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
Happy happy book birthday to THE HOSPITAL AT THE END OF THE WORLD, by the magnificent @justinkey.bsky.social !!!
Here's my blurb for it: "A stunning, pulse-pounding, heart-hurting journey through an all-too-plausible nightmare future."
www.justinckey.com/the-hospital...
Here's my blurb for it: "A stunning, pulse-pounding, heart-hurting journey through an all-too-plausible nightmare future."
www.justinckey.com/the-hospital...
February 3, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Happy happy book birthday to THE HOSPITAL AT THE END OF THE WORLD, by the magnificent @justinkey.bsky.social !!!
Here's my blurb for it: "A stunning, pulse-pounding, heart-hurting journey through an all-too-plausible nightmare future."
www.justinckey.com/the-hospital...
Here's my blurb for it: "A stunning, pulse-pounding, heart-hurting journey through an all-too-plausible nightmare future."
www.justinckey.com/the-hospital...
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congrats @sentencebender.bsky.social! I love Courtney.
So proud of my angry drag queen and addict rent boy!! "Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead" and RED STAR HUSTLE made it onto the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List!
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…
locusmag.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:20 PM
congrats @sentencebender.bsky.social! I love Courtney.
So proud of my angry drag queen and addict rent boy!! "Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead" and RED STAR HUSTLE made it onto the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List!
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…
locusmag.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
So proud of my angry drag queen and addict rent boy!! "Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead" and RED STAR HUSTLE made it onto the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List!
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
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Doing my calls genuinely does make me feel less helpless — it's low-key for sure, but it's a good not-nothing "I have ten minutes, let me do this" action!
January 28, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Doing my calls genuinely does make me feel less helpless — it's low-key for sure, but it's a good not-nothing "I have ten minutes, let me do this" action!
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This week, I've been reminding myself that art matters. Stories matter. Books matter. They give people hope. They help people survive. And sometimes, they're the only things *to* survive.
January 28, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This week, I've been reminding myself that art matters. Stories matter. Books matter. They give people hope. They help people survive. And sometimes, they're the only things *to* survive.
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I've been reminding myself that resistance is collective. Whatever thing you need to do, feel pulled to do, know you need to do: do that thing. That thing matters, not because it'll save everyone or fix everything, but as a part of the larger organizing collective that transforms things *together*
January 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I've been reminding myself that resistance is collective. Whatever thing you need to do, feel pulled to do, know you need to do: do that thing. That thing matters, not because it'll save everyone or fix everything, but as a part of the larger organizing collective that transforms things *together*
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Making trans stories, which matters, but also offering up my art in service (illustrating a zine cover put out by a local organizing group, etc) and also I've been working lots with local organizing groups to feed my neighbors. It's tough to always feel like we're helping but we are!
January 28, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Making trans stories, which matters, but also offering up my art in service (illustrating a zine cover put out by a local organizing group, etc) and also I've been working lots with local organizing groups to feed my neighbors. It's tough to always feel like we're helping but we are!
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And the zines I think I'm going to use are in this drive:
Resources for Whistle Warriors - Google Drive
drive.google.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:40 PM
And the zines I think I'm going to use are in this drive:
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Writing letters to senators + representatives and sending friends templates to do the same. Participating in local protests. You could host a poster-making session at your house for friends the night before Friday actions - provide creative poster ideas, glitter, colorful sharpies, etc.
January 28, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Writing letters to senators + representatives and sending friends templates to do the same. Participating in local protests. You could host a poster-making session at your house for friends the night before Friday actions - provide creative poster ideas, glitter, colorful sharpies, etc.
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Making protest posters and giving away the files for anyone who wants to use them. S/M/L sizes
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
protest-posters - Google Drive
drive.google.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Making protest posters and giving away the files for anyone who wants to use them. S/M/L sizes
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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In case this is helpful for more folks -- learning from resistance in African SFF has been really helpful for me. Here's a presentation I did on learning liquid forms of resistance from Sofia Samatar and @suyidavies.com
(with @mdbell79.bsky.social and Tanvir Ahmed)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaXy...
(with @mdbell79.bsky.social and Tanvir Ahmed)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaXy...
January 28, 2026 at 6:02 PM
In case this is helpful for more folks -- learning from resistance in African SFF has been really helpful for me. Here's a presentation I did on learning liquid forms of resistance from Sofia Samatar and @suyidavies.com
(with @mdbell79.bsky.social and Tanvir Ahmed)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaXy...
(with @mdbell79.bsky.social and Tanvir Ahmed)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaXy...
