Buy direct from publishers or trusted indie stores Writers: this could be you or your publisher next Readers: if you want to be able to read queer horror (or any titles deemed "objectionable" by increasingly draconian tech monopolists)... do not support this shit Buy direct

This: also applies to music - buy direct from bands/small labels if you can.

It's incredible to me that that someone (or several someones) went out and bought all my books today. Lucky number, too. 😁 Whoever's out there being so charitable, THANK YOU! I sure do hope you find something to your liking in all these!

Thats very cool!

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

Today's (UK) headlines include a man on trial for murdering his wife, a man who has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman who had been drugged by her husband for men to abuse, and a man convicted of stalking his ex and threatening to throw acid on her. All white British men. No riots?

I've recently started reviewing stuff again, for Noizze. Amazing how quickly the nausea and imposter syndrome kick back in. But yeah, that was a special little time there. My fiction nonsense feels like a completely different thing.

I just disappeared into my own, ever expanding navel

Sooner or later the lure of the grift finds us all. Well, not *us* obviously.

Interesting. Quick question, though. Why are you such an insufferable prick?

I think this will be one of the defining images of the Premier League's void years: a proudly working class fanbase celebrating that the ruling family of an oppressive regime had hired a barrister on £10,000-an-hour to try and prevent them suffering consequences for their cheating. Embarrassing.

Of course, there's just as much chance it'll be a two year transfer ban (deferred for one year to allow them to get one last window in), a big fine, and a nominal points deduction.

This sparks a full, Europe-wide review of both the multi-club ownership model and nation-state ownership.

Dream scenario: City are expelled from the football pyramid, must reapply to their local non-league tier, and work their way back up. City's owners are also forced to sell and are banned from any future ownership.