Started reading Brandon Taylor's "Filthy Animals: Stories." amzn.to/3TvSNJR 📖🖊️ Been on my "to be read" list for years. Not sure why. Read him in "The New Yorker" maybe? Either way, glad it was; the first story was really good. #books #ShortStory #ShortStories Brandon

Some vampires are scary, some are sparkly, but they usually all hate the sun. Usually. In Lindz McLeod's #erotic #horror novella "Sunbathers," the undead love the sun; it's us humans who are nocturnal. To find out more, check out this exclusive Q&A. paulsemel.com/exclusive-inte… 📖🧛🌞

This is the "Hello Satan" pizza at Leopardo (6th & La Brea, Los Angeles): tomato sauce, fermented chilis, wildflower honey, pepperoni, garlic, and herbs. Super good, super spicy (glad I had ice cream at home), and so big that I took half home. #WhitePeopleTakingPicturesOfPizza 🍕

Started reading Zoë Hitzig's "Mezzanine: Poems." amzn.to/3AIHszq 📖🖊️ Read the first section; good stuff. Excited for the rest. #books #reading #poems #poetry Zoë Hitzig Ecco #BookTwitter #PoetryTwitter

Finished reading Tim Lebbon's "Predator: Incursion: The Rage War, Book 1." amzn.to/3RU3yEM 📖👾 This was unexpectedly exciting, clever, and engaging. Now for book 2. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera #MilitarySciFi Tim Lebbon Titan Books #BookTwitter

Started reading Tim Lebbon's "Alien: Invasion: The Rage War, Book 2." amzn.to/3QUXcEY 📖👾🔫🚀 Really hit the ground running. Or whatever the equivalent in space would be. Hit the space sliding? Hit the stars spinning? I give up. #ScienceFiction #SciFi #MilitarySciFi

Huh... I debated tossing Rice Krispies into my pancakes but never pulled the trigger.

It's too early for Halloween decorations, but it's never too early for a scary story that makes you question your sanity. In this Q&A with editor Ellen Datlow, she talks about the #horror #ShortStory anthology "Fears: Tales Of Psychological Horror." paulsemel.com/exclusive-inte… 📖😱

Finished reading Zoë Hitzig's "Mezzanine: Poems." amzn.to/3AIHszq 📖🖊️ This was 50 / 50 for me. Maybe 60 / 40. But mostly because I don't like #poems that get too clever with their structure. #books #reading #poetry #BookTwitter #PoetryTwitter

Finished reading Tim Lebbon's "Alien: Invasion: The Rage War, Book 2." amzn.to/3QUXcEY 📖👾🔫🚀 As exciting and compelling as the first book, even when it got a bit more out there. And now, for the conclusion... #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #MilitarySciFi

In my new interview with author Cameron Johnston, he says his new heroic and somewhat grimdark #fantasy novel "The Last Shield" is "a gender-flipped 'Die Hard' in a mysterious castle inspired by Bronze Age Scotland." And that's not all he says... paulsemel.com/exclusive-inte… 📖⚔️🪄

If you're wondering whether Taylor Swift endorsing Kamala Harris is a big deal...my elderly mother — who couldn't pick Taylor out of a police line-up if both their lives depended on it — called me immediately when it happened: at 11:30 East Coast time. 🗳️🐈‍⬛

And mom loved the way T signed it.

Started reading Tim Lebbon's "Alien Vs. Predator: Armageddon: The Rage War, Book 3." amzn.to/45PPXnV 📖👾🔫🚀 Like the 2nd book in this trilogy — and the 1st, now that I think about it — this wasted no time getting good. #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera #MilitarySciFi

In her new novella "Countess," author Suzan Palumbo (Suzan: Countdown to Countess) is putting a #SciFi #SpaceOpera spin on "The Count Of Monte Cristo." Except that, as she explains in this exclusive interview, "'Countess' has its own concerns." paulsemel.com/exclusive-inte… 📖🚀🪐

Thank you for your kind words and for doing the interview. I really appreciate it.

Sometimes it seems like there's walls between us. But in C.C. Robinson's new #YA novel "Divided," those walls have become physical. To find out how, and anything else you might need to know about this book, check out this interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-inte… 📖🧱🧱🧱

Finished reading the #noir #SciFi #ShortStory anthology "The Reinvented Detective." amzn.to/47mmG4V 📖🚀👮🪐🕵️ As a fan of dark crime novels and #ScienceFiction, this was right up my alley...my badly lit alley on a smokey night... #books #reading Cat Rambo #BookTwitter

Finished reading Tim Lebbon's "Alien Vs. Predator: Armageddon: The Rage War, Book 3." amzn.to/45PPXnV 📖👾🔫🚀 A satisfying and engaging end to this epic, and often unexpected, #MilitarySciFi / #SpaceOpera bug hunt. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #BookTwitter