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What this means is a number of Dem senators were a "yes" and they were just negotiating who would do it publicly. They see their own voters as their opponents. Don't let the no votes off the hook. Primary them all

We've named our upcoming Weird West anthology OF TERRORS AND TOMBSTONES!

Deleted old day job slack and email from my phone and went out to celebratory Ethiopian food with spouse. Think I'll power down here for the week to decompress and focus on book revisions. Will report back with updates on various projects! As ever:

Status report, At Home After Grocery Shopping dep't: @peter.petermorwood.com and I are settling in for s1e1 of Gerry Anderson's SUPEERCAR. (tas classic sound is a Hawker Hunter's "Blue Note": the warble of air passing in a 600-mph slipstream over 4x30mm Aden cannon gun muzzles.)

I mean, this is AN answer, but it's not THE answer.

O RLY cc @psychopomp.com

I feel like I need to be clear about something. Seeing much confusion. While i was able to get out of my contract with Amazon and be removed from Kindle Unlimited the book is still available on Kindle and amazon. What this means is it's able to be distributed on Kobo, physical stores, etc. 😀

I can guarantee you don't need this tech in your life.

Sometimes* a book is all you need. *all times

May his hot dogs be slathered in ketchup and may the only "pizza" he can get come from an airport Sbarro.

OK. Well, let's do a big old recommendation thread. And have a little fun with it. Internet points to the first person to figure out what I'm up to! First rec in the first reply. Books! Fun! Why not!?! ...

I hope that Dick Durbin and every single person who works for Dick Durbin down to the interns cannot buy a sandwich in this town without getting yelled at for selling us the fuck out.

Our whole problem is we got to this point by not listening to women.

am I the last one to know that if you are into vegetable soup but you want more of a stewlike broth but you don't want to thicken it with any kind of flour you *could* open up a can of chickpeas or canneloni beans and puree them in some broth and add it in? because I'm doing this again

We all know that the evil monarch is to blame for the oppression happening in the story. That’s always the truth. But to what degree are we responsible when we refuse to get in the way of evil? Go pre-order Cry, Voidbringer and prepare your heart for some BIG questions! bookshop.org/a/87137/9781...

things I just now delivered to my agent for her perusal: a hint

IT'S A CRIME AGAINST NATURE

THIS!!!!⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

(sigh) Not sure I care for the first few eps of this new series. AMENDMENT WARS s1e1-3: When somebody’s decided it’s less important for you to be free to say what you think than to be free to (threaten to) deport or shoot them for it. #AUtv

Folks, I just loaded MONSTER HUNTER (2020) up on Hulu and the first three minutes has terrible cgi of a boat sailing over sand and Ron Perlman in a fur jumpsuit, so everything is shit but at least we've got this.

My flight to Tuscon has been delayed and I’m in LAX at a bar next to the gate. Ask me anything!

Supporting our local businesses feels SO GOOD these days. Like EXTRA good. I treated my daughter to lunch at the cutest bagel bar ever 🥯

Do you ever think about the sound a spider in flip flops would make

If you look closely enough, if you really pay attention, you’ll see that there are all kinds of witches flying about the world, 😆🧹🧙🏾‍♀️🐝.

Yeah, my grandmother's entire personality was shaped by the fact that in her childhood (& just before) the KKK basically took over Maine because they hated the Irish and the Acadians. Her family changed their name from LeBlanc to White. (not at all on the nose) It was more recent than folks think.

NOTHING EVER IN HER LIFE*** ***if you saw anything no you didn't

I emailed both my senators to thank them for voting no on cloture and to demand that they replace Chuck Schumer. Chuck was given the opportunity to lead; he was given the opportunity to follow. He declined both. He needs to GET OUT OF THE WAY.

Any of y’all looking for signed and shipped Buffalo Hunter Hunters, @boulderbookstore.bsky.social has them now. Link in the first reply, and, few action shots to authenticate:

I'm gonna try to sell you some of my books. Some of Laura's, too. If I don't, who will? I post amazon links because they're most widely used. If you want to buy from someone else, go for it.

Signs point to “no”

Maybe it's time for @aoc.bsky.social to run for Senate.

Imagine someone takes your loved one and won't even tell you who they are.

PSA: Follow @partialveil.bsky.social for sarcastic and pretty goblincore/gothic nature content. Dark woods with sardonic commentary on the world’s demise. Frogs sipping from teacups. I'm stealing their memes. I feel no shame. Partial Veil on Discord looks intriguing, although I haven't visited yet.

if you enjoy this one, here's a playlist that is about an hour long to introduce you to this incredible band open.spotify.com/playlist/2ly...

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These are the traitors to our cause. Let the primary fundraising begin.

Ok, change of pace. I'm going to make a thread where I occasionally post really good songs you might not have heard. This is the first one, enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WLa...

Peeps please stop sharing stories that sound too good or too scary etc to be true. (Brought to you by 15 of my friends sharing the same post, with zero evidence post depicts things that have happened) (I'm not immune to this. I initially shared it as well and erased it after 3mins poking around)

I want to post "feeling kind of stabby" but hyperbole, metaphor, and dissent are at risk. And, yeah, as someone who can cosplay a Karen, I'm super-privileged. But the president has said that criticizing him is illegal. So, to paraphrase Logan Roy: "Mr. Trump, you are not a serious person."

still somehow have some bluewave asshole defending schumer in my replies being like "Well, he was in a difficult position blah blah". These people are marks to the core and will ride the scam to their graves

I'm not joining a cult but I'm definitely in the right mindset to join a cult.

The novel I tried to get an agent with back in 2008—the first one I wrote in English—was a wild mess of a PI narrative. I’ve been thinking about listening to its bones and maybe trying a rewrite at the end of the year…

look at this dumb motherfucker. no strategy, no guts. fucking worthless toad squatting on the future.

*adding a name to the Huge Block Party When He Dies list*

Three strikes for New York. We are letting down the side, my friends.

We kill the Democratic party dead, replace it with something slightly more useful. Can I interest you in a nice socialism perhaps?

A mere $89 away from the next #StretchGoal in the ZNB #Kickstarter for a #pirate themed anth called SKULL X BONES! If we hit $7K, backers will get FOUR additional digital rewards in addition to the anth for as little as $7! Back now at tinyurl.com/ZNBSKULLXBONES and get in on this #PirateBooty!

At school drop-off awhile back, one of the other parents pulled me aside & whispered the most 19th century thing anyone’s ever said to me: “I‘ve heard your…situation has changed. And I just wanted to say that I know several well-to-do mariners if you ever look for love again…” WELL TO DO MARINERS

The Senate Dems see their own voters as the opposition, and the Republicans as their allies. That is just a flat statement of fact at the moment.

Shout-out to this Uber driver who picked me up and was like "Premee?... Oh that's so CUTE!" Then after a pause added, "But that's not a name. That's just a word." SIR I KNOW MY PARENTS GAVE ME A HINDI NAME WITHOUT SPEAKING HINDI, AS DISCUSSED

me at 50k: Gonna wrap up this first draft at a tight 70k. me now at 66k:

What if I told you my publishing community is putting out a Haitian fantasy about a mermaid, a pirate & a navy captain who must fight an underwater cult to save the world? Do I have your attention? Great, because I need your help to make these books everything they can be. Subscribe right now. 😍

Last weekend my six year old uttered the following request & my heart exploded. “Mama can we bake cookies and watch One Whole Eurovision? Like not a song, the whole thing. And the semi finals. But for a different year?” Yes, Virginia. Yes there IS a Eurovision Santa. Yes we can.

The Democratic party must be utterly destroyed and replaced.

Anyone who voted yes shouldn't get a moment of peace. Follow them down the street booing

Against a background of books, even:

The shirts and those red-edged first 20K Buffalo a Hunter Hunters are everywhere!

Congratulations @cornellwriter.bsky.social! We are SO happy to be publishing this gorgeous collection, so she has two books out in 2026 from our imprint, @starsandsabers.bsky.social! Read more:

Also we know that sometimes our community needs fun! So on Monday April 14, we're cranking up the tunes in Cambridge & letting everyone sing along! Sing along to what? you maybe wondering. Well, you'll be able to choose! Info & to vote here: www.portersquarebooks.com/event/themed...

Is to name a thing to take its Latinate and translate backwards? Components, sheen and mother- lustre, an ideal array of pills to go down, smiling. ‘Ecologic’, one of two poems by Paula Bohince: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

For trees and flowers, photos remininiscent of spring, I suggest following @gwtreelover.bsky.social. Soon, the sun will be returning. 🌱

Unmasking Smile 2 (2024): 50+ Terrifying Facts, Trivia & Quotes #Smile #Smile2 #Horror #HorrorMovies #HorrorFacts horrorfacts.com/unmasking-sm...

www.brooklynpaper.com/irish-haven-...

www.gq.com/story/are-me...

I grabbed my copy faster than a turtle biting a toe, and you should, too!

Here's two for you! Blue Light Hours I think totally hits the vibe! www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9780802... Also, Katie Kitamura's forthcoming novel Audition is set in the theater world! www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9780593...

Meta has worked SO hard to silence Sarah and keep this book off shelves, so naturally the chismosa in me made me immediately purchase it to see what it’s about

Hello friends! It's recommendation time! There are a couple we need to get to but please hit us up if you need a book for you or someone in your life! (You know, it's probably not right to say these recommendations are little moments of magic, but it's probably not wrong either.)

the Times is framing the Schumer Surrender as a matter of "young democrats vs the old guard" but I'm not clear that's true. It feels like the "old guard" is just as pissed about his cowardice as the young people.

www.audacy.com/1010wins/new...

Sofia Samatar might be up your alley! Like Le Guin she also writes brilliantly in other genres but here's Samatar's latest sci fi www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781250...

‘Proposals to carry out mass deportations of “foreign pro-Hamas students” have raised eyebrows even among right-wing luminaries such as Ann Coulter.’ Rayan Fakhoury on the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

Netflix is honoring a very good boy, in the form of a new Cujo adaptation 🐕🐕🐕 reactormag.com/netflix-is-b...

Now Spinning: Pere Ubu, Final Solution, 1978.

I just downloaded History Hit, so...I...um...might be preoccupied for a bit. Please ignore the fact that my secret historian crush (Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb) is on there. 🥺🏳️‍🌈 #History #historian #historyhit

Attention writers and future writers!

Perhaps you'd like to take a tour through the varied covers of The Dispossessed?

A further observation about the inadequacies of Microsoft Word: if you want to insert text or delete it in the same postcode as a page break Word will panic and either remove it completely or refuse, sullenly, to cooperate. Actual footage of my manuscript ⬇️

This new album will heal me for a while.

my soul has now left my body, it won't be returning for 5 to 7 business days

Hello friends, did you know that Mercury’s in retrograde as of today? Until April 6! Unrelatedly, my flights to Tucson were cancelled in the night & my flights today have been delayed by an hour so far

Ten minutes from Kings X and it is absolutely NOT sorted

THE TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA came out fifty years ago, so here's a reminder that Mechagodzilla says trans rights.

Hey y'all! I have a couple more of these up for sale! But I ALSO have a chance to buy some (perfectly functional but slightly goofy) ones at a huge discount, and some slightly funny colored ones as well! thebrokencircle.etsy.com/listing/1866...

#LoveandOtherParadoxes by #CatrionaSilvey from @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social is featured in yesterday's #newbooks haul! Watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/kNzmGiz7IGw and buy the books on our Bookshop: bookshop.org/lists/n... ALL LINKS IN BIO!

Your TBR needs: “Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope” by Amanda Nguyen 📚✨💛 Get to your local library or bookstore TODAY!

Your TBR needs: “Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope” by Amanda Nguyen 📚✨💛 Get to your local library or bookstore TODAY!

Onions are READY to go in ground this week. And crocuses are up!

‘The official line became that the party wasn’t post-fascist, but afascist – another not so subtle distancing from the anti-fascism of the First Republic.’ Jan-Werner Müller (@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social) on Giorgia Meloni and Fratelli d’Italia: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

We are in the editorial process on a forthcoming Special Issue of The Political Librarian, which will be devoted to discussions and analyses of what the results of the 2024 election may indicate for the future of library work. Stay posted for more information. journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/

We're tabling at MoCCA this weekend. NYC's premier (only?) comics festival. We'll have books from NYR Comics for sale plus Aidan Koch is speaking and signing. If you're at the show find us and say hi. It's at the Metropolitan Pavillon (125 W. 18th St., NYC).

Finally read that ChatGPT story and pee ew you could train for years and not be able to write this bad. “That liminal day that tastes of almost-Friday”

Do not let him have one moment of peace on this tour. Let him hear our anger.

Helen Garner comparing Henry Green to Australian Rules football. There goes the afternoon. @literaryhub.bsky.social

Honestly a good idea. NOT saying to harass the bookstores (please be polite!) but he should not get to wander off on an ego stroking book tour after he betrays us all.

Who has found a chip shop that does masala chips and cooks in vegetable oil? !!!

Dog park

What she needed was a new nanny. She found the love of her life... The RAFE Special Edition is available now! You can also nab some Rafe stickers and an art print! Preorder Ends March 21st! #booksky #romancesky #romancelandia 🧡 novelgrounds.com/sea...