They don't all have to be good
Ian Patterson, Wendy Russell, Sean Thomas McDonnell, J. Kyle TurnerA publication of my daily writings, mostly fiction, primarily bullshit.
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Hi, I’m Ian.
Hey, I’m Ian Patterson. I write books. Did you know that already? How did you wind up here again? Did someone check your ID at the door? All minors will be given banned books and caffeine.
The author in his natural habitat....
The Execution Will Be Televised
Untitled photograph by Carl Mydans, 1935, of "meat testing" in Prince George's County, Maryland—Public Domain
The Execution Will Be Televised
The execution will be televised
And soon, a paid subscription—
a trigger pulled
between co...
Bird Bones
Michalina Janoszanka, Rajski ptak (Bird of paradise), public-domain.
BIRD BONES
Our dreams are only ortolans. Beautiful, free, easy to crush. We roast them over open coals, and eat them whole. We cover our heads with towels to blind our e...
Reading - Friday Afternoon Stories
Thank you to everyone who was able to join live! If you weren’t able to, I understand that you have other (less cool) commitments, but you can make it up to me by listening. This was a really fun way to read some work and talk about what in...
Books are Overdue
“Death: My Irony Surpasses All Others!” by Odilon Redon, Public Domain
Books are Overdue
Two hundred miles to go before we sleep, and there’s a bag of no doze in the back seat. We’re swimming in cooling coffee like frogs unboiling aliv...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Award-winning science fiction author, engineer, bike nerd. Check out my novels in the Narrator Cycle, and Fruits of Our Labor, out through Shiraki Press.
Kia ora, I’m Wendy. I write fiction about midlife mayhem, strange intuition, messy families, and the quiet weirdness tucked into everyday life. Sass & Sage is part story lab, part rage journal, and part soft place to land when the world gets loud.
Contest-winning horror and speculative fiction writer.
Writer, musician, red mage. Author of Company of Ghosts.
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