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

I see you advancing your Notes From a Regicide agenda, and I fully endorse it.

Yep!

One more added to the life is stranger than even strange/esoteric fiction pile.

one of the best science fiction authors ever, which is not a justification of their existence, ofc, just a very weird fact about them: www.foodandwine.com/gene-wolfe-p...

I’m quite lucky to have half a spare room for work from home/studio/library+writing space.

But I’d love to have each of those be their own spaces.

This $25k synth (and a house with a studio to put it in): www.colossus-synth.com/colossus-4

I like the blue and silver color scheme—I’m just not a fan of gold watches

I had always been under the impression that Poppy Hill was a “lesser” Ghibli.

I finally watched it and thought it had some nuanced things to say and an interesting plot structure.

Thanks for asking! We Do Not Part is marketed as literary fiction and that’s not wrong but the novel is also not not fantastical.

The Fellman novel is full on SF&F and is beautifully written and realized.

Both are emotionally tough reads. But worth it, imo.

I did not. My favorite 2025 releases are We Do Not Part by Han Kang and Notes From a Regicide by Isaac Fellman

words to live by

Luminous by Silvia Park

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.

We are all autarchs devouring the brains of our predecessors (lovers of weird science fantasy reading Gene Wolfe)

ceremony

youtu.be/cedNya7e8Uc?...