#McKitterick

[mckitterick]

you can block creeps there just as you can (and should) here

it's still just a Twitter clone (though better in many ways than the OG), but if you know people who don't use Tumblr, they're probably there or heading there soon from enshittified sites like Facebook and Muskland!

[mckittericks]

Pls I just want them to be able to be silly together ;__;

[lobbycards]

The Warriors, Mexican Lobby Card. 1979

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

The Warriors (1979) directed by Walter Hill. 

[goodgrammaritan]

@mckitterick You are all things space, whether it's astronomy or fiction. That's you.

New ask game:

Reblog if you want your followers to tell you what your trademark ™️ is. Like, what’s that thing that thing that really identifies you.

[thenarrativefoil]

i'm done its over I caught up and I'm feeling unhinged and on edge about EVERYONE but uhhh to no one's surprise I'm especially 👁️👁️ about Marcille and the demon ‼️‼️‼️

read here but also check out books from your local library!!!

[thegaymer-c0mms-open]

Commission done for

@mckittericks

Thank you for the opportunity of drawing these h*rny demons again! I hope you liked it as much as I enjoyed drawing it!

[adastra-sf]

Summer Speculative-Fiction Writing Workshops

Looking for a workshop to ramp up your speculative-fiction writing skills? Award-winning authors and long-time creative-writing educators Kij Johnson and Chris McKitterick are taking applications for the Ad Astra Institute's annual Science Fiction Summer right now.

Christopher McKitterick's Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop runs June 16-29, and his "Repeat Offenders" Workshop for alums runs June 30 - July 13. This year's special guest instructor is experimental particle physicist and SF expert Phil Baringer! Spots are still available in both - full info here:

Kij Johnson and Barbara Webb's "Novel Architects" Writing Workshop runs June 30 - July 13, and their "Repeat Offenders" Workshop for alums runs June 16-29. They still have a couple spots open if you act fast! More info:

If you can't make it but know someone who might benefit from a professional SF writing workshop, please help spread the word.

Attendees of these workshops have gone on to publish tons of stories, novels, and nonfiction, plus win awards, start magazines, and much more. The alum network is strong and vital, and has spun off multiple small workshops and writing groups.

The Ad Astra Institute is a registered nonprofit educational organization, and we've been offering writing workshops since 1983.

Limited scholarships are still available.

Ad Astra!

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

I wish I could just reblog this enough times to drown out the cries of many of my closest friends in unison

Happy Alien Day (4/26)!

the 1979 film Alien changed everything in Hollywood, and continues to be one of the most-loved science fiction horror / anti-capitalist movies of all time

in this charming piece (a few signed prints still available on his etsy), Chet Phillips celebrates Alien Day (April 26, because of the spaceship wreck discovered on LV426) through his unique vision

I hope to see lots of cool Alien Day celebratory posts tomorrow!

[mckittericks]

For anni_hb for the Stolitz Big Bang 2023.

[lobbycards]

The Warriors, Mexican Lobby Card. 1979

[zarnzarn]

Hello! I am literally obsessed with your writing! You're depth of understanding of characters and how you have them interacting is truly fantastic! I actually watched helluva boss recently due to your writing and fell in love with the show!

I was wondering if you had any helluva boss blogs you'd recommend?

hi!!!! thank you so much!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA im so glad you liked it!!!!!!! theyve been my comfort characters for like. 3 years now lmao and i have written about them a LOT. and thank you for the understanding characters comment, i always punch the air in validation whenever anyone says that to me.

aaaaaaaaa i have a bunch but idk if my friends here have changed their blognames, so ill tag the ones i know havent then check around in some time and add the rest in a reblog! also these are just. my friends heh i might have missed out on some good gif/ photo editor/fanart blogs

@wearemisfortune @ajwrites52 @loonaskneehighsocks @sapphic-joan @audiopilot @trellanyx @mckittericks (all beautiful writers) @amyisherenowitsokay @glimmah (godtier edits you will never forget) @impmansloot (the craziest art youve ever seen)

(hi guys! WASNT THAT EPISODE GREAT??????)

[marithlizard]

Fic recs: Helluva Boss

Haven't seen any rec lists on here yet, so here's 10 of my favorite Stolitz fics on AO3, in no particular order.  Tagging @fangirlforthewin for encouraging the idea.

There's so much great stuff being written over there that it was seriously hard to choose.  If you’ve got your own list of favorites I’d love to see it!

1.  Soaked and Sullen by  IchijouKenichiro and  mckittericks Those two are terrible at talking about their feelings, but I've rarely seen them avoid it as entertainingly as they do in this one-shot about a reluctant group vacation with their daughters.

2. Should We Voyage Far by audiopilot Would I have thought a Western AU would work? No. Did it?  Spectacularly.  Blitzo spends most of his time living alone in the woods, haunted by the past, until a traveler shows up wanting to rent a room.  I can't say enough about the grim atmospheric beauty of this one.  Complete with a sequel in progress!

3. if you could only see the beast you've made of me (held it in but now it seems you set it running free)  by Helpneedmorefanfics Not sure if it's true in canon, but I do enjoy the idea of Blitzo being not merely good in bed but good with ethical BDSM and teaching Stolas the ropes (pun intended).  This one-shot about the charged and complicated sex after "Truth Seekers" is hot enough to fry an egg on.

4. you were raised by wolves and voices; every night I hear them howling  by Helpneedmorefanfics The best kind of horror is rooted in dark emotions that the audience can't help but feel sympathy with.  Stolas...has a lot of those.   Another gorgeous one-shot.  (Also you want to read their entire oeuvre, trust me.)

5. The Mating Habits of Imps by AjWriter Lots of clever story ideas from this writer (not always happy, mind the tags). I picked this one because Stolas finding ways to make a wary Blitzo feel content and safe despite himself is just catnip as far as I'm concerned.

6. One Time by slinkinginshadows  Progeny by Paperbackedbastard  Taking Responsibility by AshInTheWind I was going to skip all the megapopular fics because they're easy to find, but then it seemed silly not to include these great continuing mpreg sagas. If you're in the mood for warm and fuzzy (mostly) family-building, they deliver.

7. Echoes by LovelyZelda Alternating between the past and the events of the show, adding so much bittersweet depth for both Blitzo and Stolas, this one is just a gem.  I love everything LovelyZelda has written but Echoes is my favorite.

8.  Before the Thunder Rolls  by Novaeris This take on the "Real Fast" night is excellent, but this author has so many good stories I almost had to roll a die to make myself choose one and I’m still wibbling even now about whether to swap it with “Dusk till Dawn”. 

9. The Awkward Neighbors Saga by AsagiStilinski I've gotten way more invested in this ongoing well-done human AU than I ever expected to.  RadioDust and Fizz/Ozzie (what's the ship name for them?) as well as Stolitz, with a particularly moving backstory for Blitzo and Loona.  

10.  Broken Laws of Attraction by agentstarling If denial is a river in Egypt,  Blitzo thinks he's an expert sailor. He is not. And this one-shot is a delicious shipwreck.

[farbeyondbooks]

Hi, welcome to the tumblr blog of Farbeyond Books! We sell used sci-fi (and other genres) from the Estate of James Gunn and other donors. We donate 50% (or more!) of our proceeds to the Ad Astra Institute for Science Fiction and the Speculative Imagination @adastra-sf run by the amazing @mckitterick. Using this blog we hope to build a nice online gallery of books we have for sale.

Store Links:

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[quickchangeartist]

Get To Know Me Better

Tagged by @plavigmaz in the ‘9 people you’d like to get to know better’ game, all sneaky-like.

1. Top 3 ships: Moraelyn Ithren/Lleryn Serathis, #1 in my heart. Blitzo/Stolas probably, and... Uhh... Cosmo and Nation McKinley from Shock Treatment?

2. First ship: Probably something like Lestat/Louis from the Anne Rice books? That seems on-brand for Baby Dan.

3. Last song: Rumours About Angels by Diary Of Dreams

4. Last movie: The Woods (2006), not the best Lucky McKee's ever made but not bad either. Good use of Bruce Campbell.

5. Currently reading: Each Day a Small Victory by Chips Hardy, a nice novel break from all my non-fiction texts and manuals.

6. Currently watching: A Narrative Critique Of Dawnguard by Duke of Whales

7. Currently consuming: Pepsi Max with some lemon juice, I like it zingy.

8. Currently craving: Roast pork banh mi with the bits of crackling in that my local bakery makes, I always crave them the most at 1am when they're closed.

Tagging: @pink-reindeer (if you're still around here) @mckittericks @dunmeriis @spectral-cervid @poro-oletettu @ichijoukenichiro @goreki-quadracorn @h3cck @chameleonspell

[mckittericks]

As soon as I got one of these on my phone case, I eagerly showed it off to a couple of my students who are trans. One of them went, "Oh! How cute!" and the other rolled his eyes at his bud and said, "But read what it says!"

They both absolutely lit up. Thank you @moldspace for making their--and my--day. We're all going to keep fighting.

i was at a restaurant last week, watching the political ads on the TV between sports games. one from the trump campaign ended with the slogan “kamala is for they/them. trump is for you”. it was vilely clever - and it made a clear statement about who was the enemy, the other, the unwelcome, in trump’s great america. i thought about how the right had gone all-in on transphobia this election season, and i hoped it was a gamble that would cost them.

this week has been a gut punch, and i’ve been feeling a lot of things - rage, fear, grief, and subspecies of those emotions. what i kept coming back to, though, as i digested these feelings, were the people i love. my queer friends. the trans kids in my community. the people who, already, are losing their rights to bodily autonomy, state-by-state. the way that i’ve had to start looking at our country as a fucked up patchwork of safe and not-safe. the way that access to medical care, increasingly, changes depending on which side of an arbitrary border you’re on. i’m also realizing the ignorance and privilege it is to only think of our country this way, now. america has always been about picking and choosing who deserves rights, who we consider a person. but, despite the deep-seated flaws of this country, i live in it. so do so many people i love. and that’s what I keep coming back to: the people i love, and my desire to protect them. at the very center of all the rage and hurt and anxiety and sorrow i’m feeling, is a deep, perilous love. i am holding onto that love. i hope you are, too.