Dave Mason Writes
@davemasonwrites.bsky.social
Author of historical fiction: Between the Clouds and the River (2024 / 14 literary awards) and EO-N (2020 / 20+ literary awards / film+TV rights acquired). Ex-design / SaaS guy. 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 CVT / YUL / YVR / ORD / YHZ / BZN davemasonwrites.com
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Hey Bozeman.
Got a historical fiction fan on your list?
Shop local!
#historicalfiction #countrybookshelf
Got a historical fiction fan on your list?
Shop local!
#historicalfiction #countrybookshelf
December 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Hey Bozeman.
Got a historical fiction fan on your list?
Shop local!
#historicalfiction #countrybookshelf
Got a historical fiction fan on your list?
Shop local!
#historicalfiction #countrybookshelf
Arsonist firefighter.
Trump is proposing a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China
A White House official says President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion aid package for U.S. farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president r...
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Arsonist firefighter.
22 known attacks
87 civilians killed
"Experts in the laws of war and members of Congress, from both parties, have said the strikes are illegal because the military is not permitted to deliberately target civilians—even suspected criminals—who do not pose an imminent threat of violence."
87 civilians killed
"Experts in the laws of war and members of Congress, from both parties, have said the strikes are illegal because the military is not permitted to deliberately target civilians—even suspected criminals—who do not pose an imminent threat of violence."
Boat Strike Survivors Clung to Wreckage for Some 45 Minutes Before U.S. Military Killed Them
“There are a lot of disturbing aspects. But this is one of the most disturbing.”
theintercept.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
22 known attacks
87 civilians killed
"Experts in the laws of war and members of Congress, from both parties, have said the strikes are illegal because the military is not permitted to deliberately target civilians—even suspected criminals—who do not pose an imminent threat of violence."
87 civilians killed
"Experts in the laws of war and members of Congress, from both parties, have said the strikes are illegal because the military is not permitted to deliberately target civilians—even suspected criminals—who do not pose an imminent threat of violence."
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Hey Bozeman.
Got a historical fiction fan on your list?
Shop local!
#historicalfiction #countrybookshelf
Got a historical fiction fan on your list?
Shop local!
#historicalfiction #countrybookshelf
December 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Hey Bozeman.
Got a historical fiction fan on your list?
Shop local!
#historicalfiction #countrybookshelf
Got a historical fiction fan on your list?
Shop local!
#historicalfiction #countrybookshelf
Fantastic community event last night.
Well done, Bozeman!
Well done, Bozeman!
December 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Fantastic community event last night.
Well done, Bozeman!
Well done, Bozeman!
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"Characters so well-developed, I sometimes felt as if I were reading a diary... enemies, pilots from opposite sides of the conflict, coming together in the most unexpected way… a way that might change history. At least it changes history for one little girl." DK Marley @histficcompany.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Characters so well-developed, I sometimes felt as if I were reading a diary... enemies, pilots from opposite sides of the conflict, coming together in the most unexpected way… a way that might change history. At least it changes history for one little girl." DK Marley @histficcompany.bsky.social
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Mason writes with an uncommon depth—lyrical, reflective prose steeped in landscape, memory, and the quiet truths people avoid in everyday life. His stories bridge continents and decades, drawing readers into a world where healing unfolds slowly, like water finding its way back to the riverbed.
www.paulrushworthbrown.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Mason writes with an uncommon depth—lyrical, reflective prose steeped in landscape, memory, and the quiet truths people avoid in everyday life. His stories bridge continents and decades, drawing readers into a world where healing unfolds slowly, like water finding its way back to the riverbed.
Soccer was bad enough when it was all about fake injuries.
Fake peace prizes?
Fake peace prizes?
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Soccer was bad enough when it was all about fake injuries.
Fake peace prizes?
Fake peace prizes?
Born Frank Owen Goldberg on Feb. 28, 1929 in Toronto, he showed interest in building things from a very young age.
globalnews.ca/news/1156397...
globalnews.ca/news/1156397...
Frank Gehry, renowned Canadian-born architect, dies at age 96 | Globalnews.ca
Gehry died in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners LLP.
globalnews.ca
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Mason writes with an uncommon depth—lyrical, reflective prose steeped in landscape, memory, and the quiet truths people avoid in everyday life. His stories bridge continents and decades, drawing readers into a world where healing unfolds slowly, like water finding its way back to the riverbed.
www.paulrushworthbrown.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Mason writes with an uncommon depth—lyrical, reflective prose steeped in landscape, memory, and the quiet truths people avoid in everyday life. His stories bridge continents and decades, drawing readers into a world where healing unfolds slowly, like water finding its way back to the riverbed.
"Characters so well-developed, I sometimes felt as if I were reading a diary... enemies, pilots from opposite sides of the conflict, coming together in the most unexpected way… a way that might change history. At least it changes history for one little girl." DK Marley @histficcompany.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Characters so well-developed, I sometimes felt as if I were reading a diary... enemies, pilots from opposite sides of the conflict, coming together in the most unexpected way… a way that might change history. At least it changes history for one little girl." DK Marley @histficcompany.bsky.social
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The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
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"A stunning, intricate novel that beats a rhythm of hope…"
Honored to see Between the Clouds and the River named a quarter-finalist for this year's BookLife Prize.
@booklife.bsky.social
booklife.com/prize/10
Honored to see Between the Clouds and the River named a quarter-finalist for this year's BookLife Prize.
@booklife.bsky.social
booklife.com/prize/10
Plot/Idea: This heart wrenching narrative follows a young girl through a life marked by danger and instability, with adults who can’t be trusted and a world too interested in its own longings to afford her a place of safety.
booklife.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"A stunning, intricate novel that beats a rhythm of hope…"
Honored to see Between the Clouds and the River named a quarter-finalist for this year's BookLife Prize.
@booklife.bsky.social
booklife.com/prize/10
Honored to see Between the Clouds and the River named a quarter-finalist for this year's BookLife Prize.
@booklife.bsky.social
booklife.com/prize/10
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December 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Bozeman shining with its unexpectedly awesome public art.
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Bozeman shining with its unexpectedly awesome public art.
Solid account of a few wealthy Montana landowners (including one who made bank fracking/coal mining/defacing/polluting Illinois) who cloak themselves in preservation of beauty to suppress the efforts of a couple of non-wealthy rancher neighbors to harvest wind and save their own properties.
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Solid account of a few wealthy Montana landowners (including one who made bank fracking/coal mining/defacing/polluting Illinois) who cloak themselves in preservation of beauty to suppress the efforts of a couple of non-wealthy rancher neighbors to harvest wind and save their own properties.
December 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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"A stunning, intricate novel that beats a rhythm of hope…"
Honored to see Between the Clouds and the River named a quarter-finalist for this year's BookLife Prize.
@booklife.bsky.social
booklife.com/prize/10
Honored to see Between the Clouds and the River named a quarter-finalist for this year's BookLife Prize.
@booklife.bsky.social
booklife.com/prize/10
Plot/Idea: This heart wrenching narrative follows a young girl through a life marked by danger and instability, with adults who can’t be trusted and a world too interested in its own longings to afford her a place of safety.
booklife.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"A stunning, intricate novel that beats a rhythm of hope…"
Honored to see Between the Clouds and the River named a quarter-finalist for this year's BookLife Prize.
@booklife.bsky.social
booklife.com/prize/10
Honored to see Between the Clouds and the River named a quarter-finalist for this year's BookLife Prize.
@booklife.bsky.social
booklife.com/prize/10
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Historical fiction is accepted facts relayed as imaginary events seen through artificial eyes. Done well, it can elicit the kinds of visceral reactions I experienced while watching a 96 year-old man’s eyes well up as he spoke softly about his remembered reality as a 22 year-old fighter pilot.
(Un)knowns - Aspects of History
(Un)knowns, by Dave Mason. It’s where (un)knowns overlap that historical fiction comes alive. Dave Mason, gives some background.
aspectsofhistory.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Historical fiction is accepted facts relayed as imaginary events seen through artificial eyes. Done well, it can elicit the kinds of visceral reactions I experienced while watching a 96 year-old man’s eyes well up as he spoke softly about his remembered reality as a 22 year-old fighter pilot.
Uhhhhh…
December 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Uhhhhh…
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The war on woke becomes the war on being awake.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The war on woke becomes the war on being awake.