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Leigh & I made our first picture book. And yes, it’s a kid-friendly, all-ages story. But we didn’t just make it for kids to enjoy. We made it for you. If you know anyone who loves all things #Goth & #DíaDeMuertos, spread the word. THE INVISIBLE PARADE is coming. #gothcommunity #gothiclibrary #goths

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You’ve got until 7p today to vote for Gina Ortiz Jones for San Antonio’s next Mayor. The more mud that her opponent & his puppet master Greg Abbott sling at her, the more support she gets. Get out there & vote today, Bexar County. And if you can’t vote today, make a plan for Election Day Saturday.

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All the Lotería Karma to this October beast. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #BlackPhone2

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then let it die

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We have to have the courage of conviction. Otherwise, we will silently observe our own demise, which would be very un-American, given the Country was birthed from a revolt against tyranny. We have to find that peaceful but passionate resolve and speak truth to power.

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Hey everyone following me, thanks for being here. I still don't know what here is. But I want to share some exciting news. I just received the final edits for my Aztec fantasy graphic novel Polloman which I've been working on for 6 years with Harper Alley. Next month, production begins!

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Posting the IMDB link with the full cast and crew. I am so proud and grateful to everyone who worked so hard on this show. www.imdb.com/title/tt3044...

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This is the profile Wired did on me last year. Jack (the cat) helped:

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Hectic days, so only now getting to extend belated CONGRATULATIONS to my fellow 2025 Locus Award Finalists in the Artist category. Grateful to be included amongst you!! Enormous THANK YOU to @locusmag.bsky.social readers and SFF fans who voted. 🙏🏽 1/

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Love what Chris and Jeff are building. Lately I’ve been looking at comics artists like Toth and Mignola that are more shape-driven than most want to be. NFTF is storytelling for people that want the pure stuff. Thus, the blurb below. :) Add to your pull lists, comics lifers.

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More details are emerging as Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the deported family of the 11yo U.S. citizen girl in Mexico. CBP agents confiscated her seizure meds. That’s not law enforcement—it’s abuse. Keep reposting. Keep raising hell. Be a voice for the voiceless. #OnYourSide

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It's time that Mexican American groups across Texas establish private telpochcaltin (community schools) featuring curricula that are rooted in ancestral knowledge / ways of knowing, Mesoamerican pedagogy, Indigenous languages, and land-based / regionally rooted values of stewardship and familia.

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I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing

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Long Live The King

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The phrase “we will never see his like again” is overplayed, but it’s the truth for Coach Pop. Even if his NBA all-time wins record is eclipsed someday, his legacy as an outspoken military man who stood for civil rights, gender equality, anti-MAGAism, and human decency — transcends sports. SPURS ♾️.

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ICYMI last night: Halfway to Día de Muertos — but even less time ‘til Aug. 26th when #TheInvisibleParade arrives. 1st #picturebook from Leigh Bardugo & me, all drawn in traditional graphite. Preorders are love! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-invisi... cc: @littlebrownyr.bsky.social #goth #kidlit

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Whilst we await the cover reveal for THE DEAD WITHHELD, can I interest you in some bloggery about it and perhaps a playlist and the pre-order link? www.ldlewiswrites.com/news-updates...

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🧵 Tonight, we’re halfway to Día de Muertos. In honor of that, here’s a glimpse of one of the spreads from THE INVISIBLE PARADE, the debut picture book from Leigh Bardugo & me, coming your way Aug. 26th from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social. 1/ #TheInvisibleParade #DiaDeMuertos #kidlit #goth #picturebook

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And visual artists. Welcome to the jungle. AI honks were stealing our work back when novelists & publishers were saying, “Thoughts & prayers, art people. Just business. Nothing personal. But we, on the other hand, are safe over here for @ least a few years.” @seattlein2025.org, I’m disappointed.

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Grateful, Marian! 🙌🏽 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-invisi...

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The event last night was so great — a full house of lovely people. And @nowherebookshop.bsky.social is a damn delight. Oh and speaking of John here — look for his book coming out with Leigh Bardugo. I got a sneak peek and — well, let’s just say I still haven’t scraped my jaw off the floor.

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Good times with @chuckwendig.bsky.social tonight at @nowherebookshop.bsky.social. Happy Book Birthday to his latest magnum opus, THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS!

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Out of the dark forest mist, it rises — THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS is now on bookstore shelves! I hope you’ll check it out, spread the word, leave a review somewhere, let it whisper to you, do its dark bidding, give yourself over to it entirely, your bones become balusters, you know, normal stuff

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Drew Edwards, @monicacomics.bsky.social, and I appeared on COMIC CULTURE over on PBS[.]org, discussing our Hill Country horror series THE MATRON

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@chuckwendig.bsky.social Tomorrow, I am reading your book. (So excited!) Today, I am working to save librarians from Greg Abbott. app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...

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SAN ANTONIO — See this madman right here? He could’ve gone to NYC, Seattle, Miami, or even Austin to celebrate his new horror novel’s #BookBirthday, but he chose SA. New York Times-bestselling author @chuckwendig.bsky.social. Tuesday, April 29th. 6p. @nowherebookshop.bsky.social. Do not miss.

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Galactus and Surfer by the great John Paul Leon. #comics #art #botd

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Wendig will read from his new novel The Staircase in the Woods, and a signed copy is included in the ticket price.

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Now that it’s PW official! I’m so excited to announce that I’ve joined @jenazantian.bsky.social’s wonderful agency as an associate agent 🥰 And yes, I’m open to queries! Please check out my MSWL and submit to me via QueryTracker! www.azantianlitagency.com/about-us/she...

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