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The Long List Anthology Volume 9: More Stories from the Hugo Award Nomination List (The Long List Anthology Series)
The Long List Anthology Volume 9: More Stories from the Hugo Award Nomination List (The Long List Anthology Series) [Steffen, David, Kowal, Mary Robinette, Wiswell, John, Palmer, Suzanne, Triantafyllou, Eugenia, Jiang, Ai, Polk, C.L., Lee, Yoon Ha, Parker, Chelle, Zhang, Hal Y.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Long List Anthology Volume 9: More Stories from the Hugo Award Nomination List (The Long List Anthology Series)
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The Long List Anthology Volume 9 is now available in print!
(Unfortunately the print version is Amazon only at this time)
(Unfortunately the print version is Amazon only at this time)
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Yes, and also recognize that with creative fields, survivorship bias is real: You hear about full-time creatives with envious career arcs precisely because they've survived in the field where others (for whatever reason and independent of quality of work) have not. This is an important fact.
Would-be/struggling writers can feel like losers or wannabes when they read about other writers writing "full time" or promo'ing their book in various exotic cities. And it's good to recognize that, yeah, sometimes there's another income (or a spouse is helping to pay the bills).
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Yes, and also recognize that with creative fields, survivorship bias is real: You hear about full-time creatives with envious career arcs precisely because they've survived in the field where others (for whatever reason and independent of quality of work) have not. This is an important fact.
Ooh, have upgraded the story cards to be able to show multiple contributor types including people who are more than one type for this same story.
(PS the story and authors are real, the other names are attached for testing only)
(PS forgive the space overrun, on my todo list)
(PS the story and authors are real, the other names are attached for testing only)
(PS forgive the space overrun, on my todo list)
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Ooh, have upgraded the story cards to be able to show multiple contributor types including people who are more than one type for this same story.
(PS the story and authors are real, the other names are attached for testing only)
(PS forgive the space overrun, on my todo list)
(PS the story and authors are real, the other names are attached for testing only)
(PS forgive the space overrun, on my todo list)
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Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
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The big money floor routine required to make it all look like an actual business with uses is a real self-sucking dick and the sooner we recognize that, the sooner we can let it dehydrate and die.
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The big money floor routine required to make it all look like an actual business with uses is a real self-sucking dick and the sooner we recognize that, the sooner we can let it dehydrate and die.
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think of how literally everything has AI shoved into it now. The reason isn't because there's any demand for it, it's to get a quick investment payout for it. All those things will collapse.
legislation could kill AI overnight. It's a very weak and defeatable monster, have faith in that at least
legislation could kill AI overnight. It's a very weak and defeatable monster, have faith in that at least
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
think of how literally everything has AI shoved into it now. The reason isn't because there's any demand for it, it's to get a quick investment payout for it. All those things will collapse.
legislation could kill AI overnight. It's a very weak and defeatable monster, have faith in that at least
legislation could kill AI overnight. It's a very weak and defeatable monster, have faith in that at least
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this is why, as much as I fucking despise AI, I'm not really too worried about it lasting forever
it's floated entirely on venture capital investments made for manufactured demand. Delete/restrict access to datasets/trained data full of illegal material, and monitor massive energy usage. easy
it's floated entirely on venture capital investments made for manufactured demand. Delete/restrict access to datasets/trained data full of illegal material, and monitor massive energy usage. easy
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
this is why, as much as I fucking despise AI, I'm not really too worried about it lasting forever
it's floated entirely on venture capital investments made for manufactured demand. Delete/restrict access to datasets/trained data full of illegal material, and monitor massive energy usage. easy
it's floated entirely on venture capital investments made for manufactured demand. Delete/restrict access to datasets/trained data full of illegal material, and monitor massive energy usage. easy
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You cannot respect artists at a fundamental level and steal their work.
Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.
Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
You cannot respect artists at a fundamental level and steal their work.
Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.
Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.
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If it's truly to fuck over the corporations, go drop the cost of that novel in an author's tip jar anonymously.
But we all know you won't do that.
So.
Request books from your library. Shit, I'd rather you ASK ME for one of my books outright than pirate it. Yes, I've sent copies this way.
But we all know you won't do that.
So.
Request books from your library. Shit, I'd rather you ASK ME for one of my books outright than pirate it. Yes, I've sent copies this way.
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If it's truly to fuck over the corporations, go drop the cost of that novel in an author's tip jar anonymously.
But we all know you won't do that.
So.
Request books from your library. Shit, I'd rather you ASK ME for one of my books outright than pirate it. Yes, I've sent copies this way.
But we all know you won't do that.
So.
Request books from your library. Shit, I'd rather you ASK ME for one of my books outright than pirate it. Yes, I've sent copies this way.
In addition, if you then brag to the creators of that book that you pirated their book that is another level of crapweaseling
I do not even want to know why this is Discourse again, but book pirates are crapweasels and if you steal books you've done a bad thing and should feel bad about yourself.
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In addition, if you then brag to the creators of that book that you pirated their book that is another level of crapweaseling
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I do not even want to know why this is Discourse again, but book pirates are crapweasels and if you steal books you've done a bad thing and should feel bad about yourself.
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I do not even want to know why this is Discourse again, but book pirates are crapweasels and if you steal books you've done a bad thing and should feel bad about yourself.
Yes! And this applies even if that person is me, for any reason, you do you!
Pro-tip: It's okay to unfollow the person who doesn't do anything wrong or problematic but whose entire vibe stresses you out.
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Yes! And this applies even if that person is me, for any reason, you do you!
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There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
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![[Scene is JESUS sat behind a boss’s desk in his office on a cloud in HEAVEN]
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JESUS [speaking into intercom]
Hi can you send in Saint Nicholas please
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SANTA [entering in full Santa garb]:
Hi boss
JESUS:
Hi Nick
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JESUS:
Listen - about this ‘my birthday’ thing...
SANTA:
Ohh not this again boss
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JESUS:
Nick, it’s out of hand. *You’ve* got out of hand.
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JESUS:
I mean when I hired you, you was all humble, hiding under windows, lobbing in dowries…
And now you’re like…
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JESUS [gesturing disdainfully at Santa’s clothing]:
I mean - what’s this.
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SANTA:
This is my get up! I’ve had this since the Coca Cola deal in the 30s
JESUS:
*That’s what I mean.*
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JESUS:
You’ve just gone too -
SANTA:
Oh no, oh no -
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SANTA:
Sorry boss but waaay back in the Reformation, right, Martin Luther said: “why don’t we have Jesus delivering the presents?”. And when he prayed to ask you, do you remember what you said? Eh?
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SANTA:
You said: “I ain’t going back there”
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SANTA:
If you wanna take over -
JESUS:
Oh yeah! Kids coming downstairs to find me resurrected in their living room going "I got you an Xbox"...
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SANTA:
You’re just feeling threatened cos I’m doing a bloody good -
JESUS:
*WATCH IT NICK*.
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Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Dragon Stitch: a second color, a lighter green. (this now connects to more areas of the first color so will alternate for a while)
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Dragon Stitch: a second color, a lighter green. (this now connects to more areas of the first color so will alternate for a while)
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I didn’t realized this had gone live but it seems that you can now read my flash, “What Happened That Night,” at Short Edition.
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
What Happened That Night
Josh is gone, but I see him everywhere. Even now, it's his reflection I see in the puddle as the storm brings me back to reality. I shiver. Seems I'm always cold these days. I need to get my shit
short-edition.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I didn’t realized this had gone live but it seems that you can now read my flash, “What Happened That Night,” at Short Edition.
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
This is a great offer! Online magazines, Erin's help has been instrumental getting story metadata in order!
If there are any other magazines, journals etc, who would like my help cataloguing their fiction by tags/genre/etc hit me up! The only caveat is that you have paid your authors!
@erincairns.bsky.social , founder of the fabulous InkFoundry did the lion's share of the story metadata entry with help from @quitevague.bsky.social and the Diabolical Plots First Readers. This might have taken me years to do myself! This was so helpful!
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is a great offer! Online magazines, Erin's help has been instrumental getting story metadata in order!
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bravo, @rianjohnson.bsky.social !!!
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
bravo, @rianjohnson.bsky.social !!!
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PSA: take your turkey out of the freezer, kittens.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
PSA: take your turkey out of the freezer, kittens.
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THE BOYS GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
THE BOYS GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS
Yeah I turned it off and now I have 52,000 new emails in my only inbox.
The multi box functionality existed before AI so they just being petty
Well I guess its time to start blitzing unsubscribes and blocks instead of ignoring them in Promotions tab, can probably downgrade my Google storage costs
The multi box functionality existed before AI so they just being petty
Well I guess its time to start blitzing unsubscribes and blocks instead of ignoring them in Promotions tab, can probably downgrade my Google storage costs
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Yeah I turned it off and now I have 52,000 new emails in my only inbox.
The multi box functionality existed before AI so they just being petty
Well I guess its time to start blitzing unsubscribes and blocks instead of ignoring them in Promotions tab, can probably downgrade my Google storage costs
The multi box functionality existed before AI so they just being petty
Well I guess its time to start blitzing unsubscribes and blocks instead of ignoring them in Promotions tab, can probably downgrade my Google storage costs
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Have you read?
The Glorious Pursuit of Nominal by Lisa Brideau at Diabolical Plots
A cautionary tale in what happens in singly-focused pursuit of a goal.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
The Glorious Pursuit of Nominal by Lisa Brideau at Diabolical Plots
A cautionary tale in what happens in singly-focused pursuit of a goal.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
DP FICTION #127A: “The Glorious Pursuit of Nominal” by Lisa Brideau – Diabolical Plots
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November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Have you read?
The Glorious Pursuit of Nominal by Lisa Brideau at Diabolical Plots
A cautionary tale in what happens in singly-focused pursuit of a goal.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
The Glorious Pursuit of Nominal by Lisa Brideau at Diabolical Plots
A cautionary tale in what happens in singly-focused pursuit of a goal.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...