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Anthony W. Eichenlaub

@anthonyeichenlaub.com
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Minnesota sci-fi author and moderately adventurous spirit. Vice President of SFWA.

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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 2h
And... the latest newsletter just hit the digital printing press. You can read it here:
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Words and the Code Between
My first programming class was at the local technical college and the text was green..
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 28/09/2026
Publishing year in review posts are a whole lot shorter when you write big, slow projects. Take a look at my post and see what I've been up to (not much but also a lot) anthonyeichenlaub.co...
Some kind of fish demon statue in a fountain.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 25/09/2026
Happy Friday to those who celebrate. Bear would like me to remind you to spend time snuggling your dog on the sofa.
A very handsome blue heeler sitting on a sofa with a guy.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 23/09/2026
Working my way through my 2026 game backlog and came across Reclaim! Azhe-giiwewining. Not much from a gameplay perspective but really cool art and fully voiced in Ojibwe.
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Reclaim! Azhe-giiwewining on Steam
Experience the first-ever point and click adventure game fully voice-acted in the Ojibwe language! Embark on an adventure where every word brings you closer to home and forge a path through a forest teaming with spirits, stories, and intricate puzzles inspired by Ojibwe culture and language.
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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
rip annie dillard
One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 11/09/2026
Anyone else taking a quick pre-weekend nap?
A cat sleeping adjacent to a puzzle.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 09/09/2026
Welcome to the ONLY event about Apple happening today, as far as we know. We'll be running this as an AMAAA (Ask Me Anything About Apples). Ask your biggest Apple questions in the replies to this post and one of our Apple Geniuses will be with you shortly. 🍎
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Tom Granger @tomgranger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
More eenk! 2026 inkJam winner "Love is Like Sinking Into a Pinpoint Black Hole" by @anthonyeichenlaub.com is now available on eenk! Get ready for a ride. t0mg.github.io/eenk/stories... Also, the incomparable @jon.inkle.co might have written a new story specifically tailored for eenk.. stay plugged.
Playing "Love is Like Sinking Into a Pinpoint Black Hole" by Anthony Eichenlaub on an X4Pro e-reader running the eenk firmware. On a train. With a cup of average tasting coffee.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 07/09/2026
Sometimes i like to put off my full readthrough of the Discworld books but then I remember “The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.”
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9 Wisest Terry Pratchett Quotes
The most valuable nuggets of wisdom from the Disc.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 05/09/2026
Rochester fireworks looked great tonight. Far enough away that Bear didn’t even mind.
Fireworks over a city skylineA very handsome and quite sleepy blue heeler
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Tom Granger @tomgranger.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hey look! I made a trailer for eenk, the interactive fiction firmware for Xteink e-readers! And also eenky, the companion desktop app that's kinda like what GarageBand + iTunes were to the iPod, but for making and syncing dope branching story beats. youtu.be/JddSaGFBtNU
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eenk project trailer
YouTube video by Tom
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 01/09/2026
Love is Like Sinking Into a Pinpoint Black Hole came in first in InkJam 2026. It's a small game jam, but there were some really good pieces of interactive fiction, and I'm thrilled to do so well in that crowd. itch.io/jam/inkjam-2...
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 31/08/2026
Latest updates are up! A visit to the Minnesota State Fair, game writing, and just a tiny bit about what's coming up next. Join and support! www.patreon.com/AWEi...
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 24/08/2026
Last week I wrote a game for InkJam 2026. The theme was "Let that sink in" and my piece of interactive fiction is called Love is Like Sinking Into a Pinpoint Black Hole.
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Rate Love is Like Sinking Into a Pinpoint Black Hole by aweichenlaub for inkjam 2026
An interactive story of love, black holes, and the math that ties them together. Play in your browser
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StoryBundle @storybundle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Wizards, Warlocks and Soothsayers Bundle - Curated by John Helfers and the SFWA: storybundle.com/sfwa We're proud to partner again with the SFWA to curate this bundle of 16 fantasy novels (19 books!) that will take you on amazing journeys. Check it out!
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 13/08/2026
Oh good i was just thinking Gencon was too small.
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Gen Con hires The Dice Tower’s Camilla Cleghorn as head of events as show looks to scale beyond record attendance -
The hire puts a familiar face from board game media in charge of planning and delivering one of the tabletop industry's largest event programmes.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 04/08/2026
VOTE Primary voting is done. Now let’s do a general election
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 03/08/2026
Met this elderly golden at Squash Blossom Farm today. Great pizza, mead, and an ancient golden retriever? Count me in!
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 29/07/2026
Latest newsletter just hit the stands! Can a whole game be written in four days? Also, check out this bird! eomail5.com/web-vers...
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 27/07/2026
Light crowd at the Down by the Riverside concert, but it actually turned out to be pretty nice out tonight. (Mackenzie Carpenter is the musician) Also, i haven’t had dippin’ dots in years but they’re still good.
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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It's National Wine and Cheese Day & hey, I have a perfectly cheesy book to go with your beverage of choice! CHEDDAR LUCK NEXT TIME is a cozy mystery with an autistic lead & a megachonk orange cat. Book 2, BRIE MY VALENTINE, is out in February! www.bethcato.com/cheese-myste...
A book cover and arrows-style meme graphic describing Cheddar Luck Next Time, citing it came out April 8, 2025, and includes an autistic female sleuth, is cheese-centric, has a megachonk orange cat, a Central California Coast murder village, a sweet romance, a mysterious grandma, the author is also autistic, and yes, there is a LOT of cheese.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 24/07/2026
Jude Demarco in invisible on the Space Station Nicodemia, but that doesn't make him safe. Now he needs to decide what's more dangerous: a gang of art thieves, the church, or that mysterious woman who won't take no. #books #sciencefiction #noir books2read.com/u/38Y2vL
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 21/07/2026
Had a great visit to New Ulm on Sunday and when a person visits New Ulm, MN, it just wouldn’t be right to pass up on the chance to visit Schell Brewery’s peacocks.
A handsome peacock just kinda chillin’ on the grass
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 17/07/2026
You can count on this prestigious literary magazine to speak truth to power.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 16/07/2026
A view of Rochester, obscured slightly by the smoke. I remember a time when this wasn’t normal, but now it’s every year. I am not a fan. #rochmn
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 15/07/2026
SFWA’s Emerging Tech committee is fantastic and i do believe this will be worth a visit.
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Emerging Tech Presents... Understanding AI: A Hype-Free Overview - SFWA Store
This SFWA Emerging Tech panel offers a hype-free discussion of how large language models work, and debunks some common areas of confusion.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 15/07/2026
Is anyone else this happy that it’s finally cool enough out to go for a walk?
A blue heeler looking thrilled about his walkies prospects.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 11/07/2026
Picked up some books at the local author book fair at Garden Party Books here in Rochester, MN today. gardenpartybooks.com/
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 10/07/2026
Quick reminder that this weekend you can read my interactive novel Wizard Confidential on Apple, Android, or PC. Prohibition-era Seattle noir with magic, guns, and a whole lot of wit.
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Wizard Confidential
Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle?
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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I am SO happy to announce the table of contents for [RECORDED]: An Anthology of Found Media Stories, coming to haunt you on October 13th, 2026! 🎥 📚💙 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
"A Memorandum on Military Etiquette in the Fourth Year of the Fae Crusade" by Nick Badot

"Helpdesk Ticket: Work Stoppage" by Bridget D. Brave

"NeuraCoat" by PS Cavanaugh

"The Last Episode of Captain Moonbeam’s Fun-Time Galaxy" by William R. Crichton

"Sleepless in the Notes App" by Megan Diedericks

"Case File 09987-296: Wildgrove Zoo" by Taylor Ellison

"Paracon 2026 Preliminary Schedule" by Dylan Freeman

"Witness Us Witness You" by Andreas Hort

"Mabaruga - the Ancient" by Diana J Kamieniarz

"The Seven Sins Of Selena Nielsen" by Hannya Kay

"The Old Mill" by Seoung Kim

"Side Effects" by Sam Logan

"The Man in the Leaves: an Index Case" by Aster Loxley

"The Pulling Hour" by Kieran McCaffrey

"The Masundanyika Files" by Masimba Musodza

"Cypress Hymns" by Jorja Osha

"Go Eat Some Worms with Callie Cooks" by C. H. Pearce

"What Follows Out of the Woods" by C. Piveral

"Federal Bureau of Ontology" by Rose Skye

"How to Breed Your Own Wish Fish - Babylon Curses Weekly, originally published October 31, 1899 [amended to include Sir Lamington’s letter to the Editor, 21 November 1924]" by Liv Strom

"Shelley’s System Data for the Play Test of Sinister Susurrations" by Catherine Tavares
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 06/07/2026
This cat wandered around the corner the other day. After spending time in my dog’s mouth, he… was just kinda chill about it. And he’s fine. Not really intimidated at all. Anyway, I’m looking for good metaphors for Minnesota this year so let me know if you think of one.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 05/07/2026
Back home after ConVergence. Highlights were readings by @joanmarieverba.bsky.social and @naomikritzer.bsky.social Great seeing all of you that I saw. Sorry to miss those I didn’t. Such a wonderful con. #cvg2026
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 05/07/2026
Lies Authors Tell. I don't know if ConVergence is trying to say something with my panels this year, but if you're at the con you should come see me at 11:00 today. #convergence #CVG2026 www.convergence-con....
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 05/07/2026
Watching it all burn. #4thofjuly
A couple of people standing way too close to some fireworks
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 05/07/2026
Evening approaches and we are feeling a little stressed about this whole fireworks thing.
Bear, the blue heeler is sitting very close and panting
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 04/07/2026
Happy 4th of July for those who celebrate. May all your explosions result in an appropriately low number of injuries. #4thofjuly
A pink fireworks explosion over a city and too far away to hurt anyone.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 03/07/2026
Today at ConVergence, at 5:00, you can find me on a panel called, "Importance of Writing Badly" and yes you can assume that I deserve to be there. It's going to be great. www.convergence-con....
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 02/07/2026
I suspect some people unsubscribe from my newsletter because of politics and I get that others are just not into my book recs or meandering essays about the weather, but this week I got, "I do not wish to receive any emails that have pictures of live cats." The picture:
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 29/06/2026
Oh man that's another Patreon post. www.patreon.com/AWEichenlaub...
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Update: June 2026 | Anthony W. Eichenlaub
After a great experience writing Wizard Confidential, I find myself buried in the world of interactive fiction. Reading it, researching abou
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Eli Donovan @elidonovanwriter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🚨 TIME TRAP IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! 🚨 My new dinosaur-filled time loop adventure romance is available as an early release! Backers get it 3 months before anyone else. The book has: 🦖 Dinosaurs ⏳ Time loops 💋 Romance 💥 Explosions Join the adventure! www.kickstarter.com/projects/eli...
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Time Trap: Time Travel Romance Special Illustrated Hardcover
Low-spice romantic adventure with SF thriller elements & prehistoric setting. Jurassic Park meets Groundhog Day with more explosions.
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Jake Johnson @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
BIG NEWS: We just announced the schedule for 21 town hall meetings! This summer, we'll be holding an in-person town hall meeting in every county across MN-01, because you deserve a representative who will show up, listen, and work to solve problems.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Want to dive into this year's Nebula Awards Finalists? Nebula Awards Showcase 61 is launching soon, filled with short stories, novelettes, and poems from our Nebula roster. Cherish the strength and diversity of these SFF tales with us - and support our work in community as you do! #61stNebulas
Enjoy all of this year's Nebula Finalists for Short Story, Novelette, and Poem in Nebula Awards Showcase 61!
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Jake Johnson @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I’m honored to have @petebuttigieg.bsky.social's endorsement in our campaign to solve problems for southern Minnesota. I’m ready to fight for working families to create a government that works for everyone, not just the wealthy.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 28/05/2026
New Patreon post just dropped. What am I up to? Lots of stuff. What's next? Haha I have no idea. Oh and there's a picture of my dog. www.patreon.com/posts/update...
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Update: May, 2026 | Anthony W. Eichenlaub
Update: May, 2026 by Anthony W. Eichenlaub on Patreon. Join Anthony W. Eichenlaub's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Jake Johnson @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
BIG NEWS: Today, we submitted over 5,000 signatures and officially filed to get on the ballot! Most politicians just pay a filing fee to get on the ballot. But to me, and to a lot of folks across southern Minnesota, $300 is a lot of money. So we chose the grassroots path instead:
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 15/05/2026
Latest post on Patreon about the Wizard Confidential release. Want to know what's next? Follow me there and you'll be the first to know. (after me, that is. I don't even know yet) www.patreon.com/posts/wizard...
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Wizard Confidential Release | Anthony W. Eichenlaub
Wizard Confidential Release by Anthony W. Eichenlaub on Patreon. Join Anthony W. Eichenlaub's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Jake Johnson @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Gas prices are skyrocketing. Our farmers and families are paying more every day. Our service members are in harm’s way. All because of this Iran War. Today, Brad Finstad was the deciding vote to keep it going. If I was in Congress, I'd vote to end this war.
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Anthony W. Eichenlaub @anthonyeichenlaub.com · 14/05/2026
Release day! Seattle, 1927. You’re a private eye in a city drenched in secrets. Crime isn’t the only thing lurking in Seattle’s misty streets: there are werewolves, vampires, and wizards. The wise citizen avoids the dark. But not you. anthonyeichenlaub.com/wizard-confi...
A woman in a dress stands in front of a man in a fedora. She holds flames in her open palm and he points a gun at something beyond view. Words in the corner say Wizard Confidential
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Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Josh from @cardsagainsthumanity.com and I teamed up with 4 awesome artists (@theoatmeal.bsky.social , @boxbrown.bsky.social , @shing.bsky.social , and one anonymous artist) to make anti-ICE urinal stickers you can pee on. Get yours for free at PeeToMeltICE.com bsky.app/profile/peet...
A sticker that says "PEE TO MELT ICE" and then has a cartoon pic of an ICE agent with ICE on their chest and a hood/gaiter over their face. A cartoon dotted line of pee is splashing onto its head. Art by Shing Yin Khor. an ICE agent literally made of ice, which is melting, with a red arrow with "PEE 2 MELT" and a red arrow with "PEE HERE". The agent is wearing riot gear and a gaiter, and has drops of sweat/melt coming off of him as he melts into a puddle. Above him are the words “PEE TO MELT ICE”. Art by Brian “Box” Brown. A crying ICE agent with a cap and face gaiter, whose gun is melting and the muzzle is drooping down. His chest armor says ICE and above him are the words "PEE to MELT"A very rotund and hairy ICE agent in a gaiter and tank top and riot vest that says ICE and stars-and-stripes hat. Over him is a banner that says "PEE TO MELT", and he has the word ICE on him to complete the sentence. Art by Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal.
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