Scott Edelman
@scottedelman.bsky.social
Scott Edelman is a Stoker Award-nominated writer and Hugo Award-nominated editor of SF, fantasy & horror. And host of the Eating the Fantastic podcast! (He/Him)
I guess I'm not the only one who sent an email to @kaine.senate.gov today to let him know how disappointed we all are in him. He let me down. He let America down.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I guess I'm not the only one who sent an email to @kaine.senate.gov today to let him know how disappointed we all are in him. He let me down. He let America down.
I suddenly realized the cover art to my new all science fiction short story collection 101 Things to Do Before You're downloaded shares a theme with my last purely SF collection, 2010's What We Still Talk About, a completely unplanned connection. Time to blast off! pspublishing.co.uk/101-things-t...
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I suddenly realized the cover art to my new all science fiction short story collection 101 Things to Do Before You're downloaded shares a theme with my last purely SF collection, 2010's What We Still Talk About, a completely unplanned connection. Time to blast off! pspublishing.co.uk/101-things-t...
Today in Donald Trump's state-sponsored terrorism. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Today in Donald Trump's state-sponsored terrorism. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
A photo served up to me this morning from the 2013 Brighton World Fantasy Con brings with it some guilt. Because seeing myself cradling a ukulele I carried across the pond so I could strum with @nikiri.bsky.social and others that weekend reminds me I haven't noodled around with my uke in months.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A photo served up to me this morning from the 2013 Brighton World Fantasy Con brings with it some guilt. Because seeing myself cradling a ukulele I carried across the pond so I could strum with @nikiri.bsky.social and others that weekend reminds me I haven't noodled around with my uke in months.
"I want you to understand, regardless of your politics, the historical danger of a secret police. What happens when a militia is deployed in our neighborhoods and against our own people." aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
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November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"I want you to understand, regardless of your politics, the historical danger of a secret police. What happens when a militia is deployed in our neighborhoods and against our own people." aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Happy to see PS Publishing has moved my science fiction short story collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded from its FORTHCOMING TITLES page over to CURRENT TITLES. Copies will shortly be shipped, folks! Perhaps you'd care to own one? pspublishing.co.uk/101-things-t...
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Happy to see PS Publishing has moved my science fiction short story collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded from its FORTHCOMING TITLES page over to CURRENT TITLES. Copies will shortly be shipped, folks! Perhaps you'd care to own one? pspublishing.co.uk/101-things-t...
Today's treadmill time took in the rest of It: Chapter Two, which didn't move me the way Chapter One had. I found myself caring deeply about those kids in the first part, but as for the adults in the second ... not so much. Something was lost by breaking the non-linear storytelling of the novel.
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Today's treadmill time took in the rest of It: Chapter Two, which didn't move me the way Chapter One had. I found myself caring deeply about those kids in the first part, but as for the adults in the second ... not so much. Something was lost by breaking the non-linear storytelling of the novel.
For those who like knowing how Eating the Fantastic's podcast sausage is made: editing the raw audio for my chat with Alaya Dawn Johnson to make it more copacetic for your ears took 549 snips, removing 8 minutes, 48 seconds of distractions. I hope you'll come eavesdrop on Friday! pod.link/1083737796
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
For those who like knowing how Eating the Fantastic's podcast sausage is made: editing the raw audio for my chat with Alaya Dawn Johnson to make it more copacetic for your ears took 549 snips, removing 8 minutes, 48 seconds of distractions. I hope you'll come eavesdrop on Friday! pod.link/1083737796
Happy 74th birthday to my old Marvel Bullpen comrade Bill Mantlo. No matter how he ages, he'll always live on in my memory looking like this, because back when I edited our fan magazine F.O.O.M. and asked writers and artists to supply baby pics we could run, he understood the assignment.
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Happy 74th birthday to my old Marvel Bullpen comrade Bill Mantlo. No matter how he ages, he'll always live on in my memory looking like this, because back when I edited our fan magazine F.O.O.M. and asked writers and artists to supply baby pics we could run, he understood the assignment.
Last night's earworm which swept through my cerebellum each time I woke was — thanks to the second episode of Pluribus — "Nobody Told Me." Though unlike the show, my subconscious served up the song in English. youtu.be/cuuhsqA95iA
NOBODY TOLD ME. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon (official music video HD)
YouTube video by johnlennon
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Last night's earworm which swept through my cerebellum each time I woke was — thanks to the second episode of Pluribus — "Nobody Told Me." Though unlike the show, my subconscious served up the song in English. youtu.be/cuuhsqA95iA
Do you recognize this monkey? Decluttering, I found a flip book from the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con with me climbed on and kissed by a monkey — a monkey I *think* costarred in an NBC show that year. Anybody out here remember a 2012 TV monkey? Because even though I got a big smooch out of it, I don't.
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Do you recognize this monkey? Decluttering, I found a flip book from the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con with me climbed on and kissed by a monkey — a monkey I *think* costarred in an NBC show that year. Anybody out here remember a 2012 TV monkey? Because even though I got a big smooch out of it, I don't.
Edited to the halfway point in the raw audio from my D.C. lunch with Alaya Dawn Johnson as I continue deleting any distractions which would interfere with you absorbing her wisdom. Subscribe now to be among the first to join us Friday on a new episode of Eating the Fantastic! pod.link/1083737796
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Edited to the halfway point in the raw audio from my D.C. lunch with Alaya Dawn Johnson as I continue deleting any distractions which would interfere with you absorbing her wisdom. Subscribe now to be among the first to join us Friday on a new episode of Eating the Fantastic! pod.link/1083737796
Even though this original series tribble "exhibits signs of age, including minor hair loss and fraying," I'd've thought it more valuable than the auction house's estimate of £3,000-£6,000. I guess I'm out of the loop as to the worth of an iconic 58-year-old prop. propstoreauction.com/lot-details/...
