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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 29m

I suspect at least a few of you are reading this going, well, OF COURSE, that's obvious, but....several people at Worldcon did NOT realize that they could buy individual issues and test them out first, or even just grab an issue to read over a lunch break or whatever. So, spreading the word!

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 31m

....and yes, you can also purchase issues through Amazon.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 33m

In most cases it's cheaper just to subscribe, but if you don't want to pay all that much upfront, or want something NOW, not later, this is also an option.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 34m

Seems like a good time to note that Barnes and Noble sells individual issues of Clarkesworld, Apex, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, Uncanny, and other zines, usually for under $5 per issue. Beneath Ceaseless Skies sells some "best ofs" for under $5 as well.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 52m

YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO GET THIS ONE I PROMISE

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 52m

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!! SO LOOKING FORWARD TO READING THIS!

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 53m

....speaking of ethical zines which just happen to be running a fundraiser/kickstarter right now...

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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 2h

This is also a reminder that several SFF mags *with* author-and-artist-friendly contracts are Kickstarting RIGHT NOW and backing/supporting THEM is a great way to show MRM that they will lose this argument.

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Raven Oak @ravenoak.bsky.social · 19h

Looking for remote work in: editing, technical writing/editing, content writing/management, curriculum development, test development/assessment, teaching, & copywriting. If you know of something, let me know. I'll even consider graphic & web design. I have pro experience in it all. 2/2

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 17h

I have a long list of reasons why I think Hegseth needs to be removed from office, but high up there is his insistence on treating death as entertainment.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 21h

And of course unfortunately the Hawks were also introduced in the same episodes that introduced that ridiculous "Oliver has a secret kid that he apparently can't tell his girlfriend about" plot which if memory serves was also deeply unpopular with fans.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 21h

Yeah. There's always been scuttlebutt about various BTS issues with the Arrowverse shows. That might have played a role here. I think the fan response to the Hawk characters REALLY didn't help.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 22h

So DC seems to have been fine with both versions.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 22h

Hawkman returned to Legends of Tomorrow in season 7, for the 100th episode, which aired in 2021. Aldis Hodge was cast as Hawkman shortly before that.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 22h

For two, the timing doesn't really add up with what's been publicly stated about the production timeline of Shazam and Black Adam. From all indications, Hawkman wasn't added to the Black Adam film until well after Legends of Tomorrow was cancelled. Most importantly -

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 22h

I don't think DC revoked the characters. For one, when this did happen - as with Ted Kord/Blue Beetle, who was supposed to pop up on Arrow - Berlanti and Guggenheim said so, clearly and publicly. They did not say this with Hawkman.

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Friends, allow me to (re)introduce you to... ...my new website and newsletter! 🎉🎉🎉

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

....so you started this conversation by insisting that this was a decision made by the actress; I've linked to contemporary interviews outright stating it wasn't; and now you're claiming that this was both sides?

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm not saying that these interviews weren't coordinated by some sort of PR team, but at the time, Marc Guggenheim said that this was a story/production decision, not a "the actors want to leave" decision. The Hawkman character returned in season 7, so, no, not barred by DC.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Interviews at the time indicated that this was a production decision, and something that the actress did not know about until she read the final script of the first season: www.cinemablend.com/television/W... ew.com/article/2016...

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Why Legends Of Tomorrow Went With That Major Exit

Never let it be said that Legends of Tomorrow is afraid to shake up the status quo. As of tonight’s finale, the time-traveling superhero show has shuffled a major player off the board for the foreseea...

