Mark

5 Aug

Horror "writers" inventing fun new ways to be quislings.

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5 Aug

I am opposed to "AI" writing, and I am opposed to the HWA. But I repeat myself.

19 July 2025

Carnage for Christmas is gorgeous. Good in a lot of ways, but oh boy did I love looking at it.

30 June 2025

At this point, the absence of a physical release for either of Amy Seimetz's movies is just a personal attack on me, right?

30 June 2025

Oh, uh oh, there's a neat-looking region 2 of She Dies Tomorrow? Guess who's finally in the market for a region-free player...

25 June 2025

I'd wager five American dollars that this shit's gonna sear my eyebrows right off.

Matthew Mitchell@matthewmitchell.bsky.social

Hidy, I'm a weird fiction author and this is my first collection of short stories! RELEASE THE HORSE: Yarns of Rural Oddity is my contribution to the tradition of Ozarks folk tales and rural horror. Now available for pre-order from Filthy Loot Press 🤠 www.filthyloot.com/product/horse/

16 June 2025

IT'S ALIVE! I'm excited for people to get their hands on my slimy (both senses) lil book.

Weirdpunk Books@weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social

Hey so today is the release day for Mark Jaskowski's Beneath the Swimming Pools, the Teeth! This novella packs a punch. Poor decisions, a brutal blackout, a body changing in bizarre ways, the downsides of friendship, and more. Www.weirdpunkbooks.com

14 June 2025

True to form, this is an excellent must-watch. Only thing I'd add is that the "tragedy" framing's popularity makes it much harder to talk to anyone about the *enclosure* of the commons, an actual tragedy that actually occurred, carried out by the state and not the self-interest of individuals.

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weirdpunkbooks.square.site**PREORDER** Beneath the Swimming Pools, the Teeth! - Mark Jaskowski | Weirdpunk Books**PREORDERBroke. Barely employed. Desperate.After blacking out at a party, Dusty wakes up in the morning different. His body is changing in upsetting ways. Now he has to piece together what happened.P...

28 May 2025

Got a new one next month! For the first time ever, the back cover copy doesn't mention Florida, but don't worry. It's set in Florida.

Weirdpunk Books@weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social

Beneath the Swimming Pools, the Teeth! is a new novella from Mark Jaskowski, author of Mutant Circuit and The Heartbeat Harvest. It's a low-key crime meets weird horror novella that's equal parts body-horror and eco-horror. Shit is so good. Out 6/15. weirdpunkbooks.square.site/product/bene...

30 Apr 2025

The science fiction establishment lining up behind the tech establishment that lined up behind the administration, a few months before getting together to give awards to Tales of Cozy Resistance at a banquet sponsored by an arms manufacturer.

seattlein2025.orgStatement From Worldcon ChairWe have received questions regarding Seattle’s use of AI tools in our vetting process for program participants. In the interest of transparency, we will explain the process of how we are using a Large...

30 Apr 2025

I guess it simplifies the torment nexus process if both steps are done in-house.

Seattle Worldcon 2025@seattlein2025.org

Statement From Worldcon Chair: We have received questions regarding Seattle’s use of AI tools in our vetting process for program participants. In the interest of transparency, we will explain the process of how we are using a Large… seattlein2025.org?p=3859

29 Apr 2025

"Worldbuild...film at scale" is absolute loser shit. Lyonne joining the war on AI on the side of AI.

Dorian Dawes@doriandawes.bsky.social

"a synergistic dream come true" is going to haunt me

30 Apr 2025

What does "at scale" even mean here?

I have a lot of thoughts about Recent Developments, but you know what I think is the key phrase here? "Other people's money." Royalties to authors aren't a favor the press is doing for authors, or a like a bonus from a nice boss. They're the author's money.

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Weirdpunk's cut is Weirdpunk's money. Mark's cut is Mark's money. We're not dealing with huge piles of cash from my little book, but even if we were, I am fully confident that the situation would be the same. I have this confidence because of how I've been treated.

I continue to find Sam and Weirdpunk's transparency and promptness remarkable, but they really shouldn't be. Every indie press can do this, and if they don't, it's a sign to me they're not really in it for the art or the artists. In which case, just go into finance like every other predator.

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I suspect Sam ain't gonna brag about it, because I know he thinks as I do it ought to be the default way of doing business, but he published my most recent book, and I know (to the copy!) how many books have sold and where they sold and how much each of us is making from that.

And royalties have never been late.

13 Mar 2025

Bet something real silly provoked this, but I shan't be finding out what. Just gonna enjoy.

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10 Mar 2025

I saw the best art observations of my generation destroyed by bot replies, starving, hysterical, algorithmed

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13 Jan 2025

I'm no mathematician, but by my count I'm pretty sure "an eye for an eye" leaves, at most, two people half blind.

12 Jan 2025

This movie asks a lot of questions I'm really interested in, such as: what if a Movie was Good?

Vera Drew@veradrew22.bsky.social

Physical media just got way more TWISTED!! That's right, you clowns! Soon you can bring Joker the Harlequin into your home via (purple!!!!!) VHS and Blu-ray/DVD (with tons of special feats and a zine that tells the whole story of how we made it)!! Links below!!!