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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026

FUCK JEFF BEZOS FUCK AMAZON PRIME IT'S BUY A BOOK TUESDAY FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE! That's right, it's a SPECIAL Buy a Book Tuesday! Buy a book from Bookshop.org with FREE SHIPPING and support Bluesky's amazing author community AND independent bookstores. 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GOOOOOO!

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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/09/2026

This is obviously disgusting in so many ways. Gonna highlight one: Servicemember beard exemptions are all on religious or medical grounds. They're either Sikhs (mostly South Asian) or have a skin condition related to shaving curly hair (mostly African American). "No beardos" is racist as hell.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 24/09/2026

Hey! Have you enjoyed my CRT photography over the years? If so, I could use some help. My PVM is in good hands now, but repairs are going to be pricey. If you’d like more CRT photos and can spare a couple bucks to help with the repair costs, my PayPal is here: PayPal.me/aidanmoher

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

APStylebook @APStylebook
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So my phone bricked. I had to go to T‐mobile to get a new one, because the website expected me to have my phone to be able to sign in. In the process, I got locked out of my Google account for 72 hours. I just got back in last night. Right about the time my old phone decided to work again.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We're running a couple ebook giveaways between now and October 18th! It's the perfect time of year (at least here in Minnesota) to read some creepy, strange short stories. Gore Poetics: app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/56... Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces: app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/f7...

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cursedmorsels's giveaway for Gore Poetics on The StoryGraph

Gore Poetics is a horror and Weird fiction collection for readers who seek out both the grote...

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm very confused. This article says the actors will speak "Olde English," which isn't a thing. The play is written in Early Modern English. Are they translating it into Old English Anglo-Saxon or just leaving it in Shakespearean English? www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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Robert Eggers Tackling ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Adaptation as Focus Wins Bidding War (Exclusive)

Where art thou? Here art thou: The feature project will be the filmmaker's next after his upcoming 'Werwulf.'

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Mike Noble @mikenoble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ultimate Man shook my hand and then told me exactly how I was going to die.

WSJ EXCLUSIVE
Belgian Scientists create “Ultimate Man" AI sex bot that they believe will replace real men entirely by 2035

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E. R. F. Jordan 🏳️‍⚧️ PROXY, available now! @erfjordan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Hey, y'all—need your TTRPGs edited to be clearer, more accurate, and more consistent? I can do that for you! —check out my rates on my portfolio below, —reach out to the email in my bio for details, or —hit the rest of this thread for a few examples of books I've edited. erfjordan.carrd.co#two

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E. R. F. Jordan

E. R. F. Jordan's TTRPG portfolio

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Thomas Edmund @thomasedmund.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

By Samantha Bise

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

RS with your home river Enoree River

A narrow river running under an overpass by some ruined buildings.

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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There's a call for stories of up to 4000 words. I have the perfect story, but it's 5000 words. I open the Word file and prepare to cut 1000 words. I stare at the Word file. I close my laptop and go outside.

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

September 11, 2001 was a turning point for me. Suddenly, the American flag represented jingoism. I've never recovered a love for my country, and I'm now embarrassed to say I ever had one.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.

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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Are there any good TTRPG design starter packs on Bsky?

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

aside from everything else, it's very funny to pretend that hiring "GHOST writers" ever made you, yourself, an author. you are simply describing two types of guys who did not write a book

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'll tell trans folks the same thing I told furries a couple weeks ago. Take this advice from an ex-reporter of 15 years. If a journalist DMs you, SHUT THE FUCK UP. If a journalist DMs you, SHUT THE FUCK UP. If a journalist DMs you, SHUT THE FUCK UP. If a journalist DMs you, SHUT THE FUCK UP.

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Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today is pub date for All Hallows Eve, my all original anthology with stories taking place around one of horror readers' and writers' favorite holidays.

Book cover of All Hallows Eve edited by Ellen Datlow: Stories of Halloween and Other festivals of the Dead

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Stíofán Mhac an Bhaird (Stephen Ward) @stephencward.com · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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James Geary @jamesmgeary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Buy Alan's cosmic horror! It's really good!

