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Jona 🧑🏾‍🏫🌺🌳🍁🏳️‍⚧️📚 @jonanightingale.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A6: I published a poetry collection earlier this year about screaming as healing, talking about identity, and healing being painful. books2read.com/u/m29rrd

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Screaming in the Forest by Jona Nightingale

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Aspen Rayne - The Colors That Haunt Us out now! @aspenrayne.com · 09/10/2026

#WeeknightWriters A6: I do! VERY recent actually. My debut book came out today! The Colors That Haunt Us is a sapphic gothic horror novel about an artist who wants to forget about her life falling apart. You can find links to purchase at aspenrayne.com/books as well as at independent bookstores!

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Books | Aspen Rayne

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ive got a short story called The Last Human coming out in the next Gaslamp Pulp edition. Its about the last human on earth living alongside robots and his struggles to cope with environmental catastrophe. Very absurdist. No link yet, but hopefully it'll be avaliable soon. #weeknightwriters

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sebastian is a neurotic little shit. Overanalyzes, bit of a control freak. He wants to know why his sister erased her memories of him, so he searches for her file, only to break it and come face to face with her ghost. Its what he wants, but comes to learn thats not what he needs. #weeknightwriters

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I enjoy most aspects, but I think those little differences are the most difficult for me, like speech patterns, how they stand. The little defining characteristics. They never come easy and I have to sit down and really think about it. #weeknightwriters

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I love letting my characters run wild on the page. Thats where most of their development comes from. I set up their inner conflict, maybe plan out a few beats, and then watch them crash into each other and see what comes out. #weeknightwriters

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Definitely the core issue that theyre trying to overcome. It informs so much of the story, and influences how they connect with the main plot. #weeknightwriters

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I usually craft stories based on the setting/story, since I consider people as heavily influenced by their environment. In my current work, #nightshiftnovel, my MC Sebastian is very much influenced by his past trauma and overnight work, making him a bit pedantic. #weeknightwriters

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hey all, I'm Kyle, working on a scifi novel about a guy that works at an institute that conducts chemical lobotomies to remove people's traumas and treat sleep disorders. School has slowed me down this fall, but Im still making decent progress on my WIP.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There was an Alberta independence sign on my route home that read: "True, Strong and Free, Vote Independence." Fitting that separatists would steal from the national anthem in their bid to sever from the nation. Truly the people of "whats mine is mine, and whats yours is also mine."

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I had a lot of bad luck this year with my plants, so this is my whole harvest. I got excited when I saw how thick it was, then I pulled it out... He's a grower not a show-er, okay??? 😭

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In light of Trumps recent claims about the moon:

A tweet from Dustin Couch that has been edited.
Nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early
Astronaut: moon's American
Nasa employee: what?
Astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket ship* moon's American.

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Gender euphoria can be a strange experience. The silliest things can spark such joy in me - today it was getting some food caught in my mustache. It feels so good knowing that my mustache is long enough where that can happen. Transitioning is filled with random delights.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I watched the new King of the Hill season. I never thought Id say this, but... I think I ship Bill and Kahn now.

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King of the Hill: Cotton Hill - I've Got The Vapors

Alt: King of the Hill: Bobby Hill - I've Got The Vapors

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I know the internet gonna internet, but I do feel bad for the couple that hung a flag on top of the Empire State building. Ive already seen several people post pics of it with the original message overwritten with whatever bullshit they want to promote. Like, have some fucking respect.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

On the Blog: After 13 years of reviewing books, it's time for a change. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to read, and I hope you'll join me on the next phase of my journey. kecarson.blogspot.com/2026/06/its-...

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It's Time For a Change

writing, publishing, young adult, fiction, science fiction, fantasy, book reviews, author interviews, freelance editing, authenticity reader

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A new short story idea: I Have a Mouth But Human Resources Has Denied My Request to Scream - a modern tale of imprisonment.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Me, playing Baldurs Gate 3: Let's piss off the healer and wait to recruit her to my party. Later that same game: why do I keep dying?

