And away we go! Out now: Monster Movie!, my next middle grade horror from LBYR (Little Brown Young Readers) — let’s get your procurement services out of the way, shall we? Signed, personalized books can be ordered from Doylestown Bookshop! The End Bookstore / Let’s Play Books should also have some signed copies, though they won’t...

QUICKLY, TO ME, MY VALIANT READERS Ahem. Okay. Here’s just a scattershot blast of newsy-bits from yours truly. A reminder that I’m at a bunch of cool places starting next week, and you can find that list right here. With some additions! Monday night, I’m hanging at THE END Bookstore in Allentown, PA, from 5-7PM, doing a...

Look at these fuckin’ assholes. No no, look closer– This is the part where I tell the computer, “ENHANCE.” Let’s be clear, I don’t know these people, I don’t use them. One assumes the other authors in that batch (Charlie Jane Anders, Alix Harrow, Sarah Gailey, Marlon James, Kameron Hurley, Annalee Newitz,...

And now, a guest post from certified cool dude, Kevin Hearne: Okay: Whew. Here in September, things are looking a bit more hopeful. But back in January, I was worried about ruining my shorts because it seemed we were all trapped on a fascist roller coaster and were about to top out and begin our rapid descent into terror. Rights were (and are)...

One of the occasional defenses of generative AI is that it quote-unquote ‘democratizes’ art and writing — and then, as with the NaNoWriMo statement yesterday, it becomes somehow problematic to condemn generative AI, because what, do you hate DEMOCRACY? Do you not want everyone to have access to art and writing? Oh! Oh! Somebody doesn’t want...

Well, holy shit. I am shooketh to learn that Black River Orchard won the Dragon Award for Best Horror, up against formidable competition, and that is both an honor to me and a (pleasant) surprise. I was really quite sure I wasn’t going to win, and honestly, at the time of the win I was half-snoozling on the couch as we’d just spent the better...