It’s official — I’ll be at NEW YORK COMIC CON this year! Look for me Saturday, October 11, 5:00PM to 5:45PM, in Booth #3409 (the Simon & Schuster pavilion), where I’ll be signing copies of my brand-new, debuts-that-week #StarTrek: Strange New Worlds novel RING OF FIRE! davidmack.pro/writing/ring...

There's still time to preorder Redneck Revenant from www.booksareawesome.net if you'd like it personalized and with a copy of the character art cards by @jakeshandy.bsky.social!

I've been pretty heads down this year, which is about the only way to survive the chaos of the world: throw myself into my writing and try not to let the tide sweep me away. That said, it was hard to miss the annual rapture drama, so here's my rapture story. This may take a moment as I will ramble.

And there's more! 🥷Our score for Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Claws of Awaji is out now! Follow the link below. ubisoftmusic.ffm.to/assassinscre...

"Fear is strange soil. Mainly, it grows obedience like corn, which grows in rows and makes weeding easy. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.” #TerryPratchett #Discworld #DailydoseofTerry #SFF #booksky 📚💙

Many libraries have DVDs, audiobooks, and streaming media! FREE!

Pub Day!!

This is Finny. He doesn’t go chasing waterfalls. He carefully studies their timing and arrives in advance. 14/10 very impressive (TT: jordancain70)

I stopped by the Trope-ology Podcast with @themythofchris.bsky.social to natter on about Goblin Markets! Have a listen if you fancy! Available in the usual places! open.spotify.com/episode/1cfs...

Heading to Pueblo for Idea Con at the Rawlings Branch of the Pueblo Library! Selling and signing books all day. I hope to see you!

My boys (another of Jake Shandy's character cards for the preorder campaign). I LOVE the lighting.

Muscles! Cuddles! Spider-Cat! Here's a preview of @jakeshandyart's character card for the Redneck Revenant preorder campaign through nwww.booksareawesome.net./ I can't wait to see the final version!

Last day for 45% off on the @graphicaudio.bsky.social full-cast audio adaptations of the Eric Carter books. If you like angry, sweary necromancers who make terrible life choices have I got some books for you! www.instagram.com/p/DODxV5tCeRf/

“According to [research] taking as little as six minutes to relax and read a book can lower your stress levels by as much as 68%. This was compared to the success rate of other stress-relieving activities such as listening to music (61%) and walking (42%).” www.henryford.com/blog/2025/02...

Heading to Pueblo on Saturday the 13th, for Idea Con at the Rawlings Branch of the Library. AND just booked my travel for New York Comic Con! I'll be signing in the Blackstone Booth Friday at 4 pm.

If you like your necromancers violent, sweary and more than a little fucked up, @graphicaudio.bsky.social has the Eric Carter audiobooks for 45% off until the 4th. www.instagram.com/p/DODxV5tCeRf/

Over a decade in the making, TRACER hits bookstores nationwide TODAY! Thank you SO much to anyone who picks it up -- and to everyone who has ever read ANY of my books. It is much appreciated!! @blackstonepub.bsky.social

It's the Season of the Wolf (and Warlock) Newsletter updated: mailchi.mp/f9d3bc6f2a0d...

🎶“You've got to learn to leave the table when love's no longer being served.” ~ Nina Simone

Folks in and around Edmonton, please help @premeemohamed.com find her kitty, Fiasco, who escaped from a window with a broken screen. See her account for updates/details. Franca, the darker and younger cat listed below has been found. But Fiasco (see attached photos) is still missing. He has a chip.

Today! 5 to 7 pm at the Colorado Mills location. Come see me! They'll have all of my titles for sale in paper and hardback, and I'll have swag for you!

Sunday August 31st, 5 to 7 at the 2nd and Charles Colorado Mills Location: I'll be signing books and they'll have copies of all my titles, including hardcover. I'll have swag like Rogue Community College pins to give away!

