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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

weeping because i'm not one of those authors who is also an amazing artist because wren in this???????? unmatched

photo of charli xcx at the 2025 met gala in her feathery black gothic outfit; the cover of nightstrider and an illustration of wren are superimposed over it

sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

VEILWEAVER is 25% off on @barnesandnoble.com until tomorrow!!! if you've yet to pre-order the sequel to my nightmare fantasy book NIGHTSTRIDER now is the perfect time!!!

graphic announcing a 25% off sale with code PREORDER25 through barnes and noble for VEILWEAVER

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Eliot 🌳 @eliotbaum.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

Maneater 🩸

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

if james patterson has one hater i'm dead i've hated him since he ruined maximum ride

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

David Wojnarowicz in a leather jacket that reads "IF I DIE OF AIDS FORGET BURIAL--JUST DROP MY BODY ON THE STEPS OF THE FDA"

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

i am so emotional over this. huge fucking win. knowing kids here in iowa will still have access to these books gives me hope.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 25/03/2025

massively depressing that the big scandal is that the shithead guy from the atlantic got texted accidentally and not the part where they're raining more death on yemen

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

i'm so proud to be a member of the ag. also, if you're upset about this just a reminder that you can disable many ai features on various social media platforms AND tell them what you think of this shit. i'll post links with step by step instructions below. 👇

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10/03/2025

ICE illegally arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident, for his political advocacy. Take action to free Mahmoud NOW.

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Free Mahmoud Khalil

The Trump administration has illegally arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil in direct retaliation for his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights. This egregious, unprecedented, and illegal abuse of...

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

today is national lymphedema day which means you're legally obligated to buy my book because i have lymphedema and i don't like it but i DO like people reading my books (they have nothing to do with lymphedema)

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Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I'm not sure which of you need to hear this, but: If you push yourself to your limits and burn out for a company, you are trading years of your future productivity for minor gains in the present. Burning out will _fuck you up_, it's like brain fog or depression, and it takes years to recover

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

i wrote "check on mp" on my to do list this morning. i have no idea what "mp" is. tell me what i meant (wrong answers only)

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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · 05/03/2025

film still #53 Jessica Lee Gagné directing.

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

the ebook of my nightmare fantasy book is currently only 0.99 👀 if you’ve been waiting to read it now is the perfect time, especially with the sequel coming out this october! plus you would be supporting a queer iowa author in the face of rampant book bans so! #booksky @orbitbooks.bsky.social

graphic with the cover for nightstrider by sophia slade in the with similar media around it including the witcher, one dark window, bellamy and clarke from the 100, and kaz and inej from six of crows

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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/03/2025

BREAKING: A judge blocked President Trump's executive order targeting access to gender-affirming care for trans people under 19 years old nationwide. This is the second time this discriminatory executive order has been put on hold in our legal challenge against it.

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

"em dashes are signs of ai" em dashes are the most deeply human dashes of them all—they are flexible and daring, the author's most versatile tool. crack open a writer's heart and watch an avalanche of em dashes spill forth. begone, o wretched beasts of code—fuck you.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/02/2025

The House will vote TODAY on whether to advance devastating cuts to Medicaid that would destroy lifesaving programs for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more. Call your representative now and tell them to save Medicaid at (202) 224-3121.

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

all these interviews with remorseful trump voters are exhausting “we had no idea” we’ve been screaming at you for almost ten years. you knew, and you only care now that it effects you. glad you’re awake, but to me you are and will always remain unforgiven.

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

"support iowa authors fighting book bans" i whisper to my publisher, sliding my gothic fantasy horror book about bodily autonomy full of moths in places they should not be, phantom bells only the fmc can hear, and castles entombed in thorns across the table

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I have read over 2 books

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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2025

Book bans deny us our right to learn about our identities and read about different perspectives.

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

thrilled to share the official synopsis of VEILWEAVER, book two of the NIGHTSTRIDER series!!! i cannot WAIT to share the next chapter in this saga with y'all. thank you so much for caring about my nightmare babies. good somnia!!! 🥺 @orbitbooks.bsky.social

Moody graphic with a huge ruined arch in the background and dark clouds; the text "Veilweaver, Blurb Reveal" is in front of it

Three weeks have passed since Wren’s vengeful path collided with those of Prince Caine, Queen Ila, and fellow nightmare Alaric. Three weeks since she nearly struck her creator down with the arcane magic now threatening to burn her from the inside out. Stalked by spectral half-remembered dreams and haunted by the impossible choices they were forced to make, the unlikely allies seek refuge in Marrowrun, the last free city in the dream realm and supposedly home to an exiled weaver who can teach Wren to wield her newfound power.

When they are ambushed and brought before to the ruler of the city they expect the worst, but instead the baron proposes a bargain: protection from Warwick and the leagues of mercenaries at his disposal in exchange for Warwick’s head. Despite their hesitation, Wren and the others accept and prepare to battle the foul king from the lavish halls of the Pale Citadel. Their bonds deepen as they grow stronger in relative safety—until the first ritualistic slaying.

Graphic with dark blue background; it features white text that reads "Veilweaver, out October 28, 2025" with a temporary Orbit cover graphic in the center.

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

writing fantasy with multiple povs is so fun because one chapter will be like TRAUMA. FALLOUT FROM TRAUMA. VISIONS OF A HOME YOU CAN NEVER RETURN TO. TRAUMA. and the next is just.....hornee.

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

pre-orders are currently 25% off on @barnesandnoble.com so now would be a fantastic time to order VEILWEAVER, the sequel to my gothic-coded, vengeful, romantic nightmare fantasy book NIGHTSTRIDER!!! 🌙 @orbitbooks.bsky.social

trope map for veilweaver (book two of the nightstrider series) with a temporary orbit books cover in the middle the following tropes around it: "the foxglove king x arcane, living nightmares, four povs, secret temple folded into space, "i would live for you", oops we did the apocalypse, slowburn to spice, bickering found family, bizarre decadence, plot twists

digital painting of alaric and wren from the nightstrider series

digital painting of ila and caine from the nightstrider series

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

heartbreaking news: he's still alive. his shell protected him.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

ok one like = one thing i love i need this so bad lol

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

pssst if you wanna help support a queer disabled author living in a red state (me) now is the prefect time to check out my (deeply vengeful but also very fun and romantic) nightmare fantasy book NIGHTSTRIDER! the sequel VEILWEAVER comes out this fall from @orbitbooks.bsky.social!

graphic with the cover of nightstrider by sophia slade at the center on a moody purple background; surrounding it are pieces of media that are similar to it such as pan's labyrinth, sleep token, the 100, one dark window, and stranger things

mirror selfie of sophia with half her face obscured by her phone; she has light brown hair with a cream bow, a vintage ring and necklace, and blue eyes

illustration of alaric and wren from veilweaver (book two of the nightstrider series); wren and alaric face each other intensely; he has horns and she has wings

illustration of ila and caine from veilweaver (book two of the nightstrider series); they are dressed in light blue fancy clothes; caine reaches out to ila and she tentatively takes his hand; her arm is bandaged

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

HELL YES but also i would’ve sent you new copies shitty exes do not deserve my out of print babies

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silas denver 🍎 @sweatermuppet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

may every trans child grow into a trans adult

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

this ate and honestly the publishing industry needs to hear this one too

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The extreme loop between "I am a monster for talking about my art right now" and "People need art to get through these times."

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 02/02/2025

you either die young or live long enough for The Phantom Menace to become blistering topical commentary

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

“The call came from the hollows of his mind. Like a thread tugged loose from a tapestry it pulled [redacted] across the Reverie, leading him back to the place he prayed he would never return.” — VEILWEAVER (Book 2), Oct ‘25 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social

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🐀Rat Daddy🐁 @threeratmoon.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

no lgb without the t

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/02/2025

is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/02/2025

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

me trying to edit my silly little fantasy book and clean my silly little house and brush my silly little teeth but shock doctrine is working

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

"you know you don't have to make all four of your mcs unspeakably, ridiculously hot" who tf is gonna stop me????? you?????

digital painting of alaric and wren from the nightstrider series; they're staring at each other as if they're about to kiss in front of three moons; alaric has horns and wren has wings

digital painting of ila and caine from the nightstrider series; caine is offering ila his hand and she is taking it hesitantly; ila has white hair and a bandage on her arm; three moons are behind them

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

caine "i all but crawled after you" fallon and ila enevoldson 🥹 absolutely blown away by this gorgeous VEILWEAVER art from @yuksiiis.bsky.social, who was fabulous to work with! book one of my nightmare fantasy is out right now and book two comes out this october from @orbitbooks.bsky.social

digital painting of ila enevoldson and caine fallon from the nightstrider series by sophia slade; ila has white blone hair in a crown braid and wears a pale blue ball gown, her arm is bandaged; caine wears a blue suit of a similar shade and has dark hair; behind them are three moons and some glowing butterflies

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sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

wren: ruthless winged nightmare assassin, would rip your heart out with her teeth THEN steal your girl, may or may not have the power to destroy the universe also wren: has a pollen allergy

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Any writer who thinks using generative AI for "transitions" and other things that "don't matter" has a fundamental misunderstanding of both the art and craft of writing.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

the aesthetic of maga goofs is so dang weird. they see themselves as anti-establishment 'dont tread on me' folks but now theyre all 'THE MAINSTREAM GOVERNMENT IS SO COOL I LOVE AUTHORITY' so weird seeing these people who liked to pretend they were rebels making big government their whole personality

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