Brief summary of what happened last night at Delaney Hall: At 3 pm Governor Sherrill announced with the NY AG that she was sending state police to Delaney Hall, with the posture that this was to protect protestors and kettle them away (an oxymoron). Around 9:45 pm, protestors and organizers

This is one of those books where you read the synposis and you're like: This is what I've been waiting for! Congrats, Andrew!

Just finished this book. Probably the best look at how we can, and maybe should, deal with the unknown as a species. Just wonderful.

Heading to NYC to launch my book on Thursday at Lofty Pigeon in Brooklyn! www.eventbrite.com/e/andrew-dan...

if you buy my book you’re allowed to tell people im your friend

Recently finished the novel, Absence, by Andrew Hudson: near future world where people have been popping randomly out of existence for decades. disappearances overtake the death rate. No one knows why. Our protagonist verified absences for the government. Fun premise, well executed, breezy read

Love to canvass

@solarshades.club Andrew taught a Clarion workshop I attended on solarpunk and pens an illuminating newsletter... he's very knowledgeable and great at facilitating discussion on interesting speculative and future-oriented subject matters. I can't wait to read his new novel!

Can't wait to read this one!

Happy publishing day to our very imaginary friend @solarshades.club for the release of his debut novel, "Absence". Check out our interview with him for a closer look at his creative process: csi.asu.edu/projects/int.... "Absence" is available here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803125...

Happy book birthday! Hot damn, that first chapter is great. Can't wait to read more.

This book sounds amazing. Happy pub day, and I can’t wait to read it!

Fantastic book! highly recommend!

Happy pub day to @asuenglish.bsky.social MFA alum Andrew Dana Hudson on his debut novel ABSENCE, out today from @sohopress.bsky.social!

I liked this a lot. Like The X-Files meets The Leftovers with some excellent near future worldbuilding.

It’s my pub day! Been working toward this for five years, and so excited to finally share this book with the world! www.solarshades.club/p/my-novel-d...

Authors this month include @sunyidean.com, @mattdinniman.bsky.social, @portiaelan.bsky.social, @thomas-elrod.com, @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social, @sarahgailey.bsky.social, @solarshades.club, @annamerlan.bsky.social +

Phoenix/Tempe friends! Come out tomorrow to @changinghands.bsky.social Tempe for the launch of @solarshades.club’s debut novel ABSENCE, a smart speculative thriller I can’t wait for more people to read. It’ll be a good time!

If you’re in the valley, I’ll be launching my book early tomorrow at Changing Hands Tempe. Come out for a great conversation with @mdbell79.bsky.social www.changinghands.com/event/april2...

🌲Fiction Friday: "I wanted him to spend his last years outside, to taste the air we were scrubbing and see the forests we were growing." From "Dad Died on Discord" by ASU student @solarshades.club. Read the story in Lightspeed Magazine: ow.ly/Ca4v50YMQgA #ASUHumanities

Keen to get into this one too

Can't wait for this book!

icymi my story in @lightspeedmagazine.com imagines the sunset years of millennials, gaming their way through old age and hospice. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-...

“Hudson gives a skillful metaphysical twist to a tale of apocalyptic horror in this strikingly original novel.” Publishers Weekly starred review! www.publishersweekly.com/9781641297585

Really unfair for @solarshades.club to write a story about how I'm going to do The Big Logoff www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-...

kind of intrigued by the idea of holding global democratic votes for what we name stuff on celestial bodies and the resulting future where all the moons in the solar system are MESSI-1 through MESSI-996 and every crater on the moon is named after a kpop star

Truly the most “nailed it, wish I hadn’t” story I’ll ever write slate.com/technology/2...

Projection is truly one of the strongest historical forces. The slaver acts out of fear of enslavement. The génocidaire frets about their own obliteration.

Why would I use "AI," I actually know how to fucking write

I have a new story in @lightspeedmagazine.com! "Dad Died on Discord" is about the future fate of aging gamer millennials. It goes online later this month, but you can read it now by supporting Lightspeed and buying the ebook.

Congratulations to @asuenglish.bsky.social MFA soon-to-be-alum @solarshades.club on this starred review in Publishers Weekly for his debut novel ABSENCE, out in May from @sohopress.bsky.social!

“Hudson gives a skillful metaphysical twist to a tale of apocalyptic horror in this strikingly original novel.” Publishers Weekly starred review! www.publishersweekly.com/9781641297585

Here's your moment of zen: A "holy" cat named Coco stands at the entrance of a church in Mexico, seemingly blessing everyone who walks in 🐱

What would history look like if the Inca empire conquered Europe? @solarshades.club and I went long on the alternate history novel Civilizations, and now you can read our whole book club! Part 1: Vikings, Columbus, and whether or not we have to care about germs theantiquarian.email/archive/civi...

Did the AI language generator generate the exact kind of language you requested it to generate? Should we call a press conference? Should we invite Eliza??

it’s honestly so fucked up that my novel won’t get written unless i sit down and write it. doesn’t it know i have episodes of 30 rock to rewatch and comment on

Is there a "first mover advantage" in history? Continuing my book club with @lizziewade.bsky.social www.solarshades.club/p/civilizati...

What if Columbus sailed to America...and got his ass beat? Discussing one of my favorite alt history novels with @lizziewade.bsky.social www.solarshades.club/p/civilizati...

Challenge for those who are very confident that Claude is conscious: why do you have a slave

We're surrounded by the signifiers of futurity, and yet it seems like we feel that the real future should be shaking its head at our current moment. www.solarshades.club/p/the-future...

So you can preorder my novel... www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803125...

New word alert. Credit @solarshades.club www.solarshades.club/p/the-kids-a...

Two years ago, I wrote an epistolary story about dealing with nuclear waste amid the breakup of the Union. Did not think it would feel as relevant as it does today, but that's America for you! www.solarshades.club/p/pursuant-t...

@solarshades.club speculates on what will happen to our mountains of nuclear waste after the Great American Fracture. www.solarshades.club/p/pursunt-to...

I had the fascinating experience the last few months of watching my students grapple with the always-online lives we've given them. For all that we olds fret about the literacy crisis and attention spans, it's the young who are really upset. www.solarshades.club/p/the-kids-a...

I would go as far as to say it’s actually an important trait to being a good artist, to have a firm sense of who and what you don’t like and what you don’t want to do.

I have mostly abandoned a tbr list or looking for recommendations. I go to a bookshelf (in a bookstore, at a friend’s house, in my own home) and pull out books until I find one that sticks. Reading impulsively keeps me present and fights, a bit, the pull of other tasks/devices

Rocky Cornelius is back in a new story about friendship, three dimensional fandom hyperobjects, and trying not to die in the state of Texas!

Hail, sophonts! Today we've got a series story for you, following up on episode 941 from May 2024. "The Love Pyramid: A Rocky Cornelius Consultancy" by @solarshades.club is an Escape Pod original, so go on! Witness it! What're you waiting for?