William Preston
@williampreston.bsky.social
Writer (mostly SF, currently in July–August 2025 Asimov's; forthcoming there and elsewhere), reader, former teacher, parent to three grown women. Interests include film, religion, history, many sciences.
he/him ho-hum
he/him ho-hum
It deserves all the justice you can give it
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It deserves all the justice you can give it
I want to know if Christian Floral Delivery ships flowers or whether it delivers flowers from the clutches of Satan. Or both.
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I want to know if Christian Floral Delivery ships flowers or whether it delivers flowers from the clutches of Satan. Or both.
That Amazon description is a banger
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
That Amazon description is a banger
It really isn't. Search the web. Its origin is a fake-story generator. And Nix has turned up in multiple variations of the purported "breaking news."
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It really isn't. Search the web. Its origin is a fake-story generator. And Nix has turned up in multiple variations of the purported "breaking news."
The story, though, is fake, generated by one of those always-fake Facebook "breaking news" sites.
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The story, though, is fake, generated by one of those always-fake Facebook "breaking news" sites.
Same in Baltimore in the 1960s, except it was the Penguin who got away
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Same in Baltimore in the 1960s, except it was the Penguin who got away
Now it makes sense
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Now it makes sense
It’s right there on his business card
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It’s right there on his business card
Introducing Hecate into the equation definitely has to improve the potential outcome
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Introducing Hecate into the equation definitely has to improve the potential outcome
Perfect Cold War reading
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Perfect Cold War reading
And being rich, it turns out, is ironic.
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
And being rich, it turns out, is ironic.
Read this in high school and never forgot it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Read this in high school and never forgot it.
Still better numbers than he deserves were the electorate more rational and less motivated by the team sports approach to politics.
November 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Still better numbers than he deserves were the electorate more rational and less motivated by the team sports approach to politics.
I figured he was a “Not for me, thanks,” kind of a guy *before* he fell into Jesus and apocalypticism.
November 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I figured he was a “Not for me, thanks,” kind of a guy *before* he fell into Jesus and apocalypticism.
His entire loveless childhood
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
His entire loveless childhood
Keep the old ways alive
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Keep the old ways alive
Never heard it. My family is from Maryland (Baltimore and western); I grew up outside Philly; I live in Syracuse.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Never heard it. My family is from Maryland (Baltimore and western); I grew up outside Philly; I live in Syracuse.