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Your reminder that I'm giving away 3 autographed copies of my novella, 'The Unbearable Taste of Fruit & Wine', to 3 lucky contributors to my breast cancer Go Fund Me during the month of March!
An update & details are at the link. Please feel free to share widely!
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Hey y'all! The official book page for my forthcoming novel The Fist of Memory is up so you can pre-order it. Here: astrapublishinghouse.com/product/the-... or here: www.amazon.co.uk/Fist-Memory-...
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He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safe for children to grow up in.
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I keep having nightmares about something coming for my children. How strange and unrelated to real world stressors!
(One night we were pursued thru the Shining hedge maze. Another night it was creepy dolls--a very big doll and *her* baby doll, which was coming at us upside-down. Do not recommend)
I am almost finished reading an ARC of this novel right now, and it is so well written, such a fascinating piece of world building (I have a guess where it is actually set but might be wrong), vivid characters, incredibly engaging. Recommended.
I want my brain BENT, I want to come out of a book DISORIENTED and GLEEFUL
Oh I've been looking forward to this one! Nearing the top of my TBR XD
Metal From Heaven!!
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Stickers!!! Get em while they're hot!
One I have no idea. The other worked on a shipping dock in New York. (I never met him but I'm assured the fam always had the latest gadget thanks to the dock guys crackin those crates 😅)
One of my favorite parts of last night’s election results.
The only Democratic talking point should be: we don’t abandon anyone.
I can finally SCREAAAM about this! New bingo square unlocked for me as an editor at @ruadanbooks.bsky.social !
This novella is so wild and so cool. Imagine an vampire story with the vibe of a European 90s action movie. If that makes sense. (It will.)
That’s a 29 point swing. In Arkansas.
FoF has worked miracles within the confines of WebEx. Imagine what they can do with a platform that works for them, not against them!
FoF is a cornerstone of the SFFH community, run by amazing people, and they will be good stewards of their resources.
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Oh this sounds great!
Fantastic essay. Beautiful and poignant. Mind the CW in the thread, but worth a read.
Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in the second half of the year! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out July-Dec (or publicist), share the link/info here!
So as not to jumpscare anyone, there are references to a school shooting, 9/11, and their aftermaths, so be warned if you don't want to read that kind of thing
I wrote a personal essay about my love for bittersweet endings and LOTR, via the awfulness of the year 2001. And uh I wasn't expecting history to be rhyming quite so hard this week but here we are 😓
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/bitt...
What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.
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They said you... you specifically don't deserve to update your records
The other day I was trying to update one tiny thing in my work's insurance coverage and the website kept crashing trying to "load [my] custom experience." I love this new internet. Who wants a predictable menu of options when I could have a custom experience that won't load??
My other favorite short list has been coming from the Ignyte Awards, so if you have a few dollars to spare to help keep them going, please doo
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This prize has been producing one of my favorite short lists of recent years, so if you have any faves that fit the bill, do nominate!
Top marks
I am going to link to organizations that I know for sure are helping trans Kansans. This thread will develop slowly as I either know people or will vet them.
At this point we have not heard from anyone being helped via relocation resources. These exist, but I assume they are overwhelmed.
it’s also all related. the men who traffic children with impunity are the same ones who start wars, bomb schools, support genocide, ignore laws, shirk taxes, beat their wives and children, and steal every dollar they can from the people. it’s all an expression of the same belief: no one else matters