Richard S. Crawford

Just me promoting my latest blog post: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Here to promote Mur Lafferty's "Lonesome October Club". Write a chapter of a novel each day in October, just like Zelazny did in "A Night in the Lonesome October". Maybe. To sign up, go to Mur's Patreon page (you don't have to be a patron of hers to participate): www.patreon.com/mightymur/po...

Want some horror in your life? WANT TO SPREAD SOME? Join horrordailies at www.holidailies.org now to join the Halloween spirit!

What are you all writing today?

I need recommendations! Recommendations of books with sea battles! Historical fantasy, ideally. Does anyone out there have any ideas?

Special news, announced here first: Daikaijuzine is going on hiatus until next June. Any submissions currently in our queue are released back to the author, but you can resubmit them (if they’re still available) when we re-open in late December.

Gonna learn how to poem next

WorldCon is only half done, and already I'm feeling FOMO about missing out on Montreal in 2027. :(

Here I am! Find me!

AI is stupid, and the people pushing it think you're stupid, too.

Relax, it's just a post about writing: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

My short story "An End Worthy of the Bards" is out now at Bullet Points Magazine! This story came about as I was thinking about heroic redemption arcs and how they aren't always deserved. I sent it to Bullet Points on a whim, and they liked it! bulletpoints.nathantoronto.com/open-details...

Good morning world, and happy summer to you! The newest release of Daikaijuzine (No. 26, "Godzilla") is now LIVE! It's a big one, chock-full of wonderful stories and poems, which we will be highlighting through the next couple of months. Check it out at www.daikaijuzine.org

For some reason, my Facebook reels are now full of big guys dressed as vikings wielding weapons while shouting positive affirmations at you. I should be one of those guys, though I'm not as big as they are. They're often heavily tattooed as well. I am not. Plus, I don't have many weapons to wield.

Tonight I remembered that I have a blog! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Here's the cover for the Bullet Points issue that my story "An End Worthy of the Bards" will come out in.

Contract signed, so I can announce that my short story "An End Worthy of the Bards" is coming out in the next issue of BULLET POITS Magazine. Don't know the exact publishing date yet.

Men! Can you name a woman who was a role model for you who wasn't your mother or grandmother? For me it's Mae Jemison, Jane Goodall, and now Christine Koch. What about you?

Ooooh! Artemis II launch livestream! www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

Daikaijuzine is now open for submissions for our September release! daikaijuzine.org/guidelines

So hey, the co-pay on the new drug for my asthma jumped from $250 per dose to $700.

I don't know. It just seems to me that antisemitism and Islamaphobia are thoroughly baked into American culture.

Eid Mubarak to my friends who celebrate!

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Y'all need to read this amazing short story by Blaize M. Kay published in Phanos: www.phano.com/articles/end...

Wrote up about my accomplishments and goals, writing-wise, for 2025 and 2026. underpope.com/bloginomicon...

The December 21, 2025 release of Daikaijuzine is now LIVE! Check out five amazing tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction! daikaijuzine.org

It's the final prompt of the year! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Second-to-last prompt: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Celebrating the second Sunday of advent by drawing my 50th story prompt of the year: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Here we go again! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

This week's blog post is all about me, of course, and how I'm caught up on my short story writing! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

I'm behind on my stories as usual, but I fully intend to catch up this week. underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Plenty of writing this week, but I'm still behind on my short stories. underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Taking a break from my social media hiatus to announce my blog post for Prompt No. 45: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

This week's blog post mutters at you: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Looking into Celtic folklore for my new novel, and there is SO MUCH TO LEARN and it is EXCITING!

Stupid shoulder still hurts, and stupid brain still braining its bad thoughts. But here's this week's blog post and prompt! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

It's the 42nd week of the year, which means my 42nd prompt is here: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

I'm still in a depressive funk, touched with anxiety and stress, and I even considered not drawing a prompt this week. But I did! And here it is: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Blogged this evening: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Daikaijuzine is now open to submissions! daikaijuzine.org/guidelines

This week's post: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

The wee little zine that I run!

This week's blog post and writing prompt is here: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Here's my blog post/prompt for the week: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

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Feeling a wee bit maudlin for my writing tonight, but I drew a prompt anyway! underpope.com/bloginomicon...