Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls
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Not long after I got up, in the wee dark hours, I heard the coyotes in the marshy scrub woods off behind our house howling and barking. It's a forlorn and spooky sound. It's also why I stopped taking walks down wooded dirt roads in the early hours of the day.
September 17, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Not long after I got up, in the wee dark hours, I heard the coyotes in the marshy scrub woods off behind our house howling and barking. It's a forlorn and spooky sound. It's also why I stopped taking walks down wooded dirt roads in the early hours of the day.
Thread up and down, and in 100% agreement.
Yeah, I mean "my wife's hot, gender isn't real, we don't give a shit if you think we're trans or not, go fuck yourselves" while whirling a claymore round your head in nipple stickers is about as good a response as anyone has ever given.
September 16, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Thread up and down, and in 100% agreement.
What about food safety, Mike? What should we do there?
"They can self-police. They can self-regulate."
The GOP goal of removing "red tape" (regulations that protect consumers) is one of the biggest frauds they peddle. Deregulation means "let corpos make more profit at the expense of your family."
"They can self-police. They can self-regulate."
The GOP goal of removing "red tape" (regulations that protect consumers) is one of the biggest frauds they peddle. Deregulation means "let corpos make more profit at the expense of your family."
Mike Johnson on OpenAI and Anthropic: "They can self-police. They can self-regulate."
September 16, 2026 at 2:52 PM
What about food safety, Mike? What should we do there?
"They can self-police. They can self-regulate."
The GOP goal of removing "red tape" (regulations that protect consumers) is one of the biggest frauds they peddle. Deregulation means "let corpos make more profit at the expense of your family."
"They can self-police. They can self-regulate."
The GOP goal of removing "red tape" (regulations that protect consumers) is one of the biggest frauds they peddle. Deregulation means "let corpos make more profit at the expense of your family."
You bend the knee, because you think that's the middle ground, and you lose everything, because bending the knee rather than standing up to evil tips you onto their side, and no one likes a collaborator.
He's lost all opening acts AND his own backing band.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
He's lost all opening acts AND his own backing band.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore
Four openers and live band for Sheeran’s tour depart after removal of Macklemore over ‘free Palestine’ comments
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September 16, 2026 at 9:44 AM
You bend the knee, because you think that's the middle ground, and you lose everything, because bending the knee rather than standing up to evil tips you onto their side, and no one likes a collaborator.
He's lost all opening acts AND his own backing band.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
He's lost all opening acts AND his own backing band.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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September 15, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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742 days... and suddenly things are stirring. Rejections/acceptances are showing up in Submission Grinder today. Can this long midnight of our writing souls be reaching a conclusion?
~ (checks my email) ~
Not as such apparently... my vigil continues...
~ (checks my email) ~
Not as such apparently... my vigil continues...
September 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
742 days... and suddenly things are stirring. Rejections/acceptances are showing up in Submission Grinder today. Can this long midnight of our writing souls be reaching a conclusion?
~ (checks my email) ~
Not as such apparently... my vigil continues...
~ (checks my email) ~
Not as such apparently... my vigil continues...
Please note our submissions scheduling update. There's a number of good reasons for this, but the big one is the first: I've increasingly been experiencing a sense of burn out.
Schedule Update: we are closing to submissions on September 30th instead of the end of October to reduce staff burn out, and provide additional time to focus on the anthology launch and website performance updates.
We will reopen on January 1st, 2027.
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We will reopen on January 1st, 2027.
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September 14, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Please note our submissions scheduling update. There's a number of good reasons for this, but the big one is the first: I've increasingly been experiencing a sense of burn out.
Available for pre-order now! You can pre-order print editions on Barnes & Noble and ebook versions on both B&N and Amazon. I'll be adding the Kobo store soon.
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September 13, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Available for pre-order now! You can pre-order print editions on Barnes & Noble and ebook versions on both B&N and Amazon. I'll be adding the Kobo store soon.
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This is the "we wanted to have a clown birthday party for our child, but without the clowns, so we hired a mime instead" of children's play toys.
Parents who buy this for their kids are terrible parents.
Parents who buy this for their kids are terrible parents.
In non-political news, I thought this was a joke, but apparently not?
Shouldn't kids be learning colors and enjoying visuals?
Shouldn't kids be learning colors and enjoying visuals?
Little Tikes Iconic Playtime Favorites Get a Modern Makeover with the new Cloud Collection
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September 13, 2026 at 11:12 AM
This is the "we wanted to have a clown birthday party for our child, but without the clowns, so we hired a mime instead" of children's play toys.
Parents who buy this for their kids are terrible parents.
Parents who buy this for their kids are terrible parents.
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Anyways, I'm gonna end with, preorder my book for more technical break downs of why these clowns' fairytale scenarios are bullshit.
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🔇 🔇 🔇 My book, Deep Unlearning, is now available for preorders! I don't know how people write so many books because this one took a lot out of me. It turns out, I had a lot to say 😂, with editors cutting out 50k of my words 🫣
✴️ You can now preorder it at www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U....
