Author of The Wildcraft Drones (2026 @stelliform.press), The Cursed Blade of Wek (2027 @neonhemlock.bsky.social) and numerous science fiction and fantasy short stories, with more on the way. Newsletter, events & stuff: tkrex.wtf
Further reading. Seems like there’s no real reason bugs can’t be huge www.science.org/content/arti...
How did ancient bugs get so big? The prevailing theory may be wrongFlying insect respiratory systems suggest abundant oxygen can’t explain ancient gigantismwww.science.orgIt’s impossible to know the impact our stories have, but I honestly believe this story is some small part of the reason we have not yet had a nuclear apocalypse. Hope is a hell of a thing to fuel a lifestyle with, but it’s why I will always be a science fiction writer.
Sam J MillerToday is the day on which Ray Bradbury's “There Will Come Soft Rains” (pub'd 1950) takes place. It’s a short elegaic story about a smart home slowly dying after its owners are wiped out in a nuclear extinction event. Re-reading it now, I’m feeling softly sucker-punched by what it has to offer us.
ok I havent read her bit or watched the movie yet but from a blindly marketing perspective, differentiating her product from the movie to capitalize on its new popularity is pure genius and as a bookseller I can also say it's extraordinarily effective, let the men cry while she walks to the bank
molly tanzer (I guess!!)I guess I shouldn’t be surprised to see men on the internet being so upset with a woman scholar for being insufficiently awed by a popular male entertainer’s work. And after all, the Odyssey is, in part, about how men behave emotionally and destructively in response to women’s words and deeds
Excited for this afternoon reading in a park!
The Writers GrottoJoin us for a FREE lunchtime reading in the beautiful Wetlands Garden at TJPA’s Salesforce Park! 🌿📚 On Wednesday, August 5, T. K. Rex and Jane McDermott will be reading from their work. Come by! 🕐 1:00–1:30 PM #sanfranciscoevents #literaryevents #freeevents #sanfrancisco
This Wednesday August 5 at 1pm I'm reading at Salesforce Park Wetland Gardens with Jane McDermott & @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social -- come hang in the park with us 🌿🌻 www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
Words & Stories Reading Series at Wetland Garden in Salesforce Park August 5T. K. Rex and Jane McDermott will be reading.www.writersgrotto.orgAll good points here and I would add that on the other end, it’s a huge fallacy to assume that sloppers can’t explain their creative choices. Explaining is all they’re doing. Writing a prompt is essentially formulating the explanation and often there’s a lot of research that goes into it.
Thomas Hai think people advising that authors are going to be ok because they can explain their creative choices better than a slopper are coming from a good place (and prob mostly right!). but boy do i hate the presumption that writers have to rationally talk through the minutiae of their creative choices.
I didn’t even include this fluuuucking amazing cover because there were too many other things and it was like midnight and I decided to put it in the next one but like look at this cover of the new issue of @fabulistmag.bsky.social
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Yay new book!
Stelliform PressPlease help us congratulate Caleb Sierra on the publication of his novella, THE WETWORKS MIRACLE, which is out today! Truly one of the weirdest and coolest little books we've published. Pick up a copy from us or wherever books are sold. All Stelliform Press ebooks are $5 on our site!
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Flowers, Music, Los Angeles and MatriarchyActual sunset I got to watch in Del Mar, near the hotel that UCSD put me up in for the Clarion Science of Story Experience masterclass I did on the 21st....buttondown.comDefinitely go to this
COYOTEIn San Francisco, indie theater and the leather community are both struggling. ‘Satyricon’ asks: Combined, can they keep each other afloat? And what better way to find out than with a story about kinky queer people contemplating the decline of civilization? www.coyotemedia.org/gay-situatio...