Shared with Public I talked with Mitch McConnell on the phone this morning for a good half hour. He’s enjoying life on a farm upstate and says you should buy my books.

Mordor to continue making rings of power but will reopen shipping on the Anduin for a fee. Gondor declares victory.

The Kickstarter for my folk horror novel Wellspring ends at 8PM EDT tonight. The good news is that it’s funded at over 800%. The better news is I’m gonna STFU about my damned book for a while.

The gay agenda is to be left alone to live happy fulfilling lives without fear or judgment, with equal rights and access to societal staples. That's it. It's so simple. And yet. Pride 2026.

If you're thinking about taking a hike into this woods on this beautiful Saturday morning, @douglas-wynne.bsky.social's forthcoming WELLSPRING might give you second thoughts. My review: fanfiaddict.com/review-wells... The WELLSPRING Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pro... Rock on! 🤘

Review: Wellspring by Douglas Wynne | FanFiAddict

Synopsis When they were young they dreamed of finding the source of their favorite band's inspiration. Now they can only pray it doesn't find them ...

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Thanks, Gabino! I am super excited that my novella THE GLASS GARDEN, a story of cosmic horror and bickering adult sisters and COFFEE has been nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award! linktr.ee/authorlevai

Thanks, Gabino! Preorders are available for Calliope Street / The House on Blood Street. Get the paperback from Moonstruck Books, or get the fancy, special edition hardcover from Black Crow Books.

These novels are better than the Great American State Fair that will have no performers and isn't even narrated by a coffee machine robot (though I can't promise my books have Milli or Vanilli). www.amazon.com/dp/B08RB4S319 scottsteinonline.com

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. You like horror? Crime? Creatures from beyond the reef? Magic? Murder? Floating cow heads? Vengeance? Shady things done under the cover of darkness? Tostones? Ghosts? I got you (and it’s 51% off)! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

Contemplating the end of an entire civilization and thinking it's too bad Harris didn't have a more detailed plan for affordable housing.

I couldn't be happier to see #Sinners getting the recognition it deserves. Horror that explores the power of music has more or less been my wheelhouse for a dozen years now. 🤘

Meanwhile, Wall Street traders jittery about the war are scouring the Epstein files to find out if Trump is the type to pull out before finishing and leave a mess behind.

Sometimes the muse has ADHD. I woke up at 5:30 in the morning on Monday with a head full of ideas for a short story I'd been pondering. After a few days of development notes, I was going to start writing that story today, but I woke up with a head full of a song that needed writing.

Twenty odd years ago when I was in deep despair over the Iraq war, I never would have imagined that the day after Dick Cheney died NYC would elect a Muslim mayor. Time may not heal all wounds, but it heals something, and the future remains unknowable.

Took our son for a campus tour of MIT today. I was not expecting it to be an emotional experience for me, but it was genuinely moving to hear them articulate a mission of cultivating people who will improve the world at the intersection of the sciences and humanities. Felt radical!

I'm tired of winter and tired of the world and I just wish someone would lock me in a cozy room with all of the books I've collected and not read yet. Four years would be ideal, but I'll settle for four months.

Last night my car did a slow motion spin on the snow and ended up ass first in the middle of an intersection. Luckily, the roads were pretty empty, but the one other driver waiting at the light was surely entertained.

My sensei brought me a sword back from Japan. Garden gnomes better not start any shit with me!

Currently reading The Rack, a vintage style horror anthology edited by @horrortom.bsky.social. Great variety of fun stories from some of the best writers working in the genre today.

I'm a little jealous of our cat for her ignorance of the wider world. She's happy with her local government. Food, water, and sanitation are managed in a mostly punctual manner. Her only complaint is that the guy in charge of homeland security (the dog) is a paranoid, hair-trigger lunatic.

Burned my Xitter account a while ago and finally got around to planting a flag here post election. I write scary stories but don't want to live in one. Here's hoping Bluesky is pretty blue.