✴️ You can now preorder it at www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U....
September 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Anyways, I'm gonna end with, preorder my book for more technical break downs of why these clowns' fairytale scenarios are bullshit.
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Modern Day Typographer - Elle Cordova
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September 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
September 12, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
I don't know which is funnier: the fact someone submitted a story I didn't like but I also suspected might be LLM generated; or the fact they emailed back angry we rejected it "in only 2 days; did you even read it?"
Which made me double check, and yep, 100% AI.
Don't rage email editors.
Banned
Which made me double check, and yep, 100% AI.
Don't rage email editors.
Banned
Dwight Schrute: Would An Idiot Do That?
Alt: Dwight Schrute: Would An Idiot Do That?
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September 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM
I don't know which is funnier: the fact someone submitted a story I didn't like but I also suspected might be LLM generated; or the fact they emailed back angry we rejected it "in only 2 days; did you even read it?"
Which made me double check, and yep, 100% AI.
Don't rage email editors.
Banned
Which made me double check, and yep, 100% AI.
Don't rage email editors.
Banned
Hit me with the first line of your novel, published/finished or not.
"I was likely the last person in the world to hear about the appearance of the dead colossus floating over Grafton that morning."
"I was likely the last person in the world to hear about the appearance of the dead colossus floating over Grafton that morning."
Hit me with the first line of your novel, published/finished or not.
"Bloody-Handed Coll. Coll Keeper of Triath. Coll the Twice Doomed. Coll King-Killer. Coll the Traitor. Heartless Coll. Coll Whose Blade Was the Thunderbolt. Coll who the Sun hated. Coll who buried the long summer."
"Bloody-Handed Coll. Coll Keeper of Triath. Coll the Twice Doomed. Coll King-Killer. Coll the Traitor. Heartless Coll. Coll Whose Blade Was the Thunderbolt. Coll who the Sun hated. Coll who buried the long summer."
Hit me with the first line of your novel, published/finished or not.
from my wip:
“My least favorite customer is waiting on the sidewalk when I flip the sign to open and unlock the door promptly at 11 a.m., and I put on my best customer service smile for her.”
from my wip:
“My least favorite customer is waiting on the sidewalk when I flip the sign to open and unlock the door promptly at 11 a.m., and I put on my best customer service smile for her.”
September 12, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Hit me with the first line of your novel, published/finished or not.
"I was likely the last person in the world to hear about the appearance of the dead colossus floating over Grafton that morning."
"I was likely the last person in the world to hear about the appearance of the dead colossus floating over Grafton that morning."
On my list to read as soon as it comes out.
🔇 🔇 🔇 My book, Deep Unlearning, is now available for preorders! I don't know how people write so many books because this one took a lot out of me. It turns out, I had a lot to say 😂, with editors cutting out 50k of my words 🫣
✴️ You can now preorder it at www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U....
✴️ You can now preorder it at www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U....
September 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
On my list to read as soon as it comes out.
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Welcome to our latest Free Fiction Friday!
Z.D. Dochterman offers us a fabulous slipstream tale of Maria, the gas mask gangs, killer purple fog, patricide, blood metal music, and a cat named Korpse with a K. This story is punk and it rocks.
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Z.D. Dochterman offers us a fabulous slipstream tale of Maria, the gas mask gangs, killer purple fog, patricide, blood metal music, and a cat named Korpse with a K. This story is punk and it rocks.
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September 11, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Welcome to our latest Free Fiction Friday!
Z.D. Dochterman offers us a fabulous slipstream tale of Maria, the gas mask gangs, killer purple fog, patricide, blood metal music, and a cat named Korpse with a K. This story is punk and it rocks.
magazine.trollbreath.com/gaels-severe...
Z.D. Dochterman offers us a fabulous slipstream tale of Maria, the gas mask gangs, killer purple fog, patricide, blood metal music, and a cat named Korpse with a K. This story is punk and it rocks.
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They were trying to gin up outrage at any politician backed by Piker, and instead they turned him into a beef cake pinup (and broke Grindr again as well).
I honestly know nothing about him, but it's interesting seeing how inept the GOP spin machine has become in the hands of Donnie's faithful.
I honestly know nothing about him, but it's interesting seeing how inept the GOP spin machine has become in the hands of Donnie's faithful.
Hasan Piker, a prominent left-wing internet commentator, reacted after Republicans displayed an NSFW photo of him at their convention.
Why everyone is talking about Hasan Piker at Texas GOP convention
Hasan Piker, a prominent left-wing internet commentator, reacted after Republicans displayed an NSFW photo of him at their convention.
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September 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
They were trying to gin up outrage at any politician backed by Piker, and instead they turned him into a beef cake pinup (and broke Grindr again as well).
I honestly know nothing about him, but it's interesting seeing how inept the GOP spin machine has become in the hands of Donnie's faithful.
I honestly know nothing about him, but it's interesting seeing how inept the GOP spin machine has become in the hands of Donnie's faithful.
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Every once in away, Am@zon decides to put our beautiful anthology on sale. You can now get it 25% off! Fall is always a time of transition and transformation and reinvention . Also: school and you deserve a treat. Let that treat be a collection of speculative fiction!
