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Cats make me sneeze. but there's a lot of cats on bluesky. those don't make me sneeze.

words is up to 5722. I don't set out to grow the WIP, but there's always a few spots that need a deletion and a few that need a sentence and a massage. and I think I got it up to formatting standard, which makes it easier on the editor to integrate. Not hard, but style deviations crept in

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 21h

it's only seems like super intelligence to thoughtless people. The rest of us can think for ourselves

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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 22h

“Johnson doesn’t play nice. When it comes to ultraviolence, he’s doing for crime what Barker did for horror. Brand New Dark will slap you in the mouth.” —Laird Barron, Worse Angels Come, see how Bishop Rider makes the dirtbags burn. www.amazon.ca/Brand-New-Da...

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🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 22h

Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters I'm sorry I am late everyone! Got locked out of BlueSky all afternoon! 😭 As I impatiently waited to return, the questions became: Is your character patient? How do they handle delays and waits? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 21h

back to editing. gotta make sure this is formatted right, and then another pass to check the words and spruce up some weak spots

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 29/09/2026

I liked his other books, i’ll prolly like this one. You might, too.

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‘aesthetically terrifying’ @aruss-updates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A bare minimum of what someone can do? When they hear about something, say, “that’s not okay.” Next up, if you see something, say, “that’s not okay.” You may not know exactly what to do. But you can do that. Also, check out bystander tips for witnessing harassment: righttobe.org/guides/bysta...

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The 5Ds of Bystander Intervention - Right To Be

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 29/09/2026

alrighty, first pass done. 5603 words. Went up a pip. I did delete a few words too. Marked a few spots I want to reinforce tomorow. Stuff I was thinking but didn't flesh out in the original draft. Wednesday will be final sweep. check formating, compliance with the submission standards, etc.

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 29/09/2026

Beau's really good at doing these book reveal tricks. Check these out!

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 29/09/2026

Tonight I'm editing. Not my favorite part. but necessary. past/present tense slips. clunky sentence bits. I allegedly don't suck at writing, but you might not think it from the first draft. Reading as I go, so it's also a moment to notice anything I wanted to shore up if it's not all I meant to say

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Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not all men. Jesus Christ, don't you think women *know* that? Use your heads instead of getting defensive. Most of you would be terrified of swimming among sharks, even though sharks are stastically far less dangerous to you than men are to women.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Had a chance to sit with my French publisher and talk about how well Zero Saints (Santa Muerte) did. The little book that could launched my career here, and for that I’m forever grateful. Anyway, it’s still Hispanic Heritage Month and this is only $2.99! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D8...

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 27/09/2026

If you cannot accept others who are different, why should they want to be like you?

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 27/09/2026

Art without effort might not be art

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 27/09/2026

Fashion question: in star wars times, If your pants are black, what colors can your boots be? If your boots are black, do the pants have to be black? Can the boots be brown? Asking for a friend. Actual topic from last night’s dinner with swarzy friends

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 27/09/2026

I miss applications having a visually defined border and a title bar that I could easily grab and move the window. Nowadays, overlapping windows are hard to tell apart, and there's nary any surface area to grab the window to drag it because the title bar is filled with tabs and sign-in widgets

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 27/09/2026

Finished the Lost Library of Lethchauntos adventure for level1 to 3. Why do enemies do d8, d10 damage on people who are lucky to start with 10hp and maybe end with 20?

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 27/09/2026

In last night’s game, as the Eon Shrike and her crew fled the planet, chased by tie fighters, a new arrival appeared

A Star Destroyer made of painted cardboard and pog tokens for tie fighters and the player’s ship on a starfield playmat

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 27/09/2026

Finished the dnd game. Got a dinner tonight and a brunch tomorrow Getting peopled out

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 26/09/2026

Out running errands with the wife. Came across an old friend’s cross stitch patterns at 3 Stitches. Yay @crosseyedkat.bsky.social !

Bin of cross stitch patterns by Cross Eyed Kat

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 26/09/2026

Happy #fridayreads and congrats on the release!

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C. J. Daley 👻 Horror & Crime Thriller author @cjdaleywrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks! Welcome to Cemetery is a police procedural with dark disappearances & murders for a crime thriller/horror feel Missing teens✔️ Bloodless bodies✔️ Kidnappings✔️ Corruption✔️ Deceit✔️ Will the investigation get off the ground at this rate? On KU! books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l

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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My very silly, non-scary zomcom 10 Things I Hate About Zombies is my very first USA Today bestseller! 🧟 🍄 🥤 bookshop.org/a/975/978000... www.amazon.com/dp/000879670X

the cover for 10 Things I hate About ZOmbies, showing two Portland hipsters fending off zombies with an axe and a blender. one zombie is making a peace sign

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks Gabino! #FridayReads "Hannah and Other Stories" just celebrated its three-year release anniversary. Why not help me celebrate and grab a copy of this spooky collection full of ghosts, budding serial killers, and carnivorous horses? It's perfect for Halloween. www.amazon.com/Hannah-Other...

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Tristan Beaver Brain Zelden @tristanzelden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy #FridayReads, Gabino. Have a great weekend and enjoy France. For you slow burn lovers, creature feature sickos, and haters of C-suite executives... check out Unfold a.co/d/08HXjYay

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#FridayReads in the mood for an atmospheric creature feature? In "Agoraphobia," a man is too afraid to leave his home, even in the face of a hurricane. That is, until the hurricane throws something into his home. Something alive. www.amazon.com/Agoraphobia-... #BookSky #HorrorSky

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In my part of the world, wind is picking up outside. The air has a distinct chill. There's gonna be torrential rain the whole weekend. Sounds like a good time to be cozy with a book in a vampire's library, or perhaps exploring a planet with a dry climate and amazing… artwork. linktr.ee/authorlevai

My two novellas against a starry background: THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH: A VAMPIRE OPERA IN VERSE, which has batwings, fangs, and a book on the cover. THE GLASS GARDEN has white letters on a kaleidoscope image.

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Steven Caumo @stevencwriter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy #FridayReads! An e-book copy of my novel DRYAD is included for free when you purchase a paperback directly from JournalStone! It's the first in a planned trilogy, and the sequel is quietly waiting on my flash drive for the next open submission period. journalstone.com/bookstore/dr...

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Dryad - JournalStone

DRYAD Deep in the woods, the last dryad—Scarlet Oak—mourns her fallen sisters and seethes with hatred for humanity. In nearby Evergreen, Persephone “Percy” Birch is home from college for the summer, l...

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Patrick Glancy @pglancy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks, Gabino! Not going to get into specifics, but if I can sell just a couple copies of Shivering in Hell today, I will hit a milestone. A modest milestone, but significant all the same. So if you've been waiting to get your copy, today would be a great day to do it! a.co/d/0g7vvfUv

Shivering in Hell available wherever books are sold! So why read this graphic of people talking about how awesome the book is when you can just order Shivering in Hell and read it yourself!

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S.H. Mansouri @shmansouri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Have fun in France @gabino.bsky.social and thanks. #FridayReads 1985, southern California, Coming-of-Age horror, Sammy McCammon goes trick-or-treating wearing a gimp mask, handing out bible tracts, and his Alpha-Bits cereal is talking to him in the bathroom. Grab it! bookshop.org/p/books/scre...

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Scream Like a Prayer

A perfect capsule of growing up, or trying to, in 1985. Except this 1985 is seeping blood, and blood, and more blood.-Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times Bestselling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunt...

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Sam Flynn - DWELLER IN DARKNESS Out Now! @samflynnwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy #FridayReads Gabino! My latest dark fantasy-horror book DWELLER IN DARKNESS came out on Tuesday from @timberghostpress.bsky.social. If you're into flintlock fantasy mixed with cosmic horror, this book is for you! Here's the launch trailer:

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Austin Wilson @austinrwilson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy #FridayReads, thanks Gabino! Shibboleth: SCIF 002.a is out! 4 pages of weird fiction in newspaper form. Art by Luca Vassallo, words by me. Check out "the other paper" & read about aliens, strange trucks, and "You." patreon.shibboleth.me Also for sale on Itch and my website, austinrwilson.com.

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Daniel A. Olivas @danielolivas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy #FridayReads, hermano! I am delighted to be a guest of the Gothic Book Club at The Open Book in Pasadena on October 7 to discuss my novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press). Support your local independent bookstores! www.instagram.com/p/DdsUKFpgdw3/

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Kent Priore @kentpriore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The first page of my award-winning literary dark fantasy/horror novel, THE MONSTERS AMONG US. Want to read more? You're in luck: it's on sale for only 99 cents! books2read.com/u/m27rzr

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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ry lost his job to AI and Erin is barely squeaking by teaching. The last thing they need is to be hunted by Bigfoot but here we are… Wildcat Thicket is a bloody piece of a comedy/horror, out now! mybook.to/WildcatThicket

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not even my French tour can stop #FridayReads! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. No witty stuff today. I’m in France for two weeks because of this book, which is only $2.99 right now! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 24/09/2026

All the rooms at the game shop are booked tomorrow. The game is tomorrow. The AV parts expect private room

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 23/09/2026

I side with Dr. Franklin on the Believers episode of Babylon 5. But, what if the Children of the Egg were right? I think that's going to be the story I write for the next BSQ theme, Alien Religions.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026

Apropos to discussions today, a piece I wrote in 2017 -- the "before times" here on Bluesky -- about how the Brain Eater comes for (some, not all) writers and other creatives, and what happens then. whatever.scalzi.com/2017/05/03/t...

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The Brain Eater

So, let’s say, there’s this writer. (It doesn’t have to be a writer. It could be a musician, or painter, or actor, any aspirant in any creative or indeed competitive field, in whi…

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JT (paladin enthusiast) @yarns-and-d20s.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Saw complaints about a certain writer I like, that were all "Everyone says she writes 'mature' FMCs but they're not mature, they all have anxiety" and like. FIRST OF ALL interesting ableism. 2nd, you call yourself readers and don't know "mature" is a synonym for "older than the average FMC"...?

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🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters Let's talk POV today! How many of your characters would you say are POV characters? Does your story switch between a few, or follow only one? What determines if a character gets POV time? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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KL Forslund @klforslund.com · 22/09/2026

draft finished. 5,537 words. It'll need editing for the rest of the week. That number will change. as I tend to be sparse, could go up as I inject flavor or something. I thought it'd be shorter, originally. but swapped to a more complex ending Should hit deadline. I feel better with the draft done

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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nobody writes violence (and the consequences of it) better than Beau Johnson. This latest book delivers all the bone-crunching, inventive carnage you could ever want or need. He has a voice and an economy of language that's utterly distinctive. —Nick Kolakowski shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo...

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MsWaldoJeffers @waldojeffers-13.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I started researching a college paper knowing which side of the issue I was on. Nine hours of reading later, I wrote a very compelling argument for the opposit side because I found out I had the whole thing entirely wrong. My original stance was ignorant. If I'd had AI, I'd still be ignorant.

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