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Dave Klecha

@daveklecha.bsky.social
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Writer, actor, builder, consultant, photographer, dad, husband, collector of assorted odds and ends, and so forth and so on.

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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Nothing to make me want to pick up litter on the roadside like listening to the Raft soundtrack while driving
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Jim C. Hines @jimchines.com · 07/07/2026
Nine days to grab this bundle of humorous SF/F with work from me, @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social, @daveklecha.bsky.social, @jodylynnnye.bsky.social, @alexshvartsman.bsky.social, @ginikoch.bsky.social, and more! This particular bundle also supports the nonprofit publishing house @deepvellum.bsky.social.
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Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The 2026 Humor #StoryBundle is here! Get some hilarious reads and support #MightyWriters and #GirlsWriteNow! This bundle includes THE RUNES OF ENGAGEMENT by @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social @daveklecha.bsky.social, IF WISHES WERE RETAIL by @aahabershaw.bsky.social and many more buff.ly/qzI51a4
Graphic of books included in the bundle

This bundle includes:

Unidentified Funny Objects 9 edited by Alex Shvartsman
Geekomancy by Michael R. Underwood
Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
Funny Fantasy by Alex Shvartsman
Unidentified Funny Objects 10 edited by Alex Shvartsman
The Hex Is In by Mike Resnick
The Runes of Engagement by Tobias S. Buckell and Dave Klecha
If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw
Tune In Tomorrow by Randee Dawn
Big Stick by Michael A. Ventrella
Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines
The Plutonium Blonde by John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem
BadAsstronauts by Grady Hendrix
Middling Affliction by Alex Shvartsman
The View From the Imperium by Jody Lynn Nye
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Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The 2026 Humor #StoryBundle is here! Get some hilarious reads and support #MightyWriters and #GirlsWriteNow! This bundle includes THE RUNES OF ENGAGEMENT by @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social @daveklecha.bsky.social, IF WISHES WERE RETAIL by @aahabershaw.bsky.social and many more buff.ly/qzI51a4
Graphic of books included in the bundle

This bundle includes:

Unidentified Funny Objects 9 edited by Alex Shvartsman
Geekomancy by Michael R. Underwood
Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
Funny Fantasy by Alex Shvartsman
Unidentified Funny Objects 10 edited by Alex Shvartsman
The Hex Is In by Mike Resnick
The Runes of Engagement by Tobias S. Buckell and Dave Klecha
If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw
Tune In Tomorrow by Randee Dawn
Big Stick by Michael A. Ventrella
Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines
The Plutonium Blonde by John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem
BadAsstronauts by Grady Hendrix
Middling Affliction by Alex Shvartsman
The View From the Imperium by Jody Lynn Nye
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Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The 2026 Humor #StoryBundle is here! Get some hilarious reads and support #MightyWriters and #GirlsWriteNow! This bundle includes THE RUNES OF ENGAGEMENT by @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social @daveklecha.bsky.social, IF WISHES WERE RETAIL by @aahabershaw.bsky.social and many more buff.ly/qzI51a4
Graphic of books included in the bundle

This bundle includes:

Unidentified Funny Objects 9 edited by Alex Shvartsman
Geekomancy by Michael R. Underwood
Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
Funny Fantasy by Alex Shvartsman
Unidentified Funny Objects 10 edited by Alex Shvartsman
The Hex Is In by Mike Resnick
The Runes of Engagement by Tobias S. Buckell and Dave Klecha
If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw
Tune In Tomorrow by Randee Dawn
Big Stick by Michael A. Ventrella
Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines
The Plutonium Blonde by John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem
BadAsstronauts by Grady Hendrix
Middling Affliction by Alex Shvartsman
The View From the Imperium by Jody Lynn Nye
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Adam @impracticalfuture.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A security camera reading George Orwell's 1984
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
So… just got some Anthropic settlement mail—real actual physical mail—addressed to my home, but for authors who aren’t me. I’ve figured out how 4 of the 5 authors are linked to me, but still puzzled about what happened here and what to do about it, if anything.
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Kelly Smith 🍁 @kellymjsmith.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I'm a professional technical writer. When I told a coworker that I'm helping write grant applications for a non-profit she said I should use Co-pilot. Why? Why would I outsource the thing I am best at to a resource-devouring, copyright-stealing machine? Why would anyone?
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Not watching the Superb Owl on account of generally preferring the Olympics. (Hooray for Bad Bunny and Green Day, though. They’re what this country needs right now.) But I do have a quibble with watching the Olympics right now: Quadcopter drones. Now, don’t get me wrong…
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A nursery/greenhouse specializing in wildflowers called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Weeds.
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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 03/02/2026
We have 15 stories (3 novellas, 7 novelettes, and 5 short stories) on the Locus Recommended Reading List this year. Congratulations to all the authors!
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Note to self: do not throw your hands in the air in celebration less than 36 hours removed from abdominal surgery. No matter how beautiful and timely a Moritz Seidee goal is. Ow ow ow ow ow. #LGRW
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
“Everyone says ‘To be cringe is to be free’ until I start talking about Imagine Dragons.” - My 16 year old I feel that, kiddo.
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
And then the organ player in the Flames arena just rocked out on “Last Christmas.” #LGRW
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Other random hockey game thoughts: the Wings are playing the Calgary Flames, who have a player with the last name of Frost. And every time his name is called I think of a friend of my sister’s who I once rescued from a lake house bathroom, the door of which they could not unlock from the inside.
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Really enjoying this Red Wings game on its own merits, but also enjoying occasionally hearing (faintly) the director’s feed, informing the broadcast team that they’re going to break or whatever. #LGRW
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Out of the hospital now and mostly feeling like I’m recovering from all the inactivity of being in the hospital as much as I’m working on recovering from what had me there.
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
My stay in the worst hotel continues. Doctor friend came by to say he was here to give me my sponge bath, which I thought was a little cruel not to actually follow up on. Hanging here for another test and then maybe go home? Which would be nice as I’m almost out of @kbwagers.com books to read.
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
This hotel room kind of sucks.
A pair of socked feet crossed at the end of a hospital bed. A blood pressure cuff hung over the end of the bed. In background, a TV mounted to a wall and a dry-erase board with care information written on it.
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Well hey there, New York. What’s up?
Photo at dusk of airport tarmac. Three airliners in middle distance, New York City buildings in the far distance.
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Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
PUB TOMORROW! THE ESSENTIAL PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP! buff.ly/Bf9BguU With an intro by @ellenkushner.bsky.social 3 ways to WIN: @thestorygraph.com tinyurl.com/mr3w7cea #Goodreads buff.ly/4W4cPWn (ends tomorrow!) @fantasycafe.bsky.social buff.ly/ENz9qCF #giveaway
Cover to THE ESSENTIAL PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP
Art by Tom Canty
Design by Elizabeth Story

https://tachyonpublications.com/product/the-essential-patricia-a-mckillip/
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Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
MSN S4 key art shout out!! 📸 = kate elliot 🎨 = travis commeau
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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Where to get a signed copy of my next book jodimeadows.substack.com/p/signed-con...
jodimeadows.substack.com
Signed Confessions
What happens in the group chat stays in the group chat . . . until it doesn't.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/10/2025
It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all
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Auston Habershaw @aahabershaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Murderbot meets Raymond Chandler! An alien assassin learns to survive in an amoral universe in these ten linked cyberpunky, "alien-noir" tales. Get FACELESS GALAXY! a.co/d/7HnloVs
the cover of Faceless Galaxy, a science fiction short story collection by Auston Habershaw
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Delighted to say that my new book of words is out today, in which I explain how ‘sneeze’ was born from a mistake, that ‘window’ is a Viking leftover meaning ‘eye of the wind’, and that the Finns really do have a word for drinking alone in your underwear. linktr.ee/WordsforLife
A picture of my new book Words for Life. Today is publication day!
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Steve Buchheit @stevebuchheit.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Times-a-running out. (Okay, yes, sure, I know there will probably be another sale next month, but I gotta make this look good).
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
And this isn’t unique to transit folks. Drivers in Metro Detroit will howl about the state of the roads and how bad they are… and then howl again when major maintenance and reconstruction projects start. Like… you can’t have it both ways. Shitty roads or intrusive maintenance, pick one.
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Messing with scammers, community theatre stage manager edition. (Yes, this me, no I’m not Olivia, and this is most definitely not a cast member. All of my cast and crew are wonderful and timely people, who I would never talk to like this, even if they did try to blow off a show for a barbecue.)
Text exchange between me (Dave) and a scammer. 

SCAMMER: Do you have anything on your schedule tonight? If not, we're having a BBQ, and you'd be more than welcome to join us. What do you say?

ME: BBQ?!? You're supposed to be on stage tonight! Did you forget THE WHOLE SECOND WEEKEND OF THE SHOW!?! Be at the theatre by 6:30, in makeup and costume, and ready for mic check. WTF

SCAMMER: Sorry?
SCAMMER: Aren't you Olivia?

ME: You're goddamn right I'm Olivia, and Olivia is your angry stage manager who is tired of your excuses and your bullshit. You held up curtain by ten minutes last weekend! Be on time or just don't fucking bother. We turned down at least fifty people for your role and I'll bet half of them are basically show ready right now. Get your shit together. Your next text better be "I'm at the theatre, Olivia.”
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Chris M. Barkley (He/Him) @cmzhang42.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
What is this weirdness with the NHL Draft Lottery? Picking random numbers to mean… what? Doesn’t help that I’m watching in a bowling alley, thus no sound. But what happened to just pulling a team name from a hat?
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
media.tenor.com
a young man with long blonde hair is standing in front of a brick wall .
Alt: a young man with shaggy blond hair is standing in front of a brick wall saying “as you wish”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Your Tax Day reminder that trickle-down economics is a cruel hoax designed to enrich the wealthy and corporations while draining money for the middle class and the poor. Don't let billionaires fool you into thinking we shouldn't tax the rich.
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Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I just posted "Enjoy the first 5 chapters of THE ISLAND IN THE SKY for free here at the site" up at the website: tobiasbuckell.com/enjoy-the-first-5…
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I realized today that I’m living with a dual fear. On the one hand, afraid of the pain and suffering in store when all of the evil and chaos being unleashed in the current regime finally causes it all to burn down. And on the other hand, afraid that “just enough” will again prevail.
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Steve Buchheit @stevebuchheit.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
TeePublic is running a sale offering 35% off through the weekend ($17 t-shirts), www.teepublic.com/user/laughin...
t-shirt with a graphic of 3 harest-shirt with text of the Magpie  augury song, "One for sorrow, two for mirth..."
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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
It is live now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/how...
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A Function of Firepower: Schlock Mercenary Book 19
A Comic Space Opera Adventure
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Do love when a hockey play-by-play guy runs out the “from whence it came.” #LGRW
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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 11/03/2025
I can't emphasize how fucking little I care about the feelings of evangelicals. You're free to live your shitty fearful life, but you don't get to make laws telling me how to live mine. That's it. That's all this is about. They want all of us to live their shitty fearful lives. No.
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Kristine Smith @ksmithsf.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Shameless self-promo alert: Code of Conduct, the first book in my SF series, is available for free for the next few days over at Book View Café. bookviewcafe.com/book/code-of...
bookviewcafe.com
Code of Conduct
The aliens called her Kièrshia. Toxin. Captain Jani Kilian's life should have ended in front of a firing squad. Instead, she evaded battlefield justice by dying in a transport crash. End of story, ac...
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Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
It's a #BOOKBIRTHDAY!!! Celebrate the publication of @danielpinkwater.bsky.social's JULES, PENNY & THE ROOSTER Now available in all finer bookshops and direct from Tachyon. #SIGNED copies at buff.ly/uAypjsb tachyonpublications.... @literaticat.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
@hyperbolictelly.bsky.social's cover to JULES, PENNY & THE ROOSTER
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Kiddo #2 got accepted today to their dream program at their dream school and hoo boy do I have all of the mixed feelings about that, especially as it’s going to take them to NYC. But overall I’m super happy for them, and excited about their coming adventure.
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Apparently, half days of school mean teenagers in my kitchen inventing mocktails. Could definitely be worse, though their chatter could make my next work meeting interesting.
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Tuesday night is hockey night! Red Wings hosting Hurricanes let’s goooooo… …while I’m at the library helping Youngest Youth with homework. Live scoring on my lock screen it is, then. #LGRW
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Adam @impracticalfuture.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I prefer them plain.
Grocery store packaging labeled "EAT REAL KIDS" by lined "With Tomato, Kale, & Spinach"
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
No, Netflix, I don’t think that’s true.
Notification from Netflix that reads “A new season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine is ready to watch now.”
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Dave Klecha @daveklecha.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I had a chance to read this already and it’s so very very good. Loved every word!
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grumpybookseller.bsky.social @grumpybookseller.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The Runes of Engagement from @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & @daveklecha.bsky.social is a hugely enjoyable mash-up of military & fantasy tropes. Action-packed, nerd reference aplenty & props for naming the British base after Commander Vimes. #booksky
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 15/02/2025
I spent yesterday shocked and appalled by a group chat re: what’s happened to the VA here in western Washington; if any investigative journalists want the scoop, my email is in my bio. Employees are terrified to talk, but unhoused/impoverished vets who once received aid are now dying in the streets.
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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
ELUSIVE is still just 99p for the Ebook - pick it up to keep you going until DAMNED arrives in May! Excitement, adventure, kidnapping, gunpowder, Charlotte Corday references… www.amazon.co.uk/Elusive-elec...
amazon.co.uk
Elusive: An electrifying tale of magic and vampires in Revolutionary France (The Scarlet Revolution Book 2)
Elusive: An electrifying tale of magic and vampires in Revolutionary France (The Scarlet Revolution Book 2) eBook : Cogman, Genevieve: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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