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@romiesays.bsky.social
Author Romie Stott, who is the same person as filmmaker and musician Romie Faienza. Poetry editor at Strange Horizons. Texan in Massachusetts. Capisco italiano un po. ⚥ Sign up for my mailing list at romiesays.kit.com.
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I got “Nothing in the Basement” by @romiesays.bsky.social at Readercon. I sped through it and can’t stop thinking about it. Absolute banger of a haunted house story. 🏚️ #amreading #horror
You should trust Gillian, who is brilliant.
You can order the book in many places, including through the Strange Horizons affiliate link: bookshop.org/a/114270/978...
You can order the book in many places, including through the Strange Horizons affiliate link: bookshop.org/a/114270/978...
the outspread wings of the American eagle are broad enough
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
the outspread wings of the American eagle are broad enough
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
They Might Be Giants
Man Man
Depeche Mode
Trabant
Erykah Badu
They Might Be Giants
Man Man
Depeche Mode
Trabant
Erykah Badu
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Deltron 3030
Lush
Nirvana (several times, they were local, most memorably at the “secret” show they played to raise funds to investigate Mia Zapata’s murder)
Pixies (Doolittle tour)
Fishbone (very first concert, in ID 😅)
Deltron 3030
Lush
Nirvana (several times, they were local, most memorably at the “secret” show they played to raise funds to investigate Mia Zapata’s murder)
Pixies (Doolittle tour)
Fishbone (very first concert, in ID 😅)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Verve
Oasis
The Chemical Brothers
Neil Young
Happy Mondays
Verve
Oasis
The Chemical Brothers
Neil Young
Happy Mondays
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
They Might Be Giants
Man Man
Depeche Mode
Trabant
Erykah Badu
They Might Be Giants
Man Man
Depeche Mode
Trabant
Erykah Badu
To my surprise, out of nowhere on Wednesday, I started writing a cosy queer urban romantasy book. It's extremely sexual so far, because I remain at base a science fiction writer, meaning my first thought is "ok but when you're hooking up with a flower fairy what's the biology"
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
To my surprise, out of nowhere on Wednesday, I started writing a cosy queer urban romantasy book. It's extremely sexual so far, because I remain at base a science fiction writer, meaning my first thought is "ok but when you're hooking up with a flower fairy what's the biology"
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we could afford to do a little of this ourselves today. take care of our loved ones and the suffering and hold on to hope that the wave of malice washing over us will crest shortly.
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
we could afford to do a little of this ourselves today. take care of our loved ones and the suffering and hold on to hope that the wave of malice washing over us will crest shortly.
It's not the solstice yet but it is very dark in Northern climes. If you find the holidays stressful (even if also cosy!), this song is here for you any time, on all the platforms
open.spotify.com/track/1Uk9lh...
open.spotify.com/track/1Uk9lh...
Darkest of the Days
open.spotify.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It's not the solstice yet but it is very dark in Northern climes. If you find the holidays stressful (even if also cosy!), this song is here for you any time, on all the platforms
open.spotify.com/track/1Uk9lh...
open.spotify.com/track/1Uk9lh...
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what a terrible day to comprehend language
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
what a terrible day to comprehend language
bread is ultraprocessed
also if you dig into the studies about what makes ultraprocessed food bad, it's that it tastes good. You'll voluntarily eat more granola than you'll eat unflavored oatmeal.
literally that's the finding. hot off the presses: portion control
also if you dig into the studies about what makes ultraprocessed food bad, it's that it tastes good. You'll voluntarily eat more granola than you'll eat unflavored oatmeal.
literally that's the finding. hot off the presses: portion control
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
bread is ultraprocessed
also if you dig into the studies about what makes ultraprocessed food bad, it's that it tastes good. You'll voluntarily eat more granola than you'll eat unflavored oatmeal.
literally that's the finding. hot off the presses: portion control
also if you dig into the studies about what makes ultraprocessed food bad, it's that it tastes good. You'll voluntarily eat more granola than you'll eat unflavored oatmeal.
literally that's the finding. hot off the presses: portion control
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10 pockets on my new jeans
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
10 pockets on my new jeans
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Mrs. Magalina Hoopensteimer Wallenheimer Hogan Bogan’s Wedding Toast
by Jessy Randall
"and orthodontists
came calling and then ran away when
they saw the extent of the situation,
the power of her mouth-bones."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
by Jessy Randall
"and orthodontists
came calling and then ran away when
they saw the extent of the situation,
the power of her mouth-bones."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Mrs. Magalina Hoopensteimer Wallenheimer Hogan Bogan’s Wedding Toast
by Jessy Randall
"and orthodontists
came calling and then ran away when
they saw the extent of the situation,
the power of her mouth-bones."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
by Jessy Randall
"and orthodontists
came calling and then ran away when
they saw the extent of the situation,
the power of her mouth-bones."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
saw a picture of someone holding up a Knitted Thing and thought "that sweater is far too small"
gentlemen, it was a hat.
gentlemen, it was a hat.
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
saw a picture of someone holding up a Knitted Thing and thought "that sweater is far too small"
gentlemen, it was a hat.
gentlemen, it was a hat.
Strange Horizons has published several Frankenstein poems over the years. Here are some. @strangehorizons.bsky.social
Frankenstein's Tongue, by Liam Campbell
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
Frankenstein's Tongue, by Liam Campbell
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
Frankenstein’s Tongue
And progress will become return / And the mother will become fetal
strangehorizons.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Strange Horizons has published several Frankenstein poems over the years. Here are some. @strangehorizons.bsky.social
Frankenstein's Tongue, by Liam Campbell
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
Frankenstein's Tongue, by Liam Campbell
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
in Jesus Christ Superstar, when Judas sings "Israel in 4 B.C." the syllable stresses are nothing like what you'd normally say. And it goes fast. So as a kid, I thought he was talking about "Israel and Forbisi." Forbisi was presumably an Ancient Land which is now part of Iraq or something.
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
in Jesus Christ Superstar, when Judas sings "Israel in 4 B.C." the syllable stresses are nothing like what you'd normally say. And it goes fast. So as a kid, I thought he was talking about "Israel and Forbisi." Forbisi was presumably an Ancient Land which is now part of Iraq or something.
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Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
I don't have the same access to direct conversations with sources I can ask questions [laudatory], but everything in this article is exactly in line with what I've surmised by just listening. It's all out in the open. It's right there.
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I don't have the same access to direct conversations with sources I can ask questions [laudatory], but everything in this article is exactly in line with what I've surmised by just listening. It's all out in the open. It's right there.
Ed Markey and Kathryn Bigelow hanging out! That's pretty cool.
I sat down with Oscar-winning Director and Producer Kathryn Bigelow to discuss her new film House of Dynamite on Netflix, which serves as a prescient warning amid renewed threats of a new nuclear arms race.
Watch now:
Watch now:
HOUSE OF DYNAMITE: Senator Markey and Kathryn Bigelow Discuss Risk of New Nuclear Arms Race
YouTube video by Senator Markey
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November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Ed Markey and Kathryn Bigelow hanging out! That's pretty cool.
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For groundbreaking synthetic music pioneer Wendy Carlos' birthday, enjoy her in her home studio with cats and friends
November 14, 2023 at 2:00 PM
For groundbreaking synthetic music pioneer Wendy Carlos' birthday, enjoy her in her home studio with cats and friends
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going to neighborhood meetings just to note who seconds motions
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
going to neighborhood meetings just to note who seconds motions
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New review! Today I've got Nothing in the Basement by Romie Stott, a great horror novella with a compelling narrative structure. Out now from Dybbuk Press.
bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/12/r...
bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/12/r...
Review: “Nothing in the Basement” by Romie Stott
Release Date: August 26, 2025Publisher: Dybbuk PressGenre: Horror Description Richard and Sandra are good people: comfortably overweight, generally honest. They live in a nice house in a safe neigh…
bookjockeyalex.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
New review! Today I've got Nothing in the Basement by Romie Stott, a great horror novella with a compelling narrative structure. Out now from Dybbuk Press.
bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/12/r...
bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/12/r...
had a Jude Law year, where a lot of stuff I wrote over the course of 15 years came out all at once
I would be honored to be considered for awards, especially for my first novel; a nomination would bring eyes to a book I'm proud of, from a *tiny* press with no marketing budget
I would be honored to be considered for awards, especially for my first novel; a nomination would bring eyes to a book I'm proud of, from a *tiny* press with no marketing budget
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
had a Jude Law year, where a lot of stuff I wrote over the course of 15 years came out all at once
I would be honored to be considered for awards, especially for my first novel; a nomination would bring eyes to a book I'm proud of, from a *tiny* press with no marketing budget
I would be honored to be considered for awards, especially for my first novel; a nomination would bring eyes to a book I'm proud of, from a *tiny* press with no marketing budget
time it takes me to do my basic exercise routine (push ups, leg lifts, etc): approximately 15 minutes.
time it takes me to convince myself to do my basic exercise routine: approximately 6 hours and 40 minutes
time it takes me to convince myself to do my basic exercise routine: approximately 6 hours and 40 minutes
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
time it takes me to do my basic exercise routine (push ups, leg lifts, etc): approximately 15 minutes.
time it takes me to convince myself to do my basic exercise routine: approximately 6 hours and 40 minutes
time it takes me to convince myself to do my basic exercise routine: approximately 6 hours and 40 minutes
I always think I'm dressed warmly enough, but figure out about 30 minutes after I've finished my morning coffee that, no, my comfort with the room temperature relied on continuous ingestion of hot liquid, much like a radiator.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I always think I'm dressed warmly enough, but figure out about 30 minutes after I've finished my morning coffee that, no, my comfort with the room temperature relied on continuous ingestion of hot liquid, much like a radiator.
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Have you read this new story up on my Kofi?
A new story up on my Kofi:
Plant mecha, love lost and betrayed, solarpunkish.
ko-fi.com/post/Reds-He...
Plant mecha, love lost and betrayed, solarpunkish.
ko-fi.com/post/Reds-He...
Red's Heart
Joyce Chng published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Have you read this new story up on my Kofi?
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social has published an appropriately concise and horrified review of my novel Nothing in the Basement!
I'm thrilled. Read the review; read the book.
bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/12/r...
I'm thrilled. Read the review; read the book.
bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/12/r...
Review: “Nothing in the Basement” by Romie Stott
Release Date: August 26, 2025Publisher: Dybbuk PressGenre: Horror Description Richard and Sandra are good people: comfortably overweight, generally honest. They live in a nice house in a safe neigh…
bookjockeyalex.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social has published an appropriately concise and horrified review of my novel Nothing in the Basement!
I'm thrilled. Read the review; read the book.
bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/12/r...
I'm thrilled. Read the review; read the book.
bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/12/r...
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My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...
In the Zone - Lightspeed Magazine
As her head hit the pillow, Yadira felt exhausted and relieved. Exhausted, because she’d worked on a very large collage almost the whole day straight. Her shoulder blades ached from hunching over her ...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...