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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The idea that inspired me to write the trilogy was to create a cautionary fable about the pitfalls of pursuing revolution without a good model of social change, good strategy, and personal integrity." autpress.com/2025/11/inte...
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Interview with Andrew M. Reichart - Autonomous Press
Nice work getting the Weird Luck trilogy into the world again. How was the process for you? Thank you! This project has frankly been quite a long-ass journey. The City of the Watcher story started to ...
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our friends at @aikiartscenter.bsky.social in Berkeley, CA (USA) are offering free aikido classes all month in October. aikiarts.com
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Classes in October are FREE for new adult students! • Aiki Arts Center
Attend at least five of our free October classes and get a free uniform when you register in November Aikido is a martial art that focuses on redirecting the force of an attack in order to take the at...
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Andrew M. Reichart @andrewmreichart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Preorders are open for the psych anthology I co-edited! If you’re a therapist, counselor, social worker, coach, etc. who works (or might someday work) with neurodivergent folks, check it out.
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We are delighted to share a new book: I Don't Know but Together We Do. It's a psychology anthology on Narrative Expressive Arts in counseling, coaching, and community building. Readers in the United States can pre-order it here. bit.ly/471asiG
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Get 60% off the audiobook version of Neuroqueer Heresies, now through October 13! bit.ly/4xw5MMF
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60% OFF Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on human neurodiversity. Neuroqueer Heresies collects a decade's worth of Dr. Walker's most ...
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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Got some great pieces of Weird Luck fan art by some amazing artists, which will be appearing on the Weird Luck site at weirdluck.net in the coming weeks... and we still have space for a few more! #artists #art #fanart #comicart #comicsky #webcomics #oc #ocsky #ocart www.patreon.com/weirdluckcom...
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Artists: Draw Your Favorite Weird Luck Characters! | Weird Luck
Do you draw? Do you read Weird Luck? If so, we want your drawings of Weird Luck characters! Here's the story: If you send us your drawings o
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's an honor to share this upcoming anthology from Norton, edited by two of our collective members (Dr. Nick Walker and Andrew Reichart, AMFT). If you are in the United States and want to pre-order, there is a large discount too. wwnorton.com/books/978132...
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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Between chapters of Weird Luck, we're posting a piece of art each week in which a guest artist draws one or more of their favorite Weird Luck characters. This week: Charles & Arok, as drawn by @bluerockoffice.bsky.social! #webcomics #oc #ocsky #art #comicart #heroes weirdluck.net/comic/charle...
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Weird Luck • Charles and Arok by D. E. Amon
Weird Luck Comic Page Charles and Arok by D. E. Amon • Written by Nick Walker & Andrew M. Reichart. Art by Mike Bennewitz.
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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
NEURODIVERSITY IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY & COUNSELING is coming in April & available for pre-order now! Edited by me & Andrew Reichart Use this link for a discount if you're in the USA: wwnorton.com/books/978132... #neurodiversity #psychology #therapy #counseling #neurodivergent #autism #adhd #books
The cover of the book NEURODIVERSITY IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY & COUNSELING
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thank you to Amy's Bookshelf for this interview with Hao Tran, and for naming his original book (Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat) as your book of the month. amysbookshelfreviews.com/book-of-the-... bit.ly/3UOzWgh
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Amy's Bookshelf Reviews & Podcast
Where Author's voices are celebrated and shared with unbiased, honest & ethical reviews. Everyone's voice matters.
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Azzia Walker @azziamw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"... I persist, and the opening always happens eventually. So I keep at it, because I always want to discover what’s going to emerge next." Nick Walker Sensei, Aiki Arts Center @aikiartscenter.bsky.social aikiarts.com/the-awkwardn...
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Andrew M. Reichart @andrewmreichart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Therapists, social workers, et al.: In May, I delivered the opening presentation at the PESI Autism Symposium, "Neurodiversity and the Ethics of Freedom: Cognitive Liberty, Autonomy, and Acceptance." 1.5 CE credits for practitioners... www.pesi.com/item/neurodi...
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Steven Bristow @sbristow87.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Finished this off today. I'm really happy with it. Check out @dr-nicky.bsky.social webtoon if you like the look of the characters from this piece of fan art. #weirdluck #anime #manga #comics #graphicnovel #afro #animal #badger #club #gangsters #webcomic #art #artist #drawing #scifi #fantasy #sketch
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Steven Bristow @sbristow87.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
One of the things that has been taking up my time is working on weird luck. I am doing a chapter for @dr-nicky.bsky.social webtoon Weird Luck. Here's a piece of fan art I am doing for his challenge. This is the main character, where the one I am working on is about something else. #manga #comic #art
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
We are sad to share the news that Mark A. Nobles, contributor to several Spoon Knife Volumes and co-editor of Spoon Knife 11 (Remnants) has passed. Anyone that wishes to learn more and honor his memory through the planting of trees can do so here. bit.ly/3Txcdki
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
If you are in the Bay Area looking for a practice, two of our collective members teach aikido. aikiarts.com @dr-nicky.bsky.social @azziamw.bsky.social
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Aikido: Martial Arts Skills for Modern Life • Aiki Arts Center
Aikido is a martial art that focuses on redirecting the force of an attack in order to take the attacker’s balance and throw or pin them. Aikido also has benefits that extend far beyond its self-defen...
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
We are pleased to share an Open Call for Submissions, for Spoon Knife 12. Our theme for this volume is Bounce, and our editors are Azzia Walker and Dean Gloster. They also practice aikido together, an art about bouncing into solutions. You can learn more here. autpress.com/2026/07/call...
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Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 12 (Bounce) - Autonomous Press
Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 12 Open August 1, 2026 – July 31, 2027 Theme What is bouncing into your life? Or are you bouncing into the life of another? The theme of Bounce is super open, and spe...
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We go live with the Spoon Knife 12 (Bounce) call for submissions on Saturday, August 1. In the meantime, you can get to know co-editor Dean Gloster. He has an amazing depth of experience in the areas of comedy, law, aikido, ski racing, and fiction writing. aikiarts.com/dean-gloster...
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Dean Gloster Reflects on Seven Years of Aikido Practice • Aiki Arts Center
Dean Gloster is approaching his seven-year anniversary at the Aiki Arts Center dojo. His checkered past includes being a law clerk to two Supreme Court Justices, being a lawyer for several decades, an...
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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Artists! Do a piece of Weird Luck fan art and we'll post it on the Weird Luck site! (We'll also advertise your other work) patreon.com/weirdluckcomic/posts/artists-draw-164931509 #art #comicart #artists #webcomics #indiecomics #comicsky #creators #oc #ocsky #worldbuilding
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Artists: Draw Your Favorite Weird Luck Characters! | Weird Luck
Do you draw? Do you read Weird Luck? If so, we want your drawings of Weird Luck characters! Here's the story: If you send us your drawings o
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LC von Hessen 𓆙 💀 @lcvonhessen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I'm very tardy posting about this anthology due to cat business and such, but my Midwestern Gothic story "The Stage, the Gallows, and the Automobile" appears in Spoon Knife 10: Polarities.
Spoon Knife 10: Polarities being pawed at by Delia the grey-and-white tuxedo kitten Table of contents for Spoon Knife 10: Polarities featuring LC von Hessen's "The Stage, the Gallows, and the Automobile"
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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
ICYMI: In this week's page of Weird Luck, Angelica comes to a decision. WARNING: Angelica is not intended as a positive role model. #webcomics #worldbuilding #oc #ocsky #urbanfantasy #interdimensional #dreampunk #crime #noir #villains #damselindistress #femmefatale weirdluck.net/comic/2-2-5
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Weird Luck • 2.2.5: A Little Something Extra
Weird Luck Comic Page 2.2.5: A Little Something Extra • Written by Nick Walker & Andrew M. Reichart. Art by Mike Bennewitz.
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The open call for submissions for Spoon Knife 11 (Remnants) is up through July 31. Then stay tuned, as we launch the open call for Spoon Knife 12 (Bounce) on August 1. autpress.com/2025/07/call...
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J.S. Allen @jseanallen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
One month left! Submit your poetry, memoir, and fiction to Spoon Knife 11: Remnants. autpress.com/2025/07/call...
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Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 11 - Autonomous Press
Theme Give us your castaways, your tales of remnants and remainders, of subsistence against the odds. What is left behind? Who walks among the ruins? Why do I have this vestigial arm? We want your fic...
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
We always enjoy working with Eule Grey, and you may know them from Spoon Knife 9 (Numbers) and Spoon Knife 10 (Polarities). Here is a chance to go deeper, with Mission Skyscraper. bit.ly/4xLTtNG @eulegrey.bsky.social
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
We are preparing the open call for submissions for Spoon Knife 12. Our theme is Bounce and the editors are Azzia Walker and Dean Gloster. Anyone interested can learn more on August 1.
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Azzia Walker @azziamw.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Thank you so much to Nomadic Press for hosting a reading by Hao Tran tonight. We had a wonderful time and sweet, soulful conversation. It's a chance to deepen community bonds. @autonomouspress.bsky.social
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Thank you so much to Nomadic Bookshop in Oakland, for a lovely event. 
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Eleven years ago today we officially launched @autonomouspress.bsky.social Looking forward to another eleven years (or more) of weird books for weird people. Y’all are the best little weirdos ever (complementary).
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
If you're in the Bay Area (California), check out Aiki Arts Center. It's an aikido dojo owned by two of our collective members, so it's queer and neurodivergent friendly. @azziamw.bsky.social @dr-nicky.bsky.social
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Bay Area book reading with Hao Tran: hope you can join us on Sunday, June 14 at Nomadic Bookshop in Oakland, 5pm. We'll have snacks and hear stories from The Old Village Road. See you there.
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Thank you so much to Pegasus Books for hosting a wonderful reading tonight. See you again soon.
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Aiki Arts Center @aikiartscenter.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
We are always happy to promote this Bay Area aikido dojo, managed by two of our publishing group members. The classes are free all month in June, so if you know of anyone looking for a practice, send them through.
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
If you are looking for a writing coach that is truly supportive, we recommend Joy Reichart. She holds the space for what is ready to emerge. joyreichart.com/coaching
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Coaching — Beginnerdom
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J.S. Allen @jseanallen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
10 years of Spoon Knife, y’all! Support a small press and pick up this new 10th anniversary edition of the genre-queering lit anthology. AutPress.com
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We are pleased to share that Hao C. Tran is giving a reading at Nomadic Bookshop in Oakland on Sunday, June 14 from 5pm - 6:30pm. It's a chance to come together in community and connect around the heart. 326 23rd Street www.nomadicbookshop.org
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Welcome Home | Nomadic Bookshop
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Here is a truly amazing conversation. If you are interested in somatics, creativity, and leadership, give it a listen. Then if you are in the Bay Area, the Aiki Arts Center dojo is offering free classes for new students all month in June. @dr-nicky.bsky.social
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"And what about my flashback on the road? That was real. It was the only flashback I have ever experienced in my life, though not the only hallucination." The Real Ana Kai Tangata by Scott Nicolay in Spoon Knife 10: Polarities autpress.com
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"There was a cute waitress there gave me a bowl of hot blueberry cobbler and vanilla ice cream when all I ordered was a cup of Joe and fries." Laminated Menu from a Diner Outside of Muleshoe by Mark A. Nobles in Spoon Knife 10: Polarities autpress.com
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"Or perhaps he was her lover. A private gigolo hired to service her exclusively, taking the role of chauffeur merely as a cover. One could never tell. Those theatre people, so unlike us." The Stage, the Gallows, and the Automobile by LC von Hessen in Spoon Knife 10: Polarities autpress.com
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
"Make sure you get lots of vitamin C because the body needs it to keep off infections and viruses. Especially if you’re drinking, and I know students do. Shelob knows." A Letter from Shelob by Eule Grey in Spoon Knife 10: Polarities autpress.com @eulegrey.bsky.social
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Spoon Knife 10 (Polarities) is shipping around the world through Amazon. Here is the link to share with friends and family. Thank you so much for reading. bit.ly/4tsHnGs
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
What are five topics you can talk about unprepared for five minutes? 1) The joy of collaboration among equals. 2) How our Spoon Knife series is developing. 3) The interplay of structure and flow. 4) How to make the most of the post office. 5) An organic and spontaneous approach to marketing.
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
New Release: Spoon Knife 10 (Polarities) is available for e-book & paperback, shipping in the United States to start. In this volume, 19 authors representing a wide range of genres (and often gleefully crossing conventional genre boundaries) explore the strange alchemy of opposites. autpress.com
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Spoon Knife 10: Polarities
In this 10th volume of the annual Spoon Knife lit anthology, 19 authors representing a wide range of genres––and often gleefully crossing conventional genre boundaries––explore the strange alchemy of ...
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
We are pleased to share an event at Hoi Polloi Brewing in Berkeley. If you are free on Friday, May 1, we are gathering at 4pm, listening to a reading by Hao C. Tran at 5pm, then watching a video screening of New Wave at 6pm. Anyone interested can register here: partiful.com/e/LQYEu6ou1w...
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New Wave Screening | Partiful
We're throwing a free watch party for 2024's Vietnamese Documentary "NEW WAVE" by Elizabeth Ai! Venue graciously provided at Hoi Polloi Brewing in Berkeley, CA. Programming and scheduling: 4PM until...
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Azzia Walker @azziamw.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
As we are publishing a book on Polarities at AutPress, they are fresh on my mind. Most recently, the polarity of routine and novelty. The former gives us safety and relaxation, while the latter engages us creatively and inspires us to do new things. We can include both when teaching a class.
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We are getting Spoon Knife 10 (Polarities) ready for you. In the meantime, you can get to know the series with Spoon Knife 9 (Numbers). Have fun with it. autonomous-press.myshopify.com/products/spo...
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Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
The ninth annual Spoon Knife anthology has been mathematically formulated to satisfy your craving for weird fiction, poetry, and memoir, featuring stories from 34 human writers: Anna Ziegelhof * Amand...
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"I am beginning to work on a full-length novel based on the life of my mother and told from her perspective. Although it is focused on one person, the story can be about many Vietnamese women of her time." Hao C. Tran, author of The Old Village Road autpress.com/2026/03/old-...
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Interview with Hao C. Tran on The Old Village Road - Autonomous Press
Thank you so much for The Old Village Road. It’s such a soulful book. How was the process of writing for you? The Old Village Road is a collection of short stories, some are autobiographical and some ...
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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
It's a pleasure to share this offer from Aiki Arts Center in Berkeley, CA. The dojo is owned and managed by two of our collective members (Nick Sensei and Azzia Sensei). Hope to see you there.
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