SE Daniels
@soyoused.bsky.social
Words & Illustration | • | Narrative Director | • | Assoc Fiction Editor @NarrativeMag | • | @soyouSED everywhere | Tweets my own (or whatever we call them now)
“I Love You More Than Spiders” on Ingram and Amazon.
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“I Love You More Than Spiders” on Ingram and Amazon.
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No one who knows me will be surprised that this is on my “must listen” list.
Some great news from the world of podcasting, geeks. Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk have just launched a new show, called "Once We Were Spacemen", and it is as lovely a listen as you might hope it to be.
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Once We Were Spacemen
Comedy Interviews Podcast · Updated weekly · Nathan FIllion and Alan Tudyk were once spacemen. Since co-starring on Firefly, they have also been aliens, mystery writers, veterinarians, superheroes, ch...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
No one who knows me will be surprised that this is on my “must listen” list.
“Just because” is the perfect excuse.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Just because” is the perfect excuse.
I read something beautiful today.
Though I can’t share who wrote it, please, dear writer, imagine it was you.
Thank you for doing the thankless job of putting down word so others may read them and think “that was beautiful.”
Though I can’t share who wrote it, please, dear writer, imagine it was you.
Thank you for doing the thankless job of putting down word so others may read them and think “that was beautiful.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I read something beautiful today.
Though I can’t share who wrote it, please, dear writer, imagine it was you.
Thank you for doing the thankless job of putting down word so others may read them and think “that was beautiful.”
Though I can’t share who wrote it, please, dear writer, imagine it was you.
Thank you for doing the thankless job of putting down word so others may read them and think “that was beautiful.”
TIL: The second shingles shot feels like taking a cannon ball to the chest then being set on fire.
What a prick.
What a prick.
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
TIL: The second shingles shot feels like taking a cannon ball to the chest then being set on fire.
What a prick.
What a prick.
Yes. More of this. When the world seems bent on its own destruction, let’s pause to appreciate beauty wherever we find it. Every time I take this walk, I can’t believe how lucky I am to call this place home.
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Yes. More of this. When the world seems bent on its own destruction, let’s pause to appreciate beauty wherever we find it. Every time I take this walk, I can’t believe how lucky I am to call this place home.
Rescue dogs are the best.
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Rescue dogs are the best.
There’s no such thing as a small election. Voting is an act of citizenship. It’s the acknowledgment of those who came before who were denied a voice in the course of their nation. Let’s send a message that we’re still here, and our voices matter.
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
There’s no such thing as a small election. Voting is an act of citizenship. It’s the acknowledgment of those who came before who were denied a voice in the course of their nation. Let’s send a message that we’re still here, and our voices matter.
There’s nothing as thrilling as a cover reveal, and Interim Poetics have outdone themselves with this gorgeous cover.
I’m honored to be among the authors featured in this special print edition, and now I’m extra excited to receive my contributor’s copy.
I’m honored to be among the authors featured in this special print edition, and now I’m extra excited to receive my contributor’s copy.
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There’s nothing as thrilling as a cover reveal, and Interim Poetics have outdone themselves with this gorgeous cover.
I’m honored to be among the authors featured in this special print edition, and now I’m extra excited to receive my contributor’s copy.
I’m honored to be among the authors featured in this special print edition, and now I’m extra excited to receive my contributor’s copy.
The best part of Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The best part of Halloween.
Look what came in the mail today!
That’s right. I bought a copy of Quentin Reiser’s Field Guide to Birds because I will always support glorious weirdos wherever I find them.
Yes. I’m yet another LISTERS evangelist, so consider this your call to go watch the best film you’ll see this year.
That’s right. I bought a copy of Quentin Reiser’s Field Guide to Birds because I will always support glorious weirdos wherever I find them.
Yes. I’m yet another LISTERS evangelist, so consider this your call to go watch the best film you’ll see this year.
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Look what came in the mail today!
That’s right. I bought a copy of Quentin Reiser’s Field Guide to Birds because I will always support glorious weirdos wherever I find them.
Yes. I’m yet another LISTERS evangelist, so consider this your call to go watch the best film you’ll see this year.
That’s right. I bought a copy of Quentin Reiser’s Field Guide to Birds because I will always support glorious weirdos wherever I find them.
