As of today. Well, him and Sawyer. Proud to have Night of the Mannequins out again, this time from Tor Nightfire. Thanks, Kelly Lonesome, and the rest of the team. Hope this novella finds a whole new swath of people to hang out with:
I hear that maybe The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is the first novel to be a finalist in TWO categories? Could be, not sure. Either way, super honored by it—thrilled to be alongside these amazing writers and their excellent books: https://www.latimes.com/events/festival-of-books/book-prizes
Hey, remembered to stop this one at “10” as well. I’m getting better. Well, less losery?
(I don't know how to feel after the library committee meeting tonight. Part of me is appreciative that I did not get any significant resistance on most of my titles, including Disability Intimacy and Year of the Tiger. But I am still crushed that I lost on this one, and mad that it came to
Honored to be in that cool category with Silvia Moreno-Garcia: https://people.com/2026-libby-book-awards-finalists-full-list-exclusive-11898327
Okay, I should probably say “Recent,” meaning “not exactly recent,” as these go back a little farther than usual. First is the Etch documentary episode—I got to be the pilot for the excellent and amazing First Word on Horror series! (which was probably just a “his footage randomly got through post first,” nothing special about
. . . is BOOK CLUBBING! Well, so says a book dude, who doesn’t really go to club-clubs.
And, in addition to BHH having somehow made it to the final ballot for a Splatterpunk Award—a ceremony I’ve been to—it’s also now up for an Audie:
Horror, no matter the sub-genre, is always about survival. Of the body, the mind. The heart, the soul. The status quo. The future. While horror isn’t the sole province of American Indians—horror’s for everyone—it does track that the many sovereign nations here in North America that survived an attempted genocide, a violent displacement, and a
The world’s oldest rock art discovered in Indonesia | National Geographic Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE Welcome to the Camping Games (now please show up) | Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine | University of Colorado Boulder Ancient DNA Reveals Twisted Roots of Syphilis Go Back 5,500 Years :
Been “demontheory.net” since some readers somehow bought that for me back in 2005, I think it was? They ran this site for a year or two, then I took over, been messing it up ever since. But, after all this time, “stephengrahamjones.com,” which has been resolving TO “demontheory.net,” is finally the URL that sticks around.
& comic-booking, and the rascally comic-bookers who comic-book Anyway, went to add this one/below to my comic books page, and saw that I never got around to building it up. So, it’s built up now. Right up to the left, here (in the current iteration of the site): hot topics>talking about>comic books.
It would be in the new & improved States of Grace, but . . . didn’t write it in time:
How had I not read all these before? So amazing. I couldn’t stop. Wanted more. I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell : r/nosleep I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 2!) : r/nosleep
(and . . . all these I been saving up, too) https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/nov/30/fran-lebowitz-interview-love-novels-hiking-leaf-blowers-labubu Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness | Street Roots https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506650-asteroid-bennu-carries-all-the-ingredients-for-life-as-we-know-it https://www.sciencealert.com/curiosity-cracked-open-a-rock-on-mars-and-revealed-a-big-surprise Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability : ScienceAlert Huge undersea wall dating from 5000 BC found in France This Weirdly Smart, Creeping
(let these stack up whilst we were getting the new site ready, so . . . feels like a double triple dose . . . )
All the times I’ve said that before, it’s just been a new theme. Which . . . yeah, okay, sure, this is a new theme as well. But? So much has changed and’s still changing behind the scenes, not the least of which is that there’s someone way more capable than me getting things working.
for the moment. and, I suspect I’ve done a post like this already. but? I never saw this (below). just stumbled on it when looking up the title for one of these:
