Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Award-winning, bestselling writer and editor. Visit me at kriswrites.com
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This week’s
#Free
#Fiction
story was on the shortlist for best crime story of the year. Enjoy!
#booksky
#reading
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Free Fiction Monday: Ugly Sweaters And The Year-End Circus
Prosecuting Attorney Pippa de Leon needs months to bring down a senator who killed a bicyclist in a hit and run. But a tyrannical judge decides to clear every case off her docket by the first of th…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/29/free-fiction-monday-ugly-sweaters-and-the-year-end-circus/
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And here's a short Patreon post on how I developed the video for the upcoming Kickstarter.
www.patreon.com/posts/147363...
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Detectives Collide Video | Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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about 12 hours ago
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After some delays, I finally got the video done for the upcoming Detectives Collide Kickstarter. This one was fun to do. Here's the link to the Kickstarter which goes live on Tuesday.
#booksky
#books
#mystery
#crime
www.kickstarter.com/projects/403...
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about 12 hours ago
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This post serves two purposes. 1) It's a timeline cleanse and 2) it's a
#Caturday
post. What are we seeing? Why, it's Angel Kitty begging someone to play with her new favorite toy...as long as they don't take it away from her.
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I almost forgot to tell you that Dean Wesley Smith did his usual Kickstarter Friday post, pointing out Kickstarters that
#readers
might want to back. Take a look.
#booksky
#books
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Kickstarter Friday
Four Campaign That Will Start This Week… I have one of them and there are three others that I think would be worth taking a look at the promotion page and hitting save. I do this every Friday when I h...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/kickstarter-friday-17/
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Sherrilyn Ifill
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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#Writers
! Planning your 2026? Our online workshops (all 500 of them) are half off for 3 more days…
deanwesleysmith.com/3-days-left-...
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3 Days Left On Half-Price Sale!!!
Ends Monday the 5th, Late… Here are the details of how to get anything, including this challenge, all new regular workshops, and everything else, at half price. Everything on WMG Teachable is half off...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/3-days-left-on-half-price-sale-2/
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My Recommended
#Reading
list just went live. This all the good stuff I read in December, and spoiler alert! Not all of it was published in 2025. I dove into my TBR pile and found a series that I hadn't read before...
#booksky
#books
kriswrites.com/2026/01/02/r...
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Recommended Reading List: December 2025
Hah! The first Recommended Reading List that’s been on time in months (years?). I finished it in December, and am putting it up as soon as I can. Feels good. All of this, except for this litt…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/01/02/recommended-reading-list-december-2025/
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We’re putting the finishing touches on the productivity seminar for 2026. It’ll start in a few days, and there are 4 spots left. (Or there were when Dean posted last night.)
#writers
#writing
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Four Spots Left!!
FEAR AND PRODUCTIVITY SEMINAR Preparation for the New Year January Seminar January 5th through January 30th Everyone signed up should have the first information. If you are signed up and did not get i...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/four-spots-left/
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Dean and I are working on something fun.
#books
#booksky
deanwesleysmith.com/new-fun-proj...
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New Fun Project…
DETECTIVES COLLIDE: A Make 100 Kickstarter Project For six years now, Kris and I have been doing this Collides Series of 100 of our short stories. 50 of hers, 50 of mine. On different subjects and top...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/new-fun-project/
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The January online
#writing
workshops are up, and you can get them for 50% off. Take a peek.
deanwesleysmith.com/8-january-re...
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8 JANUARY REGULAR WORKSHOPS…
That’s Right… Eight… Pulp Speed, Power Words, and Heinlein’s Rules. All this month. And remember that these are half price until the 5th. Details below. The list of regular JANUARY workshops that las...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/8-january-regular-workshops/
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#Writers
! A challenge for your 2026...
deanwesleysmith.com/2026-challen...
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2026 Challenge Is Also Half Price
Everything On Teachable is Half Price… Until January 5th late. And here are a few pictures of me holding up a Beautiful Trophy you could get if you hit the challenge of 2026 words per day in 2026. The...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/2026-challenge-is-also-half-price/
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I'd call this the latest Recommended
#Reading
List, but it's not the latest. It's one of the belated lists, as I'm trying to catch up. I won't make it by the end of the year, but it'll be close...
#booksky
#books
kriswrites.com/2025/12/30/r...
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Recommended Reading List (Belated Edition): July 2025
Not as much to recommend in July, primarily because I didn’t like what I read enough to recommend it. So one novel and a nonfiction book, as well as some articles. In case you’re wonder…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/30/recommended-reading-list-belated-edition-july-2025/
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This week’s
#Free
#Fiction
story was on the shortlist for best crime story of the year. Enjoy!
#booksky
#reading
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Free Fiction Monday: Ugly Sweaters And The Year-End Circus
Prosecuting Attorney Pippa de Leon needs months to bring down a senator who killed a bicyclist in a hit and run. But a tyrannical judge decides to clear every case off her docket by the first of th…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/29/free-fiction-monday-ugly-sweaters-and-the-year-end-circus/
6 days ago
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Dean Wesley Smith has more
#writing
and production streaks than I can keep track of. He just completed a 3-year long one today.
deanwesleysmith.com/a-hidden-str...
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A Hidden Streak and A Sale
156 Week Streak Ends Tonight For 156 weeks, three straight years, I have recorded and put up videos every Monday. Usually eight videos on different topics every Monday. Now, tonight after I finish th...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/a-hidden-streak-and-a-sale/
6 days ago
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I know, I know. There is an AI kerfuffle in the hothouse that is the science fiction community. This post, which is about AI, has nothing to do with that. This is my weekly Patreon business post, written before I saw the other thing.
#writers
#booksky
www.patreon.com/posts/ai-for...
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AI For People | Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Let me highlight this. I have a 50-year-long career is that I've said no to parts of contracts since I was 16 & writing for the local paper. (They didn't want to pay me. I asked why not, when they paid everyone else at the paper. I got a pittance, more than any other high school reporter got ever.)
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Long and important thread. I will add one small thing to her lawyer review list. A good lawyer and/or someone familiar with the industry will see what is *missing* from a contract that needs to be there. Read the thread, and the second thread. Critical for
#writers
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7 days ago
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Breaking
#Cat
News has a perfect take on this time between holidays.
@breakingcatnews.bsky.social
www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat...
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Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 28, 2025 | GoComics
Read Breaking Cat News—a comic strip by creator Georgia Dunn—for today, December 28, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!
https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2025/12/28
7 days ago
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Thanks to
@davidmack.pro
reposting his Star Trek starter pack, I have a lot of new folks on my feed. Welcome! We discuss all sorts of things here, from sf to fiction to writing to cats. Enjoy!
7 days ago
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Angel Kitty enjoying the holiday season this
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8 days ago
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Wow. Dean Wesley Smith decided to look back at all the
#writing
workshops we did in 2025. We’re surprised and pleased at how well it went and how many
#writers
supported us! Thank you.
deanwesleysmith.com/a-look-back-...
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A Look Back At 2025 Workshops
Just For Fun… Kris and I are very aware that over the last few years, writers have put their faith in us and our workshops and teaching to spend the money for workshops and for a Lifetime Everything S...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/a-look-back-at-2025-workshops/
8 days ago
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I just posted another belated Recommended
#Reading
List, this one from June. Yes, I got behind. No, I didn't want to summarize because there's just too much good material to
#read
here (and in the upcoming July, August, and September posts). So take a look!
#booksky
kriswrites.com/2025/12/26/r...
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Recommended Reading List (Belated Edition): June 2025
For those of you who are coming late to this party, I got very far behind recording the books that I have loved over the past year. I usually do it when the month of reading ends. For almost eight …
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/26/recommended-reading-list-belated-edition-june-2025/
9 days ago
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Please read this lovely post from sf writer Connie Willis. Happy Christmas to all who celebrate. (And those of you who don’t, read this anyway. it’s delightful.) The title is “The Day That Holds Time Together,” in case the link doesn’t take you there directly.