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Playing Draw Steel today and hoping to have time to work on my own game project at some point. I have some items and inventory rules to write.

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ew. I just got followed by an AI pixel "art" app.

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Slowly converting my Substack over to a game design blog.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Great Gatsby (horror edition) A slasher wedding The Flayed One Spooky season is just around the corner, and these September horror novels are ringing it in early! #booksky

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All the New Horror Books Arriving in September 2026 - Reactor

This September is full of horrors, including a killer movie (literally), and a spooky Great Gatsby retelling…

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 02/09/2026

Help fund 3LBE magazine for 2027 on Kickstarter and we’ll all get to read new stories by these amazing authors… and more on the way! 🖌 A.T. Greenblatt, Shane Hawk, Jordan Kurella, Arkady Martine, Sam J. Miller, Sarah Read, Eden Royce, A.D. Sui, Michael Wehunt, Kelsea Yu 🖌 kck.st/4x4r1oz

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

So if I were to start writing about game design, would folks be interested?

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Looks like we are about $1.5k away from meeting our second stretch goal, and the crowdfund ends tomorrow! If you would like for us to publish two novelettes instead of just one, consider backing now 💸

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"Organizing, editing, and brainstorming are part of writing-while-human. They can be hard, even scary, but that doesn’t mean they could or should be done by machines." When I see a writer say they love to use AI for brainstorming I just... Bro you became a writer and you don't have ideas?!

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Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com · 12/08/2026

Our Kickstarter launches Sept. 15, and we recruited a killer lineup of authors to write new stories for us. The first to agree was HUGH HOWEY, author of WOOL, SHIFT, & DUST, the basis of the Apple+ series SILO. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/kickstarter/...

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Coming soon: LIGHTSPEED & NIGHTMARE: Award-Winning SF, Fantasy, & Horror

We've published nearly 10 million words of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction. Help us write the next chapter.

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

One last promo before the weekend. Come work with me! #WriterSky

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This needs to be a bigger story. Google Docs is no longer safe for copyrighted material. Any writer on contract needs to stop using it *immediately*.

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Just found out when my next story publishes. Can't wait to share the date with you all.

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 05/08/2026

We love A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social and it turns out OTHER PEOPLE do as well, and we firmly believe you’ll love it too! If you preorder this delight from us you get $5 off, a spiffy sticker, and a chance to win a harpy eagle stuffie! hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

A DUBIOUS CLAMOR
by Marissa Lingen

"Only Marissa Lingen would write a story about a magic sword that is pissed off at questionable legislation...This is the sort of book that will keep your spirit warm on a long, cold train ride."
- John Wiswell, author of The Dragon Has Some Complaints
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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" Day to those who celebrate (and happy birthday to Mr. Featherstone).

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Lisa Kadonaga @tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Soft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

There Will Come Soft Rains
By: Ray Bradbury

In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o 'clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would. The morning house lay empty. The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness. Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine!
In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two
cool glasses of milk.
"Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake.
"Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills."

Source:
https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_There%20Will%20Come%20Soft%20Rains%20by%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Love making a cup of coffee and then getting so wrapped up in a client project that I forget to drink it 🥴

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 30/07/2026

I know a lot of y’all had stories in DSF. Do a search on their site for one of your titles, then click on your name to get the entire list, and send takedown notices as the spirit moves you.

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Neon Hemlock's Kickstarter campaign for volume SEVEN of their novella series (!!!) is at $13,132 out of the $14,500 base goal great job everybody! Let's keep it rolling! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

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The Neon Hemlock Novella Series | Volume Seven

Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I decided on Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle.

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Angela Sylvaine @angelasylvaine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Who wants some book and movie recs inspired by Jimothy? 🦝👑

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K.W. Colyard @kristianwriting.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Just finished up Wylding Hall. Next up is open to suggestions. Maybe Murderbot? Maybe.

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