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September 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Every once in away, Am@zon decides to put our beautiful anthology on sale. You can now get it 25% off! Fall is always a time of transition and transformation and reinvention . Also: school and you deserve a treat. Let that treat be a collection of speculative fiction!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFDJDWNB
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Ahhhhhh!!!! I can build orbital bases and own a space station!!!!
@annleckie.com did you see this????? Holy heck!
Happy 10th anniversary indeed, No Man's Sky! The game that keeps on giving.
@annleckie.com did you see this????? Holy heck!
Happy 10th anniversary indeed, No Man's Sky! The game that keeps on giving.
No Man's Sky Cosmos
📋Own A Space Station
🤝Alliances
🛰️Orbital Bases
📡Space Hulks
🚀Anniversary Expedition
🗺️Star Map
💎Deep-Space Looting
🪨Asteroid Belts
🦠Infested Outposts
☀️The Sun
🧙♀️Dev Commentary
🧲Tractor Beam
❄️Ice Fields
🪐Outposts
⛰️Improved Terrain
🔫Shipbreaking
📋Own A Space Station
🤝Alliances
🛰️Orbital Bases
📡Space Hulks
🚀Anniversary Expedition
🗺️Star Map
💎Deep-Space Looting
🪨Asteroid Belts
🦠Infested Outposts
☀️The Sun
🧙♀️Dev Commentary
🧲Tractor Beam
❄️Ice Fields
🪐Outposts
⛰️Improved Terrain
🔫Shipbreaking
September 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Ahhhhhh!!!! I can build orbital bases and own a space station!!!!
@annleckie.com did you see this????? Holy heck!
Happy 10th anniversary indeed, No Man's Sky! The game that keeps on giving.
@annleckie.com did you see this????? Holy heck!
Happy 10th anniversary indeed, No Man's Sky! The game that keeps on giving.
Nostalgia. It's a hell of a drug.
Now people are waxing on about the joys of sodium street lighting over the newer LEDs. I have zero nostalgia for orange/yellow street lighting apparently. I prefer the newer LEDs which make it easier to see things and doesn't cast the world in a pumpkin pall.
Now people are waxing on about the joys of sodium street lighting over the newer LEDs. I have zero nostalgia for orange/yellow street lighting apparently. I prefer the newer LEDs which make it easier to see things and doesn't cast the world in a pumpkin pall.
September 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Nostalgia. It's a hell of a drug.
Now people are waxing on about the joys of sodium street lighting over the newer LEDs. I have zero nostalgia for orange/yellow street lighting apparently. I prefer the newer LEDs which make it easier to see things and doesn't cast the world in a pumpkin pall.
Now people are waxing on about the joys of sodium street lighting over the newer LEDs. I have zero nostalgia for orange/yellow street lighting apparently. I prefer the newer LEDs which make it easier to see things and doesn't cast the world in a pumpkin pall.
I just saw the trailer for "You Can See Everything," the documentary about Elizabeth Holmes. Filmed with her approval in the weeks before her incarceration. I didn't realize it was her, I thought it was some creepy horror dramamentary. She's disturbingly earnest.
youtu.be/GGJSRFWALTI
youtu.be/GGJSRFWALTI
You Can See Everything | Official Teaser HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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September 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I just saw the trailer for "You Can See Everything," the documentary about Elizabeth Holmes. Filmed with her approval in the weeks before her incarceration. I didn't realize it was her, I thought it was some creepy horror dramamentary. She's disturbingly earnest.
youtu.be/GGJSRFWALTI
youtu.be/GGJSRFWALTI
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was one of the greatest games I ever played. The entire family used to gather around the TV just to watch the game.
I hope the new version lives up to the original. The trailer looks VERY promising.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwyc...
I hope the new version lives up to the original. The trailer looks VERY promising.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwyc...
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time First Gameplay Look Trailer
YouTube video by GameSpot
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September 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was one of the greatest games I ever played. The entire family used to gather around the TV just to watch the game.
I hope the new version lives up to the original. The trailer looks VERY promising.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwyc...
I hope the new version lives up to the original. The trailer looks VERY promising.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwyc...
Let's see... seaweed processor? Rock bucker? Soldering doll house furniture that needed minor repairs before sale? Has to be one of those three, probably the furniture one.
Happy labor day (USA). What's one of the oddest paid job you've had? Mine was probably as a reader for a medical professor at Rutgers, whose eyes were failing. I read him many academic texts, as well as Samuel Butler's "The Way of All Flesh."
September 8, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Let's see... seaweed processor? Rock bucker? Soldering doll house furniture that needed minor repairs before sale? Has to be one of those three, probably the furniture one.
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September 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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You can preorder your copy of our wonderful aromantic anthology alongside all others and get it at the same time as our backers!
All the platonic-centred SFF you could dream of 💚
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You can preorder your copy of our wonderful aromantic anthology alongside all others and get it at the same time as our backers!
All the platonic-centred SFF you could dream of 💚
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