Stockton Smith
@stocktonsmith.bsky.social
Mystery writer. Permanent research phase. Wrote The Hollow Oak and Benoni's Defense. https://stocktonsmithbooks.com/
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got a couple new blog posts for you:
Dr. Wolf, the wolf doctor: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
Uberization of the novel: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
cool anchor tags, huh? I'll write a couple skeets about them, or whatever we call posting on bsky
Dr. Wolf, the wolf doctor: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
Uberization of the novel: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
cool anchor tags, huh? I'll write a couple skeets about them, or whatever we call posting on bsky
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100% of profits from Dec 24 sales of all Coevolution Press titles will be donated to aid Portland's Path Home in their mission to "empower families with children to get back into housing & stay there."
Thank you for all you do to share & support this annual royalty drive. (1/2)
Thank you for all you do to share & support this annual royalty drive. (1/2)
December 13, 2024 at 11:36 PM
100% of profits from Dec 24 sales of all Coevolution Press titles will be donated to aid Portland's Path Home in their mission to "empower families with children to get back into housing & stay there."
Thank you for all you do to share & support this annual royalty drive. (1/2)
Thank you for all you do to share & support this annual royalty drive. (1/2)
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Long time listener, first time caller, just out of curiosity, what happens when Senators continue to confirm a lawless President’s appointments? I’ll hang up and listen.
This is what happens when Congress allows the President to appoint his criminal defense lawyers to run the Justice Department.
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Long time listener, first time caller, just out of curiosity, what happens when Senators continue to confirm a lawless President’s appointments? I’ll hang up and listen.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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Trying to get groceries but mesmerized by this incredible mural.
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trying to get groceries but mesmerized by this incredible mural.
Pro tip: save the last chapter of your WIP and finish it first thing in the morning on a Saturday. That way you can celebrate all day instead of for an hour before you crash out!
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Pro tip: save the last chapter of your WIP and finish it first thing in the morning on a Saturday. That way you can celebrate all day instead of for an hour before you crash out!
I've noticed more nonsensical suggestions than before in Word, and I'm ready to attribute them to an LLM because of the kind of sense they don't make.
Dear Microsoft Word,
I get that she might not always be able to find and retrieve it again, but trust me, when I say my character "looses an arrow", no, I do not mean that she "loses an arrow"!
Yours sincerely,
Dom
I get that she might not always be able to find and retrieve it again, but trust me, when I say my character "looses an arrow", no, I do not mean that she "loses an arrow"!
Yours sincerely,
Dom
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I've noticed more nonsensical suggestions than before in Word, and I'm ready to attribute them to an LLM because of the kind of sense they don't make.
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If you had (or will have) a PI story published this year and you want it considered for The Best Private Eye Stories of the Year 2026, follow the submission instructions here: www.crimefictionwriter.com/submissions....
Remember: If I don't see your story, I can't consider your story.
Remember: If I don't see your story, I can't consider your story.
Submissions
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November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If you had (or will have) a PI story published this year and you want it considered for The Best Private Eye Stories of the Year 2026, follow the submission instructions here: www.crimefictionwriter.com/submissions....
Remember: If I don't see your story, I can't consider your story.
Remember: If I don't see your story, I can't consider your story.
from the article: "OpenAI’s lawyers may have already made a major misstep by at first claiming that the company had deleted the LibGen data 'due to… non-use' — only to change their mind, claiming they had misspoken."
If I steal a car but don't drive it, is it really theft? Food for thought.
If I steal a car but don't drive it, is it really theft? Food for thought.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
from the article: "OpenAI’s lawyers may have already made a major misstep by at first claiming that the company had deleted the LibGen data 'due to… non-use' — only to change their mind, claiming they had misspoken."
If I steal a car but don't drive it, is it really theft? Food for thought.
If I steal a car but don't drive it, is it really theft? Food for thought.
Can I start putting verbiage from all these scam emails about how great my book is in editorial reviews? 🤔
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Can I start putting verbiage from all these scam emails about how great my book is in editorial reviews? 🤔
if only someone could have predicted that having a masked gestapo would end up here... Just kidding. Like everyone warned about this possibility, and we should understand that a system is what it does, not what it purports to do. State-sanctioned vigilantism is an intended outcome!!
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
if only someone could have predicted that having a masked gestapo would end up here... Just kidding. Like everyone warned about this possibility, and we should understand that a system is what it does, not what it purports to do. State-sanctioned vigilantism is an intended outcome!!
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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I'm still thinking up a good logline pitch for THE PHOTONIC EFFECT that does NOT mention Star Trek or Mass Effect, but if you like those two things and my novels, you'll probably want to request an eARC on Netgalley (available now!)
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
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The Photonic Effect
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I'm still thinking up a good logline pitch for THE PHOTONIC EFFECT that does NOT mention Star Trek or Mass Effect, but if you like those two things and my novels, you'll probably want to request an eARC on Netgalley (available now!)
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
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My new literary flash story is out in Blue Lake Review. For decades, I worked in public schools teaching my students literature and art and how to hide in dark and quiet classrooms. My story takes a fantastic view of this horror our society lives with. bluelakereview.weebly.com/a-runaway-bu...
A Runaway Bullet Runs Through Our Town
A Runaway Bullet Runs Through Our Town Sam Pisciotta S ometimes it ricochets off the side of a building or pings the hood of a car. I fucking freeze. Like Pavlov’s dog, I can’t help myself....
bluelakereview.weebly.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My new literary flash story is out in Blue Lake Review. For decades, I worked in public schools teaching my students literature and art and how to hide in dark and quiet classrooms. My story takes a fantastic view of this horror our society lives with. bluelakereview.weebly.com/a-runaway-bu...
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got a couple new blog posts for you:
Dr. Wolf, the wolf doctor: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
Uberization of the novel: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
cool anchor tags, huh? I'll write a couple skeets about them, or whatever we call posting on bsky
Dr. Wolf, the wolf doctor: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
Uberization of the novel: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
cool anchor tags, huh? I'll write a couple skeets about them, or whatever we call posting on bsky
Case Notes
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November 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
got a couple new blog posts for you:
Dr. Wolf, the wolf doctor: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
Uberization of the novel: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
cool anchor tags, huh? I'll write a couple skeets about them, or whatever we call posting on bsky
Dr. Wolf, the wolf doctor: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
Uberization of the novel: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
cool anchor tags, huh? I'll write a couple skeets about them, or whatever we call posting on bsky
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Uberization of the Novel
TLDR: the deluge of sludge in self-publishing makes it harder to find cool books, forcing authors to spend most of their time fighting robots to share their work.
stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
TLDR: the deluge of sludge in self-publishing makes it harder to find cool books, forcing authors to spend most of their time fighting robots to share their work.
stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
Case Notes
stocktonsmithbooks.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Uberization of the Novel
TLDR: the deluge of sludge in self-publishing makes it harder to find cool books, forcing authors to spend most of their time fighting robots to share their work.
stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
TLDR: the deluge of sludge in self-publishing makes it harder to find cool books, forcing authors to spend most of their time fighting robots to share their work.
stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
Dr. Wolf, the Wolf Doctor
TLDR: I'm writing a werewolf novel, and I want it to be weird as fuck. The basic idea: a medical thriller with a werewolf protagonist that stays true to both genres while taking into account modern developments in werewolf fiction.
stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
TLDR: I'm writing a werewolf novel, and I want it to be weird as fuck. The basic idea: a medical thriller with a werewolf protagonist that stays true to both genres while taking into account modern developments in werewolf fiction.
stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
Case Notes
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November 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Dr. Wolf, the Wolf Doctor
TLDR: I'm writing a werewolf novel, and I want it to be weird as fuck. The basic idea: a medical thriller with a werewolf protagonist that stays true to both genres while taking into account modern developments in werewolf fiction.
stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
TLDR: I'm writing a werewolf novel, and I want it to be weird as fuck. The basic idea: a medical thriller with a werewolf protagonist that stays true to both genres while taking into account modern developments in werewolf fiction.
stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
Uberization of the Novel
TLDR: the deluge of sludge in self-publishing makes it harder to find cool books, forcing authors to spend most of their time fighting robots to share their work.
stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
TLDR: the deluge of sludge in self-publishing makes it harder to find cool books, forcing authors to spend most of their time fighting robots to share their work.
stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
Case Notes
stocktonsmithbooks.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Uberization of the Novel
TLDR: the deluge of sludge in self-publishing makes it harder to find cool books, forcing authors to spend most of their time fighting robots to share their work.
stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
TLDR: the deluge of sludge in self-publishing makes it harder to find cool books, forcing authors to spend most of their time fighting robots to share their work.
stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
got a couple new blog posts for you:
Dr. Wolf, the wolf doctor: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
Uberization of the novel: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
cool anchor tags, huh? I'll write a couple skeets about them, or whatever we call posting on bsky
Dr. Wolf, the wolf doctor: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
Uberization of the novel: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
cool anchor tags, huh? I'll write a couple skeets about them, or whatever we call posting on bsky
Case Notes
stocktonsmithbooks.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
got a couple new blog posts for you:
Dr. Wolf, the wolf doctor: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
Uberization of the novel: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
cool anchor tags, huh? I'll write a couple skeets about them, or whatever we call posting on bsky
Dr. Wolf, the wolf doctor: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#dr_wolf
Uberization of the novel: stocktonsmithbooks.com/notes#uberiz...
cool anchor tags, huh? I'll write a couple skeets about them, or whatever we call posting on bsky
People can't afford basic hygiene products. Instead of using their immense wealth to help, there are corporations that respond by paying to put deodorant and razors in locked cases with alarms. Coincidentally, many are the same corporations whose fulltime employees rely on SNAP for groceries...
can't believe outlets are running moral-panic headlines again based on flimsy anecdata from the *same* trade group (the national retailer federation) and sponsored by the *same* anti-theft company (sensormatic) that had to retract this *same* "study" just two years ago for being bogus.
Retailers Dealing With Increasing Levels of Theft and Violence
Report emphasizes importance of preventive measures, coordination with law enforcement
progressivegrocer.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
People can't afford basic hygiene products. Instead of using their immense wealth to help, there are corporations that respond by paying to put deodorant and razors in locked cases with alarms. Coincidentally, many are the same corporations whose fulltime employees rely on SNAP for groceries...
The Hollow Oak is out now on kindle unlimited or to buy. If you read, please leave a review!
Cass and Artie return to take down a UFO cult and square off against the seven foot tall mantis running the show! A reality-cracking psychedelic noir thriller. With jokes!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ3MPJTX
Cass and Artie return to take down a UFO cult and square off against the seven foot tall mantis running the show! A reality-cracking psychedelic noir thriller. With jokes!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ3MPJTX
The Hollow Oak: A psychedelic noir thriller (Inveztigators Book 2)
Amazon.com: The Hollow Oak: A psychedelic noir thriller (Inveztigators Book 2) eBook : Smith, Stockton: Books
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November 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Hollow Oak is out now on kindle unlimited or to buy. If you read, please leave a review!
Cass and Artie return to take down a UFO cult and square off against the seven foot tall mantis running the show! A reality-cracking psychedelic noir thriller. With jokes!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ3MPJTX
Cass and Artie return to take down a UFO cult and square off against the seven foot tall mantis running the show! A reality-cracking psychedelic noir thriller. With jokes!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ3MPJTX
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i know typos are supposed to be the sworn enemy and all, but sometimes they're so funny, and you should share them with others.
October 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
i know typos are supposed to be the sworn enemy and all, but sometimes they're so funny, and you should share them with others.
for anyone who has ever lost a job, it's okay to be upset that this bullshit is paying people's bills
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October 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
for anyone who has ever lost a job, it's okay to be upset that this bullshit is paying people's bills
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In case you think this is a joke
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In case you think this is a joke