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How cool is this??!? The National Building Museum is hosting "In Pursuit of Healthy & Equitable Cities" 2/12 - using my novel BLACKFISH CITY as a springboard!
Come through, DC! It's free, and there are free copies of the book for all attendees (while supplies last)
Come through, DC! It's free, and there are free copies of the book for all attendees (while supplies last)
January 28, 2026 at 4:16 PM
How cool is this??!? The National Building Museum is hosting "In Pursuit of Healthy & Equitable Cities" 2/12 - using my novel BLACKFISH CITY as a springboard!
Come through, DC! It's free, and there are free copies of the book for all attendees (while supplies last)
Come through, DC! It's free, and there are free copies of the book for all attendees (while supplies last)
Writers & artists who are also activists, what actions are you taking to help / fight back / feel less helpless?
I need guidance / inspiration / motivation
I need guidance / inspiration / motivation
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Writers & artists who are also activists, what actions are you taking to help / fight back / feel less helpless?
I need guidance / inspiration / motivation
I need guidance / inspiration / motivation
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🚨NEW STORY 🚨
Last month, over 400 activists were imprisoned by Israel for trying to bring aid into Gaza. 1 of them was Zue, an army vet.
Here, me and Zue discuss her voyage to Gaza, imprisonment, NOLA's role in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, & more.
antigravitymagazine.com/feature/zue-...
Last month, over 400 activists were imprisoned by Israel for trying to bring aid into Gaza. 1 of them was Zue, an army vet.
Here, me and Zue discuss her voyage to Gaza, imprisonment, NOLA's role in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, & more.
antigravitymagazine.com/feature/zue-...
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
🚨NEW STORY 🚨
Last month, over 400 activists were imprisoned by Israel for trying to bring aid into Gaza. 1 of them was Zue, an army vet.
Here, me and Zue discuss her voyage to Gaza, imprisonment, NOLA's role in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, & more.
antigravitymagazine.com/feature/zue-...
Last month, over 400 activists were imprisoned by Israel for trying to bring aid into Gaza. 1 of them was Zue, an army vet.
Here, me and Zue discuss her voyage to Gaza, imprisonment, NOLA's role in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, & more.
antigravitymagazine.com/feature/zue-...
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One of the worst things about living under fascism. I remember watching the 2020 Delhi pogrom unfold live on social media. We all saw how it happened, how Muslims were attacked, by cops and civilians, & then we saw those same Muslims blamed, & activists & students arrested for the 'riot'.
Ultimately you're not supposed to believe it. It not mattering is the point. The bolder the lie, the greater the impunity. The ultimate victory for evil is not convincing you, it's the truth being irrelevant.
We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 PM
One of the worst things about living under fascism. I remember watching the 2020 Delhi pogrom unfold live on social media. We all saw how it happened, how Muslims were attacked, by cops and civilians, & then we saw those same Muslims blamed, & activists & students arrested for the 'riot'.
Anyone know any good histories of liberation theology in Latin America? Not so much the original texts or contemporary theological analyses as actual histories of the movement, its rise, spread, evolution, impact.... decline?
January 23, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Anyone know any good histories of liberation theology in Latin America? Not so much the original texts or contemporary theological analyses as actual histories of the movement, its rise, spread, evolution, impact.... decline?
Bay Area, this is tonight!!! 1246 Folsom, 6pm - would love to see you if you can make it!
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January 22, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Bay Area, this is tonight!!! 1246 Folsom, 6pm - would love to see you if you can make it!
www.instagram.com/p/DT1B1dOkpJ...
www.instagram.com/p/DT1B1dOkpJ...
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TODAY!
Join @sentencebender.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @jasonbayani.bsky.social for this fantastic event
#sanfrancisco
Join @sentencebender.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @jasonbayani.bsky.social for this fantastic event
#sanfrancisco
Bay Area! Next Thursday I'll be reading at Stir, at Cafe Suspiro in San Francisco! 6pm! With fabulous writers! Join us for a great night of community and books. cafesuspiro.com/pages/stir-a...
January 22, 2026 at 1:47 PM
TODAY!
Join @sentencebender.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @jasonbayani.bsky.social for this fantastic event
#sanfrancisco
Join @sentencebender.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @jasonbayani.bsky.social for this fantastic event
#sanfrancisco
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But it is such a great film!
Have you read Things With Beards by @sentencebender.bsky.social ? It imagines Macready as The Thing inhabiting a queer man arriving back to a NYC that is beginning to deal with the AIDS Crisis.
