I just got out of Keeper and now I learn Perkins has another film in the works. Keep it coming! www.fangoria.com/osgood-perki...

An org not riddled with people just like this would have fired this guy 8 hours ago for conflating negative speech against public figures not on this app saying abhorrent things and speech against people on this app, not to mention trying to turn a victim of CSA into an abetter via false equivalence

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Genocide is a policy carried out by the hands of many, tolerated by many more. bsky.app/profile/just...

I’m heartbroken to hear our warrior Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social has passed. She was so important to me & welcoming of me. This is the great loss of a true fighter. May she rise to power as an ancestor, may we never forget her lessons & continue her work for disability justice.

Today’s calligraphy practice was really challenging. Et tu, Letter Q? Still, there’s something so centering about concentrating on swoops and curls and only the page in front of you. Good break from fictioneering.

If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, I’ve published 13 short pieces this year with 2 more coming soon. I figured I’d make a thread of just a few of my faves that are free-to-read. (You can still find my complete eligibility post through my link in bio) 🧵

Happening tomorrow night! If you’re in the Buffalo area and would like to hear Anne Bishop say smart things about her new book, and get a copy of my new chapbook, Amherst Barnes & Noble on Niagara Falls Boulevard is the place to be between 5 and 7 pm.

So I did the thing before I chickened out (or came to my senses) and threw up a GFM as a stop gap measure. I hate doing it more than anyone will hate seeing another fund raiser. gofund.me/f5615787f

Bluesky is not covering itself in glory recently

Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner

New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.

A beautiful, heartening story about art and activism. bsky.app/profile/cafe...

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

@cafenowhere.bsky.social and I went out last night to see the auroras and I captured this one second loop of them. Streaks of red are in the background and a ribbon of green dances in front. The auroras are framed by dark trees on the left and bottom of the video.

Pair of charmingly grumpy owls out on skates for winter fun. Have even brought along a snack! By Adriaen van de Venne, who died (alas!) on this day 1662.

@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social has published an appropriately concise and horrified review of my novel Nothing in the Basement! I'm thrilled. Read the review; read the book. bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/12/r...

Help #Juntos raise $75,000 in grassroots donations & spread community safety resources! Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more. ICE hotline: 814-205-3293. secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...

"In the face of the hopelessness that marks our modern lives, Dogwitch is marked by an insistent urge to be present, perceive, and try our damnedest to save difficult, dangerous creatures anyway." I'm having trouble believing my luck in @violetagm.bsky.social's precise attention to these poems. ❤️

🎉It's my book day!🎉 SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library! Full of short fiction and poetry retellings! books2read.com/u/b6EDMA devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...

My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...

My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...

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Predator: Badlands doesn’t just skewer toxic masculinity, it also offers a different model for masculinity and strength. And it mocks the notion of rugged individualism in favor of diverse community. It does so without being pretentious or forgetting why this has become a beloved franchise.

Lisa made this delicious and pretty chocolate bourbon pecan pie today! Sorry, folks, I don't think we have any extra to share ... There's two of us and only one pie, so...

I’m baking a chocolate bourbon pecan pie and looking forward to seeing Predator: Badlands later today.

👋🏿 Next week is my VERY LAST in person lab exam and I'm $905 short of the coin needed to get me there/back cause Oct. gigs were iffy. Thank you for rocking with me through 2.5 yrs of continuous calamity. This is the last 13.8% of this campaign. Every bit helps.

Berry palette, November. As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly. Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷

We should be infinitely grateful that Trump and Musk and all these fascist oligarchs are so transparently miserable and pathetic. It shatters the fantasy that has kept capitalism humming and makes it undeniable that things have to change.

Just on a personal note, reporting this story broke my heart. Of all the unfathomable things Trump has done this year, putting SNAP recipients through this psychological hell tops the list. My endless gratitude to everyone who spoke to me. To all who who are suffering: I'm so sorry.

I’m very pleased that the campaigns for which I wrote postcards to voters triumphed yesterday. It’s invigorating to have a part, however small, in big change. And I just mailed out more cards for a special election in December!

Coffee, poetry, silence. Somewhere, a cat lurks.

Thank you to everyone who's donated & shared so far for your generosity. But Archita is at 70% to her goal & donations have slowed. Please help her get some security in this terrible time if you can.

Eeee, it’s Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! 📖🍰

It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...

Finished reading a book, looked up and realized I was late, as usual, for #HorrorWatch

This year also featured Xochipilli, the Mexica (Aztec) fertility god of dancing & flowers. Dia de Muertos is a syncretic holiday that folds in elements of European Catholicism & Mexica traditional mythology. It's a way of honoring the duality of Mexican culture in the US.

Paths of cempasúchil (marigolds) guide the dead back to their loved ones with sun-like warmth. The crisantemo (chrysanthemum) represent eternity, the returning cycles of the seasons. The clavel (carnation) are the most durable, fragrant & were used to make floral crowns for the gods.

Viva la Vida is Austin, TX's longest running Dia de los Muertos celebration, in its 39th year, sponsored by the Mexic-Arte Museum. This year's parade had a special theme of 'Flores de la Ofrenda' (flowers of the altar), celebrating the significance of the marigold, chrysanthemum & carnation.

“from the core of my donkey soul”

We totally ran out of the gluten free treats last night, so maybe we should only offer gf stuff? Hot cocoa, apples, cereal and bobo’s. The kids seem drawn to the novelty, so long as other houses are still providing candy.

Two All Soul's poems from @havehashad.com last year 🖤 Why I prefer All Souls to Halloween The day the license expires some revelers decide to never give up their wigs knives beards talons glitter www.havehashad.com/preview/hadp...

For any and all of my books sold between now and Dec. 1 (or when the gov't reopens, whichever comes first), I'll donate $1 to Arlington Food Assistance Center. You can find all of my books on my website: sonorawrites.com/books/ Please share!

We get plenty of trick r treaters and the older ones are so polite and patient with the little ones. 🧡🎃

Happy Halloween! For @avclub.com, I asked Oz Perkins to program a 24-hour horror marathon, and his picks are incredible. www.avclub.com/24-hours-of-...

If you haven’t gotten a paperback of The Nightmare Box by @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social or Why Didn’t You Just Leave edited by @nadiabulkin.bsky.social and @omgjulia.bsky.social, NOW is the time. And proceeds are going to a good cause.

Here's a tiny tale of mine that is perfect for #Halloween vibes. A small Gothic body horror story that is entirely more melancholy and metaphorical than gruesome. For those who have felt alienated within their own physical selves. www.helenwhistberry.com/cathedral

Happy Hallowe'en, all!

Great deal on a great book!