Casey Stegman
@caseystegman.com
Writer of stuff. He/Him. ITW and HWA member. Opinions my own. Rep’d by Dr. Uwe Stender at Triada US: @uwestenderphd.bsky.social
My stuff: caseystegman.com/fiction
My stuff: caseystegman.com/fiction
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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this & let us know what to repost for you. Angry? Here’s one about injustice, racism, and colonialism. You know, with monsters, magic, murder, grief, and ghosts.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this & let us know what to repost for you. Angry? Here’s one about injustice, racism, and colonialism. You know, with monsters, magic, murder, grief, and ghosts.
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"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns." 💔
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns." 💔
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The next interview in my interview series is w @cwblackwell.bsky.social If you haven't read his latest short story collection, WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN well, you should. It's an excellent collection of stories and one of my favorite reads of 2025
Click on link 👇
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Click on link 👇
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January 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
The next interview in my interview series is w @cwblackwell.bsky.social If you haven't read his latest short story collection, WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN well, you should. It's an excellent collection of stories and one of my favorite reads of 2025
Click on link 👇
mrbullbull.com/newbull/the-...
Click on link 👇
mrbullbull.com/newbull/the-...
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You used to have to pay for your internet browser, which came on a CD.
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
You used to have to pay for your internet browser, which came on a CD.
To all the creatives, dreamers, and storytellers on here: Don’t lose sight of what you do best, especially amid the darkness. Now more than ever, the world needs greater empathy. And you are the ones who give that to us.
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
To all the creatives, dreamers, and storytellers on here: Don’t lose sight of what you do best, especially amid the darkness. Now more than ever, the world needs greater empathy. And you are the ones who give that to us.
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Late to the realizing I’m part of @datlow.bsky.social #SuperRad  recommended list of short stories party. Thanks Ellen! ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...
January 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Absolutely thrilled to have a story in the Winter 2026 @wildroofjournal.bsky.social ! Thanks to the editors for including “Glory Days” in this beautiful issue.
It's pub day for our new issue!
Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art
Check it out: wildroofjournal.com/issue-32
Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art
Check it out: wildroofjournal.com/issue-32
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Absolutely thrilled to have a story in the Winter 2026 @wildroofjournal.bsky.social ! Thanks to the editors for including “Glory Days” in this beautiful issue.
This is so good
"Ocean Waves." Such a devastating wk. To counter everything that's dark in the news cycle, I wrote, recorded, & edited a guided meditation inspired by my favorite mantra, character, & film of '25, "One Battle After Another" for Stress & Pain.
Clip Below. Full video: www.patreon.com/posts/147781...
Clip Below. Full video: www.patreon.com/posts/147781...
January 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
This is so good
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I will reiterate that I've never had cause to regret abandoning the former Twitter more than two years ago now, and have suffered neither personally nor professionally for doing so. Since I left it's become more toxic and, yes, evil. The people who are still there should really consider moving on.
I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment.
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Why isn't there a bigger Grok boycott?
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I will reiterate that I've never had cause to regret abandoning the former Twitter more than two years ago now, and have suffered neither personally nor professionally for doing so. Since I left it's become more toxic and, yes, evil. The people who are still there should really consider moving on.
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A friendly reminder from your pals at Bad Hand Books: Reading is rebellion.
January 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
A friendly reminder from your pals at Bad Hand Books: Reading is rebellion.
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FOR JANUARY'S STONE'S THROW: A girl's gotta have dreams, right? Read how one woman's dream turns into something that hurts in Kay Hanifen's story: bit.ly/492Jid7
January 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
FOR JANUARY'S STONE'S THROW: A girl's gotta have dreams, right? Read how one woman's dream turns into something that hurts in Kay Hanifen's story: bit.ly/492Jid7
Good morning! Just want to remind y’all that the CON AIR teaser trailer remains undefeated
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Con Air teaser trailer
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January 9, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Good morning! Just want to remind y’all that the CON AIR teaser trailer remains undefeated
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He plays Biggs Darklighter’s estranged father who signs up with the rebel alliance—despite his advanced age—after his son’s death at the Battle of Yavin. We follow him from the Hoth to Endor as he learns to fight and deals with the trauma of outliving his only child.
DARKLIGHTER: A Star Wars Tale
DARKLIGHTER: A Star Wars Tale
I am absolutely down for Tom Cruise being in a STAR WAR. Dude would go to actual space if he could; at least let the guy fly an X-wing.
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 AM
He plays Biggs Darklighter’s estranged father who signs up with the rebel alliance—despite his advanced age—after his son’s death at the Battle of Yavin. We follow him from the Hoth to Endor as he learns to fight and deals with the trauma of outliving his only child.
DARKLIGHTER: A Star Wars Tale
DARKLIGHTER: A Star Wars Tale
We need to go back to tech future predicted by mid-90s cyber thrillers where someone had a floppy disk with an entire VR world that assassins would kill over but most everyone still had good work/life balance
January 9, 2026 at 3:53 AM
We need to go back to tech future predicted by mid-90s cyber thrillers where someone had a floppy disk with an entire VR world that assassins would kill over but most everyone still had good work/life balance
This is my go-to comfort movie after TREMORS.
Watching JFK. Weird movie to serve as comfort food for me, but it is what it is.
January 9, 2026 at 3:33 AM
This is my go-to comfort movie after TREMORS.
All of us hearing about the new installment of the bamboo series
January 9, 2026 at 3:29 AM
All of us hearing about the new installment of the bamboo series
Ain’t no rule says you can’t put the three musketeers in space
have we ever gotten a three musketeers in space movie yet
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Ain’t no rule says you can’t put the three musketeers in space
Set to Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping”
January 9, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Set to Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping”
Just the most insanely evil (like in a cliched way) supervillain.
Grok producing vile sexualized deepfakes of women and children isn’t an accident
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January 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Just the most insanely evil (like in a cliched way) supervillain.
Few horror VHS covers go as hard as THE HOWLING III
January 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Few horror VHS covers go as hard as THE HOWLING III
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In movies when the apocalypse happens we always cut around to various families hugging each other, looking out the window, making peace with their gods, etcetera.
But now we know what everyone will do during the actual apocalypse: continue answering work emails
But now we know what everyone will do during the actual apocalypse: continue answering work emails
January 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
In movies when the apocalypse happens we always cut around to various families hugging each other, looking out the window, making peace with their gods, etcetera.
But now we know what everyone will do during the actual apocalypse: continue answering work emails
But now we know what everyone will do during the actual apocalypse: continue answering work emails
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It's true, I'm back open! querytracker.net/query/1731
January 9, 2026 at 2:09 AM
It's true, I'm back open! querytracker.net/query/1731
The most well-worn of my VHS tapes as a kid
January 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
The most well-worn of my VHS tapes as a kid
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My first review of the year for @ebertvoices.bsky.social is this beach read stinker.
People We Meet on Vacation movie review (2026) | Roger Ebert
It's all just really bizarre, limp copies of better films.
www.rogerebert.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
My first review of the year for @ebertvoices.bsky.social is this beach read stinker.