David Lubar
@davidlubar.bsky.social
Former game designer, retired writer, slacker.
www.davidlubar.com
www.davidlubar.com
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It's a Christmas miracle!
Not only is Afterimages open for submissions again, but we're also pleased to say it is a paying market. See the graphics for all the info, or visit our Submissions page.
You're not seeing double in 2026, just quality, literary Afterimages.
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Not only is Afterimages open for submissions again, but we're also pleased to say it is a paying market. See the graphics for all the info, or visit our Submissions page.
You're not seeing double in 2026, just quality, literary Afterimages.
thirtywestph.com/submit
December 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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This is an excellent and enjoyable article. I was unaware of the term "childlore" before now. This was an interesting discovery for me since I've used classic bits of childlore as the inspiration for a fair number of short stories. Having a labeled container in which to put things is enlightening.
I have written an elegy to Six-Seven, which is dead, or at least dying. It is not a meme—memes are the purview of greedy adulthood attention thirst—but a case of Childlore. Though irritating, it should have been left alone.
‘Six-Seven’ Is Over
Grown-ups killed it.
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is an excellent and enjoyable article. I was unaware of the term "childlore" before now. This was an interesting discovery for me since I've used classic bits of childlore as the inspiration for a fair number of short stories. Having a labeled container in which to put things is enlightening.
I love when I find myself in great company.
White's @clarionbooks.bsky.social DARK AND DARKER STILL (8/6/25) is an essential addition to a #MGLit collection of horror short stories, along with @scholastic.bsky.social MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, @davidlubar.bsky.social LAWN WEENIES, and Stine's STINETINGLERS!
June 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I love when I find myself in great company.
I like how this shot of a downy woodpecker came out.
May 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I like how this shot of a downy woodpecker came out.
I thought Bluesky would be better than Twitter, but I'm getting an endless stream of followers who all seem to be Asian females who post a series of liberal reposts and don't seem to have any content of their own. It all feels very scammy.
May 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I thought Bluesky would be better than Twitter, but I'm getting an endless stream of followers who all seem to be Asian females who post a series of liberal reposts and don't seem to have any content of their own. It all feels very scammy.
For anyone who hasn't received an expected royalty for April 1 from Penguin Random Whatever, they now require a scanned W9 to release payments. But they never told me this until I asked where my money was. Let your author friends know, if you think this might affect them.
April 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
For anyone who hasn't received an expected royalty for April 1 from Penguin Random Whatever, they now require a scanned W9 to release payments. But they never told me this until I asked where my money was. Let your author friends know, if you think this might affect them.
I embrace the pleasure that comes from being an amateur photographer. I know I would have to learn a lot before I could come close to the sort of shots the pros get. But sometimes, a photo happens to look very nice, and I like to share those. Here's one from this morning of a downy woodpecker.
April 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I embrace the pleasure that comes from being an amateur photographer. I know I would have to learn a lot before I could come close to the sort of shots the pros get. But sometimes, a photo happens to look very nice, and I like to share those. Here's one from this morning of a downy woodpecker.
Happy National Poetry Month. Here's a link to the poetry scene (about poetry, written in prose) from Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, which hits its 20th anniversary this June, and always sells well on the day before summer-reading essays are due. You'll love it. davidlubar.com/SFNL_poetry_scene.htm
David Lubar—SFNL Poetry Scene
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April 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Happy National Poetry Month. Here's a link to the poetry scene (about poetry, written in prose) from Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, which hits its 20th anniversary this June, and always sells well on the day before summer-reading essays are due. You'll love it. davidlubar.com/SFNL_poetry_scene.htm
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Canadians! 🇨🇦 Book industry needs your help (incl. for 🇨🇦 book creators like me, whose books are published and/or warehoused in U.S.).
Dept of Finance seeks feedback before April 2nd, 2025 re: tariffs, including tariffs on BOOKS coming into Canada from US: slowburnbooks.ca/april-2-tariff
#CanLit
Dept of Finance seeks feedback before April 2nd, 2025 re: tariffs, including tariffs on BOOKS coming into Canada from US: slowburnbooks.ca/april-2-tariff
#CanLit
March 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Canadians! 🇨🇦 Book industry needs your help (incl. for 🇨🇦 book creators like me, whose books are published and/or warehoused in U.S.).
Dept of Finance seeks feedback before April 2nd, 2025 re: tariffs, including tariffs on BOOKS coming into Canada from US: slowburnbooks.ca/april-2-tariff
#CanLit
Dept of Finance seeks feedback before April 2nd, 2025 re: tariffs, including tariffs on BOOKS coming into Canada from US: slowburnbooks.ca/april-2-tariff
#CanLit
I am so proud of my daughter. www.pw.org/about-us/new...
Introducing the 2025 Get the Word Out Poetry Fellows
www.pw.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I am so proud of my daughter. www.pw.org/about-us/new...
Fourth outage for Twitter today. Apparently, unlike boxing, Twitter does not have a three-knockdown rule.
March 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Fourth outage for Twitter today. Apparently, unlike boxing, Twitter does not have a three-knockdown rule.
I suspect some of the newer writers here might never have seen this essential clip from Harlan Ellison, so I figured I'd post a link. (And if you are thinking "Harlan who?" you definitely should watch it.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5I...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5I...
March 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I suspect some of the newer writers here might never have seen this essential clip from Harlan Ellison, so I figured I'd post a link. (And if you are thinking "Harlan who?" you definitely should watch it.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5I...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5I...
I'm happy to announce that the local red-winged blackbirds have started getting ready for mating and nesting.
March 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I'm happy to announce that the local red-winged blackbirds have started getting ready for mating and nesting.
In a slight departure from my posts of birds and stuff like that, here's something political:
February 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
In a slight departure from my posts of birds and stuff like that, here's something political:
Look what my favorite daughter did! The title refers to Margitte's "The Treachery of Images," aka "This is not a pipe."
merionwest.com/2025/01/22/t...
merionwest.com/2025/01/22/t...
The Treachery of Poetry
“How/it both is, and is not/a type of existence.” after Magritte This is not another poem about the moon or the last strawberry popsicle of August or how the cherry blossoms last eight days. Consi...
merionwest.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Look what my favorite daughter did! The title refers to Margitte's "The Treachery of Images," aka "This is not a pipe."
merionwest.com/2025/01/22/t...
merionwest.com/2025/01/22/t...
I suspect whoever named the hairy woodpecker never considered that possibility that someday people would try to get middle-school boys interested in birding.
January 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I suspect whoever named the hairy woodpecker never considered that possibility that someday people would try to get middle-school boys interested in birding.
Wow -- those snow geese cast a HUGE shadow...
January 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Wow -- those snow geese cast a HUGE shadow...
I love how this photo of a dark-eyed junco came out.
January 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I love how this photo of a dark-eyed junco came out.
Like a cardinal in the wind...
January 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Like a cardinal in the wind...
Six gees a laying...
(Disclaimer -- not geese.)
(Disclaimer -- not laying)
Happy New Year!
(Disclaimer -- not geese.)
(Disclaimer -- not laying)
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Six gees a laying...
(Disclaimer -- not geese.)
(Disclaimer -- not laying)
Happy New Year!
(Disclaimer -- not geese.)
(Disclaimer -- not laying)
Happy New Year!
My two favorite winter visitors are adding a touch of loveliness to the dreary, wet days. Dark-eyed junco and white-throated sparrow.
December 28, 2024 at 6:24 PM
My two favorite winter visitors are adding a touch of loveliness to the dreary, wet days. Dark-eyed junco and white-throated sparrow.
I am flooded with garbage follows. Most look like some some sort of Asian porn. Is there any point in staying here?
December 14, 2024 at 11:56 PM
I am flooded with garbage follows. Most look like some some sort of Asian porn. Is there any point in staying here?
I wrote this humor piece in the 1980s after I had to change doctors because of my HMO, and actually sold it to AOL back when they had a humor feature. It's one of my most frequently stolen works. Given current events, I felt it would be fun to share it here. www.davidlubar.com/hmofaq.htm
David Lubar—HMO Humor
www.davidlubar.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:22 PM
I wrote this humor piece in the 1980s after I had to change doctors because of my HMO, and actually sold it to AOL back when they had a humor feature. It's one of my most frequently stolen works. Given current events, I felt it would be fun to share it here. www.davidlubar.com/hmofaq.htm
I've been here since 2023, but have posted sparsely because I'm not sure what persona I want to present here or what façade I want to costume myself with. I'm scattered on Twitter, with jokes, bird photos, and political rants. Maybe I should try being a motivator here. LMK is that works for you.
December 10, 2024 at 7:50 PM
I've been here since 2023, but have posted sparsely because I'm not sure what persona I want to present here or what façade I want to costume myself with. I'm scattered on Twitter, with jokes, bird photos, and political rants. Maybe I should try being a motivator here. LMK is that works for you.
Lest I be accused of posting nothing but bird photos, here are a couple of non-avian shots from a place that enthralled me, the butterfly garden at the Audubon Aquarium in New Orleans.
November 22, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Lest I be accused of posting nothing but bird photos, here are a couple of non-avian shots from a place that enthralled me, the butterfly garden at the Audubon Aquarium in New Orleans.