One of my favourite short stories
clarkesworldmagazine.com/miller_06_16/
Have you read Things With Beards by @sentencebender.bsky.social ? It imagines Macready as The Thing inhabiting a queer man arriving back to a NYC that is beginning to deal with the AIDS Crisis.
One of my favourite short stories
clarkesworldmagazine.com/miller_06_16/
Things With Beards by Sam J. Miller
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
But it is such a great film!
Have you read Things With Beards by @sentencebender.bsky.social ? It imagines Macready as The Thing inhabiting a queer man arriving back to a NYC that is beginning to deal with the AIDS Crisis.
One of my favourite short stories
clarkesworldmagazine.com/miller_06_16/
Have you read Things With Beards by @sentencebender.bsky.social ? It imagines Macready as The Thing inhabiting a queer man arriving back to a NYC that is beginning to deal with the AIDS Crisis.
One of my favourite short stories
clarkesworldmagazine.com/miller_06_16/
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLES was much better than the last one, AND it has the distinction of being the 1st horror movie in years to make me so nauseous I had to leave the theater because I thought I might throw up.
(I didn't. & it was admittedly a very personal non universal gross out)
(I didn't. & it was admittedly a very personal non universal gross out)
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLES was much better than the last one, AND it has the distinction of being the 1st horror movie in years to make me so nauseous I had to leave the theater because I thought I might throw up.
(I didn't. & it was admittedly a very personal non universal gross out)
(I didn't. & it was admittedly a very personal non universal gross out)
PM Press is having an awesome 40% off sale for their incredible, invaluable Indigenous Resistance catalog, with coupon code RESIST!!
You need these books, now and always.
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You need these books, now and always.
pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
Indigenous/Native America
pmpress.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:08 PM
PM Press is having an awesome 40% off sale for their incredible, invaluable Indigenous Resistance catalog, with coupon code RESIST!!
You need these books, now and always.
pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
You need these books, now and always.
pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
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Loved this episode. It makes me want a show where writers just talk and try to make each other feel better. Love the point about celebrating wherever you are in the process. And for the record, @claymcleod.bsky.social is an astonishing performer and an astonishing writer (Read KILL YOUR DARLINGS!)
Today on This Is Horror Podcast, we chat with Clay McLeod Chapman.
@claymcleod.bsky.social talks about getting drunk on ideas, writing and performing with confidence, getting through the first draft, and much more.
www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-648-clay...
@claymcleod.bsky.social talks about getting drunk on ideas, writing and performing with confidence, getting through the first draft, and much more.
www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-648-clay...
TIH 648: Clay McLeod Chapman on Getting Drunk on Ideas, Writing with Confidence, and First Draft Optimism
In this podcast, Clay McLeod Chapman talks about getting drunk on ideas, writing and performing with confidence, getting through the first draft, and much more. About Clay McLeod Chapman Clay McLeo…
www.thisishorror.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Loved this episode. It makes me want a show where writers just talk and try to make each other feel better. Love the point about celebrating wherever you are in the process. And for the record, @claymcleod.bsky.social is an astonishing performer and an astonishing writer (Read KILL YOUR DARLINGS!)
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Thursday in San Francisco!
Coffee hour, readings & discussion with:
📖 Mukethe Kawinzi
📕 @jasonbayani.bsky.social
🦖 @sentencebender.bsky.social
📚 @annaleen.bsky.social
1246 Folsom near Civic Center
☕️ Coffee hour 5-6
🎤 Readings start at 6
Hosted by me & @fabulistmag.bsky.social
Coffee hour, readings & discussion with:
📖 Mukethe Kawinzi
📕 @jasonbayani.bsky.social
🦖 @sentencebender.bsky.social
📚 @annaleen.bsky.social
1246 Folsom near Civic Center
☕️ Coffee hour 5-6
🎤 Readings start at 6
Hosted by me & @fabulistmag.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Thursday in San Francisco!
Coffee hour, readings & discussion with:
📖 Mukethe Kawinzi
📕 @jasonbayani.bsky.social
🦖 @sentencebender.bsky.social
📚 @annaleen.bsky.social
1246 Folsom near Civic Center
☕️ Coffee hour 5-6
🎤 Readings start at 6
Hosted by me & @fabulistmag.bsky.social
Coffee hour, readings & discussion with:
📖 Mukethe Kawinzi
📕 @jasonbayani.bsky.social
🦖 @sentencebender.bsky.social
📚 @annaleen.bsky.social
1246 Folsom near Civic Center
☕️ Coffee hour 5-6
🎤 Readings start at 6
Hosted by me & @fabulistmag.bsky.social