Dennis

No Arisia this year due to anxiety issues

Your smart, talented, accomplished and have by own admission an awesome wife and kid

I forgot to ask if that is still an acceptable label for her
Apologies if not

Sigh
Sadly yes

So many hugs to you both

The fact that The Running Man takes place in 2025 is no longer funny

MC for the win

I went to a really awesome cocktail class in Dayton this past weekend! Read all about it on the blog :)
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/01/16/a...

Reported and blocked

How lucky for you

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 61, “Queen of Seven Kingdoms” by Julie Dillon: a queen sits on her throne in the center facing the reader with a smile, wearing a crown with a golden crescent and a pink-purple dress. She is surrounded and being cuddled by seven men of a wide variety of skin tones and hair color, all shirtless and with toned bodies. They also wear simple coronet bands, and the quote says, "They named the boy Malik before they placed the burning heart in his chest. His father hoped the strong name would ward off that which trailed this heart; his mother knew better than to assume a single frail word could change generations of history."

Reading for the Hugo and Nebula Awards?

Try the short story "Ancestor Heart" by Naomi Day! (@thenaomiday.bsky.social)

You can read it here!

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/ancestor-heart/

Thank you Spice

Booo
Bad forms Bad

Yeah no I refuse to watch

Which is to say never in a billion years

The new Gaiman article and people’s response to it

Thank you for writing this
I can’t “like” it because it’s horrific to read but so necessary

Where can we access your tip jar?

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 59, “Lunacy Act 1” by Broci: A woman with wearing a red dress with tattered ends, and white collar stands on the right side. Her hands are held out, disconnected from her arms as a moon lies beneath them. Around her there is a forest in shades of brown, grey and green; one of the trees has a charm attached to it. Her brown-blond hair is held upwards as if the wind were running through it. Nearby there are several butterflies that glow a light green, and the quote says, "Grandma Irene taught Lucy how to sew pockets at the same time she taught her how to make a skirt. Skirts with pockets are much more complicated than skirts without, of course, but Grandma Irene was firm on her point—the one could not be made without the other."

Reading for the Hugo and Nebula Awards?

Try the short story "Something Small Enough to Ask For" by AnaMaria Curtis! (@anamariacurtis.bsky.social)

You can read it here!

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/something-small-enough-to-ask-for/

Team Kitty Smith sends all the healing purrs they can

Cats always make things better

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 59, “Lunacy Act 1” by Broci: A woman with wearing a red dress with tattered ends, and white collar stands on the right side. Her hands are held out, disconnected from her arms as a moon lies beneath them. Around her there is a forest in shades of brown, grey and green; one of the trees has a charm attached to it. Her brown-blond hair is held upwards as if the wind were running through it. Nearby there are several butterflies that glow a light green, and the quote says, "But the worms don’t just eat rock. They eat distance. They eat space."

Reading for the Hugo and Nebula Awards?

Try the short story "The Worms that Ate the Universe" by Megan Chee! (@meganflchee.bsky.social)

You can read it here!

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-worms-that-ate-the-universe/

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 59, “Lunacy Act 1” by Broci: A woman with wearing a red dress with tattered ends, and white collar stands on the right side. Her hands are held out, disconnected from her arms as a moon lies beneath them. Around her there is a forest in shades of brown, grey and green; one of the trees has a charm attached to it. Her brown-blond hair is held upwards as if the wind were running through it. Nearby there are several butterflies that glow a light green, and the quote says, "People have no idea how much of themselves they can slough off. Every night, I clean oodles of ttae—exfoliated skin cells, rolled up into crescent doughs. They lap about in the Hot Springs; merge into foamy scums."

Reading for the Hugo and Nebula Awards?

Try the short story "The Midnight Spa" by Sunwoo Jeong! (@translunarytree.bsky.social)

You can read it here!

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-midnight-spa/

This is so horrific
I feel so terrible for the victims

I am so sorry for all of your troubles
Sending Lord Byron all the healing and love that I can

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 59, “Lunacy Act 1” by Broci: A woman with wearing a red dress with tattered ends, and white collar stands on the right side. Her hands are held out, disconnected from her arms as a moon lies beneath them. Around her there is a forest in shades of brown, grey and green; one of the trees has a charm attached to it. Her brown-blond hair is held upwards as if the wind were running through it. Nearby there are several butterflies that glow a light green, and the quote says, "If you were to drive to my sister Violet’s house today, you would find yourself at a very different place from the one I encountered on my first trip. The road up the mountain has been paved, for one thing, to make it more accessible to the tourists who now support it."

Reading for the Hugo and Nebula Awards?

Try the novelette "Signs of Life" by Sarah Pinsker! (@sarahpinsker.bsky.social)

You can read it here!

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/signs-of-life/

I add them to the adventure logs for folks to read

In my wife’s game which we just started my young barbarian character is writing pov letters to the girl he likes
Its a lot a fun