Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls
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#SFF writer from Maine. VP21. He/Him. Cóyotl award nominated. Creator of Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscription web page. Co-editor of Trollbreath Magazine.
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Issue 5, Fall 2025 - Trollbreath Magazine
Issue 5, Fall 2025 Fiction La Forêt de Fontainebleu, Les Chasseurs, Le Renard by Aimee Ogden The Water Dragons of Harney County by B. Morris Allen The Machines are Hungry by Maressa Voss Gracie ...
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Welcome to September!
Did I happen to mention there's a new issue of Trollbreath Magazine available? And did I happen to mention that Trollbreath Magazine is now open for submissions for our Spring/Summer 2026 issues?
No?
Well now I have!
Did I happen to mention there's a new issue of Trollbreath Magazine available? And did I happen to mention that Trollbreath Magazine is now open for submissions for our Spring/Summer 2026 issues?
No?
Well now I have!
In my rankings, "Rogue One" remains the near perfect Star Wars film. The rest:
1. Rogue One
2. A New Hope
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. Attack of the Clones
7. The Force Awakens
8. The Last Jedi
3-Way Tie for Last: Solo, Rise of Skywalker, Phantom Menace
1. Rogue One
2. A New Hope
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. Attack of the Clones
7. The Force Awakens
8. The Last Jedi
3-Way Tie for Last: Solo, Rise of Skywalker, Phantom Menace
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In my rankings, "Rogue One" remains the near perfect Star Wars film. The rest:
1. Rogue One
2. A New Hope
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. Attack of the Clones
7. The Force Awakens
8. The Last Jedi
3-Way Tie for Last: Solo, Rise of Skywalker, Phantom Menace
1. Rogue One
2. A New Hope
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. Attack of the Clones
7. The Force Awakens
8. The Last Jedi
3-Way Tie for Last: Solo, Rise of Skywalker, Phantom Menace
Jimmy Cliff You Can Get It If You Really Want
YouTube video by Rocksteady Freddie
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We've started attending a Universalist Unitarian church. I've been deeply anti-religious since my teens, but this is a group of leftists celebrity the diversity of human kind, not whatever God a religion has on tap.
There are few ways to build community in rural Maine. This was our best compromise.
There are few ways to build community in rural Maine. This was our best compromise.
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We've started attending a Universalist Unitarian church. I've been deeply anti-religious since my teens, but this is a group of leftists celebrity the diversity of human kind, not whatever God a religion has on tap.
There are few ways to build community in rural Maine. This was our best compromise.
There are few ways to build community in rural Maine. This was our best compromise.
MTG is resigning her office? Trump is now Mamdani's new best friend and fawns over him? The pope held a rave for a cardinal's 75th birthday?
Has someone been playing with the Large Hadron Collider again? Well keep doing it...
Has someone been playing with the Large Hadron Collider again? Well keep doing it...
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
MTG is resigning her office? Trump is now Mamdani's new best friend and fawns over him? The pope held a rave for a cardinal's 75th birthday?
Has someone been playing with the Large Hadron Collider again? Well keep doing it...
Has someone been playing with the Large Hadron Collider again? Well keep doing it...
We're closing out our Free Fiction Fridays for issue 5.
Next up: Issue 6 is on deck for its December 1st release!
Look for Free Fiction Fridays to return on December 5th with a brilliant fairy-tale retelling from @bernie-jsyk.bsky.social, "Have I Ever Told You About When We Were Eaten?"
Next up: Issue 6 is on deck for its December 1st release!
Look for Free Fiction Fridays to return on December 5th with a brilliant fairy-tale retelling from @bernie-jsyk.bsky.social, "Have I Ever Told You About When We Were Eaten?"
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We're closing out our Free Fiction Fridays for issue 5.
Next up: Issue 6 is on deck for its December 1st release!
Look for Free Fiction Fridays to return on December 5th with a brilliant fairy-tale retelling from @bernie-jsyk.bsky.social, "Have I Ever Told You About When We Were Eaten?"
Next up: Issue 6 is on deck for its December 1st release!
Look for Free Fiction Fridays to return on December 5th with a brilliant fairy-tale retelling from @bernie-jsyk.bsky.social, "Have I Ever Told You About When We Were Eaten?"
Finally feeling much better, aided by a two-hour afternoon nap. I'll take a brief night of feeling bad over any of the diseases those vaccines protect me from, though.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Finally feeling much better, aided by a two-hour afternoon nap. I'll take a brief night of feeling bad over any of the diseases those vaccines protect me from, though.
Oh and the WORST part of this experience was what little sleep I DID get had me dreaming that he who should not be seen or heard from ever again had fucking DIED of a sudden stroke during a press conference.
He even shit himself on camera as he collapsed!
Why can't we have nice things?
He even shit himself on camera as he collapsed!
Why can't we have nice things?
On second thought, perhaps I should NOT have gotten triple vaccinated (COVID, pneumonia, shingles) on Wednesday. But hey, you know what they say...
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Oh and the WORST part of this experience was what little sleep I DID get had me dreaming that he who should not be seen or heard from ever again had fucking DIED of a sudden stroke during a press conference.
He even shit himself on camera as he collapsed!
Why can't we have nice things?
He even shit himself on camera as he collapsed!
Why can't we have nice things?
On second thought, perhaps I should NOT have gotten triple vaccinated (COVID, pneumonia, shingles) on Wednesday. But hey, you know what they say...
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
On second thought, perhaps I should NOT have gotten triple vaccinated (COVID, pneumonia, shingles) on Wednesday. But hey, you know what they say...
Oh, hey, if you're a Stargate fan, it's returning with new seasons on Amazon. I don't spend money at Amazon any more, but you might, and this might appeal to you, so here you go.
youtu.be/OhYOOmkehIo
youtu.be/OhYOOmkehIo
Amazon's Stargate Announcement | Coming to Prime Video
YouTube video by GateWorld
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Oh, hey, if you're a Stargate fan, it's returning with new seasons on Amazon. I don't spend money at Amazon any more, but you might, and this might appeal to you, so here you go.
youtu.be/OhYOOmkehIo
youtu.be/OhYOOmkehIo
Rebecca at her best. Come for the reveal, stay for the powerful conclusion.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNLd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNLd...
So I'm in the Epstein Files
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Rebecca at her best. Come for the reveal, stay for the powerful conclusion.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNLd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNLd...
If you're going to use a predicative LLM ad-lib generator that's wrong at LEAST 5% of the time to get tax advice, you might as well prep for your upcoming audit while you're at it.
Meanwhile, the GOP takes away free tax filing... and Intuit sees a windfall coming to pay for this nonsense.
Meanwhile, the GOP takes away free tax filing... and Intuit sees a windfall coming to pay for this nonsense.
"As part of the partnership, users will be able to authorize Intuit to pull the right data and return tailored results, like estimating a tax refund, finding the right credit card, or generating QuickBooks insights off real-time business activity."
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/i...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/i...
Intuit to pay OpenAI over $100 million a year for model access, ChatGPT integrates with TurboTax
Intuit has struck a $100 million-plus annual deal with OpenAI to bring AI into its financial products like TurboTax and QuickBooks.
www.cnbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If you're going to use a predicative LLM ad-lib generator that's wrong at LEAST 5% of the time to get tax advice, you might as well prep for your upcoming audit while you're at it.
Meanwhile, the GOP takes away free tax filing... and Intuit sees a windfall coming to pay for this nonsense.
Meanwhile, the GOP takes away free tax filing... and Intuit sees a windfall coming to pay for this nonsense.
Best part of this news is getting the notice at work: "Enterprise ChatGPT is out due to the cloudflare outage."
Good. You didn't need it. I only wish it would stay out forever.
Good. You didn't need it. I only wish it would stay out forever.
Another day, another issue with Cloudfare which is affecting multiple websites.
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Best part of this news is getting the notice at work: "Enterprise ChatGPT is out due to the cloudflare outage."
Good. You didn't need it. I only wish it would stay out forever.
Good. You didn't need it. I only wish it would stay out forever.
Another day, another issue with Cloudfare which is affecting multiple websites.
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Another day, another issue with Cloudfare which is affecting multiple websites.
A worthy movement.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A worthy movement.
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
That... kind of tracks actually...
That... kind of tracks actually...
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
That... kind of tracks actually...
That... kind of tracks actually...
Just enough snow to barely cover the grass on this, our first snowy day. It'll be gone in an hour or two, leaving us with our usual bitter winter winds, which will howl for a few days before settling down to small craft advisory levels until the next storm.
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Just enough snow to barely cover the grass on this, our first snowy day. It'll be gone in an hour or two, leaving us with our usual bitter winter winds, which will howl for a few days before settling down to small craft advisory levels until the next storm.
Hearing about the UK's shortage of turkeys (bird flu) reminds me we have to play chicken with the herds of wild turkeys gaggling across the roads every time we go for a drive.
When I was a kid, there was zero wild turkeys in Maine. Now, they are legion.
But still not as mean as Canadian geese.
When I was a kid, there was zero wild turkeys in Maine. Now, they are legion.
But still not as mean as Canadian geese.
a goose with its wings outstretched stands in front of a pool
ALT: a goose with its wings outstretched stands in front of a pool
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Hearing about the UK's shortage of turkeys (bird flu) reminds me we have to play chicken with the herds of wild turkeys gaggling across the roads every time we go for a drive.
When I was a kid, there was zero wild turkeys in Maine. Now, they are legion.
But still not as mean as Canadian geese.
When I was a kid, there was zero wild turkeys in Maine. Now, they are legion.
But still not as mean as Canadian geese.
Wife and I are editing issue 6 today.