It's 11:30pm, so still technically Wednesday. Backwoods Banshee is done and off to my editor! I might be high on my own supply, but I like this one. One nice thing about crunch time with a deadline is that I get to tune out the awful in the world. I sleep now.

One of my favorite things when writing a book in the Binderverse is picking cars for Argent. Today it's a Rimac Nevera. Adam: "Is this thing street legal in the US?" Argent: "Ask me if I care."

Silver, King of Swords, from the excellent Adam Binder series @drslayton.bsky.social I am a loyal servant of the King of Swords so why does he attack me like this???

Thank you all for the birthday wishes! Got a lovely present today: Sarah at Blackstone is starting cover design on The Silent Paths of Night (the sequel to Dark Moon, Shallow Sea)!

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI. All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work. For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

It's my balloon day! I'm spending it exactly how I want, writing Adam and the gang. Here are two snippets from Backwoods Banshee, out next year.

Driving to meet a friend for breakfast at Sloan's Lake this morning. I passed Jesse's garage, or at least where I'd set it if it were real. Colfax and Raleigh if you're wondering. Also, driving on Colfax right now is like driving on the moon. Holy potholes, Batman.

Heyo! I made a starter pack for Queer Masculinity in Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror: authors and subject matter. Let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/32GAjzH

centuries of fairy tales & folklore about not trusting glittering, deceptive entities that flatter our vanity and look at us. eating the fae food, mesmerized by the mirror, etc. clown behavior.

I loved this series, especially the first two books!

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Get caught up on the Binderverse before Redneck Revenant! The audiobook for Rogue Community College is on sale this month (August 2025) at Chirp for $2.99: www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/r...

Want a preview of @jakeshandy.bsky.social's character cards for Redneck Revenant? Here's the first one, Annie Binder, whose knock at the door on Halloween night starts things off with a spooky bang. Hardcover and paperback preorders from www.booksareawesome.net will come signed and with the cards.

RIDE OR DIE is finally here! It's got: * an athletic female MC who just wants to be cool for one night * an abandoned amusement park * a creepy mascot with a pickaxe * a ghost crocodile * scares + depth * "the bonk bonk"

If you see this, quote this post with a title screen that's iconic to you.

Backwoods Banshee starts at a concert. I've been trying to find a song that fits the singer's vibe, and Lerion delivered with this remix. It's just so perfectly over the top. open.spotify.com/track/2pt7cN...

New sapphic urban fantasy from Barbara Ann Wright? Yes please.

Get caught up on the Binderverse before Redneck Revenant! The audiobook for Rogue Community College is on sale this month (August 2025) at Chirp for $2.99: www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/r...

If you want a weird but true fact to talk about: Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.

Writers should never modify their own prose as a reaction to what stupid fucking generative AI is doing -- that shit stole from us, and it stole poorly, incompletely, and has none of our magic and zero of our humanity, our experience, our wonder and fear, and it never ever will. Fuck AI. You do you.

Sometimes TikTok introduces me to some great new music: open.spotify.com/track/2V0NXy...

Hey, KittenLady has a really important safety tip (PSST, @cpsc.gov !!) — incubators on Amazon are WAY WAY WAY TOO WARM. They will kill any living creature. They’ll make fruit leather, and give mammals, birds, and reptiles brain damage resulting in death. www.instagram.com/reel/DMQV8JX...

His preferred blanket is in the wash, earning me this expression.

#WrathMonth 🧱 is almost over, but here's an incandescent rabble of new rioters. They’re bringing you Molotov dolls, vengeful gladiatrices, mycelial resistance networks and more gut-punching dispatches. We’re stoked to announce our final batch of authors: @elijah.mea.rs, @drslayton.bsky.social...

Maybe it was writing it halfway and then having to put it aside before picking it up again, but this book has always felt like a game of 52 pick up. I have half the scenes and chapters, but they're very much out of order.