William Preston
@williampreston.bsky.social
Writer (mostly SF, currently in July–August 2025 Asimov's; forthcoming there and elsewhere), reader, former teacher, parent to three grown women. Interests include film, religion, history, many sciences.
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“It was a rough night.“ Smooth. The Diplomat serves up one of the most ironic lines from Macbeth during an episode in Scotland.
October 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“It was a rough night.“ Smooth. The Diplomat serves up one of the most ironic lines from Macbeth during an episode in Scotland.
Joe Pye gone to seed. #NativePlants #Autumn
October 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Joe Pye gone to seed. #NativePlants #Autumn
The party of "the Southern strategy," Reagan‘s “welfare queens,” HW‘s “war on drugs” and Willie Horton, W‘s racist campaign against John McCain’s family, and “Haitians are eating your cats and dogs” definitely is going to stop being racist now.
October 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The party of "the Southern strategy," Reagan‘s “welfare queens,” HW‘s “war on drugs” and Willie Horton, W‘s racist campaign against John McCain’s family, and “Haitians are eating your cats and dogs” definitely is going to stop being racist now.
Not how colons work.
October 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not how colons work.
It's that time of year.
October 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It's that time of year.
In the first place, FB algorithm, I do not want a magnetic dog.
October 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In the first place, FB algorithm, I do not want a magnetic dog.
Comedy legend Martin Landau would like to have a word.
September 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Comedy legend Martin Landau would like to have a word.
YES YES YES I SAID YES
September 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
YES YES YES I SAID YES
I’ll miss your presence on this platform, but I look forward to continuing to read your work for years to come.
September 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I’ll miss your presence on this platform, but I look forward to continuing to read your work for years to come.
Cash and the other guy are involved? Case closed!!
September 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Cash and the other guy are involved? Case closed!!
Priests and doctors must debate: Does Trump have chronic venous insufficiency or is he just chronically venal?
August 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Priests and doctors must debate: Does Trump have chronic venous insufficiency or is he just chronically venal?
Welcome to a morning that feels like fall. No, it won’t last.
August 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Welcome to a morning that feels like fall. No, it won’t last.
This is how I stand by, too
August 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This is how I stand by, too
The next form Trump will take.
August 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The next form Trump will take.
Oh frabjous day! Mine arrived yesterday. Still waiting for the new issue to be available to order at online bookstores.
July 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Oh frabjous day! Mine arrived yesterday. Still waiting for the new issue to be available to order at online bookstores.
Are others getting these wholly unwelcome Trump donation emails?
July 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Are others getting these wholly unwelcome Trump donation emails?