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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 2h

I once described this book ROCK STAR as what happens when superhero Partridge Family haul the Stepford Wives into a giant mecha and get ready to kick asteroid. The reptilian invaders are bringing the wacky mushrooms, of course. books2read.com/u/4NKg8W Amazon: a.co/d/083MQ1WT

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 4h

The power went out last night, but we found the lantern & the TARDIS, yay! Also, thanks for reading & sharing & liking my poem Takoyaki Tuesday at Kaleidotrope.

A little battery powered lantern which is green sits on a red crocheted blanket. A TARDIS keychain dangles from the lantern.

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C. Signy Maraine 🛹🐢 @csignymaraine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy book birthday!!! Two years ago today, DREAD THE BOARDS was released. Thanks to everyone who has supported it along the way! #booksky #horror #yalit #middlegradelit

Picture of ebook cover DREAD THE BOARDS by C. Signy Maraine: A black background with an angry-faced red house that is reaching towards two small figures.
Synopsis:
Truman Gertie, in his quest to become an astronaut, has prepared--trained--to solve complex problems, overcome unimaginable obstacles, to survive. Now he finds himself trapped in a house filled with dark, stolen magic--a house dangerous beyond comprehension, aided by a cast of heartless captors bent to do its will. To escape, Truman needs more than his wits to succeed. He must forge an unlikely alliance with the other captives: a betrayer, an accomplice, and maybe even a nemesis from school who wishes him dead.
Anything to escape the Most Dangerous House of Them All.

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Jenny Rae Rappaport @jennyrae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good morning, it's story day! This is my first appearance in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, and I'm delighted for you all to read "Monsters in the World". ❤️ kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'Monsters in the World' by Jenny Rae Rappaport

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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My poem, Good Morning Forgetfulness, is now out in the latest issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social! kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'Good Morning Forgetfulness' by Kit MacAllister

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My poem "Takoyaki Tuesday" is out at Kaleidotrope! Thank you, Fred! kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'Takoyaki Tuesday' by K.M. Praschak

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There's a new issue of Kaleidotrope today!

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Kaleidotrope - Autumn 2026

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Going live, October 1.

FICTION
“The Bargain” by Mari Ness
“Soul Food” by Rob Gillham
“Rain” by Emily O’Malley Liu
“Boxed In” by Stuart Docherty
“The Sea Calls” by Jennifer Skogen
“A Brief History of the Doorway Program” by Damian Stockli
“Monsters in the World” by Jenny Rae Rappaport
“The Beasts of Altain” by Jay Kang Romanus
“Unsought Books” by Corey Farrenkopf
“The Commodore’s Dreams” by Jake Stein
“Something in the Air” by Chris Barnham

POETRY
“Good Morning Forgetfulness” by Kit MacAllister
“Bluebeard at Midnight” by Faith Allington
“Spellbound” by Robert Borski
“The Old Vagabond Club” by Marisca Pichette
“Field Notes from a Failing Simulation” by David Anson Lee
“Takoyaki Tuesday” by K.M. Praschak
“And Yet” by Neile Graham

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Somehow, despite it all, the linear progression of time continues. Meaning it's almost October—and almost time for the new Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope. Curious what's in it...?

FICTION
“The Bargain” by Mari Ness
“Soul Food” by Rob Gillham
“Rain” by Em Emily O’Malley Liu
“Boxed In” by Stuart Docherty
“The Sea Calls” by Jennifer Skogen
“A Brief History of the Doorway Program” by Damian Stockli
“Monsters in the World” by Jenny Rae Rappaport
“The Beasts of Altain” by Jay Kang Romanus
“Unsought Books” by Corey Farrenkopf
“The Commodore’s Dreams” by Jake Stein
“Something in the Air” by Chris Barnham

POETRY
“Good Morning Forgetfulness” by Kit MacAllister
“Bluebeard at Midnight” by Faith Allington
“Spellbound” by Robert Borski
“The Old Vagabond Club” by Marisca Pichette
“Field Notes from a Failing Simulation” by David Anson Lee
“Takoyaki Tuesday” by K.M. Praschak

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Take a little wander into the dark forest and "Whisper a Prayer Before a Walk in the Woods" in @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social's quietly haunting poem. kaleidotrope.net/summer-2026/...

