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Jon 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔎 James

@spaceyjdjames.bsky.social
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Incensepunk.com jonjameswrites.substack.com Melkite Catholic; Dad; Writer; Omni-nerd; ADHD; Semicolon enthusiast. Ask about my latest hyperfocus. #LEGOhagiography #incensepunk

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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 29/09/2026
An ark soaring between stars. A monk who was never supposed to awaken. An emergency that could end them all. Read Antimatter Vespers by D Winchester now! www.incensepunk.com/p/antimatter...
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 25/08/2026
On the brink of disaster, will faith save us... or doom us all? Read God's Marbles by Mike Glacken free today at Incensepunk Mag! www.incensepunk.com/p/gods-marbles
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Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
There is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
The real enemy isn’t your buddy who is using AI to make a book cover; the enemy is the Powers-That-Be who thrive on dividing everyone, especially in the United States. Look at how divided everyone in the US got over politics over the past ten years, and it’s now trickled to other countries. No more, are you a fellow human? Nope, it’s who did you vote for? Well, then you must be a hateful asshole. Instant block. 

But who’s the asshole?

Every week, the gatekeepers of horror writers have some new witch hunt. Sometimes it’s a good thing to suss out shitty publishers, editors, and agents. Yet, not ALL shitty ones are sussed out because, you know, there are consequences to getting all the shitty people shut down. Some people still like the opportunities to get published or represented even if it means going with the most despicable people because the gatekeepers didn’t get them shut down, or sometimes, don’t even notice. It all depends on who is buttering the toast. The past few weeks have been so tedious with all the gatekeepers out in full force. They are whipping people up into a frenzy, and more division is happening when it comes to AI. Of course, the irony is that the gatekeepers are denouncing AI, yet they are doing it on Facebook, which uses AI. They are likely typing their pretentious screeds on their phones, which also use AI. They likely sell their books on Amazon, which also uses AI. AI is here. It’s been coming since I was typing on a manual typewriter. You can let the robots win by becoming less human by cutting out all your friends, fans, family, and readers because they dared to try out AI, or you can be a human being and let people explore and figure things out for themselves. 

Hollywood is already embracing AI. 

Many companies use AI. 

AI can be useful for tedious tasks such as creating listings on eBay or Poshmark. Do you shop or sell on those platforms? They totally use AI now, so you’d better boycott them too. 

I went to the AI panel at Stokercon, and of course, most of the panelists were vehemently anti-AI. An audience member stood up and pointed out that they learned about the panel because they saw it on Sched, which is the app that the HWA/Stokercon uses, and THAT is AI. Doesn’t HWA have an anti-AI stance? Oh, but of course, THAT is okay; it’s all the other AI stuff that isn’t. We’re a writers' organization, and we should be exploring ways to be more cohesive, not more divisive. 

If you are confused about AI, ask for help. 

If you aren’t sure if you are even using AI, you should be able to ask for help without a huge witch hunt shutting you down.  

You should be allowed to experiment with this new technology without fear of your fellow writers accusing you of terrible things whether you’re tinkering with your avatar or creating a book trailer. 

As writers, editors, and educators, we should be more tolerant of one another rather than trying to shut each other down. 

The witch hunts are exhausting and quite embarrassing, really, not the best look for professional authors. 

You can choose to be a gatekeeper, or you can choose to have some humanity for your fellow human beings who are just trying to figure things out. 

No one has the answers yet, so why do you think you do?
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 21/07/2026
When forgiveness is systematized, what space is left for grace? Read THE CONFESSIONAL BOOTH AT THE PROBATION OFFICE by Clay Anderson today at Incensepunk Mag! www.incensepunk.com/p/the-confes... #📚🪐 #scifi
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The Confessional Booth at the Probation Office
When forgiveness is systematized, what space is left for grace?
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 02/06/2026
The law is absolute. Mercy is injustice. But perhaps, a path to grace can be carved through the code. Read They Who Stand, Repent by Adam Porkolab today in Incensepunk Magazine! www.incensepunk.com/p/they-who-s...
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They Who Stand, Repent
The law is absolute. Mercy is injustice. But perhaps, a path to grace can be carved through the code.
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Jon 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔎 James @spaceyjdjames.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I'm gonna run out of wall space... www.jonjameswrites.com/p/7-incensep...
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7 Incensepunk Art Pieces I Want on My Wall
It's more fun to track them here where everyone can see than keeping them sequestered away in a Google doc.
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Aeryn Rudel @aerynrudel.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Hey, folks, I've got a new dark sci-fi story up at @incensepunk.com called “What Comes After Forever”. It's about faith, futility, and, well, why eternity maybe isn't all it's cracked up to be. ;) #writingcommunity #scifi open.substack.com/pub/incensep...
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What Comes After Forever
After three millennia of last rites, what remains to pray for?
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 12/05/2026
After three millenia of last rites, what remains to pray for? What Comes After Forever, by @aerynrudel.bsky.social www.incensepunk.com/p/what-comes...
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ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Martin Luther would've loved Jeffrey Epstein
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 21/04/2026
A lunar radio station. An impossible caller. A dark voice, promising that it hears you... Read The Last Broadcast at Milepost Selene by Levi Edwards at Incensepunk Magazine. www.incensepunk.com/p/the-last-b...
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The Last Broadcast at Milepost Selene
A lunar radio station. An impossible caller. A dark voice, promising that it hears you...
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 19/04/2026
www.incensepunk.com/p/salt-memory 🪐📚
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 07/04/2026
Today we launch our first monthly flash fiction story with a splash! A promise from the deep, but at what cost. Salt Memory by Nicholas Packwood www.incensepunk.com/p/salt-memory
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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 25/03/2026
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Science Fiction feat. @flashpointsf.bsky.social @incensepunk.com @nightshadesmag.bsky.social @veloxbooks.bsky.social et al. duotrope.com...
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Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Science Fiction feat. @flashpointsf.bsky.social @incensepunk.com @nightshadesmag.bsky.social @veloxbooks.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-fee-free-science-fiction-t1io0kY4
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 13/03/2026
While the monks of Fair Weather ponder the nature of time, Brother Martin has only an eternity to find its answer. Read The Purgatory of Martin Merriweather by Andrew D Meredith free at Incensepunk Magazine! www.incensepunk.com/p/the-purgat...
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The Purgatory of Martin Merriweather
While the monks of Fair Weather ponder the nature of time, Brother Martin has only an eternity to find its answer.
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Jon 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔎 James @spaceyjdjames.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Interesting times call for archaic measures. www.incensepunk.com/p/office-of-...
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 20/01/2026
The math said rescue was impossible. But who's counting? Read the Signal Priest of Station Noctis by Rod A White now! www.incensepunk.com/p/the-signal...
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Jon 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔎 James @spaceyjdjames.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Great read, and for only $1 you can't beat the price either!
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Yuval Kordov @yuvalkordov.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Attention fans of mil sci-fi, cosmic horror, and incensepunk! One year ago today, I released Orders of Magnitude. To celebrate, it’s priced at a buck for the week. And for the first time ever, not just on Amazon, and in all geos. Find it here: books2read.com/ordersofmagn... 🪐📚💙 🩸📚
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Jon 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔎 James @spaceyjdjames.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
It's me, I'm the friend
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Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
My friend runs a magazine for speculative fiction that involves religion as a key part of the plot/setting/whatever (not specific to any specific religion). They normally do 3,000+ word stories but just opened up for flash fiction, if any of you smart and talented people want to submit.
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 31/12/2025
Incensepunk Magazine is now open to flash fiction submissions! We will now be considering stories of under 1500 words for a SECOND FREE story per month for our readers. Details within #flashfiction #amwriting 🪐📚
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Duosuma @duosuma.com · 30/12/2025
Incensepunk Magazine @Incensepunk.com is open to submissions for Flash Fiction. #CallforSubmissions
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Opened to Submissions on Duosuma: Incensepunk Magazine @Incensepunk.com
Incensepunk Magazine @Incensepunk.com is open to submissions for Flash Fiction. #CallforSubmissions
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 16/12/2025
Amid the struggle for life on Mars, a young woman and her mother discover Life itself Read As it Is in Heaven by Laura Pavlik free at incensepunk.com!
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 28/11/2025
This Black Friday, support indie art! Incensepunk Mag publishes monthly, faith-fueled sci-fi. Free to read, but pays authors for their hard work, funded via paid memberships. Paid members also get access to author interviews and other perks. Sub today! www.incensepunk.com/flashsale
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Jon 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔎 James @spaceyjdjames.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
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Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
THE POPE HAS THROWN A RAVE I am now experiencing FOMO about the Pope's rave god, cyberpunk novels of my teenagerhood weren't weird ENOUGH
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caylen @caylen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
a “Space Force”, if you will
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 11/11/2025
When the nukes start dropping, galactic peace depends upon the brothers of St. Centestrius Abbey. Brother Bug by Hank Shore now free to read at Incensepunk Magazine! www.incensepunk.com/p/brother-bu...
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Brother Bug
When the nukes start dropping, galactic peace depends upon the brothers of St. Centestrius Abbey.
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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
got my writing skull, got my pen
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 03/11/2025
Sickos meme with a Frenchman saying “oui… hon hon hon… OUI!”
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Haunted Hannah 👻 🍂🎃 @hannahposts.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I invite you to join me in rejecting the siren song of Christmas Starts November 1. We're still doing autumn next month. We're gonna keep roasting up root vegetables and baking with apples. We're leaf peeping, lighting pumpkin candles, and drinking spiced cider. We're watching Fantastic Mr Fox
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Duosuma @duosuma.com · 28/10/2025
Incensepunk Magazine @Incensepunk.com is accepting submissions through Duosuma. #WritingCommunity
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Featured on Duosuma: Incensepunk Magazine
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
They're going to change the clocks this weekend and the president is powerless to stop it. Because he's weak and a loser. That's what they're saying sir
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Duosuma @duosuma.com · 27/10/2025
Incensepunk Magazine @Incensepunk.com is accepting submissions through Duosuma. #WritingCommunity
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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Nobody likes my idea of “empirical methods of proving universalism”
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incensepunk.com @incensepunk.com · 14/10/2025
On the misty moon of Hades-P2-M3, a lone mech pilot battles unearthly horrors to save his family—and his soul Read Escape from Hades part 1 by @yuvalkordov.bsky.social in Incensepunk Magazine! www.incensepunk.com/p/escape-fro...
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Escape from Hades, part 1
On the misty moon of Hades-P2-M3, a lone mech pilot battles unearthly horrors to save his family—and his soul
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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Jon 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔎 James @spaceyjdjames.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
If you wanna keep up to date on my writing (like getting notified when I have an update on Bringer of War...) and are afraid the algo will stop you (like it probably will for this post), come sub to my new author site! I just announced 2 IRL appearances open.substack.com/pub/jonjames...
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Upcoming Appearances
Catch me live in the flesh at one of these events!
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
"meme" is short for memento mori
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Jon 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔎 James @spaceyjdjames.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Our Lady of the Asteroid Belt is a story that wrestles with doubt in a future where certainty is increasingly sold as the antidote to all problems--exactly the kind of story I had in mind when I first started incensepunk in the first place! Hope you all love it as much as I do!
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John Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Saying “I want that” in the exact same tone as the woman in Napoleon Dynamite who sees the model ship www.foliosociety.com/uk/a-canticl...
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A Canticle for Leibowitz Fiction
A Canticle for Leibowitz
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Jon 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔎 James @spaceyjdjames.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Google Glass walked (crashed and burned) so that Meta smart glasses can run (crash and burn bigger and harder)
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