SJ Stone
@sjstone.bsky.social
teacher. linguist. innovator. author. retired Navy. fiction that crosses boundaries.
SJSTONEAUTHOR.COM & The Fictional on Substack
SJSTONEAUTHOR.COM & The Fictional on Substack
This is the year I finish it.
January 3, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This is the year I finish it.
Maybe you missed Wanderlust; maybe not, but I wanted to drop all the links here and go over the story in brief since as far as serials go, this was one that I really enjoyed writing. #booksky
Wanderlust
The Complete Story
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Maybe you missed Wanderlust; maybe not, but I wanted to drop all the links here and go over the story in brief since as far as serials go, this was one that I really enjoyed writing. #booksky
The thing about Red was that she had a big heart. She had big eyes, too — “the better to see you with,” she said, and everybody laughed. But nobody was ever looking at her eyes. That wasn’t the point. With tits like that, her eye color was never in question, if you know what I mean. #booksky
Wolfe: Devil in the Pale Moon Light
Just Right | Four people. Four stories. One murder.
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The thing about Red was that she had a big heart. She had big eyes, too — “the better to see you with,” she said, and everybody laughed. But nobody was ever looking at her eyes. That wasn’t the point. With tits like that, her eye color was never in question, if you know what I mean. #booksky
Where's the fanfic for this...?
January 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Where's the fanfic for this...?
Why Political Satire Still Matters - by SJStone
Telling stories about the real world is what fiction is all about. Everyone knows Tolkien wrote LOTR about his issues with the modern world. Orwell talked about it in 1984; Butler in Parable. Welcome to the newest rendition of modern critique.
Telling stories about the real world is what fiction is all about. Everyone knows Tolkien wrote LOTR about his issues with the modern world. Orwell talked about it in 1984; Butler in Parable. Welcome to the newest rendition of modern critique.
Why Political Satire Still Matters
Why We Still Need Stories
readingwritingrevolution.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Why Political Satire Still Matters - by SJStone
Telling stories about the real world is what fiction is all about. Everyone knows Tolkien wrote LOTR about his issues with the modern world. Orwell talked about it in 1984; Butler in Parable. Welcome to the newest rendition of modern critique.
Telling stories about the real world is what fiction is all about. Everyone knows Tolkien wrote LOTR about his issues with the modern world. Orwell talked about it in 1984; Butler in Parable. Welcome to the newest rendition of modern critique.
Great #StrangerThings read about characters, specifically Erica, who never gets her due. Making me think about my own writing.
December 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Great #StrangerThings read about characters, specifically Erica, who never gets her due. Making me think about my own writing.
REDUX - by Thaddeus Howze - Omniverse thaddeus.substack.com/p/redux
Go read this now. It's totally worth your time. #booksky #shortstory 💙
Go read this now. It's totally worth your time. #booksky #shortstory 💙
REDUX
When four underfunded young geniuses are forced to work together, their synergies unleash transformative technologies.
thaddeus.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
REDUX - by Thaddeus Howze - Omniverse thaddeus.substack.com/p/redux
Go read this now. It's totally worth your time. #booksky #shortstory 💙
Go read this now. It's totally worth your time. #booksky #shortstory 💙
#Goodreads list for 2026: Some of the books were less about reading and more about resources for writing, and there were some novels I DNF and didn't make this list.
I did write reviews for most of these books though.
I did write reviews for most of these books though.
December 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#Goodreads list for 2026: Some of the books were less about reading and more about resources for writing, and there were some novels I DNF and didn't make this list.
I did write reviews for most of these books though.
I did write reviews for most of these books though.
Gonna try and up that number in 2026. #Goodreads
December 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Gonna try and up that number in 2026. #Goodreads
New review out for Hannah Nicole Maehrer's "Assistant to the Villain." Here's the visual version; here's the Goodreads version:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#booksky 📚🌶️💙
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#booksky 📚🌶️💙
December 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
New review out for Hannah Nicole Maehrer's "Assistant to the Villain." Here's the visual version; here's the Goodreads version:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#booksky 📚🌶️💙
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#booksky 📚🌶️💙
Sesame Swallow | The Christmas Caper - by SJStone
Christmas is about to be ruined.
The mayor is about to be shamed.
Sesame Swallow has ten minutes to stop it.
Final episode lands on Xmas Eve!
📚⚡️💙 #booksky
Christmas is about to be ruined.
The mayor is about to be shamed.
Sesame Swallow has ten minutes to stop it.
Final episode lands on Xmas Eve!
📚⚡️💙 #booksky
Sesame Swallow | The Christmas Caper
A Holiday Mini-Mystery (Part 5): Xmas Chaos
sjstone.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Sesame Swallow | The Christmas Caper - by SJStone
Christmas is about to be ruined.
The mayor is about to be shamed.
Sesame Swallow has ten minutes to stop it.
Final episode lands on Xmas Eve!
📚⚡️💙 #booksky
Christmas is about to be ruined.
The mayor is about to be shamed.
Sesame Swallow has ten minutes to stop it.
Final episode lands on Xmas Eve!
📚⚡️💙 #booksky
Reposted by SJ Stone
Always awkward, but throwing this out there like a penny in a fountain. ⛲
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December 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Always awkward, but throwing this out there like a penny in a fountain. ⛲
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The Unicorns That Ruined Christmas - by Hallie T
Fun #Christmas flash fiction by Hallie T on Substack.