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yeah, which I always found odd, given that Hawkgirl was at least arguably the best known of those characters pre-Arrowverse. And yet Legends of Tomorrow chose to do, well, pretty much nothing with her.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And it became my favorite book ever. Just saying.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So he changed it every reading. Sometimes he used a silly voice. Sometimes he yelled out I DO NOT LIKE IT SAM I AM. Sometimes we stopped to look at the silly pictures. Sometimes we chanted the entire book together.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

....when I was a tiny kid, if I had been VERY VERY GOOD (not something that happened a lot) I got a SPECIAL TREAT: my dad would read me GREEN EGGS AND HAM. And although this didn't happen very often (being VERY VERY GOOD is HARD, everyone!) it happened enough that my dad got bored. So.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

....maybe. The Hawks were two of the least popular characters the Arrowverse ever had, bar none, mostly because of the writing, and the fan complaints at the time were loud. Based on some comments made at the time, I don't think either one was asked to return.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I would honestly kinda love to hear some of the BTS stuff for all of the Arrowverse shows, frankly. I suspect I'll never hear any of it.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

....although I suppose that does offer one counter example to your main point: the first season of Legends of Tomorrow which offered no promise whatsoever, and after that cheerily plunged into silliness and fun.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

LET US ALL REMEMBER THAT I SURVIVED THE ARROWVERSE

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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 07/10/2026

Alright, I guess I'm doing this. I HAVE RETURNED TO PATREON. Most of you are aware that I lost my day job and have been unceremoniously thrust into the role of a full-time Comic Person. While my lettering work is certainly robust, I still need more help than that. www.patreon.com/cw/longtallj...

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Jodie Troutman — Webcomics & Comic Book Lettering

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Apex Magazine 2027 Kickstarter is currently at $7,590 of our $21K goal and we have a ton of great rewards still available. Will you help Apex publish more strange and surreal stories next year? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Apex Magazine 2027

An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I have a new poem out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social today! It’s my first new poem of the year. “Butterfly Effect” is inspired by all the unfinished stories and all the things I wish we could take back. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/butt...

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Butterfly Effect - Uncanny Magazine

I always liked this idea: how we’d walk to the end of the subway tunnel and there’d be a door where everyone was waiting on the other side with all the things we’d ever lost. I always liked how to d...

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

....what it means for me personally is not having to listen to a friend break down crying because it looks as if she can't afford health insurance next year and she doesn't know if she can afford to pay out of pocket for her thyroid meds.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Come away, O human child, and enjoy @mariness.bsky.social's new story of unexpected deals made with fairies in "The Bargain. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

“My first born,” the man—she would not think of him as a king, not after this—said. “And now, my wish.”

A bargain was a bargain. She fulfilled the man’s wish, to the letter. And then, before he could protest, or demand another, snatched up the boy and pulled him to the Court of the Twelve Emerald Songs.

“Oh, no,” was the general response, and she could hardly argue the point.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

....and if a very dim memory serves Margaret Hale in North and South has a conversation or two about appropriate books for reading? I might be mixing that up with another book, though.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Rose in Bloom also has some unkind things to say about women who indulge in reading an evil French novel or two, and urges them to read nice wholesome stuff like Emerson's essays.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Little Women? Jo talks a lot about books, and at one point one of the sisters says that she'd have nothing but books and horses in her fantasy dream castle.

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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New poem today in @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social! This is what happens when I read articles on astronomy and historical demonology in quick succession: www.justkeepupmagazine.com/expandcontra...

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expand/contract by Marie Brennan — Just Keep Up Magazine

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

...and even worse, you can hear people applauding this.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Agreed. Especially if - and I realize this is a big if - the Democrats manage to gain not just the five seats they need for a Senate majority, but eight or more seats. Which....well, again, I'm not counting on this, but it's at least a mathematical possibility.

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Some days I wonder how my life might have been different if I had really, seriously committed myself to brass rubbing

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So I have the option of having something non-alcoholic which does not look "fun," or a more expensive mocktail which looks "fun," or a drink which I like, but which won't look "fun," or of having a drink which I'm less excited about, but which looks like "fun."

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I have the occasional - these days VERY occasional - rum and coke, and it belatedly occurred to me that rum and coke usually looks like, well, coke, unless you are at Disney, in which case it looks like coke with an umbrella and a Mickey swirl stick, but I digress.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not naming names, but at one convention about, hmm, 15 years ago, a very prominent female author told me and a few others that she specifically ordered fancy mocktails so she could be perceived as "fun." She budgeted for this.

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