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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · 1d

I'm conducting an interview for Interstellar Flight Press again. This year it's for a gorgeously immersive short story collection. Setting up the questions next week, and then it'll go live the first week of November. Stay tuned!

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · 20d

Another post of book quotes is up for everyone.

Doom and Bloom: The Case for Creativity in a World Hooked on Panic by struthless.

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Doom and Bloom (Quotes) | Julie Reeser

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · 23d

This is odd since there are trans reporters at Aftermath; it's one of the reasons I pay for a subscription. I had to go look because it seems like such a misfire on their part? Weird.

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's so pretty, and the lore is super intriguing. It's pretty hard, though, esp for me since I kinda suck at platformers, lol. I'm enjoying it!

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Sylvia Heike @sylviaheike.bsky.social · Sep 9

Stunning story with gorgeous prose by Julie Reeser @abetterjulie.bsky.social 🖤

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 9

Live in BCS #440: "Compass Rose, Running" @abetterjulie.bsky.social "I cried to go but I couldn’t stay. Mama Patch had to know? Her being paid to keep us straight and narrow, to keep us orphans out of trouble. I run that through my mind just as often." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/comp...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Compass Rose, Running by Julie Reeser

That house was home, and I cried to go, but I couldn’t stay. Too big to fit in my pocket. Almost too big to fit in my memories. Nights now, when Matron and her card players at the Eight Den get tense ...

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geneva @gdbee.bsky.social · Sep 4

2026 calendars are up for preorder till the end of October! Calendars ship in November! They're saddle-stitched with a hanging hole, 9 x 24 inches large! gdbee.store/products/vib...

Cover image for gdbee art's 2026 calendar. Text: 2026 Vibes. Calendar

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Sep 4

#Silksong ✅

Possibly the most satisfying $20 I've spent on a political statement. I want every AAA studio exec who hurts devs & drives up prices to feel lousy today. I want them to rethink their life choices & make changes. I want to live in the world TeamCherry shows is possible. #EternalOptimist

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Sep 4

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Sep 4

It's me! My story is out!

Writing this story almost broke me, and I'm so happy everyone will get a chance to read it!

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 4

New Issue: BCS #440 out today, featuring stories of driven protagonists dodging authority by returning BCS authors Jonathan Olfert @jonolfert.bsky.social and Julie Reeser @abetterjulie.bsky.social, behind cover art by Jereme Peabody: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #440 by Scott Andrews

The Good Life and the Gaze of Staivash by Jonathan Olfert. Compass Rose, Running by Julie Reeser.

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Sep 1

I did it! The back issues of The Magpie are up! These are fantasy magazines for the modern hedgewitch I made for my patrons--now available for you. :)

Each issue has an editorial, a review, an essay, an advice column, plant lore, help wanted ads, & a lost & found column.
#zine

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 27

BCS #440 ebook is out early today at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by Jonathan @jonolfert.bsky.social and Julie Reeser @abetterjulie.bsky.social, cover art by Jereme Peabody. weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #440

Issue #440 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Jonathan Olfert and Julie Reeser.

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Aug 21

Come, let me read you my short form essay on an emerging subgenre of horror gaming. Available to free and paid members, so sign up!

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The New Zombie Works Beside You | Julie Reeser

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Aug 16

Please be on the lookout for this sweet old lost dog in the #oakland area. She doesn't know the neighborhood and has no collar.

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Lost dog!

Lost dog! Please call 4158102897 if you see her. Shes a timid old lady, please dont chase or yell.

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February Grace @februarygrace.bsky.social · Jul 16

Anyone who knows me knows I don’t do book reviews. A decision made years ago. However.

I just finished a book that gripped me from page one and will haunt me for a very long time and I have to talk about it.

OUTLAWS by @ilenegold.bsky.social is impeccably written, relevant, and incredible. 1/3

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · May 4

I have a new story out today! Free to read. Mermaids maybe? Murder thoughts, yes.

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There Be Monsters
by Suzan Palumbo

The song reaches Violet on the breeze as it always has. This morning, standing on the sandy, rain-drenched shore, she does not resist it. The melody sinks into her, pumps through her veins, and caresses the ache she’s kept buried in her chest her entire life.

Robert’s body lies in a watery grave on the seabed. She misses the harbor of his breathing, the way he’d knot his arms around her. Her grief is suspended in the center of her stomach, buoyed by warring tides of bitter desolation, sour guilt, and sweet relief.

She eyes the white skiff a few feet away. It is hers and hers alone now. There is no one left to stop her from setting out to sea.

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Apr 30

"Forty percent of all Palestinian men have been arrested...so, probably."

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The Settlers (2025) : Louis Theroux : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Louis Theroux is back with a compelling new documentary titled “Louis Theroux: The Settlers.” This much-anticipated episode will air on Sunday, April 27,...

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Apr 25

100 postcards! A story sold! Let's goooo...

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April Happenings (part 1) | Julie Reeser

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Apr 22

ooof, this.

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · Apr 17

New Issue: BCS #430 out today, featuring stories of questing in strange other realms by @thomasha.bsky.social and Charlie Valenti, a From the BCS Archives story by @amandaghelms.bsky.social, cover art by Tyler Edlin: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #430 by Scott Andrews

Cry, the Carob King by Thomas Ha. Dark Creature, Dream Her by Charlie Valenti.

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Apr 9

Wednesday's Word is up for everyone! (public post) with bonus poem at the end...

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Make It Make Sense | Julie Reeser

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Apr 3

I won't be able to see it in the theater because I'd probably sob my way through the whole thing.

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · Mar 26

Today 5:30 in Powderhouse Square: Emergency rally for Tufts PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, illegally abducted by ICE

Flyer: March 26 5:30 in Powderhouse Square: Emergency rally for Tufts PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, illegally abducted by ICE

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · Mar 26

For writing an OpEd in the student newspaper? Wow. 😮

Federal Government Detains International Student at #Tufts
The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students & faculty members. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/u...

Tufts University sign on a fence in front of a large greenbelt area with billowing clouds in the sky of blue above.

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shannon//cannon @majorarlene.net · Mar 25

glad someone smarter than me connected the dots - my inclination was that there was no way it was an accident that Hegseth had this guy's number. Atlantic pushes out unhinged pro-US imperialist propaganda on the daily and somehow the internet collectively forgot that for like 24 hours

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · Mar 25

I think it’s important to realize the Atlantic editor is ex idf and has a history of promoting the US imperial line not because it’s a “conspiracy” but because it’s good for people to know Pete H doesn’t have his number on signal by accident, but only added him to that particular chat by accident.

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JulieR @abetterjulie.bsky.social · Mar 21

Congratulations!

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