Funny story, I just snagged this book at a FLGS to fund out it's a sequel- whoops! Haha
Guess I gotta hunt down book 1! :)
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Funny story, I just snagged this book at a FLGS to fund out it's a sequel- whoops! Haha
Guess I gotta hunt down book 1! :)
I'd really love for you to take a look at this thread.
I think you'll really enjoy the stories... and
I just had to replace my catalytic converter which, alas, costs about 1000 times what one of these stories does. :)
(Repost, if you don't mind. It helps. Thank you.)
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Yup. This is also why I get annoyed when people start suggesting "golden age" science fiction titles to people who are new the genre and are asking for suggestions. You want to turn a modern 15-year-old off science fiction forever, recommend stories that were old when her grandparents were her age.
Adrian and Liam have more courage than any billionaire, the WashPo, the NYT, and the entire Republican delegations in the House and Senate, and most of the senior Democratic delegations.
That'll do, audience. That'll do.
Why do comic creators self-promote all the time?
Because we have to.
Even working with a publisher that's supportive, press only goes so far. The rest of the success falls on the shoulder of the creator rallying their fanbase.
So here's mine. I'll RP yours.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/whi...
As long as I'm dying on hills: kids need access to horror stories.
Children out there have and will go through absolutely horrific things that they don't have the words for, that they can't process on their own. Kids already know monsters are real; they also need to know monsters can be survived.
There's a book about a dinosaur rodeo coming out this month. What else do you need to know??
(But just in case, here's all the fantasy books releasing in February 2026)
2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.
Pinned lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Aug 19, 2021 Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13) 0:02 / 0:10 lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 47m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
Jon Collins's coverage of this has been outstanding, and this article, about ICE observers in the outer suburbs, is no exception. (No paywall because this is MPR.)
"I'd like to share a story from a local paper in Coldwater, Michigan dated to the 9th of April, 1945. It tells how the US Army, under General Patton--the US 3rd Army--came onto what you might call a detention center just outside the village of Ohrdruf, Germany. The US Army brought the leading citizens of Ohrdruf to tour the facility, which turned out to be part of the Buchenwald network of concentration camps. A US Army colonel told the German civilians who viewed the scenes, without muttering a word, that they were to blame. One of the Germans replied that what happened in the camp was (quote) 'done by a few people, and you cannot blame us all.' And the American, who could have been any one of our grandfathers, said, 'this was done by those that the German people chose to lead them, and all are responsible.' The morning after the tour, the Mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don't know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough. I ask you to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf might have thought before he died. Maybe he felt like a victim. He might have thought, 'how is this my fault? I have no jurisdiction over this.' Maybe he would have said, 'this site was not subject to local zoning, what could I do?' But I think, when he reflected on the suffering that occurred at this camp, just outside of town, that those words would have sounded hollow even to him. Because in his heart he knew--as we do--that we are all responsible for what happens in our community. I urge the council to take action to stop, or stall, or at the barest minimum to think creatively about how to exercise oversight over this proposed ICE facility. Thank you."
This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
That green devestator is TF86 perfection. :)
See green, post green!
#Battletech
If they redeem themselves, they wouldn’t care if they got their status back and they might not even want it; that’s how redemption works; that’s what redemption is. What they want is exoneration for free, with a side order of vindication.
Nobody is entitled to be a successful writer. Nobody is entitled to be both famous & well liked. For every famous writer, there is a multitude of talented people who are just as deserving (or more deserving).
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Liam made people look. Now don’t look away.
We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive.
#FreeTheChildren
Wood Elf in progress
#dnd
So in Goonhammers first book awards our very own Russell Zimmerman and @swankmotron.com Bryan young tied for best non games workshop book. Violent Inception and Outfoxed ! Congratulations ! Russel also shared the black library debutant award with Avalon Irons ! Congrats everyone ! #Battletech
BattleTech: Remains to be Seen - the cover shows the logos for the Lexington Combat Group and the Magistracy of Canopus
I have a new BattleTech short story out today. "Remains to be Seen" is set in the Magistracy of Canopus and sees the 4th Ceti Hussars (formerly the Lexington Combat Group) dealing with loss and identity... and a bank robbery.
Best of all, it's FREE store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/bat...
ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI. Gone, but never forgotten...
#RIP_Alex 💔
DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter emerging from a cloud of tear gas that ICE agents fired into the streets of Minneapolis.
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
this is how every outlet should refer to X