Wife's office: 2nd floor; big south-facing sliding door to balcony; shades wide open, sun streaming in.
My office: 1st floor; light blocking shades all pulled tight; office lights dim; computer apps in dark mode.
She is the light... I am the dark...
Wife's office: 2nd floor; big south-facing sliding door to balcony; shades wide open, sun streaming in.
My office: 1st floor; light blocking shades all pulled tight; office lights dim; computer apps in dark mode.
She is the light... I am the dark...
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Wife and I are editing issue 6 today.
Wife's office: 2nd floor; big south-facing sliding door to balcony; shades wide open, sun streaming in.
My office: 1st floor; light blocking shades all pulled tight; office lights dim; computer apps in dark mode.
She is the light... I am the dark...
Wife's office: 2nd floor; big south-facing sliding door to balcony; shades wide open, sun streaming in.
My office: 1st floor; light blocking shades all pulled tight; office lights dim; computer apps in dark mode.
She is the light... I am the dark...
These people watched Black Mirror and literally ignored the point of every single story presented. "Hey, what if we COULD bring dead people back to life virtually??? How cool!!!"
No. Not cool. Stop it, you fucking ghouls.
No. Not cool. Stop it, you fucking ghouls.
The app was co-founded by Calum Worthy, a former Disney Channel actor known for starring in “Austin & Ally.”
Disney Channel Star’s AI App That Creates Avatars Of Dead Relatives Sparks Backlash
The app was co-founded by Calum Worthy, a former Disney Channel actor known for starring in “Austin & Ally.”
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
These people watched Black Mirror and literally ignored the point of every single story presented. "Hey, what if we COULD bring dead people back to life virtually??? How cool!!!"
No. Not cool. Stop it, you fucking ghouls.
No. Not cool. Stop it, you fucking ghouls.
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Free Fiction Friday!! Take break and climb into this absolute treat!!
A Sea of Laundry
by J. M. Bask
magazine.trollbreath.com/a-sea-of-lau...
@jessonemoreword.bsky.social
A Sea of Laundry
by J. M. Bask
magazine.trollbreath.com/a-sea-of-lau...
@jessonemoreword.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Free Fiction Friday!! Take break and climb into this absolute treat!!
A Sea of Laundry
by J. M. Bask
magazine.trollbreath.com/a-sea-of-lau...
@jessonemoreword.bsky.social
A Sea of Laundry
by J. M. Bask
magazine.trollbreath.com/a-sea-of-lau...
@jessonemoreword.bsky.social
Well, that was one of the nicest personal rejections I've ever gotten for a story. It almost completely blunted the sting of the "rejection" part of that sentence.
Almost. 🙃
(honestly, at this point most rejections just roll off me, and it was great to hear positive thoughts about this story)
Almost. 🙃
(honestly, at this point most rejections just roll off me, and it was great to hear positive thoughts about this story)
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Well, that was one of the nicest personal rejections I've ever gotten for a story. It almost completely blunted the sting of the "rejection" part of that sentence.
Almost. 🙃
(honestly, at this point most rejections just roll off me, and it was great to hear positive thoughts about this story)
Almost. 🙃
(honestly, at this point most rejections just roll off me, and it was great to hear positive thoughts about this story)
What I find frustrating as an editor is that their boilerplate remains the same, despite numerous complaints, authors pulling works, and SFWA weighing in.
Trollbreath makes permanent any changes to our boilerplate in response to author comments. If the change is good for one, it's good for all.
Trollbreath makes permanent any changes to our boilerplate in response to author comments. If the change is good for one, it's good for all.
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
What I find frustrating as an editor is that their boilerplate remains the same, despite numerous complaints, authors pulling works, and SFWA weighing in.
Trollbreath makes permanent any changes to our boilerplate in response to author comments. If the change is good for one, it's good for all.
Trollbreath makes permanent any changes to our boilerplate in response to author comments. If the change is good for one, it's good for all.
Repost with an iconic fictional band (since someone already took Lady Parts, I'll go with School of Rock because all those kids played their instruments and sang and it was amazing)
youtu.be/f6jW6Ks1B-c
youtu.be/f6jW6Ks1B-c
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Repost with an iconic fictional band (since someone already took Lady Parts, I'll go with School of Rock because all those kids played their instruments and sang and it was amazing)
youtu.be/f6jW6Ks1B-c
youtu.be/f6jW6Ks1B-c
Reposted by Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls
Thank you for gifting this article. I could see these issues as a young gamer, but it was also so pervasive in the SFF worlds I loved. Signed, Jennifer, not-your-fucking-cleric Reynolds
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thank you for gifting this article. I could see these issues as a young gamer, but it was also so pervasive in the SFF worlds I loved. Signed, Jennifer, not-your-fucking-cleric Reynolds
The official reveal of our December issue!
Winter Cover Reveal!!!! Issue 6 drops on December 1st, 2025
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The official reveal of our December issue!