Reposted by Sam J MillerGailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 2hHe's back ⛓️🙏 HELLRAISER: RETURN OF THE PRIEST is on shelves wherever you get your comics! I am so incredibly proud of what Alessio Avallone and I made here, and so thankful to Clive Barker for inviting us to walk through Hell. 23912
Reposted by Sam J MillerVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 2hMy third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 25323108
Reposted by Sam J MillerJordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 29/09/2026hey all!!! this Wednesday, which is tomorrow, i'll be at @storyhour.bsky.social with @megelison.bsky.social !!!! holy carps!!! you know you wanna attend this one. free author readings online, to refill the creative well! 7pm Pacific, 10pm Eastern youtube.com/@storyhour2020youtube.comStory HourEvery week, an hour of speculative fiction short stories, narrated by the authors. From horror to weird to hard SF and everything in between; from newly published authors to seasoned pros and multiple... 05854
Reposted by Sam J MillerHailey Kaas - Cancer Fund ($215/$650) @transqueerfem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's been 2 weeks and we're still stuck at $90/$650 :( So, I'm doing this🧵 explaining a little about the political turmoil in Brazil that took place in the last month or so to boost this crowdfund! Keep in mind that this is a short version of a (much) wider political context! ko-fi.com/haileykaasko-fi.comBuy Hailey Kaas a CoffeeBecome a supporter of Hailey Kaas today! 11632
Reposted by Sam J MillerCharlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a day Teach a man to transform permanently into a fish, you'll probably never hear from him again 3256497
Reposted by Sam J MillerProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026DraftKings has argued that its ‘responsible gaming’ system provides adequate safeguards to protect customers from spiraling out of control. So I decided to find out: If I bet like a compulsive gambler, would DraftKings stop me? by Jake Pearsonpropublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro... 12591212
Reposted by Sam J MillerShveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 28/09/2026Promised a friend I'd post about my books more, so here goes! First up, my Nebula Award finalist book about a girl who's half star and half human and gets caught up in the politics of the starry court, STAR DAUGHTER! It's really good, and you should try it. www.harpercollins.com/products/sta...harpercollins.comStar Daughter*Chosen as a 2020 Kids’ Indie Next pick * A Locus Reading List recommendation * An Andre Norton Nebula Award Finalist* “Shveta Thakrar's prose is as bea... 34831
Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I love these two and I love their love, so - any support you can give would go a long way! 123
Reposted by Sam J MillerJordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 27/09/2026hey all!!! got my contributor copy of "Your Body is a Fever Dream" from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social !!!! you can pre-order this amazing book of trans body horror too! click the link: bookshop.org/beta-search?... 07853
Reposted by Sam J MillerJill S @outseide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One more Deep Dive from @clarionwest.bsky.social on Oct 15 in Seattle. I expect this to be incredibly stimulating. There is an option to attend virtually as well! www.clarionwest.org/event/deep-d...clarionwest.orgA.I. In Medicine: A Deep Dive ConversationAuthor Justin C. Key (The Hospital at the End of the World) and Lakshmi Krishnan join Clarion West’s Deep Dives conversation series on A.I. in Medicine, discussing data privacy… 11413
Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's true that the internet, like the world we live in, is full of hate & cruelty, apocalypse & toxicity & mass extinction. But it's also full of wonderful things & magnificent people. And with great, constant, daily effort, that's the internet (& world) I choose to inhabit. 13514
Reposted by Sam J MillerMark Royse @markroyse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Wow. Still reeling from this epic sci-fi? fantasy? kick-ass novel. From a new favorite writer Sam J. Miller and narrated astonishingly by Vikas Adam. Again, wow... @sentencebender.bsky.social @vikasadam.bsky.social #audiobookreview #audiobookstagram #audiobook 292
Reposted by Sam J MillerMark Royse @markroyse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Sam J. Miller grabbed me by the short hairs and pulled with this electrifying introduction to his work. Short stories threaded through with mysterious, menacing interludes. Haven't been this excited by an author in a long while! @sentencebender.bsky.social #bookrecommendation #bookstagram 291
Reposted by Sam J MillerJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3233831254
Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 25/09/2026An autumn miracle!!! Lilacs bloom in May, but for some reason one branch beside the West Side Highway just burst into blossom!! This time of year always makes me feel so humbled by nature's order and rhythms and also complete unhinged refusal to obey or be truly known. 2140
Reposted by Sam J MillerStephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You can snap up tickets now to join me and the wonderful Sangu Mandanna at the Enchanting the Fae Queen paperback launch party this November, hosted by Cardiff's first romance bookshop, Love Stories Bookshop! Grab your tickets now: www.lovestoriesbookshop.co.uk/events/p/aut... #romancelandialovestoriesbookshop.co.ukAuthor Event Conversation with Stephanie Burgis and Sangu Mandanna — Love Stories BookshopJoin us for an in-person event with author Stephanie Burgis to celebrate the paperback release of Enchanting the Fae Queen , chaired by Sangu Mandanna! Event date and time: Wednesday 18th November, ... 01213
Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This article is so great!!! And yes Nivair and s.e. and I etc are all great! But mostly, this is obviously something I've been thinking a lot about, and it's awesome to see so many great POVs on the topic. 021
Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just got burned for the last time by a half-assed book "round up" on Tiktok, created by someone I don't know and surfaced by the algorithm. Third time I've said, "oh, that one looks interesting," & gotten it, & hated it. Same ratio for picking books off bookstore tables & library shelves. 2170
Reposted by Sam J MillerCharles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN AUGUST 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's July's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi... 53245
Reposted by Sam J MillerFellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 23/09/2026✍️ Calling all journalists and creators! 📹 Do you cover narrative games (writing, video creation, streams, podcasts, etc.)? You could receive early access to LudoNarraCon 2026 through the Fellow Traveller Backstage 🎭 It only takes a few minutes to apply! 📝 www.fellowtraveller.games/backstage 14031
Reposted by Sam J MillerNina AKA Nivair @nivair.com · 23/09/2026I love this @theflytrapmedia.com piece about self-publishing, and not just because @sesmith.lol wrote it or @sentencebender.bsky.social and I are in it! BECAUSE IT'S GOOD www.theflytrapmedia.com/striking-out...theflytrapmedia.comStriking Out the Stigma of Self-PublishingFrom the Brontes to 'communist gay wish fulfillment,' writers taking control of their own work is having a(nother) moment. And we like it that way. 0124
Reposted by Sam J MillerPhoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Story day! A would-be serial killer manages his violent impulses by ‘capsizing’ himself—projecting his consciousness into a nearby object—whenever they arise. All goes well—until he encounters another man with the same ability… @nightmare-magazine.com www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/not-... 02517
Reposted by Sam J MillerKelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 23/09/2026Behold this beauty! The Book of the Dead, edited by Jonathan Strahan and illustrated by Galen Dara, out October 6. Includes my story "Time is a Liquid." @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social www.harpercollins.com/products/the... 24612
Reposted by Sam J MillerRuthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Join the @sfwa.bsky.social Emerging Tech committee tomorrow, 4pm EST, for Humanizing Assignments, a discussion of how AI pressures are impacting teachers and what we can do to push back: sfwa.org/events/?even... 085
Reposted by Sam J MillerMerc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hey pals… A good friend and coworker was recently diagnosed with cancer and is out of work for treatment. It really sucks. His brother has started a GoFundMe to help (because American unaffordable healthcare), and I’d appreciate any shares if you could www.gofundme.com/f/support-cj...static.klipy.comAwkward Puppets Diego: I Hate This AlreadyAlt: Awkward Puppets Diego: I Hate This Already 05059
Reposted by Sam J MillerRob @robertferry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The main distinction between the AI resignations and pronouncements is that while they say there is a >10% chance AI will wipe us out, there is a 100% chance that emissions from all the fossil fuel reserves that exist on these companies balance sheets will wipe us out. 243685
Reposted by Sam J MillerJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying 854127841
Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Deimos kills someone he actually really doesn't want to kill, in the latest chapter of JUPITER RUINS EVERYTHING - which dropped five minutes ago. sentencebender.substack.com 041
Reposted by Sam J MillerVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 19/09/2026“as of late January 2026, a small group of women allegedly were creating fictitious online dating profiles with the purpose of attracting and then doxxing law enforcement participating in immigration enforcement” some heroes are catfish 112130
Reposted by Sam J MillerWilliam Butler Yeets @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026i need to know what happened 309163043162
Reposted by Sam J MillerTyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”orlandosentinel.comDocs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI... 9555432156
Reposted by Sam J MillerBo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 17/09/2026this city shows the best of itself when somebody needs help on the train. girl gets on with her husband and starts to collapse from the heat on the platform, boom, six people are jumping in to grab her, somebody else is putting a juice box in her hand, two others jump up so she can have a seat 2797
Reposted by Sam J MillerPallie Paul Allor Loves You 🏳️🌈 @paulallor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026HEYYYYY, one of my absolute favorite horror writers, the incomparable @sentencebender.bsky.social, read Filthy Lambs and offered this scholarly analysis! Amazing. Amazing. Go forth and pre-order! From @madcavestudios.com, @chrisevenhuis.com, @sjanweijers.bsky.social and I! 087
Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ted read this quote aloud to us, the first day he arrived as our teacher at Clarion 2012. Fully changed my life. 43711
Reposted by Sam J MillerUsman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ted Chiang's fav writing quote is from her essay 'Write till you drop' "There is something you find interesting, for a reason hard to explain. It is hard to explain because you have never read it on any page; there you begin. You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment." 015065
Reposted by Sam J MillerKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 181287594
Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 15/09/2026GUYS you guys, BLACKTAIL is soooooo fucking good (shout out to @wiswell.bsky.social for the rec) 2140
Reposted by Sam J MillerA.C. Wise @acwise.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Huge congratulations to @manuscriptgal.bsky.social, this year's Sunburst Award winner for her gorgeous novel The Lady, the Tiger, and the Girl Who Loved Death! It was such an honor to serve on the jury and a delight to get to read so many amazing works! locusmag.com/2026/09/wins...locusmag.comMarshall Wins 2026 Sunburst Award - LocusThe Sunburst Award Society hasannounced Helen Marshall, author of The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death (Titan) [amazon / bookshop], as the winner of this year's Sunburst Awardfor Excellenc... 03010
Reposted by Sam J MillerNothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 24/04/2024“Untitled (from the blindfolded man series 1)” — David Wojnarowicz, 1982 0156
Reposted by Sam J MillerJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I published a short story this year in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social that I'm really proud of. It's about the attention economy, flavors of provocation, and what a superhero would even look like if it was invented today. It starts with a dare.uncannymagazine.comWelcome to Heroism - Uncanny MagazineNobody read the Terms of Service. They were in a rush to watch the latest unbelievable must-see content from someone who probably died seconds later. It seemed like as soon as anyone knew The Dare exi... 313048
Reposted by Sam J MillerMerc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026SO! If you back the project in the first 24hrs, you can get the ebook and paperback at a discount! (I almost made it $24 but forgot lmao so look! extra dollars off!) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... 12123
Reposted by Sam J MillerRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026anyway something that still bothers me is how the people who are/were loudest about Never Forgetting are often people who actively hate New York City and New Yorkers and spend the other 364 days of the year fighting against everything the city stands for 301617267
Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 11/09/2026If you only read one piece of 9/11 fiction, let it be this one. Rick Bowes was one of a fucking kind. www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/ther...nightmare-magazine.comThere’s a Hole in the City - Nightmare MagazineOn the evening of the day after the towers fell, I was waiting by the barricades on Houston Street and LaGuardia Place for my friend Mags to come up from SoHo and have dinner with me. On the skyline, ... 0132
Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Watching the post-9/11 mass manipulation of grief into racist rage and state repression wasn't exactly my radicalizing moment, because I was already an angry commie queer by then, but it DID get me involved in collective activism and organizing 3579
Reposted by Sam J MillerSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It was the last era of the pop monoculture and people confuse the unity of dialing the "American Idol" vote line with the "unity" of being subject to illegal wars, new surveillance agencies, and media-sanctioned anti-Muslim bigotry 579674
Reposted by Sam J MillerJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression. 17053041516
Reposted by Sam J Millerashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 11/09/2026we don’t teach young people short-term history, so it was weird when i realized that gen z had no idea that so many gen x and millennials spent our high school years protesting george w bush and not just because of the wars, but because mosques were being targeted and sikh men were being attacked 543061787
Reposted by Sam J Miller𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ𝕠𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Your periodic reminder that All Nationalism Is Bad Nationalism. It feels “good” in the way meth or crack feel good, but it always leads to bad outcomes, because it’s made out of poison. 0282
Reposted by Sam J Millerashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 11/09/2026a friend’s nonprofit contracted someone for $25,000 for strategic planning work and got back 100 pages of ChatGPT slop please write it into your contracts that this is not what you’re paying for 24935161
Reposted by Sam J Miller🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today's the final day of this B&N pre-order sale, and it's likely the last of these before SHE ISN'T HERSELF TONIGHT releases on October 27! My weird girl lit book of heartbreak, stalking, aliens, body horror, healing, and your world coming apart 🛸 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/she-isnt-h... 24432