Fun #Christmas flash fiction by Hallie T on Substack.
The Unicorns That Ruined Christmas
A submission for Merrow's Moon Academy
halliebrynnwrites.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The Unicorns That Ruined Christmas - by Hallie T
Fun #Christmas flash fiction by Hallie T on Substack.
Fun #Christmas flash fiction by Hallie T on Substack.
December 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I never saw "Station 11" but its on my radar now.
HBO's 10-Part Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Thriller Is Even Better 4 Years Later
Distance only makes this miniseries better.
screenrant.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I never saw "Station 11" but its on my radar now.
Ashes to Dust - by SJStone - Fictional: After Dark fictionalafterdark.substack.com/p/ashes-to-d...
Links to all seven episodes here — a short, bittersweet, transgressively dark tale of revenge.
Ashes to Dust — some fairytales aren’t meant for Disney...
Links to all seven episodes here — a short, bittersweet, transgressively dark tale of revenge.
Ashes to Dust — some fairytales aren’t meant for Disney...
Ashes to Dust
A teaser and the list of episodes
fictionalafterdark.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Ashes to Dust - by SJStone - Fictional: After Dark fictionalafterdark.substack.com/p/ashes-to-d...
Links to all seven episodes here — a short, bittersweet, transgressively dark tale of revenge.
Ashes to Dust — some fairytales aren’t meant for Disney...
Links to all seven episodes here — a short, bittersweet, transgressively dark tale of revenge.
Ashes to Dust — some fairytales aren’t meant for Disney...
Sesame Swallow's Xmas Caper by SJStone
The city of Frederick, MD, faces chaos as a cherished Xmas ornament vanishes, casting a shadow over the festive season. As private investigator Sesame Swallow delves into town secrets, she uncovers a plot to ruin the Xmas celebration and shame the mayor. 📚⚡️💙
The city of Frederick, MD, faces chaos as a cherished Xmas ornament vanishes, casting a shadow over the festive season. As private investigator Sesame Swallow delves into town secrets, she uncovers a plot to ruin the Xmas celebration and shame the mayor. 📚⚡️💙
Sesame Swallow & the Christmas Caper
A Holiday Mini-Mystery (Part 1) : The Bauble
sjstone.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Sesame Swallow's Xmas Caper by SJStone
The city of Frederick, MD, faces chaos as a cherished Xmas ornament vanishes, casting a shadow over the festive season. As private investigator Sesame Swallow delves into town secrets, she uncovers a plot to ruin the Xmas celebration and shame the mayor. 📚⚡️💙
The city of Frederick, MD, faces chaos as a cherished Xmas ornament vanishes, casting a shadow over the festive season. As private investigator Sesame Swallow delves into town secrets, she uncovers a plot to ruin the Xmas celebration and shame the mayor. 📚⚡️💙
Gulliver's Travels: The Broligarchy - by SJStone
🚫 No smut (yet) 🚫 No dragons 🚫 No morally gray cinnamon rolls ✅ Just savage satire and viral humiliation 📚💙
You’ve read the stories where she saves the world. This one’s different. She doesn’t save it. She survives it. Barely.
🚫 No smut (yet) 🚫 No dragons 🚫 No morally gray cinnamon rolls ✅ Just savage satire and viral humiliation 📚💙
You’ve read the stories where she saves the world. This one’s different. She doesn’t save it. She survives it. Barely.
Gulliver's Travels: The Broligarchy
Journal Entry 8.5 | Finding an Opening
readingwritingrevolution.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Gulliver's Travels: The Broligarchy - by SJStone
🚫 No smut (yet) 🚫 No dragons 🚫 No morally gray cinnamon rolls ✅ Just savage satire and viral humiliation 📚💙
You’ve read the stories where she saves the world. This one’s different. She doesn’t save it. She survives it. Barely.
🚫 No smut (yet) 🚫 No dragons 🚫 No morally gray cinnamon rolls ✅ Just savage satire and viral humiliation 📚💙
You’ve read the stories where she saves the world. This one’s different. She doesn’t save it. She survives it. Barely.
Dark fantasy revenge and erotic romance all rolled up into one -- Ashes to Dust on The Fictional: After Dark | Substack
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December 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Dark fantasy revenge and erotic romance all rolled up into one -- Ashes to Dust on The Fictional: After Dark | Substack
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The last episode of this dark fantasy revenge tale is out! This is not the Cinderella you remember. 📚🌶️💙
Note: This story contains drug use, non-consensual sex, murder, body modification, emotional manipulation and depictions of group sex.
Substack | The Fictional: After Dark
bit.ly/4oTBmzA
Note: This story contains drug use, non-consensual sex, murder, body modification, emotional manipulation and depictions of group sex.
Substack | The Fictional: After Dark
bit.ly/4oTBmzA
Ashes to Dust
Episode 7: Salt & Dust
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The last episode of this dark fantasy revenge tale is out! This is not the Cinderella you remember. 📚🌶️💙
Note: This story contains drug use, non-consensual sex, murder, body modification, emotional manipulation and depictions of group sex.
Substack | The Fictional: After Dark
bit.ly/4oTBmzA
Note: This story contains drug use, non-consensual sex, murder, body modification, emotional manipulation and depictions of group sex.
Substack | The Fictional: After Dark
bit.ly/4oTBmzA