Patrick
@pjropp.bsky.social
Queer Horror // Science // Code // Cats
The story Jamie and I co-wrote is in this anthology! It’s got shapeshifting robots made of spiders, oppressive government regimes, and kissing! What more could you ask for?
✨ @jamielackey.bsky.social ✨
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September 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The story Jamie and I co-wrote is in this anthology! It’s got shapeshifting robots made of spiders, oppressive government regimes, and kissing! What more could you ask for?
✨ @jamielackey.bsky.social ✨
Check it out: theunderdogpress.com/products/way...
✨ @jamielackey.bsky.social ✨
Check it out: theunderdogpress.com/products/way...
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Not gonna lie: I had and continue to have complicated feelings re: my debut novel taking off due to the Trump administration.
But if you can find something in it that resonates with you in these weird times, my feelings about that aren't complicated at all. <3
But if you can find something in it that resonates with you in these weird times, my feelings about that aren't complicated at all. <3
Around this time, in 2017, there was a book I published at Tor about the rise of fascism called Amberlough by @larazontally.bsky.social : a glam spy thriller set in a Weimar-inspired fantasy world. It went on to be a LAMBDA and Nebula Award finalist, and had two sequels (1/)
January 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Not gonna lie: I had and continue to have complicated feelings re: my debut novel taking off due to the Trump administration.
But if you can find something in it that resonates with you in these weird times, my feelings about that aren't complicated at all. <3
But if you can find something in it that resonates with you in these weird times, my feelings about that aren't complicated at all. <3
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New story day! “Five Answers to Questions You Probably Have” is live at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social.
It's a short story told in the form of a crumpled up note, stuffed inside a geode, hidden in your bedroom wall, from the father you've never met, explaining how he knew you'd find this one day.
It's a short story told in the form of a crumpled up note, stuffed inside a geode, hidden in your bedroom wall, from the father you've never met, explaining how he knew you'd find this one day.
Five Answers to Questions You Probably Have - Uncanny Magazine
Answer 1: Your mother was right. I get pissed off upset too easily, and I can’t be trusted with money. I can make a lot of excuses but the clearest answer is she’s always been right about our fights e...
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May 7, 2024 at 3:09 PM
New story day! “Five Answers to Questions You Probably Have” is live at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social.
It's a short story told in the form of a crumpled up note, stuffed inside a geode, hidden in your bedroom wall, from the father you've never met, explaining how he knew you'd find this one day.
It's a short story told in the form of a crumpled up note, stuffed inside a geode, hidden in your bedroom wall, from the father you've never met, explaining how he knew you'd find this one day.
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Today I have a new story out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social - “Three Faces of a Beheading”, which is about historiography and usurpation and storytelling and protest actions.
(This is the story I was talking about a bit ago with the stunt-writing POV and structure games!)
I am very proud of it.
(This is the story I was talking about a bit ago with the stunt-writing POV and structure games!)
I am very proud of it.
Three Faces of a Beheading - Uncanny Magazine
Bloodsoaked and grinning, the Soldier climbs to the summit of the ruins. The wind is mountain-top fast. It grabs the strands of her hair that have escaped her ponytail and sticks them to her ecstatic ...
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May 7, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Today I have a new story out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social - “Three Faces of a Beheading”, which is about historiography and usurpation and storytelling and protest actions.
(This is the story I was talking about a bit ago with the stunt-writing POV and structure games!)
I am very proud of it.
(This is the story I was talking about a bit ago with the stunt-writing POV and structure games!)
I am very proud of it.
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From searingly important YA to gritty adult SF, Sam J Miller's been winning all the awards and changing the field's landscape one incredible novel and story at a time. Join him to chat all things SFF and literary.
@sentencebender.bsky.social
igg.me/at/locusmag2024
@sentencebender.bsky.social
igg.me/at/locusmag2024
March 22, 2024 at 3:40 PM
From searingly important YA to gritty adult SF, Sam J Miller's been winning all the awards and changing the field's landscape one incredible novel and story at a time. Join him to chat all things SFF and literary.
@sentencebender.bsky.social
igg.me/at/locusmag2024
@sentencebender.bsky.social
igg.me/at/locusmag2024
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My 4-week horror writing class with Atlas Obscura will be starting up again soon! Sign up by February 18 to learn about horror's origins, creepypasta, responsible trope deconstruction, and how scaring people is really similar to making them laugh. www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/...
