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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 05/06/2026

My first StokerCon is rad. I meant to go to bed early last night, but everyone is both friendly and nocturnal so I guess we just had to kick it all off with a late-night vampire hang. Today I had a spare minute to check out the Warhol Museum before things got started, too.

A collaboration between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Features a yellow and black dollar sign on a lavender field, with a black bar vertically that reads "don't read on me" with a picture of a snake.

A picture of the Allegheny River on a sunny day. A pole in the foreground has two stickers -- one damaged sticker of Lenin, and a yellow sticker that reads "Billionaires don't exist in a happy world." A yellow bridge and a baseball stadium are visible in the distance.

Rath (me) in front of a giant painting of a pink skull on a green surface (by Andy Warhol)

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 29/05/2026

Heeeeey it's my first StokerCon! Can't wait to meet all my fellow spookies.

An image of a stormy sky with the following text over it:

I'm going to be at StokerCon

We've Always Been Here: Transgender Imagery and Characters Throughout Horror History
Sunday, June 7 | 10 am
with Jamie Flanagan, Bitter Karella, Lee Mandelo, and Dave V. Riser (mod)
Somerset

Author Reading
Sunday June 7 | 12 pm
with Piper White and Marissa Yarrow
Armstrong

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 28/01/2026

This year's been a doozy so I have been behind posting. I'm currently at 6 submissions, 11 rejections, 0 acceptances in 2025. My very kind spreadsheet interprets this as: rejection rate 183% vs. a 0% acceptance rate. anyway: www.standwithminnesota.com

Screenshot of a spreadsheet. It reads: "Rejection rate: 183%. Acceptance rate: 0%."

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 13/08/2025

Kicked off #WorldCon by staying up too late and filling my vampiric heart at Nine Inch Nails.

Rath in the dark, glowing faintly red, with sunglasses and mask on.

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 16/03/2025

And, via audiobook: @wiswell.bsky.social's "Someone to Build a Nest In". It's a very good week of reading.

The red and black cover of "Someone to Build a Nest In" by John Wiswell

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 16/03/2025

Currently reading: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, by Stephen Graham Jones.

The cover of Stephen Graham Jones' "The Buffalo Hunter Hunter"

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 22/02/2025

Tonight's read: Escape from Incel Island, by @margaret.bsky.social

Tara holding "Escape from Incel Island" by Margaret Killjoy

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 13/02/2025

Wilderness Gourmet panel on wild foods and worldbuilding at #LTUE starting now! @ltuesymposium.bsky.social thanks for having us!

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 13/02/2025

I've arrived at #LTUE 2025! My bags have not, but we're rolling with it. Tomorrow I'm on a panel about wild foods at 11 am. Can't wait to talk about plants, ecosystems, and worldbuilding. Hopefully I'll even have clean clothes to wear to it!

Tara (a person with green hair and glasses) in Provo, Utah.

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 25/11/2024

Currently Reading: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, M.R. James. Picked this one up at the library book sale in early October, with nothing to go by but the cover. #Books #Reading #Horror #Booksky

Cover of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M.R. James. Depicts a man cowering in fear from an indistinct monster.

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 26/10/2024

if you see this, quote post with something green from a photo you took:

A grey catbird on a bird bath. A tree trunk and green grass are in the background.

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 21/10/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 20 (I guess now I have to come up with my own ideas for posts now, ALAS)

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 18/10/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 19

Casey McQuiston's "I Kissed Shara Wheeler"

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 17/10/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 18

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 14/10/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 17

Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 13/10/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 16

The Weird, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 10/10/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 15

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 09/10/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 14

Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire"

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 07/10/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 13

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 04/10/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 12

Cover of Elizabeth Janet Gray's "Adam of the Road"

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 02/10/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 11

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 01/10/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 10

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 26/09/2024

MañanaCon 2024 has started! We still have day passes for today and Sunday! #albuquerque #boardgames #tabletop

Paint and take station provided by Ettin

Custom MañanaCon sign from Andrew Fearnside

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 25/09/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 9

The cover of Nick Harkaway's "The Goneaway World"

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 24/09/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 8

Cover of Oliver Burkeman's "Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals"

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 23/09/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 7

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 22/09/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 6

Cover of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 20/09/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 5

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 19/09/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 4

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 18/09/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 3

Cover of Tana French's book, "The Witch Elm"

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 17/09/2024

So my 20 days aren't consecutive: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 2

Cover of Tamsyn Muir's book, Gideon the Ninth

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 13/09/2024

Okay, I'm in: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 1

Cover of My Heart is a Chainsaw, by Stephen Graham Jones

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 24/08/2024

"The perfect title means one thing when you pick up the novel and another thing when you put it down." -Connie Willis at #Bubonicon. #WritingAdvice

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Rath Mercury @rathmercury.com · 24/08/2024

Hi from #Bubonicon! Highlights so far include free back issues of Locus Magazine and hair color. Plus T.J. Klune geeking out hard on the X-Files. Next up is the session with Walter Jon Williams.

Tara with bright purple hair, gold glasses, black facemask, and floral shirt

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