Reposted by AllisonJames Sabata @jamessabata.bsky.social · 29/08/2026MY #HWA FORMAL GRIEVANCES My two grievances: The ED attempting to overtake Spirited Giving The org refusing to follow it's own stated mission. #horror #writers drive.google.com/file/d/1B_pm...drive.google.comJames Sabata - Formal Grievances - 08.29.26.pdf 0126
Reposted by Allison🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This is repulsive 86411
Reposted by AllisonNicole M. Wolverton (she/her/hers) @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026You may or may not know that 99% of my adult life has been spent in nonprofit-land, most as a professional fundraiser & grant writer and more recently in communications. I have worked for tiny local nonprofits and huge national nonprofits, both 501(c)(3)s and 509(a)s. I have extensive experience 1/ 2184
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The DMV area is getting a horror bookstore. I repeat, the DMV area is getting a horror bookstore! 000
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026HWA put out a 9 minute video that talked more about sticking with them than apologizing for mishandling sexual misconduct AND having a literal white supremacist heading their grievance committee. This is sickening. 040
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I spend more time vetting restaurants to eat at than the HWA does heads of committees, nominees, and trustees. 081
Reposted by AllisonThe Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The HWA grievance committee is run by the failed Trump judicial Nominee who praised the Klan? Seems not ideal! 39832
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 19/07/2026If a grandma is serving and cooking the food, plus I'm skeptical if you take card payments...the food is going to RIP. 001
Reposted by AllisonViolet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I'm planning on writing a blog post about how to support laid off library workers. I'd be excited to hear your ideas or examples! 📚 77632
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Libraries that don't support outside professional development for staff are absolutely wild. 001
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 20/02/2026As someone who reads Horror professionally now, everyone NEEDS to read @ravineangel.bsky.social's Persona. A colleague described it as reminiscent of J-Horror of the late 90's/early 00's (they're correct). It's bleak and so so scary. 011
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 20/02/2026@ceejthemoment.bsky.social's Headlights is a masterpiece. That's it. That's the post. 121
Reposted by AllisonElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Dinosaur Convention out here with higher moral standards than the Cabinet. 61412313
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Feeling vindicated over my skepticism of BookCon. A few months ago, I asked them over social media if they'd be offering Professional Passes for book industry folks (which includes teachers, booksellers, and librarians) and received the SNOTTIEST answer. 110
Reposted by AllisonRichy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre. 128131093523
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 28/10/2025I feel so incredibly honored to be apart of NYPL's Best Horror Committee, and elated to announce that we are part of @raforall.bsky.social's 31 days of Horror! raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...raforallhorror.blogspot.com31 Days of Horror: Day 28-- How NYPL Makes Their Best Horror of the Year ListBack at StokerCon in June, Konrad and I met Kate and Allison from the New York Public Library and began conversations about how the HWA Libr... 001
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Heyyyyyy so I got to be the co-chair of NYPL's Best Horrir committee...and guess what...OUR LIST IS OUT www.nypl.org/books-more/r...nypl.orgBest New Horror of 2025 for AdultsOur expert horror committee read more than 150 titles published since last Halloween to select their 20 favorites. There's something for everyone here—whether you're looking for jeepers, creepers, sca... 010
Reposted by AllisonMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 23/09/2025"We need a new understanding. One that asks not just what’s “legal,” but what’s just. One that recognizes that feeding bots on borrowed books without consent or compensation is not innovation—it’s appropriation with better branding." lithub.com/the-courts-j...lithub.comThe Courts Just Made Our Libraries Sitting Ducks For AI PlunderingThe law may call it fair use. But in the age of AI, it’s starting to look like a free lunch. A California federal judge ruled this week that Meta Platforms Inc. did not violate copyright law when i… 072
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 07/09/2025If your express bys gets delayed by 20 minutes or more you should be able to challenge the bus driver to a fist fight. 000
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Begging ANY baseball player to use drums of death by fka twigs as a walk up song. 000
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 26/08/2025If you're an architect or an architecture firm tasked with designing or redesigning a library, PLEASE TAKE LIBRARY WORKERS INTO CONSIDERATION. Far too many times I've seen libraries with diminished staff spaces, layouts that don't take safety into account, and make things inaccessible. 031
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 26/07/2025“Hey guys, please turn down your AC…we need all the power we can get to keep the AI slop billboards in Times Square running.” 000
Reposted by Allisonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/07/2025when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak” 202143994012
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 26/07/2025If the boat is delayed going from Manhattan > SI, the buses leaving from the terminal don’t wait. So for the love of god get off the boat. 000
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Had the distinct pleasure of shouting “MOVE” to a tourist blocking a clear path to the Staten Island ferry tonight. If you’re visit NYC, and decide to take the SI Ferry, please keep in mind it’s a transportation lifeline for thousands of New Yorkers. 100
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 23/07/2025How it feels knowing Lady Gaga added Summerboy to the Mayhem Ball set list. 000
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 21/07/2025This week’s Horror Committee read, “Spread Me” by @sarahgailey.bsky.social 010
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Also, horror cuties in NYC! Come check out this event on 10/7 with @raforall.bsky.social, @victorlavalle.bsky.social, @gradyhendrix.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, and @rachelharrison.bsky.social www.nypl.org/events/progr...nypl.orgWhy I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature by Becky Siegel Spratford with Rachel Harrison, Grady Hendrix, Clay McLeod Chapman, and Victor LaValleCelebrate the launch of Beck Siegel Spratford’s new anthology “Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature” with a panel discussion featuring some of the more prominent writers working in the genre... 0104
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Horror as a literary genre is cool! What do you mean I get to ready a book where there’s a line that says “help the bugs are up my ass!” 042
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Started reading “The Country Under Heaven” by Fredric Durbin earlier this week, and I get physically annoyed whenever I have to put it down! It’s SO good! 120
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 14/07/2025My library hosted a Lesbian Library Day event. Over 200 people showed up and it was a beautiful event 🥰 040
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Parents underestimate how determined kids can be to information that is deemed inappropriate to them. I say this as someone who would look up “girls kissing” on school computers in the early 2000’s. 010
Allison @doilyparton.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Cried 3 times at work. No one told me in library school that working in the place I found safety in would tear me down. 000
Reposted by AllisonDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 03/07/2025No, not yet. Appropriations process for agencies like IMLS is completely separate from big murder bill that just passed. For IMLS specifically, we'd learn more during the week of July 21 for the House's proposed LHHSE appropriations (which sets IMLS budget) appropriations.house.gov/scheduleappropriations.house.govSchedule 1187
