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As we prepare for the arrival of the thinkpol:

My newest novel is OUT! Available in print and ebook in all the usual online haunts. nancysmwaldman.com/book-liminalis

A bill set for debate in Congress would allow the government to revoke U.S. passports based solely on political speech—speech sympathetic to countries or organizations the U.S. government doesn't like. (Like maybe the Democrats? It's a leap, but a very small one.) demstate.com/article/bill...

This new release from Courtney Floyd looks to be absolutely charming!

“The state will be much better off if we just say private equity companies shouldn’t own our hospitals,” Murphy said.

First night at Worldcon includes the Broad Universe fiction readings. Join us for fiction, a book giveaway, and chocolate!

Reading at Seattle WorldCon You can hear me read "Wishbone," from my new collection Patti 209, at 3 p.m. Saturday (August 16) in Room 428 of the Summit building at the Seattle Convention Center (WorldCon membership required). I could freak out about the fact that my reading is in competition with…

My review of Patti 209 by @kganderson.bsky.social In these 15 sharp stories, older MCs fight back against corrupt government, uncaring systems, and unappreciative youngsters in devious ways born of years of experience. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Everything is Wrong Now Blame it on DOGE, massive layoffs of humans, outsourcing overseas, or whatever you want, but everything is wrong now. Today was the final straw. I didn't take to social media last week when I spent four hours on the phone with Century Link and Quantum Fiber (their sister…

Do you like a side of witty banter and romantic tension with your adventure stories? Do you like beautiful illustrations and other deluxe additions to your books? Check out the Special Edition Kickstarter of my novel TIME TRAITORS.

How (and Why) to Review a Book Want to delight an author whose work you enjoy? Post a three-sentence review of their book (or story) on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Goodreads. I had coffee this week with a fellow author and we noted that while we're both selling books, we're not getting the online…

Due to the massive cuts in Medicaid healthcare coverage, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania estimate an additional 51,000 Americans would die each year. [Hopium newsletter] #BillionaireBailoutBill

So...now it's OK for individuals at the VA to refuse to treat—or hire—unmarried women. Sadly, I remember this hiring discrimination from the 1970s. Unmarried women were considered "a distraction" for male bosses; and married women couldn't be hired because they'd "just get pregnant."

Isn't the damage already done? Most life sciences experiments require data collection, adjustments, etc., on a daily basis. Research in the process of being shut down cannot now be magically restored—and the foreign grad students doing much of the lab work have already fled the US.

“Unwanted Visitors” (a Seattle story) In a week when the federal government ordered troops into Los Angeles and Seattle's police chief said that he expects to be arrested for resisting federal bullies, I invite you to read an excerpt from "Unwanted Visitors." Originally published by B Cubed Press,…

Today I Saw 6/6/25 Karen Anderson book reading from her short story collection, Patti 209, at Couth Buzzard. @kganderson.bsky.social #bookreading #todayisaw #dailyphoto

Excited to be part of this reading on Friday!

“The Bodies We Carry” (excerpt) Here's an excerpt from the short story "The Bodies We Carry" from my new collection Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near Future, available now. I'd considered reading "The Bodies We Carry" for the Strong Women, Strange Worlds Zoom event, or at the book launch…

As horrible as current defunding of important U.S. medical R&D is, consider that Germany, France, and the Netherlands are already FAR ahead of the U.S. in research and deployment of innovative drugs and medical devices. Research will go on without us, just as quality healthcare has. Very sad.

Imagine this: “Bad Memories, 2032” In 2018, I made the rash claim that I could write a story that would make people feel sorry for the 45th president. This led to the short story "Bad Memories, 2032." It appeared in After the Orange, edited by Manny Frishberg for B Cubed Press, and now appears in…

The mind boggles. Will other nations step up to fund this research?

COVID outbreaks are starting to happen in Seattle, according to my acupuncturist. Time to order more masks.

I wrote this shortly after the election. (1/2) stone-soup.ghost.io/a-list-of-qu...

Hope you'll join us Wednesday night for open mic and featured readers Caitlin Starling and Cat Rambo. twohourtransport.wordpress.com/2025/05/18/t...

