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Tom Mock
@tommock.bsky.social
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Indie SFF/horror author & editor: proofreading & dev editing (he/him)

THE LONG NIGHTS is a #1 Best Seller in Contemporary Fantasy, Vampire Thriller, and more. SPFBO8 semi-finalist & 2021 Indies Today Awards: Runner-Up in Horror

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Tom Mock @tommock.bsky.social · Sep 9
Hi, Tom here. I'm a SFF author & editor

Here's my books (some free)

and editing services (developmental & proofreading)

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ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social
Reminder: I have an ongoing dark fantasy series about a young woman who wants to become a monster killer! It has blood magic, a curse that turns people into monsters, and more!

I *also* have a novella about a guy who makes a pact with a chaotic god to escape from hired killers.

💙📚
Graphic showcasing my three books: Bloodmaster series: Coward (huge centipede coiled around a spear), Noxious (red-haired black woman doing a crazy backflip while licking a bloody spear) Standalones: Unfortunate (dude in a suit stares in horror at a dead body while clutching a bloody rock)
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
tommock.bsky.social
What’s everyone reading this weekend?

I’ve finally been reading The Exile of Zanzibar by Daniel Maidman @danielmaidman.bsky.social

It’s terrific!
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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sonnyross.bsky.social
I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic
A decorative illustration of flowers with the caption “I don’t use ai I’m not a fucking loser” with a severed hand with too many fingers
August 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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anthonycardno.bsky.social
Let's celebrate the art of the Novella in November! #NovellaNovember

www.anthonycardno.com/blog/2025/10...
NOVELLA NOVEMBER IS COMING! — ANTHONY R. CARDNO
I love reading books of all lengths, but man do I really love novellas! Something about that 17,000-to-40,000-word length (roughly 70 to 160 pages) feels like the sweet spot – short enough to read in ...
www.anthonycardno.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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leeknoxostertag.bsky.social
hit me with your recommendations for excellent trans adult fiction by trans authors? Stag Dance and RCBG have been rattling around in my head since I read them and I and want to read more trans stories that aren't memoir or aimed at young readers!
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social
I just did a quick search and this is pretty comprehensive. A good resource.
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
tommock.bsky.social
I really like being a Dev Editor.

It’s so gratifying to be a part of a book’s journey and help authors see their story through fresh eyes.
October 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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fantasyfaction.bsky.social
The latest #SPFBO review:

This brutal, sea-sprayed tale of pirates, betrayal, and uneasy alliances showcases the grit and moral ambiguity that have become Hayes’ trademark.

fantasy-faction.com/2025/rob-j-h...

💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction

@marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social one for the scoreboard!
Rob J. Hayes – Where Loyalties Lie
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
tommock.bsky.social
Darrin Muir's debut thriller Afterimage is out now.

I worked with Darrin on this and enjoyed it. Stripes of Stephen King. I'm deeply interested to see what he writes next.
a.co/d/dccwAFw
October 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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tommock.bsky.social
Joe Kellerman (occult specialist) from my debut novel The Long Nights

Art by @atomicpixies.bsky.social
I love it!
October 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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thecorlew.bsky.social
feels wild to have to say but I don’t think people who wear swastikas should be allowed to exist

fix yr heart or be thrown into Gehenna
michaeljstern.bsky.social Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 17d
False equivalencies will be the end of us.
October 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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artofyorugami.bsky.social
Yet another case to add as proof to that the MIT Report about GenAI not actually being this amazing company productivity booster Techbros keep praising it for.
October 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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rachelsl.bsky.social
Breaking up the doomscrolling with a little GOOD news!
h4tp.bsky.social Hope For The Planet @h4tp.bsky.social · 19d
Australia's humpback whales are doing so well that their population is expected to reach carrying capacity and plateau in the near future--they have not just reached but exceeded pre-whaling numbers. For this to happen with such a long-lived, slow-reproducing species is near miraculous. #goodnews
These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there are 50,000 of them
Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.
www.abc.net.au
October 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
tommock.bsky.social
Joe Kellerman (occult specialist) from my debut novel The Long Nights

Art by @atomicpixies.bsky.social
I love it!
October 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
tommock.bsky.social
Things that are not writing, ft. Georgi
October 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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suebavey.bsky.social
My first review for #SFINCS3 round 1 - Skyfold by @timmckay52.bsky.social

pagechewing.com/sfincs3-roun...
October 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
tommock.bsky.social
People are talking about piracy for some reason.
Books are one of the best things you can buy … at least, when you can afford them.
(Open for cc)
October 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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grimoireinkreviews.bsky.social
We are so excited to be part of #SFINC3 this year. Our team has 20 novellas between us and each novella has at least two readers to score and review each title.
So what are the titles and who is reading them???
September 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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axios.com
NEW: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon are all named in Epstein docs released today by Democrats
Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon named in Epstein files released by Democrats
The three Trump allies are all mentioned in redacted copies of Epstein's daily schedules.
www.axios.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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tommock.bsky.social
Chapter dev notes for another author away! I hope it helps!

If you want me to look at your work, I’m available this fall.
September 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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patricksamphire.bsky.social
"IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THEM "One thing I don't think people realize is that in arguments about human rights, it's not about trying to persuade the other party. It's not about convincing them at all. They've already made up their minds. It's about persuading the audience. "If call out my aunt about how racist she's being at Thanksgiving, it's not because I expect to change her mind. I'm hoping my little cousin hears and learns maybe skin color doesn't mean what she says it means. "If I call out my coach on being homophobic I'm not trying to change his opinion. I'm trying to convince the closeted gay kid on the team that they aren't the monster he's made them out to be. "People will try to hush you and say, "they're not going to change their minds, don't bother" but it's not about them. It was never about them."
September 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
tommock.bsky.social
Chapter dev notes for another author away! I hope it helps!

If you want me to look at your work, I’m available this fall.
September 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social
This is it right fucking here
Here I am reminded of Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 address at Cooper Union, where he defends his opposition to the expansion of slavery. Responding to Southern critics who insisted that the Republican Party was a conspiracy to abolish slavery, Lincoln said that the truth of the situation was that there was nothing either Republicans or the entire North could say, short of outright submission to the slave South, that would calm Southern anger or assuage the South’s paranoia: “What will convince them? This, and this only: Cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly — done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated — we must place ourselves avowedly with them.” We can say something similar of our time. Neither Trump nor the MAGA right wants to discuss or deliberate; it wants to dominate. American politics is no longer a fight over policy; it is a fight over the character of the nation itself. The task of this moment, then, is to defend the old vision of a more perfect union — of a more democratic and egalitarian American republic — not hope that one can avoid the fight by having the right conversation.
September 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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whitehouse.senate.gov
Good catalogue of Patel lies.

Here’s another: the chief judge of the federal court where FBI does the most business knows Patel lied about a court order.
The Situation:  I Don’t Believe Kash Patel
The FBI directors shows a “lack of candor” before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
www.lawfaremedia.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
A first-semester freshman at Auburn -- who has not even experienced one month as a student -- is demanding universities purge faculty members who dared to be critical of the man who created the Professor Watchlist.

Calling college presidents & donors ... as one does their first month in college.
September 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM