I have to admit, if ai disappeared tomorrow I would find it difficult to get a lot done at work. Not because I use the plagiarism grinder for a goddamn thing, but because when it happens I’ll pull something from laughing so hard and so loud.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 9h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

I didn’t before, but I sure as hell do now.

Charybdis Goatse@ass.golf · 3d ago

I imagine Adam Driver (big sad poet energy) as Din and Helena Bonham Carter as Ana

Whenever I am told from now on that someone was “a man of his time,” I’m going to say “so was Silas Soule.”

Patrick McCray@patrickmccray.bsky.social · last wk.

Remembering Silas Soule, born OTD in 1838. American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and hero for disobeying orders to participate in Sand Creek Massacre and then giving evidence against his commander. Murdered 1865. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_S...

Gareth Hanrahan wrote a d&d Jungle Book. There is no metric on any scaling system that can capture how extremely MY SHIT this is. The hype is not off the charts. There IS no chart.

Gareth Hanrahan@mytholder.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just got my US author’s copies, and the paperback is a lovely little thing. Look at me, not writing a 500+ page brick for once.

If I had written one of my Clarion West stories the last week when he was our instructor instead of a week or two prior, @alychelms.bsky.social would have had this honor…

Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · 3w ago

I shall go to my grave exceedingly smug that I am the person who got to explain about hyena genitals to Chuck Palahniuk.

Moroccan small business owner runs into an ex who stood him up; later, he misses his flight.

Stephen Gallagher@stephengallagher.co.uk · 3w ago

Greek chap goes to extreme lengths to acquire a sheepskin jacket

Richard Margarita.

Elizabeth Bear@matociquala.bsky.social · 3w ago

your baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought I'm Hank Scootboots

“Your horror has been stolen from you.”

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 3w ago

You can and should point out that police killing people daily is the "norm" in America. But that doesn't mean you *accept* the normalization of this violence and the way some people rush to smugly point these things out contributes to collective fatigue. Your horror has been stolen from you.

Your works are your legacy

when i die i expect all of y’all to buckle down and finish your novels

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 3w ago

when I die I expect the jokes about it to be high quality, you owe me this much at least

Just full belly laughing.

Manning Krull@manningkrull.bsky.social · last mo.

I bought one of those zapper rackets for mosquitos, and it's proved very satisfying to use. I'm studiously avoiding reading anything about whether it's cruel or whether they can feel it -- I'm just letting myself believe that it is and they do. 🤗

Me and a whole bunch of other writers:

My Money Give Me My Money

Alt: Gif of Rhianna, in a blue do-rag, a flower embroidered pinstripe blazer, a white tshirt depicting a witch riding a broom in a red silouhette, a brown skirt, and thigh high leather boots. Behind her is a low-ride convertible towncar with its hood up and three other women, two standing, one squatting. They are in the desert by the side of the road, and the implication is that someone has been brought out here to be murdered and buried. The camera shakes as she leans close to the lens and gestures at it before backing away as if she just shoved the viewer. She says "Bitch Better Have My Money" which is the title of the song whose music video this gif was clipped from.

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Any day we get new Izzy Wasserstein fiction is a good day. You're going to want to be haunted by this one.

Izzy Wasserstein @izzyxen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New story day! "Patterns of Dentition in Transgender Adults," in @nightmare-magazine.com, is about trans folks trying to live under authoritarianism. And also mysterious teeth. www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/patt...

New story day! "Patterns of Dentition in Transgender Adults," in @nightmare-magazine.com, is about trans folks trying to live under authoritarianism. And also mysterious teeth. www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/patt...

Patterns of Dentition in Transgender Adults - Nightmare Magazine

The dryer groans to life, then begins thumping ominously. Maddie, already halfway out of her building’s laundry room, swears under her breath. The machine grinds and shakes. She slams the stop button,...

