We’ve had an amazing response to the call for artists for our first ever show already, but have you thought about what kind of mad science, magic, and artistry you could do to turn a pinewood derby block + wheels into art? For more details and to apply to the show: forms.gle/D1L2mkxcRC3q...

More of our famous free shop stickers and less-famous @carefulkittybooks.com stickers are here! Get the TFB stickers at the 🌈🏡 on 9th St, & Careful Kitty stickers at any of the stops on our tabling tour, including @okcomicarts.bsky.social (Sept 13) @slicexpo.bsky.social (Oct 18) and OKCZFX (Oct 25)

Our nano-publishing sibling will be in LFK this weekend at the Paper Plains Zine Fest!

Comics conventions are going to have to develop and enforce no-AI policies. And soon. Probably yesterday would've been good.

My schedule for next month is pretty barren, so, if you need wild art that you won't find anywhere else on your next project, consider hiring me? Covers, sequentials, character design, album covers, I do it all! Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com I also offer commissions if you don't have a project

Stickers of “morning devotional: please be kind, especially when we don’t know what’s going on” $4. Profit goes to the Immigrant Defense Project. Available at @thefloatingbookshop.com, or find me at the @carefulkittybooks.com table at Paper Plains, @okcomicarts.bsky.social, or @slicexpo.bsky.social

when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe

Wait, who’s gonna run the store?

Three of the most interesting and intricately produced style-mixers in the OKC metro are all dropping new releases across art-pop, alt-folk, and genre-defying hip-hop. | Music with Brett Fieldcamp by True Sky Credit Union: freepressokc.com/recent-music...

Our teeny-little T-Rex-sized publishing arm is going on tour! Come say hi!

BREAKING NEWS from Careful Kitty HQ: Crispy (AKA Crispofer, AKA Crispus Cattucks) caught a mouse! 😻😻😻 Thank you, Crispus!

“These are not tales from the plague-ridden imagination of some fevered writer. No. These things happen in daylight. On concrete. . . .” From “And Hunger Was Given Dominion over Us,” a poem by Ezzideen Shehab, introduced by @carolynforche.bsky.social‬ worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/poetry/...

i will be filling orders (and hopefully selling some extras) on the front porch at @thefloatingbookshop.com (the Floating Bookshop, 3 nw 9th) on saturday around 10-12 or 1. $6 for an 8oz container. i might have samples of other stuff, too. for future orders. ya know. hmu to order.

Super elated about this, and not just a little afraid that by creating objects that "purport" to come from Area X, @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social is calling it into existence in the manner Orbis Tertius did with Tlön.

Squeaked by the train this morning on my coffee walk over to @preludecoffeeroasters, so the shop is open just a little bit early instead of just a little bit late. be kind. stay weird. trains rule.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

We’ve had an influx of people with AI stuff asking us to buy it for the shop, so to clarify: The Floating Bookshop does not knowingly sell anything w/ AI images, “writing,” “editing,” “plotting,” or what-have-you, & does our very best to avoid it altogether. be kind. stay human. do it yourself.

Lawrence here we come!

Just in: dice from @1985games.bsky.social We are OBSESSED! The dice are gorgeous, and the VHS-tape style packaging is *chef’s kiss* We’ve also got a few of their legendary mystery dice packs, so come and get ‘em before they’re gone. be kind. stay weird. roll crit.

Mondays usually mean coffee at Willow, and if I get it together early enough, like today, I can sit here and enjoy the space. Willow is a little oasis of amazing coffee on one of my favorite tree-lined streets downtown, and has awesome art like this piece, “Photosynthesize & yap” by Emily Madden.

This week in the land that floats! We love you, OKC! be kind. stay weird. read books. (See alt text or image for deets!)

Another long day of moving in the bag. Still not done getting everything over to our new location just yet, but we're much closer after today. We're also very tired, and sore, so forgive yet another HI WE ARE ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR OUR RELOCATION FUND plea: ghoulish.rip/product/dona...

Join us for #SmallPressDay tomorrow! We'll be offering 10% off indie comics and zines all day long, plus hosting a @carefulkittybooks.com popup from 4-6pm featuring @regularcandy.bsky.social and @absurdistzines.bsky.social!

We’ll be doing (maybe) the only Small Press Day thing in the United States with a sale on indie comics and zines and a little @carefulkittybooks.com popup Saturday afternoon/evening! Go follow @smallpressday.bsky.social!

if somebody assigns you a piece where you're supposed to talk to the Grok love chatbot please contact me so I can pay you to not write that piece. I can't afford to be capricious like this but I will crowdfund it and get support. together we can stop you

Attn: Red Dirt Reads attendees and poetry lovers of all stripes! We have restocked July’s book, STAG’S LEAP by Sharon Olds. Red Dirt Poetry’s Red Dirt Reads book club meets to discuss Stag’s Leap at 1pm on Saturday, July 26. See you soon! be kind. stay weird. read poetry.

