No one likes my slutty plague doctor costume

Hard boiled gumshoe Max de Winter finds himself back on the force under no nonsense boss Captain Danvers in order to unravel the mystery of his greatest failed case: what happened to Rebecca?

The A.V. Club@avclub.com · 2d ago

Gatsby, a modern-day police procedural in development at NBC, will follow detectives Jay Gatsby and Nicole "Nicky" Carraway. tinyurl.com/jw59bwzw

A skunk sprayed one of the dogs at my aunt’s house last night, and I am now all for trying perfidious mephitidae at The Hague for crimes against humanity.

In California, 82 year old incumbent congresswoman Doris Matsui is running attack ads against her opponent Mai Vang about Vang’s association with dangerous extremist … Hasan Piker. America is cooked.

Got a tiny little dog snoring in my lap

“The Open Window” “The Story of an Hour” “Bloodchild” “We will teach you how to read | we will teach you how to read” “The Devil in America” … ones what I wrote because of course *I* remember ‘em

Harare Review of Books@hararereview.com · 4d ago

What's the most memorable short story you've ever read?

Christopher Caldwell has had a heck of a year, recently winning a British Fantasy Award for Call and Response (Neon Hemlock). Read his thoughts on developing your own unique voice in this new Auraist interview. Part 1 auraist.substack.com/p/the-best-w... Part 2 auraist.substack.com/p/the-best-w...

The best-written imaginative work of fiction of the year

And the author answers our questions on prose style and AI writing

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She wasn’t memorable in Anora, a film I didn’t enjoy. Quick, name the cast members of Moonlight who weren’t Mahershala Ali or Janelle Monáe.

Tipper Guro@adamsandler.click · 4d ago

i find ivy wolk generally annoying and this cover is cringe but the number of people in the replies proud of not knowing who she is embarrassing. she was in Anora! the 2024 best picture winner! a major character in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You! don't take pride in the fact you're not paying attention!

Join me for this craft-focused webinar to sharpen your dialogue skills & learn how to represent dialect on the page. I'll give some short lectures and lead you through hands-on exercises. 📅 Nov 21 🕘 10a–3:30p Pacific 💰 $175 - Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/dialogue-and...

Moonlight The Third Man Tokyo Story All About my Mother

optiMSTie@optimstie.bsky.social · 4d ago

Let's go Letterboxd-style with this: If you had to name your four favorite movies on the spot, which movies would you select?

1) he was absolutely amazing live 2) Fuck. I don’t have time for another Tommy and Davion story

www.patreon.com/ThePocketWor... Here is a link to a list of some awesome Afro-cosmicism you can read online I put together for Clarion West’s first Pocket Anthology.

Afro-cosmicism: A Pocket Anthology | The Pocket Workshop

By Chris Campbell (CW '24) “Why should I shrink at Unknown’s brink?/All cosmic horror I’ve known is imperial.” - Joy Donnell, “In Praise of

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This was tremendous fun to be on as a surprise, last minute guest.

Chris Campbell@chriscampbell.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m really looking forward to sharing the story in this issue with you all!

Uncanny Magazine@uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 6d ago

Space Unicorns! Behold the Uncanny Magazine Issue 73 Table of Contents and cover by Alyssa Winans! buff.ly/rmqKkVi

I know times are weird for a lot of folks right now, but if you've ever been interested in owning one of my originals, these three framed paintings are still looking for loving homes 🖤. everydayoriginal.com/artist/Matth...

I feel like “butt naked” carries a slightly different tone than “buck naked”

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · last wk.

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

Some of y’all got reading comprehension issues so gonna paraphrase: it’s dishonest to call a person of multiple marginalizations “privileged” just because they express concerns about the opposition party signalling their willingness to abandon protections for them.

Christopher Caldwell@seraph76.bsky.social · last wk.

I hate the disingenuous framing of marginalized people who are not sanguine at the prospect of being crushed underfoot by a Democratic Party that has shown repeatedly that it will jettison any pretense of protecting the welfare of the vulnerable as “privileged”

If you are a white person and a non-white person repeatedly tells you what their name is and you insist on calling them a name of your choosing, you are engaging in racism, regardless of you feeling you hold no racial animosity or malice.

It’s Christopher. I’m in Oakland the now. And if me defending a Black, trans person living in New York has the power to “ratfuck” as you inelegantly put it the entire Democratic Party’s electoral efforts, they have bigger problems than one writer with a small following noting some of their failures

thee agnes de buffle@vanadiumzest.bsky.social · last wk.

and yet chris lives, as i stated, in scotland, from where he’s ratfucking US elections

Why are they like this? I ignored the weirdos and had a lovely dinner with my friend and then spent time in community with other writers.

Bluesky liberals are so tiresome in their tunnel vision and lack of nuance. I want to be sympathetic, because I don’t think they want fascism any more than I do, but boy do they seem eager to jump on me for reservations about the Democratic Party being effective opposition

Hahahahhahaha

It’s funny how people accuse me of sitting elections out. I’ve been voting since I was 18. I voted in both countries I was eligible to this year. I just don’t think it’s a magic band-aid, and I think we need to hold our representatives’ feet to the fire.

Point out where I have lied. Provide specific examples. Go ahead. Extraordinary claims require evidence.

My parents are Black. My grandparents were Black. All eight Grandparents were Black. My award winning collection of short stories is just as Black as all of us. It is only on the internet that strangers somehow decide I’m white.

STEMthebleeding@stemthebleeding.bsky.social · last wk.

The problem is that privileged white people like you are too coddled to ever consider that sitting out of an election rewards the bigotry you then monetize condemning. You and your ilk are just terrorists who use pain as a form of fundraising while disregarding the consequences of your cowardice.

I hate the disingenuous framing of marginalized people who are not sanguine at the prospect of being crushed underfoot by a Democratic Party that has shown repeatedly that it will jettison any pretense of protecting the welfare of the vulnerable as “privileged”

The Truth ⚖️ 🐝@pattykazusa.bsky.social · last wk.

Just another chaos agent trying to convince you that your candidate has to be perfect for you to support democrats during this seriously dangerous time. Only listen to these people if you’re privileged and selfish enough to not care how other people are affected by your silent complicity.

The Australian government is introducing legislation to allow AI companies to use authors’ work to build their models. This would apply to authors from anywhere in the world. Authors: To sign the US Author's Guild petition against (you don't need to be a member): authorsguild.org/news/austral...

Fake hoteliers have to do real hotel things?

Caroline Haskins@carolinehaskins.bsky.social · 2w ago

Airbnb is banning its hosts from making guests do things like “stripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes.” The hosts....are not taking it well: www.wired.com/story/airbnb...

I don’t like this US citizens don’t need to show their passport on entry thing

Congratulations to Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin prize!