S.M. Mack (Smack)
@whatsmacksaid.bsky.social
Dog person, spec fic reader and writer (DEATH VALLEY BLOOMS 2025), Clarion 2012, Stonecoast 2019. She/her, opinions my own. https://linktr.ee/whatsmacksaid and 📷 @what_smacksaid
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TA-DAAA, behold the gorgeous cover for my debut novella, DEATH VALLEY BLOOMS, available August 12, 2025 from @neonhemlock.bsky.social. & a little 🦜 told me it's on sale here: bookshop.org/p/books/deat...
And it's on my favorite indie site (www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781966...) & all other retailers.
And it's on my favorite indie site (www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781966...) & all other retailers.
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"...a rightwing man complains that women don’t want to date him. Often enough, he is an avowed libertarian, leaving it a mystery why he does not simply accept the workings of the free market."
One of the good, slow burns.
One of the good, slow burns.
What could be putting young women off marriage? It really isn’t that much of a mystery | Naoise Dolan
Survey data suggests more and more girls can’t imagine getting married, while their male counterparts are keener. That disparity holds a clue, says writer Naoise Dolan
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"...a rightwing man complains that women don’t want to date him. Often enough, he is an avowed libertarian, leaving it a mystery why he does not simply accept the workings of the free market."
One of the good, slow burns.
One of the good, slow burns.
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I would repost just because "UGHFINE" is fucking hilarious but on top of that, Neon Hemlock's books are ALL deeply cool and handled with immense care!!! Please treat your brain & your heart to these reads!
📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I would repost just because "UGHFINE" is fucking hilarious but on top of that, Neon Hemlock's books are ALL deeply cool and handled with immense care!!! Please treat your brain & your heart to these reads!
Including mine :)
• Everyone is queer
• Family curse
• Wildflowers bloom all over Death Valley at once
• but only after it uses a woman as a battery to do so
www.neonhemlock.com/books/death-...
• Everyone is queer
• Family curse
• Wildflowers bloom all over Death Valley at once
• but only after it uses a woman as a battery to do so
www.neonhemlock.com/books/death-...
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Including mine :)
• Everyone is queer
• Family curse
• Wildflowers bloom all over Death Valley at once
• but only after it uses a woman as a battery to do so
www.neonhemlock.com/books/death-...
• Everyone is queer
• Family curse
• Wildflowers bloom all over Death Valley at once
• but only after it uses a woman as a battery to do so
www.neonhemlock.com/books/death-...
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I treat boycotts as personal blood vendettas. This is about me physically harming a corporation, not about me telling any other human how to live their life.
I don’t have time to judge others while I’m digging two graves for me and Target.
I don’t have time to judge others while I’m digging two graves for me and Target.
As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I treat boycotts as personal blood vendettas. This is about me physically harming a corporation, not about me telling any other human how to live their life.
I don’t have time to judge others while I’m digging two graves for me and Target.
I don’t have time to judge others while I’m digging two graves for me and Target.
OH SHIT
Yeah, seconding this. It has an initial learning curve, but once you get it figured out it's awesome
Yeah, seconding this. It has an initial learning curve, but once you get it figured out it's awesome
SCRIVENER IS ON SALE!!! 🎉
You've seen me yell about it, I can't recommend it enough. Literally life changing.
If you want to buy it, now is the time!
www.literatureandlatte.com/black-friday...
You've seen me yell about it, I can't recommend it enough. Literally life changing.
If you want to buy it, now is the time!
www.literatureandlatte.com/black-friday...
Black Friday Offers - Literature & Latte
www.literatureandlatte.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
OH SHIT
Yeah, seconding this. It has an initial learning curve, but once you get it figured out it's awesome
Yeah, seconding this. It has an initial learning curve, but once you get it figured out it's awesome
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if you're in Indiana, would highly recommend writing this person and thanking them. they're going to get a lot of people yelling at them, and it would be good for ppl to see they get support when they stand up to trump.
(I think I'm going to write even though I'm not in IN.)
(I think I'm going to write even though I'm not in IN.)
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
if you're in Indiana, would highly recommend writing this person and thanking them. they're going to get a lot of people yelling at them, and it would be good for ppl to see they get support when they stand up to trump.
(I think I'm going to write even though I'm not in IN.)
(I think I'm going to write even though I'm not in IN.)
I did a hard adulting thing and it WORKED
a baby is crying while being held by a woman in a crowd .
ALT: a baby is crying while being held by a woman in a crowd .
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I did a hard adulting thing and it WORKED
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I'm offering up a signed ARC of Enchanting the Fae Queen in the Bid4Sudan auction!
Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#romancelandia
Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#romancelandia
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I'm offering up a signed ARC of Enchanting the Fae Queen in the Bid4Sudan auction!
Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#romancelandia
Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#romancelandia
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Super excited to announce that I'll have a story, "The Husband Stitch", in this anthology! I can't wait to read all the other stories!
The time has come! Today is our Table of Content announcement for COMMON BONDS 2!
You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
But I'll also thread them below!
You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
But I'll also thread them below!
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Super excited to announce that I'll have a story, "The Husband Stitch", in this anthology! I can't wait to read all the other stories!
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it’s incredible how both people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Israel and people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Gaza managed to be wrong
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
it’s incredible how both people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Israel and people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Gaza managed to be wrong
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I wonder if this is how the ancient Greeks felt just watching their lives get absolutely rag-dolled time and time again by their assigned cast of useless idiot gods
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I wonder if this is how the ancient Greeks felt just watching their lives get absolutely rag-dolled time and time again by their assigned cast of useless idiot gods
I have had SUCH a productive day (yay me!) but now I'm down to the last, most painful email and now I cannot focus to save my life
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I have had SUCH a productive day (yay me!) but now I'm down to the last, most painful email and now I cannot focus to save my life
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if there's a reason to keep up the "tribunals for all involved" discourse one such reason it is to put in stark relief how far away some of the Dem politicking is from the mood on the ground
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
if there's a reason to keep up the "tribunals for all involved" discourse one such reason it is to put in stark relief how far away some of the Dem politicking is from the mood on the ground
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feeling extremely something to see some peanut go "you haven't given people a reason to *not* pirate books" juxtaposed with said peanut talking about the kind of queer representation they want in media
unfun fact: a lot of queer creatives are broke as shattered windows, and piracy doesn't help
unfun fact: a lot of queer creatives are broke as shattered windows, and piracy doesn't help
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
feeling extremely something to see some peanut go "you haven't given people a reason to *not* pirate books" juxtaposed with said peanut talking about the kind of queer representation they want in media
unfun fact: a lot of queer creatives are broke as shattered windows, and piracy doesn't help
unfun fact: a lot of queer creatives are broke as shattered windows, and piracy doesn't help
Eligibility post! It's just the one title but holy wow I'm so proud of my little Death-Valley-that-could novella.
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Eligibility post! It's just the one title but holy wow I'm so proud of my little Death-Valley-that-could novella.
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Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
Hello queers and fears, it's almost Pride Month and I've got a gift for you:
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
AAAAHHHHHHH I'M ON A @kadoore.com LIST!!! Achievement UNLOCKED 🖤🖤🖤
DEATH VALLEY BLOOMS by @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social
- queer MC
- vast wildflowers bloom all at once in Death Valley
- but these blooms are powered by a woman's life
- and the curse that haunts a family
- maybe-sentient desert & generational trauma
- queer MC
- vast wildflowers bloom all at once in Death Valley
- but these blooms are powered by a woman's life
- and the curse that haunts a family
- maybe-sentient desert & generational trauma
Death Valley Blooms
Check out Death Valley Blooms - <p><strong>THE DESERT WHISPERS HER NAME</strong></p><p></p><p>Every decade or so, vast quantities of wildflowers bloom all at once in Death Valley. Unbeknownst to the w...
bookshop.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
AAAAHHHHHHH I'M ON A @kadoore.com LIST!!! Achievement UNLOCKED 🖤🖤🖤
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Also: what someone is eating or not eating isn’t any of your business.
Holiday reminders:
- If someone has a new relationship, they’ll tell you. You don’t need to ask.
- If someone is pregnant and they want to share that, they’ll tell you. You don’t need to ask.
- If someone’s body has changed, they’re aware. You don’t need to point it out.
- If someone has a new relationship, they’ll tell you. You don’t need to ask.
- If someone is pregnant and they want to share that, they’ll tell you. You don’t need to ask.
- If someone’s body has changed, they’re aware. You don’t need to point it out.
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Also: what someone is eating or not eating isn’t any of your business.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Can we talk about the fact that there's a company that wants to block out the sun AND a company that wants to put mirrors in space so you can aim sunbeams in the middle of the night if you want to and I need EVERYBODY to quit torment-nexusing the sky?
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Can we talk about the fact that there's a company that wants to block out the sun AND a company that wants to put mirrors in space so you can aim sunbeams in the middle of the night if you want to and I need EVERYBODY to quit torment-nexusing the sky?
And if your library doesn't have the book you want, they will almost universally allow you to request that they buy that book!! Or try Libby! It's not hard to not steal!!
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
And if your library doesn't have the book you want, they will almost universally allow you to request that they buy that book!! Or try Libby! It's not hard to not steal!!
Oh god it's time for eligibility post I JUST paused my canva pro account
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Oh god it's time for eligibility post I JUST paused my canva pro account
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she went looking for a conspiracy and found that everyone is just dumb
In her resignation statement, MTG breaks very dramatically with the secret-plan conspiracy theorists about what’s happening in DC.
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
she went looking for a conspiracy and found that everyone is just dumb
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I know she’s just a loose cannon loose cannoning but I do love this narrative where she takes the whole ship down with her and I am going to enjoy it for a little longer because what else is there to look forward to in January anyway
As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I know she’s just a loose cannon loose cannoning but I do love this narrative where she takes the whole ship down with her and I am going to enjoy it for a little longer because what else is there to look forward to in January anyway
Holy shit
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Holy shit