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CW Daily
Regular postings by Connie Willis
https://cwdaily.net
10 days ago
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It was great. None of us live in the same community anymore, but when we did, we gathered for Christmas Eve, ate too much, and read to each other.
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11 days ago
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A fun, festive
#free
#fiction
story that I initially wrote for our read-aloud Christmas Eve celebrations. Enjoy!
#santa
#reading
#holiday
#booksky
#books
kriswrites.com/2025/12/22/f...
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Free Fiction Monday: Nutball Season
According to Officer Nick Mantino, Nutball Season runs from Halloween to Christmas. This Christmas season, he sees more than his usual number of nutballs. Like the geezer who thinks he has been ca…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/22/free-fiction-monday-nutball-season/
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#Readers
! Two days left to get great
#reading
with 9 exclusives, including one from me & one from Michael.
#booksky
@storybundle.bsky.social
Also,
#writers
, 3 days left on the early bird discount to increase your productivity in 2026.
deanwesleysmith.com/3-days-left-...
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12 days ago
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I have an exclusive in this as well. Hurry on over!
#booksky
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14 days ago
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Last night, Angel Kitty supervised the annual frosting of the sugar
#cookies
. Then she learned she couldn’t have any.
#Caturday
#holiday
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For his weekly Kickstarter Friday examinations of
#books
worth your time, Dean Wesley Smith found a pop-up holiday Kickstarter. Take a look!
#reading
#booksky
#holiday
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Kickstarter Friday
One Fiction Campaign This Week That Is Worth Studying and Backing… I do this every Friday when I have a few campaigns I think are worth putting here. Tonight there is one good one, a holiday campaign ...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/kickstarter-friday-15/
15 days ago
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So…after yesterday’s productivity post,
#writers
, did you realize you needed additional motivation? Here you go!
deanwesleysmith.com/2026-words-p...
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2026 Words Per Day in 2026 Challenge…
Average 2026 Words Per Day in 2026… Here are the details… Challenge yourself to average 2,026 words per day for the entire year of 2026. These would need to be consumable words. What are “consumable” ...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/2026-words-per-day-in-2026-challenge/
16 days ago
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Dean Wesley Smith on productivity for
#writers
.
deanwesleysmith.com/productivity/
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Productivity…
Every Writer I Know Thinks They Don’t Write Enough… Does not matter as to the level of the writer or the years in the business. It is uniform. No writer is as productive as they think they should be,...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/productivity/
17 days ago
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I don't know about all of you, but after the events of the weekend (and this past year), I'm in need of light reading. At this time of year, I usually default to holiday romances. Just so happens I wrote a few. Here's info on them.
#booksky
#books
kriswrites.com/2025/12/17/r...
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Romantic Holiday Cheer
We’ve reached the point in the season where folks are feeling stressed. It might be the looming year’s end. It might be the crush of Christmas obligations for those who celebrate. It mi…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/17/romantic-holiday-cheer/
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This week’s
#Free
#Fiction
features
#theater
,
#musicals
, and a
#romance
. Oh, and the holiday season. Enjoy!
#booksky
kriswrites.com/2025/12/15/f...
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Free Fiction Monday: The Room Where It Happened
Emma finally achieves her life-long dream—two season tickets to Broadway shows. Sure, touring shows. In North Dakota. But still, special. Now she needs a special someone to share them with.  That …
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/15/free-fiction-monday-the-room-where-it-happened/
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Dean Wesley Smith on something
#writers
should understand.
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Loss of Trademarks…
Writers Just Shovel Money into a Fire… By the very nature of what we do as Indie writers and publishers, we are creating trademarks. Common Law trademarks, but still trademarks. I always thought trade...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/loss-of-trademarks/
19 days ago
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Wil Wheaton
20 days ago
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
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this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
https://wilwheaton.net/2025/12/this-is-such-a-painful-loss-my-heart-is-broken/
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I haven’t yet cried about all the loss over the weekend, the shootings, Rob & Michelle Reiner, but I feel it there, waiting. What a horrible few days. Such sadness. My heart goes out to all who’ve lost people the last 3 days.
