Bracken MacLeod 𖤐 ⚰
@brackenmacleod.bsky.social
Recovering lawyer. Author of STRANDED, COME TO DUST, & CLOSING COSTS. A new collection, LET NOT YOUR SORROW DIE, out NOW from Bad Hand Books! Represented by Howard Morhaim at http://morhaimliterary.com He/Him
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"Sometimes surprising, often upsetting, always beautifully imagined, this is without doubt one of the year's best collections."
@brackenmacleod.bsky.social's LET NOT YOUR SORROW DIE is available everywhere.
– @timlebbon.bsky.social, Dead Red and Razor
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@brackenmacleod.bsky.social's LET NOT YOUR SORROW DIE is available everywhere.
– @timlebbon.bsky.social, Dead Red and Razor
www.amazon.com/Let-Not-Your...
Let Not Your Sorrow Die
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Out NOW! COME GET SOME!
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"we're here to inspect your daycare center"
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"we're here to inspect your daycare center"
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Contracts are signed. I am officially part of the @shotgunhoney.com family now. Look for reissued Bishop Rider books sometime next year with a new Bishop Rider book dropping in 2027. Big thanks to @ronearl.bsky.social for taking a chance on my type of retribution.
Bishop Rider Lives!!
Bishop Rider Lives!!
December 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Contracts are signed. I am officially part of the @shotgunhoney.com family now. Look for reissued Bishop Rider books sometime next year with a new Bishop Rider book dropping in 2027. Big thanks to @ronearl.bsky.social for taking a chance on my type of retribution.
Bishop Rider Lives!!
Bishop Rider Lives!!
This is why I have a desktop folder of screenshots labeled, "shitweasels."
I know people annoy me but my brain is like "I am no longer storing this information"
December 31, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is why I have a desktop folder of screenshots labeled, "shitweasels."
Have hand edited 200 pages of the new book. 250 left to go! I ran out of red ink in my favorite pen.
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Have hand edited 200 pages of the new book. 250 left to go! I ran out of red ink in my favorite pen.
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The latest 5-star review for @brackenmacleod.bsky.social's stunning collection, LET NOT YOUR SORROW DIE says, "Some intense and disturbing content but the wide variety of stories appealed to me and kept me reading late at night."
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December 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The latest 5-star review for @brackenmacleod.bsky.social's stunning collection, LET NOT YOUR SORROW DIE says, "Some intense and disturbing content but the wide variety of stories appealed to me and kept me reading late at night."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
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shel silverstein was a prophet
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
shel silverstein was a prophet
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Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
terribleminds.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
I don't get the Stranger Things cum dimension. The hell is that?
December 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I don't get the Stranger Things cum dimension. The hell is that?
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AND ANOTHER THING, WHILE I'M AT IT:
ENOUGH WITH THESE BULLSHIT CLAIMS THAT AI CAN REPLACE HUMAN TRANSLATORS!!!
Translation is *not* the science of finding the perfect definition of a word from a foreign language and putting that definition into the text.
Translators translate, of course. But!
ENOUGH WITH THESE BULLSHIT CLAIMS THAT AI CAN REPLACE HUMAN TRANSLATORS!!!
Translation is *not* the science of finding the perfect definition of a word from a foreign language and putting that definition into the text.
Translators translate, of course. But!
December 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
AND ANOTHER THING, WHILE I'M AT IT:
ENOUGH WITH THESE BULLSHIT CLAIMS THAT AI CAN REPLACE HUMAN TRANSLATORS!!!
Translation is *not* the science of finding the perfect definition of a word from a foreign language and putting that definition into the text.
Translators translate, of course. But!
ENOUGH WITH THESE BULLSHIT CLAIMS THAT AI CAN REPLACE HUMAN TRANSLATORS!!!
Translation is *not* the science of finding the perfect definition of a word from a foreign language and putting that definition into the text.
Translators translate, of course. But!
Everyone else is doing it, so I will too. Here are my top five favorite books read in 2025.
1. Earth to Moon, by Moon Unit Zappa
2. Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enriquez
3. Another, by Paul Tremblay
4. The Eleventh Hour, by Salman Rushdie
5. Nothingland, by @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social
1. Earth to Moon, by Moon Unit Zappa
2. Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enriquez
3. Another, by Paul Tremblay
4. The Eleventh Hour, by Salman Rushdie
5. Nothingland, by @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Everyone else is doing it, so I will too. Here are my top five favorite books read in 2025.
1. Earth to Moon, by Moon Unit Zappa
2. Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enriquez
3. Another, by Paul Tremblay
4. The Eleventh Hour, by Salman Rushdie
5. Nothingland, by @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social
1. Earth to Moon, by Moon Unit Zappa
2. Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enriquez
3. Another, by Paul Tremblay
4. The Eleventh Hour, by Salman Rushdie
5. Nothingland, by @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social
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Always love this round up. More people should read it AS A CAUTIONARY TALE defector.com/what-did-we-...
What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year? | Defector
This is the time of year to be grateful for not having things stuck in our asses, and to think of those less fortunate than us. So spare a thought for those Americans who misjudged the capacity of the...
defector.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Always love this round up. More people should read it AS A CAUTIONARY TALE defector.com/what-did-we-...
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Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
I got a new fancy CD player for Chrimbo and to take it out on its inaugural spin I slapped in a mix CD I made maybe 20 years ago. I had forgotten Guano Apes existed. Will likely do so again. It was nice to be reminded of Natacha Atlas though!
Now playing: Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? by Frank Zappa
Now playing: Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? by Frank Zappa
December 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I got a new fancy CD player for Chrimbo and to take it out on its inaugural spin I slapped in a mix CD I made maybe 20 years ago. I had forgotten Guano Apes existed. Will likely do so again. It was nice to be reminded of Natacha Atlas though!
Now playing: Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? by Frank Zappa
Now playing: Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? by Frank Zappa
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Merry Christmas! #krzcreengaliswatching #happyholidays
December 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Merry Christmas! #krzcreengaliswatching #happyholidays
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"These people honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain. Their teachings are rules made by men." Jesus⬇️
December 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"These people honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain. Their teachings are rules made by men." Jesus⬇️
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“All I Want For Christmas Is You”
Though Mariah is essentially my business partner, her hit song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has unleashed a barrage of unreasonable demands. Let me be clear, I cannot deliver human beings. That’s called sex trafficking, and it is a crime.
Though Mariah is essentially my business partner, her hit song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has unleashed a barrage of unreasonable demands. Let me be clear, I cannot deliver human beings. That’s called sex trafficking, and it is a crime.
Santa Claus Responds to Christmas Wishes Made in Holiday Songs
“I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” Forget the naughty-and-nice list; we need a third list for morons. What the hell are you going to do with a h...
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December 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“All I Want For Christmas Is You”
Though Mariah is essentially my business partner, her hit song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has unleashed a barrage of unreasonable demands. Let me be clear, I cannot deliver human beings. That’s called sex trafficking, and it is a crime.
Though Mariah is essentially my business partner, her hit song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has unleashed a barrage of unreasonable demands. Let me be clear, I cannot deliver human beings. That’s called sex trafficking, and it is a crime.
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This is Bad Santa.
December 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is Bad Santa.
I can finally trim (not shave) my beard!
December 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I can finally trim (not shave) my beard!
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In a letter to convicted sex offender Larry Nassar, Jeffrey Epstein appeared to reference his suicide plan—and mentioned Donald Trump.
"Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to ‘grab snatch.'" trib.al/kyM86fC
"Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to ‘grab snatch.'" trib.al/kyM86fC
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In a letter to convicted sex offender Larry Nassar, Jeffrey Epstein appeared to reference his suicide plan—and mentioned Donald Trump.
"Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to ‘grab snatch.'" trib.al/kyM86fC
"Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to ‘grab snatch.'" trib.al/kyM86fC
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Reminder that you don’t have to traumatize yourself, you’re not obligated to do that as long as you’re staying informed and engaged. Many people will watch this and write about it and tell you the important things to know and it’s ok to protect your heart as much as you can
December 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Reminder that you don’t have to traumatize yourself, you’re not obligated to do that as long as you’re staying informed and engaged. Many people will watch this and write about it and tell you the important things to know and it’s ok to protect your heart as much as you can
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America is a culture of child abuse. Ask any survivor - we find one another, we form networks and communities.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
Government of pedophiles. They're all tainted with this for the rest of their lives.
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
America is a culture of child abuse. Ask any survivor - we find one another, we form networks and communities.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
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These people all go to rich people megachurches so they have no idea how freaky this looks to normal people
December 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
These people all go to rich people megachurches so they have no idea how freaky this looks to normal people
I've watched more boxing in the last 24 hours than I have in the last two decades. They were TERRIBLE fights and I LOVED THEM!
December 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I've watched more boxing in the last 24 hours than I have in the last two decades. They were TERRIBLE fights and I LOVED THEM!
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Hopefully, sooner.
December 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Hopefully, sooner.
Not the pope who led the Church during a decades old conspiracy to cover up a GLOBAL child sexual assault culture among Catholic priests! What would HE be doing meeting with Epstein!!???
December 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Not the pope who led the Church during a decades old conspiracy to cover up a GLOBAL child sexual assault culture among Catholic priests! What would HE be doing meeting with Epstein!!???