February 8, 2024 at 4:35 PM
My 4-week horror writing class with Atlas Obscura will be starting up again soon! Sign up by February 18 to learn about horror's origins, creepypasta, responsible trope deconstruction, and how scaring people is really similar to making them laugh. www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/...
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This is amazing.
February 4, 2024 at 2:21 PM
This is amazing.
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Hey folks! I'm not really on social media, but since I've been asked what I'm working on, here's a list of my upcoming books for 2024.
January 26, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Hey folks! I'm not really on social media, but since I've been asked what I'm working on, here's a list of my upcoming books for 2024.
Oh no. It’s me.
don't trust biologists when they say "let me show you the coolest thing" because they'll pull out either a pic of rainbow-colored abomination from the heavens or amorphous smear of brown on a slab (non-derogatory)
either way you'll have no idea what it is and just nod politely
either way you'll have no idea what it is and just nod politely
January 25, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Oh no. It’s me.
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Wowwwww my short story "If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak" is on the Bram Stoker Award preliminary ballot!! I love the horror writing community, so this is deeply meaningful for me.
Big big gratitude to The Dark, for publishing the story.
www.thedarkmagazine.com/if-someone-y...
Big big gratitude to The Dark, for publishing the story.
www.thedarkmagazine.com/if-someone-y...
The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot Announced – The Bram Stoker Awards
www.thebramstokerawards.com
January 23, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Wowwwww my short story "If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak" is on the Bram Stoker Award preliminary ballot!! I love the horror writing community, so this is deeply meaningful for me.
Big big gratitude to The Dark, for publishing the story.
www.thedarkmagazine.com/if-someone-y...
Big big gratitude to The Dark, for publishing the story.
www.thedarkmagazine.com/if-someone-y...
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This is the place. Say you're between 14 and 19 years old and you wanna learn about writing skiffy: alphawritersworkshop.org/apply/
Apply - Alpha Young Writers Workshop - Pittsburgh USA
Applications are OPEN for 2024 (as of 8th January 2024). Applications for Alpha 2024 will close on 10th March 2024. Workshop Dates – July 24 – Aug 4, 2024 If you’re unclear about whether you’r...
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January 21, 2024 at 4:22 PM
This is the place. Say you're between 14 and 19 years old and you wanna learn about writing skiffy: alphawritersworkshop.org/apply/
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Hey, DiscworldSky, heads up:
All of the discworld e-books are up for sale on HumbleBundle. $18 bucks for all 39.
Spread the word.
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All of the discworld e-books are up for sale on HumbleBundle. $18 bucks for all 39.
Spread the word.
www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...
Humble Book Bundle: Terry Pratchett's Discworld by HarperCollins
Experience Sir Terry Practchett’s beloved Discworld series! Get 35+ books covering all corners of this comic fantasy universe and help support Room to Read!
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January 19, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Hey, DiscworldSky, heads up:
All of the discworld e-books are up for sale on HumbleBundle. $18 bucks for all 39.
Spread the word.
www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...
All of the discworld e-books are up for sale on HumbleBundle. $18 bucks for all 39.
Spread the word.
www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...
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My really popular barebones RSS comic from November 2022! I hope it helps you stay updated with your favourite webcomics, artists and websites.
I’m just a simple guy who’s passionate about RSS feeds, comics and staying updated using both. Go forth and make the feed of your dreams!
#Art #Comic #RSS
I’m just a simple guy who’s passionate about RSS feeds, comics and staying updated using both. Go forth and make the feed of your dreams!
#Art #Comic #RSS
September 29, 2023 at 2:32 PM
My really popular barebones RSS comic from November 2022! I hope it helps you stay updated with your favourite webcomics, artists and websites.
I’m just a simple guy who’s passionate about RSS feeds, comics and staying updated using both. Go forth and make the feed of your dreams!
#Art #Comic #RSS
I’m just a simple guy who’s passionate about RSS feeds, comics and staying updated using both. Go forth and make the feed of your dreams!
#Art #Comic #RSS
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On being listed in the court document of artists whose work was used to train Midjourney with 4,000 of my closest friends and Willem De Kooning, 1/12
January 16, 2024 at 3:43 PM
On being listed in the court document of artists whose work was used to train Midjourney with 4,000 of my closest friends and Willem De Kooning, 1/12
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soooo I have a new short story out!! for the first time... four years???? that can't be right. I'm totally chill about this and not freaking out in the least!!