Treat yo shelf, shop local

Another month of scrambling to get the bills paid -- another week of crazy good deals! Please buy my games if you can [RTs appreciated]

A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.

Join us tomorrow (Thursday, July 3) at 6pm as our portal fiction book club, CURIOUSER, gets spooky and discusses @tkingfisher.com’s THE HOLLOW PLACES. Fear not, though, as we’ll have tea and Turkish delight, as is our custom. See you soon!

We’ll be back at @okciderco.bsky.social Monday, July 7 for Pretty Quiet Bookclub! Grab cider or a non-alcoholic beverage and join us starting at 6pm for some ice breaker Blackout Poetry fun, then join our community of readers from 6:30 until 8ish. be kind. stay weird. drink local. read books.

This morning JM Linkhart and @goblinbooth.bsky.social stopped Im and restocked FIRST-DEGREE MAGIC! Come get a signed copy of this murder mystery set in an alternate timeline where the United States developed in a much different manner, magic is real, the 20s are roaring with extra ferocity.

Coming up: Tues 3-6 Feral Dough Co. w/ sourdough bread made from Oklahoma grown & milled grains Thurs 6pm CURIOUSER discusses @tkingfisher.com’s THE HOLLOW PLACES Fri 10-6 Celebrate 4th of BOO-ly! Save on spooky books & comics Sunday 1-4 Tea & Zines- DIY & tea be kind. stay weird. read books.

CRISPY HAS A POSSE

"In a democracy, records belong to the people, and for more than eight decades, NARA has preserved and provided access to the records of the United States of America. Records help us claim our rights and entitlements, hold our elected officials accountable..." www.archives.gov/publications...

Can't keep a Lost Wiz down- more of The Lost Wizard coming soon from @regularcandy.bsky.social! (If you're a comics journo and want to check out review copies of The Lost Wizard, send us a message!) #comicsky

Happy Free RPG Day! Go grab these 1-hour 1-shots!

#freerpgday is off to a stellar start, with @dngnclub.itch.io on INSTANT STARSHIP, Starbound Bear on HONEY HEIST, & Nic running STARFINDER! We’ve got sessions later this afternoon with open seats for DNGN + DRGN, INSTANT STARSHIP, & DEFINITELY WIZARDS! be kind. stay weird. play ttrpgs.

TOMORROW is #FreeRPGDay! Sign up for free sessions of DNGN+DRGN, Instant Starship, Pathfinder, Starfinder, and Fallout with @dngnclub.itch.io here: bit.ly/dngnclub

More sessions for Free RPG Day, TOMORROW, Saturday, June 21! In addition to the previously announced @dngnclub.itch.io sessions (see their post), Starbound Bear will be running HONEY HEIST starting at 11am and DEFINITELY WIZARDS starting at 1:30pm! There are four seats for each game!

Sneak peak at the 1 hour adventure for DNGN+DRGN I'm releasing / running for #freerpgday @thefloatingbookshop.com this Saturday! Get in, get the loot, get out (in one hour)... [Side note: Printer friendly from the get go -- can you believe it?]

On the new “How to Fix the Internet,” @freedom.press' @harloholm.es discusses the need for middleware providing encryption and other protections to secure sources’ anonymity and journalists’ work when using corporate data platforms.

Join us this Saturday for games at @thefloatingbookshop.com for table top games all day long! Sign up now so you don't lose your seat!

NEW BOOK TUESDAY GOOFIN’ A few of today’s releases we want to highlight! Clockwise from top left: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE Jonathan Gould ECSTACY Ivy Pochada FOX @joycecaroloates.bsky.social MURDER TAKES A VACATION @lauralippman.bsky.social WEARING THE LION @wiswell.bsky.social UNWORLD Jayson Greene

#NoKings Know Your Protest Rights.

Now showing on the Dirty Wall that Needs to Be Repainted Gallery inside the shop, “las fronteras son líneas imaginarias” by @notarealghost.com, who assures us that “it’s really done this time.” Come see it now until I get around to repainting the wall.

Saturday, June 21 is Free RPG Day! Echo’s been busy ordering restocks and new-to-us games (including @landofeem.bsky.social!!), and we’ll have various games running all day from @dngnclub.itch.io and others, plus we’ll have official Free RPG loot! Watch this space for more details & signups!

HA HA YES!

I am not always the best at this and am frequently conflicted about the boundaries between people and business, but I LOVE YOU. TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. PRIDE IS A RIOT. be kind. stay weird. read books.

Calling this a "Quick Sheet." Got all the rules a player needs to play INSTANT STARSHIP but also doubles as a character sheet. I'm running this for Free RPG day (June 21) at @thefloatingbookshop.com and I'm gonna print these little guys up!