Christopher Rowe
@christopherrowe.bsky.social
Writer, reader, cyclist, cook, traveller. THE NAVIGATING FOX, starred review in Publishers Weekly, out now from Tordotcom Publishing.
Pinned
I am now old, impoverished and ill. But my shadow can shoot lightning from its eyes.
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I am now old, impoverished and ill. But my shadow can shoot lightning from its eyes.
I don’t know what your idea of fun is, but mine is NOT carrying a struggling 130 pund Wagyu calf 200 yards in the pouring rain.
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I don’t know what your idea of fun is, but mine is NOT carrying a struggling 130 pund Wagyu calf 200 yards in the pouring rain.
attn: DC Comics. 120 page graphic novel. Kid Psycho in the 21st Century. It's obviously past time. Contact me via my agent.
October 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
attn: DC Comics. 120 page graphic novel. Kid Psycho in the 21st Century. It's obviously past time. Contact me via my agent.
I am taking my afternoon off indulging myself in a game of sorts, one of my own invention, which I am calling BrontëTech. Riffing off something I mentioned in an Amazon review of the special “Gothic” issue of Shrapnel, the magazine devoted to the vast BattleTech fiction and gaming shared universe...
October 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am taking my afternoon off indulging myself in a game of sorts, one of my own invention, which I am calling BrontëTech. Riffing off something I mentioned in an Amazon review of the special “Gothic” issue of Shrapnel, the magazine devoted to the vast BattleTech fiction and gaming shared universe...
When you pull your on hoodie backwards, don't fret. Just kind of shrug it around. But be careful of your glasses, which you forgot to take off first.
October 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
When you pull your on hoodie backwards, don't fret. Just kind of shrug it around. But be careful of your glasses, which you forgot to take off first.
The bovine mind is a mysterious thing.
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The bovine mind is a mysterious thing.
I’m introducing a new internet acronym. OAL;TY. Of appropriate length; thank you.
October 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I’m introducing a new internet acronym. OAL;TY. Of appropriate length; thank you.
Some days your biggest accomplishment is going to be getting a chain wrapped too tautly around a gate unstuck. That’s not a metaphor.
Related: It is always easier to chain a gate than to unchain a gate. You can use that one as a metaphor, I guess.
Related: It is always easier to chain a gate than to unchain a gate. You can use that one as a metaphor, I guess.
October 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Some days your biggest accomplishment is going to be getting a chain wrapped too tautly around a gate unstuck. That’s not a metaphor.
Related: It is always easier to chain a gate than to unchain a gate. You can use that one as a metaphor, I guess.
Related: It is always easier to chain a gate than to unchain a gate. You can use that one as a metaphor, I guess.
Make of this what you will. I hate to be pessimistic; perhaps it simply indicates that the new owners are going to handle their own electronic subscriptions. From Weightless Books:
October 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Make of this what you will. I hate to be pessimistic; perhaps it simply indicates that the new owners are going to handle their own electronic subscriptions. From Weightless Books:
A title, byline, and editorial blurb for a story in the November 1934 issue of Weird Tales Magazine. Sure, time and Freud’s cigar must be taken into account but it makes me wonder about editor Farnsworth Wright’s sense of humor. And of self-awareness.
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A title, byline, and editorial blurb for a story in the November 1934 issue of Weird Tales Magazine. Sure, time and Freud’s cigar must be taken into account but it makes me wonder about editor Farnsworth Wright’s sense of humor. And of self-awareness.
A friend once told me that the closest parallel to NFTs —a previous “inevitable” thing foisted on a world that deserves better—was those certificates you can order that give you “ownership” of a star.
October 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A friend once told me that the closest parallel to NFTs —a previous “inevitable” thing foisted on a world that deserves better—was those certificates you can order that give you “ownership” of a star.
Bow to your partner.
Bow to the lady across the hall.
Bow to the lady across the hall.
October 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Bow to your partner.
Bow to the lady across the hall.
Bow to the lady across the hall.
I must admit that the practice illustrated in the attached images both irritates and concerns me. The pictures are the cover and first page of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars as it first appeared in book form in 1917, and then the cover and first page of the same book as published in 2024.
October 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I must admit that the practice illustrated in the attached images both irritates and concerns me. The pictures are the cover and first page of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars as it first appeared in book form in 1917, and then the cover and first page of the same book as published in 2024.
A commonplace conversation once often heard around here that you don’t hear anymore:
“Are you not gonna lock the door?”
“Nah. Somebody might need to get in.”
“Are you not gonna lock the door?”
“Nah. Somebody might need to get in.”
October 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A commonplace conversation once often heard around here that you don’t hear anymore:
“Are you not gonna lock the door?”
“Nah. Somebody might need to get in.”
“Are you not gonna lock the door?”
“Nah. Somebody might need to get in.”
Robert E. Howard fans be advised.
October 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Robert E. Howard fans be advised.
God bless Jane Goodall, Ambassador to Our Cousins. Her work helped us better understand ourselves.
October 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
God bless Jane Goodall, Ambassador to Our Cousins. Her work helped us better understand ourselves.
Who knows what this is? Don’t be tacky and no fun by looking this up with a search engine or whatever.
October 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Who knows what this is? Don’t be tacky and no fun by looking this up with a search engine or whatever.
I need just 12 more followers to hit 1300. I will recruit whoever those 12 are as disciples and send them out into the world to preach peace, love, and resistance to Empire. Warning: some of you will probably be martyred.
October 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I need just 12 more followers to hit 1300. I will recruit whoever those 12 are as disciples and send them out into the world to preach peace, love, and resistance to Empire. Warning: some of you will probably be martyred.
I am really digging the outfits, wizards! Especially the hats!
From "Death and 7 Wizards," written by Roy Thomas with pencils by John Buscema under Ernie Chua's inks in the Marvel comic, Conan the Barbarian #33, cover-dated December 1973.
From "Death and 7 Wizards," written by Roy Thomas with pencils by John Buscema under Ernie Chua's inks in the Marvel comic, Conan the Barbarian #33, cover-dated December 1973.
September 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I am really digging the outfits, wizards! Especially the hats!
From "Death and 7 Wizards," written by Roy Thomas with pencils by John Buscema under Ernie Chua's inks in the Marvel comic, Conan the Barbarian #33, cover-dated December 1973.
From "Death and 7 Wizards," written by Roy Thomas with pencils by John Buscema under Ernie Chua's inks in the Marvel comic, Conan the Barbarian #33, cover-dated December 1973.
Here’s the announcement of the next round of digital shorts based on the characters of Robert E. Howard. My story is about Bran Mak Morn, a Pict hero in the days of the Roman occupation. The title is “Wolf of the Heather.”
www.superherohype.com/comics/62877...
www.superherohype.com/comics/62877...
New Conan the Barbarian Stories Set Release Dates, View Covers | Exclusive - Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News - SuperHeroHype
Titan Books and Heroic Signatures have confirmed a new ebooks line starring Conan the Barbarian and other heroes created by Robert E. Howard.
www.superherohype.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Here’s the announcement of the next round of digital shorts based on the characters of Robert E. Howard. My story is about Bran Mak Morn, a Pict hero in the days of the Roman occupation. The title is “Wolf of the Heather.”
www.superherohype.com/comics/62877...
www.superherohype.com/comics/62877...
This photograph of Reagan-era Marine veteran Curtis Evans exercising his constitutional right to protest in Broadview, Illinois, yesterday was taken for the Chicago Tribune by Stacey Wescott. I know Curtis Evans is a hero, and I'm betting Stacey Wescott is a future Pulitzer winner.
September 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This photograph of Reagan-era Marine veteran Curtis Evans exercising his constitutional right to protest in Broadview, Illinois, yesterday was taken for the Chicago Tribune by Stacey Wescott. I know Curtis Evans is a hero, and I'm betting Stacey Wescott is a future Pulitzer winner.
Here's a dark fantasy story I wrote called "Dolly Girl." I'm pretty proud of it. It's about 8,100 words long, which means it will take most native English readers about 40 minutes to read. If you take the time, let me know what you think!
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Dolly Girl
Like at least the five previous Constance Faradays—Connie’s mother, and hers, and hers, and on back like that—Connie had been...
www.apexbookcompany.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Here's a dark fantasy story I wrote called "Dolly Girl." I'm pretty proud of it. It's about 8,100 words long, which means it will take most native English readers about 40 minutes to read. If you take the time, let me know what you think!
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
I posted this image last week,but am reposting as I can now prove this is my 5-times-great-grandfather. As a member of Gabriel Long's Company of Morgan's Rifles, he crossed the Delaware with George Washington. Shortly thereafter, he was wounded at Princeton, then fought at Brunswick and elsewhere.
September 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I posted this image last week,but am reposting as I can now prove this is my 5-times-great-grandfather. As a member of Gabriel Long's Company of Morgan's Rifles, he crossed the Delaware with George Washington. Shortly thereafter, he was wounded at Princeton, then fought at Brunswick and elsewhere.