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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 1d

I am woefully behind on Halloween cards & October blog posts. BUT if you want something cozy & gently spooky to read, one of my favorite stories I've ever written is available for free on my website. AuDHD, ASD characters, supportive families, acespec romance. CREATURES.
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Free estory: All The Creatures Were Stirring

When the Halloween Knight goes missing, misfit hearth witch, Merry Claus (yes, that Claus) must team up with their mercurial steed to find Hallow and save Halloween. Creatures is a cozy, whimsical …

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 1d

I'm constantly astonished by how oblivious these (and other) accounts are. Should we have ever reached the heights of over-consumption driven by the Shein/ Target/Homegoods/Marshalls girlies/moms? Absolutely not. But maybe we don't shame financially insecure folks for replacing things they need.

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect for the season.

Six-Eyed Kitten (But Scary) @andrewkozma.net · 2d

The stone was dead and we all knew it, but knowing wasn't the same as accepting.

A postcard, front and back.

The front is a photo of Saint Patrick's Grave in Ireland. A giant stone slab rests on a bed of cobblestone in the middle of a large graveyard. A town is just in the distance, past a few winter-bare trees.

The back reads: The stone was dead and we all knew it, but knowing isn't the same as accepting. Georgette believed the stone could be brought back to life, but Antoni told her not to be silly, because the rock wasn't dead. Stoney, aware of the irony inherent in his name, didn't want to get involved, but he was the only one of us with a car, so joke's on him. That's what Antoni said, trying to keep it all lighthearted, but his mom ran a morgue and his sense of humor was that of a drowning man. Still, Stoney drove us around to pick up supplies for the ritual Antoni swore would work. And it would, we all felt it. And we all feared it. I, for one, was glad the stone was dead. But the stone wasn't glad at all. Antoni set up everything on the stone, and Stoney, poor Stoney, handed him the knife.

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 1d

I'm all for being mindful of consumption (especially performative over-consumption), but it sure seems like most "deinfluencers" are single/child-free/well-off white women who have the TIME and money to spend three hours staging the perfect video of them mending a twenty year old target throw.

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 1d

@lauramcknight.bsky.social's wonderfully meditative story "Before Times Shells and Gifts" speaks of what it means to sift through ruins, our own and those we may never fully understand. It also provides gentle, commiserating humor for those of us who have been told "please do not lick the science!"

Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 2d

Today from our neurodiversity reprints issue, A CHORUS, DIVERGENT, "Before Times Shells and Gifts" by @lauramcknight.bsky.social originally appeared in Reckoning 9. It's a story about loss, nostalgia, beach scavenging, and trying to move on: reckoning.press/before-times...

Before Times Shells & Gifts | Reckoning

Dustin picks up the sand dollar and rubs it between his fingers, feels the strange chalkiness of it. He studies the delicate etchings, the five-pointed flower, before putting it in his mouth and closi...

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 3d

Despite the unimaginable death toll of deforestation and pollution, Kaye Boesme's powerful work still offers reconciliation in the end, not merely as grace extended but in inevitability. There is hope, however fragile, to be found in such certainty.

Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 3d

Today in A CHORUS, DIVERGENT, Kaye Boesme's long, beautiful, classically erudite poem about cutting down trees, "After Erysichthon", which originally appeared in Reckoning 4: reckoning.press/after-erysic...

After Erysichthon | Reckoning

The whole world is a feast of runaway craving, of a curse that has outrun its uses. Early on, our ancestors twisted up, moved root through rock, spread fragile first leaves wide. All land was new, mou...

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 5d

I am once again asking you to read this essay by Amber Fox, published in @reckoningmag.bsky.social in 2022. reckoning.press/ghost-of-a-c...

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!

🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!!! 🧡🎃

🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 8d

thank you!

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 8d

thank you!

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!!!

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Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 9d

There's a lot of stupid shit happening in the world but we still decided to start a small press. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

Homeward Books: The home for books without a home

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 9d

SFWA Launches FAQ for Anthropic Settlement

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has published a web page for frequently asked questions about the Bartz v Anthropic lawsuit settlement. It covers basic information abou…

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 9d

You can find other ways to support @reckoningmag.bsky.social here: reckoning.press/support-us/
including Patreon, donations, and of course issue and merchandise purchases. Hopefully we'll have some new tshirts in time for the holiday gift-giving season.

Thank you for your continued support. 🍄

Support Us | Reckoning

Reckoning is supported by your generous donations and others' like yours, and by funding from Accelerate Resilience L.A., a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Reckoning Press acce...

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 9d

It's my birthday! I would love if y'all could head over to @reckoningmag.bsky.social today, give them a follow, and maybe check out my recent editorial for A Chorus, Divergent (our special reprint collection of #neurodivergent contributors over the past ten years). reckoning.press/editorial/

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 9d

Adam's timely-as-ever poem "The World Ended in Ice" offers warning while encapsulating the frustrations of watching patterns of environmental destruction repeat across millenia. You can read it online today @reckoningmag.bsky.social
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A Damned Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 14d

I’m in this! Reckoning is such a great press.

Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 15d

A CHORUS, DIVERGENT is out today! Edited by @cgaubrey.bsky.social, with artwork by @abistevensart.bsky.social, this special issue celebrates neurodiverse creators with reprinted work from Reckoning's first 10 years. Check out the full ToC and read CG's editorial here: reckoning.press/a-chorus-div...

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Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you very much, preorderers! You make our day

Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 15d

If you'd like to support us, you can buy the ebook from @weightlessbooks.bsky.social weightlessbooks.com/reckoning-a-... or Evilmazod, preorder the print edition reckoning.press/product/a-ch... or join our Patreon www.patreon.com/reckoningpress

Reckoning: A Chorus, Divergent

Reckoning: A Chorus, Divergent - Kindle edition by Aubrey, C.G., Ajeigbe, Olowatomiwa, Barrett, E.C., Day, Kelsey, Ness, Mari, Chidera, Offor, Rex, T.K., Nye, Ellis, Stemple, Adam, Stevens, Abi. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Reckoning: A Chorus, Divergent.

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you so much! 🦋

E.H. Bishop @ehbishop.bsky.social · 12d

Beautiful editorial here by @cgaubrey.bsky.social .

🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 14d

So proud of how this turned out, and so very honored to have been trusted with the beautiful works of these #neurodivergent creators.
#neurodivergentanthology #neurodivergentwriters
#neurodivergentauthor #neurodivergentartists #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 14d

So proud of how this turned out, and so very honored to have been trusted with the beautiful works of these #neurodivergent creators.
#neurodivergentanthology #neurodivergentwriters
#neurodivergentauthor #neurodivergentartists #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 15d

A CHORUS, DIVERGENT is out today! Edited by @cgaubrey.bsky.social, with artwork by @abistevensart.bsky.social, this special issue celebrates neurodiverse creators with reprinted work from Reckoning's first 10 years. Check out the full ToC and read CG's editorial here: reckoning.press/a-chorus-div...

Cover art by Abi Stevens for Reckoning: A Chorus, Divergent, featuring an eight-winged moth framed in pink and orange moons and rainbow colored clouds

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 15d

I told y'all had something exciting coming out today!

In Reckoning's first decade, we have been lucky to publish beautiful poetry, prose, and art by neurodivergent creators. I hope they (and everyone else) understand how important they are. Our world would be dimmer without these unique voices.

Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 15d

A CHORUS, DIVERGENT is out today! Edited by @cgaubrey.bsky.social, with artwork by @abistevensart.bsky.social, this special issue celebrates neurodiverse creators with reprinted work from Reckoning's first 10 years. Check out the full ToC and read CG's editorial here: reckoning.press/a-chorus-div...

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 14d

So proud of how this turned out, and so very honored to have been trusted with the beautiful works of these #neurodivergent creators.
#neurodivergentanthology #neurodivergentwriters
#neurodivergentauthor #neurodivergentartists #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 15d

A CHORUS, DIVERGENT is out today! Edited by @cgaubrey.bsky.social, with artwork by @abistevensart.bsky.social, this special issue celebrates neurodiverse creators with reprinted work from Reckoning's first 10 years. Check out the full ToC and read CG's editorial here: reckoning.press/a-chorus-div...

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 14d

And, yes, I will be posting this constantly this week. :) I am so proud of how it all came together and honored to have been trusted with the work of so many talented #neurodivergent creatives.

🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 14d

Print is available for preorder. Copies will be sent out January 1. reckoning.press/product/a-ch...
In the meantime, you can order the ebook from
weightlessbooks.com/reckoning-a-... and that other place: reckoning.press/achorusdiver....

Reckoning: A Chorus, Divergent

“Neurodivergent folks live with differences and difficulties that shouldn’t be dismissed, but likewise, with determination and daring that cannot be disregarded.... We have been doing, all along, the ...

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 14d

You can find the full Table of Contents (along with the mentioned educational) pages here: reckoning.press/a-chorus-div...

A Chorus, Divergent | Reckoning

“Neurodivergent folks live with differences and difficulties that shouldn’t be dismissed, but likewise, with determination and daring that cannot be disregarded.... We have been doing, all along, the ...

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