Scott Edelman
@scottedelman.bsky.social
Scott Edelman is a Stoker Award-nominated writer and Hugo Award-nominated editor of SF, fantasy & horror. And host of the Eating the Fantastic podcast! (He/Him)
A finał ICYMI of the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic for the weekend crowd: join @naomikritzer.bsky.social and learn why she spent years not reading reviews (even the good ones), how our writing has been affected by the times in which we live — and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
Sample samsa with Naomi Kritzer on Episode 269 of Eating the Fantastic ‹ Scott Edelman
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November 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A finał ICYMI of the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic for the weekend crowd: join @naomikritzer.bsky.social and learn why she spent years not reading reviews (even the good ones), how our writing has been affected by the times in which we live — and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
This afternoon's treadmill TV — Pluribus Episode 5 — followed, since I had more stepping time, by another Season 3 episode of Barry. I'd love to jump into Stranger Things with the rest of you, but that must wait until I've finished up Barry.
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This afternoon's treadmill TV — Pluribus Episode 5 — followed, since I had more stepping time, by another Season 3 episode of Barry. I'd love to jump into Stranger Things with the rest of you, but that must wait until I've finished up Barry.
Ran errands today listening to the final *sniffle* episode of the Our Opinions Are Correct podcast. A big thank you to @annaleen.bsky.social and @charliejane.bsky.social for all the insights. I look forward to whatever you two have next for us! www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...
Episode 188: 7 Years of Correct Opinions! — our opinions are correct
This is our last episode of Our Opinions Are Correct... but please stay subscribed to our feed, because you'll hear from us again. We're sad to be stepping away, but we're proud of seven years of corr...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Ran errands today listening to the final *sniffle* episode of the Our Opinions Are Correct podcast. A big thank you to @annaleen.bsky.social and @charliejane.bsky.social for all the insights. I look forward to whatever you two have next for us! www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...
This has been the least active deer-hunting season since we moved to the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in 2004. During our first years, there was constant gunfire all day throughout, but now here we are on day six, and I only just heard my first shot. I wonder ... fewer deer or fewer hunters?
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This has been the least active deer-hunting season since we moved to the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in 2004. During our first years, there was constant gunfire all day throughout, but now here we are on day six, and I only just heard my first shot. I wonder ... fewer deer or fewer hunters?
Another utterly ridiculous spam promotional email.
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Another utterly ridiculous spam promotional email.
Today in Donald Trump's state-sponsored terrorism. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Teen flying to see family at Thanksgiving deported in ‘Draconian nightmare’
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston Logan International Airport and sent to a country she has not revisited since childhood
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November 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Today in Donald Trump's state-sponsored terrorism. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Completed my program participant survey for August's @laworldcon.bsky.social, where I hope I'll get to hang out with some of you. And so you'll be able to recognize me when we're there, here I am at my first Worldcon, which I attended in 1974 at the tender age of 19. Haven't changed a bit!
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Completed my program participant survey for August's @laworldcon.bsky.social, where I hope I'll get to hang out with some of you. And so you'll be able to recognize me when we're there, here I am at my first Worldcon, which I attended in 1974 at the tender age of 19. Haven't changed a bit!
ICYMI — a new episode of Eating the Fantastic went live this morning with guest @naomikritzer.bsky.social. Eavesdrop and discover the question she asked Madeleine l’Engle when she was nine, what it’s like when you’re on “that” panel at a convention — and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
Sample samsa with Naomi Kritzer on Episode 269 of Eating the Fantastic ‹ Scott Edelman
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November 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
ICYMI — a new episode of Eating the Fantastic went live this morning with guest @naomikritzer.bsky.social. Eavesdrop and discover the question she asked Madeleine l’Engle when she was nine, what it’s like when you’re on “that” panel at a convention — and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
While completing my homework of reading pages 58-123 of James's Joyce's Ulysses to be ready for Monday's Zoom reading group — the third of nine sessions — I encountered Stephen Dedalus cutting someone off my saying: "Life is too short." Which is sort of how I'm starting to feel about Ulysses itself.
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
While completing my homework of reading pages 58-123 of James's Joyce's Ulysses to be ready for Monday's Zoom reading group — the third of nine sessions — I encountered Stephen Dedalus cutting someone off my saying: "Life is too short." Which is sort of how I'm starting to feel about Ulysses itself.
A mysterious box showed up from PS Publishing, the perspicacious people who this month released my new science fiction short story collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded. What's was inside? Because unboxing videos are mandatory these days, let's find out together! youtu.be/N4eWakaRYvs
My first 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded unboxing video
YouTube video by Scott Edelman
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November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A mysterious box showed up from PS Publishing, the perspicacious people who this month released my new science fiction short story collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded. What's was inside? Because unboxing videos are mandatory these days, let's find out together! youtu.be/N4eWakaRYvs
Episode 269 of Eating the Fantastic is now live with @naomikritzer.bsky.social! Join us at the table and learn what she was told by her mentor after confessing she wanted to be Ursula K. Le Guin, her surprise at the way “Cat Pictures Please” went viral, and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Episode 269 of Eating the Fantastic is now live with @naomikritzer.bsky.social! Join us at the table and learn what she was told by her mentor after confessing she wanted to be Ursula K. Le Guin, her surprise at the way “Cat Pictures Please” went viral, and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
I will be forever grateful Michael Whelan allowed us to repurpose that evocative image on the cover to the first issue of Science Fiction Age magazine, which I'm finding difficult to accept launched a third of a century ago. I wish I was editing it still!
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I will be forever grateful Michael Whelan allowed us to repurpose that evocative image on the cover to the first issue of Science Fiction Age magazine, which I'm finding difficult to accept launched a third of a century ago. I wish I was editing it still!
Starting the day bringing live the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic with guest @naomikritzer.bsky.social. No direct link yet, but once uploaded, it'll push down the previous episode with Alaya Dawn Johnson and take over the top spot. I hope you'll join us at the table! eatingthefantastic.com
Eating the Fantastic ‹ Scott Edelman
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November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Starting the day bringing live the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic with guest @naomikritzer.bsky.social. No direct link yet, but once uploaded, it'll push down the previous episode with Alaya Dawn Johnson and take over the top spot. I hope you'll join us at the table! eatingthefantastic.com
Which I recognized immediately as a detail from one of Sanjulián's famous Creepy covers!
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Which I recognized immediately as a detail from one of Sanjulián's famous Creepy covers!
Informed Delivery alerted me a UK package will, after many stops along the way, find its way into my hands today. I suspect these will be signature sheets for the limited hardcover edition of my collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded. Fingers crossed! pspublishing.co.uk/101-things-t...
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Informed Delivery alerted me a UK package will, after many stops along the way, find its way into my hands today. I suspect these will be signature sheets for the limited hardcover edition of my collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded. Fingers crossed! pspublishing.co.uk/101-things-t...
Happy Thanksgiving, all!
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, all!
Today in spam texts I shall not be answering.
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Today in spam texts I shall not be answering.
Coming tomorrow morning — a new episode of my Eating the Fantastic podcast, during which you'll be able to take a seat at the table for my Uzbek dinner with multiple award-winning writer @naomikritzer.bsky.social. Subscribe now to be among the first to join us at the table! pod.link/1083737796
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Coming tomorrow morning — a new episode of my Eating the Fantastic podcast, during which you'll be able to take a seat at the table for my Uzbek dinner with multiple award-winning writer @naomikritzer.bsky.social. Subscribe now to be among the first to join us at the table! pod.link/1083737796
Ah, the deflation of finding an anthology for which a certain story of mine seems to be thematically perfect, then scrolling further down the guidelines and learning the maximum word count sought is a mere 3,000. Alas, that's flash as far as my muse is concerned. My sweet spot is 5,000-8,000 words.
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Ah, the deflation of finding an anthology for which a certain story of mine seems to be thematically perfect, then scrolling further down the guidelines and learning the maximum word count sought is a mere 3,000. Alas, that's flash as far as my muse is concerned. My sweet spot is 5,000-8,000 words.
Picked up tickets to see Hannah Cowley's 1783 comedy "A Bold Stroke for a Husband" next year at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia. It will be our first exposure to that writer, her play, or the company. Intrigued by all three. americanshakespearecenter.com/events/a-bol...
A Bold Stroke for a Husband 2026 | American Shakespeare Center
April 9, 2026 – May 2, 2026. A Bold Stroke for a Husband takes the Blackfriars Playhouse stage in Spring 2026—romance, intrigue, and sharp comedy brought to life under shared light.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Picked up tickets to see Hannah Cowley's 1783 comedy "A Bold Stroke for a Husband" next year at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia. It will be our first exposure to that writer, her play, or the company. Intrigued by all three. americanshakespearecenter.com/events/a-bol...
Decluttering, I came across one of my Analog contracts offered by the previous ownership — one I signed without needing to ask for a single change — and considering my recent F&SF fiasco, I thought it worth sharing what the indemnification clause looked like. Note the absence of the word "alleged."
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Decluttering, I came across one of my Analog contracts offered by the previous ownership — one I signed without needing to ask for a single change — and considering my recent F&SF fiasco, I thought it worth sharing what the indemnification clause looked like. Note the absence of the word "alleged."
Received my 46th short story rejection of 2025 just now. Will I top 2024's total of 54 rejects before the year is out? (Maybe.) Will I break my all-time record of 82 in a single year? (Highly unlikely.) However many more may come over the next five weeks, remember: Never give up! Never surrender!
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Received my 46th short story rejection of 2025 just now. Will I top 2024's total of 54 rejects before the year is out? (Maybe.) Will I break my all-time record of 82 in a single year? (Highly unlikely.) However many more may come over the next five weeks, remember: Never give up! Never surrender!
A Georgia judge just dismissed the charges against Donald Trump for his outrageous attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, but as we all know — and as the commemorative coin I own minted by Valery Jung Estabrook reminds us all — the man is guilty, guilty, guilty!
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A Georgia judge just dismissed the charges against Donald Trump for his outrageous attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, but as we all know — and as the commemorative coin I own minted by Valery Jung Estabrook reminds us all — the man is guilty, guilty, guilty!
Wait, what? Noooooooo! Too soon, too soon!
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Wait, what? Noooooooo! Too soon, too soon!
Happy 72nd birthday to comics artist Pat Broderick, who collaborated with me to unmask Captain Marvel back in 1978 for the final issue of my run on that title. I wish we'd had more chances to work together, but alas, that was the only one. Hoping your day is fantastic!
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Happy 72nd birthday to comics artist Pat Broderick, who collaborated with me to unmask Captain Marvel back in 1978 for the final issue of my run on that title. I wish we'd had more chances to work together, but alas, that was the only one. Hoping your day is fantastic!