Dr. Valens Hawke
@valenshawke.bsky.social
Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant Fanboy-Extraordinaire. Dune Chronicles & Claymore Manga Aficionado. Currently suffering from extreme Arcane: League of Legends Brain-rot. Sociology PhD.
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Ok, it turns out Installment Immortality by @seananmcguire.bsky.social is on US ebook sale for $3, so here are 5 US #KindleBookGiveaway copies for free. This is book 14, so you *MUST* read the earlier books, so it's not a normal giveaway.
The horrors persist, but so must I. And my persistence means making sure people know about my job so I can feed the cats, pay the mortgage, and help support the causes I believe in.
With this in mind, the reprint editions of IMAGINARY NUMBERS and CALCULATED RISKS are out today!
With this in mind, the reprint editions of IMAGINARY NUMBERS and CALCULATED RISKS are out today!
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Ok, it turns out Installment Immortality by @seananmcguire.bsky.social is on US ebook sale for $3, so here are 5 US #KindleBookGiveaway copies for free. This is book 14, so you *MUST* read the earlier books, so it's not a normal giveaway.
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The horrors persist, but so must I. And my persistence means making sure people know about my job so I can feed the cats, pay the mortgage, and help support the causes I believe in.
With this in mind, the reprint editions of IMAGINARY NUMBERS and CALCULATED RISKS are out today!
With this in mind, the reprint editions of IMAGINARY NUMBERS and CALCULATED RISKS are out today!
February 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The horrors persist, but so must I. And my persistence means making sure people know about my job so I can feed the cats, pay the mortgage, and help support the causes I believe in.
With this in mind, the reprint editions of IMAGINARY NUMBERS and CALCULATED RISKS are out today!
With this in mind, the reprint editions of IMAGINARY NUMBERS and CALCULATED RISKS are out today!
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Also I complain a lot about a late-game name change wrecking my ridiculous plan to write the whole thing in iambic pentameter.
This week, we welcome back @seananmcguire.bsky.social to talk writing Lorwyn: Eclipsed! She takes us on a field trip to Lorwyn-Shadowmoor and tells us what it's like writing a story for a long-loved and long-unvisited plane! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
374 - Lorwyn: Eclipsed with Seanan McGuire
Podcast Episode · The Vorthos Cast · 02/02/2026 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Also I complain a lot about a late-game name change wrecking my ridiculous plan to write the whole thing in iambic pentameter.
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"Listen to me, Paul Muad'Dib. If you REALLY wanna summon the Old Man of the Desert for some reason..."
i have been made aware that an Olympic figure skater for Kazakhstan does a Dune themed routine in a full stillsuit and he is now my personal hero
February 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
"Listen to me, Paul Muad'Dib. If you REALLY wanna summon the Old Man of the Desert for some reason..."
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February 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Ep 301 of Leverage Redemption S3 had a villa in France full of evil billionaires colluding to pillage trillions in public goods who were keeping a small town activist in the basement until they could execute her led by a guy who admired Putin, and we did not, in fact, go hard enough. Apologies.
February 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Ep 301 of Leverage Redemption S3 had a villa in France full of evil billionaires colluding to pillage trillions in public goods who were keeping a small town activist in the basement until they could execute her led by a guy who admired Putin, and we did not, in fact, go hard enough. Apologies.
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When people on my side of the political fence get mad at the suggestion of parenthood, it's not the babies we're objecting to. It's the enforcement. Human beings are not livestock, and cannot be bred like same.
January 24, 2026 at 12:36 AM
When people on my side of the political fence get mad at the suggestion of parenthood, it's not the babies we're objecting to. It's the enforcement. Human beings are not livestock, and cannot be bred like same.
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Today is National Thesaurus Day.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
January 18, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Today is National Thesaurus Day.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
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I feel like I need to track this down and then take a very expensive trip to the dispensary
That, or I need to make @seananmcguire.bsky.social never listens to it so it doesn’t prompt another two or three books
That, or I need to make @seananmcguire.bsky.social never listens to it so it doesn’t prompt another two or three books
2) Wrote a concept album in which he tried to reconcile Pythagoreanism, Christianity, and Buddhism by means of songs in which the selfish natural numbers learn selflessness from the revolutionary Jzero
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I feel like I need to track this down and then take a very expensive trip to the dispensary
That, or I need to make @seananmcguire.bsky.social never listens to it so it doesn’t prompt another two or three books
That, or I need to make @seananmcguire.bsky.social never listens to it so it doesn’t prompt another two or three books
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LEVERAGE seemed like a silly little show about crime, but it was so much more than. Brilliant writing and execution, @johnrogers.bsky.social at his best, and a cast that must have required a few sold souls. The finale was perfect. So was everything else.
January 7, 2026 at 12:43 AM
LEVERAGE seemed like a silly little show about crime, but it was so much more than. Brilliant writing and execution, @johnrogers.bsky.social at his best, and a cast that must have required a few sold souls. The finale was perfect. So was everything else.
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Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement https://theonion.com/insecure-frustrated-bully-with-something-to-prove-cons-1819575405/
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement https://theonion.com/insecure-frustrated-bully-with-something-to-prove-cons-1819575405/
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Anyway, please buy my book from a bookstore near you. Or a bookstore near me, some of which have or will have signed copies:
www.brickandmortarbooks.com/item/MWp_c1q...
www.brickandmortarbooks.com/item/MWp_c1q...
Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire | Brick and Mortar Books
A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Selection!A fan-favorite character returns in this action-packed installment of the Hugo Award-winning Wayward Children series.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Anyway, please buy my book from a bookstore near you. Or a bookstore near me, some of which have or will have signed copies:
www.brickandmortarbooks.com/item/MWp_c1q...
www.brickandmortarbooks.com/item/MWp_c1q...
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
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There's one death that still gets me hate mail, and the book came out in 2010.
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 AM
There's one death that still gets me hate mail, and the book came out in 2010.
Me: That was a great weekene, hanging out with the lads at the convention.
Brain, playing the JAWS theme: Would be a real shame if you-
Me: Can you not?
Brain: Of course not, I only work here. Enjoy the soul-crushing depression!
Me: Asshole.
Brain, playing the JAWS theme: Would be a real shame if you-
Me: Can you not?
Brain: Of course not, I only work here. Enjoy the soul-crushing depression!
Me: Asshole.
January 4, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Me: That was a great weekene, hanging out with the lads at the convention.
Brain, playing the JAWS theme: Would be a real shame if you-
Me: Can you not?
Brain: Of course not, I only work here. Enjoy the soul-crushing depression!
Me: Asshole.
Brain, playing the JAWS theme: Would be a real shame if you-
Me: Can you not?
Brain: Of course not, I only work here. Enjoy the soul-crushing depression!
Me: Asshole.
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2) Pre-order OMENS OF CHAOS, as I continue my campaign to get this return to Magic the Gathering print fiction onto the bestseller lists and baffle everyone who says Magic novels are dead.
December 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
2) Pre-order OMENS OF CHAOS, as I continue my campaign to get this return to Magic the Gathering print fiction onto the bestseller lists and baffle everyone who says Magic novels are dead.
December 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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This just in: most women (most people, really, but most women for sure) don't want to be chums with people who try to literally murder them and their co-workers.
![Tucker Carlson: "What's [AOC] like?"
Matt Gaetz: "Before Jan. 6 she was incredibly chummy with Republicans, she would regularly come over to our side, sit down, hang out... after Jan. 6 she treated us all like we had horns or something."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73t3muu2pudsajp7a2fj3aly/bafkreiagl3tmxesoqw6lydhcwey52rczco3joc2m4x3kz4yv7ojrekk6ci@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This just in: most women (most people, really, but most women for sure) don't want to be chums with people who try to literally murder them and their co-workers.
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I think you're right. But a lie unchallenged is too often a lie believed.
December 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I think you're right. But a lie unchallenged is too often a lie believed.
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There is no thaw without the freeze.
The ferryman will have his fees,
So light your lamps and keep them bright
Against the cold and longest night.
For this we know: the fire burns.
The winter dies. The sun returns.
And all if we stand, and if we fight,
We can survive the longest night.
The ferryman will have his fees,
So light your lamps and keep them bright
Against the cold and longest night.
For this we know: the fire burns.
The winter dies. The sun returns.
And all if we stand, and if we fight,
We can survive the longest night.
December 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There is no thaw without the freeze.
The ferryman will have his fees,
So light your lamps and keep them bright
Against the cold and longest night.
For this we know: the fire burns.
The winter dies. The sun returns.
And all if we stand, and if we fight,
We can survive the longest night.
The ferryman will have his fees,
So light your lamps and keep them bright
Against the cold and longest night.
For this we know: the fire burns.
The winter dies. The sun returns.
And all if we stand, and if we fight,
We can survive the longest night.
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The wheel turns; the summer ends.
The light departs, the cold descends,
And we are left to hold the light
Against the cold and longest night.
The wind that howls around the door,
The tracks of snow upon the floor.
Reach for your loves and hold them tight
Against the cold and longest night.
The light departs, the cold descends,
And we are left to hold the light
Against the cold and longest night.
The wind that howls around the door,
The tracks of snow upon the floor.
Reach for your loves and hold them tight
Against the cold and longest night.
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The wheel turns; the summer ends.
The light departs, the cold descends,
And we are left to hold the light
Against the cold and longest night.
The wind that howls around the door,
The tracks of snow upon the floor.
Reach for your loves and hold them tight
Against the cold and longest night.
The light departs, the cold descends,
And we are left to hold the light
Against the cold and longest night.
The wind that howls around the door,
The tracks of snow upon the floor.
Reach for your loves and hold them tight
Against the cold and longest night.
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Hey, cool. Starred review of GATES OF GARNET AND GOLD, coming distressingly soon to a bookstore near you:
www.publishersweekly.com/9781250339409
www.publishersweekly.com/9781250339409
Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire
Bestseller McGuire’s breathtaking 11th novella in her Wayward Children series of interconnected portal fantasies revisits Nancy ...
www.publishersweekly.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hey, cool. Starred review of GATES OF GARNET AND GOLD, coming distressingly soon to a bookstore near you:
www.publishersweekly.com/9781250339409
www.publishersweekly.com/9781250339409
Angel on Right Shoulder: Okay, during break watch one new anime and two movies a day to clear your backlog.
Demon on Left Shoulder: Rewatch LEVERAGE instead.
Do you see my problem?
Demon on Left Shoulder: Rewatch LEVERAGE instead.
Do you see my problem?
December 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Angel on Right Shoulder: Okay, during break watch one new anime and two movies a day to clear your backlog.
Demon on Left Shoulder: Rewatch LEVERAGE instead.
Do you see my problem?
Demon on Left Shoulder: Rewatch LEVERAGE instead.
Do you see my problem?
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