Lili Saintcrow

I write books.

Black sheep of the von Schtupp clan. A crow for a fetch, I'm your huckleberry. (Hint: Like "synchro.")

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2026-10-27 18:12:45 UTC

"The hunger strike lasted 18 days, during which time the prison’s administration tried to break the strike by separating me from the other hunger strikers. I was moved first to security watch and then to a mental health unit."
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/10/27/hunger-strike-arizona-womens-prison/

2026-10-27 16:53:16 UTC

Perfect running weather, even if my legs felt like sacks of wet cement. Turned in a reasonable per-km time, had a lovely walk homeward, dry socks have been achieved, and I can now settle with a cuppa.

2026-10-27 16:38:16 UTC

Another Sons of Ymre sale! JAKE (Sons of Ymre #2) is $1.99USD (and CAD) in ebook at these retailers, until 11/3.
https://books2read.com/sonsofymre-jake
https://cdn.masto.host/raggedfeathers/media_attachments/files/117/513/853/048/913/476/original/253d95c8183a1261.png

2026-10-27 15:17:45 UTC

"The suitcase-to-printer pipeline ran for eight more years, with the Proffers diligently making their annual Soviet pilgrimage, until 1979, when they published Metropol, a smuggled uncensored anthology of Soviet poets, and the Kremlin finally banned them."
https://lithub.com/on-searching-for-nabokovs-rarest-paperbacks-across-america/

2026-10-27 15:08:54 UTC

Out for walkies just before dawn, and Boxnoggin was *such* a good boy even when we heard coyotes yipping, or when we had to stop and wait for a schoolbus to load up with energetic little humans.
He received a treat upon arriving home, and is well satisfied with the morn.

2026-10-27 13:40:23 UTC

Questionably Blest
https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2026/10/questionably-blest/

2026-10-27 13:03:56 UTC

Fresh fiction drops, weekly or monthly--use the code "SPOOKYTIME" at checkout to get 50% off your first month's subcription to my Latte's Worth, Crow's Nest, or Nest Egg Patreon tiers, until 10/31!
https://www.patreon.com/lilithsaintcrow
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2026-10-27 13:03:05 UTC

For a moment I thought I’d put too much pumpkin spice in my morning gruel but then I realised there is no such thing.
THE SPICE MUST FLOW.

2026-10-27 01:45:45 UTC

"The first phase is the music one listens to while thinking about writing, and the second is the music one listens to while actually writing."
https://lithub.com/how-to-find-the-perfect-writing-soundtrack/

2026-10-27 00:22:45 UTC

In honour of the season, the code "SPOOKYTIME" at checkout will get new subscribers (Latte's Worth, Crow's Nest, and Nest Egg tiers) 50% off their first month at my Patreon, until 10/31.
https://www.patreon.com/lilithsaintcrow

2026-10-26 23:32:45 UTC

Isn’t it strange how a problem the cable internet provider’s chatbot swears “will require a technician visit, for which there will be a charge” vanishes once one threatens to switch providers?
It’s almost magical how that happens.

2026-10-26 22:42:45 UTC

Made benchmarks *and* wordcount on both projects today (the two are not the same), and am feeling like I have more in the tank. I may save it for tomorrow, though; it's always best to leave a little; keeping the pump primed, as it were.

2026-10-26 22:32:47 UTC

A Halloween costume, a genie, and a historical mystery--DESIRES, KNOWN is $2.99USD in ebook until 10/31.
https://books2read.com/desiresknown
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2026-10-26 21:18:45 UTC

"No museum I’ve visited is as relentlessly hostile to curiosity, exhausting and ultimately depressing."
https://dnyuz.com/2026/10/22/a-new-724-million-museum-is-a-visually-stunning-train-wreck/

2026-10-26 20:32:45 UTC

"Everything went according to plan, until Bea drove the stake into the monster's heart..." DAYWALKER'S LEMAN (Tales of the Sanguinant #1) is $2.99USD (and CAD) in ebook, until 10/31.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL9NVCHX
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/daywalkers-leman-lilith-saintcrow/1149377738?ean=2940185231180
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/daywalker-s-leman
https://bookshop.org/a/1807/9781641973670

2026-10-26 19:25:46 UTC

For the lunchtime readers: True Luxury
https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2026/10/true-luxury/

2026-10-26 18:41:45 UTC

Was gonna go for another cuppa, but I need something with a bit more punch on this rainy Monday.
A couple quadshots oughta do it.

2026-10-26 18:12:45 UTC

"That’s become a major liability for top banks like Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, JPMorgan, and Wells Fargo, which are scrambling to implement security procedures and policy updates to get ahead of the AI swarm."
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/banks-preparing-ai-financial-catastrophe

2026-10-26 17:04:45 UTC

Today’s run was an intense pleasure. Perfect weather, just enough fallen leaves, a Very Good Dog in a yellow raincoat, and a goodly portion of my zen is returned.

2026-10-26 16:35:47 UTC

2026-10-26 15:17:45 UTC

"Yet little remains of this ingenuity. Some examples survive in glass and ivory, but exhibits are scarce; leather rots, wax deforms, glass breaks. Even when a dildo survives, it may be given another name..."
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/10/22/unexpected-literary-history-of-the-dildo/

2026-10-26 15:06:02 UTC

guess which square-headed canine dumbass lunged for a rabbit and got himself tangled in hops vine while still in his harness and strapped to Yours Truly?

2026-10-26 14:50:30 UTC

Geese crying overhead, and the entire neighbourhood smells of wet cedar and late apples.
My very favourite season finally, FINALLY commences.

2026-10-26 13:34:49 UTC

True Luxury
https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2026/10/true-luxury/

2026-10-26 13:04:10 UTC

2026-10-25 00:22:46 UTC

2026-10-24 23:05:45 UTC

"Combine it with the settlement that Meta agreed to pay to the 47 states, and you get $42 billion just in those cases, nearly equal to the company's entire profit for the first half of 2026."
https://www.jezebel.com/meta-25-billion-penalty-lawsuit-judgment-privacy-deception-cambridge-analytica-new-mexico-lawsuits

2026-10-24 22:32:47 UTC

2026-10-24 20:55:13 UTC

Saturday started out absurd and has continued in that vein.
I'm not averse to this, but there were other events planned, fa cry-eye.

2026-10-24 20:32:45 UTC

2026-10-24 20:31:11 UTC

The forecast swears a solid week of rainy weather will move in tomorrow. I'm hopeful, but I've been hurt before...
https://cdn.masto.host/raggedfeathers/media_attachments/files/117/497/781/802/338/594/original/41af491e988a4f1b.mp4

2026-10-24 17:42:45 UTC

So, wait, has NaNoWriMo rebranded as "Novel November", paid for by ProWritingAid, which used to be a spell/grammar checker but now is (you guessed it) an "'AI' grammar checker"--in short, yet another way for a griftslop machine to grab human-written text?
Do I have that right?

2026-10-24 17:11:59 UTC

The fog has burned off, but there's still plenty of cloud cover, plus a slight chilly breeze rattling dry leaves and half-bare branches. Perfect weather for strong black tea with buttered toast.

2026-10-24 16:35:49 UTC

2026-10-24 16:05:11 UTC

Good golly but it's a lovely, chilly, foggy autumn morn!
I oughta make some gingerbread.

2026-10-24 15:30:41 UTC

walking the dog in heavy fog, whistling an off-key rendition of Pachelbel's Canon
not sure if the crows are singing along, yelling at me to shut up, or think I'm lost and are trying to orient me by screaming

2026-10-24 15:17:45 UTC

I want software that actually *works*, not constant “updates” producing jankier and jankier pieces of slopcoded shite.

2026-10-24 14:39:31 UTC

Boxnoggin looking at me like I am PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE for the weather he dislikes will never not be hilarious.
If only I were a quarter as powerful as my dog is convinced I am.

2026-10-24 14:11:17 UTC

I'm at the point where I don't even want opt-in "'AI' capability" in any software I'm forced to use, because the griftslop bastards will absolutely steal everything, nailed down or not, EVEN IF the settings are turned to "no, no, absolutely not, HELL no."

2026-10-24 13:29:20 UTC

Putting the down comforter back on means the covers are a bit heavier, which is all to the good. It also temporarily throws off my proprioception juuuuust a tad.

2026-10-24 13:03:17 UTC

2026-10-24 01:45:45 UTC

babe
babe wake up
new voynich ms theory just dropped
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-mysterious-medieval-manuscript-has-stumped-scholars-for-well-over-a-century-could-its-pages-have-been-bound-out-of-order-this-whole-time-180989737/

2026-10-24 00:22:45 UTC

2026-10-23 23:32:45 UTC

"Stalling pitched the idea of skeletons dancing in a graveyard as a musical novelty where the animation would be set to the music, rather than the other way around. Disney wrote to his brother Roy in 1928 that the idea had “dandy possibilities.”"
https://reactormag.com/the-skeleton-dance-how-disneys-1929-short-became-a-masterpiece-of-the-macabre/

2026-10-23 22:45:13 UTC

Got to benchmarks/plot handholds in both projects today, plus it's Friday. Time to shamble for the couch with some military history.

2026-10-23 22:32:47 UTC

2026-10-23 21:18:24 UTC

"One cause for concern there is that the site is visibly decaying, not in terms of the quality of the written work that runs there, which remains high, but in terms of basic maintenance. "
https://defector.com/nobody-wants-to-talk-about-why-the-ringer-is-pivoting-to-substack

2026-10-23 20:32:24 UTC

2026-10-23 19:19:25 UTC

For the post-noon crew: Strong Absurdity
https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2026/10/strong-absurdity/

2026-10-23 18:20:55 UTC

So. This just landed in my inbox.
https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/kindle-plus-for-authors/

2026-10-23 18:12:24 UTC

"Billy Yank and Johnny Reb were not equal combatants: One fought to save the nation, and the other to destroy it. Shared valor is a red herring. "
https://lithub.com/enough-with-your-lost-cause-the-treasonous-confederacy-was-never-a-nation/

2026-10-23 17:39:37 UTC

Did *not* want this morning’s run, did it anyway. Am considering pancakes as a reward.

2026-10-23 16:35:27 UTC

2026-10-23 15:17:24 UTC

"Inscrutable though Johnson’s threat may be, it reveals a good deal about how ultra-high-net-worth tech executives understand their own power, not to mention how fragile their egos can be."
https://futurism.com/future-society/bryan-johnson-longevity-revenge-threat-ai-bots

2026-10-23 14:14:03 UTC

Strong Absurdity
https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2026/10/strong-absurdity/

2026-10-23 13:04:27 UTC

2026-10-23 00:22:38 UTC

2026-10-22 23:32:38 UTC

"Say what you will about the old arcade model, but you didn’t have to buy the cabinet and then pay a quarter per play."
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/xbox-wants-you-to-pay-24-to-40-cents-per-hour-to-stream-games-you-already-bought/

2026-10-22 22:32:39 UTC

2026-10-22 21:38:44 UTC

It's that time again--the weekly enshillening of my subscription wares. Let the fiction drop begin!
https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/subscriptions/

2026-10-22 21:18:41 UTC

"Because the trees have been felled illegally, she says wood from the two sites cannot be sold to wood-processing plants.
The move has also prompted questions over why Finland’s renewable energy sources are being used to power international corporations."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/finland-google-felling-trees-datacentre

2026-10-22 20:32:41 UTC

2026-10-22 19:12:41 UTC

For the afternoon crew: Gather and Brace
https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2026/10/gather-and-brace/

2026-10-22 18:12:41 UTC

I just backed this Kickstarter--it's the cover artist for COYOTE RUN, and the calendar is an absolutely marvelous idea. I hope it's successful.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/miwht2027/maybe-it-will-happen-today-the-2027-calendar

2026-10-22 16:35:43 UTC

2026-10-22 16:06:45 UTC

Gather and Brace
https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2026/10/gather-and-brace/

2026-10-22 13:04:06 UTC

2026-10-22 01:45:38 UTC

"I don’t mind the nameless narrator as a convention. I just don’t know what they want from me, or what they’re asking me to notice."
https://lithub.com/why-are-so-many-contemporary-novelists-not-naming-the-narrator/

2026-10-22 00:22:38 UTC

2026-10-21 23:32:38 UTC

"Without solid evidence, the incarcerated griever is at a disadvantage because it’s often your word against the word of a corrections officer."
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/10/20/how-i-won-a-lawsuit-against-the-department-of-corrections/

2026-10-21 22:32:41 UTC

2026-10-21 21:48:38 UTC

...and SWEET CAROLINE is revised, not to mention sent off to writing partner and agent, hopefully to give both a shiver on an autumn afternoon. Subscribers will get the unrevised epub this Thursday in the regular fiction drop.
It's a shuddery, nasty little story. I'm glad to have it out of my head.

2026-10-21 21:18:38 UTC

"The difficulty lies in the word inwitþancum, used to describe Beowulf’s intentions."
https://www.medievalists.net/2026/10/was-beowulf-the-villain-new-study-re-examines-the-old-english-epic/

2026-10-21 20:32:38 UTC

2026-10-21 18:12:38 UTC

"...such discoveries point to complex Ice Age cultures built on myths, beliefs and rituals – that is to say, societies that were in many ways not so different from our own."
https://aeon.co/videos/hohle-fels-cave-illuminates-the-rich-symbolic-world-of-ice-age-humans

2026-10-21 16:35:40 UTC

2026-10-21 16:17:30 UTC

Boxnoggin was SUCH a good boy on walkies today. He was gentlemanly toward other pedestrians, kept to his "space" at my side on a very loose leash, and looked to me for direction when a cat appeared.
He's worlds away from the reactive, nervous dog he was. It's so nice to see.

2026-10-21 15:17:38 UTC

"Plath had become a ghost of the culture at large, Rose argued: her persistent place, her haunting of us, reveals our fears, desires, and fantasies. Versions of her proliferate."
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/you-wince-like-a-girl/

2026-10-21 14:51:39 UTC

Chilly enough I can see my own breath this morning, and the geese are gossiping as they fly south.

2026-10-21 13:48:14 UTC

don’t mind me, just waiting for the espresso machine to heat up
staring
longingly
and sighing
heavily

2026-10-21 13:04:05 UTC

2026-10-21 01:15:38 UTC

"Tragically, the need for a place like Pillowfort has only grown more dire in the nearly ten years since we launched, but it’s also become more difficult to sustain a place like Pillowfort since it started."
https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/8413273/

2026-10-21 00:22:38 UTC

2026-10-20 23:32:38 UTC

"OpenAI and Anthropic are horrifyingly unprofitable, deeply unstable, and as I’ve discussed, 80% of their revenues come from companies that literally can’t afford to pay them, and yet the markets never react, because this information doesn’t really matter as long as the right numbers keep going up."
https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-had-better-work-out/

2026-10-20 22:32:40 UTC

2026-10-20 21:18:57 UTC

"Huge parts of Musk’s dealings with the federal government could come under congressional scrutiny, including the billions of dollars in spaceflight contracts SpaceX holds with NASA as well as the clean-energy subsidies Tesla has reaped."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/20/elon-musk-democrats-oversight-01127543

2026-10-20 20:32:58 UTC

2026-10-20 19:29:45 UTC

I need so. much. more caffeine to make this to-do list manageable.

2026-10-20 19:25:58 UTC

For the lunchtime readers: Clear Decks Continuing
https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2026/10/clear-decks-continuing/

2026-10-20 18:12:58 UTC

"She wasn’t around for long: by November of 1900 there are no more headlines."
https://streetsofsalem.com/2026/10/20/bewitched-miss-bly-of-salem/

2026-10-20 17:24:58 UTC

Today’s run was strictly mid—not stellar, not bad. Hit a reasonable pace, the weather’s unobjectionable, a couple deranged pedestrians but the drivers weren’t demolition-derby. I’ll take it.
And now I need more caffeine.

2026-10-20 16:36:00 UTC

2026-10-20 16:05:43 UTC

Teeth: The Horse Bones Of the Mouth

2026-10-20 15:17:58 UTC

"The Botkins’ repudiation was decades in the making, but together, these recent reversals do not merely represent the rise of a counterculture and its subsequent rejection. They are a sign that gender-based authoritarianism is unsustainable..."
https://slate.com/life/2026/10/christianity-evangelical-tradwives-leaving.html

2026-10-20 14:19:53 UTC

Clear Decks Continuing
https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2026/10/clear-decks-continuing/

2026-10-20 13:04:21 UTC

2026-10-20 01:45:58 UTC

"That was not the device that we hid from regulators. That was not the device that failed quality controls. That was not the device that we used to knowingly give patients incorrect medical information, and she completely misled [Fielder] down this completely different rabbit hole."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/theranos-whistleblower-tyler-shultz-elizabeth-holmes-documentary-broken-woman/

2026-10-20 00:22:58 UTC

2026-10-19 23:32:58 UTC

"Researchers analyzed the metal composition, stratified mineral and organic material, microfragments and the manufacturing processes of the sculpture. They utilized X-ray diffraction and polarized light microscopy to examine the samples and investigate how the bronze was cast and assembled."
https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/77162

2026-10-19 22:33:00 UTC