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Xan van Rooyen @xanwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Born of Malice comes out TOMORROW!!!

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caroline hung @carolinehung.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Happy Fall! Spooky season is upon us! I'm excited to share that my cutely horrific angel flash story "EVERYTHING IS FINE" will be published in the first volume of the Baneberry Book of Horror. Preorder link is here www.amazon.com/dp/1068054611

A promotional poster with a graphic of a baneberry plant, its white blossoms, serrated leaves, and dripping blood-red berries. Top text reads: "Available October 6, 2026" and bottom text reads: "The Baneberry Book of Horror featuring new work by Caroline Hung"

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ken and I will be at Dragon*Con in Atlanta this coming weekend. Say hi? Or…totally don’t as that’s cool, too?

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New season of “Dark Matter,” co-written and produced by our recent guest Jacque Ben-Zekry, kicks off tomorrow on Apple TV but you can read an excellent primer on the physics behind the plot in the NYTimes today…

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How Scientific Is the Science-Fiction of ‘Dark Matter’?

Ahead of the Season 2 premiere, the writer, a physicist by training, asked around. The answer? It’s complicated.

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Xan van Rooyen @xanwriter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This time next week, WorldCon in LA will be in full swing and I'm so grateful to be able to participate virtually! I'll be on 5 panels and I'll also be hosting a Table Talk and Virtual Reading. I hope to see you there! #booksky #worldcon #lacon

Saturday, 29 August, 12:00 PDT
(22:00 EEST)
Virtual Table Talk

Join me for a chat about writing dark tales, heavy metal, tattoos, writing and publishing while neuroqueer, collaborative writing and world-building, how to balance work and writing as a part time author, why peanut butter is life, as well as loads of other fun and quirky topics!

Sunday, 30 August, 09:40 PDT
(19:40 EEST)
Virtual Reading

I’ll be reading an exclusive excerpt from my forthcoming neuroqueer, Afrocentric, dark fantasy novel Born of Malice!

Thursday, 27 August, 09:00 PDT
(19:00 EEST)
More Than Subtext: Celebrating Queer Characters in SF/F

Friday, 28 August, 06:00 PDT
(16:00 EEST)
Mysticism and the Supernatural in African Science Fiction

Saturday, 29 August, 09:00 PDT
(19:00 EEST)
Writing Neurodivergence

Saturday, 29 August, 10:30 PDT
(20:30 EEST)
The Sauúti Collective: A New Model for Creative Worldbuilding

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The official "Dark Matter" podcast our most recent guest, Jacque Ben-Zekry, mentioned as coming soon is now out and you can check it out on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, or wherever you enjoy your podcasts - www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QFK...

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Dark Matter — The Official Podcast: Season 1 Catch-up | Apple TV

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thanks to @kenplume.bsky.social for alerting me to this podcast! I enjoyed listening this chat about Jacquelyn's experience growing up neurodivergent and dyslexic, and how that's shaped her own career. Thanks, also, for the shout out for SLEUTH-HOUND!

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This week, join us for a chat with DARK MATTER producer/writer (and legendary editor of countless NYTimes bestsellers), Jacquelyn Ben-Zekry, as we chat about how neurodivergence has affected her creative process, for good and ill, every step of the way: bit.ly/ndaf

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This week, join us for a chat with Minnesota-based actor, artist, and famed Berenstain Bears podcaster, Phil Gonzales, as he talks about his process for creating his popular one-person Fringe Fest shows as well as how his neurodivergence has guided his evolution as a theatremaker!

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 02/04/2026

Very little money donated to Autism Speaks goes toward helping autistic people and families. This #AutismAcceptanceMonth, considering supporting groups by and for autistic people! autisticadvocacy.org/considerthef...

White background. There’s a blue puzzle piece with an orange circle crossing it out. Text reads: Before you donate to Autism Speaks, Consider the facts.

White background. Text reads: Very little money donated to Autism Speaks goes toward helping autistic people and families. Only 1/10 of 1% of Autism Speaks’ budget goes towards the “Family Service” grants that are the organization’s means of funding services. Autism Speaks spent more than 188x as much on fundraising. They spent 16x as much on Facebook/ Instagram ads alone. Although Autism Speaks has not prioritized services with a practical impact for families and individuals in its budget, its rates of executive pay are the highest in the autism world: some salaries exceed $415,000 a year.
Autism Speaks talks about us without us. Autism Speaks has only 2 autistic people out of a total of 27 individuals on its Board of Directors. By contrast, 16 out of 27 board members represent major corporations, including current and former CEOs and senior executives of AutoZone, Goldman Sachs, SoundCloud, White Castle, MasterCard, and S.C. Johnson & Johnson.

White background. Text at the top reads: Autism Speaks’ Budget. Source: Autism Speaks 990 Non-Profit Tax Exemption Form, 2024* There’s a pie chart with the following sections: 49.4% “Awareness” & Lobbying, 22% Fundraising, 19.4% Research, 9.1% Misc., and 0.1% Family Services. Text at the bottom reads: *“Awareness & Lobbying” figure derived from reported program service expenses on Part III, 4a & 4c less the total amount awarded in family service grants (“Family Services”) and misclassified research grants as reported in Part III, Line 4A; “Research” figure derived from reported program service expenses in Part III, 4b plus the misclassified research grant amount; “Fundraising” figure derived from reported expenses, line 25(D) in Part IX.

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) provides support, community, and public policy advocacy, by and for people on the autism spectrum.
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Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN) seeks to share information which works to build
acceptance and understanding of disability, while dispelling stereotypes and misinformation which perpetuate unnecessary fears surrounding an autism diagnosis.
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Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) works to ensure that people with disabilities are treated as equals and are given the same decisions, choices, rights, responsibilities, and chance to speak up to empower themselves as everyone else.
sabeusa.org

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Scifi Reader @scifireader.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Great list! Middle grade sci-fi can spark imagination! Have you checked out “The Wild Robot”? It explores nature and technology beautifully. 🪐📚 What’s your favorite read? #SciFiKids

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/06/2025

I really loved having this conversation, both in terms of content and in the feeling of having it in a specifically and intentionally neurodivergent mode. I hope you enjoy it, whenever you get a chance to dig into it.

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

This week, join us for a rollicking and wide-ranging conversation with Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Data Science at UNC-Charlotte, Dr. Damien P. Williams on the past, present, and future of AI, separating fiction and tech-bro hype from the reality in all its fascinating and flawed glory!

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Xan van Rooyen @xanwriter.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

AHHHHH!!! Afro-centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction by @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social has been nominated for an Ignyte Award !!! You can vote for this anthology and your other favs by going to this link: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/ #WritingCommunity #booksky

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Vote - The Ignyte Awards

Public voting for the 2025 AWARDS IS NOW OPEN THRU AUG 15. GO VOTE OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/...

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Author publicist/recent NDAF guest, Sarah Shaw, wrote today to say she's actually created a course for neurodivergent authors on strategies for handling social media called SOCIAL MEDIA YOUR WAY - A SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY FOR NEURODIVERGENT AUTHORS: sarah-shaw.systeme.io/neurodiverge...

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Tony Healey @tonyhealeyauthor.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Infraction now available exclusively on #Wattpad! open.substack.com/pub/themaskf...

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Uncle Hermit @unchermit.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Friends and followers! I entreat you to listen to a podcast interview I did with my good friend Mark Wheaton. I talk about my art and all the things I love. I encourage you to follow NDAF on Spotify and YouTube as well! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxz_...

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NDAF Episode 11 - Hermit

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

This week, we’re speaking with underground comic artist/cartoonist, Hermit, author/illustrator of RENDEZVOUS WITH THE DEVIL and the forthcoming ADVENTURES OF PRINCESS KAYA, in collaboration with his musical creative partner, Kitten.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10/05/2025

I've got a new book out! Cult Britannia is a 400-page beast covering hundreds of weird and wonderful world of British horror and science fiction movies from the quaint post-war 1950s through to the end of the post-modern digital 1990s. Available in paperback and on Kindle here: amzn.eu/d/ghGmoNA

The front cover of a book called Cult Britannia. The title is in large white letters against a Union Jack flag background, where the central red stripes are made from strips of film. The subtitle reads Great British Genre Movies from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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caroline hung @carolinehung.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

16-19 while I'm in the hospital caring for mother with lung cancer #1000DaysOfDrabble

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I tripped and fell into a hole. It was a long way down. Long way. I landed on a soft, muddy pile, and I couldn't see anything, not even my own hands. The light could no longer reach me.

Then a man started shoveling soil down into the hole. Slowly, slowly, blotting out my pinprick view of the sky. There was once an old story like this. Some kind of animal would shake the dirt off its back, until the earth grew under its feet.

I was not an animal of ingenious wit, though I could not be killed from a simple burying. The man tired of the shovel. Tucked deep underground, I touched the ancient roots of a forest. And when they brought me up, a full, silvery moon was shining bright upon me.

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I'd never held a sword before. What was so special about a tool for cutting skin, stabbing into organs, slashing flesh and sinew, and not even all that well? But the evil king had given me a sword, large and heavy and double-bladed and straight edges, a really boring sword, to defend myself from attackers.

Did that make him a generous king instead? No, all kings carried a cruelty in their hearts. It's baked into the crown...

But anyway, a sword.

Is it supposed to grow spikes on the handle, piercing my hands and draining all the blood from my body?

Well, well--nice try, evil king. This won't kill me, but I'll be sure to put your blood-sucking blade to good use when I come to strike you down from your throne.

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"Ah! Bunny! It's a bunny! Cute widdol bun-bun, c'mere!"

The rabbit ran into the bushes, frightened by my enthusiasm. I sat back on the forest floor and did my very best to hold back tears.

There was a rustling in the bushes behind me, and the click of a gun, pointed straight to the back of my head. I knew even without looking. They'd always come to hunt me down.

I turned to face them slowly, and stare down the barrel of their gun. I wasn't a little rabbit, though.

A little rabbit wouldn't have smiled, all jagged teeth, crushing bullets then a hunter's skull.

Another day.

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A butterfly paid me a visit last night. A shining, beautiful thing with powdery wings and a subtle gaze. It watched me sleep, and waited as my mind wandered off to the land of dreams. It did not care for my heart. The butterfly hovered over my head, and perched delicately upon an eyelid. I could feel it all in my sleep. The butterfly wished to let me rest, and never rise again, even as the dawn broke over and over.

My dream, warm and soft, turned into a nightmare suffering a thousand deaths.

I woke up and crushed the butterfly in my palm.

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Xan van Rooyen @xanwriter.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Congratulations to all the Locus Award Finalists! So awesome to see some of my favourites nominated! And, of course, I'm absolutely thrilled the non-fiction collection I'm a part of received a nomination too!! 😍😍😍 🎉 🎉 🎉 locusmag.com/2025/05/2025... #WritingComunity #locusawards2025 #booksky

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2025 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists

Congratulations to all of the Locus Awards top ten finalists! The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 21, 2025, during the in-person Locus Awards Ceremony, held in the historic Nile …

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

This week, we’re speaking with writer, Vesper Doom, the author of the adult cozy fantasy/folk horror novel, THE BINDING OF BLOOM MOUNTAIN. She takes us from their earliest writing and discovery of Lovecraft to the conception of BLOOM MOUNTAIN and how it became an outlet after their autism diagnosis.

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

This week, we’re delighted to be talking with the wonderful poet and short fiction writer, Caroline Hung, who joins us from Manila to discuss her writing process and the many stories behind her many dark and unsettling tales. She also performs for us a pair of poems, including a new piece, LUNA!

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

This week, we’re talking to filmmaker, Andrew Kasch, as he takes us through his long and varied career, directing and editing everything from his hilarious shorts, docs on the great horror franchises, and work across the DC TV Universe, all while navigating the positive and negative sides of ADHD.

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This week, we’re in conversation with author support specialist and longtime book publicist, Sarah Shaw, formerly of Thomas & Mercer, currently of BookedOnSocial, discussing strategies and tips for social media-averse creators! #NDAF

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

This week, we’re chatting with author, editor, and publisher, Aquino Loayza, writer of DEEP, THE MONOLOGIST, the forthcoming PAPER LION, as well as the editor and publisher of SPECTRUM: AN AUTISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY! #NDAF

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Xan van Rooyen @xanwriter.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

In case you're looking for books to add to your #TransRightsReadathon TBR list, here are mine! Many are currently on special - link below! www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #booksky

An illustrated graphic with a trans flag in the back ground. Black text reads My trans and Nonbinary Books #transrightsreadathon. There are 5 books on the graphic with a pink and blue paint smear behind them and a cute green frog holding a trans heart in the bottom right corner. Each book has descriptors as follows: By the Blood of Rowans - YA fantasy, Celtic inspired, Nonbinary protagonist, Ace love interest, Murder mystery, Horses. Waypoint Seven - science fantasy, found family, trans man MC, aliens, theocracy, Afrocentric. Silver Helix - adult aetherpunk, siblings, Finnish mythology, medical research, futuristic Helsinki, city steeped in rotting magic. Anthem for the Chemical Youth - companion novelette, vampire, magic through music, defund the police, righteous vengeance. The Other Me - contemporary YA, South Africa, music, complicated families, school politics, coming of age.

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

This week we're chatting with former animation film exec, caregiver advocate, and author of EVERYTHING NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT PARENTING A DISABLED CHILD, Kelley Coleman, about neurodivergence in Hollywood, in our families, and advocating across all spaces, from schools to the workplace #NDAF

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Tony Healey @tonyhealeyauthor.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

A bit of what I alluded to on the @ndafshow.bsky.social podcast this week (episode out NOW) about being in #Hollywood alone for a #publishing thing. Btw the videos I shot there are on Youtube. I'll link them in the comments 🙄 open.substack.com/pub/themaskf...

NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This week we're chatting with bestselling crime, science fiction, and western novelist, Tony Healey, about the early, wild west days of self-publishing, Healey’s cross-genre versatility, as well as how his autism affects his writing output but also his ability to promote his work. #NDAF

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

To mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of her landmark horror novel, EXPERIMENTAL FILM, we are thrilled to have with us this week multi-Stoker Award-winning writer, Gemma Files, to speak about the book’s lasting and ever-evolving impact!

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Xan van Rooyen @xanwriter.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

At the end of 2024, I was invited to chat about all things neurodivergent & writerly on the new podcast Neurodiverse as F... You can now find it wherever you listen to podcasts or right over here: sites.libsyn.com/561135 #WritingCommunity #ActuallyAutistic

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An open & welcoming forum for creative, mostly neurodivergent people to talk about the good, bad, & "Wow, this really needs to stay in the past..." when it comes to neurodivergent representation in me...

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 20/01/2025

Very honoured to be invited as a guest on this new podcast, which profiles autistic and ND creatives to dig into how it shapes our work. I talk a lot about being diagnosed as an adult, and the challenges of revisiting past experiences and previous work with this new context.

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NDAF Show @ndafshow.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Here’s the teaser for the first episode of @ndafshow.bsky.social featuring guest @xanwriter.bsky.social, which you can listen to RIGHT NOW on your favorite podcast app, or by going to bit.ly/ndaf!

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