“Yoga for Protesters” The fury in me honors the fury in you. Oh, does it ever. Originally published in The Protest Diaries from B Cubed Press, the short story "Yoga for Protesters: A Field Guide" appears in my new collection Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near Future, available now. "Yoga…

A big, beautiful bill and the “Wishbone” The latest legislation have you in shock? Things could be worse, as it they are in this excerpt from the short story "Wishbone." Originally published by Third Flatiron Press, "Wishbone" appears in my new collection Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near…

William Finnegan, in The Journal of the Plague Years, predicts that the next stage of societal decline is going to be not more outrageous acts, but strange silences, closures, and disappearances of public and private agencies journaloftheplagueyears.substack.com/p/nothing-fe...

“A Sign of the Times” (excerpt) Here's an excerpt from the short story "A Sign of the Times" from my new collection Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near Future, available in ebook or print: "...under the new Washington State statue, corporations are regarded by the law as individuals, and…

Thanks to everyone who came to Thursday's Quick Reads! Time to get ready for the next one. It will be here before you know it! Sign up at the link to register for this FREE, fun online smorgasbord of women & nonbinary SFF authors! www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

Better off “Unnoticed” For your weekend reading pleasure: Here's an excerpt from the short story "Unnoticed" from my new collection Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near Future, available in ebook or print: “Your mother and I were ignorant,” he said. Wow. For once, Dad was actually admitting…

Book lovers! Tomorrow! Spend an hour listening to live #AuthorReadings via Zoom featuring #womenauthors #fictionbywomen #enbyauthors. 6 authors, 8 minutes each - it’s fast, it’s fun, and best of all #FreeBooks! #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy, #Horror, #Horror tinyurl.com/m5n37k5n

I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal. I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.

Meet “Patti 209” Here's an excerpt from the short story "Patti 209" from my new collection Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near Future, available now: I went ahead and made our cocoa, flavoring the drinks from a tiny bottle of vanilla I kept in the pocket of my robe. I loaded the cups onto a…

Book tastings are très classy. Sample 6 #womenauthors #enbyauthors - Fast, fun & best of all #FreeBooks! #SciFi #Fantasy #Horror @kganderson.bsky.social @ellenbirkettmorris.bsky.social @tonjakjohnson.bsky.social @sarahday.org @ravenbelas.co Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

Seattle area folks—Delighted that the Couth Buzzard bookstore and cafe had an opening on their schedule.

"No King, No Queen, No Master—We'll not be fooled again!" Something brings to mind these yrics from Steeleye Span's track "The Wee Free Men" for their album about Terry Pratchett's novel Wintersmith. genius.com/Steeleye-spa...

Just Published: Patti 209 The ebooks are up at Apple Books and Amazon.com, and print editions will be available May 9 at Amazon.com and (through Ingram/Spark) from your favorite bookstore or library. Check the UnCommon Sense page for up-to-date ordering links and detailed information on the June 6…

Let there be light (bulbs) The new LED lightbulbs are amazing—a switch on the stem of the bulb lets you adjust them to select a visual "temperature" from icy cool (4000 Kelvin) to sunshine warm (2400 Kelvin). Choose from PAR LED (highly concentrated, narrow spotlight), R LED (older floodlight) to…

Nadine Smith (at the free substack Wide Awake America) interviews Melissa Ryan, a community organizer and parents who recently moved to Seattle, about the type of community-building that needs to precede change. 1nadinesmith.substack.com/p/start-at-t...?

I strongly recommend following @timothysnyder.bsky.social

My mother was healthy. She hurt her leg and caught (eventually fatal) COVID at a medical center in Florida full of proudly unvaccinated “healthcare workers.” If only there were a vaccination to protect us against the superstitious and stupid.

I heard Effie read this at Two Hour Transport—awesome story!

MISCosity—it will stick with you Book Review Early on in journalist Clark Humphrey's refreshing new book, The MISCosity Manifesto: A Guide to Flowing Smoothly Through an Ultra-Complex World, he quotes F. Scott Fitzgerald: "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed…

This is how Dems on the Hill need to message on Trump’s economy instead of pussyfooting around! “I would challenge every Republican… to explain how any of what Donald Trump has done in his 51 days in office has helped improve the lives of Americans.” - @tarasetmayer.bsky.social Watch this…

When it's in Publishers Marketplace, it's real! So excited to have Vonda McIntyre's last book out in the world soon! @clarionwest.bsky.social @timmi.bsky.social

This is my city 😍

Freeze is resting up for Caturday.

Now they are trying illegally to fire the Federal Elections Commission Chair:

My concern is not merely that Tmp is inviting another 9-11 with his Gaza “plan” but that he is deliberately inviting it—so he’ll be able to start a major war, claim emergency powers, and imprison peace advocates and other “enemies” of his oligarchy.