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Work-in-progress: reviews, poetry, fiction writing comic books horror

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Public Lending Rights Chuff writing comic books horror

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Sooo... @gailsimone.bsky.social 's Uncanny X-Men: Red Wave is terrific. Lent my borrowed trade to a lcolleague (Spoiiler alert: I work at a liberry). Heartfelt moments, clever action, masterful character depictions. & sexy, too!
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Great work, Gail! Thank you.
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Hey—thanks! And 5k is a good distance for a word-runner like me.
And thanks for the reply. ;)

Submissions Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

Submissions for the next issue of Translunar Travelers Lounge open soon. From March 15-21 is reserved for writers of color; from March 22 until April 15 is general submissions for everybody. We are looking for speculative fiction up to 5,000 words. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Hello there, Translunar! Firstly, great to see your mag out there. Secondly, Is there any flexibility with the word count?
Many thanks!

Translunar Travelers Lounge a speculative fiction magazine

The guidelines say that we're looking for "fun" in the stories. That might mean light-hearted, it might mean serious yet optimistic, it might mean interesting, or brilliantly written. Our latest issue has all of these and more. translunartravelerslounge.com

Public Lending Rights Chuff writing comic books horror

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I know, right?
#Comicnerdoutrules

Happy belared, indeed! I received these.

Hey—yer welcome from the other side of the pond (Ottawa). Keep it up. Will "tune in" again.

Couldn't cue it up see the flick in theatre with the lads (busy parents). Watched Trachtenburg's Killer of Killers (on Disney) last night, tho, and loved Prey, so I might cheat on my inner circle and watch Badlands by meself soon.
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Good gods, thank you, The 250! You may be my new fave podcast, with your Irish hosts and erudite, thought-provoking talk about Predator: Badlands. Been dying to see the flick since catching a glowing @ebertvoices.bsky.social summer review.
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437. Predator: Badlands - All-ien 2025 (#---) Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Joey Keogh, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by ...

Absolutely digging
Andrew Quinn, @darrenmooney.bsky.social and Jess Dunne
on the The 250 episode 437, talking Predator: Badlands, paricularly examing briefly how Star Wars, Die Hard and Rambo as US filmmakers revisiting 'Nam.
Podbean.
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'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You' is a tremendous addition to that worthy pantheon of non-horror films that manage to be significantly more unsettling than 90% of actual horror films. Bonus points for the terrifying hamster.

Another video from FAU’s anti-ICE protest today

Enjoyed hearing @paulkupperberg.bsky.social on @wordballoon.bsky.social.
Ate up Kupperberg's 1980-1984 New Adventures of Superboy as a kid and, later, Vigilante.
Word Balloon Comics Podcast. The Day DC Got Canceled: Paul Kupperberg Remembers the Implosion.
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False alarm! Armed man shot at Mar-a-Lago just Kid Rock playing paintball

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I can only posit that infidelity is good US shorthand for stepping out (if you'll pardon the 1970's musical refemce to Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out") of one's comfort zone, routines and embracing adventure?

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

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I do so love getting Chantal Hébert's cogent assessment of any cutrent issue. Case in point—the US president's attempt to stop the, uh, alreaady constructed Gordie Howe International Bridge.

Gordie Howe bridge opponent donated $1 million to MAGA fund days before Donald Trump’s threat to prevent its opening Matthew Moroun, whose family owns the Ambassador Bridge, gave $1 million to a PAC that supports Trump days before Trump threatened to block the opening of the new, competing span

Gordie Howe bridge opponent donated $1 million to MAGA fund days before Donald Trump’s threat to prevent its opening

#SendHelp is the first great movie of 2026. #SamRaimi

Finally doing a long-overdue back-to-back watch of Gregg Araki's Teen Apocalypse trilogy. Already saw and The Doom Generation and Nowhere, years back, but not Araki's Totally F***ed Up. Araki was years ahead of his time, depicting Gen X counterculural nihilism, malaise, and fierce queer rep.

Aye! Truer words...

A drawing of three speed skaters (by me!) One is wearing red and white with black accents and the caption "Guy who is either Canadian or Swiss or Austrian or Japanese or Polish or Danish" One is wearing red white and blue and is labeled "Guy who is either American or Norwegian or French or Czech or Slovakian or Slovenian or British" One is wearing neon orange and labeled Guy who is UNDENIABLY DUTCH

God bless the Dutch for this

Amazing-Man Comics 5 (434)

I'm amazed.;)