Victor De Anda

@victordeanda.bsky.social

Author with stories in The Speculative Detective Agency, Pistol Jim Press, Cold Caller Magazine, BAMS 2025, Dark Yonder, Myopic Duplicity, Shotgun Honey, and more. Crime fiction, Speculative, Weird. Manuscript in progress.

“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books.

Proud to be at a news organization where reporters help set the rules for how AI is used. 🤖 No AI generated imagery/videos 🤖 No AI mimicking employees 🤖 Right to remove byline from any AI-content 🤖 A guild-staffed advisory committee www.inquirer.com/business/phi...

Philadelphia Inquirer employees secure new union contract with raises and AI protections

Under the new three-year contract, members will see healthcare costs increase for the first time in 20 years, the union said.

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Got into it with a tech bro "You're gonna get left behind if you don't embrace AI, ppl aren't always gonna read your books" Me: maybe not but it will always be me writing them" 😎

Happy birthday to Jim Thompson, one of the best and most uncompromising American noir writers. If you only know The Getaway from the film versions, you're missing a lot. Neither had the guts to go all the way to the real ending of the story.

a photo of a young Jim Thompson writing at his desk

It’s an honor to be part of this anthology. “Home” is definitely the most white-knuckle terrifying story I’ve ever written. And I’m glad it found its own home alongside so many other terrific stories.

Stars and Sabers@starsandsabers.bsky.social · 3w ago

We’re pleased to introduce #horror author @caseystegman.com in a feature for our horror anthology, OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM! Casey contributed the incredibly creepy story “Home” to the anthology. Read more about Casey: www.starsandsabers.com/2026/09/24/a... #horrorbooks #horrorwriters #books