Bruce H. McCosar

McCosar is an American Indian name (Creek Nation), pronounced mic-CO-saar /mɪ.ˈko.saːr/. It comes from my ancestor, Cosa Fixico, nicknamed "Mac." During the Trail of Tears (1830s), the name was written down as Mac Cosar. And thus we come to my name. Every McCosar on Earth is related to me.

Sick of paying subscription fees to all the major tech companies for software you don’t even enjoy using? Now’s the perfect time to hunt down alternatives. www.eff.org/pages/i-wan...

Reminder: #AuthorsNotAlgorithms Whether Authors or Publishers, all people should avoid LLM tools for ANY use. If you use an LLM for one part of life, even if unrelated to writing, it would be hard to trust that you upheld no-AI rules in the rest of your work. Trust is important right now.

My short story "The Last Stand" has been published in the Indigenous People's Day edition of Larina's Lit Lounge. It's about the last days of a stand of trembling aspen, from the trees' POV. larinawrites.substack.com/p/special-is...

We're funding two issues in February, but I'm working toward actual subscriptions. Plus, the monthly newsletter with flash fiction and essays: newsletter.swordsagainst.com Thinking about serial fiction, as well!

Hensci! ("Hens-JAY" = Hello, in Creek.) I wrote a post on my blog exploring one small area of my tribal language, Muscogee—"The Trouble With V". Some of you writers out there are probably amateur linguists like me. (If not also conlangers.) Stop in if you're curious. bmccosar.com?p=238

Diabolical Plots submissions are open again for one week, this time for the Diabolical Rot theme! guest edited by @amandaghelms.bsky.social www.diabolicalplots.com/guidelines/

Kaleidotrope is now open to fiction and poetry submissions!

Wild Hunt is now open for unagented novels. www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/now-ope...

Get your alienest, most otherworldly fiction ready! We've raised our pay rate, and we're ready to see what you've got starting November 1st! astral-af.org

Robert J. Sawyer wrote about a green star in “Starplex” (1996) www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

That simple…

"No text that is AI-generated may be published in our magazine. No AI-generated art may be used as a Current Affairs illustration. When you read Current Affairs, you are going to be reading the thoughts of a human, and seeing the results of human artistry." www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-wer...

Just picked this up -- and here's the direct link to Weightless Books† weightlessbooks.com/pale-grey-id... † Own your EPUBs. Don't "lease" them from Am*zon. @weightlessbooks.bsky.social

Two fun features to share today: In Issue 26, we ran an essay by Seth Borgen about Frank's Place, a groundbreaking, award-winning Black sitcom from the 80s that was unceremoniously canceled after one season and largely forgotten. It's really a fascinating essay www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/junked-...

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The WNBA players easily put culture over corporations bc BLACK WOMEN Black women cant hide behind patriarchy and privilege. So as always they lead the culture unapologetically Been doing that since Tubman

Exhausting. Went from MD to visit a friend in VA, 35 miles away, across the I-495 beltway in DC. - 85 minutes to get there. - 122 minutes to return. Average speed for that last leg (35 miles/122 min)(60min/hr) = 17.2 mph, most of it sitting still on the inner loop south of the Potomac.

We’ve been talking a lot about MRM the past couple of days so just a reminder that you can read the story I wouldn’t waive my moral rights to here: www.adventitious.net/stories/a-ga... And as per the below quote it is eligible for awards this year. 🙂

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Check it out! My first time writing a heist story, and boy, does it ever go off the rails.

Have you already started reading for awards consideration? If so, here are the things I’ve published this year. I list a few faves in the graphic but more through the link. SFWA members will also find links to the Nebula reading list for some stories. Thanks for reading!

Question for any authors who have had recent contract dealings w/ Must Read Magazines & ASIMOV’S. Have they asked you to surrender copyright of your stories to them? They want me to create new cover art & they want to own copyright of the art. Seems like a pretty outrageous rights grab.

get in, we're raising funds for Elise

In my neighborhood in Maryland, the drought has gone on so long that a few of the more vulnerable kinds of trees have become The Walking Dead. Many have been shedding leaves since mid August. Several have mushrooms growing on the roots and bear branches. Probably they’ll blow over this winter.

RELEASE DAY! YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM, featuring New Weird Cosmic Horror from 30+ trans & gender nonconforming creators, is OUT NOW WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD. Direct from us: store.tenebrouspress.com Prcoeeds benefit the Trans Doe Task Force & Trans Legal Services Network. Hail the Weird🖤☠️🏳️‍⚧️

Heads up – James Morrow is in the next Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Looking at his bibliography, I think I’ve read most of his books. (Towing Jehovah was my favorite.)

AI (llm) detection tools that use AI (llm) are bullshit. Because AI (llm) is bullshit. How many times does Batman need to tell you about the weapon of the enemy, and how we do not need it and we will not use it? It's the lady who swallowed a fly. Do you not get that?

@chrisbarnham.bsky.social has a tale in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social that's worth your time to read, a tale of a mysterious Slab found in the Antarctic with ... an unusual mass communication method. Kind of wish this was a real thing, especially now. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

@faithallington.bsky.social -- The Bluebeard folk tale has always disturbed me; excellent follow up in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

Here's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛

#WNBA fans, is it true that Peacock / NBCSN has locked 3 out of the next 4 Valkyries games behind yet another streaming service paywall? Playoffs should belong to the fans.

The sick part is, the people who are pushing for AI to replace actual artists have invented a moral high ground for themselves. They think they're being "bullied" and "censored" for being part of the "future". You're not a champion of the oppressed. You're not being bullied. You're just an idiot.

Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...

Darwin, move faster. Lot of folks in line. futurism.com/future-socie...

Like stories? Like poems? Then have I got fantastic news for you!

I don’t think Emily O’Malley Liu is on Bluesky, so let me do the shout out. I really liked “Rain” in the Autumn 2026 Kaleidotrope: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

My somewhat belated blog post about accessibility issues at the Los Angeles Worldcon is up: marikness.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/w...

Mark your calendar for 11/01, we are opening to submissions! #sciencefiction #fiction #submissions #anthology