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caption: "I haven't read your book. I listened to it."

@capclave.bsky.social arrives this weekend! And I arrive in Rockville for another Maryland adventure! Hope to see some of y'all there -- come to a panel, a reading, the mass signing, or stop by the Fantastic Books (or) ARC Manor tables to pick up a copy of my books!

Randee Dawn schedule for Capclave convention October 2-4 Rockville MD

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're officially in the countdown to Fantasycon 2026: just 10 days until we meet in Glasgow! Tickets are still available for both individual days & the whole weekend. Full programme (including the British Fantasy Awards!) & ticket details are on our website: britishfantasysociety.org/events-2/fan...

A graphic advertises 10 days until Fantasycon 2026, to be held from 9-11 October in Glasgow. It's illustrated with tentacles and parchment paper

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 29/09/2026

bold and wildly inexplicable photo choice here

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 28/09/2026

It's a great place for sips, stories, and a salon-like atmosphere! Sign up to read in Brooklyn now!

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Crikey O'Riley, Twisted Pike is out on Thursday! www.canelo.co/books/twiste...

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Twisted Pike by David Barnett | Canelo

Paperback and Ebook

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 26/09/2026

When I note that a friend's post is AI and they get either het up or say "it's just a joke" or suggest I side with the orange menace because it's a political thing I feel like saying: 1/4 🧵

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Last week, @reactorsff.bsky.social were exploring The Enduring Appeal of Fictional Murder-Towns, so it's a great time to remind you of @randeedawn.com 's comic fantasy WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM which throws the reader into Seaview Haven, one of fae TV's 'Trope Towns'! Buy now: geni.us/weinterrupt

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The Enduring Appeal of a Fictional Murder-Town - Reactor

Why is a sleepy hamlet full of dead bodies so soothing sometimes?

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 23/09/2026

A delicious good time was had by all!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/09/2026

NEW: OpenAI took 20 million ChatGPT responses and had one of its experts search for chunks of text—specifically chunks of 25 words in a row- that were identical between ChatGPT’s responses and a news article. They found more than 400,000 of these 25-word overlaps between ChatGPT and our articles.

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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”

Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.

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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy book birthday to THE BRINK by @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social! (And happy early birthday to Sophia herself!) Grab your copy of this eldritch English folk horror wherever books are sold, or direct: links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink Thank you, @netgalley.bsky.social reviewers! #BookSky #HorrorSky

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 21/09/2026

Lets hear it for the @tvcritics.org which in one sentence has forbidden members to use AI beyond basic tools. It should be this easy for all organizations. 👀📺 www.tvcritics.org/tca-bylaws #NoAI #TV #tvcritics

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Bylaws

The Television Critics Association's bylaws and code of conduct

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 21/09/2026

Can't wait! Mark your calendars!

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Brooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And here's a look at our host/organizer @randeedawn.com and panels featuring @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social @laminda.bsky.social #EdZuckerman #DavidBushman and the ladies of #WunderkindPR! Thanks so much to everyone who turned out!

Randee Dawn with sign at BBB Author Book Fair No. 2

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Brooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yesterday's Brooklyn Books & Booze Author Book Fair 2: The Bookening! at Barrow's Intense NY Tasting Room was a ton of fun and a ton of running around! Here's a video of the authors at work....

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Nicholas Kaufmann @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Brooklyn Books & Booze Author Book Fair yesterday was a lot of fun! My thanks to tablemate @jfoster.bsky.social, @lindajonesnyc.com and Alexa for all their help, @randeedawn.com for creating and organizing the book fair...

Me at the table with my books, looking somewhat pretentious?

Organizer Randee Dawn posing with the Book Fair poster outside the venue.

Mindy Weisberger and I during our conversation about her book RISE OF THE ZOMBIE BUGS.

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 19/09/2026

GO TO BATTLESTATIONS, THIS IS NOT A DRILL, THE BOOKENING IS HAPPENING IN MERE HOURS

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Amy Grech @amygrech.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

TOMORROW, September 19th I'll be helping @randeedawn.com sell books @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social #AuthorBookFair2. I'll have copies of my books, A Shadow of Your Former Self and Katabatic Circus available! @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social @angrygablepress.bsky.social @hwany.org tinyurl.com/yznkf98p

Author Amy Grech will be selling books at the Brooklyn Books & Booze Author Book Fair #2 at Barrow's Intense tomorrow, September 19th!

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Gillian "JENNY WILL EAT YOU NOW" Daniels @gillianlynndaniels.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Book tour? BOOK TOUR. Check and see if I'll be coming to a store near you to talk about my debut, JENNY WILL EAT YOU NOW. My launch party is September 30 at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social and you're all invited! #booksky #tourdates

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 18/09/2026

Can't wait to see y'all there! Look, we have a talk about Cicada Sex Zombies AND 30 authors selling books. You gonna get a better offer for a September Saturday? I think not!

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Looking for a free way to support your favorite authors?

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Brooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thinking of attending BBB's Book Fair Saturday Sept. 19 from 11-5pm? Thinking of taking the subway in from Manhattan? Then be aware that the D train is doing some funny stuff this weekend. You *can* take the D, N, or R to 36th Street, though, so things could be more annoying. Check it out:

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Brooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BBB's September reading is mmm-mmm good! Join us on 9/22 @ 7pm at Barrow's Intense mmmarvelous readings from @meganf.bsky.social @carolgyzander.bsky.social @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social & @magicrobotcarnival.com -- and pick up our special one-night only drink! 👀📚🎙️ Mmmore: brooklynbooksbooze.com

Authors Megan Frampton, Carol Gyzander, Micaiah Johnson and Mia J. Moss in an ad for Brooklyn Books & booze on Sept. 22 at 7pm

Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm drink Mmm mmm mmm mmm
Tequila
Barrow’s Intense
Pear liqueur
Lime
Hibiscus

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Amy Grech @amygrech.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’ll be helping @randeedawn.com sell books THIS SATURDAY! See you there? 📚

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The details in this story are absolutely insane: "Just 9% of the school’s students meet state standards in reading, and 5% reached math standards." Charter schools are a total scam not only for taxpayers but also the communities they claim to support.

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‘The kids are not learning’: Employees inside a North Philly charter detail chaos inside their school

The Philly charter has unqualified workers providing instruction and last year had students on its rolls who did not attend the school, people involved say.

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Brooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Brooklyn Books & Booze's Author Book Fair #2: The Bookening at Barrow's Intense on 9/19 is getting closer! PRESENTATIONS! SPEED PITCH AN AGENT! 30+ AUTHORS! Scan the QR Code or go here: randeedawn.com/bonus/brookl... For more info & to sign up to pitch an agent! See you at ... THE BOOKENING!📚🎙️👀

flyer for Brooklyn Books & Booze Author Book Fair #2
Saturday Sept. 19 11am-5pm

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Brooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

BBB's September reading is delicious! Mmmeet our one-night-only drink -- Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm! It's in honor of ALL of our reader/authors: @meganf.bsky.social @carolgyzander.bsky.social @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social & @magicrobotcarnival.com! Join us starting at 7pm @ Barrow's Intense & drink up! 👀📚🎙️

Picture of a pink drink on a red table Mmm mmm mmm mmm
Drink contains:
Tequila
Barrow’s Intense
Pear liqueur
Lime
Hibiscus

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Keith R.A. DeCandido @kradec.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This Saturday in Building 6 of Industry City it's Brooklyn Books & Booze Book Fair #2: Electric Book-aloo! I'll be there selling and signing books -- including my new release, THE INFLICTORS: COME TOGETHER -- along with dozens of other word-slingers. Come on by! Details at brooklynbooksbooze.com

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 14/09/2026

What airport goddess did #Delta airlines anger that apparently requires their gates to be the furthest possible distance from the outside world possible? Asking for a friend.

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 12/09/2026

In case there's a question about my opinions on AI. (From my new funny fantasy "We Interrupt This Program," and shows that the Muses are not a-mused with the way creativity is going among humans.) randeedawn.com/books/we-int... #NoAI #fantasy #books #newbooks #Muses #bskybooks

Page of text from Randee Dawn's "We Interrupt This Program"

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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 10/09/2026

It's going to be ✨ mmmagical ✨ Hope to see a bunch of you there!

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Alex Falcone @alexfalcone.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

People are saying wild stuff about Locks of Love.

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Fran Hawthorne @hawthornewriter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Looking forward to joining all these writers on Sept 19 in #IndustryCity #NYC for the #Brooklyn Books & Booze Authors Book Fair. #BookSky 💙📚

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Brooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What's the mmmystery behind all of our "M" authors at September's Brooklyn Books & Booze reading? Join us on 9/22 @ 7pm at Barrow's Intense in Industry City to find out -- and hear tales from @carolgyzander.bsky.social @magicrobotcarnival.com @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social & @meganf.bsky.social !📚🎙️🍸👀

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Dean: He spent billions of your tax dollars wrecking the White House and building monuments to himself. He will be remembered for rot and rubble

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Amy Grech @amygrech.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On Saturday, September 19th I'll be helping @randeedawn.com sell books @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social #BookFestival2. I'll have copies of A Shadow of Your Former Self and Katabatic Circus available! @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social @hwany.org @weeknightwriters.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yznkf98p

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 10/09/2026

Who else is coming to @armadillocon.bsky.social? I've got panels, geek pictionary -- and a table in the dealer's room with BOOKS and TEA! Come find me and let me set you up with a fantasy that mixes fae with TV shows and rock stars! (I promise to be in living color, not B/W....) 📚📺🎸

Randee Dawn picture promo for Armadillocon

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 09/09/2026

Anyone hoping to check out me and my books at #DragonsLair in Austin -- it's tomorrow the 10th not today the 9th! Still 5-7pm, but there's a typo on the website. Come on out Thursday! I'll have BOOKS! And TEA! www.dlair.net/austin/events/

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Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I was in the smoke cloud on 9/11. 20+ years later, I got cancer. I applied for the WTC compensation fund, and was rejected bc I didn't have enough evidence of my presence in the arbitrarily-drawn "exposure zone" decades later Nonetheless, it's good to see the truth exposed Thank you @mayor.nyc.gov

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NYC Mayor Mamdani releases 9/11 records showing officials misled New Yorkers about air quality around Ground Zero | CNN

New York City has released more than 170,000 pages of previously undisclosed records about air quality following the September 11, 2001, attacks, showing city officials at the time knew conditions aro...

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Yesterday was #NationalReadABookDay in the UK, but we'd never get through our TBR mountain like that! To help you read every day of the year, here's a selection of Solaris SFFH Series starters ft: standalones in the same universe, continuing series, & thematically linked. Which would you pick up?

Books ft:
BENEATH THE RISING by Premee Mohamed
SAVAGE COMPANY by Matt Wallace
THE POMEGRANATE GATE by Ariel Kaplan
WEAVE THE LIGHTNING by Corry L. Lee
NORTHERN WRATH by THILDE KOLD HOLDT
RED RABBIT by Alex Grecian
HER SOUL TO TAKE by Harley Laroux
THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD and THE GOBLIN EMPEROR by Katherine Addison
THE BLACK COAST by Mike Brooks
THE HOUSE OF STYX and THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN by Derek Kunsken
THE MOUNTAIN CROWN by Karin Lowachee
BLACK SUN by Rebecca Roanhorse
GORSE by Sam K. Horton
IRONCLADS by Adrian Tchaikovsky
THE AMBER OWL by Juliet Marillier
MOONSTORM and NINEFOX GAMBIT by Yoon Ha Lee
WHILE THE GODS SLEEP by L D Colter
THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell
WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST by Lorraine Wilson
QUEEN OF NONE and NETHERFORD HALL by Natania Barron
MICKEY7 by Edward Ashton
THE CALCULATING STARS by Mary Robinette Kowal
THE IMMORTALITY THIEF by Taran Hunt
INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
TUNE IN TOMORROW by Randee Dawn
UNDER FORTUNATE STARS by Ren Hutchings
SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER by C.S.E. Cooney
BLESS YOU HEART by Lindy Ryan

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 06/09/2026

As a longtime @npr.org supporter and fan of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, I’m completely gobsmacked and furious to find host @petersagal.bsky.social It only throw his whole chest behind this topic but to assert (in jest?) that he doesn’t know if the monstrous author is alive. Another pleasure gone.

Screen grab of Peter Sagal supporting Harry Potter books

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Brooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Find your next favorite author -- and join BBB on 9/22 to hear them read! September's event starts at 7pm at Barrow's Intense in Industry City with authors @carolgyzander.bsky.social @magicrobotcarnival.com @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social & @meganf.bsky.social ! It's FREE!📚🎙️🍸👀

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 04/09/2026

A great opportunity to speak directly to agents! Pitch that dream project!

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