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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · Jul 31

I don’t have books to sell (because magazines pay me upfront) but I do love being *read*

So, here’s a thread of my short fiction, available in text/audio for free:

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 17h

Little Tokyo did a silent hill f thing and it’s pretty neat

Flower decorations all around Little Tokyo

More silent hill decorations in Little Tokyo

The map of all the fun little silent hill things

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 16h

I make the vast majority of my writing income via Patreon.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 16h

"What do you mean" Well sometimes people ask me "So, do awards help with book sales?" and anyway, not universally. I definitely do NOT believe that I (or indeed any author!) am entitled to book sales. But I, uh. Can't live on mine. :)

a screencap from the ISFDB showing 'highest ranks authors and editors since 1950 by decade,' then the top 12 list showing premee mohamed at #3 for the 2020s. then a royalty statement indicating $209.10 total earned over a six month period, and, quite reasonably, an arrow pointing to a beetle with a clown face labeled 'me'

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 16h

Nice to see you back on Bluesky!

A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 17h

Last night I found out Zooey Deschanel’s parents are a cinematographer and an actress and I don’t know when I will stop being surprised by these things

merritt @merrittk.com · 17h

if you're not where you want to be as an artist or entertainer and didn't come from money or an industry family try to remember that it was never an even playing field to begin with and you're probably doing great considering

A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 20h

Wow!!

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 23h

The palpable relief of reading a syntactically awkward student paper nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on after having to consume the stale cardboard generalities of a Chat GPT essay.

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 22h

Silent Hill f

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

I’m glad we all individually decided to call him the Fox Twink

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 1d

all these notes saying "Don't Trust The Fox Twink, Yes I Mean That One" could be about anyone

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

the rain is making my knee ache, which is strange since I will never age and never die

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Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · 1d

Why does he look SO SAD

A tabby cat sitting on a cat tree by the window, looking back at the camera with a very mournful expression

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

Hahahaha

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

Traveling halfway across the world & packing into a room for a conference panel on the theme of resisting eugenics.

But not wearing a respirator during a surge in the ongoing pandemic.

What a fun way to show how the research & scholars you’re there to ostensibly listen to mean jack shit to you.

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

hell yeah who wouldn't want that??

so much time to learn and travel and listen and love

you don't even have to avoid the sun like vampires do

A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

hah fair enough!

A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

Can't wait for "Drosera regina" to come out on 10/30, so I can talk about carnivorous plants until everyone mutes me

mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 1d

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

Would you respect them as much if they were exactly like you?

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

If you see someone hating a book or movie that you love, simply jot their name down in your Dipshits I Do Not Care About list and move on.

You will be much happier.

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

"Let people enjoy things!" also means "Let people hate things!"

If they're not talking directly to you, why do you care?

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

my life would be so much richer if I didn't fear death, what the hell

you can live so many lives!

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 2d

forget Pyramid Head, we’re battling the Iron Lady

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 2d

chai in my future