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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 01/10/2026

Using my patented means of friendly trickery, I got a print galley I am not supposed to have yet. (I should get some from my publisher in a little while but I have ways). I absolutely gawked at @jordanshiveley.bsky.social ‘s map and seeing my chapter heading fonts in print for the first time.

Selfie of the author (me) holding an uncorrected print proof in front of his face

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 09/09/2026

I finally get to post one of these 🥹 Barnes & Noble preorder sale! 25% off September 9-11 with code “Preoder25.” You can preorder my book and also other books! I would love it if you did and reposted this 30-35 times a day please. Thank you. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-long-r...

A promotional graphic for a 25% off preorders promotion thnning September 9-11 that includes a cover of my book. Use code “Preorder25” today to get THE LONG RED TOMORROW!!!

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 08/09/2026

I am at a v crowded monday night write in. Only the best, most premium writers. Except that one fucking guy.

Selfie of the writer alone with an empty soda in a brew pub.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 04/09/2026

Apparently my results are 54% LA and San Francisco and 53% Portland. Seems within the margin of error ;)

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 03/09/2026

Another @callmeishmael.bsky.social masterpiece. My wife thinks I should get a little rose earring. I am more interested in the lil crown (and people buying my book obvs). She has taken one each of the stickers.

A sticker that has an image of me with an added lil crown, a rose in my hair, and little rose earring stud. There is a frame around me and more rose blooms with the words “Buy My Book”

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 03/09/2026

My friend @callmeishmael.bsky.social made these stickers and gave them to me at WorldCon. My application to join the club was rejected for “numerous infractions of the bylaws.” Rude.

A sticker with cartoon clouds and a moon that reads “proud member of the Erik, get some sleep club”

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 31/08/2026

Counterpoint: when are we going to get back to pristine — or shall we say _crystal clear_ - sodas?

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 31/08/2026

New blasphemous affront to God and man just dropped

Photo of a 12 pack of DIRTY MOUNTAIN DEW: “CREAM SODA DEW”

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 23/08/2026

This is in my hallway. 😂 Gonna be seeing Viggo for days.

A framed NASA exoplanet “travel poster” for ij my hallway with an addee cut out of Viggo Mortensen’s face.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 23/08/2026

Had a damn fine birthday party with the damn finest folks. I now have a lot of leftover food, dishes, and a dozen paper Viggo Mortensen faces hidden around my house.

A photo booth strip where a solly man in a big pink hat and big eee glasses that say “Cool” is holding up a series of signs that read “HAPPY F*%#ing BIRTHDAY”

A group party photo where 10 great friends are holding up paper print outs of Viggo Mortensen’s face and I am holding a sign that says “I ❤️ Viggo” My dog is slightly confused in the foreground.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 19/08/2026

Promotional postcards for WorldCon have arrived (with TREMENDOUS art and design by @jordanshiveley.bsky.social ) as well as a couple custom tshirts so I can be my own walking billboard. Any shyness I have talking about my book shall very soon be confronted and reckoned with.

The front of a postcard with retro science fiction tourism style art featuring two kids in space suits on an alien (Martian) planet with a domed city in the background. Text reads “NEW PROVIDENCE” and “FRONTIER TO THE FUTURE!”

The back of the postcard featuring the book description, cover, tech specs, and a QR code. The description reads:

“A disgraced ex-cop and his dog must infiltrate a Martian underworld filled with dark alleys and darker secrets in this razor-sharp sci-fi debut.

The brief seems straightforward enough. In a city lousy with surveillance, Jude and his rescue dog, Lot, only need to find one missing miner: Tremaine Gant. But in New Providence, everything’s crooked and everyone’s working an angle.

Blending the techno-futurism of Philip K. Dick, the political plotting of Pierce Brown, and the character-driven drama of James S. A. Corey, The Long Red Tomorrow is a gritty science-fiction thriller guaranteed to make for an unforgettable ride.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 10/08/2026

My friends rallied to support me while I was on my solo writing retreat this last weekend. 🥰 This is only a sampling of their antics. I’ve got the best weirdos.

Screenshot of a text message. It reads: “ARE YOU WRITING THE BOOK??? WRITE, ERIK!!!

I ACCIDENTALLY MADE A DEAL WITH A VERY HANDSOME BOG WIZARD THAT IF YOU DIDN’T FINISH THE MANUSCRIPT, HE COULD WEAR MY NIPPLES AS A HAT. DON’T ASK ME WHY I MADE A DEAL LIKE THAT, IT WAS THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT. JUST PLEASE DEAR GOD FINISH THE BOOK! I NEED MY NIPPLES, ERIK! I WILL LOOK SO, SO WEIRD WITHOUT THEM!”

Screenshot of two text messages. First is a photo of John Malkovich holding a gun up to a stuffed bunny. The second is text that reads “write or the bunny gets it”

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 09/08/2026

The canine demographic is glad that I am home.

Photo of my dog, Roxy, a white and brindle amstaff. She is resting on a pillow and looking satisfied.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 30/07/2026

I will be at WorldCon and made a schedule graphic for the collectors out there! I understand a mint condition John Scalzi schedule graphic is worth at least $18. Sadly, this dinged up Erik Grove graphic is only 20 cents and doesn’t include a dance party.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 26/07/2026

Portrait of my father as a young man (he’s centered in the dark gray jacket). This is from his high school literary society. The headline in the yearbook was “Authors Attempt Eminence.” He was an editor of the literary journal.

Photo from a high school year book zoomed in on Christopher Grove, my father.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 21/07/2026

When my publisher asked for my thoughts on an audiobook book narrator I said, “what about @vikasadam.bsky.social ?” Quick cut to HEY WE GOT VIKAS ADAM 🥳🤘🍾 I am so excited for this, y’all. Book releases in all formats March 2, 2027. Preorder details sneaking up on you (and me) before you know it!

Audio book formatted cover (square) for THE LONG RED TOMORROW. The cover has the title, author name, ERIK GROVE (that’s me!) and an audiobook narrator credit for VIKAS ADAM. Artwork featuring a man in a long jacket with his dog standing in red dust facing a futuristic city in the distance fills the rest of the image.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 18/07/2026

Cover only for accessibility and oohs + ahhhs.

Cover of the sci fi noir novel THE LONG RED TOMORROW by Erik Grove (me!) from PODIUM PUBLISHING. The cover has a man in a long coat, alone in the Martian dust but for his loyal dog. They are facing an ominous cityscape in the distance.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 18/07/2026

Who wants to see something cool? 😎 🐕 ✨ Releasing March 2, 2027. Preorders coming soon. thelongredtomorrow.com for updates!

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 16/07/2026

Here’s proof I am writing a novel. Until I erase it. 🤦‍♂️

A dry erase board with a lot of illegible and crooked handwriting that I am unable to accurately transcribe which is my main point in sharing it. There are also magnets and stuff.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 16/07/2026

Just finished YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White and I am gonna need a minute. The writing is confidently intense and the audiobook performance is harrowing. I think it’s genius but is is a BRUTAL book. Check the content warnings.

Screenshot of the audiobook cover for YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White from from the Libby app.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 15/07/2026

I received one of these yesterday from someone who would have had my email in their inbox. When I clicked the link it wanted me to log in with my gmail. I immediately closed out and flagged it as suspicious. This feels like old school phishing. Almost quaint.

Screenshot from an email invitation that seems suspicious. It shows a company (“punchbowl”) and a subject of “Birthday Bash Invitation”) above a turquoise envelope that says “You’re Invited!” There is a green button to “Open invitation” below.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 13/07/2026

I regret to inform you I am helping to organize a writers conference in Portland, OR this October! We are planning this as a one day single track *intermediate* career-oriented event. I will post a lot more but please sign up for our newsletter!!! endeavour-writers-conference.beehiiv.com

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 12/07/2026

This is how I look doing karaoke

My dog, Roxy, a white and brindle pitty, sitting in her pink bed, photographed mid yawn in a way that looks fucking metal 🤘

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 07/07/2026

Co-hosting @connecttheplotspod.bsky.social is a lot of work but talking with @wiswell.bsky.social about X-Men comics, dragons, and horror books was the most fun work I have done in ages. Our new episode with John is out now. Find it wherever you get your podcasts, links at www.connecttheplots.com !

Screenshot from Apple Podcasts app for an episode of Connect the Plots: Episode 13: John Wiswell - Hardcore Team Dragon. 1h 49m

Description: Cylia and Erik are joined by John Wiswell, the award-winning author of SOMEONE TO BUILD A NEST IN, WEARING THE LION, and the upcoming THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS, for a conversation about the X-Men, love at wrong angles, and John's favorite dragons. Is Godzilla a dragon? Who's going to tell him he isn't?

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 01/07/2026

In our newest discussion episode for @connecttheplotspod.bsky.social , Cylia and I talked more about THE FEYWILD JOB and some of our TTRPG origins. I did my best to explain THAC0 for the youngs and Cylia really understated the extent of her Rifts collection. 👀 connecttheplots.com/2026/07/01/e...

A bookshelf absolutely bursting with Rifts and other Palladium games source books. There are dozens.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 01/07/2026

I usually wake up around 5 AM or so and let Roxy join us in the people bed for another hour or two. She doesn’t seem to mind. If I do nothing else in a day other than give my dog a good place to snooze for a little while, I don’t mind either.

Photo of my dog, Roxy, an AmStaff sweetie tucked up close to me in bed. The only part of me visible is my arm.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 30/06/2026

Moments later, the little chocolate hat on top of my cone of soft serve slipped off and shattered on the sidewalk. Therein a difficult lesson: always eat the little chocolate hat on top first because you never know how slippery the soft serve is underneath.

Photo of me, delighted, holding a cone of vanilla soft serve wearing a little chocolate hat

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 29/06/2026

I have a new Author Newsletter! Sign up to see the cover for my debut novel, THE LONG RED TOMORROW before I post it anywhere else! And also other cool things presumably in the future! Look at that weird mouth I used for the logo! erik-grove.beehiiv.com

Image of a sketched disembodied mouth open to show tongue and teeth. Red text over it reads “Murmurings from the Grove.”

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 27/06/2026

I am good enough at home repair and have a good enough friend that’s a plumber to know how to fix this. But it will suck real bad. (Deleted a version of this post because I messed up the alt text)

Text message exchange

Me: I am thinking... remove toilet to access the wall. Cut into dry wall to check those pipes. Replace drywall. New wax seal.

Plumber friend: That is a good plan.

Me: And also a terrible plan 😂

PF: You should be able to tell if the wax has been leaking once you pull the toilet

PF: I mean fair... I wouldn't want to have to do it at my house.

Me: Oof

Me: Thanks buddy

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 25/06/2026

My friends coming through with good advice here

A text message exchange. Two text messages from me - “I am confuse”, “How do I not busy” - and a reply “Don’t scare yourself. Be soft and cautious, like approaching a fawn on the edge of the forest”

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 24/06/2026

New episode of @connecttheplotspod.bsky.social with the excellent @clpolk.com is up now! We loved chatting about THE FEYWILD JOB almost as much as a few different sets of headphones in two countries hated us. Links: connecttheplots.com/2026/06/23/e...

A screen capture from the video episode of CONNECT THE PLOTS. The screen is split into thirds. In the left third is CL POLK, in the middle Cylia, and on the right ERIK GROVE. Everyone is smiling and having a grand time.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 03/06/2026

We all get excited talking about books! You were thoughtful and smart as hell, John. Thanks for talking with us!

A still image of me from a podcast recording. My eyes are looking to one side, my jaw is strangely crooked to the other. I am a smily mustached weirdo.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 02/06/2026

When you make a playlist of music for every book you write and get edits back 18+ months after the last time you listened to it the needle drops are like an old friend.

Screenshot of currently playing and upcoming songs. Current: Wonders by VNV Nation. Next: Sober by Tool, Collide by VNV Nation, Pilgrimage by NIN, Cars Not Leaving by Gabriel Bruce, and Flight to LAPD from the Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 31/05/2026

A wild @wiswell.bsky.social joined me and my cohost Cylia on @connecttheplotspod.bsky.social ! The episode will release on 7/7 but we had so much fun and had to hype! Coming next on the show is @cnkuster.bsky.social this Tuesday and then @clpolk.com (with the Curséd Episode) on 6/23!

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 27/05/2026

And a couple other fun ones

This is a good candid photo of me sitting at a fire talking to someone not seen.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 27/05/2026

Some more photos from @johndlarson.bsky.social ! I think this one is a really good “traditional” author photo.

A photo of me! I am wearing a black hoody. I am in a backyard with lights behind me. I look very serious.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 27/05/2026

Another fun photo from a gathering last night. My friend @johndlarson.bsky.social knows I need a proper author photo and took several shots with a couple different cameras while we were hanging out around a fire pit.

Photo of me on the other side of flickering flames. I am in black and smiling, looking to the side.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 27/05/2026

There is a real temptation to make this my official author photo 😂

Black and white photo that is almost entirely black until the upper left corner where a zipper is visible and then my neck, smiling mustached mouth, nose and cheeks are visible. The photo ends before the eyes.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 25/05/2026

What’s funnier than having to make this graphic (and do A LOT of messy editing) is that I am probably going to use it TWICE 😂 Our next episode tomorrow is totally normal and great! We are joined by Mary Berman to discuss her debut novel UNTIL DEATH. But there are future disasters to come, folks 🗑️🔥

A graphic with the old “color bars” that used to appear when a tv lost signal, a stack of books and the words “Stay Tuned for a bery special episode of Connect the Plots where things go wrong…”

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 19/05/2026

Mary Berman isn’t on social media but her debut book UNTIL DEATH is out TODAY and it is banger! It is a darkly humorous literary horror novel about the wedding industrial complex. Say Yes to the Dress meets Rosemary’s Baby. It’s very good! You should read it!

Cover of the novel UNTIL DEATH by Mary Berman. The cover has a black background with pink text for the title and author name. The central image is a pink hand dripping blood and holding a bouquet.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 01/05/2026

I finished reading @wiswell.bsky.social ‘s newest - THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS - and am happy to confirm it has that Wiswell Magic. There’s humor and pulse-pounding dragon action but ultimately at its core is a big hearted exploration of surviving with old wounds that can never fully heal.

A screen shot from Net Galley showing the cover of an uncorrect proof of THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS by John Wiswell.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 28/04/2026

If you are going about your Tuesday in a hum drum haze why not treat your ears and perhaps your eyes to the third episode of @connecttheplotspod.bsky.social with @wnwagner.bsky.social ? Wendy is always a delight and don’t you deserve delightful things???

A screenshot from the YouTube video of Connect the Plots episode 3. Wendy N. Wagner is in the left, Cylia is in the middle, Erik Grove is on the right. They are having a good time.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 28/04/2026

Without downloading anything new, where are you, mentally?

A tv screen with words on it:

Haunted.
Take care.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 25/04/2026

What people might not know about me is how infamous I am for a hearty grain salad. This fella is kale dressed with a mustard hot honey vinaigrette, mixed grains (mostly couscous), roasted sweet potatoes, with quick pickled radish and crunchy garam masala garbanzo beans.

A hearty salad in a big red bowl with tongues and a spoon. Salad: kale dressed with a mustard hot honey vinaigrette, mixed grains (mostly couscous), roasted sweet potatoes, with quick pickled radish and crunchy garam masala garbanzo beans.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 19/04/2026

Day 3 of my writing boot camp is not going great. Did some time in the podcast mines but no words on the page. I could call it and rest. There's no shame in it. But, no. I choose VIOLENCE. If this doesn't give me focus (or heart palpitations), I might need a new plan. Or another Monster.

Photo of my hand holding a tall black and neon poison can of Monster Energy zero sugar

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 11/04/2026

Here’s a one minute promo made from our outtakes for my new project CONNECT THE PLOTS WITH CYLIA & ERIK! In addition to our silliness we are interviewing people about stories starting on TUESDAY with our inaugural guest @matociquala.bsky.social !!!

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 04/04/2026

Straight from Norwescon, Canada Bear is very disappointed in us. Same, Canada Bear. Same.

Photo of a plastic figurine on a wooden table. It is a white bear styled like a Care Bear with a red Maple leaf on their stomach. The bear’s arms are crossed and he has mad, red eyes.

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