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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · 5d

My pal @cheriepriest.com ‘s second Eden Moore novel, the sequel to Four and Twenty Black Birds, is on sale. Get it now!

www.amazon.com/Wings-Kingdo...

Wings to the Kingdom (Eden Moore Book 2)

Amazon.com: Wings to the Kingdom (Eden Moore Book 2) eBook : Priest, Cherie: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Aug 6

Here, have something adorable this morning.

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Fabio Thurderdick @livelaughloathe.bsky.social · Jul 26

I just read Kant’s quote “not every extravagance of opinion deserves the trouble of a careful refutation.” and sweet fuck the man would absolutely hate the Internet.

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Jul 18

Tina and I visited the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Libray this morning. I got type in a replica of Vonnegut’s Barnstable, Massachusetts office.
www.kvml.org

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Jul 8

Conservative talking heads: The new Superman movie is too woke about immigrants and is clearly an unfair critique of Trump's immigration policies. Superman was never meant to be that political.

Superman in the 1950's:

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Jun 13

January, 2026: in a bookstore near you: from James Aquilone & Monstrous Books: The paperback edition of "Kolchak Eras", collecting prose stories (including my "Wolf's Clothing" in which Carl hunts the Georgia Werewolf) covering Carl's life.

As Carl said: "Kolchak's coming back in style!"

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Jun 7

That’s why they’re fake.

Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Jun 6

Gonna leave this here, too:

My Billionaire Daddies Are Fighting

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Jun 6

Just gonna leave this here:

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Jun 4

One of our students suffered an unthinkable tragedy. Her parents drowned last week & she’s left as the sole provider for her grandmother and special needs brother.

Please consider helping her w burial & living expenses & please share the link with people who might also consider helping.

Donate to Stand by Sara: Family Needs Your Help, organized by Lisa LeBlanc

Help Sara Care for Her Family After Both Her Parents Drowned On May 27th, Sara'… Lisa LeBlanc needs your support for Stand by Sara: Family Needs Your Help

www.gofundme.com

Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Jun 3

I taught @tcboyle.com’s “Greasy Lake” to my ENGL 1102 class a few weeks ago, and showed the kids this picture. They asked if I hoped to be that cool when I was in my seventies.

I said I’d be happy if I were half that cool.

Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · May 25

Happy Towel Day!

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · May 21

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · May 20

RIP Norm…

I hope everybody knows your name there and they’ve saved you a corner stool.

George Wendt, a.k.a. Norm From ‘Cheers,’ Is Dead at 76

www.nytimes.com

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · May 17

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · May 14

Thank god they only want to let the best people in…

Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration

Mexico's security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trum...

www.yahoo.com

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · May 1

Started a new story this week: “Dragon Country,” a rural fantasy ( as opposed to urban fantasy) retelling of Robert Penn Warren’s poem of the same name.

This is the third project I’m working at the same time, something I’ve never done before.

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Apr 28

and now this, my attempt at what I call rural fantasy (as opposed to urban fantasy) and prose adaptation to a Robert Penn Warren poem: 2/2

Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Apr 28

I’m doing a thing I've never done before: working on three stories at one time. "Good Night, Sweet Prince," my hardboiled retelling of Hamlet; "A Graveyard of the Dead," a sequel to the Count Orlok, PI, story from the Nosferatu Unbound anthology, 1/2

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Apr 25

I always feared I’d live to see the rise of an American dictator. As a child I feared I’d live to see the coming of the Antichrist.

I never dreamed either of them would be such dumbasses, though….

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Apr 15

Happy Tax Day to those who celebrate.

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Apr 7

For those of you with Audible accounts, two books by my friend @almakatsu.bsky.social are on the 2-for-1 sale: Red Widow & The Hunger.

Amazon.com

www.audible.com

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Apr 5

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Apr 5

Reading this now, it is fantastic!

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Lev Butts @levbutts.bsky.social · Apr 4

Doctor’s Office music playing classic rock and easy listening. Not gonna lie: “Mr. Bojangles” may be the saddest song of the seventies. Followed by almost anything by Gordon Lightfoot.

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