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(She/Her) I'm a speculative poet from Oklahoma. Also, I like to read. My superhero novella METEOR STRIKE is now available at various retailers. My space opera Lani Vs. The Alien Princes came out in 2024.
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technically speaking, everyone lives in either a Hole (gravity well) or Boat (space habitat or spaceship)

My latest hot chunk of cinema is now on YouTube (in ultra-widescreen for extra tragedy). Why not like, subscribe and absolutely murder that bell, while you're watching? youtu.be/WWodU1jXzzg

A nymphomaniac empress confined to a castle. Her husband shot by firing squad. And.... the sandwich she allegedly invented. Today: The Princess and the Pambazo. buttondown.com/theswordandt...

If you're looking for a thick mythic fantasy to read this weekend, here's a handy dandy little graphic I made to help you decide if Watermyth is the book for you! 💙 📚 mythopoetica.com/2024/09/01/p... #BookSky #mermaids #fantasy #myth #sirens #mythology

Josie, who is half-human and half-alien, decides to step up to become the villainess who defends the world. First, she's killing a macaron! Join team in my novella METEOR STRIKE! a.co/d/6WrNsfi

At long last, the Expanse exhibition is on, today through Sunday, in the shell of the old observatory on Mt Stromlo Canberra, featuring many of my recent paintings and work by my artist friends Cassandra and Gautam. This has been an absolute labour of love. If you're in the area please come visit!

I have found where the hair ties go

Sorry I can't come to work today, I have to follow my cat around, fanning her as she goes about her important cat business...🐈‍⬛🪭☀️❤️

Today we celebrate Juneteenth. Mr. President, isn’t this the essence of America? The fight for freedom against tyranny? Is it "woke" to know history? If so, then I'm fully awake and I like it.

Food and cooking play a big role in Juneteenth celebrations. The barbecues and fish fries woven into Black culture helped shape American cuisine.

🔸Support Trans people 🔸Support Trans mutual aid 🔸Support Trans youth 🔸Support Trans organizations Be there for your Trans friends and family. Be there for Trans Joy. I love you and I am glad you're here, you beautiful shining lights. www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

the secret to writing is writing, follow for more tips

I do not want AI in Slack I do not want AI feedback I do not want AI emails I do not want AI retail No AI-reduced wiki note No AI correcting what I wrote I do not like you, Sam B-F I wish I could hate AI to death

I’ll be talking all things Haunted Ecologies / Living in Cemeteries at Truro Public Library next week! Stop by for some writing tips and book recommendations and general Cape Cod spookiness :)

NEW SHOWS ADDED! St Louis, Covington/Cincinnati, Cleveland, Lincoln NE, Denver, Ft Collins, Asheville. Tickets go on sale Friday! Added shows in ATL + Nashville on sale now! www.TMBG.com

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled all transgender and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity while the case against President Trump's executive order proceeds. While this is good news, we will continue fighting until this executive order is blocked permanently.

NEW SHOWS ADDED! St Louis, Lincoln NE, Denver, Ft Collins, Asheville. Tickets go on sale Friday. 2nd shows ATL and Nashville on sale now! www.TMBG.com

*clears throat violently* i TOLD you these guys were running the country here is what they want. in detail bookshop.org/p/books/wild...

Got the all clear from my surgeon. Along the way I got to see the llamas and Tulsa's Stonehenge (unfinished highway bridge construction). Also, this dracaena hogged the window.

If you love speculative fiction, then you owe a huge debt to @strangehorizons.bsky.social -- a magazine that successfully brought SFF short fiction online and expanded our ideas of what genre can do. It launched my career and many others. And it's still amazing. www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...

It's bad enough discovering your fiancé is a cursed prince, but then someone writes a magical musical about it... In Curses & Curtains, musical theatre is the dominant form of pop culture, and I have SO much fun developing and writing lyrics for all the in-universe musicals. #BookSky 💙📚

A former Minnesota House speaker and her spouse were killed and a state senator and his wife were wounded in targeted shootings early Saturday at their homes near Minneapolis, officials said.

right now, @strangehorizons.bsky.social is at $8120 out of their initial goal of $20000!! STRETCH GOALS INCLUDE: 🍄 a special issue on FUNGI 🍄 🎉THEIR TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY🎉 🛠️a special issue on SFF and the working class!⚒️ MORE ART www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...

Important safety tip: don't rub your eye while eating BBQ jerk chicken.

I've been working on setting up the next book in the Meteor Strike series for sale. It'll come out on July 3rd. I started the whole world off with this scenario years ago and I'm excited to finally have this book done! #writing

The city needs a hero, but it's getting METEOR STRIKE! a.co/d/2aagm0L

#darkacademia vibes👇🏽 (there's more than one mermaid-siren hybrid in the Cantata of the Fourfold Realms because of how interconnected the two species are; this relationship will be explored in the six books) 💙📚

JUST IN: Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was removed from a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Want to feel as cozy as Ben in his crochet blanket? Pick up my Curses & Curtains series! Fantasy novels about fairy tales and musical theatre, full of friends working hard to help one another devan-barlow.itch.io books2read.com/u/bzKXBj books2read.com/u/bp1nBW books2read.com/u/bOD2LE

fargoth: hey have u seen my ring me: *gasp* of course i'll marry you fargoth: what, no, i-- me: this is the happiest day of my life *citizens all start clapping* fargoth:

June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.

The video game industry has never been more unstable for workers. Game fails? Mass layoffs. Game does ok? Mass layoffs. Game does amazing and wins lots of awards? Mass layoffs. Devs at ZOS and Bethesda are unionizing. Follow @bethesdaunion.bsky.social and @zosunited.bsky.social to show solidarity!

Protests of President Trump's immigration policies grew across the U.S. on Tuesday, with rallies held in New York City, Chicago and Seattle.

I've lived long enough for my kid to quote the Sam Vimes boot theory at me. ☠️