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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Delighted to report that I finally broke my way out of the big scene I've been fighting through for the last week and have moved on to some chatter, my best and favorite thing to write.

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Obviously I am appropriately afraid here but I do need to also shout out my own epic vanity because I *immediately* spotted my book on that shelf. Like. So fast.

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today is the last day that you can preorder THE BONE BRIDES. Because tomorrow it will no longer be “pre” anything. Tomorrow, the book will out in the world. Tomorrow, the book will be.... (I was going to follow this up with some emoji, but I am feeling TOO MANY THINGS in TOO HUGE A WAY to pick!)

THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter. The cover’s main color palate is glowy blues and aquas and features two girls holding hands while standing face-forward. One girl has a missing eye and a place her torso reveals instead a ribcage. The other girl has a hand that has become skeletal. In a satchel the second girl wears sits a skeleton-rabbit. Behind the girls looms a large skeleton-deer, with one antler replaced by vines. Very moody and atmospheric. The book has pale-green sprayed edges, stenciled with deer skulls and the same antler/vine combination.

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Annie Dorsen @anniedorsen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Music/dance/theater people: there is *one week* left to add your voice to the Impact of AI on the Performing Arts survey.

survey.alchemer.com

GenAI Usage in the Performing Arts

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Newtown Review of Books @newtownbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"This is a world where every relationship is transactional. Which sounds exhausting, though Poppy seems to thrive on the constant negotiation." Amelia Dudley reviews @reenamccarty.bsky.social The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains: newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/reena-mccart... #Fiction #BookSky 💙 📚️

Image of cover of book The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains by Reena McCarty, reviewed by Amelia Dudley in the Newtown Review of Books.

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T. Stimac @tstimac.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We are onto S1E8: "I, Robot... You, Jane" and I don't know how, but Ashley Gable and Thomas A. Swyden absolutely called it that The Internet is full of demons and manipulating young men into murderous cultists.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026

I hate doing the "a rollback of trans rights is the gateway for a rollback of women's rights" thing because trans rights are human rights in and of themselves, whatever the impact on cis women. But goddamn I wish more cis women had a sense of history and self preservation.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It ys tyme for Tulip skeptics to face some difficulte trouthes. Tulips are the waye of the future. Yf you do not invest yn Tulips you are way behinde. Yf you do not teache your children about Tulips thei will not be able to compete on the jobbe market. Onlye Luddites dislyke Tulips.

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Huge day for me: got my first AI spam telling me that I need to increase the visibility of The Uncanny Art of Faerie Contracts, a book that will not be out for another 6 1/2 months

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Just spent way too long pondering if I could use the term "frankenskeleton" in my current WIP, because would Frankenstein exist in a world ruled by necromancers? And if so, would we be using it as a pejorative, as I was in this case? Took it out for now, but I'm still somewhat undecided

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026

crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 14/09/2026

If you're yelling at trans people over voting, you have completely lost the plot. It's fine to want to flip that Senate seat. But there is so much work cis people can be doing to carry that burden. Demanding that trans people make you feel good & righteous about it is the weakest, whiniest shit.

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T. Stimac @tstimac.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

@reenamccarty.bsky.social says I need to watch my step or I'll develop a reputation as a guy who can't be normal about Sutton Foster. I'd argue that anyone who watched "Younger" is incapable of being normal about Sutton Foster along this extremely specific axis.

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I just went into a weird book-buying fugue state and ordered 9 books, please do the same with mine so I can continue this lavish lifestyle. Thank you.

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yes, believe it or not it's that time again.

25% off preorders at Barnes and Noble, for rewards and premium members. Online only, September 9-11. This graphic is suggesting The Uncanny Art of Faerie Contracts, by Reena McCarty, but any preorder is covered, so go wild!

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I got hired to paint a bunch of dogs on the windows of a movie theater to promote the film Hotel for Dogs. I am not a particularly good painter! I had certainly never painted windows before! I did a mediocre job but they paid me pretty well for it.

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson

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The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Some scams are easier to spot than others. That said, we get these semi-regularly and they are only getting more focused and custom-tailored, so be careful writers! And, no, we didn’t reply, but it was super-tempting.

Text from a scam email message which reads:

Hi Arthur C. Clarke,

I recently came across 2001: A Space Odyssey, the 25th Anniversary Edition, and wanted to reach out.

I’ve been connecting with authors whose books are available to readers but may not be reaching as many new audiences as they could.

I’m curious how has your experience been with book visibility and reaching new readers? And have you considered exploring new ways to promote your book or expand its reach to additional platforms?

I’d genuinely be interested in hearing your thoughts and experience.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 06/09/2026

Everyone saying that AI is good for nothing is wrong. It's absolutely revolutionizing the spam and scam market. Micro-targeted scams individually targeting specific people using their exact relationships and anything they've ever posted online, and harder to detect by software than ever before.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I love being married for many many reasons but one of them is that whenever I see someone talking about dating right now I want to die. I'm not built for that. I'm an indoor wife now

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

IT IS OFFICIALLY BONE BRIDES MONTH, Y’ALL, and there are only 28 more sleeps before my book-baby is out in the world! Who wants to play bingo with me? ^.^

THE BONE BRIDES Bingo:

Eat a fig
kiss a girl
get lost in the woods
eye a horse suspiciously

go swimming
mourn a loved one
decorate for Halloween
befriend a rabbit

cuddle w/someone for warmth
dance to music only you hear
get creative with honey
read a fairytale

jump on a trampoline
appreciate your teeth
plant something unusual
pre-order THE BONE BRIDES!

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I don't believe gen AI will ever be able to create fiction or art of any real merit. It's just using statistics to remix existing shit. But in the unlikely event that ever happened, I still wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. Human creativity is joy & fulfillment even on the days when it's hard

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 31/08/2026

This is what happens when a director conflates a parable with real-world nuance. No, we don't need to "both sides" this tale because Dickens wrote the story as it was meant to be understood. Scrooge made mistakes and needed a wakeup call. That's it.

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

While I'm promoing-book one is currently just 99p in ebook in the UK and is still only $2.99 in the US, so there's never been a better time to hop on it!

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

So funny watching the media try to write 2000's era Grand Theft Auto Outrage articles now that the whole country is a casino run by murderers.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 30/08/2026

Dozens of folks in the replies have reported that appointments are opening all over the country, so get those covid vaccines y'all!!! 💓 I know insurance coverage is currently in flux but I will do a "sponsor a vaccine" thread again if we need it after it shakes out!

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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

PMC COVlD Update, Week of Aug 29, 2026 ▪️Outbreaks in 29 states/territories (see Alt) ▪️A projected 13th wave is under way ▪️1 in 95 Americans estimated actively infectious ▪️Peak anticipated around Labor Day THREAD 🧵(1/4)

The US has at least 29 states/territories with COVlD outbreaks. These include much of Hawai’i, Alaska, Washington, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine.
There are likely outbreaks in additional states. The summary statistic of 29 only includes counties with observed data, rather than estimated data. All of the data in Oregon are at least a week old, and while we do not count the state among the 29, we estimate there are likely outbreaks there as well, given proximity to WA, CA, and NV. Levels in some Texas counties are so high – on par with the national peak of BA.1 Omicron – that it drives up estimates for counties in neighboring states that lack CDC wastewater monitoring systems. Looking closely at the map, notice other instances of Very High counties in one state driving up estimates of an adjacent county in a neighboring state that lacks data. This shows a clear value of the county-level map over the CDC state map. The CDC applies the median level to the entire state. The PMC map recognizes that state boundaries are somewhat artificial with regard to the spread of infectious disease and instead offers localized estimates for counties that lack data based on what is happening in their region.

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It took less than two seasons from "I guess we can watch it if you insist" to this.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You can just say "No, shut up." You can. It really is that simple. He can't make you.

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Updated Covid vaccines for the 2026-27 season have been approved by the FDA. Article to come.

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

While I'm promoing-book one is currently just 99p in ebook in the UK and is still only $2.99 in the US, so there's never been a better time to hop on it!

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T. Stimac @tstimac.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is the best book I've read this year and it has EVERYTHING: Union negotiations, a fake dating plot, and - most importantly - the Big Cow.

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Look at thisssss! My beautiful book two cover is live!! 💙📚

The cover of the Uncanny Art of Faerie Contracts, by Reena McCarty. The background is a sunset--purpleish red fading down through orange to yellow at the bottom, where there's a wintery mountain range with a stand of pine trees in front. The trees are a variety of colors--green and yellow and also some that are reddish and creamish. The cover is mostly taken up by a scroll with the title, surrounded by autumn flowers, pine cones and branches, some mysterious out-of-season glacier lilies, anda dip pen and pickaxe. The cover is on a mock-up book, set against a background photo of snowy pine woods. There are some purple asters and red and yellow blanketflowers (ooh, not a montana native! What are you doing here, stranger? Who can say??) tucked in the corners.

April 6th, 2027! Text reads: It's been a year since Poppy Hill left Otherside after making a desperate deal for her life. A year in which all bargaining has been stopped by order of the Wild King, as he works to secure his throne amongst growing rumors of a curse on his line.
Then King Theron himself comes looking for Poppy's help negotiating a new kind of contract, and she finds herself drawn back into a world of Faerie politics, schemes and intrigue. But Poppy's loyalties are already owned by another, and the one pulling her strings has her own plans for the Wild.
Plans that will force Poppy closer to the king than she ever imagined possible.

on a backdrop of a bright yellow larch tree in a green pine wood, with the same flowers from the previous slide, along with a round sticker that says "unionize your faerieland" in yellow. There is also a statue of a big cow.

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JD, you can’t eat comics. @lostcity.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was not a billionaire, because multi-millionaires who are good people like her never get past that last finish line. Not when there are kids who need books to read and sick people who need vaccines.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 25/08/2026

The US has built a mythology internally that relies on the entire world to sustain, but to admit this would be to shatter the narrative we have that We Are The Greatest and The Rest Of the World Needs Us And Sometimes We Deign To Help Them.

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Q: What is the absolute, #1 best thing you can do to support an author and help their ability to publish more books? A: PREORDER THEIR BOOK! 🧵

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

What is the difference between "visited" and "stayed a while", I wonder? I did have to make a hard call on Arizona, which I did visit but like. As an infant. Anyway, I need to travel more. I have no proof anything east of the Custer battlefield even exists.

whereidlive.com

United States: where I've been

Fill in your own version and see where the two of you disagree.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026

here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs.

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I scream! Look at themmmmm!

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A fun little game! We showed our loved ones each other's book covers, titles removed...and had them guess what the titles were, based on cover image alone! 😂 Featuring @viathewordwitch.bsky.social @kargyres.bsky.social @ryantpozzi.bsky.social @reenamccarty.bsky.social @gwenythreitz.bsky.social

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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 21/08/2026

Boy do I deeply hate understanding this post

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I love how the way our economy works is Moderna announces "so yeah we might have just cured cancer" and their stock price rockets to a third of Tesla, the people who make vehicles that explode

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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

🚨BREAKING 🦠 On Friday, the US CDC arbitrarily shifted higher COVlD levels into lower categories depicted with cooler colors. Much of what was Very High is now "High." What was High is now "Moderate" or "Low." Low is "Very Low." 1/

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