The ancient is still
very much alive
along the edges.

Do not mistake
dormancy for death

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This LEGO fairy godmother from Shrek can fix me!!!

LEGO fairy godmother from Shrek on top of a dusty toaster over, a red basket is in the background

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Reupping, in case you missed it.

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Pauline Barmby @pbarmby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My fictioneering has been in the doldrums lately: plots don’t work, characters are boring, setting? Never heard of him. So here, have a ridiculous Fibonacci-type poem instead

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions three weeks from today, October 18. It will be open for just one week, closing after October 24, and won't re-open again until some as yet undetermined time, probably in 2027. kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

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Monet X Change: Get Ready, Honey!

Alt: Monet X Change: Get Ready, Honey!

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I find the card of my (er) micro PBTA game, and figure I'll scan it and upload it to the itch, as I've had a bunch of new follows recently, and I should try to get rid of them ASAP.

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What Happen? by Kieron Gillen

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I started drafting a poem the other day. It got really dramatic when I stopped to change the ink cartridge.

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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

But before I go: so much is due right now. Quarterly and yearly bills included. If you can boost or help if able, thank you. If not, I have a new Blind Yelling blog post if you are interested in blindness in media. ko-fi.com/karidru

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Become a supporter of Karidru today!

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you cut a jalapeño, do not scratch the inside of your nose. Free life advice, you’re welcome.

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C. Signy Maraine 🛹🐢 @csignymaraine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

nurture the fog that breath of mystery beckoning seekers #vss365 #nurture #dailyhaikuprompt #fog #Haiku #poetry

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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

‘How’d you get that nasty gash on your arm?’ ‘I thought my sense of well-being & #nurture would help me interact with nature.’ ‘What happened?’ ‘I encountered a bear on the trail. I was told the best course of action was to make myself look bigger.’ ‘So?’ ‘I said I had a podcast.’ #vss365

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Polenth Blake @polenth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

WERECONIFER is the sequel to WERECOCKROACH. Some months after the first book, Rin and their friends are asked to help find a missing shapeshifting tree. Generally gentle with a queer found family and also aliens. #AroAce #QueerBookSky More information: www.polenthblake.com/words/weretr...

The cover of WERECONIFER by Polenth Blake is at an angle on a brown background. The cover has hand drawn letters and a Scots pine tree with multicoloured round decorations (lights) drawn with felt tip pens. Captions surround the cover in a childish messy font with arrows pointing at things.

Captions pointing at the tree: pine needles, festive lights, tree.

Captions for the book: aliens wearing socks, book two, queerplatonic, also cockroaches, bonus cats, this is a sequel, i drew this, rainy winter, multiple aspec characters.

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Shanna Swendson @shannaswendson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Well, that was fast. The print version of Pottery & Peril is available now! www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKY9VHW...

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Pottery & Peril

Amazon.com: Pottery & Peril: 9798176831641: Swendson, Shanna: Books

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Polenth Blake @polenth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's the 25th for me, so itchio for Wereconifer is now live. Other stores will switch from preorder to live based on your timezone, rather than mine. I'll make the fancy please-repost-this message later today when it's the 25th in more places.

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What're folks up to in Stevens Point, WI this Saturday? I'm in Stevens Point for the Central Wisconsin Book Festival, doing a reading at 6PM EST at the Portage County Public Library, so come hear me read from The Scarlet Ball!

Graphic promoting the Central Wisconsin Book Festival, featuring the event name, the cover of The Scarlet Ball (Asian woman in a red dress, holding a white mask as shadowy hands reach for her), and the round face of the author, Nghi Vo.

