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November 7, 2023 at 11:18 PM
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The filmmakers make a common error, though: They don’t trust their premise, so they combine it with a second premise in the hopes that more is more.

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October 6, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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Most murder plots are pretty dumb. That and the effort involved is why I would never try one. Okay, mostly the effort. The Duchess once told me she doesn’t worry about me cheating on her because I’m too lazy, which: Fair.

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October 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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The weekly novel for 2025 will be “THE BOUNCER.” That is all.

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November 25, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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“Shit, Maddie—you forget who I am. What I do. I steal shit for a living.” She started walking. “Next, we break in.”

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March 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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“The other day I found $5 on the sidewalk and I was elated, and then very, very depressed. Such is the glam life of a pro writer.”

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October 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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They were in classic flying-V shitkicker formation, the lead shitkicker—Shitkicker Alpha—leading the other two.

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February 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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As I turned the corner, the smell, improbably, got *worse*.

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March 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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“Fuck me,” Jill hissed. “We are officially pear-shaped, in case there was doubt.”

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March 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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“There was a sense of tightness about her, as if the only way she kept control was by clutching everything tightly to herself.”

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September 28, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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“You ever hear of a place called Paradise, South Dakota?”

“It’s my retirement plan for when I want to finally commit suicide.”

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February 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Hanging in the closet, wrapped in the thin delicate plastic of the dry cleaner, the Funeral Suit. Repaired. Brushed. Cleaned. Pressed. Safe and sound.

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January 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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“Looks like the most boringest place on earth,” Pills yawned. “Except for the barbed wire.”

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February 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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We started with the rocket launcher.

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April 29, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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My own Villain Origin Story is when I pretended to run away from home when I was nine years old and my parents didn’t notice.

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April 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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Read my story “A Darkling Plain” in PHANO issue 9! I honestly think this is one of the best stories I’ve ever written.

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September 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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“There’s no seatbelts back here!” Jill shouted, sounding delighted at the discovery. “What kind of fucking deathtrap do Midwest shitkickers buy?!”

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April 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Same. Is my unwillingness to murder what’s keeping me poor? Don’t answer that.

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March 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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There’s another reason the show pulls off its horror-movie weirdness vibe, though: Depopulation. The world of Severance is an empty, ominous one.

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March 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Author Jeff Somers drinks A Tale of Tokyo Scotch from Glenmorangie and reads his short story "Come and See," part of his Ustari Cycle universe (We Are Not Good People").

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February 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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“Even with that bitch makin’ him miserable, Patsy here can still teach you another lesson. Though it’s his sacred habit that if he has to teach you twice, he breaks something.”

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January 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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The weekly novel for 2025 will be “THE BOUNCER.” Prepare yourselves.

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November 27, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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This is a season that is largely avoiding the typical dip found in second seasons (and second books): It’s flashing something big so you’ll overlook something small.

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March 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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I’m talking about developing characters in short stories next Sunday at the Writer’s Digest Virtual Short Story Conference.

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May 16, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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Pre-order FIVE FUNERALS or I will probably starve to death. Your choice.

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December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM