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David Mack
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NY Times bestselling f/sf author, veteran Star Trek writer (including STAR TREK: KHAN), papa to a cat clowder. Politics-free feed: @davidmack.pro | Agent: Lucienne Diver, Knight Agency. Member WGA & SFWA. he/him | davidmack.pro
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This one, apparently:
Pitch deck cover slide: The Final Frontier Is No Man’s Land STAR TREK VANGUARD A BOLD NEW SERIES BASED ON THE ACCLAIMED ORIGINAL NOVELS [IMAGE: Starbase 47, aka Starbase Vanguard, looking dark and mysterious in deep interstellar space, as Starship Enterprise departs from it. Art by Doug Drexler.]
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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“Mm-hm. Okay, Michael … are any of the GOP’s ‘health care proposals’ in the room with us right now?”
Ron Smith ® @Ronxyz00 X.com Johnson on healthcare: Republicans have been working on fixing healthcare. We have many ideas and proposals. Bream: When will we hear this? Johnson: Many of these you've heard before and we've done it.., We have more ideas. There's a lot of ideas and you'll be seeing that rolled out in the next couple of weeks. LOL
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
ALBUM COVER DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS A FULL DIGITAL RECORDING (May 13, 1985) Image: A steel guitar hovering in front of a blue sky with pink cotton-candy clouds.
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Read the full review here:
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November 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Huh. How about that.
STAR TREK STRANGE NEW WORLDS RING OF FIRE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DAVID MACK Book cover image
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I just want to grab every Democratic senator who’s peddling this nonsense and just be like—
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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The worst part is, the GOP could honor the deal, but so what? They’ll allow “a vote” on a bill? In a legislature THEY control. Big whoop. The Dems will get all excited, the MAGAs will vote that bill down, Dems will look like the idiots they are, and voters will blame the Dems for everything.
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Every night (or morning, as the case may be) as I floss and brush my teeth before bed, I have this very intense audience of one watching my every move while he waits for me to pick him up and carry him with me to the bedroom. He’s not very bright, but he’s so darned lovable.
A fat orange cat with yellow eyes sits on top of a honey-hued toilet lid and stares intently as his human flosses and brushes their teeth.
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Well, the book isn’t about war or anything like that, but I guess she gets the benefit of the doubt for being tiny, furry, and adorable:
Close-up of a beautiful mackerel tabby cat with really large emerald-green eyes. Her name is Winifred.
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Too true.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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For Stoker Consideration... from editor @henryherz.bsky.social #combatmonsters #anthology #bramstokerawards
In accordance with HWA and Bram Stoker Award® rules and etiquette, we would like to offer HWA members a PDF of Combat Monsters: Untold Tales of World War II, for Bram Stoker Award consideration in the Anthology category. New research has uncovered deeply buried military secrets— both the Allied and Axis military operations during WWII included monsters. Did the Soviets use a dragon to win the Battle of Kursk? Did a vampire fight for the Canadians in Holland? This collection takes real World War II battles and injects them with fantastical creatures that mirror the "unreality" of war itself. Dragons rise and fall, witches cast deadly spells, mermaids reroute torpedoes, and all manner of monsters intervene in the global turmoil of WWII. Participating authors include: Eugen Bacon, Ann Davila Cardinal, Peter Clines, Jeff Edwards, Tori Eldridge, Mary Fan, Tanya Huff, Jonathan Maberry, David Mack, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Lee Murray, Bishop O'Connell, Jeremy Robinson, Scott Sigler, Catherine Stine, Andrea Tang, Gaby Triana, Harry Turtledove, Jane Yolen. Editor: Henry Herz Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Publication Date: February 11, 2025 ISBN-13: 978-8874748432 More details at https://henryherz.wordpress.com/combat-monsters/ PETER CLINES, TANYA HUFF, JONATHAN MABERRY, DAVID MACK, JEREMY ROBINSON, SCOTT SIGLER, CATHERINE STINE, HARRY TURTLEDOVE, JANE YOLEN, AND OTHERS Edited by HENRY HERZ HWA members who'd like a PDF copy, contact Henry Herz directly (@henry herz on Instagram, @henryherz.bsky.social on Bluesky, @HenryLHerz on X, or @HenryHerzAuthor on Facebook). Thank you very much for your consideration! IMAGE: Book cover of COMBAT MONSTERS showing WW2 troops fighting a dragon on a misty battlefield.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Many great Star Trek titles on sale for $1.99 each as this month’s eBook deals, including two of my novels, STAR TREK: SECTION 31 – DISAVOWED and STAR TREK: MIRROR UNIVERSE – RISE LIKE LIONS. Check out the full list and add some Trek to your e-reading queue!
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STAR TREK: Section 31 – DISAVOWED New York Times Bestselling Author DAVID MACK Book Cover image: Doctor Bashir, looking scruffy, next to excerpts from his service record, spy-thriller style. STAR TREK Mirror Universe RISE LIKE LIONS DAVID MACK Book Cover image: Jean-Luc Picard, mirror-flipped image, above the Terok Nor (aka DS9) space station, seen through the shattered glass of a broken mirror.
November 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Meanwhile, the rest of the country under Trump’s corrupt reign:
From TRAINSPOTTING — “the Worst Toilet in Scotland”
October 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Okay, but…
From THE COLBERT REPORT, Stephen Colbert at his desk points at camera and says “YOU’RE ON NOTICE.”
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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It’s National Cat Day in the U.S.! This day honors feline companionship & encourages cat adoption. Join me in donating any amount to a no-kill shelter, such as North Shore Animal League Adoption Center in Port Washington, NY. That’s where we adopted Wilbur! www.animalleague.org
The smartest, sweetest, handsomest, most diginified gray-and-white cat that is, has ever been, or ever will be, our beloved feline companion (and our home’s Lord Chamberlain), Wilbur!
October 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Three panels, in a vertical stack. PANEL 1: A stick figure character seems holds up one finger and seems pleased about whatever he intends to say. PANEL 2: He lowers his finger and looks like he's realized what he wants to say isn't going to land well. PANEL 3: The stick figure man walks away into the distance, not having said anything.
October 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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There’s no amount of propaganda that can make this a good look.
The illegal demolition of the East Wing of the White House by felon Donald J. Trump, 11 October 2025.
October 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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The Trump White House. All this needs to be a perfect metaphor for his corrupt administration is a big smear of shit on the American flag.
Ground-level view of the demolition-ravaged east wing of the White House on 20 October 2025.
October 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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First order of business in the first session. No such requirement is imposed upon the swearing in of members who arrive after the start of the Congressional session.
excerpt from U.S. Code, Title 2, Ch. 2, §25 — At the first session of Congress after every general election of Representatives, the oath of office shall be administered by any Member of the House of Representatives to the Speaker; and by the Speaker to all the Members and Delegates present, and to the Clerk, previous to entering on any other business; and to the Members and Delegates who afterward appear, previous to their taking their seats.
October 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Watching the latest episode of SLOW HORSES with my best buddy.
A fat orange cat asleep on a fat man’s lap. Yes, I know I should go on a diet.
October 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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What is best in life? For me, it’s late-night TV with my golden fuzzy pal.
An orange cat on a lap, lit by TV glow.
October 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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“I”?

Pardonez-moi, Miller, you knockoff Nosferatu, but your Freudian slip is showing.
Screen cap of X post from account of Sky Marchini, which shows a screen cap from the account of Acyn. Sky Manchin’s comment on the nested screen cap: “I” Text of Acyn’s screen-capped post, above an image from a CNN video interview of Stephen Miller regarding the blocked Chicago deployment of the national guard: “Miller: If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice, sleepy southern town, is anyone going to riot?”
October 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Hey! NYCC! I’m signing now in booth 3409, until 5:45! Come on by!
David Mack, looking dashing.
October 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Copies of my book are ready in booth 3409! Come and get ‘em!
A copy of SNW: RING OF FIRE atop a stack of other books in booth 3409, for my 5PM signing.
October 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Heading into Manhattan for NYCC in a few minutes. Remember, Treklit fans, I’ll be at the Simon & Schuster pavilion, Booth #3409, TODAY from 5:00PM to 5:45PM, signing new copies of my novel Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – RING OF FIRE! See y’all there. 🖖
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October 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM