Sam J Miller
@sentencebender.bsky.social
Gay shit. Sometimes even award-winning gay shit. BLACKFISH CITY; etc. RED STAR HUSTLE is a USA Today Bestseller! https://linktr.ee/samjmiller
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AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST!
If any of you short fiction loving folks plan on voting in any of the sci-fi awards coming up, I'd like to throw Children of the Singularity in contention!
1 reviewer found it "heartwarming" and "compelling" so I think you'd like it to!
HMU for a copy if interested!!
If any of you short fiction loving folks plan on voting in any of the sci-fi awards coming up, I'd like to throw Children of the Singularity in contention!
1 reviewer found it "heartwarming" and "compelling" so I think you'd like it to!
HMU for a copy if interested!!
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST!
If any of you short fiction loving folks plan on voting in any of the sci-fi awards coming up, I'd like to throw Children of the Singularity in contention!
1 reviewer found it "heartwarming" and "compelling" so I think you'd like it to!
HMU for a copy if interested!!
If any of you short fiction loving folks plan on voting in any of the sci-fi awards coming up, I'd like to throw Children of the Singularity in contention!
1 reviewer found it "heartwarming" and "compelling" so I think you'd like it to!
HMU for a copy if interested!!
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If you're an author being published by small and tiny presses, please shamelessly promote your work, however much your temperament might militate against it. I've seen many wonderful authors at this level so quickly forgotten when they die, you deserve all the readers you can get while you're alive.
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
If you're an author being published by small and tiny presses, please shamelessly promote your work, however much your temperament might militate against it. I've seen many wonderful authors at this level so quickly forgotten when they die, you deserve all the readers you can get while you're alive.
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Yes yes, Nosferatu (2024), Frankenstein (2025), Werwulf in 2026
but now we need an Abbott and Costello equivalent to meet them all in 2027
but now we need an Abbott and Costello equivalent to meet them all in 2027
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Yes yes, Nosferatu (2024), Frankenstein (2025), Werwulf in 2026
but now we need an Abbott and Costello equivalent to meet them all in 2027
but now we need an Abbott and Costello equivalent to meet them all in 2027
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Currently reading and this rips! You definitely want RED STAR HUSTLE!!
I'm giving away copies of my new novel RED STAR HUSTLE - new subscribers to my newsletter can enter for a chance to win.
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Undercover in the Apocalypse
Covert dispatches from Sam J. Miller on craft, community, and surviving nightmare times.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Currently reading and this rips! You definitely want RED STAR HUSTLE!!
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Throwback photos from the New York + Brooklyn portion of @sentencebender.bsky.social 's and my book tour for Apprehension and Red Star Hustle. Thanks so much to @twistedspinebooks.bsky.social for hosting us.
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Throwback photos from the New York + Brooklyn portion of @sentencebender.bsky.social 's and my book tour for Apprehension and Red Star Hustle. Thanks so much to @twistedspinebooks.bsky.social for hosting us.
I'm giving away copies of my new novel RED STAR HUSTLE - new subscribers to my newsletter can enter for a chance to win.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io
Undercover in the Apocalypse
Covert dispatches from Sam J. Miller on craft, community, and surviving nightmare times.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I'm giving away copies of my new novel RED STAR HUSTLE - new subscribers to my newsletter can enter for a chance to win.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io
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Watching Ben Shapiro and other MAGA Jews slowly figure out the corner that they've boxed themselves into is a reminder that the only real security for American Jews isn't in making common cause with right-wing Christian Zionists, but in cosmopolitanism and multiethnic solidarity.
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Watching Ben Shapiro and other MAGA Jews slowly figure out the corner that they've boxed themselves into is a reminder that the only real security for American Jews isn't in making common cause with right-wing Christian Zionists, but in cosmopolitanism and multiethnic solidarity.
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Been pondering the "write for yourself / no, write for an audience" convos I've seen going around. This obviously varies for everyone, but for me it's "write for myself, edit for an audience." I can't finish a project unless I retreat into a bubble and pretend nobody will ever read it--
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Been pondering the "write for yourself / no, write for an audience" convos I've seen going around. This obviously varies for everyone, but for me it's "write for myself, edit for an audience." I can't finish a project unless I retreat into a bubble and pretend nobody will ever read it--
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I've been thinking a lot about why I write.
The answer: "I have something to say and I want it to have impact on someone", whether that's making them feel seen, or making them laugh, or making them pissed off w me, or anything else.
I don't think there's a wrong answer to the question tho.
The answer: "I have something to say and I want it to have impact on someone", whether that's making them feel seen, or making them laugh, or making them pissed off w me, or anything else.
I don't think there's a wrong answer to the question tho.
Been pondering the "write for yourself / no, write for an audience" convos I've seen going around. This obviously varies for everyone, but for me it's "write for myself, edit for an audience." I can't finish a project unless I retreat into a bubble and pretend nobody will ever read it--
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I've been thinking a lot about why I write.
The answer: "I have something to say and I want it to have impact on someone", whether that's making them feel seen, or making them laugh, or making them pissed off w me, or anything else.
I don't think there's a wrong answer to the question tho.
The answer: "I have something to say and I want it to have impact on someone", whether that's making them feel seen, or making them laugh, or making them pissed off w me, or anything else.
I don't think there's a wrong answer to the question tho.
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"IT IS A VERY GOOD SIGN if you are out-of-step with a deeply toxic moment."
One of many great, quotable lines in this post - worth a read, especially if you are a writer; a lot of this probably translates to other creatives as well! Slow down. Breathe. Listen to your heart and remember your joy.
One of many great, quotable lines in this post - worth a read, especially if you are a writer; a lot of this probably translates to other creatives as well! Slow down. Breathe. Listen to your heart and remember your joy.
Writers, publishing will suck all the joy and light from your life if you let it.
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-dreams-ca...
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-dreams-ca...
My dreams came true and I just found new ways to be miserable.
My fifth novel Red Star Hustle just dropped, and on pub day I did what I usually do on pub day - I swung by Union Square, where there's the Strand and a Barnes & Noble very near one another - probably...
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"IT IS A VERY GOOD SIGN if you are out-of-step with a deeply toxic moment."
One of many great, quotable lines in this post - worth a read, especially if you are a writer; a lot of this probably translates to other creatives as well! Slow down. Breathe. Listen to your heart and remember your joy.
One of many great, quotable lines in this post - worth a read, especially if you are a writer; a lot of this probably translates to other creatives as well! Slow down. Breathe. Listen to your heart and remember your joy.
I am both heartened and saddened at how many people this miserable experience has resonated with 😭😭😭 why are we like
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I am both heartened and saddened at how many people this miserable experience has resonated with 😭😭😭 why are we like
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“…the ones who love and value what you are making, and the weirdoes who are just like you, the ones who maybe haven't found your work yet, but when they do, it will mean something to them. That's who you're doing this for, not the folks who only buy what the New York Times tells them to.” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Writers, publishing will suck all the joy and light from your life if you let it.
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-dreams-ca...
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Sharp analysis of the “my books never get enough attention” malaise. All too recognizable: you’ve just spent months pouring *all* your energy into creating something that *wasn’t there before*, and the number of people who actually seem to (genuinely) care is negligible compared to the effort.
Writers, publishing will suck all the joy and light from your life if you let it.
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-dreams-ca...
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-dreams-ca...
My dreams came true and I just found new ways to be miserable.
My fifth novel Red Star Hustle just dropped, and on pub day I did what I usually do on pub day - I swung by Union Square, where there's the Strand and a Barnes & Noble very near one another - probably...
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Sharp analysis of the “my books never get enough attention” malaise. All too recognizable: you’ve just spent months pouring *all* your energy into creating something that *wasn’t there before*, and the number of people who actually seem to (genuinely) care is negligible compared to the effort.
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@poisonedpen.bsky.social was so wonderful to host @sentencebender.bsky.social and me to celebrate the launch of Apprehension / Red Star Hustle. In case you missed it, they've shared the recording on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/8aT8Vkd...
Mary Robinette Kowal and Sam J Miller discuss Apprehension/Red Star Hustle
YouTube video by The Poisoned Pen Bookstore
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November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
@poisonedpen.bsky.social was so wonderful to host @sentencebender.bsky.social and me to celebrate the launch of Apprehension / Red Star Hustle. In case you missed it, they've shared the recording on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/8aT8Vkd...
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"We are stupid hungry animals. And when we get what we want, it's all too easy to shift our focus, move our goalposts, and focus on what we don't have instead."
For anyone who's felt the joy of writing diminished by trying to get published. This was so uplifting to read.
For anyone who's felt the joy of writing diminished by trying to get published. This was so uplifting to read.
Writers, publishing will suck all the joy and light from your life if you let it.
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-dreams-ca...
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-dreams-ca...
My dreams came true and I just found new ways to be miserable.
My fifth novel Red Star Hustle just dropped, and on pub day I did what I usually do on pub day - I swung by Union Square, where there's the Strand and a Barnes & Noble very near one another - probably...
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"We are stupid hungry animals. And when we get what we want, it's all too easy to shift our focus, move our goalposts, and focus on what we don't have instead."
For anyone who's felt the joy of writing diminished by trying to get published. This was so uplifting to read.
For anyone who's felt the joy of writing diminished by trying to get published. This was so uplifting to read.
Writers, publishing will suck all the joy and light from your life if you let it.
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-dreams-ca...
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-dreams-ca...
My dreams came true and I just found new ways to be miserable.
My fifth novel Red Star Hustle just dropped, and on pub day I did what I usually do on pub day - I swung by Union Square, where there's the Strand and a Barnes & Noble very near one another - probably...
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Writers, publishing will suck all the joy and light from your life if you let it.
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-dreams-ca...
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-dreams-ca...
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Honestly, @sentencebender.bsky.social’s work always settles my spirit—so often he writes about queer worlds and queer ways of being in the world that… well, feel familiar to me!
RSH in particular centers perspectives and themes that are otherwise kinda rare in mainstream sff, so I had a great time
RSH in particular centers perspectives and themes that are otherwise kinda rare in mainstream sff, so I had a great time
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Evergreen skeet
I just want to ride my bike, but the world is forcing me to be an activist.
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Evergreen skeet
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Here are Ellen's, Mercurio's, and my photos from this month's Fantastic Fiction at KGB readings, with guests @larazontally.bsky.social & @sentencebender.bsky.social. A fun night! @datlow.bsky.social @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com
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KGB November 12, 2025
Lara Elena Donnelly and Sam J. Miller read from their work to a great audience. Sam pinch hit for Mary Robinette Kowall, who had to cancel at the lats minute because her travel plans were screwed up.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Here are Ellen's, Mercurio's, and my photos from this month's Fantastic Fiction at KGB readings, with guests @larazontally.bsky.social & @sentencebender.bsky.social. A fun night! @datlow.bsky.social @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com
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“It’s not fascism until its control is total and fear of it is ruling your life” is a take designed to keep you from fighting until it’s too late.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
November 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“It’s not fascism until its control is total and fear of it is ruling your life” is a take designed to keep you from fighting until it’s too late.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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Oh hey, my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set usually costs $9.99/£7.99, but right now, you can snap it up in the Leading Ladies @storybundle.bsky.social along with 9 to 11 other books for just $25 in total! Check it out:
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Oh hey, my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set usually costs $9.99/£7.99, but right now, you can snap it up in the Leading Ladies @storybundle.bsky.social along with 9 to 11 other books for just $25 in total! Check it out:
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
Be cray do grime
November 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Be cray do grime
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Without Occupy Wall Street I probably wouldn’t be a working journalist. It made change in ways some take for granted (building lasting networks that now appear organic and invisible) and some would prefer to ignore (hence people persistently forgetting Occupy didn’t “end,” cops ended it).
It's still wild to me how much we've memory holed Occupy Wallstreet.
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Without Occupy Wall Street I probably wouldn’t be a working journalist. It made change in ways some take for granted (building lasting networks that now appear organic and invisible) and some would prefer to ignore (hence people persistently forgetting Occupy didn’t “end,” cops ended it).
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Photos from the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series.
@larazontally.bsky.social and @sentencebender.bsky.social read for us on November 12.
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@larazontally.bsky.social and @sentencebender.bsky.social read for us on November 12.
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KGB November 12, 2025
Lara Elena Donnelly and Sam J. Miller read from their work to a great audience. Sam pinch hit for Mary Robinette Kowall, who had to cancel at the lats minute because her travel plans were screwed up.
www.flickr.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Photos from the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series.
@larazontally.bsky.social and @sentencebender.bsky.social read for us on November 12.
www.flickr.com/photos/35025...
@larazontally.bsky.social and @sentencebender.bsky.social read for us on November 12.
www.flickr.com/photos/35025...