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thank you for reading as well as the likes, reposts and sales! ❤️❤️❤️

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When galactic baddies with wacky mushrooms hit town, the superheroes band together to blast their ears & kick asteroid in ROCK STAR! books2read.com/u/4NKg8W a.co/d/08qpEjz9

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Rock Star by K.M. Praschak

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Mara Lynn Johnstone @marlynnofmany.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

She's completely invisible. Nobody tell her. #LifeWithCats

Black cat having behind crumpled paper, with one eye visible

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 16/09/2026

A story about a hermit crab with an unusual home. Flash fiction by Lyndsey Croal. buff.ly/O8bOkUB

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Join the dance in @thatkeira.bsky.social's poem "a minotaur encounters banshees at a summer concert." kaleidotrope.net/summer-2026/...

in the vibrating dark night we cast our circle as the beast approaches, pulsating with the violence of wild things

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The cat neighbor took off when the plumbers arrived. Also, I finished reading The Odyssey. This time around, I noticed more how Odysseus expresses his emotions throughout his books. He could've filled the sea with his tears, which is a reasonable response to his struggles.

Orange & white cat grooming on a lawn with brown leaves.

A paperback copy of The Odyssey sits underneath a tissue box that's blue & yellow while a box of notebooks lurk nearby

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I can't remember if I saw Speed Racer or Gatchaman first.

My 9 anime are: Gatchaman, Macross, Gintama, Samurai Champloo, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Dragon Ball Z, Inuyasha, Speed Racer & Laid Back Camp

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy DO YOU REMEMBAH Day!

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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight.

From meteorologist Eric Snitil

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights**

"Heads up birders, I would not be surprised if the biggest bird migration night of the year happens over the next 2 nights. Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. That is a lot, but the pattern could not be better for migratory birds. A massive area of high pressure will turn the low level winds from the northeast to the southwest across most of the US. The last time we had anything similar to this in the fall was early October last year when a record 1.25 billion birds were in flight. I doubt we get to that level, but I suspect the number will top 500 million especially Monday night which looks to be the bigger of the two nights. You can help by turning off those outdoor lights on big migration nights, and the next 2 nights is about as big as it gets."

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thankful for the electric kettle, especially since our dang water heater went out yesterday. Finally saw a hardcover of my book at a relative's. The author copy I ordered must be out by Neptune.

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I had to teach Scrivener that 'taquitos' is a real word.

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Polenth Blake @polenth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Wereconifer is going through the system at Kobo, D2D and Amazon. It can be preordered when it does (it's the final file, so I shouldn't need to do anything else). I'll update the book page once I see preorders going live. www.polenthblake.com/words/weretr...

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Polenth's Nothing: Words: Books: Wereconifer

Wereconifer - A science fantasy novella by Polenth Blake.

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If some manga alchemists try to revive me, they'll find out I'm 1/3 tea, 1/8 Vaporub & 3/5 cough drops!

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions for the last time this year in about a month (October 18-24). Will you be ready? Will any of us? kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

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Siap-siap, Gadis Cilik!

Alt: Get ready!

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

i can't get over how cool gauchos are (& the sandwich named after them) gaucho equipment: -facón dagger -whip -bolas -poncho -cool pants - iconic hat - wild horse -rock salt to season the flesh of the ranging cattle of the pampas -endless yerba maté -cojones of steel buttondown.com/theswordandt...

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Notable Sandwiches #150: Xis Gaúcho

Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where my editor David Swanson and I eat our way through Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches. This week,...

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MerfillyFics @merfillyfics.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A Better Survival: Moving On With Life (1313 words) Earth's Children - Jean M. Auel General Audiences Thonolan & Ayla & Ensemble Thonolan lived... and chooses to keep living. #fanfic #EarthsChildren AO3 Link - archiveofourown.org/works/712753...

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Making sure you're not a bot!

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My relative gave me a space themed Polly Pocket!

A Polly Pocket set with a purple haired doll, a space monkey, a flying saucer ring, & a star-shaped container.

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A Lifetime of Dreams “Morgan was happy that you liked her cover.” David reported.

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A Lifetime of Dreams

“Morgan was happy that you liked her cover.” David reported.

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Crewman Six, She/They @crewmansix.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Sacrificial Visions (1/3) When the future you envisioned is being pulled out of your reach it often comes with an offer of luscious fruit heavy and ripe dangling from neighboring vines ... #WritingCommunity #Poetry ko-fi.com/post/Sacrifi...

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Sacrificial Visions

Crewman Six published a post on Ko-fi

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My cousin told me that she was in line at a store somewhere when the lady next to her said "My laptop died!" Apparently, the lady is a science fiction writer who was working on a manuscript. Good luck fixing that situation, fellow writer!!!

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