The Sunday Morning Transport charges forward into 2024 with the first of four free stories, this one from Nibedita Sen (@hernibsen.bsky.social), a story to light up your new year. Read it for free and enjoy the archives as well!
Agni
For the first free-to-read story of the year, Nibedita Sen brings us a brilliant, dangerous world, complex power dynamics, and characters we can’t stop thinking about. ~ Julian and Fran, January 7, ...
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
January 7, 2024 at 5:50 PM
soooo I have a new short story out!! for the first time... four years???? that can't be right. I'm totally chill about this and not freaking out in the least!!
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so many of these text editors are trying to winnow our vocabularies. Let your wavy red underline flags fly! ⛳️
Scrivener does not know the word "precarity."
January 5, 2024 at 1:51 PM
so many of these text editors are trying to winnow our vocabularies. Let your wavy red underline flags fly! ⛳️
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LOVED this book. I've even assigned it in writing classes to show how characters, relationships, and plot all interact and build on each other -- it's a masterclass.
If you would like to try one of my books, THE GOVERNESS AFFAIR is free just about everywhere.
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www.courtneymilan.com/the-governes...
January 4, 2024 at 2:58 PM
LOVED this book. I've even assigned it in writing classes to show how characters, relationships, and plot all interact and build on each other -- it's a masterclass.
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Today is the last day you can repost this
December 31, 2023 at 12:24 PM
Today is the last day you can repost this
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It seems new people are finding Benjanun Sriduangkaew, aka Maria Ying, who is also Winterfox/Requires Hate, and who is a serial harasser and stalker. I am linking to a rundown of their history, from Livejournal days through now, of harming others. Block and do not engage. Share vetted sources.
The Lady of Sirara
Winterfox attempts to spin her behavior now by saying that she wrote negative reviews as Requires Hate. And it's true that she wrote very negative reviews of SFF she didn't like. That in itself would�...
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September 13, 2023 at 8:56 PM
It seems new people are finding Benjanun Sriduangkaew, aka Maria Ying, who is also Winterfox/Requires Hate, and who is a serial harasser and stalker. I am linking to a rundown of their history, from Livejournal days through now, of harming others. Block and do not engage. Share vetted sources.
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Oh my god yes and also I hate making videos so very much.
I realized I forgot to post this comic here because I generally have a very nice time here lmaooo anyway here you go, it’s about Internet Boundaries (1/2)
December 27, 2023 at 6:35 PM
Oh my god yes and also I hate making videos so very much.
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MAJOR FAN of John Wiswell here - John's my hero as a person and as a writer - so I'm super honored that he connected with my addiction horror story "If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak!!"
“If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak” by Sam J. Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social in The Dark Magazine www.thedarkmagazine.com/if-someone-y...
If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak - The Dark Magazine
My brother on my front porch wailing my name, soaking wet and without a jacket in the cold spring rain, with nowhere else in the world to go, wondering why I won’t let him in. My brother crashing at...
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December 20, 2023 at 3:52 PM
MAJOR FAN of John Wiswell here - John's my hero as a person and as a writer - so I'm super honored that he connected with my addiction horror story "If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak!!"
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Oh hey, I'm one of those authors! "Someone Else's Device" and other wonderful stories available now!
The Reinvented Detective is now live! Happy book release day to me, @catrambo.bsky.social , and all our contributing authors!
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December 12, 2023 at 8:49 PM
Oh hey, I'm one of those authors! "Someone Else's Device" and other wonderful stories available now!
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"Hello, we have a reservation for the night."
"No you don't."
"No you don't."
December 10, 2023 at 12:15 AM
"Hello, we have a reservation for the night."
"No you don't."
"No you don't."
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Spent the last few days on Twitter because something incredible happened there: thousands of people reading and translating Refaat Alareer's last poem, "If I Must Die," into, by now, probably over a hundred languages. You must see the replies and quotes of this tweet. twitter.com/blkpaws/stat...
Tweet by @blkpaws
twitter.com
December 10, 2023 at 11:34 AM
Spent the last few days on Twitter because something incredible happened there: thousands of people reading and translating Refaat Alareer's last poem, "If I Must Die," into, by now, probably over a hundred languages. You must see the replies and quotes of this tweet. twitter.com/blkpaws/stat...