Wm Henry Morris
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gently painting genre (and sometimes lit fic) into a corner; he/him
[also: music on bandcamp as Will Esplin]
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· Oct 7
Oddities: Fantasies & Science Fictions, story collection | WHM
Wm Henry Morris's first collection of science fiction and fantasy short fiction
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No story collection is worth buying for just one story, and I’m definitely not suggesting mine is.
What I can say is my story “After the Post-Apocalypse” interrogates both post-apocalyptic fiction and the literary impulse itself, and I think you should read it.
wmhenrymorris.com/fiction/oddi...
What I can say is my story “After the Post-Apocalypse” interrogates both post-apocalyptic fiction and the literary impulse itself, and I think you should read it.
wmhenrymorris.com/fiction/oddi...
Was this the best week to start reading Teffi's Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea?
No.
But also: yes.
No.
But also: yes.
January 14, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Was this the best week to start reading Teffi's Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea?
No.
But also: yes.
No.
But also: yes.
Reposted by Wm Henry Morris
Also, @wmhenrymorris.com, for his recent self-published collection, Oddities, as well as his thoughtful and insightful criticism of genre or SFF or fantastika or whatever we're calling it this week:
#FantasyIndiesJanuary
#FantasyIndiesJanuary
Oddities: Fantasies & Science Fictions, story collection | WHM
Wm Henry Morris's first collection of science fiction and fantasy short fiction
wmhenrymorris.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Also, @wmhenrymorris.com, for his recent self-published collection, Oddities, as well as his thoughtful and insightful criticism of genre or SFF or fantastika or whatever we're calling it this week:
#FantasyIndiesJanuary
#FantasyIndiesJanuary
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Yeah, so, cinematic prose.
The wandering I
Cinematic prose; prosaic cinema; Robbe-Grillet and Lynch.
www.longstoryshortpier.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Yeah, so, cinematic prose.
Woke up this morning haunted by many things, but one of them was the feeling of being downtown yesterday and anticipating the monthly tornado sirens test happening at 1 pm, and then there just being silence.
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Woke up this morning haunted by many things, but one of them was the feeling of being downtown yesterday and anticipating the monthly tornado sirens test happening at 1 pm, and then there just being silence.
I’m intrigued by an interesting point Shannon Fay makes near the end: “It almost feels like we’re at a point with genre fiction in particular where self-awareness is seen as a book being intelligent.”
NEW PODCAST ALERT!
Critical Friends Episode 19 is out now!
Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social , Marisa Mercurio @marmercurio.bsky.social , and Shannon Fay discuss cozy horror.
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
Critical Friends Episode 19 is out now!
Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social , Marisa Mercurio @marmercurio.bsky.social , and Shannon Fay discuss cozy horror.
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
January 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I’m intrigued by an interesting point Shannon Fay makes near the end: “It almost feels like we’re at a point with genre fiction in particular where self-awareness is seen as a book being intelligent.”
::taps sign::
My 2026 wish list for SF&F is for more work where the worldbuilding and the thematics riff off of each other more ambitiously (but not *too* cleanly).
I want genre and poetics to become better friends.
(and put it all in one book--don't save it for a book 2 or 3)
I want genre and poetics to become better friends.
(and put it all in one book--don't save it for a book 2 or 3)
January 6, 2026 at 12:36 AM
::taps sign::
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I like it when fiction engages seriously with philosophy and psychoanalysis. If it also has dragons this is a bonus.
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
January 6, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I like it when fiction engages seriously with philosophy and psychoanalysis. If it also has dragons this is a bonus.
Decided I needed some Cioran at hand:
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Decided I needed some Cioran at hand:
Reposted by Wm Henry Morris
My 2026 wish list for SF&F is for more work where the worldbuilding and the thematics riff off of each other more ambitiously (but not *too* cleanly).
I want genre and poetics to become better friends.
(and put it all in one book--don't save it for a book 2 or 3)
I want genre and poetics to become better friends.
(and put it all in one book--don't save it for a book 2 or 3)
January 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
My 2026 wish list for SF&F is for more work where the worldbuilding and the thematics riff off of each other more ambitiously (but not *too* cleanly).
I want genre and poetics to become better friends.
(and put it all in one book--don't save it for a book 2 or 3)
I want genre and poetics to become better friends.
(and put it all in one book--don't save it for a book 2 or 3)
My 2026 wish list for SF&F is for more work where the worldbuilding and the thematics riff off of each other more ambitiously (but not *too* cleanly).
I want genre and poetics to become better friends.
(and put it all in one book--don't save it for a book 2 or 3)
I want genre and poetics to become better friends.
(and put it all in one book--don't save it for a book 2 or 3)
January 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
My 2026 wish list for SF&F is for more work where the worldbuilding and the thematics riff off of each other more ambitiously (but not *too* cleanly).
I want genre and poetics to become better friends.
(and put it all in one book--don't save it for a book 2 or 3)
I want genre and poetics to become better friends.
(and put it all in one book--don't save it for a book 2 or 3)
Reposted by Wm Henry Morris
A recurring “AI” evangelist tactic is using it for tasks that were already solved by tech that is more deterministic, faster, and uses less energy, but has been downgraded or de-emphasised in recent years by software companies
Like, we genuinely used to have better search and spellcheck.
Like, we genuinely used to have better search and spellcheck.
January 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM
A recurring “AI” evangelist tactic is using it for tasks that were already solved by tech that is more deterministic, faster, and uses less energy, but has been downgraded or de-emphasised in recent years by software companies
Like, we genuinely used to have better search and spellcheck.
Like, we genuinely used to have better search and spellcheck.
Reposted by Wm Henry Morris
We are all autarchs devouring the brains of our predecessors (lovers of weird science fantasy reading Gene Wolfe)
January 2, 2026 at 1:44 PM
We are all autarchs devouring the brains of our predecessors (lovers of weird science fantasy reading Gene Wolfe)
Who is going to put together The Effective Smoosh reading list?
Maybe even a yearly award?
Maybe even a yearly award?
Last episode of the year! @danhartland.bsky.social is on for a big-picture armchair-speculating "what was going on in genre this year" talk. Few conclusions, some interesting trends, lots of good recommendations.
A Meal of Thorns 40- 2025 Wrap-Up with Dan Hartland
We’re closing out this strange year with a “big-picture” episode: editor & critic Dan Hartland is on to talk about trends and directions—or lack thereof—in recent …
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
January 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Who is going to put together The Effective Smoosh reading list?
Maybe even a yearly award?
Maybe even a yearly award?
I did doomscroll this morning but then decided to dip out and use another two tickets.
Those were for Columbus, which I enjoyed but not as much as I thought I would. It's gorgeous, but I think the ending is supposed to be heartfelt whereas it feels more like a horror film to me.
Those were for Columbus, which I enjoyed but not as much as I thought I would. It's gorgeous, but I think the ending is supposed to be heartfelt whereas it feels more like a horror film to me.
January 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I did doomscroll this morning but then decided to dip out and use another two tickets.
Those were for Columbus, which I enjoyed but not as much as I thought I would. It's gorgeous, but I think the ending is supposed to be heartfelt whereas it feels more like a horror film to me.
Those were for Columbus, which I enjoyed but not as much as I thought I would. It's gorgeous, but I think the ending is supposed to be heartfelt whereas it feels more like a horror film to me.
Son of The White Mare is a visual masterpiece, but it's also a major landmark in the use of synths for soundtrack/sound design (for example, it pre-dates The Thing by a year).
Unfortunately, I can't find anything where the composer István Vajda talks about how he created it/what gear he used.
Unfortunately, I can't find anything where the composer István Vajda talks about how he created it/what gear he used.
January 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Son of The White Mare is a visual masterpiece, but it's also a major landmark in the use of synths for soundtrack/sound design (for example, it pre-dates The Thing by a year).
Unfortunately, I can't find anything where the composer István Vajda talks about how he created it/what gear he used.
Unfortunately, I can't find anything where the composer István Vajda talks about how he created it/what gear he used.
Reposted by Wm Henry Morris
If you're a writer or other creator with a stack of unread nonfiction you bought for research, my Worldbuilder's Book Club reading challenge is back for 2026 with twelve prompts to help you deepen different aspects of your created worlds!
(StoryGraph challenge and printable zine links below!)
(StoryGraph challenge and printable zine links below!)
December 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
If you're a writer or other creator with a stack of unread nonfiction you bought for research, my Worldbuilder's Book Club reading challenge is back for 2026 with twelve prompts to help you deepen different aspects of your created worlds!
(StoryGraph challenge and printable zine links below!)
(StoryGraph challenge and printable zine links below!)
two female kpop idols parody parkour bros -- ball is now in the parkour bros court -- time for them to do some dance challenges: youtu.be/lUVqP4pv5jE?...
⚠️파쿠르 정기모임, 위험하니 절대 따라하지 마시오⚠️ #fromis_9 #프로미스나인
YouTube video by fromis_9
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January 1, 2026 at 7:02 PM
two female kpop idols parody parkour bros -- ball is now in the parkour bros court -- time for them to do some dance challenges: youtu.be/lUVqP4pv5jE?...
a major bright spot of 2025:
And finally, it was great to bring back the Critical Friends podcast this year. Every conversation has been a joy, each built off a sparkling review I haven't even linked to here.
Critical Friends - Strange Horizons
strangehorizons.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
a major bright spot of 2025:
Standard Ebooks was ready for the turn of the year and just dropped a bunch of new editions: standardebooks.org/blog/public-...
Public Domain Day 2026 in Literature - Blog
Read about the new ebooks Standard Ebooks is releasing for Public Domain Day 2026!
standardebooks.org
January 1, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Standard Ebooks was ready for the turn of the year and just dropped a bunch of new editions: standardebooks.org/blog/public-...
"we very much appreciate both how this reads one text through another—here, Jeffer’s novella and Ekman’s monograph Urban Fantasy—and how it reads the balances and tensions between the mundane and the magical."
It's always a pleasure to have readers who understand what you're trying to do.
It's always a pleasure to have readers who understand what you're trying to do.
Last post of the year! We present ARB's Notable Criticism of 2025—ten articles that highlight the vitality and possibilities of speculative criticism:
ARB’s 2025 Notable Criticism
In the field of speculative criticism, many of the challenges and positive developments we noted last year are still in full effect. 2025 has brought even more precarity for culture writers and aca…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
January 1, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"we very much appreciate both how this reads one text through another—here, Jeffer’s novella and Ekman’s monograph Urban Fantasy—and how it reads the balances and tensions between the mundane and the magical."
It's always a pleasure to have readers who understand what you're trying to do.
It's always a pleasure to have readers who understand what you're trying to do.
My 2026 goal is to use all 15 Kanopy tickets that my library allots me per month at least once.
January 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
My 2026 goal is to use all 15 Kanopy tickets that my library allots me per month at least once.
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*I reach one eyestalk tentatively out of my mammaloid chrysalis and then begin to emerge*
New year, new me.
New year, new me.
January 1, 2026 at 3:37 AM
*I reach one eyestalk tentatively out of my mammaloid chrysalis and then begin to emerge*
New year, new me.
New year, new me.
Reposted by Wm Henry Morris
Last post of the year! We present ARB's Notable Criticism of 2025—ten articles that highlight the vitality and possibilities of speculative criticism:
ARB’s 2025 Notable Criticism
In the field of speculative criticism, many of the challenges and positive developments we noted last year are still in full effect. 2025 has brought even more precarity for culture writers and aca…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Last post of the year! We present ARB's Notable Criticism of 2025—ten articles that highlight the vitality and possibilities of speculative criticism:
not enough talk about class in relation to dark academia (and when there is, it’s a very surface aesthetics level)— this is a good start to remedy that:
A Meal of Thorns #39: @chloroformtea.bsky.social is back on the show, exploring class, style, and the roots of dark academia in Donna Tartt's THE SECRET HISTORY!
A Meal of Thorns 39- THE SECRET HISTORY with Roseanna Pendlebury
We’re tracking down the wellspring of “dark academia” in Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, and plucking on threads that stretch out to current fantasy and science fiction li…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
not enough talk about class in relation to dark academia (and when there is, it’s a very surface aesthetics level)— this is a good start to remedy that:
Finally watched Rashomon.
If Kurosawa can tell 4+1 stories in 90 minutes, how come you can’t even manage to tell 2/3 of a story in three hours?
If Kurosawa can tell 4+1 stories in 90 minutes, how come you can’t even manage to tell 2/3 of a story in three hours?
December 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Finally watched Rashomon.
If Kurosawa can tell 4+1 stories in 90 minutes, how come you can’t even manage to tell 2/3 of a story in three hours?
If Kurosawa can tell 4+1 stories in 90 minutes, how come you can’t even manage to tell 2/3 of a story in three hours?