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J.R. Andrews

@jrobertandrews.bsky.social

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Wordsmith whose final boss is social media. Find me in @shortwavebooks.bsky.social | @ergot.bsky.social | @bruisermag.com Wherever good times are had :3

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J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · Apr 18

What's better than waking up to an acceptance email? Waking up to a full on short published and ready-to-read in @bruisermag.com today!

It's got everything! Literally. God. Mothman's in there. Mickey Mouse. You're there, too.

BRUISER @bruisermag.com · Apr 17

The first time I used hallucinogens was with Bobby Baloney.

NOTICE ME, SENPAI (GOD): A POST-TRUTH PARABLE by @robertandrews.bsky.social

www.bruisermag.com/andrews_senpai

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J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · 2d

kirby is laying on a bed with the words " i 'm home " on the bottom

ALT: kirby is laying on a bed with the words " i 'm home " on the bottom

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J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · 2d

I’m! Home!

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J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · 18d

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Samuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social · 20d

Today is the release of my first book 'The Veldt Institute'!

Check out one of these bookstores: double--negative.com/stockists.html

Or buy direct from Asterism: asterismbooks.com/product/the-...

The Veldt Institute | Asterism Books

### *At the Veldt Institute everyone is sick, so no one is sick.* Endless fields of grass. A sky so bright there are barely shadows. At the center of this expanse is the Veldt Institute, an austere s...

asterismbooks.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 23d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · 25d

Indeed! Huge news! Congrats to @shortwavebooks.bsky.social

Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 25d

HUGE NEWS: We have signed a worldwide distribution deal with Simon & Schuster!

Taking this next step with Simon & Schuster, and their sales team, will allow us to further our support and publishing efforts within the horror community.

More here: shortwavepublishing.com/news/shortwa...

Image of all Shortwave book covers surrounding the text: "Shortwave Publishing signs distribution deal with Simon & Schuster"

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Escape Pod @escapepod.org · 26d

Attention, sophonts! We've finished changing the locks and Escape Pod is now OPEN to all your amazing, amazing submissions!

Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!

Short Fiction | Escape Pod

Escape Pod is open to submissions of science fiction short stories from September 1 - May 31.

escapepod.org

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J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · Sep 11

Me (a writer): Why not me??? Arrrrrrrrrgh!!!!!!!

The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 11

‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Week

J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · Sep 10

I cried laughing at my work desk. Everyone's looking at me now.

Absolute GOLD @supernaturalfeat.com !

Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · Sep 10

I Saw E.T. Lying All Fucked Up In That Creek In 1982 And Left Him There by Dan Weaver

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I Saw E.T. Lying All Fucked Up in That Creek in 1982 and Left Him There

I thought E.T. was a squid. I was riding my bike in my tuxedo and saw E.T. down there in that creek and I said to myself fuck that squid is fucking dead. People don't know this very much but we get sq...

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Six-Eyed Kitten (But Scary) @andrewkozma.net · Sep 9

My poem "The Black Death" is live on @strangehorizons.bsky.social! If you want to read about disease and death and vaccines, then I have the poem for you!

The Black Death

I’m talking about vaccines. We can kill the killer.

strangehorizons.com

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J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · Sep 9

Not to go all Thanos on you all, but this was VERY close to being "well-balanced"

J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · Sep 8

Bates Burgers are best!

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The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 4

Trump Announces Seal Team 6 Killed U.S. Protester In Daring Overnight Raid

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J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · Aug 31

Why not?

J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · Aug 28

There's an elementary school near my house which I drive past AT LEAST twice per day. Years I've lived here.

And I realized today: I've never seen any children on that playground.

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

If your industry can't build a product without stealing from artists and writers, then you should be financially ruined.

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

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J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · Aug 23

1. Please be real
2. Please, please (PLEASE!) develop a similar tool for writers!!!

Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use

The tool's creators are seeking to make it so that AI model developers must pay artists to train on data from them that is uncorrupted.

venturebeat.com

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Tanya Pell @tanyapell.bsky.social · Aug 21

In which @patrickbarb.bsky.social and I talk X-Men, shooting your shot, and the work of Chris Golden.

Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · Aug 21

New YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR: @tanyapell.bsky.social on @cgolden.bsky.social!

We've published numerous stories by Tanya, and she wrote our 4th Killer VHS book CICADA. We're big fans. Now we'll have to check out this Christopher Golden guy. 😉
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...

Graphic template for Your Favorite Author's Favorite Author, an interview series by Patrick Barb. This month we have Tanya Pell discussing Christopher Golden.

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J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · Aug 20

Absolutely worth the read!

They Want You To Forget What A Film Looks Like - Aftermath

The 4K transfer of True Lies is what happens when a company uses proprietary tech to overwrite and denoise history.

aftermath.site

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J.R. Andrews @jrobertandrews.bsky.social · Aug 19

Did NOT realize they recently made a music video for this!

Fun Fact - More than one folks has told me I look like the 1980's ver. of David Byrne IRL.