stuff is always a little good and fun.

I’m always impressed with how rapid fire King’s prose is. Can’t put him down when you get into it.

Is there a Doctor in the house??

How’s the work this morning, lovely people?

Marriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion One minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. He’s just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounter

God this shit is so fucking pathetic. Ruin your life in a normal way. "I talked to the computer too much and went crazy." Listen to yourself. Gamble or do heroin anything but this.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

March 9, 2026: Fiction by Colin Brightwell At the grocery store, I told Mrs. Wendell to mind her own goddamn business when Dennis saw an alien mascot on a cereal box and started yelling that the Regulars were infiltrating our breakfast food…

First words of the year up at Revolution John

revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/m...

Appreciate the love for “Ants”! Thank you!

The Shortlist for February 20 - Turn & Work Fiction from

The Shortlist, Feb 20:
Five lights-out flash fiction stories.

Lila-Rose Beckford in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
@amykdebellis.bsky.social in Root Smoke
@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social‬
E Ce Miller in @hfr.bsky.social
@cbwell.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social

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The direct correlation Stephen King mass market paperbacks had on me starting to write is immeasurable. They were cheap enough for my weekly allowance, and I could take them anywhere. This is such a bummer.

Of course the NRA is reeaalllly quiet.

(Because they like fascism.)

What started as a simple little funny-ish crime story about two brothers shop-lifting at self-checkout counters is nowhere close to being done at 3300 words and I guess some things just grow legs and run.

Publishers Weekly Casey Stegman, STEGMAN © CHARLIE MASNIK Nicole Otto at Zando took world rights, in a two book deal, to Casey Stegman's Kill Current from Uwe Stender at Triada US. The debut novel kicks off the Jon Hendricks series, about "a spy turned professor who's pulled back into the field to uncover a bloody conspiracy that would upend the balance of global technology and power," per the publisher. Kill Current is scheduled for spring 2027 and the second book is set to publish in spring 2028.

Hey, that’s me!

COMING FROM RHP PRESS IN 2026: "A Woman's Guide to True Crime," a searing story collection from the amazing @marythor.bsky.social. You don't want to miss this one.

Thank you, Mr. PEN longlister!!! Congrats to you too!

Closing out 2025 with this lil short story from BULL. Happy holidays!

I want to fly a plane past these guys' houses trailing a banner saying 'IDEAS ARE THE EASY BIT'

Oof. That one stings.

Uh oh. It’s the time of year where my seasonal depression mixes with my writer’s block!!!! :)

Getting real into Charles Dickens for no particular reason whatsoever

never gonna get old to see people sharing my lil book

It was a pleasure writing something for an anthology edited by @curtisippolito.bsky.social - even more so that it was picked for publication. I wrote it from a place of anger because this is something worth being angry for. I hope you get a copy TODAY and see the amazing work Curtis cultivated here!

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If you’re excited about On Fire and Under Water, join us tonight and help us celebrate! Come hang with @pujaguha.bsky.social, @rjbrash.bsky.social, @cbwell.bsky.social, and me as @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social hosts.

Register here: tinyurl.com/mr3be5ue

This Tuesday, join @pujaguha.bsky.social, @rjbrash.bsky.social, @cbwell.bsky.social, and myself for a special live celebration of the launch of On Fire and Under Water with @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social. Register and come listen to what inspired these authors’ stories as I play hype man.

(The order is not my answer I don’t have an answer yet)

FMK: Born in the U.S.A. edition.

Annnnnd go

Submissions — Rock and a Hard Place Press Submissions

@rhppress.bsky.social will be open for submissions from Saturday, November 1st, until Saturday November 22nd!

www.rockandahardplacemag.com/submissions

Some say the world will end in fire. Some say flood. In On Fire and Under Water, you get both. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social Listen to Jordan Harper and pre-order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

Wow, what a big tough guy there. What an asshole.