Dan Chaon
@danchaon.bsky.social
Novelist and short story writer. New novel, ONE OF US, due out Sept. 23, 2025 Signed/personalized copies of my books here: https://www.macsbacks.com/dan-chaon
Someone should write a story about a curséd device, lusted after as a transformative source of power, that renders its users unnaturally youthful long beyond their time
IGN@ign.com · 3w agoElijah Wood and Ian McKellen will return as Frodo and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum — more than 25 years on from when Fellowship of the Ring released, and now director Andy Serkis has said some level of digital de-aging will be used. https://bit.ly/4fxOKI3
Serious question: Am I just old? (61M) Or did things actually used to be better?
We’re all being punished because a bunch of unattractive billionaires are mad they can only buy the faux respect of sycophants, and not real cultural influence.
I made a title card for my new book. I guess it's a way to make it feel real. Even though I've written eight books now, it's still weirdly hard to believe that I could ever finish another one. It seems impossible. A penny dropped in the wishing well.
On first glance I thought it was a brain~~😐
Mike Sacks@mikebsacks.bsky.social · 8mo agoMy first hand modeling gig!
"The circus seemed like a very particular metaphor for American life: the dream of escaping and being special, alongside the pressure to conform and not be a 'freak.'" Dan Chaon speaks with Sanjena Sathian about his new novel, "One of Us." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/blambustercated/
Sad to hear that the great Daniel Woodrell has passed. His work meant a lot to me.
You will be visited by three spirits
Mr Dr Bae@dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 8mo agoYou will be visited by three spirits
We're revisiting our back catalogue and the ONLY original novel we've published—M. Rickert's "The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie." This exquisite mystery is an amalgam of Frankenstein, and A Confederacy of Dunces. We want you to read it. The eBook is on sale for just $2. undertowpublications.com/ebooks
Poets save the world! Woo-hoo! (But also don't overpraise them because then they will lose their talent)
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 9mo agoLooks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..." https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
It’s nice to rest your muzzle on an end table while gazing out the window.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16…?
Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · 9mo agoWhat perfect album came out the year you turned 16? (What do I win?)
Headed to San Francisco today! Look for me at Book Passage in Corte Madeira tomorrow Nov 15 at 7pm With Tom Barbash! Ooo
#imageandverse "There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes". August Strindberg, The Ghost Sonata #eye #sight #macro #green #photography #photohour #eastcoastkin #art #stare
Texas Book Festival update: Fun panel on history and horror with Stephen Graham Jones and Bret Anthony Johnson
Now in Austin for Texas Book Festival! HMU if you want to hang out!!!
Getting ready to go on a journey, starting tomorrow! I hope I will meet some of you during my travels:
