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Who has two thumbs and a book that officially dropped at midnight? That's right, this girl. Get it from Cryptic Plumage Press or my Fourthwall shop or wherever you like getting ebooks and paperbacks. crypticplumage.com shop.aphowell.com books2read.com/u/mBDN8v?red...

“Between the Storms” ebook I've released my SF Sapphic meet-cute as a standalone ebook. You can find it in my shop and on itch.io. (Attentive readers will remember it can also be downloaded for free in Hearth Stories.) I've begun the process of updating the ebooks: tweaking covers, interior…

was adding minizines to my library's stash & who should I see in the stack but @aphowell.com !

hey all i dont know what authorsdaily dot com is? but they have an "Interview" with me posted that i - never gave - is full of lies - has my wrong pronouns - is full of things i dont do - or would never say? so i emailed them and told them to take it down but jfc, i am tired

The nicely-priced Chills, Thrills and Kills book bundle is still running. itch.io/b/3904/chill...

A quick note about File770 In the past, I've linked to some of File770's coverage of genre goings-on. It's the dude-with-a-blog form of genre press, literally grown out of a physical fanzine, but with a variety of contributors. That means the coverage has been quirky—a long post on playing with…

I had never heard of Right Triangle Day before, and now I find myself slightly bummed that there will (most likely) not be another one in my lifetime.

that part. this is why we need to teach critical thinking not “how to use ai”

You know what doesn't get enough love? Horror short stories. From today through Halloween, I'll update this thread with Horror short story recommendations. Stuff you can read in a sitting while feeling like the shadows are watching.

Space Invaders. Foodland had it next to the door. I was pretty little, so late '70s or very early '80s.

Spaceships and the Stars Do you want to read some books full of spaceships? Check out the Spaceships and the Stars bundle on itch.io, running from October 24 – November 25. Get 21 books for $21. I've added "Adamere in Swan" to the bundle, a novelette that takes places a few years before Corners of…

These humans are assholes but the dogs will be Very Good because they're all good dogs and I look forward to a Warhound breed rescue springing into action and fostering out all the wigglebutts saved in puppy mill raids.

FWIW, I assumed they were referencing the "sudo" command but that still evokes "pseudo" in the sense of falsity and taking credit for another's work. And now I want a sandwich.

There is no justification for the execution of a one-year-old baby in a Walmart parking lot. The idea that the state of Mississippi could declare that Kohen Wiley’s murder was ‘justified’ is an affront to all of us.

Review copies for book bloggers Corners of the Deep Dark is now listed on Indie Story Geek. Review copies (epub and pdf) are available to the site's verified book bloggers. Any other site reader can add a review, too. While reviews of any sort are always appreciated, I find the Indie Story Geek…

Diminish an anime! Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Sit in the Staff Room of the Dungeon

Okay, I've set this up specifically for helping us take care of a surprise!dozen kittens and mama Chex Mix. 🧡 Shares muchly appreciated! (There will be SO many kitten photo updates, I promise.) www.gofundme.com/f/helping-ch...

This is really the key political development of the last 15 years, and there are waaayyyy too many people working in politics and media who don't have the stomach to just state it plainly. A lot of the other conversations happening right now are just tangential to this

Reminder: Being an elementary school student (or teacher) is a more dangerous occupation than being an ICE officer.

Apparently The Atlantic published something dumb for the umpteenth time. You *could* read the clickbait and rage about it...or you could download my book.

This is a format case where if you ask me if listening to an audiobook counts as reading, I will say yes. But if you ask me if an audiobook is just another edition of the book, I will say no. (Nobody is screaming at me for audiobooks. Which is good, because I won't be making them.)

In other news, I got some spam regurgitating back cover copy and offering to help me with outreach to space opera communities. So to celebrate my text having been thoroughly crawled and chugged by so-called AI, I'd like to remind everybody that you can buy my book: aphowell.com/books/corner...

Skirting the "vacation home in a beautiful locale" restriction, I would buy one of those abandoned villages somewhere and invite a bunch of friends to live there as neighbors for least chunks of the year* and make the rest of it a retreat for writers and artists. * The kids still have school!

This might be the greatest film poster I've ever seen.

I feel lousy physically, but still happy to have jabs in my still-sore arm. Hoping for a functional brain on Friday.

In a library catalog Like most authors, I'm a big fan of libraries. This is partially because most authors are also big readers, many of whom are lucky enough to have cherished childhood memories of roving a library, feel gratitude for the ability to keep reading when money was tight, and have…

Markets to avoid: Must Read Magazines This post is aimed mainly at folks new to the fields of short fiction and illustration, or those who don't have extensive connections to professionals. My platform is small, but it's worth using it to boost a warning. In a nutshell Back in 2025, a new…

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I'm looking to make art! Anyone need a pretty cover for one of your upcoming books/Anthologies/chapbooks/etc? I love working with indie authors and also with presses. Here are a few Science Fiction examples I've worked up recently. Either DM me here or contact me through addi.studio And please RT!

Ruin a book by adding a word: The Chicago Manual of Gangnam Style

It is a well known fact that you do NOT fuck with Canadians.

An excellent thread on the general workings of short fiction contracts (and how the MRM stuff is Not Normal).

Things I enjoyed in 2026 (Part 5) Novels Casual by Koji A. Dae (2025): The horrors of this book are understated and pedestrian: poverty; limited opportunities for work and travel; enduring environmental damage; mental health struggles; repressed memories of childhood trauma; a bad relationship;…

The situation with Must Read Media is both ludicrously complicated and very simple. They come from a world where everyone is shitty and backstabbing as a matter of course. To them, business is about fucking people over. And our entire community is saying no and showing them the door.

A lot of logo designers have never seen goatse & it shows.

So what am I trying to argue for here? A) there's a gap in MG that could be better filled B) MG could be better differentiated by reading levels/complexity either in libraries or bookstores C) series. Kids *love* series. Kids need series. And they need a *lot*.

Life's kinda awful. Treat yourself to some fictional scares. itch.io/b/3904/chill...

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/