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Even though this original series tribble "exhibits signs of age, including minor hair loss and fraying," I'd've thought it more valuable than the auction house's estimate of £3,000-£6,000. I guess I'm out of the loop as to the worth of an iconic 58-year-old prop. propstoreauction.com/lot-details/...
We're days away from the release of my science fiction short story collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded, but since I couldn't be sure copies would be available in time for the first of my upcoming events, I thought I'd bring this collapsible banner. pspublishing.co.uk/101-things-t...
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We're days away from the release of my science fiction short story collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded, but since I couldn't be sure copies would be available in time for the first of my upcoming events, I thought I'd bring this collapsible banner. pspublishing.co.uk/101-things-t...
Today in Donald Trump's state-sponsored terrorism. www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Today in Donald Trump's state-sponsored terrorism. www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
As we mourn John Cleary, shot by the National Guard during the Kent State massacre, my first thought is that Donald Trump is doing everything he can to make sure there are more Kent States in this country. And my second is of how much I loathe John W. Campbell Jr. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As we mourn John Cleary, shot by the National Guard during the Kent State massacre, my first thought is that Donald Trump is doing everything he can to make sure there are more Kent States in this country. And my second is of how much I loathe John W. Campbell Jr. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Happy birthday to my two-time Eating the Fantastic guest @jeffreyford8.bsky.social! Celebrate by eavesdropping on both meals, and find out why eight years after his first appearance, he said writing has gotten more daunting (but more fun) as he’s gotten older. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Happy birthday to my two-time Eating the Fantastic guest @jeffreyford8.bsky.social! Celebrate by eavesdropping on both meals, and find out why eight years after his first appearance, he said writing has gotten more daunting (but more fun) as he’s gotten older. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
The Scott of 2016 was right to be depressed. The future that followed was worse than he was then capable of imagining.
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Scott of 2016 was right to be depressed. The future that followed was worse than he was then capable of imagining.
Last night's earworm which serenaded me each time I woke was — "Beyond the Blue Horizon" by Jeanette MacDonald. youtu.be/633oRJ89dIA
Jeanette MacDonald - Beyond the Blue Horizon (1950)
YouTube video by CatsPjamas1
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Last night's earworm which serenaded me each time I woke was — "Beyond the Blue Horizon" by Jeanette MacDonald. youtu.be/633oRJ89dIA
Ended the night editing another 25 minutes of raw audio from my Ethiopian feast with Alaya Dawn Johnson to remove any infelicities which might interfere with you enjoying eavesdropping on the next episode of Eating the Fantastic. I hope you'll decide to pull up a seat Friday! pod.link/1083737796
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Ended the night editing another 25 minutes of raw audio from my Ethiopian feast with Alaya Dawn Johnson to remove any infelicities which might interfere with you enjoying eavesdropping on the next episode of Eating the Fantastic. I hope you'll decide to pull up a seat Friday! pod.link/1083737796
Donald Trump wants Americans to starve — and the Supreme Court is OK with that. If his presidency is remembered for anything at all — and I hope it is forgotten like some bad dream — it will be for its cruelty. Because cruelty is the central doctrine of his administration. apnews.com/article/snap...
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Donald Trump wants Americans to starve — and the Supreme Court is OK with that. If his presidency is remembered for anything at all — and I hope it is forgotten like some bad dream — it will be for its cruelty. Because cruelty is the central doctrine of his administration. apnews.com/article/snap...
I didn't attend the recent NYC screening of Abel Gance's Napoleon because I wouldn't have been able to kiss Lillian Gish's hand again the way I did after a 1981 screening at Radio City Music Hall, and my evening therefore would have paled by comparison. gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
Who waits in line for a 100-year-old, 5-hour silent movie? New Yorkers, of course.
"Napoleon" sells out Film Forum in screenings a century in the making.
gothamist.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I didn't attend the recent NYC screening of Abel Gance's Napoleon because I wouldn't have been able to kiss Lillian Gish's hand again the way I did after a 1981 screening at Radio City Music Hall, and my evening therefore would have paled by comparison. gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
Today's treadmill entertainment was intended to be the second half of It: Chapter Two, but then I remembered the first episodes of Pluribus has gone live, so I had to dive in. It would be a crime to keep Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn waiting.
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Today's treadmill entertainment was intended to be the second half of It: Chapter Two, but then I remembered the first episodes of Pluribus has gone live, so I had to dive in. It would be a crime to keep Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn waiting.
Post you from a different era.
College freshman me, SUNY Buffalo, age 17, 1973.
College freshman me, SUNY Buffalo, age 17, 1973.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Post you from a different era.
College freshman me, SUNY Buffalo, age 17, 1973.
College freshman me, SUNY Buffalo, age 17, 1973.
I sold my entire collection in the '80s after I burned out on comics, at which point seeing them around the house only caused me pain. I late reacquired the one comic I regretted having sold — Tales of Suspense #69 (September 1965), which mentioned my membership in the Merry Marvel Marching Society.
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I sold my entire collection in the '80s after I burned out on comics, at which point seeing them around the house only caused me pain. I late reacquired the one comic I regretted having sold — Tales of Suspense #69 (September 1965), which mentioned my membership in the Merry Marvel Marching Society.