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Well, I did it again. I over-ate despite having a digestive system that can't handle that, and so I'm home sick today. Pain isn't as good a teacher as you'd think.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My hubs is sick, so I did the family grocery shopping today. I am so, so impressed with all who do the family grocery shopping.

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Escape Pod @escapepod.org · 02/10/2026

Greetings, urbanist sophonts! Do you like sky cities? They have their perks over underground cities, for one. Check out a tale of two of them (cities) in our latest original, "Sister Cities" by @reasie.bsky.social.

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Escape Pod 1065: Sister Cities

The Pour House Tavern is built on a stairway, with low ceilings that step down along with the bar, so it’s hard to see who’s at the other end, and the smoke gathers on the high side…

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Hessler Street Fair is back! Tomorrow - Saturday, October 3rd. I'm crying with joy. When the fair closed I was heartbroken. There's nothing like a truly hippie street fair.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My Hello Kitty Godzilla army is nearly complete! I am only missing MechaGodzilla Kuromi.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Do you want a cool jacket like mine, with art by Hugo finalist Dante Luiz, rendered in thread by Myth and Stitch Embroidery? There's one way to do it: I'm having a contest! Post Galactic Hellcats fanart with #JoinTheHellcats to enter - more info on my blog: www.marievibbert.com/?p=6228

super cool embroidered patches like one sees on Hells Angels jackets but reading Galactic Hellcats with an orange cat hugging a rocket and SC in a square for spaceship club

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CMA: Medieval Art @cmamedieval.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Panel from a Cassone: The Race of the Palio in the Streets of Florence clevelandart.org/art/1916.801

A cassone was a wooden chest used for the storage of clothing, an essential piece of furniture in Italian homes during the Renaissance and often produced in matched sets. The cassone was often made on the occasion of a marriage and elaborately decorated with painted scenes and gilded moldings. This panel comes from such a painted cassone. It was not uncommon for the painted decoration to represent a memorable event at the time of the marriage. This scene depicts the end of the Palio, a horse race held in the streets of Florence on the Feast of John the Baptist (June 24). The panel from the other side of the cassone is now preserved in the Bargello Museum in Florence and shows the procession of the Palii banners before the race. The cassone commemorates a wedding between members of the Fini and Aldobrandini families in 1418.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thursday's trying to be Tuesday part 2. Stop, Thursday. You can never be Tuesday.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cat tax! I was cat-sitting this weekend. Meet Pivo, Lily, and Dahlia, the reasons I didn't get any writing done. :D

Three adorable kitties on a kitchen table

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

People ask me "How do I get a lot of hits and follows on social media" and here is a comprehensive guide: 1. Post cat pictures 2. Or other cute animals 3. Don't expect anything in return. Now, if, perhaps, you were really hoping for more than hits and follows... that's a blog post.

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Conor Mahood @conorvoice.com · 25/09/2026

I just set up a Ko-Fi thinking "I need to get serious about raising money to move to France, maybe I can sell some more audio stories." But then today I lost another sibling. Funeral will be abroad. If you'd like to buy something, now is a good time. ko-fi.com/conorm4076

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Support Conor

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hi from Ingenuity Fest Cleveland!

Couple smiling in a big hammock in a warehouse

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The event at the Learned Owl Book Shop was delightful. Had fun hanging out in the sun and talking about books!

Marie in lavender cardigan in front of a table with a yellow cloth on it and books in front of a store

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Last night, I dreamed I was at a convention for politics in the US. Each group had a room. The left wing groups were all throwing ragers with A-list bands live on stage. The conservatives had a classroom with two grocery-store cakes & a hand-written sign that said "I'm sad weed is legal."

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Informal poll, how should I dress for the event at Learned Owl Bookstore tomorrow? -Classic 1950s petticoat and spaceship dress -Pumkin Spicy -Try to appear normal?

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This week's blog post: Following my weird with Multitude and how that worked out! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/mu…

Cover of Multitude - with squid tentacles over stars and Marie Vibbert
white text on blue: I would write something so intentionally obscure and literary that no one would ever dream of buying it

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am going throw myself into the sea

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wordle 1,922 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This Saturday I'll be signing at the Learned Owl Bookstore in Hudson, Ohio from 11am to 1pm. Please stop by! I'll have hot goss I can't post online!

image of the front of the Learned Owl bookstore, orange-red and lavender wood with victorian feel

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Audience question at a panel on ethics in SF: "But no one would build sentient AI- the ethical problems are too obvious." Recent news headline: AI model designed to feel pain makes rapid changes to avoid it

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Medieval reenactor problems: I keep spelling the baby-holding device "bascinet". #amediting

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This Tuesday could have been an email.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oops. I read a negative review of my book.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Well, I just realized I need to rip out a lot of stuff time-line wise in this novel. ugh. timelines.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yes, I should be writing. Okay, turning off wifi.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is the wine auntie I want to be.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Popularity is having more friends than people you like.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Galactic Sale! Andrei and the Hellcats is 20% off. Next month marks my 25th Wedding anniversary, so celebrate with the book I dedicated to my spouse even though it makes him blush. (Andrei never blushes.) www.lethepressbooks.com/product-pag…

Screen cap from the Galactic Hellcats visual novel with Andrei smugly saying "Hell yeah, I'm cheap."

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I still struggle with self-care. Which is to say, I haven't brushed my hair all week and now it is a PROBLEM.

Worried grin with hairbrush stuck in hair

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The problem with getting a beer with dinner is that I wake up first thing in the morning wanting a beer.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today in first world problems: came home all sweaty from my bike-commute and someone else is in the shower.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today I learned there's a programming language that writes in musical notation: velato.net

velato.net

Velato

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I hate that these days when you call a help desk, the person who picks up is on a cell phone in their private home full of children and ambient noise, and I know this means they are probably an underpaid gig-worker instead of a proper salaried employee.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today is the third Tuesday this week.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congratulations to @camdenscorner - my 5,000th Bluesky follower! I would drop balloons on your head if I knew how.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Wordle 1,914 2/6 ⬛🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Consuming a new podcast, Writing Circles: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... - Tiffany and Meg talk about their writing and reading life. I especially enjoyed the "Dark Writer Thoughts" episode, it gave me that warm, fuzzy feeling of being on this journey with them.

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Writing Circles

Books Podcast · Hosts Meg Thompson and Tiffany Graham Charkosky welcome listeners to the Writing Circles Podcast, a supportive space for writers seeking to advance their big projects and build communi...

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today is the sort of day where I boil water for my tea only to find a cooling, full cup on the counter.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today's rant: Our economic systems don't just reward the sabotage of sustainability for short-term profit, they outright require it. We need to dismantle the systems that make good people burn their own futures to survive today.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tuesday, you late-stage capitalism.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This Thursday at 2pm I'll be at the Virtual Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (VICFA) presenting my recent research project with Dr. Jamie Lee Campbell, Yvonne Tunnat on character demographics in SFF short stories. Register here: iaftfita.wildapricot.org/event-6742…

A bar graph shows count of male, female, non-binary, trans or unknown gender characters for each of five roles: Protagonist, antagonist, active side character, passive side-character, non-appearing side character.
Every category has more male characters except protagonist and active side character. Antagonists are the most male.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So tired after my book-filled weekend, but my brain has been filled up with new book-thoughts and ideas.

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Each story of hope, where the scarcely-possible happens, keeps a better future within the realms of the imaginable and serves as a message not to give in to the darkness." 🌌🦑🛸 Thank you to @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy for reviewing MULTITUDE by @reasie.bsky.social! 💜👽

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Review: Multitude by Marie Vibbert

Thoughtful book reviews

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A long-awaited dream! I have published my first poetry collection, "Rust Belt Robot: Science Fiction Adjacent Poems" a sort of auto-biography in robots and aliens, is out from Dancing Girl Press: dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/v… Look at this pretty cover!

Marie holds up a book with title Rust Betl Robot and image of Saturn over a steel mill. She's on her porch swing and the sun is bright. She's wearing overalls and a Cavs T-shirt.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Take your book-baby to the library day! (Me at Cleveland Public yesterday.)

Marie holds up Multitude in front of the sweeping marble stairs and arched alcolves of the Cleveland Public Library main building.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Sandusky, Ohio is so lovely. They have an extraordinarily fancy downtown with stone buildings and manicured parks full of sculpture and topiary and sleek little squirrels.

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