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A godforsaken author (He/Him). Debut fantasy-horror THE MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING out now from Timber Ghost Press https://linktr.ee/samflynn7

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Sam Flynn - MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING out now! @samflynnwrites.bsky.social · Dec 29

Beyond honored my novella The Mystery of the Pale King (via
@timberghostpress.bsky.social) is one of @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social's Best Reads of 2024. Grimdark is a bucket list publication for me and to be recognized by them is surreal and incredible.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 8h

In her journal, Octavia E. Butler wrote, "My pen and my paper, they comfort me—at least a little. They allow me to scream into utter silence. They focus my thoughts, they permit me to act when no other action is possible.” Keep writing.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 10h

"Even if a political cause isn’t popular now, that doesn’t mean it can’t be, with the right moral leadership.

Until it’s done, we fight. We take *pride* in fighting for people like Sylvia. And that is how we make the alternative of transphobia as shameful as it needs to be."

Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 19h

When progressive politicians like Mamdani lead--and call up, not out, appealing to voters' best selves--they win katemanne.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...

This is How We Win

The role of pride and calling up—not calling out—in bigotry abolitionism.

katemanne.substack.com

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Melody E. McIntyre @melodyemcintyre.bsky.social · 1d

Part 2 of my series featuring the Small Spec Book Award semi-finalists is up! Featuring: J. A. Mortimore, Penelope Hill, @scriblit.bsky.social, and @samflynnwrites.bsky.social.

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Small Spec Book Awards - Semi-Finalist Feature #2

Welcome to the second post featuring the semi-finalists of the Small Spec Book Awards ! Check out the first post here ! Today is Thanksgivin...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

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matthew @pahuski.com · 2d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

Police union leaders defending jan 6 after watching what those cops went through should have been the clarifying moment if nothing else (and there had been plenty before) bsky.app/profile/nota...

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

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Jon Ficke @jonficke.bsky.social · 3d

Authors leaving is one piece of the puzzle, even less visible are the people who drop out before breaking in in the first instance because we can see the hellscape the industry is becoming and attrition takes us out before we find rep/debut deal.

J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · 3d

The absolutely nightmarish situation for authors right now is a big part of why I'm probably never going to stop teaching.

I like teaching, but it's frustrating that full-time authoring feels like it will never, ever be an option. At least until I hit retirement age.

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 4d

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Aug 30

It's never a bad time to bring up that we

a b s o l u t e l y

have the resources and ability to provide housing, food, clothing, healthcare, and education to everyone at no direct cost to the individual; and we just choose not to do it.

Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Aug 30

People should just get paid six thousand dollars a month to exist. You may have counterpoints and things to consider about this idea but let me just get ahead of them: shut up

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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 5d

Capitalism in a nutshell:
Studies of UBI - positive effects, cheaper than government benefits, don't directly finance capital, so WE MUST STUDY MORE

Studies of LLMs - lots of harm, very expensive, directly finance major corporations & the wealthy, so we MUST IMPLEMENT BUT BETTER SOMEHOW

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 6d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Sam Flynn - MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING out now! @samflynnwrites.bsky.social · 5d

It's my birthday! Who I am: a SFFH #author based in Southeast Ohio. My debut flintlock fantasy/cosmic horror novella #TheMysteryofthePaleKing was one of @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social best reads of 2024. The sequel #DwellerinDarkness and conclusion to the #DeadlightsDuology comes out next year!

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EXCERPTS & INTERVIEWS: Read the first chapter on The Fantasy Hive. Author Spotlight: OU alumnus Sam Flynn publishes first book (The Post, 10/21/2024) Meet Ohio Author, Sam Flynn (interview with Gina M...

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Sam Flynn - MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING out now! @samflynnwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Unreasonably excited to share a birthday with @realgdt.bsky.social. Monster loving libras unite!

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 7d

Exciting news! My novel Plague Birds, which was a finalist for the Nebula & Philip K. Dick Awards, will be rereleased by Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social in an new edition with extra content in June 2026. And a sequel will be published by Apex in Oct. 2026. 1/
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Cover of Plague Birds by Jason Sanford, which was a finalist for the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards.

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♨ naïve dumbass @atticusgf.bsky.social · 6d

Trump vs. US was the final straw imo. You cannot read that ruling and continue believing they have legitimacy. It is not only against the plain text of the constitution, it is anathema to the national ethos. It is offensively, insultingly un-American and they ceded legitimacy by committing that sin.

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Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 6d

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 6d

trump crossed the line to objectively fascist a long time ago but it's funny that he can have an anti-anti-fascist task force and people still treat it like an open question

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 6d

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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A.J. Calvin @ajcalvin.bsky.social · 7d

#FantasyIndiesSpooktober 8
Spooky book recs

Here are a few indie books that are not only spooky, but ones I really enjoyed:
A Song for the Void by Andrew C Piazza
BestGhost by CJ Daley
Imago by Matthew Zakharuk @mzakharuk.bsky.social
Mystery of the Pale King by Sam Flynn @samflynnwrites.bsky.social

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David Hudson @dwhdaily.bsky.social · 7d

“Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble.”

@theguardian.com

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Academic Anarchy🏴 - Antifa Founder @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 7d

The nazis themselves were not some clever masterminds where everything they did went perfect. They were also comical idiots who did ridiculous things, like invading Russia in the winter.

They gained power because the opposition couldn’t understand that the fascists were not rational agents.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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Sam Flynn - MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING out now! @samflynnwrites.bsky.social · 8d

Just signed the contract for the #TheMysteryofthePaleKing sequel #DwellerinDarkness. Looking at release Q4 2026.

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S E Case @secase.bsky.social · 8d

Look at what we could have. look at what our tax dollars could pay for. Instead we’re paying to have ICE pepper spray directly into the air hole of a guy in an inflatable frog costume

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 8d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 8d

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 8d

Whenever anarchism — or any idea more radical than the status quo — gets dismissed as unserious, it's worth remembering the current system runs on things like "we put all the money on a scam machine that tells rich dipshits they're god."

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 9d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 8d

Also important: this is a big motive behind the lost plot of the aging wealthy. "Why should everyone else get to have fun after I'm gone?"

They WANT to destroy the world.
They want YOU to give up.
They can go feed the worms.

The fairy twins on a tiny psychic Mothra saying "This world is the property of every living thing." in Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 8d

I wish I could explain to the "we're doomed" folk that it usually takes a long time for a species to go extinct. Understand? We're talking generations upon generations before the last human.

So if we're going to be around for a while either way, we might as well make things better instead.

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