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If you want to find things on our online Teachable website, here’s how. (Teachable did an update that broke the search function. Fun times.)
#writers
deanwesleysmith.com/classes-and-...
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Classes and Workshops Available In January On Teachable…
Teachable Screwed Up the Order Again… It is being fixed, but if not fixed when you go there, in the upper right is a menu with the option “Recommended Order” and if you pick that, it will revert back....
https://deanwesleysmith.com/classes-and-workshops-available-in-january-on-teachable/
20 days ago
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This week's Patreon post just went live. It's kinda sorta about John Varley. Take a look.
www.patreon.com/posts/last-t...
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The Last Time | Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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21 days ago
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I suspect many of you have completed your annual holiday viewing of Die Hard. Now,
#writers
, it’s time to learn how much this movie can teach you about storytelling.
kriswrites.com/2025/12/14/d...
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Die Hard Is A Christmas Movie
And I can prove it. Or rather, Dean Wesley Smith and I have proven it. For years, we used to travel around the country teaching writing with something called The Kris & Dean Show. One of the fe…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/14/die-hard-is-a-christmas-movie/
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The first of five belated Recommended
#Reading
lists just went live. Yep, these should be monthly. I'm back on track, but I decided to post the old ones in monthly format rather than as one big bunch. So...here's May.
#booksky
kriswrites.com/2025/12/13/r...
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Recommended Reading List (Belated Edition): May 2025
Yep, I’m late. I was busy last year working on saving the business, so I got behind on things like the Recommended Reading List. I thought of bunching everything into one list, but I didnR…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/13/recommended-reading-list-belated-edition-may-2025/
22 days ago
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Angel Kitty adores her holiday pillows.
#caturday
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Michael W|Warren Lucas
23 days ago
It's the dark of the year. Stay inside and read. Here's fourteen books about Wee Beasties by some fantastic authors, discounted for the holidays. Eight aren't available anywhere else! Part of the proceeds benefit World Central Kitchen.
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#Writers
! Want to be more productive in 2026? Here’s something that might help.
deanwesleysmith.com/write-more-i...
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Write More In the New Year!
FEAR AND PRODUCTIVITY SEMINAR Preparation for the New Year January Seminar January 5th through January 30th Kris and I have been looking forward to doing this for most of the year, but knew that Janua...
https://deanwesleysmith.com/write-more-in-the-new-year/
23 days ago
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Had lunch at Tacotarian today, and arrived in time to see them providing a literal truckload of food for the food bank. I’ve seen them do this before. They’ve included fresh root veggies as well as fruit. I’m so happy they’re doing this.
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I'm going to be more proactive about informing you about my books. I'm starting with the crime novella Kizzie for no other reason than the fact that it already has a book trailer. Available in paper and ebook at all retailers. Ebook only on the WMG Store:
wmgbooks.com/products/kiz...
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26 days ago
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On the other side of the holiday spectrum, we stumbled into the Plaza’s offshoot of Cowboy Christmas (during the National Rodeo Finals) and found this, which I must confess, I love.
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Fun times at the Las Vegas Aces Jingle Jam Toy Drive last night at the practice facility in Henderson. Gave books (mostly early readers) and got 2 mugs, one of which we added to our Aces bling shrine.
@lvaces.bsky.social
26 days ago
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A
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story featuring crime scene cleaners. Because someone had to do it. This week's
#free
#fiction
.
#booksky
kriswrites.com/2025/12/08/f...
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Free Fiction Monday: The Moorhead House
Dusty’s Cleaning specializes in cleaning houses where horrible things happen. Suicides, murders, Dusty’s seen them all. But she can’t forget the scene at the Moorhead House. So, when Dusty receive…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/08/free-fiction-monday-the-moorhead-house/
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MK Reed
28 days ago
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership. details here:
www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
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Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
https://www.4culture.org/grants/moving-stories/?brid=M93StrHwKc_Yox2kYYlxGw
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