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Writer • Filmmaker • Partner • Parent • Trans • THE OCCULTISTS, SHADOWDAYS, and 8:59:29 • Lover of books, woods, old guitars & critters • Trans rights = human rights • AVL • She/her
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Oh snap.

submitted 2 hours ago • 1 comment

‼️ COVER REVEAL & Preorder links for WHERE DARK THINGS RISE, the sequel to Where Dark Things Grow‼️

submitted 14 hours ago • 4 comments

My recent interview with Daniel Braum is now available online at Cemetery Dance! www.cemeterydance.com/extras/night...

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

submitted 7 hours ago • 72 comments

Developing now: Judge Dugan has since been released. We are calling for a rapid community response: Join Voces de La Frontera at 3 pm at the Federal Building (517 E Wisconsin) to say NO to the charges against Judge Dugan.

submitted 11 hours ago • 60 comments

Transphobes who are obsessed with determining if strangers are transgender are called “transvestigators.” When you see that word, you know that someone is obsessed with other people’s genitals. We used to call such people “perverts.”

submitted 1 day ago • 73 comments

It’s the banality of evil. When they get called on something, it’s just, “I dunno. I do what they tell me to do.” Always deflecting, always pointing down the line.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

submitted 12 hours ago • 464 comments

The Intrusive Satyr, Richard Borrmeister, 1922

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

submitted 2 days ago • 64 comments

When I tell my kids I’m a “warfighter.”

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

The Sulky Girl, Uros Predic, 1879

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I’m sorry. I’ll pronounce his name as “Sub-mareener” til the day I die.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

My two pals, Boone and Iris. #coonhounds #pitbulls #doglife

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I love beds! Beds are underrated! More people should know about them! Don’t sleep on beds!

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Yes! "Requiem" is included in the 25% off pre-order sale at Barnes & Noble from today, April 23 through Friday the 25th. "...a suspenseful twist on the classic sci-fi/horror trope" — Publisher's Weekly Premium & Rewards Members Save 25% W/Code: PREORDER25 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/requiem-jo...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

too many of us have toned down our weirdness, only to learn that we were suppressing the best parts of ourselves for years nothing hits like being yourself and realizing people love you for it 🩷

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

I can get behind this.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Take it from an oldster—this is one of the best fantasies ever written. It’s also laugh out loud hilarious.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Hi, Tourette Syndrome haver here. Tourettes was first scientifically detailed in 1885 and definitely existed before that you reprehensible piece of horseshit. Also, it's genetic! My dad and his brother had tics way back in the 1950s so shut the fuck up about what you don't understand.

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Me: “I don’t want to go to jury duty today. Maybe I won’t get selected.” My wife: “Why don’t you just act weird?” Me: “Like what? I’m already weird.” My wife: “I know.”

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

If you're a writer who never speaks about politics and only about your books and literature, you're actually just a coward. Si vous êtes un.e écrivain.e qui ne parle jamais de politique et seulement de vos livres et de la littérature, vous êtes de fait du côté des lâches.

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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —*Arrested* at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

submitted 4 days ago • 751 comments

Storms Never Last, Friedrich Kunath, 2023

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I too would rather die than hang out with JD Vance

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Agh. Jury duty tomorrow. I’ve been called several times but never served, only dismissed. Crossing my fingers I’ll get dismissed again. Gotta do my civic duty, though.

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