My first Perfect Grade build. It’s finally time!

This is not a social media post.

RFK Jr. is using roadkill the right way.

by Ezra Klein

Happy Release Day!

Print copy of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR surrounded by trinkets

A blue rag doll reading a copy of CELLAR on a green couch.

A print copy of CELLAR sitting next to a small zine with a gold star on the cover

"VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH Join author Ivy Grimes, special guests TJ Price, Christi Nogle, Sasha Brown, and host P.L. McMillan for a live reading, Q&A, and giveaways to celebrate the release of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR! Wed. March 25th, 8PM EST. Free entry!"

It's finally here!! 🥂🎆🎈 Welcome to the surreal, secretive, aurora-filled world of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR! 🌌🌟
Don't forget to join author @ivygrimes.bsky.social TONIGHT at the virtual book launch, 8PM EST! ⬇️

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My favorite was: When Chuck Norris does a push up, he's not pushing his torso up, he's pushing the rest of the world down.

Waiting for food at the Bento near my house. They used to play episodes of Initial D on the TV here. No longer.

And I’m starting to realize why so many folks yearn for “The good old days.”

Happy release day to @jawmccarthy.bsky.social!

Our first release of 2026, SLEEP ALONE, is out today. This Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated novella returns in an all-new edition, including the bonus story "With Animals".

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Peeps, social media is fickle and volatile.

hex is steadfast.

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Speaking of which...

Mark your calendars for March, 20th at noon. See you then 😈

2027

J.R. Andrews, Zak Cowell, Suzy Eynon, Ivy Grimes, Rebecca Harrison, Travis D. Johnson, Cliff Jones Jr., Massimo Magee, T.J. Price, Rhiannon Rasmussen

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Hard no. There’s enough AI slop in this world. I look to lit/genre mags as one of the few curated spaces where I don’t have to worry about encountering it.

Being on a fixed salary is ALWAYS a scam:

Either you're in charge and trying to hide your true income from the IRS.
OR you're being exploited by that guy^ for unpaid overtime.

THAT'S IT!

Abolish ICE.

There’s no reforming it.

There’s no compromise.

There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.

My friend texting: (((Going through some stuff)))

AI Pop-Up: Hey, just reminding you I'm always here now, reading everything.
Sounds like your friend is going through A LOT. Want me to summarize his human words, thoughts, and feelings? Because, I mean, fuck him, right??? Hahahaha.

For those who don't know, Cursed Morsels is based out of Minneapolis. You've probably noticed that shit's kinda fucked here. That said, thousands of people are organizing with their neighbors to stop fascism and provide mutual aid, which is pretty goddamn cool. Let's keep it up. ❤️

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Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!

We want you 🫵 to vote in The Hugo Awards and it's really not as complicated as it looks:

Writing Thoughts | Ivy Grimes | Substack Writing thoughts from me, Ivy, and from writers I interview. Click to read Writing Thoughts, by Ivy Grimes, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

If you want to read interviews with various indie authors, I post them regularly on my newsletter.

I could also post lil advice columns sometimes if anyone wants to DM me a question. I know nothing, but I like to meddle.

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I distinctly remember watching this on its first go-around in 1996 and being scared to go to bed that night.

Twitter is owned by a fascist, Facebook and the Washington Post have gone MAGA, and now CBS News is about to be turned into far-right state TV. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.

Deep Thoughts (Writers' Edition):

If you keep enough critique partners, and you're constantly throwing your work into different slush piles, a truly enviable number of readers are already familiar with your work.

Agreed.

Previous Text: “Works that are wholly written using generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible.” New Text: “Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible.” -and- Previous Text: “Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot” New Text: “Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and those works will be disqualified.”

It appears as though SFWA has had a very quick change of heart and is now back on the right side of this. Shouldn't have happened in the first place. New Nebula Awards eligibility rules for generated text are now:

For the evening crowd:

I had the privilege of being interviewed by the great @ivygrimes.bsky.social about writing.
As if I know what the hell 😂

So humbled (and relieved!) my first ever interview was with none other than @ivygrimes.bsky.social !

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The first "Fantasy"-ish -esque?... adjacent? story I ever wrote was just accepted by @thecoloredlens.bsky.social! Woo-hoo!

The biggest scam of the 21st century -- and boy are there some heavy contenders in that pool! -- was to convince everyone to call Large Language Models "A.I."

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...

One of my all-time favorite fiction venues (@ergot.bsky.social) is selling merch, y'all!

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