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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 8d

IT IS ALIVE!! Behold the cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories, out in April! Preorder while it is still legal to distribute through the mail!

Sam grinning and holding up a huge board version of the Rabbit Test and Other Stories cover, featuring the title in striking white and red font against black backdrop, with a rabbit, pregnancy test, and heart monitor line through the text

Rabbit Test and Other Stories cover, featuring the title in striking white and red font against black backdrop, with a rabbit, pregnancy test, and heart monitor line through the text

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Alex Jungroth @alexjungroth.bsky.social · 9d

If you live in California, please write to Gavin Newsom in support of these five trans rights bills by Oct 12th.

All you need to do is write a one sentence comment to the effect of:

I support these bills and trans people.

Thank you so much for your support! 💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

#trans #BlueCrew #CA #US

Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills

TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 1d

Yaaaas. So furious! XD

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😍😍

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 1d

Yes! His only studio album. Full set of songs plus an entire second disc of instrumentals. The title track is... sublime...

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 1d

I listen to the entire Furious Angels album on the reeeegular. If you've never heard the rest of Dougan's stuff, it's a treat!!

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 4d

My ghostly form will look down upon you with gratitude, and whisper "dayuuum girl"!

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 4d

oh LOVE this cover!

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 4d

I'm First To Die. Please avenge me with your padded tatas

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 4d

Aw, right when it has cooled down enough to use it! That's just mean

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 4d

Right?! Each one has been bonkers good in different ways, I'm so readyyy

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 4d

I crave SPECTACLE and I shall HAVE IT

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 4d

I made a really questionable financial decision today but as a result I'm going to see Nine Inch Nails in Maaaarch!!!!
(The only band I've seen more than once... and this'll be... time number five... 😅😆)

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 5d

Jamacha

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 5d

Thank you! <3

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Jason @jasonlowrey.bsky.social · 5d

I love this book. It’s about a woman grappling with guilt and being complicit with a fascist regime after the regime ejects her from the order. It’s about abuse and recovery. It’s just a great book and you should read it.

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 5d

Free shipping on Bookshop through tonight!

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The Wings Upon Her Back

Check out The Wings Upon Her Back - [STARRED REVIEW] “A triumphant debut novel.” —Booklist [STARRED REVIEW] “An absolute must-read.” —Kirkus [STARRED REV...

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 5d

Free shipping on Bookshop through tonight!

bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Wings Upon Her Back

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 5d

free shipping on bookshop! the perfect time to get a book! and do I have one for you! weird medieval guys, gender™️, cannibalism, living beehives, illustrations, and big monster ladies

The West Passage

Check out The West Passage - THE LADIES REIGN. THE PALACE ROTS. THE BEAST RISES. Five starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, BookPage, Library Journal, and...

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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer📷🚀 🚀 📸 @princejvstin.com · 6d

Dear [Author],
Your book [Title] is wonderful. I did not understand the play The King in Yellow until [Title] and now the way to Carcosa is clear in my mind.

[Title] deserves a wider readership. My team of 5,000 cultists can post honest reviews and raise your Cthulhu Mythos ranking, for a modest...

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Glen Engel-Cox @engel-cox.com · 6d

"Rabbit Test" is the best short story I've read this decade. I'm sure the other stories in this collection are great, too.

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 8d

IT IS ALIVE!! Behold the cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories, out in April! Preorder while it is still legal to distribute through the mail!

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 6d

Thank you, Glen! 😍

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 6d

It's only coming up under ISBN at Bookshop.org, so I'll delete and repost this when they presumably fix the incorrect URL. The ISBN is 978-1616964511 if this link goes wonky and I haven't noticed yet.
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Rabbit Test and Other Stories

Check out Rabbit Test and Other Stories - This subversive debut short-fiction collection comes from one of the hottest talents in speculative fiction: 2025 Compton Crook Award and Pushcart Prize...

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 6d

Preorder links!!
B&N - www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rabbit-tes...
Amazon - www.amazon.com/Rabbit-Other...
My local shop, Mysterious Galaxy - www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781616...

Cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills, featuring the title in a big, bold font in white and red on black background, with outlines of a rabbit, pregnancy test, and heart monitor line going through the text

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 6d

who can say, maybe so 😎

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 6d

This is in direct contrast to when we watched Lord of the Rings, and my 10yo sobbed at the end because "that was such a cool ring, I wish they didn't have to destroy that ring" revealing that he would have been corrupted in about 6 seconds flat

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 6d

We watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) last night and when it got to Shredder's secret lair of child thieves, my 8yo gasped, "Why do they have cigarettes!??" So I know she will be safe from the temptation of joining the villainous Foot Clan. 😌

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