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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter)
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NOLA. SFFH/crime/journalist. BASFF & Locus notable stories ‘23.

Contributor to Antigravity Magazine

Stories in: Buzzfeed News, Politico, Apex Mag, Fiyah, +more.

ORDER MY DEBUT CRIME NOVEL, “The Pike Boys”, NOW books2read.com/thepikeboys
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · Sep 11
You can "honor" Kirk's memory by doing the thing he'd hate and donating to an organization that wants to help low-income trans adults receive gender affirming care:

www.transincomeproject.org/donate

(also read my interview with TIPs executive director in the original post)
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OH MY GOD. Teddddyyyyyy. What a handsome boy!
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Sweet Teddy looking so nice for the Thanksgiving holiday! Sending ear scratches and belly rubs from Memphis!
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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teddy you are perfect as usual
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Teddy wanted y’all to see his new cut
Teddy sitting in a lap, with a red bandanna around his neck. He is a teacup poodle.
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST!

If any of you short fiction loving folks plan on voting in any of the sci-fi awards coming up, I'd like to throw Children of the Singularity in contention!

1 reviewer found it "heartwarming" and "compelling" so I think you'd like it to!

HMU for a copy if interested!!
I’ve been on a bit of a robot/AI kick lately, so it will be no surprise that my favourite work in this issue was “Children of the Singularity” by Danny Cherry Jr. The short story follows a Sentient, an artificial intelligence confined to a highly contained corner of the internet behind a firewall, who is granted permission to inhabit a human body. Despite the peace accords between humans and her kind following an AI uprising, tensions remain high; she is left alone and struggling to find a real sense of identity when she meets Todd. The young man’s strong opposition to being cybernetically enhanced himself along with his complete acceptance of Sentients leaves him struggling to find employment. The story’s emphasis on friendship warms my heart, and its exploration of discrimination and marginalization through two black main characters—one of whom is not entirely human but is nonetheless inhabiting the body of a person of colour—is compelling. Even after finishing the story, I’m still turning it over in my head.
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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bruh they're putting my shit on law school exams look what my friend just sent me 😭
FINAL EXAM: ... how the names of various types of damages recoverable under Louisiana la 5 opposed to the names of the same types of damages under the Common Law) One question deals with Louisiana's Good Samaritan Statute All questions assume a pure comparative fault scheme unless I otherwise indicate otherwise in the question itself (and I will indicate otherwise in a few questions).
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Broadside to host New Orleans ICE Rapid Responder training tonight from 6 to 7:30 pm

www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
Broadside to host New Orleans ICE Rapid Responder training Nov. 25
With the Trump regime deploying hundreds of ICE agents and CBP paramilitary units in the New Orleans area as part of its anti-immigrant campaign, activists and attorneys will host a
www.nola.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:

- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
deecherrywriter.bsky.social
I remember on twitter, a relatively well-known author in the sci-fi/fantasy world tried to say she hated pirating and how her books ended up in the Internet Archive and got slandered for it.

Artists deserve to be paid for their work!
pintsncupcakes.bsky.social Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 1d
Back in undergrad I worked at a university press. Part of my job was tracking down which of our titles had been pirated and calculating how much money it had lost the press and our authors. When someone mentions pirating a book, I remember the amount of money a small press loses and I get very sad.
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Back in undergrad I worked at a university press. Part of my job was tracking down which of our titles had been pirated and calculating how much money it had lost the press and our authors. When someone mentions pirating a book, I remember the amount of money a small press loses and I get very sad.
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
deecherrywriter.bsky.social
LMAO thank you!!
momus.bsky.social Dmitri. #freeLink @momus.bsky.social · 16h
you followed me back, so your actual judgement is unimpeachable
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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momus.bsky.social
you followed me back, so your actual judgement is unimpeachable
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Women being attracted to RFK Jr is how you know heterosexuality is NOT a choice.
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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SHAMELESS PLUG INCOMING

If you ever had the question of "what would Peaky Blinders and Sopranos be like if set in 1920s NOLA" well do I have news for you!!! :)

Buy here:

Books2read.com/thepikeboys
It’s 1920 New Orleans and Jesse Pike is slowly ascending the New Orleans upper-class social scene. He’s the owner of the most popular brothel in the entire city, and rubs shoulders with businessmen, corrupt politicians, and stage stars alike. He’s also the leader of a violent street gang that pulls off the biggest heist of liquor since the beginning of prohibition. Jesse sets up a scheme to sell the booze, and use the profits to help him start a legitimate business. However, several obstacles get in his way: Clyde, the mentally disturbed oldest Pike sibling, is released from prison and takes issue with how Jesse runs things; Jesse's aging mentor refuses to let him leave behind crime; and an overzealous young DA decides to reopen an investigation into the liquor heist to increase his chances of being elected mayor. Jesse is forced to make a decision: does he walk away from a life of crime and his family forever? Or will he continue down the road of violence that has begun to erode his psyche, much as it has Clyde's? The Pike Boys, according to a reviewer, is a "compelling story of the Pike family's struggles against poverty, violence, substance abuse, mental illness, and their quest to rise above it all while living in the crime-ridden New Orleans of the gangster era." It has all the thrills, plot twists, and quick pace of conventional gangster fiction, with the heart, depth, and nuance of a literary novel. In between the shootouts, violence, and debauchery, there is the overarching question of "can people actually change?" The reader will see that the answer is not so simple—especially when you live in a place like New Orleans. (If you're a fan of The Sopranos, Peaky Blinders, Boardwalk Empire, or the Godfather then this book is for you!)
September 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Agree. I do support people calling it out so that I remember to unfollow people. But seems like a weird thing to judge someone for.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
deecherrywriter.bsky.social
Exactly! Like how I'm supposed to know you got people chained up in a basement in your house??
buckrawheat.bsky.social Decorative Gourdian Knot @buckrawheat.bsky.social · 17h
Yeah it's not Danny's fault he doesn't know about my killing sprees
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
deecherrywriter.bsky.social
I sometimes see posts where people get mad at their mutuals following a shitty person on BlueSky, and I gotta just say that the average person doesn't just roll around with a full complete knowledge of every shitty thing every single person has ever done.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court APPOINTS three-judge panel to hear lawsuit brought by my law firm on behalf of voters seeking new congressional boundaries in time for the 2026 election. www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...
🚨 Bothfeld v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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She’s just gonna show up at his house in lingerie she made from a 3 piece sectional.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 18h
Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk said her organization’s efforts to support a potential JD Vance presidential campaign in 2028 are “in the works.” https://cnn.it/4rlYMQy
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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I don’t want the actions of CFNL—spying, doxxing, etc—to overshadow the fact that pro-library activists successfully fended off 7 of 9 anti-library bills in 2024; legislature didn’t even introduce any anti-library bills this last session.

Their email campaign sent 42,000+ emails to lawmakers!
Libraries are storehouses for vast knowledge. Within that knowledge is a capacity to understand not only the world around you, but your fellow man. That's what book banners want to take away: not just access to knowledge that goes against their worldview, but the ability to empathize. Activists like Mejia let that desire for empathy and inclusivity fuel her-along with stubbornness, she added. That stubbornness is partly what led to seven of the nine anti-library bills filed in the state legislature in 2024 being defeated, after over 42,000 emails were sent due to an email writing campaign. No bills impacting libraries were filed for the 2025 legislative session.
June 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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I knew I was bad at my last day job whenever I jokingly told a customer on the phone "oof that's above my paygrade, man" and my boss poked her head out the door and said "that's literally what we pay you to do."
October 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Since opening submissions on Oct 1st, @apexmag.bsky.social has received 2,187 stories. We're working our way through them, but it's taking us some time.

We're closing to submissions in December and will reopen again on January 1st.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Hi!! I'm working a special series for @onthemedia.bsky.social, a deep dive into FEMA. I'll be looking at the history of the agency and what's happening there now. If you work there or know someone who does, please hit me up by email or signal... Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Fifty solid minutes of books signed & personalized @boulderbookstore.bsky.social. Would have snapped a pic, but couldn’t back up far enough to get them all in-frame . . . (well).
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM