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World Fantasy Award nominee Compton Crook winner Speculative Poetry reviewer for F&SF Buy The Ballad of Perilous Graves wherever books are sold. https://tinyurl.com/2dazncx8 Support me on Patreon! patreon.com/AlexJennings79

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 16h

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 16h

looks like it went great

picture of trump half-assedly waving with a dejected look on his face. Caption reads President Trump Returns To The White House
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 10: U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House following a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump traveled to Walter Reed to visit with troops and receive a medical check up. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 16h

They strut around literally smirking about the authority they’ve been given to ruin people’s lives, like they believe it’ll last forever and their shitty little masks will protect them. It’s as if they’ve never even seen a history book.

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 17h

Also, fuck ICE terrorizing my neighborhood. DEI is the only thing that makes America great. There will come a reckoning, and it’s gonna go hard for these fucking traitors.

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 17h

These chair workouts Kechi and I do on YouTube are kind of a drag, but also kind of great. Even with my busted knee, I’m losing weight again without being obsessive about eating. Not walking well, but doing well. Shit is wild.

Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 19h

I would SO love to see a Killer Tomatoes movie with a real budget. Still gotta be shaggy and silly, though.

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 19h

I just remembered that Cocaine Bear was a thing and that everyone joked that it would inspire a whole subgenre of Animals on Drugs movies and that I was secretly pretty excited about that. The Pandemic ruined so many things. Imagine if the snakes on that plane had been finding for heroin!

Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 1d

Look, I was already for sure going to AWP in Baltimore next year, but I just found out John Waters is giving the Keynote address, so let’s fuckin GOOOOO!

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S.H. Mansouri @shmansouri.bsky.social · 5d

Gabe and Cass on the spinner rack, all kinds of fun all over again. Great to see this mmp @sgj.bsky.social

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 8d

That was v strange. Would have really sucked if I had had to put my head in there, I think—and if it had lasted a lot longer….

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 8d

Heading out for my MRI. Wish me luck!

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 8d

You gotta admit that the idea of a Tina Turner statue so bad that it's racist is pretty funny. It reminds me of that Jesus painting that got all fucked up years ago. It's like something out of Mr. Bean.

Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 10d

No, I’m sure it’s fine. Nbd that Trump just fully declared war on the USA. Kamala and Biden were totally just as bad!

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Sasha HC 🏳️‍🌈 @morecocoa.bsky.social · 13d

@kalynnbayron.bsky.social - Kalynn Bayron - "This Poison Heart"
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Anne @annieoranne.bsky.social · 13d

Fiction: "The Ballad of Perilous Graves" by @alexjennings.bsky.social and "The Steerswoman" series by @rosemarykirstein.bsky.social

Non-fiction: "Blood in the Machine" by @bcmerchant.bsky.social and "Fight Like Hell" by @kimkelly.bsky.social

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 14d

Name a Book you never stop recommending.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 15d

Donald Trump is the worst president of my lifetime.

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥.

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 15d

Not so good, tbh. Going to need surgery.

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 15d

Yo, I think they’re about to use this George Foreman grill on my knee….

A medical device that appears to be a George Foreman grill, I mean wtf? They sposedta fix my knee, not cook it!

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 15d

The parking situation at campus health services is dumb as hell, but the way the doctors here are treating me and talking to me about my injury makes me so glad I’m attending a sports school….

Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 21d

Beginning to feel like all that work Rogan and his buddies did to champion “free speech” was maybe not that effective….

Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 21d

Busta and Shonda are at least cousins, though, right???

Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 21d

So yeah, week 1 of my MA/MFA program was crazy as hell, but I’m still having a blast. I didn’t journey cross country like Frodo Baggins to let a sprained knee kill my vibe!

Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 21d

I’m hoping I’ll be able to attend classes on Tuesday, but we’ll see!

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 21d

I slipped on the stairs outside my apartment and fell, folded my knees up all wrong. V dumb and bad and no fun at all.

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