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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I just started it last night, but it's been so special so far ❤️

Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Great opening line for today: "It was the time of year when people leave their windows open." from @tyler-m.bsky.social 's "The Familiar Dark", an overall stunning story from the collection My Prisoner and Other Stories. 💙📚 🖋️📚

A photograph of My Prisoner and Other Stories by Tyler McAndrew, which has a white cover and an illustration of a face being obscured by a hand.

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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 05/10/2025

No donations for three days yall

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 05/10/2025

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Joni Mitchell Sunday early evening. Sometimes you need it!

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

On July 5, as floodwaters were starting to recede, FEMA received 3,027 calls from disaster survivors and answered 3,018, or roughly 99.7 percent, the documents show. Contractors with four call center companies answered the vast majority of the calls.

That evening, however, Ms. Noem did not renew the contracts with the four companies and hundreds of contractors were fired, according to the documents and the person briefed on the matter.

The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or roughly 35.8 percent, according to the documents. And on Monday, July 7, the agency fielded 16,419 calls and answered 2,613, or around 15.9 percent, the documents sho

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

(from this thread: www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/co... )

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Recent late night wanderings in pop culture with @chloeph.bsky.social include meditations on Kirsten Dunst's career. Never too late!

a screenshot of reddit user Quantumdreamqueen listing key Kirsten Dunst movies and stating "it's not too late to become a Y2K sad girl!"

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

From a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. I made this trip for research on my novel, Sasha the Witch. A number of art works made it into the novel, including these. On the left is "In the Loge" Mary Cassat (1878) and on the right is "Helen Spears" John Singer Sargent (1895). Both photos by me.

A photo of a painting of a woman using binoculars at a theater performance.

a photo of a painting of a young girl surrounded by hydrangeas

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

oh whoops! Hopefully still enjoyable out of order (if still sad)

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I read it also, and exactly 😢. I think I saw the next book is coming out in the fall!

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

I'm so glad you're enjoying the series! Are you waiting on The Last Devil to Die?

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I actually haven't read Six of Crows, although it's definitely on my TBR

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

and some others that might fit the bill: the Alex Stern series by Leigh Bardugo, Starling House by Alix E. Harrow, and White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

My debut Sasha the Witch is a literary fiction with a fantasy bend you might like! It follows a witch who craves connection and is trying to build up a coven. But she has difficulty with her relationships due to her drinking and mental health issues. tinyurl.com/yzxpjbdy

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Check out Sasha the Witch - <p><strong>In a world of magic, witches have their power controlled by human law. Their coven is their refuge. When a witch has conflict within her coven, her entire world ...

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

More adventures in my cat typing: she takes over with my sequel edits.

a screenshot of a Word document which says "Chapter Two" and underneath a string of letters and several @ symbols.

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Cathy Pegau 📚🌈🥊 - I should be writing! @cathypegau.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

This has already passed the House! Contact your Senators ASAP!

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Self-publishing is cool as hell and I am always happy when authors at any stage in their career follow me, but please spread the word in your writing communities: you're shooting yourself in the foot and severely limiting your potential audience by slapping that AI trash on your book covers.

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Tyler McAndrew @tyler-m.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

excited to come home and find my contributor copies of the new mcneese review in my mailbox (featuring the last story from my forthcoming collection to be published before the book is actually out in august!)

front cover of the mcneese review, vol. 62.

the first page of my short story, "the corrections officer"

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

The SAVE Act will make it very hard for trans and nonbinary folks to vote — the Trump administration already ended their ability to get passports that match their gender identity. You need to call your Senators TODAY to make sure this dies in the Senate.

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Love literary fiction and interested in getting into some low fantasy? Love low fantasy and want to get into literary fiction? My literary fiction with a bend novel SASHA THE WITCH could be the perfect fit for you, and the ebook is free 04/11/25-04/13/25! tinyurl.com/b3pzkc84 #booksky 🖋️📚 📚❓

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Sasha the Witch - Kindle edition by Vradenberg, Iris. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Sasha the Witch.

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

My literary fiction with a fantasy bend ebook SASHA THE WITCH is free this weekend, 04/11-04/13, on Kindle! If you're looking for contemplative characters and a story about someone trying to trust that people care about her, you should check it out! tinyurl.com/b3pzkc84 #booksky 🖋️📚 📚❓

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

It's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

Color photo of a white lily blossom, overlaid with a black skull and cross bones and text that reads “no lilies for kitties”.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

✨ The BIG INDIE SALE is HAPPENING NOW ✨ My dystopian sci-fi series is on sale along with so many other books! Books range from FREE to 1.99! Mine are 99c! 🎉 Indie sale link: indiebook.sale My books on sale: mybook.to/rSMw0 📚💙

Poster for the Narratess Indie Book Sale; dozens of ebooks are shown around a central image advertising the sale for sci-fi, fantasy and horror indie books. There’s a dragon, a planet with rings, skulls, stars and diamonds on the ad.

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

congratulations! That's truly impressive 💕

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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 29/03/2025

Eid Mubarak! Ramadan is ending, and Eid al-Fitr is beginning, and we’re celebrating with a modest list of queer books with Muslim characters. You can read this post as a text post by visiting our webpage: duckprintspress.com/2025/03/29/c...

A graphic entitled Queer Muslim Books, featuring a background with a rainbow motif. There are six book covers on the graphic. The books are: We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib; Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H; Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar; Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi; DeadEndia by Hamish Steele; and Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed.

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Source New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 17/03/2025

“We don’t know what’s happened to these four dozen New Mexicans. They’ve effectively disappeared. They’re gone,” said Becca Sheff, senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.

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ICE has ‘disappeared’ 48 New Mexico residents, attorneys say • Source New Mexico

“We don’t know what’s happened to these four dozen New Mexicans. They’ve effectively disappeared. They’re gone,” an ACLU attorney said.

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

An event if you're in Pittsburgh next week!!

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AUTHORPUPPY @elenaabbottauthor.com · 19/03/2025

A treat for those still doomscrolling today. This itch bundle contains 40+ trans authors coming together to present to you 46 books for only $20, or 73 books for $30! We're literally only $18 away from the $5000 mark which is madness I tell you, simply madness! itch.io/b/2914/stori...

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Stories for the Trans Rights Readathon by Robin Jo Margaret and 42 others

Stories for the Trans Rights Readathon: up to 73 items starting at $20.00

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

exactly 💗 plus, I appreciate the visual representation of an artist being marked by the making of their art!

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

anyway, my cat attempted to rename my crafts folder

$A screenshot of an error message from a computer saying: "The name "]\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\U:"???" can't be used. Try using a name with fewer characters, or with no punctuation marks."$

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 19/03/2025

DEAR FELLOW JEWS THESE MOTHERFUCKERS ARE NOT OUR FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY NOT MILLER

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Baseball media: if you do not loudly report on this I do not want to hear a goddamn thing from you about Jackie Robinson on April 15. bsky.app/profile/fbih...

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

yes definitely the paint all over the hand adds to the loveliness

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

any particular genre? Some of my favorites are the Murderbot series (sci fi) and the Locked Tomb series (sci fi/fantasy)

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I got a bunch of new followers--hi all!--so a little about me 💕 author of SASHA THE WITCH a lit fic/low fantasy novel about a witch who struggles with her mental health and making connections 💕I have two cats, they are very sweet but sort of scoundrels 💕also a fan of: art, flowers, crafts, sweets

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I write a fantasy/literary fiction mix, and would love to be included in both or either of those!

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Iris Vradenberg Author @irisvradenberg.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

oh no!! I love paperbacks (for the money savings and for the look and feel)

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