Stefan Dziemianowicz
@stefandz11.bsky.social
Weird fiction aficionado, indefatigable pulp collector, incurable moviegoer, irascible critic, incorrigible Jersey guy.
Good man!
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Good man!
Punk egret with goth inflections. What's not to love?
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Punk egret with goth inflections. What's not to love?
You should pitch this for an installment in the Black Christmas franchise.
I think if I still worked in a shop, and was forced to listen to Christmas music all day, every day, between mid-November to the end of December, I would turn homicidal.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
You should pitch this for an installment in the Black Christmas franchise.
Huh! Says the real live wire . . .
I can’t seem to face up to the facts.
I’m tense and nervous and I can’t relax.
I’m tense and nervous and I can’t relax.
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Huh! Says the real live wire . . .
Well--we need someone to stand up to the Trolls.
I just saw myself referred to (non-disparagingly) as an "Internet Chaos Goblin" and I have to say I don't hate that description
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Well--we need someone to stand up to the Trolls.
Well deserved!
ANGEL DOWN makes the 2025 New York Times Notables list! That’s something.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Well deserved!
CONGRATULATIONS! Your selection was LONG overdue!
I'm looking forward to reading and considering, along with my fellow judges, the works of art and fiction that will be coming in. I've even cleared an entire bookcase! 📚😁📚😉📚
2026 World Fantasy Awards Judges Announced locusmag.com/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
CONGRATULATIONS! Your selection was LONG overdue!
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We have front-cover artwork in hand for the first four volumes in @cgolden.bsky.social's seven-book reissue of THE SHADOW SAGA. @summerray.bsky.social is doing a fantastic job giving us a timeless, cohesive look for the series. You're going to love this. Pre-orders are live at our website.
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We have front-cover artwork in hand for the first four volumes in @cgolden.bsky.social's seven-book reissue of THE SHADOW SAGA. @summerray.bsky.social is doing a fantastic job giving us a timeless, cohesive look for the series. You're going to love this. Pre-orders are live at our website.
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In the end, when I walked from my X account, the waves of racists and bots that were always invoking the same phrases and talking points made it clear that the thing was just a hall of mirrors, that it had been crudely rigged for political fraud. Never thought Musk would admit it all in a self-own.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
In the end, when I walked from my X account, the waves of racists and bots that were always invoking the same phrases and talking points made it clear that the thing was just a hall of mirrors, that it had been crudely rigged for political fraud. Never thought Musk would admit it all in a self-own.
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hey, on there with @blacktopkid.bsky.social, Grady, @natcassidy.bsky.social and—and no way can I actually list all the books/writers. but NPR can, does. anyway/also: my first time to be listed alongside Seamus Heaney? who knew that was even in the offing. want to read that Anaconda one, too:
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
hey, on there with @blacktopkid.bsky.social, Grady, @natcassidy.bsky.social and—and no way can I actually list all the books/writers. but NPR can, does. anyway/also: my first time to be listed alongside Seamus Heaney? who knew that was even in the offing. want to read that Anaconda one, too:
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So cool. From @sstpublications.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
So cool. From @sstpublications.bsky.social
One of the most joyful musicians I've ever seen perform. RIP Jimmy Cliff.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
One of the most joyful musicians I've ever seen perform. RIP Jimmy Cliff.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Hey--it was pre-Code.
Let's celebrate Harpo's birthday with a few views of The Cocoanuts on Broadway!
(Whatever you do, don't go to IBDB and look up Chico's character's name. Just don't.)
(Whatever you do, don't go to IBDB and look up Chico's character's name. Just don't.)
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hey--it was pre-Code.
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"It remains to be seen what will happen when this case reaches the Supreme Court. But there is a very real chance that Texas’s gerrymander will fall entirely because of inept lawyering by Trump’s Justice Department..."
www.vox.com/politics/469...
www.vox.com/politics/469...
Trump’s Justice Department may have accidentally handed Democrats five House seats
Oops.
www.vox.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"It remains to be seen what will happen when this case reaches the Supreme Court. But there is a very real chance that Texas’s gerrymander will fall entirely because of inept lawyering by Trump’s Justice Department..."
www.vox.com/politics/469...
www.vox.com/politics/469...
Way.
huh, i thought this was AI because there's no way someone could order such an ugly shirt
It is real:
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Way.
That's the work of Jeff Jones so whatever it is it's good.
All these old novels have various objects covering naughty parts, like this one with, um, either a spray of flowers or... maybe a fart cloud?
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
That's the work of Jeff Jones so whatever it is it's good.
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
As well it should be.
A GAME IN YELLOW is on BookPage's "10 best sci-fi, fantasy & horror novels of 2025" and I'm very sickos.jpg about it right now 🤩💛
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
As well it should be.
Sorry to read this. Your post is very instructive for writers who don't have your years of experience. (Signed--a writer who is very proud to have gotten the same form rejection from Ed Ferman a half-century ago.)
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Sorry to read this. Your post is very instructive for writers who don't have your years of experience. (Signed--a writer who is very proud to have gotten the same form rejection from Ed Ferman a half-century ago.)
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One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
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Absolutely cannot wait to bust down the doors for a drink made by a company whose unionized workers are on strike in a store that doesn’t want to hire minorities anymore.
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Absolutely cannot wait to bust down the doors for a drink made by a company whose unionized workers are on strike in a store that doesn’t want to hire minorities anymore.
Warning: Gaines outfitted that bench with a whoopee cushion.
I've decided that the morning after my reading next Tuesday night at Brooklyn Books & Booze, I'm going to wander Riverside Park until I can find and sit on the same bench where MAD Magazine publisher Bill Gaines used to hang out, a landmark dedicated by Dick DeBartolo. youtu.be/o5DDmVs7ikY
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Warning: Gaines outfitted that bench with a whoopee cushion.
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[Happy 86th birthday to solar eclipse photographer and composer Wendy Carlos, known for "Switched-On Bach," A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHINING, TRON, and “Peter and the Wolf” with Weird Al Yankovic. Listen to “Switched-On Bach” below.]
archive.org/details/wend...
archive.org/details/wend...
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
[Happy 86th birthday to solar eclipse photographer and composer Wendy Carlos, known for "Switched-On Bach," A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHINING, TRON, and “Peter and the Wolf” with Weird Al Yankovic. Listen to “Switched-On Bach” below.]
archive.org/details/wend...
archive.org/details/wend...
He was on a mission from God.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
He was on a mission from God.