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More Baby Boomers are living alone. One reason why: ‘gray divorce’ | CNN https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/nyregion/serial-killers-gilgo-beach-rex-heuermann.html Scream the Game Review: Heart-Pounding Fun | WIRED https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/a-summer-bucket-list-for-teens-in-a-slasher-movie Hammer Horror Returning to Life With New Owner and New Slate of Movies – Bloody Disgusting Population collapse almost wiped out human ancestors, say scientists | Evolution | The Guardian Solenex will […]

Conan Conan Conan (the Barbarian, Cimmerian . . . )

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Usurper, Conqueror, etc — I finally got to write him! Could not be more thrilled! I’ve done non-fic on him, but never fiction. Finally, though. Here’s the cover for my story “Lord of the Mount,” coming September 26th from Titan:

Cool

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Hadn’t even thought of this:

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Mannequins, Werewolves, and more: a link grab bag

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https://www.frightfulhorror.com/post/ode-to-the-horror-novella https://genrestorm.com/horror/best-underrated-horror-books/ https://the-line-up.com/desert-horror-books https://horrortree.com/epeolatry-book-review-night-of-the-mannequins-by-stephen-graham-jones/?utm_campaign=epeolatry-book-review-night-of-the-mannequins-by-stephen-graham-jones

Birdlandia

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Or, now, I guess: “X-Landia?”

Bluesky, nothing but blue skies . . .

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Forgot to say: I’ve been mostly here lately, for social media. Verymuch digging the no-gifs, no videos, and, at least less of the Nazi types? I mean, so far, Bluesky isn’t doing that Rupert Murdoch thing of “fear gets eyes,” which, man, makes for a much more pleasant experience. Don’t get me wrong, Bluesky’s still

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https://www.afar.com/magazine/the-u-s-could-be-getting-a-new-national-park-in-2023?_amp=true Harrison Ford on ‘Indiana Jones,’ ‘Star Wars,’ Career https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/06/07/lee-berger-homo-naledi-bury-dead-rising-star-caves-cprog-cnntm-vpx.cnn Tuition, fees covered for Southern Ute students under partnership with tribe | CU Boulder Today | University of Colorado Boulder A Typical Day for a Protagonist in a Young Adult Fantasy Book – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/psychedelic-drugs-ancient-europe-evidence-menorca On the Endless Symbolism of the Best Summer

Birdlandia

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Another one I found in Drafts, this not quite complete. Or, not stacked very high, anyway:

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Excerpts from AI-Written Rom-Coms That Prove Human Writers Are Obsolete – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://www.science.org/content/article/modern-humans-and-neanderthals-may-have-overlapped-shared-culture-western-europe https://rapozacomics.carbonmade.com/projects/5313679 https://willchristopherbaer.substack.com/p/move-37 300,000-year-old snapshot: Oldest human footprints from Germany found Network of ancient Maya cities reveals well-organized civilization – The Washington Post Image Comics ditches Diamond for Lunar to get its comics into comic shops after a 25+ year relationship

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https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/in-retrospect-the-theme-for-chads-4th-birthday-party-should-not-have-been-stanford-prison-experiment (https://twitter.com/mcsweeneys/status/1632929056978001920?s=46&t=mhZCLAE0iAiaHztioYOVjA) Jenna Ortega Changed Wednesday Scripts: ‘The Character Made No Sense’ – Variety Researchers Examine 3,500-Year-Old Brown Bear Preserved in Siberian Permafrost | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/20/false-star ‘Marsupial sabertooth’ had massive canines that grew over its skull | CNN Stone tools accidentally made by Thai monkeys are surprisingly similar to those made by

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