Jay Ridler,
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Wow they always go in threes: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Ozzy Osbourne, and Chuck Mangione and absolutely no one else
July 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Wow they always go in threes: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Ozzy Osbourne, and Chuck Mangione and absolutely no one else
AEW and NXT have had great shows over two weeks. Io Sky may be the best wrestler in either promotion. Will the streak continue? Unlikely!
April 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
AEW and NXT have had great shows over two weeks. Io Sky may be the best wrestler in either promotion. Will the streak continue? Unlikely!
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Next month? Now it's next week!
Hey, Gabino! 120 MURDERS: DARK FICTION INSPIRED BY THE ALTERNATIVE ERA with new stories by @silviamg.bsky.social @joshmalerman.bsky.social @chrislterry.bsky.social @mollytanzer.bsky.social @libbycudmore.bsky.social @meggardiner.bsky.social next month! Signed copies via @ebbooksellers.bsky.social
120 Murders-Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era
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April 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Next month? Now it's next week!
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Let's keep it going for the artists!
FIRST AUTHOR RAISE UNLOCKED!
96% OF THE WAY TO OUR FIRST ARTIST RAISE!
ONWARRRRD! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
96% OF THE WAY TO OUR FIRST ARTIST RAISE!
ONWARRRRD! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
March 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Let's keep it going for the artists!
“Reviewers also describe my work as ‘cartoonish,’ which I take as a compliment, because I love cartooning, and cartooning is very Greek... The creators of the Greek myths worked like cartoonists, painting in big bold strokes without a lot of physical or psychological detail.”
Breaking News: Tom Robbins, whose comic novels drew a cult following by blending pop philosophy and absurdist comedy, has died at 92.
Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92
He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and All.”
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“Reviewers also describe my work as ‘cartoonish,’ which I take as a compliment, because I love cartooning, and cartooning is very Greek... The creators of the Greek myths worked like cartoonists, painting in big bold strokes without a lot of physical or psychological detail.”
Raw was all filler. It was a rerun of the week before. Nothing moved forward. Rather watch Top Chef reruns.
February 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Raw was all filler. It was a rerun of the week before. Nothing moved forward. Rather watch Top Chef reruns.
RAW on Netflix is starting to return to VKM tactics - the half-hour of nothing (entrance, interrupted speeches, all about something happening later), opening bout I can't remember, one okay match (I v. L), filler, and then a main event Zayne jobbed . . . again. Evil New Day is fun, though!
a man with a beard is holding a microphone and saying preach .
ALT: a man with a beard is holding a microphone and saying preach .
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
RAW on Netflix is starting to return to VKM tactics - the half-hour of nothing (entrance, interrupted speeches, all about something happening later), opening bout I can't remember, one okay match (I v. L), filler, and then a main event Zayne jobbed . . . again. Evil New Day is fun, though!
McIntyre's elimination from the Rumble was something of a botch, apparently. I thought he was overselling his death stare, turns it was aimed at LA Knight's showboating.
February 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
McIntyre's elimination from the Rumble was something of a botch, apparently. I thought he was overselling his death stare, turns it was aimed at LA Knight's showboating.
The Rumble was fun. Breaker was great. J. Fatu was great. The setting up of the Road to WrestleMania? Fun. But Cody v. Owens was awkward and the finish so tired it felt like a botch. Glad Charlotte Flair is back, though!
a man in a red shirt is holding a microphone and says usa i saw a t-rex
ALT: a man in a red shirt is holding a microphone and says usa i saw a t-rex
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February 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The Rumble was fun. Breaker was great. J. Fatu was great. The setting up of the Road to WrestleMania? Fun. But Cody v. Owens was awkward and the finish so tired it felt like a botch. Glad Charlotte Flair is back, though!
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Everything is Terrible, but PW gave my new book THE GET OFF a stared review today.
“Supremely satisfying…an outstanding conclusion…a remarkable final act for a top-shelf series.”
www.publishersweekly.com/9781835411735
“Supremely satisfying…an outstanding conclusion…a remarkable final act for a top-shelf series.”
www.publishersweekly.com/9781835411735
The Get Off by Christa Faust
Faust delivers an outstanding conclusion to her Angel Dare trilogy (after Choke Hold). It’s been nearly 15 years since readers l...
