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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Imagine being this AI-addled and not even asking one of your brain-substitutes some basics about the Pope before going off on the Pope.

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lucky dog, lucky dog.

Scooby the pitbull mix sits in a green grass field with a bright double rainbow behind her.

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Brian, nope too perilous @priorplanning.life · 02/10/2026

Maybe the pot o' gold was the doggos we met along the way.

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I am late to the party, but, Backroooooooommmmsss! I was the sickos meme the whole time I was watching.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026

Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

*Epic trailer voice* Coming this fall, Mayday. Kenneth Branagh is: John Wick of Siberia.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026

I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I mean, I too have objected to the term "Artificial Intelligence" used in certain cases (mostly because it refers to 12 different things we've stuffed in a trench coat), but it genuinely never occurred to me that someone so lacking in the 'I' would object to the 'A.'

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Periodic "I write books!" reminder. This is the epic-fantasy serial killer one.

Picture of the author in her krampas sweater that matches her black white and red cover of the helm of midnight.

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pat | COMMISSIONS OPEN @patsux.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

promo ends in 3 days!!!

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Micaiah Johnson @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I don’t know how I have managed to do so little touring in the South with previous books (even when I lived there) but we are making it up this time. Starting off strong with HOUSTON!!! The place that has been home to so many of my favorite people!! Thursday, October 1st!

White background, with pictures of Micaiah Johnson and Charné Graham (both light skinned black women) and the cover of The Unhaunting (a red cover with a washed out picture of a house). Black text reads: OCTOBER 1, 7 PM CST
AUTHOR TALKS
IN-PERSON
Charné Graham
Micaiah Johnson
2310 ELGIN STREET, HTX, 77004
KINDREDSTORIESHTX.COM

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wait til they hear I've only heard like 4 of Taylor Swift's songs and it's because they were all in a movie or TV show I happened to be watching.

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Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A roundup of where you can find me in the coming weeks including the Pajarito Literary Festival next weekend! laurencteffeau.com/2026/09/26/c...

Screencap of the latest blog post for Author Lauren C. Teffeau. The post is called "Coming up this fall!"

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 26/09/2026

Mutuals: Do I know anyone who could animate an existing image (the FunFactor podcast background) into a fun looping animation for the video version of the podcast?

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 26/09/2026

Breaking my no Substack rule for this because you should read it.

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The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com · 26/09/2026

I've highly enjoyed the several power chords in Marina's writing oeuvre

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 26/09/2026

It was one of the books I've read at the start of the year, and holy shit, what an experience. Super recommend!

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North Easton @north-easton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Hannibal meets Mistborn" Sign me up!

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✨️intelligentwat✨️ BRING BACK ŁINK @zinrock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

THIS BOOK IS SO FUCKING GOOD. might need a reread.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This book is extremely good.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 25/09/2026

BUY MARINA'S BOOKS OR I AM TURNING THIS CAR AROUND RIGHT NOW

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I loved this series, where each installment was unexpected and cool in its own way, and the first is a fantasy murder mystery. Go read it!!!

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Periodic "I write books!" reminder. This is the epic-fantasy serial killer one.

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

How am I just now learning about Control's immortality mode??? I might actually be up for a replay and the DLC in that case. (Not to mention buying Control Resonate.)

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Lane Moore @hellolanemoore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bi Visibility Day reminder that biphobia is toxic and boring. If someone asks you to pick a side, pick up your keys and leave. If someone says you're greedy, steal their car. If someone says it's just a stop on the way to being gay, steal all their pets and give them better lives.

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I may be sick, but at least I have good company.

Bite Snatcher lays on her side in the author's blanket covered lap. The black cat has her head toward the camera with her flaring white whiskers on display.

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am too under the weather to be visible today. 🩷💜💙

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You may frequently hear me on a panel mention that "straight white man" is treated as the "default human" when, even by the numbers, they are nowhere near what anyone could reasonably describe as the default human. Everything about this man's article today is an illustration of that phenomenon.

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I see an alt staffer out here spreading misinfo again by quoting a fake Miller twitter account. C'mon, guys.

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Arrrgggh when will this end? My illness turned into a hardcore sinus and ear infection. My teeth hurt. 😩 (This is just me complaining, rest assured a doctor has been consulted.)

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Since all of these systems are built on theft and fraud, I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would trust them. You're gonna download this shit, give it access to your files, your microphone, your camera, and just *trust* that these companies aren't *still* using it for theft and fraud?

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Unsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt Authors

Newly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by Open AI and Microsoft reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would lik...

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Lukasz Fenrych @craftyboxing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I could go for ages here, but the one that always springs to mind is Vellum, and its sequel Ink, by Hal Duncan, a series that I really think should be held up alongside any of the 'you really need to pay attention, and read it twice' classics of SFF. It's so, so good at so many things.

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Downloaded The Cabin Factory, immediately found the "optional jump scare" and noped out (cuz it sent me into a coughing fit). Clearly this is a game for when I'm *not* sick.

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I also finished reading Hopeless Necromantic, which was a cheeky delight.

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have been very sick the last few days (not COVID, not flu, thank you booster shots!), and while I have been mostly miserable, I also played through all of The Séance of Blake Manor while lying in bed barely moving my fingers. Highly recommend it, especially if you enjoyed Blue Prince.

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One of those posts you *wish* made you feel like you were having a stroke.

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Had a great conversation with @sleyhousepresents.bsky.social. give it a listen on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your pods. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026

True story.

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My "That man has all the sex appeal of a boiled potato" comments getting extra justified today.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ms. Rachel: "Ed Sheeran had an opportunity…Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows." "If more than 20,000 white children were killed…everyone would be shouting…Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."

Ms. Rachel post:
"Ed Sheeran had an opportunity show that we won't be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine. Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A genocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it.

"If more than 20,000 white children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts. Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."

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Marina Lostetter @marinalostetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I will always read a capitalized "Brain" as "Brian."

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