This past week was quiet, locally, though the rest of the country is in deliberately-induced chaos as incontinent President Trump is in the late stages of dementia. It is safe to say that his cheese has slid almost entirely off its cracker.

Reading

I am working my way through a pile of old literary journals and other such magazines. Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet has been at the top of the stack, but I grabbed issue 1.1 of New Edge Sword and Sorcery magazine for a change of pace. Both publications are excellent, and differ enough in their offerings that I can switch back and forth to keep both fresh in my mind.

Writing

Still planning my November writing project. Stay tuned for updates.

Weekly Writing Prompt

Subject: Language, Dragons
Setting: Lost City
Genre: Lovecraftian

Listening

The Alan Parsons Project, “Eye in the Sky,” from their 1982 album Eye in the Sky.

Interesting Links

• The MacArthur Genius Grant recipients for 2025 have been announced.
• Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• A zoomable map of every issue of Byte magazine.
• Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize