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@mollytanzer.bsky.social
Award-winning author of novels and short stories, including the official Jirel of Joiry revival “Jirel and the Mirror of Truth.” S-tier manga adaptrix, GenAI/LLM disliker. Abolish ICE. (she/her)
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You all may disagree but I found this line in GDT's new Frankenstein movie to be absolutely haunting
just wanna do some lil arts and crafts
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
You all may disagree but I found this line in GDT's new Frankenstein movie to be absolutely haunting
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If it came out that a political candidate I had supported was very obviously and credibly a pedophile, I would simply stop supporting them
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If it came out that a political candidate I had supported was very obviously and credibly a pedophile, I would simply stop supporting them
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
The belief that one gets some kind of gold star for being correct first is one of the worst parts of terminally online political discourse. We were all mad when Dems surrendered the shutdown, so why are we waving the white flag?
I'm not really into the skeets saying "there will be no consequences just like there haven't been consequences" because firstly, that's defeatist. secondly, I don't see the use in predicting the future consequences or lack thereof. I do see the use in loudly telling the truth at all times
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The belief that one gets some kind of gold star for being correct first is one of the worst parts of terminally online political discourse. We were all mad when Dems surrendered the shutdown, so why are we waving the white flag?
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Read your contracts, friends.
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Read your contracts, friends.
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Convincing you to read my collection with the first sentence.
(“Another Country Doctor”, first story in Constellations of Ruin, 2023 Trepidatio Publishing: journalstone.com/bookstore/co...)
(“Another Country Doctor”, first story in Constellations of Ruin, 2023 Trepidatio Publishing: journalstone.com/bookstore/co...)
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Convincing you to read my collection with the first sentence.
(“Another Country Doctor”, first story in Constellations of Ruin, 2023 Trepidatio Publishing: journalstone.com/bookstore/co...)
(“Another Country Doctor”, first story in Constellations of Ruin, 2023 Trepidatio Publishing: journalstone.com/bookstore/co...)
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The Joyce Carol Oates and “books written between 1890-1930 are so ALPHA” thing struck home because it showed how many elites nowadays lack the ability to be moved or find meaning in art beyond what we did watching John Wick and going fuck yea this rules and that explains why they believe in AI art
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Joyce Carol Oates and “books written between 1890-1930 are so ALPHA” thing struck home because it showed how many elites nowadays lack the ability to be moved or find meaning in art beyond what we did watching John Wick and going fuck yea this rules and that explains why they believe in AI art
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Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
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Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(This is the opening of BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED.)
(This is the opening of BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED.)
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(This is the opening of BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED.)
(This is the opening of BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED.)
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Convincing you to read my novel with the first few sentences. (No clean break after first sentence, sorry!) Share yours if you want.
KALIVAS! OR, ANOTHER TEMPEST
Why not a @bookshop.org link today?
bookshop.org/p/books/kali...
KALIVAS! OR, ANOTHER TEMPEST
Why not a @bookshop.org link today?
bookshop.org/p/books/kali...
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Convincing you to read my novel with the first few sentences. (No clean break after first sentence, sorry!) Share yours if you want.
KALIVAS! OR, ANOTHER TEMPEST
Why not a @bookshop.org link today?
bookshop.org/p/books/kali...
KALIVAS! OR, ANOTHER TEMPEST
Why not a @bookshop.org link today?
bookshop.org/p/books/kali...
Convincing you to *pre-order my *novella with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(And Side by Side They Wander, May '26: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...)
(And Side by Side They Wander, May '26: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...)
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Convincing you to *pre-order my *novella with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(And Side by Side They Wander, May '26: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...)
(And Side by Side They Wander, May '26: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...)
Yay yes 100% this
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Yay yes 100% this
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*sips milk*
You remind me of someone I have a fixation on.... can't put my finger on it tho....
*holds glass of milk to the camera*
You remind me of someone I have a fixation on.... can't put my finger on it tho....
*holds glass of milk to the camera*
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
*sips milk*
You remind me of someone I have a fixation on.... can't put my finger on it tho....
*holds glass of milk to the camera*
You remind me of someone I have a fixation on.... can't put my finger on it tho....
*holds glass of milk to the camera*
FRANKENSTEIN, Guillermo del Toro (2025)
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
FRANKENSTEIN, Guillermo del Toro (2025)
I think the best part of the del Toro FRANKENSTEIN is when William looks right at Victor and says, “Victor, YOU are the monster!!!!” Boy, if only Mary Shelley had thought to put that line in her book she would have saved us all a lot of head-scratching!
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I think the best part of the del Toro FRANKENSTEIN is when William looks right at Victor and says, “Victor, YOU are the monster!!!!” Boy, if only Mary Shelley had thought to put that line in her book she would have saved us all a lot of head-scratching!
And he ended it with a quote from Byron. Give me a fucking break. I quit
Mary Shelley: I am going to write a novel about how men, to the misery and folly of the world, think they understand everything better than women, including making new life!
Male filmmakers: I understand the story of Frankenstein much better than its author
Male filmmakers: I understand the story of Frankenstein much better than its author
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 AM
And he ended it with a quote from Byron. Give me a fucking break. I quit
Mary Shelley: I am going to write a novel about how men, to the misery and folly of the world, think they understand everything better than women, including making new life!
Male filmmakers: I understand the story of Frankenstein much better than its author
Male filmmakers: I understand the story of Frankenstein much better than its author
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Mary Shelley: I am going to write a novel about how men, to the misery and folly of the world, think they understand everything better than women, including making new life!
Male filmmakers: I understand the story of Frankenstein much better than its author
Male filmmakers: I understand the story of Frankenstein much better than its author
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If all you think about Black Southern History and all you bring up is slavery? Then you are missing out. Black southern history and culture is not about suffering. It's about art, history, language, music, food, and our accomplishments.
"Black people just move to a Blue State" is such out of touch bullshit. And what about the Indigieous folks or the Chicanx folks? We just leave them behind to suffer while we have to deal with the passive aggressive anti-Blackness that Blue states are known for?
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If all you think about Black Southern History and all you bring up is slavery? Then you are missing out. Black southern history and culture is not about suffering. It's about art, history, language, music, food, and our accomplishments.
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Wow.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Wow.
There is also someone in a very natty suit, much like that guy from the photograph!
news about the louvre put anyone else in a heist story mood? excited for sci-fi novella AND SIDE BY SIDE THEY WANDER by Molly Tanzer. "An intergalactic art heist by a ragtag group of underqualified misfits. What could go wrong?" #ewgc
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
There is also someone in a very natty suit, much like that guy from the photograph!
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
I had never heard of this show before and now I will 100% be watching it
I saw someone angry that a scene where the villain forces his rival to watch him fuck somebody else while he's tied to a chair "wasn't romantic at ALL!!"
and I'm like, how do you engage with that? of course it wasn't, why did you think it was! the gap is too huge. you shouldn't be watching this
and I'm like, how do you engage with that? of course it wasn't, why did you think it was! the gap is too huge. you shouldn't be watching this
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I had never heard of this show before and now I will 100% be watching it
I'm doing my "first pass" proofread on my forthcoming Tordotcom novella, about an interstellar art heist, and was delighted to remember I'd included the "art banana" (aka Comedian, by Maurizio Cattelan) among the various works mentioned.
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I'm doing my "first pass" proofread on my forthcoming Tordotcom novella, about an interstellar art heist, and was delighted to remember I'd included the "art banana" (aka Comedian, by Maurizio Cattelan) among the various works mentioned.