William Preston
@williampreston
Writer (2026 publications include Asimov’s, Analog, and F&SF; story arc A Work of Human Hands in paperback via Amazon), former teacher, parent to three grown women. Interests include film, religion, history, many sciences. he/him ho-hum
Ross Douthat ends his NYT career (he's headed to 60 Minutes, if you didn't know) with a stunning piece of meta-opinion that reveals his own honest view of his years of work.
I am grateful to anyone who can explain this cryptic tag on a bag of Salada black tea. (I'm assuming there's a missing word or two—but this likely would have been good enough for the Oracle at Delphi.)
Wait till Hegseth adds the giant Anglo Jesus with a lightsaber.
Faint April Morning. (Unseeable detail: Snow had just begun to fall.)
Received a note from a book promoter telling me that my book of literary pulp fiction deserves more Amazon reviews (more purchases, I’d say), but the most compelling part of her note was what her AI scraping quoted back from my own description. No thanks! Please check out my book! Link in comments.
Ew. I can feel that horrific, needy menace of the hand on the shoulder.
A Work of Human Hands, my collected Asimov 's mag–published stories of a man who would become a pulp legend as well as a figure followed or feared, is, as the title suggests, a project of humans. I wrote every word, @chuckwelch.com laid it out, @artistronhill.bsky.social did the cover. Link below.
If this sounds like something you'd dig, the link is in the first comment. A Work of Human Hands collects my five stories from Asimov's Science Fiction about a real-life hero who becomes a pulp myth. (Also, that "bronze" skin is not from too much sun.) #FSF #pulp #Asimov's #shortstories
Warming and gusty with the promise of rain. #photography #clouds #weather
Creators, keep creating. All y'all. Sometimes people connect with what you've done. [Link to my collected stories of the Old Man (all first published in Asimov's SF) in the first comment.]
Even though two Roger Corman horror films came out the same year, I'll opt for Dr. No.
@asimovssfmag.bsky.social Have people seen the print January – February issue in bookstores or in the mail yet? (Someone needs to shovel me out so I can go check at B&N.)
Just the other day I saw Werner Herzog recounting the tale of the insane penguin walking into the blank interior OF ANTARCTICA from his movie Encounters at the End of the World, so this feels like an imagined, hopeful end to the reign of Trump. Lead on, crazy penguin!
My girlfriend, a nurse, said she wants to see an MRI of Trump's brain. I thought this might be the result.
If Squirrel Girl isn't in Doomsday, it's bullshit. #SquirrelGirl #Doomsday
@andrewhickey.500songs.com I have to thank you for this unexpected bit of hilarity towards the end of your Jimmy Cliff episode; I laughed out loud so sharply that, were my dog still with me, he would’ve wondered what had happened. Thank you.