I'm at the UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response. We're all here to make sure we don't repeat everything we went through (and many people are still going through) with Covid. Everyone has two minutes to speak. (1/2)

I'll have a new Irini story coming out in 2027 in a cool magazine I've never been in before. Looking forward to sharing the details.

Spent the weekend in Pennsylvania. Independent bookstores everywhere. Caught live music outdoors. In Leighigh Valley happened upon a Punk Rock Flea Market and picked up some art, then visited the Bethlehem Steel Plant and saw an outdoor market where I bought a book from a local author, Jean Estelle.

You are clearly considered a subpar nut when you are flavored to taste like different nuts.

Thanks @bmccosar.bsky.social for the kind words about "A Family Forged" in your Recommended Reading series.

Bruce H. McCosar@bmccosar.bsky.social · last mo.

"Each issue generates a consistent sense of wonder and surprise. I think if independent speculative fiction were a small town, this would be the town square." Read my recommendation and profile of the magazine at bmccosar.com?p=47 @kaleidotrope.bsky.social

This story came to me as I was falling asleep. What if a boy's uncle took him to a shop filled with wonders, and while he was there he realized he was never meant to leave?

Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social · last mo.

Follow the ties that bind in @aaronjemmel.bsky.social's new story "A Family Forged." kaleidotrope.net/summer-2026/...

If you think AI is good at writing now, just wait until it steals what I'm working on next.

A family member lost her home to fire outside Spokane. It was a work of art, shaped over years.

As a guy, I'm supposed to think about Rome at least once a day, if I'm understanding social media correctly. And to me, the main takeaway of Roman history is that everything we associate with their greatness was established when they were a republic... (1/2)

The Water Knife was a riveting novel, but I didn't want to live it.

My new story, "Strip Mine," out now in @mythaxis.bsky.social, is my take on the toll of climate change. Kevin needs his job in the Maya Mountains, but keeping it might cost more than he can afford. I love this line from the editor's intro: "Returning contributor Aaron Emmel sugar-coats nothing.”

Glad to be back in @mythaxis.bsky.social with such a great lineup.

Mythaxis Magazine@mythaxis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Mythaxis Magazine – i46 Rooted – Melanie Bell Apex BestLives – Tim Borella The Loneliest Dog on the Moon – Alya Marchenko Strip Mine – @aaronjemmel.bsky.social Wait Til I Feel Cool – @juliatilford.bsky.social Rhea’s Stone – Gordon Graham The Twilight Pariah, Jeffrey Ford – @faceyouhate.bsky.social

I've been a loud part of the chorus pointing out how well Octavia Butler anticipated contemporary America. But if there's anyone truly prepared for the current era, it's Warhammer 40K fans.

I'm at the beginning of Tana French's latest novel, The Keeper. The plot is thickening. I can begin to sense the outline of dark secrets that are soon to emerge. But like all of her novels, I'm enjoying the writing and the characters so much that I'd have a hard time stopping in any case.

My new story, “A Family Forged,” is out today in the summer 2026 issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social. It's about a boy who goes looking for his brother and ends up trapped by the same dark magic that captured him.

Excited to be in this issue with my new story "A Family Forged."

Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Summer 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope has now gone live at www.kaleidotrope.net, and if I do say myself, it's out of this world!

My daughter is part of a short story writing tournament that she and about 20 other 6th graders are running. They have a panel of judges who are giving away Skittles as prizes. The kid who came up with the idea is paying with his birthday money.

Downtown Baltimore has Balticon and a death metal festival going on at the same time, so the outfits on the sidewalk are all amazing.

At Balticon today and saw a writer whose name I recognized. I went over and introduced myself and said we'd been in an anthology together. He said, "Oh." So, that was exciting, I guess.

Pleased to share that Aaron Kreader and I have just sold an option for an animated version of our graphic novel Zanján. Hopefully will have more to report soon!

I'm in a coffee shop in Geneva and I'm supposed to go to a meeting but they keep playing good music so I think I'll give it five more minutes.

It’s staggering How swiftly states in the South can still move to stymie Black voters And how ready they were to do so

There was a guy solving a substitution cipher in a notebook on the DC Metro today and I am certain I just caught a glimpse of a race against time that will end with the unraveling of an ancient Masonic conspiracy.

A fantastic creamery in Maryland. If no one's there, you just take ice cream and milk from the refrigerator and cooler and leave your money in the cash box. I was going to post the name, but the internet tends to ruin good things, so I’ll just post a picture instead.

Last week, I participated in the launch of the Kenya Parliamentary Immunization Caucus in Nairobi. Senator Crystal Asige gave a personal explanation of the importance of public health.

We took our kids to see The Empire Strikes Back for May the 4th weekend.

Every subscription service I have is raising their prices at once.

More and more UN staff are leaving NYC and arriving in Kenya as centers of leadership shift. I'm currently at the United Nations' growing global hub in Nairobi.

Based on observation, AI seems to be great when you have three sentences' worth of information and want to stretch it out over three paragraphs.