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James Ryan
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Writer, critic, occasional toruble-maker; interested in-writes SF/F/H, history in general, entertainment/mass media issues and history
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My interview with Fitz of Writing will drop on Tuesday the 19th at 8:00 PM EST.

Links when it goes live:
Ad card for Fitz of Writing with interview subject's portrait (mine) on left. Text: New Episode 11/19/2025 Red Jenny and the Pirates... Statues to Silence Raging Gail Horror and Speculative Fiction Depth of Experience History Within the Publishing Industry Feathring: James Ryan #JUSTICE4GORGONS
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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URL: politico.com/news/2025/11/13/rubios-diplomats-to-consider-obesity-as-cause-for-rejecting-visas-00650810 Headline from POLITICO: "Rubio instructs US diplomats to consider obesity as a cause for rejecting visas" Subheadline: "White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said the guidance is an extension of the administration’s efforts to focus federal spending on US citizens." Byline: "By GREGORY SVIRNOVSKIY and NAHAL TOOSI 11/13/2025 02:37 PM EST" Caption: Fat Shaming is now official US policy! FFS... Signature: https://jamesyanfiction substack com
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Thoughts...?
Screen cap in browser of story at nytimes.com (URL at top of pic) of story "Have Halloween Decorations Become Too Scary?" Headline is on the left hand side of the screen, white letters on black background; right hand side of pic shows a clown with sharp teeth and empty eye sockets. (On the page itself, there's a carousel of footage clips that plays in that space.)
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Wishing a Happy Mole Day to everyone who celebra-

Wait, this isn't what that means...?
Picture of the Mole Man, a Marvel Comics villain best known for being the first foe faced by the Fantastic Four. Artist uncredited.
October 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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#HorrorWritersChat

My latest, "Ivy, Lichens, and Wallflowers" is in the collection TOIL AND TROUBLE from DCL Publications:

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Cover for TOIL AND TROUBLE by DCL Publications, showing an attractive witch looking in her crystal ball at a handsome man. Cover notes that contents contain stories by Jennifer Patricia O'Keefe, Lynn Hubbard, James Ryan, Cindy Lewis Smith, Juan Christian, and Jae El Foster (who is also credited on the cover as the editor).
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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And now, a moment of calm…
October 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Cartoon by Ann Telnaes, dated October 1, 2025: Upside down American flag with Trump lifting up and peering out from the red and white stripes of the flag that cross the entire banner (as opposed to sharing space with the blue field) like a peeping Tom or a burglar chasing the joint before the break in. Caption by Telnaes: "THE ACTUAL ENEMY FROM WITHIN"
October 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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September 30 October 1
Left: Tim Curry as Wadsworth in CLUE Right: Tim Curry as Dr. Frank N. Furter in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Screencap of X.com post from Karoline Leavitt Leavitt's message: "Democrats must stop demonizing the hertoic men and women of ICE who are just doing their jobs to keep America safe." Image in post: Shield of DHS dwarfed by message "I STAND WITH ICE" Caption beneath screencap: "After all, they were only following orders..."
September 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Picture of Jimmy Kimmel at the wheel of his car. Upper caption: GET IN LOSERS Lower Caption: WE'RE WATCHING JIMMY KIMMEL TONIGHT! (11:30 PM / 10:30 Central) Pic is based on the "Get In Losers" meme, using a line from MEAN GIRLS from which to build a one-line joke...
September 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Yes, we know, but it’s worth pointing it out again.

His whole schtick in a nutshell, folks…
September 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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No New Pictures, Where Are You Mentally?
Extracted molar, in two pieces, mere moments after being removed by the dentist from the mouth
September 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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You follow your inspiration where it takes you; why imagine him as his current boss when we can think of him as Louis XVI of France?

Y'know, the LAST king of France, for, reasons...?
Caption: Sure, this meme's neat... Image to left: Meme from Tim Hanan with caption: "Donald Trump set to address nation at 2pm today to show everyone he is alive and well" over altered picture of Stephen Miller wearing an ugly Trump wig Caption: But let's REALLY pump it up... Image to right: head with wig from meme shown above, placed upon the body of Louis XVI, the last Bourbon king of France before the French Revolution took place
September 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Can we… just NOT do everything at once? Please…?
August 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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And now, a moment of peace:
August 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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And now, a moment of calm, despite how grand and impressive the subject is...
August 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Show me your getaway vehicle
Cover of GURPS BASIC SET (Third Edition Revised) published by Steve Jackson Games
August 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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How it started: <Headline from DEADLINE 2/29/16> "Les Moonves: Donald Trump And Election Attacks Good For CBS, But Not America" How it's going: <Headline from HUFFPOST 7/2/25> "Paramount Agrees To Pay Trump $16 Million In Outrageous Settlement" Was it really worth it, Les...?
July 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Screencap off of justsecurty.org's newsfeed (taken 7/25/25) with opening of story: "The Federal Communications Commission yesterday announced it will allow Paramount to merge with the Hollywood syudio Skydance after receiving assurances that the new company would be committed to unbiased journalism and would not establish programs related to diversity, equality, and inclusion." Added underneath it in blue type: "That's going to make the next set of STAR TREK spim-offs kinda interesting..."
July 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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With all those stories about people trying to stay young forever that you find in horror, this is very on target…
Storefront for a closed down Forever 21, displaying an announcement that Spirit Halloween will be opening soon
July 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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And now, a moment of calm…
July 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I've started moving the main content from the WordPress site over to Substack; some of it has been updated and will get more attention in the future as new announcements for these projects (and a few new projects as well) will get updates here.

https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/
Announcement of additional content moving over to https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/; this covers the movement of the page listing and linking to opter appearances and presentations, superimposed over a copy of the cover of STATUES TO SILENCE which has written upon it: "LIVE - Shade Bar, NY - July 13, 2025"
July 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I've started moving the main content from the WordPress site over to Substack; some of it has been updated and will get more attention in the future as new announcements for these projects (and a few new projects as well) will get updates here.

https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/
Announcement of additional content moving over to https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/; this covers the movement of the listing of other appearances over the cover of the anthology DRAGON MYTHICANA, where the story "Padre Jorge and the Dragon" appears
July 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I've started moving the main content from the WordPress site over to Substack; some of it has been updated and will get more attention in the future as new announcements for these projects (and a few new projects as well) will get updates here.

https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/
Announcement of additional content moving over to https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/; this covers the movement of the page on RAGING GAIL (both the novel online and the audio reading of it on YouTube) superimposed over a copy of the flag of the ship the "Ragiung Gail"
July 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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I've started moving the main content from the WordPress site over to Substack; some of it has been updated and will get more attention in the future as new announcements for these projects (and a few new projects as well) will get updates here.

https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/
Announcement of additional content moving over to https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/; this covers the movement of the page of RED JENNY AND THE PIRATES OF BUFFALO superimposed over a cover of the novel
July 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM