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Patreon Microfiction: Let Sleeping Djinni Lie.

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I cannot counsel that enough. Let Sleeping Djinni Lie. Wishes are dangerous.

Tweet of the Day, Not The Death Of The Beast edition.

Just the first blow of the hammer driving the spike through the Beast’s chest.

35 years ago, the Berlin Wall came down. pic.twitter.com/jP7OSARdYR

— German Embassy London (@GermanEmbassy) November 9, 2024

(Via @EsotericCD)

ROLL THE TAPE.

Right Here Right Now, Jesus Jones

#commissionearned

Book of the Week revisited: The Lords of Creation.

This was not a great week for reading. However, Steve Stirling’s upcoming novel LORDS OF CREATION finally has a cover! …That’s just gonna have to do.

Oh, and read the first two in the series, too. They’re excellent.

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The new hardscrabble MARVEL: THUNDERBOLTS* Special Look.

I still don’t know why the asterisk. Anyway… it’s kind of growing on me, you know? Sort of like SUICIDE SQUAD, with extra self-awareness. I mean, just look at this picture. Everything about THUNDERBOLTS is Silver to the MCU’s Golden Age, or possibly Bronze.

And it knows it. That’s what makes it interesting. There’s no illusions, no attempts to pretty it up. If this movie could drink, it’d be drinking the cheap stuff – and would start a brawl if mocked for it.

I weirdly respect that. At least the movie’s honest about itself.

New Flash Fiction contest!

Which I will not win, because I don’t win things. It’s weird, and yes, annoying. Still, it’s already written and I’m going to sit on it a day before I edit. In the meantime, I’m putting up the link in case you want to give it a try.

Our 48-hour flash fiction contest is now OPEN!
Theme: 10 YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD

500-1000 words
Free to enter
One winner, $50 prize & nonexclusive publishing contract

READ FULL GUIDELINEShttps://t.co/D0ImupxFY3

— Death Knell Press (@DeathKnellPress) November 9, 2024

Yeaaaah never mind on Awesome Con.

Liability insurance. Ach, well, it was a lot of money anyway. Maybe in the future, when sales pick up.

…Buy my books!

#commissionearned

‘It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).’

I should have gone with this Tuesday night, actually. That was my anniversary and this was the first song my wife and I danced at our wedding reception. We are… a bit odd.

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), R.E.M.

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So, I got five pounds of potatoes and two pounds of green beans to process.

Fallout from the canceled trip: we were supposed to make a ton of mashed potatoes and green beans with slivered almonds for the get together, you see. The problem is that we bought for feeding six adults, not two. The potatoes don’t worry me too much, because they’ll keep, and there are dozens of ways to make potatoes.

But I need to come up with something to cook up the rest of green beans that’ll freeze well.

Suggestions welcome.

So, new plan for NotAWriMo 2024.

This week has been one for the books, in terms of dealing with the fallout of the rest of the family being sick at various points during it. Writing has taken the hit. Such is life.

So, here’s the new plan. I lean into it, and spend the weekend watching surfing and beach movies. First up is GIDGET, which is… yeah. I understand that things were a bit different, sixty-five years ago, but… okay. At least the actresses aren’t fifteen and sixteen.

#commissionearned

Tweet of the Day, ‘MERICA edition.

Nothing but love for my British readers, mind you. But this question has been resolved.

This is hysterical pic.twitter.com/VRuSF9aNKF

— Michelle Maxwell (@MichelleMaxwell) November 7, 2024