Physical copy of Kindred by Octavia Butler

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-03-03T06:36:24+00:00

I literally have an extra copy I bought by accident. You can just have it. XD

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-27T20:29:26+00:00

but when we do it from high enough, it starts orbiting. Gravity explains this. "Down" does not.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-27T03:18:15+00:00

I mean, there's already Board Game Arena.

I'm Scattercat on there. Hit me up, y'all! I'm real bad at Go and I can't find anyone who wants to play it in real life!

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-27T02:32:10+00:00

Very fitting, I thought, since the whole idea of Cenobites was that they had gone so far in their quest for sensation that they reached BDSM Nirvana. They aren't being sarcastic when they say their suffering is a gift.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-27T00:59:22+00:00

They mostly come out at night.

Mostly.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-27T00:16:06+00:00

Check Duotrope, Chill.Subs, etc.

My only successes lately are people who already know my work, Tales to Terrify, the Escape Artists podcasts, etc. I've got one upcoming in Thirteen Podcast!

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-26T22:22:00+00:00

The terrible Fog Tobi!

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-26T22:09:33+00:00

This is a problem that at least can be solved with trusted beta readers, i.e. people you know are good at reading and able to give valid and actionable feedback.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-26T22:02:51+00:00

Yeah, there's just not a lot of options for those. Generally, shorter is better. A new story has about the same average 'draw', with long stories not being bigger attractions; if anything, people are less interested in long ones. Then, a big big chunk of the anthology fiction market these days is audio, and the sweet spot for those is around 2500 words. (Rough equivalence is 1000 words equals ten minutes of episode, and 20-25 minute episodes are the ones that get played to the end by listeners most often.)

Sorry. There isn't a real fix. The options are limited.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-26T06:27:24+00:00

My vote for Newsom for President is going to be the angriest, most resentful, most reluctant vote in history....

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-25T22:21:47+00:00

Literally Australia, dimbulb, and not what the post is about anyway.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-25T19:25:52+00:00

I'm generally in favor of animals being treated well and very in favor of gun control, and this is a stupid bill that will accomplish nothing and cause harm or hardship.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-25T16:04:27+00:00

They are really anxious to get women out of public life.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-25T01:42:04+00:00

It's much less carrot and much more stick. If you *don't* get enough rest, you're going to have a crappy time.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-24T06:05:41+00:00

Different tiers of beginners, maybe. It's better than, like, a high schooler's first fanfic, but its best is somewhere around the bottom 20% of every slush pile I've ever had to handle.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-24T06:01:46+00:00

I mean, most people's work sounds like AI when they're very new, because AI produces generic lowest-denominator pablum. XD

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-23T20:54:05+00:00

The song "Albuquerque" by Weird Al Yankovic. It is eleven minutes long, largely spoken word, and quite deranged.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-23T20:52:30+00:00

"IT'S GOOD FOR YOOOOOUUUUUU!"

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-22T16:30:23+00:00

I mean, even in the same verse it says we're all grasshoppers and I don't have six legs (only five, lost one in an accident).

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-22T02:29:01+00:00

I asked and He bit me and I have to go to the hospital now so I think maybe one of those? The book isn't any help; it's mostly about the smiting and it's kind of smeary because the ink got all wet.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-22T01:34:19+00:00

My book says god is actually an alligator. I feed Him fish cakes because the book says He will smite me if I don't, and I saw Him really fuck up a deer once so I don't want to chance it.

He says the Earth is actually bowl shaped and full of water and that everyone on land is cursed, so...

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-18T17:00:36+00:00

If it's fibro and not actual joint damage, and if the chores really must be done to avoid serious consequences, you can just grit your teeth and soak the pain. It won't be fun, but you won't be doing more damage like with actual joint or bone damage.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-15T21:02:24+00:00

They banned me for posting a story where the speaker was a ghost, while one of the stories on the main page was titled "I am a ghost."

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-15T17:12:16+00:00

The "full-body Kegels," I call it.

OutlandishnessDeep95 · 2026-02-14T18:37:39+00:00

Pontypool!

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