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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 17d

Genuinely bewilders me that the work of Michael Moorcock is as absent as it is from the conversations around the fantasy genre today.

The first author I read to show me what else fantasy could be. So of course I'm biased and yes I'm old.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 19d

I don't know about QUESTIONS, per se, but this is my favorite interview of me (and not just because "Interviewed by a puppet"), because they really did the research about me first and made it a very enjoyable experience!

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ArmadilloCon: Austin's convention for SFFH readers & writers! @armadillocon.bsky.social · 17d

If all else fails and Marshall needs to run a taco stand, we will help keep it in business!

Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 17d

If all else fails and I need to run a taco stand, I am ready.

Two sweet potato tacos (queso panela, spiced sweet potato, rajas, salsa de amarillo, spiced pumpkin seed and red cabbage, all on homemade blue corn tortillas) and street corn.

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SFF Reviews @sffreview.bsky.social · Sep 8

How exciting! ArmadilloCon sounds like a blast! 🌟 Oag's adventures sound hilarious! "Magic, mayhem, and mischief" seems like a perfect combo! Enjoy! ✨📚 #FantasyFun #SFF

Abby Goldsmith @abbybabble.bsky.social · Sep 8

I will be at #Armadillocon this weekend!

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Oag just wants a magic tutor. It's not his fault that mages keep trying to murder him, and adventurers keep trying to date him. #booksky #magic #fantasy #sff

Chapter 108. Mage Slayer | Sep 7, 2025 | AbbyBabble

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · Sep 10

With WorldCon a few weeks in the past and ArmadilloCon this weekend and various Other Things In The Discourse, feels like a good time to bring back my advice on being a pleasant person to have on a panel!

Giving Good Panel

With in-person conventions back (if often in modified form), I’ve had the opportunity in recent months to think about what makes a panel fun and interesting both to be on as a panelist and as…

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Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 28d

Shout out to everybody who came to the 9pm late night flash fiction Thunderdome at Armadillocon to watch us bleed our hearts out on the page for laughs…except for the guy who put all the prompts into ChatGPT and then proceeded to compare us to AI 💀

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 27d

Had a good time at #ArmadilloCon! All of my panels were great, thanks to my fellow panelists for making them fun and informative!

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 26d

And ArmadilloCon 2025 is wrapped. A very excellent weekend, folks were quite happy with panels and programming, our live show of @worldbuildcast.bsky.social was fantastic, and late night karaoke was an absolute hit. It was wonderful to catch up with so many great folks in this community.

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Bob Pastorella @bobpastorella.com · 25d

Had a really good time at ArmadilloCon, seeing old friends, meeting people in person, making new friends. Got a little inspiration from the panels I attended ... different ways of doing things, new angles to try with my writing.

And we sold out of THE SMALL HOURS...which is a pretty cool feeling.

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emoontxwriter @emoontxwriter.bsky.social · 26d

ArmadilloCon was a lot of fun, but I kept running out of steam and feeling wobbly. There were "two stick" and "one stick" times when I needed both or just one. We (writing group) had a table in the Dealer's Room, and I had provided brownies to lure in browsers. Came home with just a few.

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Sara Felix @sillysarasue.bsky.social · 26d

Vincent Villafranca held a sculpting workshop at Armadillocon. Went with Teddy Harvia and he sculpted too. Here is mine with Teddy’s and Vincent’s pieces.

Octopus, wingnut and abstract piece of wax clay on a table in front of wax paper.

Small wax clay figure of an octopus in a hand.

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Sara Felix @sillysarasue.bsky.social · 26d

Was goh at Armadillocon this weekend. This was the art for the poster, souvenir book cover and Tshirt.

A watercolor piece of blue space with four planets and a small rocket ship being piloted by an armadillo. It says armadillocon in a handwritten title.

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ArmadilloCon: Austin's convention for SFFH readers & writers! @armadillocon.bsky.social · 17d

A huge THANK YOU to all the amazing artists who participated in this year's ArmadilloCon Art Show! Our Art Show Director put checks in the mail to you at 10PM last night.
If you have any questions, please reach out to our Art Show Director at [email protected] or [email protected]

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Armadillo Authors Society @armadilloauthorstx.bsky.social · 22d

Goals for the day:
- reach out to prospective members who signed up at @armadillocon.bsky.social

- have coffee

a poster for the great shows a woman with blonde hair

Alt: Blonde haired woman in a clip from The Great says we must aim high. She is sitting in a very fancy chair.

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Reudaly @reudaly.bsky.social · 21d

This is a really long blog post with an @armadillocon.bsky.social wrap up and some updatery things.

But hey, sticking with my once a month update (so far!)

www.rhondaeudaly.com/2025/09/19/a...

ArmadilloCon, Elbows, and Creativity – Rhonda Eudaly

www.rhondaeudaly.com

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Josh Rountree @joshrountree.bsky.social · 19d

Photographic evidence that I was at @armadillocon.bsky.social last weekend!!

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 28d

Eat shit, nerds. We made it to @armadillocon.bsky.social

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 27d

catch me in room 104 at 3pm at @armadillocon.bsky.social for an ass kicking (I’m doing a live reading of my story “The Corpse Box” from this mafia horror anthology)

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Mysts of Fury @hackett.bsky.social · 27d

A great morning at @armadillocon.bsky.social, attending readings by @thatdavidhopkins.com, Michelle Muenzler, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, and @mightymur.bsky.social

David Hopkins, a bearded man, reading at a podium

Michelle Muenzler reading from her laptop with a jar of cookies next to her

P Djeli Clark, wearing a baseball cap, reading at a podium

Mur Lafferty, wearing a cap, reading to an audience around a round table

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Josh Rountree @joshrountree.bsky.social · 27d

If you’re at @armadillocon.bsky.social come get some books!!!

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 27d

Adios, "Tune in Tomorrow" at @armadillocon.bsky.social -- last copy just got snapped up! But good news: You can still grab dark fantasies "The Only Song Worth Singing" & "Leave No Trace at my table--or pick up your own "Tune" through the link below! 📚

randeedawn.com/books/tune-i...

#books #austin

Copies of Randee Dawn's books on a table at ArmadilloCon

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 27d

Biggest graphite drawing I’ve ever done unveiling today at 3pm at @armadillocon.bsky.social in Ballroom D. Yes, it’s from #TheInvisibleParade. Yes, it’s THAT drawing. 👀 #armadillocon2025 #armadillocon

John Picacio next to a giant drawing sleeved in black vinyl.

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 26d

If you heard me say I wasn't buying any new books @armadillocon.bsky.social before I finished some of the ones I already owned, 1) No, you didn't, and 2) How DARE you say something so hurtful.

RIP my bank account AND my #TBR is all I'm saying.

#booksky #readersky #sffcon

A stack of nine books purchased or gifted at ArmadilloCon including QUEEN OF NONE by Natania Barron, TUNE IN TOMORROW by Randee Dawn, THE WORD FOR WORLD IS FOREST by Ursula K. Le Guin, THE LINE OF TEPES trilogy by E.A. Williams, HAMELN by N. J. Knight, THE ONLY SONG WORTH SINGING by Randee Dawn, and OF SAND AND BONE by Georgia Day.

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Gabriella Buba - Preorder Daughters of Flood and Fury @gabriellabuba.bsky.social · 26d

I don't think you're ready for my latest Filipiniana ✨FIT✨
🙌🏽🇵🇭🙌🏽 Thanks @armadillocon.bsky.social for having me 💜 I had a blast

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Jonathan K. Webb (aka Kyle J. Webb) @jonathankwebb.com · 26d

Had a great time at @armadillocon.bsky.social, sad that it’s over so soon but so happy it happened!

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