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I love this idea! My #nightshiftnovel takes place in the city my characters grew up in. It centers around Sebastians workplace (a neurological institute that conducts chemical lobotomies), but they also visit his childhood home. The book is all about childhood trauma, so they dont venture too far.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

It's spring, which means its shedding season. Now every time I pet my cat, I get so much hair all over my hand that it looks like Im wearing mittens.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It's April 30th! 81 years ago today, that little bitch Adolf Hitler killed himself in a bunker. Today reminds us that all fascists are spineless cowards who will be undone by their own stupid ideology. And that we outnumber them 100 to 1.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Happy Trans Day of Visibility, the one day a year where I become percievable. 👁👄👁

Me in a green sweatshirt in a room with white walls

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Y'know, between the dads who went out for milk and never came back, and the dads who went out for cigarettes and never came back, at least the milk dads were pretending to be good parents. They acted like they were providing for the kids, whereas the cig dads, we all knew they weren't coming back.

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Vampi Moira Valentine @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Trans books! That's it, that's the skeet

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Lately, South Park has had a few prophetic moments, where their past episodes eerily resemble our present. Much like The Simpsons used to do. You know we're in the bad timeline when South Park is the show that most resembles our reality.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I saw a post where a conservative asked when a C would be added to LGBTQIA+ bc "conservatives are discriminated against too" and now I can stop thinking: Is conservative a type of gender or a sexuality? I could see it being either tbh.

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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Nothing makes me feel closer to other humans than seeing a sexually suggestive picture online, and opening the comments to find everyone is thinking the exact same thing as I am. We are all horndogs. And I think that's beautiful. ❤️

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

All I want for Christmas is three ghosts who terrorize a billionaire into charity.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, sailed off into the undying lands with Gandalf, Bilbo, Elrond and Galadriel.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

This might sound ironic coming from a sci-fi writer, but I hate writing about screens. Whether it's texting, characters posting online, chat logs, etc., there's nothing more boring to me than reading about a character's social media engagement. It's boring to read, it's boring to write.

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 18/12/2025

Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.

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New research finds trans teens have high satisfaction with gender care

The survey published in JAMA Pediatrics showed that trans teens taking puberty blockers or hormones had very low rates of regret.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself (I am large, I contain multitudes.) - Walt Whitman, Song of Myself

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Winter winter winter winter winter winter

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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

As a professional *human* audiobook narrator, this is a huge help. The more we can push back against the use of AI becoming "inevitable", because it is no such thing, the better off every single person and the planet will be.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

One of the (many) reasons why AI pisses me off so much is because it's forcing artists, students, writers, creators, etc., to have to PROVE their work is human-made (recording time lapses, track changes on documents, etc.) It's not like these groups aren't already overworked and underpaid.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

My term paper for one of my sociology classes was on trans identity in online spaces and I got 96% on it!! My prof even said it reads like a published paper. 😭 Fuck yeah! It's nice when someone appreciates all the work you put into something.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Im editing the nightshift novel atm and I just realized something. In my book, there's a spectre of an old rich white lady (literally a ghost of a living person) and she attacks my protagonists by banshee screeching at them until they're incapacitated. Like wow, that's not even a metaphor.

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Today on the blog: my review of Caitlin Marceau's This is Where We Talk Things Out. Overall, this story is excellent. Marceau is definitely a writer to watch. kecarson.blogspot.com/2025/12/book... #amreading #horror

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Book Review: This is Where We Talk Things Out

writing, publishing, young adult, fiction, science fiction, fantasy, book reviews, author interviews, freelance editing, authenticity reader

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

It's finally that time of year when I can head down to the community rink and skate as much as I want, whenever I want, and don't have to pay for the privilege. Ahh winter. 🩵

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Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I watched the first episodes of s2 of Percy Jackson and they're so good. The chariot scene was amazing. Tyson is so great. And Tantalus is so CAMP. You know Timothy Simons is having a blast with the part.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

all these people protesting today in groups of a few dozen on the main streets of small towns in deep red Trump country - where they will absolutely take shit from their neighbors about it at church tomorrow or at work on Monday or next time they go to the grocery store - are braver than the Marines

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