Josh Gauthier
@jgwriter.joshgauthierwriter.com
Author of Land of Outcasts. Writer. Playwright. Comics reviewer @noflyingnotights.com. He/him. Opinions my own. Linktr.ee/jg_writer
she said "you can do anything in fiction as long as the situation afterwards is more interesting that the situation before." since then i have been keeping an eye on character death in fiction. many writers seem to think that character death "raises the stakes" but actually just makes things boring
Free Fiction Friday is here! Winter is coming - long brutal winter. Let this tale send chills down down your spine! magazine.trollbreath.com/rat-song/
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
Writing is hard sometimes. But then I remind myself that fighting a chimpanzee is also hard but writing won't rip my face off which makes it much easier.
The Weight feels like the sort of movie I don't see often lately. There's a ready comparison to be made with films like Sorcerer, but it's also just fun to see movies feel this way in 2026.
I love living in a time where I can make a sandwich while wondering if every single ingredient will kill me. /sarcasm/ Gotta love all these recalls.
Coyote vs Acme is both an absolute delight and a remarkably timely film about refusing to let big companies have the final word. It's entirely worth seeing as soon as possible
Acme Vs Coyote Acme Sucks
Alt: A courtroom scene from Acme Vs Coyote where coyote holds up a sign stating "Acme Sucks" while his lawyer smacks it away.
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I think I need to buy a new bookshelf. And then fill it, of course.
96000 words and there's more work to be done, but I don't think I'll ever get tired of this feeling.
If Puppeteers for Fears ever comes through your city on tour, be sure to go. Who doesn't need a musical puppet show about the robot apocalypse in their life?
Casting Jon Bernthal is one of the best things Marvel has ever done for their film and television
This Publishers Weekly article from Jan. goes into more detail. It's not that they are TRYING to sell our work for training, it's that those companies are placing orders with booksellers and distributors. Most sellers aren't giving us the option Ingram is. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Ingram Lets Publishers Opt Out of Book Sales to Tech Firms
In a note sent last week to client publishers, Ingram Content Group warned of the “growing trend” of AI companies purchasing and scanning print books to train their large language models, and said pub...
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Man, I love theater. And the Hadestown proshot is gorgeous. The show is incredible live but this is such a lovely way to revisit and for more people to experience it.
Hadestown Tony Awards
Alt: Hadestown at the Tony Awards showing Orpheus on his knees singing Wait for Me as lights swing above him
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I really should remember to take pictures at writing cons. But hey, Readercon was great at least
congrats to the Shirley Jackson Award winners—the Shirley Jackson is usually a really good indicator that this book is gonna rip locusmag.com/2026/07/2025...
2025 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners - Locus
The winners of the 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction were announced Saturday, July 11, 2026 at Readercon 35 in Burling...
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five living writers that you've read five books by each Elizabeth Hand Theodora Goss Cassandra Khaw Kevin Barry Paul Tremblay
Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 3mo agofive living writers that you've read five books by each Rita Dove Tasha Suri Courtney Milan Grant Morrison Tom Perrotta
Proud to have been a part of this issue!
Journey Planet@journeyplanet.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe are delighted to announce that Issue #93: Andor: Season Two, co-edited by Allison Hartman Adams, James Bacon, and Chris Garcia, has won the European Science Fiction Society Achievement Award for Best Fanzine! James was happy to receive the award at Metropolcon 2026 on Sunday July 5.
Not sure what the criticisms were all about, but Supergirl was great.
Headbanging Kara Zor-el
Alt: Headbanging Kara Zor-el and Krypto
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I have a new story out in @weirdlitmag.bsky.social !! So incredibly grateful for the home for Caviar, a body/capitalist exploitation horror I wrote back at Clarion West www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/caviar
When a local brewery invites a professional to talk about ancient tattoos and mummies, you attend.
What if we just... didn't try to vilify libraries again. Support libraries. Support writers. Fight unchecked billionaires and their evil corporations
Becky Spratford@raforall.bsky.social · 4mo agoYou all-- I never thought I'd see the day, but library peeps, strap in for a fight. The Author's Guild is going after us as the reason why authors are making less money. I don't think they understand who they are dealing with: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Finally watching The Northman which is my last Eggers movie to date. Eggers is a great director, but also give Jarin Blaschke all the accolades for the incredible visual style of these films.
Just watched the Backrooms movie. The sketch comedians and YouTubers continue to deliver in feature length horror. Just goes to show the talent that indie creators continue to bring to the conversation.
Meeting a rideshare at the airport is a game I am not good at. "Can you pick a Kia out of this shuffling lineup?" No. No, I cannot.