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January 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Everything is Terrible, but PW gave my new book THE GET OFF a stared review today.
“Supremely satisfying…an outstanding conclusion…a remarkable final act for a top-shelf series.”
www.publishersweekly.com/9781835411735
“Supremely satisfying…an outstanding conclusion…a remarkable final act for a top-shelf series.”
www.publishersweekly.com/9781835411735
I was interviewed by MILITARY HISTORIANS ARE PEOPLE, TOO! We discuss my mom's life as a war refugee of the Eastern Front, why outsiders are difference makers in science and military affairs, and, of course - PRO WRESTLING! Great time had by all! open.spotify.com/episode/5l2p...
S5E09 Jason Ridler - Johns Hopkins University
Military Historians are People, Too! · Episode
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November 30, 2024 at 6:02 PM
I was interviewed by MILITARY HISTORIANS ARE PEOPLE, TOO! We discuss my mom's life as a war refugee of the Eastern Front, why outsiders are difference makers in science and military affairs, and, of course - PRO WRESTLING! Great time had by all! open.spotify.com/episode/5l2p...
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This we released The Switchblade Svengali by @coyhall.bsky.social, a follow-up to A Séance for Wicked King Death.
shotgunhoney.com/announcement...
shotgunhoney.com/announcement...
Book Release: The Switchblade Svengali by Coy Hall
We are very pleased to release the followup to A Séance for Wicked King Death, The Switchblade Svengali by Coy Hall. Follow Royce Pembrook as he tries not to get trapped by past cons. What to Expec…
shotgunhoney.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:11 PM
This we released The Switchblade Svengali by @coyhall.bsky.social, a follow-up to A Séance for Wicked King Death.
shotgunhoney.com/announcement...
shotgunhoney.com/announcement...
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My latest Short Review of a Short Book for @fabulistmag.bsky.social looks at Nisi Shawl's THE DAY & NIGHT BOOKS OF MARDOU FOX
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Beat Re-Generation: 'The Day & Night Books of Mardou Fox' (review) > The Fabulist Words & Art
A neglected Beat poet better known for her relationship with Jack Kerouac acquires an expansively magical life of her own.
fabulistmagazine.com
November 12, 2024 at 6:52 PM
My latest Short Review of a Short Book for @fabulistmag.bsky.social looks at Nisi Shawl's THE DAY & NIGHT BOOKS OF MARDOU FOX
fabulistmagazine.com/beat-re-gene...
fabulistmagazine.com/beat-re-gene...
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As promised, here's our editorial on the Hugos, with a renewed call for work in translation: "On Ongoing Prejudice in the SFF Community and What Is to Be Done" reckoning.press/on-ongoing-p...
The below thread links to some of the same resources and many more. And we'll be adding to it as we go.
The below thread links to some of the same resources and many more. And we'll be adding to it as we go.
Tomorrow we'll have a bit of an editorial rant about this year's Hugo awfulness and what is to be done. Here is a (hopefully long) thread of means by which to help the good, creative, fierce people of this field resist the conditions that produced said awfulness. Plz boost and suggest more
February 27, 2024 at 1:57 PM
As promised, here's our editorial on the Hugos, with a renewed call for work in translation: "On Ongoing Prejudice in the SFF Community and What Is to Be Done" reckoning.press/on-ongoing-p...
The below thread links to some of the same resources and many more. And we'll be adding to it as we go.
The below thread links to some of the same resources and many more. And we'll be adding to it as we go.
Here are some for the crime/horror crowd (or are these band names?): Needlestick! Texas Hold'em! Status Offender! Smashmouth (really?)! Run-and-shoot! Psychobabble! Misery Index (my fave)! Leisure Suit! G-Rated! Blood-and-Guts! Back Channel! Alternative Rock!
Plan on doing something productive? Don't do that! Look up which words were "born" the same year as you! www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler
October 5, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Here are some for the crime/horror crowd (or are these band names?): Needlestick! Texas Hold'em! Status Offender! Smashmouth (really?)! Run-and-shoot! Psychobabble! Misery Index (my fave)! Leisure Suit! G-Rated! Blood-and-Guts! Back Channel! Alternative Rock!