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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 3d

If you remember reading as a child in a wistful way, get back to reading today. It's as simple as going into a room without any screens and engaging with a good story.

Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 4d

It looks like Hao Tran (author of Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat) and Dean Gloster (Spoon Knife contributor) are promoting to black belt. That is fabulous.

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 5d

We get to craft beautiful and strange lives to our hearts' content. And to keep inspired, here is the Weird Luck webcomic (weirdluck.net) and related stories.

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Weird Luck

Weird Luck Comic. Urban Fantasy Comic Written by Nick Walker, Andrew M. Reichart. Art by Mike Bennewitz aka SonOfWitz.

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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 7d

New page of the Weird Luck prequel tale "Chasing Resyk" is live!

Our heroes come upon a disturbing trail, and have further doubts about their disturbing guide!

#webcomics #comics #oc #urbanfantasy #horror #crime #fantasy #multiverse #crossovers #indiecomics #comicart

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Weird Luck • Chasing Resyk, Page 5 of 10

Weird Luck Comic Page Chasing Resyk, Page 5 of 10 • Written by Nick Walker & Andrew M. Reichart. Art by Mike Bennewitz.

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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 6d

Free intro-level Q&A on neurodiversity by my esteemed friend & colleague Andrew Reichart. Highly recommend. Friday, October 17.

#neurodiversity #neurodivergence #autism #autistic #adhd #psychology #psychotherapy #therapy #mentalhealth

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Neurodiversity 101: You Are Not Broken

FREE ONLINE EVENT: One hour Q&A on how to view the world through a Neurodiversity-affirming lens, and what this means for people & society.

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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 10d

New page of the Weird Luck prequel tale "Chasing Resyk" goes live this Wednesday at 9pm Pacific Time. Meanwhile, catch up with the story starting here!

#webcomics #comics #indiecomics #comicart #urbanfantasy #fantasy #horror #weird #crime #multiverse #crossovers #oc

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Weird Luck • Chasing Resyk, Page 1 of 10

Weird Luck Comic Page Chasing Resyk, Page 1 of 10 • Written by Nick Walker & Andrew M. Reichart. Art by Mike Bennewitz.

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 11d

We're delighted to share that Cannibal-King, the third book in the City of the Watcher trilogy by Andrew M. Reichart, is available for pre-order through our website. It will start shipping in November, including through Amazon for readers around the world.

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Cannibal-King

Available for Preorder City of the Watcher, Book Three The Cannibal-King, glimpsed at the end of Weird Luck and Time Traveling Blues, takes center stage for this tumultuous finale to the City of th...

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 13d

Our friends at Aiki Arts Center in the Bay Area (CA) are launching a youth program next week for ages 7-12. It's a wonderful way to build confidence and skills in a supportive and playful setting. Thank you for sharing the news.

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 15d

It's National Comic Book Day in the US on Thursday. We're honored to boost the webcomic Weird Luck, co-created by Nick Walker, Andrew Reichart, and Mike Bennewitz. It's a delightful and strange adventure.

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Weird Luck • 1.1.0: THE SWIFTCORP INCURSION

Weird Luck Comic Page 1.1.0: THE SWIFTCORP INCURSION • Written by Nick Walker & Andrew M. Reichart. Art by Mike Bennewitz.

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Aiki Arts Center @aikiartscenter.bsky.social · 18d

We are happy to share that we’re re-starting our award-winning Youth Aikido Program!

Classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 – 5:45pm, starting October 2. Students can attend either once or twice a week.

Registration is now open! Please share with Bay Area parents.

aikiarts.com/register/

Registration • Aiki Arts Center

Adult Memberships Membership for adults is $120 per person per month. (This is also the rate for teens who have been cleared to join the adult classes.) A $25 registration fee is added for your first ...

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you, Dean Gloster, for your contributions to Spoon Knife 6 (Rest Stop) and Spoon Knife 9 (Numbers). It's a pleasure getting to know you through the Aiki Arts Center practice in Berkeley too.

"I’m trying to be quieter and calmer and meet attacks with a more relaxed openness."

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Dean Gloster Reflects on Seven Years of Aikido Practice • Aiki Arts Center

Dean Gloster is approaching his seven-year anniversary at the Aiki Arts Center dojo. His checkered past includes being a law clerk to two Supreme Court Justices, being a lawyer for several decades, an...

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · Aug 31

We know Hao from Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat. So happy to see he will be a black belt soon.

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you Nomadic Press and San Francisco Foundation for celebrating Hao C. Tran and his story Red Mud.

We are honored to be Hao's publisher for Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat (available through e-book and paperback on our website and Amazon) as well as a new collection in the works.

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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · Aug 24

Here's the video of my August 6th Q&A on autism and psychedelics, hosted by the lovely folks at the OPEN Foundation.

#psychedelics #psychedelictherapy #psychedelicscience #autism #autistic #cognition #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #neuroqueer #psychology #therapy

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Autism and Psychedelics: A Continuing Conversation with Nick Walker and Daan Keiman

YouTube video by OPEN Foundation

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Azzia Walker @azziamw.bsky.social · Aug 8

"This is the power of community alchemy: individual healing becomes exponentially more powerful when witnessed and supported by others. Healing work gets supercharged when it happens around other people who get it."

Gretchen Kubacky, Psy.D.

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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · Aug 7

Interview with me about the new Bachelor of Science in Psychedelic Studies program at California Institute of Integral Studies, which launches in 3 weeks!

#psychedelics #psychedelicscience #education #academia #psychology #mind #consciousness #cognition #transformation

www.ciis.edu/news/expandi...

Inside CIIS’ Psychedelic Studies B.S. with Nick Walker | CIIS

Explore CIIS’ groundbreaking Psychedelic Studies bachelor’s program with Professor Nick Walker, where science, healing, and consciousness converge.

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · Aug 3

We put out a volume of the Spoon Knife anthology each year, and that also means there is an open call for submissions at all times. If you are new to contributing here, read a volume or two and get a sense of what we're looking for.

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · Jul 31

We're delighted to share the Spoon Knife 11 call for submissions. Our theme for this volume is remnants, and the editors are J.S. Allen and Mark A. Nobles. You can learn more here.

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Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 11 - Autonomous Press

Theme Give us your castaways, your tales of remnants and remainders, of subsistence against the odds. What is left behind? Who walks among the ruins? Why do I have this vestigial arm? We want your fic...

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Aiki Arts Center @aikiartscenter.bsky.social · Jul 30

We are re-launching our youth aikido program this October, for ages 7 - 12. You can share the word with families in the Bay Area. Students learn confidence, coordination, leadership, and form joyful and trusting friendships. See you there.

aikiarts.com/kids/

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · Jul 27

Great idea. We have an annual Spoon Knife anthology and will be posting a new open call on August 1. The next theme is Remnants (photo credit to Brian Smith). In the meantime, here are the completed volumes to enjoy.

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Aiki Arts Center @aikiartscenter.bsky.social · Jul 27

We are delighted to share Spoon Knife 9: Numbers, an anthology by Autonomous Press. It features stories by Nick Sensei, Dean Gloster, and Steve Tomich. Hope you like it.

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · Jul 26

"... Committee is taking no chances, mandating that an extra space be inserted between any two Roman numerals, “lest they get too friendly,” and banning the depiction of the Roman numerals for the value of thirty: “XXX,” specifying that it must be written out in English."

S. Tomich, Spoon Knife 9

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Azzia Walker @azziamw.bsky.social · Jul 16

“Yesterday they called it coincidence
today it's synchronicity
tomorrow they'll call it skill.”

― Antero Alli

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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · Jul 22

The Weird Luck Patreon is up to 48 members! When we hit 50, we'll make a Patreon post revealing the titles of all 6 planned volumes of the comic. Members on the free membership tier count toward this total (and get access to all the same posts as the paying members)!

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Get more from Weird Luck on Patreon

Creating the Weird Luck Webcomic

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · Jul 20

“Her rental car’s satellite radio kept replaying an ad for a Bartender-something, a product which, per the sketchy description recited too quickly, sounded like a Mr. Coffee device that mixes cocktails at the flip of a switch.”

George Wehrfritz, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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