B. Chris (B.C.) Bell
@bc30000.bsky.social
Author of Tales of the Bagman series and some dozen pulp novellas. Bluespunk musician. Pulp, punk rock, cult movies and books. Cowboys and Spacemen! History, fun facts, weird research, Taoism, politics, and brain farts. No DM's w/out request.
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We need an entire movement of lyrical prose writers to destroy the AI nerds.
Then hit 'em with some experimental fiction, and kill the plagiarism machine.
Then hit 'em with some experimental fiction, and kill the plagiarism machine.
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need an entire movement of lyrical prose writers to destroy the AI nerds.
Then hit 'em with some experimental fiction, and kill the plagiarism machine.
Then hit 'em with some experimental fiction, and kill the plagiarism machine.
If we'd had this Department of Justice when I was sixteen, I would have definitely been a career criminal.
December 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
If we'd had this Department of Justice when I was sixteen, I would have definitely been a career criminal.
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And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
Boy, do I hate... stuff.
December 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Boy, do I hate... stuff.
They were only allowed to redact Trump's and the victim's names--so all that redacted black space means it's all Trump, right?
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
They were only allowed to redact Trump's and the victim's names--so all that redacted black space means it's all Trump, right?
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If they're going to award Nebulas for partial LLM-created works then I want a piece of those Nebulas since my work was stolen to create them.
I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If they're going to award Nebulas for partial LLM-created works then I want a piece of those Nebulas since my work was stolen to create them.
When the magician won't show you what's in his other hand, it's obvious he's guilty of a trick.
Trump's proven he's guilty.
Trump's proven he's guilty.
December 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
When the magician won't show you what's in his other hand, it's obvious he's guilty of a trick.
Trump's proven he's guilty.
Trump's proven he's guilty.
What happens tomorrow when we find out everything in the Epstein Files has been redacted into a black hole?
December 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
What happens tomorrow when we find out everything in the Epstein Files has been redacted into a black hole?
Somewhere. Someplace. Unbeknownst to the world.
There is already a band named "CAROLINE LEAVITT'S LIPS."
There is already a band named "CAROLINE LEAVITT'S LIPS."
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Somewhere. Someplace. Unbeknownst to the world.
There is already a band named "CAROLINE LEAVITT'S LIPS."
There is already a band named "CAROLINE LEAVITT'S LIPS."
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1/ My newest novel.
THE SILVER REVOLVER
"The Silver Revolver is an intense crime noir that transforms not only the characters, but the reader. Make this your next absolute page-turner! Highly recommended." - Paperback Warrior book reviews
THE SILVER REVOLVER
"The Silver Revolver is an intense crime noir that transforms not only the characters, but the reader. Make this your next absolute page-turner! Highly recommended." - Paperback Warrior book reviews
The Silver Revolver: A Western Crime Thriller
A Western Crime Thriller
bookshop.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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GALAXY magazine's Christmas covers will always be the coolest.
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
GALAXY magazine's Christmas covers will always be the coolest.
Bitter resentment and Adderall are not a basis for a government.
December 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Bitter resentment and Adderall are not a basis for a government.
Want to feel something? You should probably read a novel.
December 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Want to feel something? You should probably read a novel.
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You wouldn't believe how many times I've said Trump acts like a dry drunk.
Now, The White House Chief of Staff backs me up.
Now, The White House Chief of Staff backs me up.
December 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
You wouldn't believe how many times I've said Trump acts like a dry drunk.
Now, The White House Chief of Staff backs me up.
Now, The White House Chief of Staff backs me up.
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the supreme court just quietly let texas keep removing books for political reasons. forty years of precedent tossed out like a library discard bin.
freedom to read shouldn’t hinge on who holds the gavel this decade.
freedom to read shouldn’t hinge on who holds the gavel this decade.
Penguin Random House on SCOTUS’ Decision Not to Hear Little v. Llano
Penguin Random House on SCOTUS’ Decision Not to Hear Little v. Llano #TeamPRH
global.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
the supreme court just quietly let texas keep removing books for political reasons. forty years of precedent tossed out like a library discard bin.
freedom to read shouldn’t hinge on who holds the gavel this decade.
freedom to read shouldn’t hinge on who holds the gavel this decade.
Guy at the mental health clinic reading Catcher in the Rye, I've got my eye on you.
December 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Guy at the mental health clinic reading Catcher in the Rye, I've got my eye on you.
Did everybody miss the part where the president said they have a law in China that you can't have over 37 pencils?
He lies just for the sake of lying.
He lies just for the sake of lying.
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Did everybody miss the part where the president said they have a law in China that you can't have over 37 pencils?
He lies just for the sake of lying.
He lies just for the sake of lying.
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Jack Womack's Random Acts of Senseless Violence was near future, it's setting may now be in the past, and some of its events feel distressingly present.
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Jack Womack's Random Acts of Senseless Violence was near future, it's setting may now be in the past, and some of its events feel distressingly present.
"What if" question that led me to write a story?
"What if I killed my downstairs neighbor?"
Got published, too.
Got published, too.
December 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"What if" question that led me to write a story?
"Hear me"
youtu.be/CpL8c0QE5wk?...
youtu.be/CpL8c0QE5wk?...
firehose - choose any memory
YouTube video by garagefan8
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December 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"Hear me"
youtu.be/CpL8c0QE5wk?...
youtu.be/CpL8c0QE5wk?...
"The blithe psychopath headed down the escalator..."
I came across this sentence in Charles Willeford's Miami Blues decades ago, and the phrase "blithe psychopath" has never left my mind. Just a perfect description.
I came across this sentence in Charles Willeford's Miami Blues decades ago, and the phrase "blithe psychopath" has never left my mind. Just a perfect description.
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"The blithe psychopath headed down the escalator..."
I came across this sentence in Charles Willeford's Miami Blues decades ago, and the phrase "blithe psychopath" has never left my mind. Just a perfect description.
I came across this sentence in Charles Willeford's Miami Blues decades ago, and the phrase "blithe psychopath" has never left my mind. Just a perfect description.