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We're doing a giveaway on Goodreads for a print copy of The Eye of Leviathan! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Book giveaway for The Eye of Leviathan (The Sea Beyond, #1) by M.A. Carrick Jun 15-Jul 13, 2026

Enter to win one of 1 free copy available. Giveaway dates from Jun 15-Jul 13, 2026. Enter for a chance to win The Eye of Leviathan by M. A. Carrick in pa...

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eavesdropping on a couple of english lit academics in st. john, i overheard confirmation of what is surely going to be the biggest literary news story of the year

I’ll be teaching a workshop through Third Lantern Lit next month! June 15th we’ll talk about the shapes and patterns of myths and how you can use them to enrich your writing. Join us! Details can be found: thirdlanternlit.org/events/using...

I’ll be teaching a workshop through Third Lantern Lit next month! June 15th we’ll talk about the shapes and patterns of myths and how you can use them to enrich your writing. Join us! Details can be found: thirdlanternlit.org/events/using...

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Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 2mo ago

well if you’re starting from the stereotype of litfic you should probably marry it to the stereotype of genre. so maybe the 60yo professor is having an affair with a dragon.

Hill: in a broader sense tho Hill: the real question is Hill: is it morally justified to murder evil people? Mary Shelley: yeah Hill: well wait just a second mary you haven't heard all the caveats yet Shelley: i said what i said

Of all the things I love about The Midnight Society (and there are many) the Proud Papa energy of King for Hill is easily top 5.

The Midnight Society@midnightpals.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Stephen King: everyone, listen up! my boy joe is going to tell a story tonight! Joe Hill: dad you don't need to do this King: everyone!! pay attention!! King: this one's gonna be good!! King: just like all his other stories Hill: dad please King: i love my beautiful boy!!!

Darth Maul’s birth name is R-Nee Hammer send tweet

Adam Christopher@adamchristopher.me · 3mo ago

Hold on hold on hold on… what’s Maul’s real name? Because it can’t be Maul, isn’t that his Darth pseudonym?

See also: DM PC. See also: Leeroy Jenkins.

Manning Krull@manningkrull.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New D&D class: Tavern wingman. To help adventurers who are starting out in a tavern but have social anxiety. 💡💲

Lots of folks assuming he said "dumb down discourse." I humbly submit that the "college seminar" language he's referring to isn't "SAT words" but the "vague, repeat-the-question-in-a-declarative-sentence, do-I-get-points-for-effort" response you get from a college Freshman who didn't do the reading.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Obama: "What I'm more interested in for Democrats is, do you know how to just talk to regular people like we're not in a college seminar? Can you talk in plain English to folks? And not have a bunch of gobbledygook around it. Just talk like normal people talk. 'The rent is too high.'"

If the best "quirky name for an local independent bookstore" name you can come up with is "part of the name of the town rhymes with 'reader'," I'm gonna just assume you a) don't go to quirky independent bookstores and b) probably don't read much at all.

Jenny Hamilton@readingtheend.bsky.social · 3mo ago

yes, famously these are things you can't get in cities. gonna have to move to a small town in the Midwest to get LOCALLY BREWED BEER

I’m on my way to jury duty, on the bus, wearing a Mardi Gras Indians t shirt. I’m not sure how I could get more New Orleans? Maybe if I was also listening to Rebirth? Or if my spouse had packed jambalaya for lunch? Should I be bitching about the S&WB?

Hey, you. Yeah, you. You like watching an author work himself into a lather about #kishotenketsu and Eastern storytelling structures? Thot so, you look like the type. Well, then, here’s a hawt video for you. - Henry #SpringSummerAsteroidBird @wwnorton.com

@metastellar.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New on our channel: Author Henry Lien, with hosts Andrea Goyan and E.E. King... Awesome interview about Eastern storytelling and his “Peasprout Chen” series, described as “Hermione Granger meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets the Ice Capades meets Mean Girls.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I8S...

The Tanzer book being referenced is Creatures of Want and Ruin, Third in her Diabolist's Library series. You can read them stand-alone, but they're all worth your time...

The Midnight Society@midnightpals.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Molly Tanzer: what if you put mushroom in hooch Bitter Karella: what if you put mushroom in titty milk