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Rob Costello
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(He/him) Stoker, Lambda, & Locus Award nominated author, anthologist, and teacher. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

https://linktr.ee/cloudbusterpress

AN UGLY WORLD FOR BEAUTIFUL BOYS (Lethe Press)
WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT (Running Press Teens)
THE DANCING BEARS (Lethe Press)
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Rob Costello @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social · Apr 22
Happy book birthday to my debut YA novel, AN UGLY WORLD FOR BEAUTIFUL BOYS!!!

Check out the new trailer...

Available now from @lethepress.bsky.social wherever books are sold.

Find out more: www.cloudbusterpress.com/an-ugly-worl...
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Definitely worth a read…
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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“The current state of American capitalism isn’t sustainable. It doesn’t deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of “eat the rich” is to fix the current “let them eat cake” distortion of capitalism into which we’ve fallen.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
Let Them Eat AI-Generated Cake
Elon Musk and the coming twilight of the elites.
www.thebulwark.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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kleinman.bsky.social
Lee Zeldin kind of snuck up on people because nobody was really happy with Hochul but they'll be lining up around the block to vote against Elise Stefanik.
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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🤡 Elise Stefanik sets her sights on her NEXT HUMILIATION

Elise Stefanik announced on Friday that she is running to be governor of NY in 2026, attempting to reignite her political career after FAILING to become ambassador to the United Nations.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Elise Stefanik sets her sights on her next humiliation
Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik announced on Friday that she is running to be governor of New York in 2026, attempting to reignite her political career after failing to become ambassador to the ...
www.dailykos.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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My friend @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social shared this clip during a writing workshop on deep background and I can't stop thinking about it and how much it has deepened how I read and comment on student work. youtu.be/-woNlmVcdjc?...
Children of Men: Don't Ignore The Background
YouTube video by Nerdwriter1
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November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
Elon Endorses Cuomo, with pictures of Adnrew Cuomo and Elon Musk
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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So exciting! The anthology WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT, edited by JDLA client @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social Rob Costello is in People Magazine as one of 10 inspiring LGBTQ+ YA fantasies for teens. Congrats! @peoplemag.bsky.social @runningpressbooks.bsky.social
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10 LGBTQ+ YA Fantasy Novels to Inspire Teens to Live Their Truth (Exclusive)
Deadly Ever After’ author Brittany Johnson rounds up two handfuls of LGBTQ+ young adult fantasy novels to "empower the young reader by giving them a means of escape while simultaneously offering survi...
people.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era. I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble. This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.

Please Use it and SHARE!

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Federal Action Reporting Form
Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start
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October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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The day after the Chinatown raid, New York AG Tish James launches an online portal for the public to submit photos and videos of ICE activity.

"We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," she writes.

Portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Attorney General James Launches Portal to Collect Photos and Videos of ICE Activity in New York NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James is encouraging New Yorkers to submit videos or other documentation of federal immigration enforcement actions in New York following yesterday’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on Canal Street in New York City. “Every New Yorker has the right to live without fear or intimidation,” said Attorney General James. “If you witnessed and documented ICE activity yesterday, I urge you to share that footage with my office. We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law. No one should be subject to unlawful questioning, detention, or intimidation.” Attorney General James is asking New Yorkers to share photos or videos of federal government actions using the Office of the Attorney General’s new online portal.
October 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Rob Costello! Do you like your fables more queer than they already are? Then you should check out his works!

@cloudbusterrob.bsky.social

Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Fest was the best! #hplma @campnecon.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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aozorasf.bsky.social Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social · 20d
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Saw a lot of good friends!

@johnlangan.bsky.social @alyssaalessi.bsky.social @paultremblay.bsky.social @wnwagner.bsky.social @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Snagged a few books I’ve been pumped about!!!

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@raforall.bsky.social @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social @jfdubeau.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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I'm getting so excited -- this Saturday I'll be at the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival, where I'll get to hang out with a ton of other fabulous horror writers!
I can't wait to hug @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social while I'm there. :)
www.mvhbf.com
The headless horseman carries a book in the logo for the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival.
October 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.
unraveledpress.com unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Oct 11
It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
October 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
October 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Diane Keaton made The Godfather, one of the greatest films ever made, work. And she did so much more over more than five decades. @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/diane-keat...
Diane Keaton, 1946–2025
The leading lady of the 1970s.
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October 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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pronouncedlahra.bsky.social
HWA folks! Have you recommended others' work to the Recommended Reading list for the Bram Stoker Awards? Horror writers, have you submitted your own work to the juries? Here's how! You can even click through to the full rules if you're intrepid! www.thebramstokerawards.com/submissions/
Submissions – The Bram Stoker Awards
www.thebramstokerawards.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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This was never about deporting criminals. It’s about Stephen Miller’s campaign of ethnic cleansing.
Tweet from Alex Tabarrok reads: “Sergio Garcia, celebrated Chef who came to the US before ICE even existed. Deported after 36 years. The picture tells you a lot about the decline of the Republican party.” Attached photo shows Sergio Garcia standing with Laura and George W. Bush outdoors. The photo is signed: “To Sergio Garcia, With best wishes – George & Laura Bush.”
October 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Pritzker goes there on Trump: “This is a man who’s suffering dementia…It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.” Via Chicago Tribune
Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations
Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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This review for Goodnight Moon is a fucking masterpiece.
Margaret Wise Brown's nihilistic classic is a howling renunciation of God, here depicted as a "quiet old lady whispering 'hush'." There is no afterlife here, no reward, no release from the crushing mundanity of life. There is only the bowl of pathetic mush, the forlorn mittens, the abandoned balloon, the telephone that never rings. We live our lives in a "great green room", but at the end we accumulate nothing but the discarded trappings of our childhoods. Even love cannot offer solace: where are our families when the end comes? "Goodnight nobody," we call into the blackness. There is no hope in the world without us. We know what will happen, when we close our eyes, to the young mouse left alone with two kittens. They will toy with him; they will torture him and leave his decapitated body on our pillow. But we will never awake to see its guts splayed out near our heads. "Goodnight air," the poem ends. "Goodnight noises everywhere." We fall, silently, into the void. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/900911702
October 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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What’s a true shithole country? One that zip-ties children’s hands and puts them in cages. One that sends people to a mega prison in El Salvador without due process. One where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wear face masks to conceal their identities. And so on...
October 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Look man, sometimes you have to break some eggs and burn down your house and drive a bulldozer through your entire neighborhood to make an omelette.
bradheath.bsky.social Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · Oct 4
DHS says an operation last week in which agents raided a Chicago apartment building, rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors and detained numerous residents, resulted in the arrest of two suspected gang members.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
October 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM