Storm Humbert
SFF author, editor, gamer, and gym rat. www.stormhumbertwrites.com
- Issue #152 from @apexmag.bsky.social is live, and it’s got my debut essay, “Not a Scab, but a Wound!” Subscribers can read now, and it’ll be free to all in two weeks. I’ll post again then, but I hope people read and that it inspires discussion. Link below.
- Three weeks to launch! Follow the project to be alerted on launch, and lock in bonus rewards if you’re either among the first 100 backers or back in the first five days (or both)!
- @apexmag.bsky.social made me a pro, and now they’ve made me an essayist as well :). So excited to have my essay “Not a Scab, but a Wound,” set to appear in their February issue! I hope you’ll all check it out once it’s available and let me know what you think of it.
- Anchor author announcement :)
- We've got the full list of anchor authors for our upcoming project, "Missed-Fits": @rrvirdi.bsky.social, @retreasure.bsky.social, @jasonsanford.bsky.social, @gryphonrose.bsky.social, Erin Roberts, @nameshiv.bsky.social, @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social, @henryherz.bsky.social, and Rob Cameron!
- New project announcement! Here’s the next anthology by @calendaroffools.bsky.social! Follow to be alerted upon launch. Open call to follow funding :)
- Writing research fact: ravens and crows are only black *to us*. Animals that see a wider range of the spectrum see them as explosions of color (think parrots, but colors shift with angles, like chameleon paint). They look glossy to us sometimes because their violet, hues border what we can perceive.
- Another free story! Three weeks only. Read it while you can :)
- Another new free story! This one’s a happy, heartfelt ghost story about love and family and motherhood, and I know you’ll love it.
- Another free story! Check out @chrisblake.bsky.social’s “Life After Life After Life” from our recent anthology. Three weeks only to read it for free.
- Another great story temporarily available for free! Don’t miss out.
- Another free story. A quick read at only 250 words, and well worth your time!
- A speaker in the political theater promoting political violence is like a rancher who sets his rivals field ablaze then curses the wind when his own house burns… those who start fires aren’t entitled to pity. We can decry wildfires without pitying arsonists, or missing them, for that matter.
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- Free stories from the “Intergalactic Rejects” anthology, for a limited time only. Starting with “The Horses of Pazyryk” by @slharris.bsky.social!
- See, these are the kinds of conspiracy theories I can get behind…
- Anyone see the one-man play Trump put on at the White House today? I hear he’s calling it “Diddler on the Roof.”
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- He’s right, you know.
- Every lie is a debt taken out against the truth, and the bill always comes due. Poverty hurts you. Not poor people. Suppression hurts you. Not LGBTQIA+ people. Illiteracy hurts you. Not science. Wealth inequality hurts you. Not immigrants. War kills you. Not social progress. Wake up.
- Apropos of nothing, of course… m.youtube.com/watch?v=RTgv...
- Back from @readercon.bsky.social! I had an incredible time, as always. Thanks to all the chairs, organizers, volunteers, etc. There’s no con at all without you, and this year’s was a great one. Fantastic panels, great books, and even better company :). Can’t wait until next year!
- Here’s my schedule for @readercon.bsky.social! I’m excited for all my events and so many others on the schedule. Come on out and see us :)
- At the airport getting ready to head to @readercon.bsky.social! Can’t wait to see everyone :)
- So excited this story is available to everyone today, and especially happy to be back in @apexmag.bsky.social !
- More reviews for “Intergalactic Rejects”! Better still, they liked it :)
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- As Carlin said, “You don’t need a formal conspiracy when their interests align.” The ultra wealthy want us dumb. They want us uneducated. They want us devoid of critical thought. Don’t give it to them. Read. Think. Speak. Repeat.
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- So excited to be in @apexmag.bsky.social again! Plus I love this story, which wouldn’t exist without the fantastic art featured at @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social ‘s MoCon!
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- My latest story, “Click” is now out from behind the wall and free to read at @crepuscularmag.bsky.social! A quick read at just 250 words :) www.patreon.com/posts/februa...
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- “A world without Caesars.” Epic
- I did an awful job (as usual) taking pictures at ConFusion this past weekend. Glad I ended up in one of these! It was awesome catching up with old friends and making new ones at this year’s con!
- Just throwing it out there: We start calling Elon Shitstain VonApartheid, both because of his little salute and because it pairs so well with Fuckface VonClownstick
- So, an update on my publishing news: My story "Click" has been accepted for publication in @crepuscularmag.bsky.social! It'll be available to patrons starting February 13 and go live for the general public on March 13! It's my first published micro, and I can't wait for everyone to read it!
- Always worth a repost.
- Really going to try to be on here more. Meta and X are such shit shows…
- I heard someone refer to the Luigi memes as gallows humor, but that doesn’t seem right to me. This is guillotine humor. They’re both forms of execution, but this seems more appropriate.
- It’s ToC announcement day! I absolutely loved all of these stories and can’t wait for them to be out in the world!
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- In case anyone needed more evidence that Elon is a sad loser…
- This is the energy we need.
- Site finally updated! I was 4 publications behind lol.
- Dayjob overflowed into my weekend for the first time in years (poor time management on my part). Still, means I’m not writing today. So, please tell me what’s the favorite sentence, scene, book, etc. (that fits in one comment) you’ve written or read recently?
- I think I’m gonna be on here more. Facebook and Twitter are poison.
- I’m such a Tolkien nerd and I can’t help winking to other Tolkien nerds whenever I write fantasy and I’m not sorry about it.
- T minus 20 minutes :)
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- So excited for the support we’ve seen. Please, come back for any amount and get a sneak peek at David Boop’s original story for our “Intergalactic Rejects” anthology!
- The Kickstarter for my editorial debut is live. Thanks so much to all the featured authors named in the OP. Link to the campaign in the comments.
- I’m so pumped for this anthology. I really hope we fund so we can find homes for 8 more under appreciated stories right alongside our featured authors :)
