Richard S. Crawford
@underpope.com
Writer, reader, Episcopalian, editor of Daikaijuzine.org, and so on. Member of Codex and SFWA. Also I like cats. He/Him.
Here to promote Mur Lafferty's "Lonesome October Club". Write a chapter of a novel each day in October, just like Zelazny did in "A Night in the Lonesome October". Maybe. To sign up, go to Mur's Patreon page (you don't have to be a patron of hers to participate): www.patreon.com/mightymur/po...
Want some horror in your life? WANT TO SPREAD SOME? Join horrordailies at www.holidailies.org now to join the Halloween spirit!
Horrordailies 2026
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I need recommendations! Recommendations of books with sea battles! Historical fantasy, ideally. Does anyone out there have any ideas?
Special news, announced here first: Daikaijuzine is going on hiatus until next June. Any submissions currently in our queue are released back to the author, but you can resubmit them (if they’re still available) when we re-open in late December.
WorldCon is only half done, and already I'm feeling FOMO about missing out on Montreal in 2027. :(
AI is stupid, and the people pushing it think you're stupid, too.
My short story "An End Worthy of the Bards" is out now at Bullet Points Magazine! This story came about as I was thinking about heroic redemption arcs and how they aren't always deserved. I sent it to Bullet Points on a whim, and they liked it! bulletpoints.nathantoronto.com/open-details...
Good morning world, and happy summer to you! The newest release of Daikaijuzine (No. 26, "Godzilla") is now LIVE! It's a big one, chock-full of wonderful stories and poems, which we will be highlighting through the next couple of months. Check it out at www.daikaijuzine.org
Release 026: Godzilla | Daikaijuzine
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For some reason, my Facebook reels are now full of big guys dressed as vikings wielding weapons while shouting positive affirmations at you. I should be one of those guys, though I'm not as big as they are. They're often heavily tattooed as well. I am not. Plus, I don't have many weapons to wield.
Here's the cover for the Bullet Points issue that my story "An End Worthy of the Bards" will come out in.
Bullet Points@bulletpoints.bsky.social · 4mo agoUpdated cover, adding @jamesaaron.net, for his review of A Fiction Writer’s Guide to Peace, by Gabriel Ertsgaard, and correcting @underpope.com's name.
Contract signed, so I can announce that my short story "An End Worthy of the Bards" is coming out in the next issue of BULLET POITS Magazine. Don't know the exact publishing date yet.
Men! Can you name a woman who was a role model for you who wasn't your mother or grandmother? For me it's Mae Jemison, Jane Goodall, and now Christine Koch. What about you?
Daikaijuzine is now open for submissions for our September release! daikaijuzine.org/guidelines
Submission Guidelines | Daikaijuzine
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So hey, the co-pay on the new drug for my asthma jumped from $250 per dose to $700.
I don't know. It just seems to me that antisemitism and Islamaphobia are thoroughly baked into American culture.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Y'all need to read this amazing short story by Blaize M. Kay published in Phanos: www.phano.com/articles/end...
Endling
A journey to peer into the singularity of an existential heart of darkness.
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Wrote up about my accomplishments and goals, writing-wise, for 2025 and 2026. underpope.com/bloginomicon...
2025 -> 2026 - Bloginomicon
My 2025 accomplishments and 2026 goals, writing-wise.
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The December 21, 2025 release of Daikaijuzine is now LIVE! Check out five amazing tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction! daikaijuzine.org
Release 024: Krystalak | Daikaijuzine
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