So we have the working class, and then we have the… we have… huh, they don’t actually DO anything, do they.

Temperatures reaching 100 degrees F in Portland today. Find a cooling space on this map www.arcgis.com/apps/webappv...

Finished the smol but mighty novella The Death of Mountains by Jordan Kurella a few weeks ago, and am still thinking about the dueling philosophies, depth of unusual characters, how it is many fables within one story. And then it was awarded a Shirley Jackson Award! Don’t miss this one!

New issue is out with great stories!

Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine@3lobedmag.com · 3w ago

3LBE Issue 48 debuts today with new short fiction of weird, wonder, and horror by Rachael K. Jones, Nisi Shawl, Nick Mamatas, Ai Jiang, Cody Goodfellow, and Lavie Tidhar. Read three stories online, buy the full ebook, or become a patron subscriber. www.3lobedmag.com/issue48/

Congratulations to the awardees of the Shirley Jackson Awards! www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/2026/07/12/w...

Fifth and final season of The Bear and not one character has made an ursine transformation.

This magazine is always full of great stories and authors that you should be reading. Let’s keep it going!

khōréō magazine@khoreo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

The world contains many people who believe that if you can’t make complete perfect art in five minutes after the idea then you are a failure. Don’t listen to these people, don’t work for them, make things you love.

A kid up the block practices tee-ball in the yard, and their parent sits on the porch remarking that they’re doing it wrong as the kid repeatedly bats the tee over. But the kid says they right now they really enjoy knocking it down and not having to fetch the ball, and this is, as they say, the way.

One should always listen to Stephen Root. Whether he is talking about staplers or cursed islands.

It’s anti-prime day, so the perfect time to buy that book you heard about from your local store or order through bookshop or direct from the publisher.

Finally finished reading the duology of Fever House and The Devil By Name by Keith Rosson. These are two relentless gruesome unputdownable novels about before and after an apocalypse. They grind at emotions of the characters and readers. Take them for a relentless ride!

Finished reading the amazing novelette And Side By Side They Wander by Molly Tanzer, and loved every word. It’s a joyous read, filled with good things: sprawling science fiction, giant fungi, philosophy, robot romance, a daring heist, weird characters, betrayal, and a deep appreciation of art.

Congratulations to all the awardees of the Stoker Awards and Nebula Awards this glorious weekend!

Wishing everyone attending a wonderful StokerCon this weekend; full of good fright, inspiration, and community!

Congratulations to all the Locus Awards awardees! locusmag.com/2026/05/2026...

2026 Locus Awards Winners - Locus

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners in each category of the 2026 Locus Awards on May 30, 2026, during the Bay Atea Book Festival. Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, and Nnedi...

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Congratulations to all the Shirley Jackson Award awardees! locusmag.com/2026/05/2025...

2025 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees - Locus

The 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction have been announced. Novel Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng, Kyl...

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I Love Boosters tells a more imaginative story than an ad or review will try. Funny, strange, shocking; it attacks race, class, and capitalism with very imaginative filmmaking. And if you missed Boots Riley’s previous film Sorry to Bother You, seek it out.

Anyone who says that all writers use AI knows nothing about writing, and is making excuses for not putting in the work of reading, imagining, writing, thinking, revising, screaming, crying, and editing that are all essential parts of the process.

Did your Representative help pass a bill that forces teachers to out transgender students? Well, that there is a Rep who needs to be voted out.

New books I want to read 5/19/2026: And Side By Side They Wander by Molly Tanzer • Filth Eaters by Ito Romo • The Dorians by Nick Cutter • Decomposition Book by Sara Van Os • Our Minds Were Always Free by Lisa E. Davis • Fes is a Mirror by Chantal James

New books I want to read 5/12/2026: Muntu by Eugen Bacon • Make Me Better by Sarah Bailey • We Dance Upon Demons by Vaishnavi Patel • Multitude by Marie Vibbert • Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Mónica Ojeda • The Saw Mouth by Cale Plett • Vile Lady Villains by Dana Christopoulou

Book haul from a few local book stores, excited to read: Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris, The Death of Mountains by Jordan Kurella, From These Dark Abodes by Lyndsie Manusos, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo, and an old vintage Robert Bloch that has a wicked cover.

Look at all these great books in the latest StoryBundle! A selection of Shirley Jackson Award winners and nominees, novellas and novelettes, curated by Eugen Bacon storybundle.com/award

New books I want to read 5/5/26: I Know a Place by Nat Cassidy • Not Your Final Girl by Mikala Randolph • That Which Feeds Us by Keala Kendall • She Waits Where Shadows Gather by Michelle Tang • Honey by Imani Thompson • The Girl w 1000 Faces by Sunyi Dean • The Last Contract of Isaac by Fonda Lee

Another star wars day. As we keep loving the big stories for their drama, weirdness, and joy—remember to give grace, accept others in perspective and fandom. Always look for new worlds, and dream them up too. And fuck the fucking Empire forever. May their fascist face rot in a mynock shit pile.

Me at the gym: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gonna call this 1 so the next few will feel easier… Oh, this is working well… But you deserve to know how far you’ve come… You know, he does have a point… Well, maybe… Hey, I like this song… So, which method? 18 Weren’t we stopping at 15? 20 Which set are we on?

Happy Independent Bookstore day! Here are some great ones in the Portland area:

Constellations of Ruin turns three today, and continues to reflect my heart while it hides in the shadows of the world. If you haven’t read yet, ask your bookstore or library to order. If you liked these 26 stories of horror and wonder, I hope you’ll leave a review. journalstone.com/bookstore/co...

Laura Cranehill talks about deep diving in mycology research, women finding their space and community, and her new literary horror novel Wife Shaped Bodies, in conversation with Wendy N. Wagner, at Powell’s Books.