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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 12h

We're still live with @nmamatas.bsky.social answering questions, so head over to Reddit!

Maybe ask him what a scented paperback of 120 Murders would smell like. 👀

🎙️ links.ruadanbooks.com/120MAMA

#BookSky #HorrorSky #crimefiction

Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 16h

We mustn't dwell. No, not today. We can't. Not on Ask Mamatas Anything day! 🎉 ONLY ONE HOUR AWAY!

Get your Qs ready for the editor of 120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era.

Join us: 3 PM ET on Reddit at r/horrorlit for our first #AMA:
🎙️ links.ruadanbooks.com/120MAMA

#BookSky

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · 12h

Agreed. I'll add @r-emrys.bsky.social with THE INNSMOUTH LEGACY series!

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · 13h

Sinners
Tucker and Dales vs. Evil
Crimson Peak
The Fog

All for very different reasons.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 13h

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.

I'll go first:
-Silence of the Lambs
-I Saw the Devil
-Coherence
-Jaws

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · 15h

The AMA has begun AND my question has already been answered. ☺️ My slightly evil question.

Thanks, @nmamatas.bsky.social!

Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 15h

Annnnnnd... we're live! Go Ask Mamatas Anything!

@nmamatas.bsky.social is answering questions at r/horrorlit:

🎙️ links.ruadanbooks.com/120MAMA

#BookSky #shortstories #bookevent #AMA

Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 16h

We mustn't dwell. No, not today. We can't. Not on Ask Mamatas Anything day! 🎉 ONLY ONE HOUR AWAY!

Get your Qs ready for the editor of 120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era.

Join us: 3 PM ET on Reddit at r/horrorlit for our first #AMA:
🎙️ links.ruadanbooks.com/120MAMA

#BookSky

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · 16h

You know you want to.

Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 16h

We mustn't dwell. No, not today. We can't. Not on Ask Mamatas Anything day! 🎉 ONLY ONE HOUR AWAY!

Get your Qs ready for the editor of 120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era.

Join us: 3 PM ET on Reddit at r/horrorlit for our first #AMA:
🎙️ links.ruadanbooks.com/120MAMA

#BookSky

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · 6d

Rabbit rabbit rabbit... let's get spooky, October, but in fun ways. Not bad ways. Thanks much.

A photograph of a white rabbit with mostly black ears noses around some yellow leaves with pumpkins in the background. Text on the graphic reads "hello October" and "let get spooky."

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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 26d

Just what is hiding in these pages? You have to watch to believe it!

Which blink-worthy tropes intrigue you the most?

📖: The Black Fire Concerto by @mythicdelirium.bsky.social
🔗: links.ruadanbooks.com/bfc
👩‍🎨: Cover art by @hrabotalesser.bsky.social

#BookSky #TBR #darkfantasy

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Sep 15

Rabbit rabbit rabbit, September: Late again, but this is the world we live in. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I would very much like to chill out and get cozy.

Photography by Mohamed Weaam.

Photograph by Mohamed Weaam of a woman with long, curly hair sitting in a folding chair, in a long black dress, holding a red apple. She's looking down to her right at a black rabbit, sitting in another white folding chair, tilting their head in her direction. Text on the image reads, "hello September. Let's chill out."

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Aug 16

Sure! Reach out any time.

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Aug 16

It took about a month to get everything fixed, and we're lucky this happened in May and not later in the summer.

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Aug 16

With difficulty. We had blackout curtains on all the windows, though tried to open the windows for cross breezes when not in direct sunlight. Ceiling fans, a box fan, one in-window unit for the kitchen. Interior temp was in the 80s. Tried not to move around much, and focus on work was a challenge.

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Aug 15

I did this in May in Alabama. No AC. It was awful.

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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · Aug 15

We've always looked good in orange. 🦊 🧡

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Aug 15

Did you check out Ghost?

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Aug 11

Rabbit rabbit rabbit... sorry I'm late for the important date of wishing us all well in August. It's just been that kind of time.

Illustration by John Tenniel, 1865.

A pink background with an enlarged print of Alice and the White Rabbit by John Tenniel (from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) subtly patterned into it features large dark brown text reading "Hello August." A polaroid picture in the center of the image shows the black and white woodcut illustration of Alice watching the White Rabbit scurry away. Handwriting on the polaroid's edge reads "sorry i'm late."

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Jul 28

"The question is not just whether machines will do what we do, but whether they will unmake who we are."

The End of Work as We Know It

CEOs call it a revolution in efficiency. The workers powering it call it a

gizmodo.com

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Jul 27

Congratulations! That's fantastic.

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Jul 21

Is anyone also on Threads?

Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Jul 18

Yes. Yes, it is.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Jul 18

Hey Worldcon peeps! Hugo voting closes on the 23rd. Just a few days left to support your favorite works that helped you get through the last year. seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-aw...

How to Vote

Instructions for voting in the 2025 Hugo Awards.

seattlein2025.org

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Jul 17

So glad to hear!

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Jul 17

That's amazing! And sounds fantastic!

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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hey, Massachusetts! Support your Freedom to Read bill, which says this: “encourage and protect the freedom of public libraries & public library systems to acquire materials without external limitations & to be protected against attempts to ban, remove, or otherwise restrict access to books”

Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · Jul 17

Massachusetts! Freedom to Read legislation is in the legislature & there is a hearing next week! Info you need to submit written testimony here: malegislature.gov/Events/Heari...
You can also sign up to get updates from Mass Freedom to Read here: instagram.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Hearing Details - Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development

malegislature.gov

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Jul 16

I got 51 words written during my early afternoon writing session. I'm not sure if all of them are going to keep but, by Calliope, I'm counting them.

A portion of the painting The Muses Urania and Calliope by Simon Vouet, depicting the muse Calliope looking toward the left with a questioning or unimpressed expression on her face. She is holding a copy of the Odyssey. The words "if you say so" have been added in a rounded pink box just to the right of Calliope's face.

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Deborah @ourladyjack.bsky.social · Jul 16

Me, a writer: insists to the group this story is going to be written in first person

My writer brain: immediately starts writing in third person limited

#amwriting #writingcommunity

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