Yes. I’m yet another LISTERS evangelist, so consider this your call to go watch the best film you’ll see this year.
“…The smell makes you feel something in the space between your
heart and your stomach...
In that feeling is the dying of summer, the rise of fall, the coming of winter, and threaded throughout, a season of funerals and flowers left on a grave.“
Yes. He’s writing about an apple.
heart and your stomach...
In that feeling is the dying of summer, the rise of fall, the coming of winter, and threaded throughout, a season of funerals and flowers left on a grave.“
Yes. He’s writing about an apple.
Sure, let's have a little fun. New apple review: THE RUBY SLIPPER. Ahem.
Apple Review #32: Ruby Slipper
This is the apple in your hand. Some would say it is so red that it looks black, but that’s not quiteright. It’s the color of wine and offal, of liver soaked in Pinot Noir.Bruise-dark and blood-bri…
terribleminds.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“…The smell makes you feel something in the space between your
heart and your stomach...
In that feeling is the dying of summer, the rise of fall, the coming of winter, and threaded throughout, a season of funerals and flowers left on a grave.“
Yes. He’s writing about an apple.
heart and your stomach...
In that feeling is the dying of summer, the rise of fall, the coming of winter, and threaded throughout, a season of funerals and flowers left on a grave.“
Yes. He’s writing about an apple.
Perhaps this is a good thing. Maybe this is how dystopia becomes utopia and these apex predators will consume themselves like an ouroboros while the rest of us return to the roots of our humanity.
Still, it’s tough to watch your industry turn into a game of corporate centipede.
Still, it’s tough to watch your industry turn into a game of corporate centipede.
So Microsoft wants Copilot to play the games, Twitch wants AI to stream the games, and a whole bunch of publishers want AI to make the games.
Very sustainable much inspiring.
Very sustainable much inspiring.
October 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Perhaps this is a good thing. Maybe this is how dystopia becomes utopia and these apex predators will consume themselves like an ouroboros while the rest of us return to the roots of our humanity.
Still, it’s tough to watch your industry turn into a game of corporate centipede.
Still, it’s tough to watch your industry turn into a game of corporate centipede.
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This past year, I have been reading gobs of novels and short story collections published by small presses. I nominated three for inclusion in 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025. If you shared your novel with me, thanks! I enjoyed reading all of them.
#100SmallPress
#100SmallPress
October 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This past year, I have been reading gobs of novels and short story collections published by small presses. I nominated three for inclusion in 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025. If you shared your novel with me, thanks! I enjoyed reading all of them.
#100SmallPress
#100SmallPress
Reposted by SE Daniels
Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that.
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that.
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
I highly recommend going to search and following @why.bsky.team Quiet Posters.
As it true in life, the folks who say the least are the most worth hearing.
As it true in life, the folks who say the least are the most worth hearing.
October 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I highly recommend going to search and following @why.bsky.team Quiet Posters.
As it true in life, the folks who say the least are the most worth hearing.
As it true in life, the folks who say the least are the most worth hearing.
The rabbit hole that is social media means I rarely remember how I find a profile I follow. This thread on random goodwill posts that includes a $1500 Rauschenberg poster will be the exception. A rabbit hole that spawned a rabbit hole.
I would inspect this poster first, but if it's genuine, it's remarkable someone donated a signed Robert Rauschenberg poster: shopgoodwill.com/item/246302476
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The rabbit hole that is social media means I rarely remember how I find a profile I follow. This thread on random goodwill posts that includes a $1500 Rauschenberg poster will be the exception. A rabbit hole that spawned a rabbit hole.
It’s also the best palliative for the flu.
A cheap, boring way to make extra-potent ginger tea is by chopping up fresh ginger, putting it into a thermos, pouring hot water in, and forgetting about it for several hours. I also add fresh lemon juice and honey.
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It’s also the best palliative for the flu.
B&T, founded in 1828, was one of the largest distributors of print and audiovisual materials for more than 4,000 libraries. Without B&T, small rural libraries will feel the pinch, and yes, that means a loss for all of us.
