Amanda McCormack
@enfieldarts.bsky.social
Author and New England cryptid
New Winslow / North County Paranormal Unit / et al
Oingo Boingo MILF
[email protected]
New Winslow / North County Paranormal Unit / et al
Oingo Boingo MILF
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Amanda McCormack
@enfieldarts.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Like my friends on here, I want to be better about promoting my work. So hi, I'm Amanda. I'm an indie author from New England. I write NE-based queer paranormal stories.
My books basically boil down to: "Do you love HBO's Somebody, Somewhere, but wish it had more ghosts? GOOD NEWS!"
My books basically boil down to: "Do you love HBO's Somebody, Somewhere, but wish it had more ghosts? GOOD NEWS!"
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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Something that sticks with me: Alice Wong didn’t really gain notoriety for her work until the last decade or so. How many people who use wheelchairs or who have significant medical disabilities does the world write off simply by how we visually perceive them? Farewell, Alice.
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Something that sticks with me: Alice Wong didn’t really gain notoriety for her work until the last decade or so. How many people who use wheelchairs or who have significant medical disabilities does the world write off simply by how we visually perceive them? Farewell, Alice.
Repeating the wisdom of @shomarq.bsky.social and @itswil.bsky.social when I say, god bless every podcast that has a press kit easily accessible on their website.
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Repeating the wisdom of @shomarq.bsky.social and @itswil.bsky.social when I say, god bless every podcast that has a press kit easily accessible on their website.
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Jesus having the term “in-app purchases” explained to him and just wordlessly filling a sock with nickels
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Jesus having the term “in-app purchases” explained to him and just wordlessly filling a sock with nickels
Two months until I'm a full-time student again. So this month and next month involve getting a whole lot of systems set up and skeletons formed for my creative work to keep going.
Including setting up a shop on my website instead of relying fully on online retailers to sell my books. Because Oof.
Including setting up a shop on my website instead of relying fully on online retailers to sell my books. Because Oof.
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Two months until I'm a full-time student again. So this month and next month involve getting a whole lot of systems set up and skeletons formed for my creative work to keep going.
Including setting up a shop on my website instead of relying fully on online retailers to sell my books. Because Oof.
Including setting up a shop on my website instead of relying fully on online retailers to sell my books. Because Oof.
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We're cooking up another issue of The Audio Drama Gazette (finally) (I know) so now is the perfect time to subscribe! It's free!
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The Audio Drama Gazette
A quarterly newsletter with coverage, commentary, and critiques of audio drama and the podcasting industry, geared towards both listeners and creators.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We're cooking up another issue of The Audio Drama Gazette (finally) (I know) so now is the perfect time to subscribe! It's free!
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What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
I'm a sucker for stories about misfits fighting ghosts, in case you haven't read the 11 books I've written on that theme. And also part of a proud union family. So I love everything about this.
Check it out and maybe pledge to support cool art that supports its team.
Check it out and maybe pledge to support cool art that supports its team.
one of the big reasons we're asking for so much money for Phantom Pulse is bc I want to do everything I can to make it a union production so my actors can potentially* get healthcare that I will also be paying for in part with the funds we raise with kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/aty...
PHANTOM PULSE - a 90s audio drama musical
PHANTOM PULSE is a rock audio drama about love, death, and everything in between from Lauren Shippen, creator of The Bright Sessions.
www.kickstarter.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'm a sucker for stories about misfits fighting ghosts, in case you haven't read the 11 books I've written on that theme. And also part of a proud union family. So I love everything about this.
Check it out and maybe pledge to support cool art that supports its team.
Check it out and maybe pledge to support cool art that supports its team.
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i wanted to be mayor. i would have run for mayor if i knew there was going to be an election. do another one
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
i wanted to be mayor. i would have run for mayor if i knew there was going to be an election. do another one
Every fucking day of my life
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Every fucking day of my life
Welcome back ♥️♥️♥️
Happy #AudioDramaSunday y'all. I've missed you. I'm back to cover the new @gabrielurbina.com joint, the new @laurenshippen.com joint, the new @andasproductions.com joint, @jochiang.bsky.social's BRILLIANT #Hearthbound, & more. Happy to be back:
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Bobby's Snacks Vol. 43: Cowabunga, Dude!
bobbys-snacks.beehiiv.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Welcome back ♥️♥️♥️
Amazon ate my book's preorder link and are giving me the runaround about when it'll be fixed. Who has experience with WooCommerce? Because this week's new project is setting up direct sales.
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Amazon ate my book's preorder link and are giving me the runaround about when it'll be fixed. Who has experience with WooCommerce? Because this week's new project is setting up direct sales.
I used to listen to the bright sessions while driving my little baby around on errands.
Now I'm listening to this epilogue while my preteen reads comics in his batman costume on the other side of the room
It's nice to hear it again ♥️
Now I'm listening to this epilogue while my preteen reads comics in his batman costume on the other side of the room
It's nice to hear it again ♥️
10 years ago today, the first episode of The Bright Sessions came out.
Today, Joan Bright catches up with an old friend. open.spotify.com/episode/5vqU...
Today, Joan Bright catches up with an old friend. open.spotify.com/episode/5vqU...
November 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I used to listen to the bright sessions while driving my little baby around on errands.
Now I'm listening to this epilogue while my preteen reads comics in his batman costume on the other side of the room
It's nice to hear it again ♥️
Now I'm listening to this epilogue while my preteen reads comics in his batman costume on the other side of the room
It's nice to hear it again ♥️
I mostly write paranormal stories with queer characters and a style that has been flatteringly referred to as "lo-fi" in several reviews
Donate $10USD to the food pantry of your choice, send me proof, and you can have all my books
(more info in thread. And thx to everyone who has already donated!)
Donate $10USD to the food pantry of your choice, send me proof, and you can have all my books
(more info in thread. And thx to everyone who has already donated!)
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I mostly write paranormal stories with queer characters and a style that has been flatteringly referred to as "lo-fi" in several reviews
Donate $10USD to the food pantry of your choice, send me proof, and you can have all my books
(more info in thread. And thx to everyone who has already donated!)
Donate $10USD to the food pantry of your choice, send me proof, and you can have all my books
(more info in thread. And thx to everyone who has already donated!)
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lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
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Trigger warning -- I talk about some of the death threats I've gotten in the past, and how those death threats led to writing Mary Sue. (starting with the death threat I tell at parties bc it makes me laugh)
ALSO, if you haven't read it yet, the end of the piece links to an extended preview!
ALSO, if you haven't read it yet, the end of the piece links to an extended preview!
Our October piece is live! 💞 @megfitz89.bsky.social writes about MARY SUE, her indie comic about a fanfic writer for a CWesque vampire show whose Mary Sue character comes to life.
This piece is part essay about Mary Sues, part excerpt from the first issue. Read or listen to a full audio version:
This piece is part essay about Mary Sues, part excerpt from the first issue. Read or listen to a full audio version:
Reclaiming the Mary Sue — Fansplaining
Mary Sues are literary tools like any other. My new comic, Mary Sue, interrogates the continued bias against these characters—and brings one life.
www.fansplaining.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Trigger warning -- I talk about some of the death threats I've gotten in the past, and how those death threats led to writing Mary Sue. (starting with the death threat I tell at parties bc it makes me laugh)
ALSO, if you haven't read it yet, the end of the piece links to an extended preview!
ALSO, if you haven't read it yet, the end of the piece links to an extended preview!
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MA residents:
If SNAP goes away, your EBT card still lets you use HIP to get fruits/vegetables: mass.gov/info-details...
You can still get Transitional/Emergency Economic Assistance: mass.gov/economic-ass...
This hotline gives access to other meal/pantry programs: projectbread.org/foodsource-h...
If SNAP goes away, your EBT card still lets you use HIP to get fruits/vegetables: mass.gov/info-details...
You can still get Transitional/Emergency Economic Assistance: mass.gov/economic-ass...
This hotline gives access to other meal/pantry programs: projectbread.org/foodsource-h...
October 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
MA residents:
If SNAP goes away, your EBT card still lets you use HIP to get fruits/vegetables: mass.gov/info-details...
You can still get Transitional/Emergency Economic Assistance: mass.gov/economic-ass...
This hotline gives access to other meal/pantry programs: projectbread.org/foodsource-h...
If SNAP goes away, your EBT card still lets you use HIP to get fruits/vegetables: mass.gov/info-details...
You can still get Transitional/Emergency Economic Assistance: mass.gov/economic-ass...
This hotline gives access to other meal/pantry programs: projectbread.org/foodsource-h...
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pure rage at this
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
pure rage at this
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If you can afford it, a *monetary* donation (it goes a lot farther!) to your local food bank would be a most excellent thing to do right now.
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
If you can afford it, a *monetary* donation (it goes a lot farther!) to your local food bank would be a most excellent thing to do right now.
Watch this, it's incredible.
Don't want to? Don't care. Watch it
Don't want to? Don't care. Watch it
after spending all year behind the paywall, part 1 of my documentary series FOOL TIME is now unlocked and free to watch for everybody: www.patreon.com/posts/fool-t...
FOOL TIME, Part 1 of 4 | Pretty Good | Secret Base
Get more from Secret Base on Patreon
www.patreon.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Watch this, it's incredible.
Don't want to? Don't care. Watch it
Don't want to? Don't care. Watch it
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book bindings on both sides. people keep prying them open from the right side and snooping around. mind your own business
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
book bindings on both sides. people keep prying them open from the right side and snooping around. mind your own business
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i've never been inconvenienced before and i hope i never will be. it sounds terrible
October 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
i've never been inconvenienced before and i hope i never will be. it sounds terrible
I released a new North County book last weekend and now I have all the publicity guys in my inbox with AI generated emails about how they totally read it and loved it and wow, the tension of Gabriella's first demon house. And they can totally get me more reviews
September 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I released a new North County book last weekend and now I have all the publicity guys in my inbox with AI generated emails about how they totally read it and loved it and wow, the tension of Gabriella's first demon house. And they can totally get me more reviews
This happened in my fucking city. An old mill city that was built on immigrant labor. They kidnapped a disabled child and held her to get her father.
“Leominster police arrived at the scene, recovered the child and returned her to the family.
However, two days later, on Hip's wife's birthday, federal agents returned to the house, pulled the man out of the car and arrested him.”
In Leominster, MA
However, two days later, on Hip's wife's birthday, federal agents returned to the house, pulled the man out of the car and arrested him.”
In Leominster, MA
September 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This happened in my fucking city. An old mill city that was built on immigrant labor. They kidnapped a disabled child and held her to get her father.
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Are we going to talk about the fact that we have a clear pattern of ICE taking children as hostages here in Massachusetts, #mapoli, or are we just going to continue to yammer about how we support public safety?
Because this isn’t safe at all.
Because this isn’t safe at all.
September 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Are we going to talk about the fact that we have a clear pattern of ICE taking children as hostages here in Massachusetts, #mapoli, or are we just going to continue to yammer about how we support public safety?
Because this isn’t safe at all.
Because this isn’t safe at all.