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Baker & Taylor to Cease Operations | American Libraries Magazine
Despite measures to continue operations and preserve pending contracts with libraries, the book distributor Baker & Taylor will shutter.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
B&T, founded in 1828, was one of the largest distributors of print and audiovisual materials for more than 4,000 libraries. Without B&T, small rural libraries will feel the pinch, and yes, that means a loss for all of us.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/10/08/b...
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/10/08/b...
It's hard to pick my favorite, though I keep refreshing to page to see if I can find one.
Today's "kat thought." You can't punch a sandwich, but you can press one.
Today's "kat thought." You can't punch a sandwich, but you can press one.
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's hard to pick my favorite, though I keep refreshing to page to see if I can find one.
Today's "kat thought." You can't punch a sandwich, but you can press one.
Today's "kat thought." You can't punch a sandwich, but you can press one.
Proof the American people still value the arts. Let the grant writing begin.
Enormous news for US literature. A new, Mellon-led, $50 million fund for nonprofit literary orgs and publishers. Closest thing we've ever had to it was Mellon and Wallace in 1991, which, in today's dollars, was still less than half this. Open call begins Nov 10. literaryartsfund.org/about/
About | Literary Arts Fund
The Literary Arts Fund advances support for the nonprofit literary arts field toward ensuring creative writers’ contributions to American literature for generations to come.
literaryartsfund.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Proof the American people still value the arts. Let the grant writing begin.
It’s a rare and wonderful thing when one can say they get to work with people both talented and kind. Working on @thekillingstone.com has been one of those rare experiences. Thanks to Liam from all of us @questiongames.bsky.social for making our Mephistopheles come to life.
I’ve been having far too wicked a time working on this of late. If you want to hear the devil at your ear, give it a spin. Demo just dropped on Steam. 😈
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It’s a rare and wonderful thing when one can say they get to work with people both talented and kind. Working on @thekillingstone.com has been one of those rare experiences. Thanks to Liam from all of us @questiongames.bsky.social for making our Mephistopheles come to life.
One of my favorite things about our new game are the creatures that live on the battle line. Our artists and animators were just incredible. Look at this little guy - his name is "Sacred Vessel." He may not look like much of a warrior, but he's incredibly fun to play. #cardbattles #steamnextfest
October 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
One of my favorite things about our new game are the creatures that live on the battle line. Our artists and animators were just incredible. Look at this little guy - his name is "Sacred Vessel." He may not look like much of a warrior, but he's incredibly fun to play. #cardbattles #steamnextfest
Heartfelt thanks to @rcmacleod.bsky.social for the review of "The Killing Stone" demo. All of us @questiongames.bsky.social are so proud of this game. We can't wait to release the full version early next year.
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The Killing Stone Is A Folk Horror Board Game Where Everything Is Story - Aftermath
Plus it *sounds* really good
aftermath.site
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Heartfelt thanks to @rcmacleod.bsky.social for the review of "The Killing Stone" demo. All of us @questiongames.bsky.social are so proud of this game. We can't wait to release the full version early next year.
aftermath.site/killing-ston...
aftermath.site/killing-ston...
How do we measure the impact of one life upon another? What if you never meet? What if one person never knows the other exists? Can we still reach through the ether and improve of another person's day? Year? Yes. Yes we can. Thank you David Lynch. You made my life richer.
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1 Hour Of David Lynch Listening To Rain, Smoking And Reflecting On Art
YouTube video by Vincent Dawn
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January 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
How do we measure the impact of one life upon another? What if you never meet? What if one person never knows the other exists? Can we still reach through the ether and improve of another person's day? Year? Yes. Yes we can. Thank you David Lynch. You made my life richer.
youtu.be/bL6fLdOK_FM?...
youtu.be/bL6fLdOK_FM?...
Greetings fellow narrative nerds! I've officially abandoned X, though I metaphorically abandoned it back when the blue bird flew away.
I'll try to track down my #bookcommunity and #litmags, but if you recognize me, come say hi!
I'll try to track down my #bookcommunity and #litmags, but if you recognize me, come say hi!
November 14, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Greetings fellow narrative nerds! I've officially abandoned X, though I metaphorically abandoned it back when the blue bird flew away.
I'll try to track down my #bookcommunity and #litmags, but if you recognize me, come say hi!
I'll try to track down my #bookcommunity and #litmags, but if you recognize me, come say hi!