Keith R.A. DeCandido
@kradec.bsky.social
He/him. Massively prolific author of novels, stories, & comics; critic; grandmaster; editor; black belt; percussionist; baseball fan; and a whole lot less...
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On the blog: stuff for what I'm thankful on this Thanksgiving.
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stuff for what I’m thankful
This year, for the first time since 2000, my household is primarily responsible for creating Thanksgiving dinner. When I was married to Marina, we did Thanksgiving and had the immediate family over…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
On the blog: stuff for what I'm thankful on this Thanksgiving.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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This is really true! Especially if you are taking the subway. Then directions come complete with, "take the back of the train & use this staircase."
And another thing here: if you want to make a grumpy New Yorker light up like a pinball machine, just ask for directions. You don't know where you're going? We will not only tell you the best route, but fill you in on random useless (yet VITAL) ways to get there and what you'll see along the way.
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This is really true! Especially if you are taking the subway. Then directions come complete with, "take the back of the train & use this staircase."
Meth Filled Gator Biscuits is the name of my next band.............
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Meth Filled Gator Biscuits is the name of my next band.............
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Keith R.A. DeCandido reading a second excerpt from ‘Unguarded’ in Devilish and Divine for the eSpec Books Author Reading Series youtu.be/sUF3iniMkjI #AngelsAndDevils @kradec.bsky.social
Keith R.A. DeCandido reads a second excerpt from Unguarded
Keith R.A. DeCandido reading a second excerpt from his story "Unguarded", featured in Devilish & Divine, edited by John L. French and Danielle Ackley-McPhail, and published by NeoParadoxa (an imprint…
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November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Keith R.A. DeCandido reading a second excerpt from ‘Unguarded’ in Devilish and Divine for the eSpec Books Author Reading Series youtu.be/sUF3iniMkjI #AngelsAndDevils @kradec.bsky.social
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No (battle) plan survives contact with the enemy. Best Laid Plans, part of our Defending the Future series. especbooks.square.site/product/best... @mothman13.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #milscifi #military #sciencefiction
Best Laid Plans: Reissued edited by Mike McPhail | eSpec Books
(If you are placing a *digital-only* order, please use discount code NOSHIP to remove the shipping.)A Defending the Future AnthologyNo (battle) plan survives contact with the enemy.Winning a war has…
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November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
No (battle) plan survives contact with the enemy. Best Laid Plans, part of our Defending the Future series. especbooks.square.site/product/best... @mothman13.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #milscifi #military #sciencefiction
On the blog: my schedule for @starbaseindy.org this coming weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana!
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my Starbase Indy schedule
This coming weekend, I’ll be back at Starbase Indy in Indianapolis, Indiana for the first time since 2019. I’m one of the special guests alongside actor Lisa Wilcox (Star Trek: The Next…
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November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
On the blog: my schedule for @starbaseindy.org this coming weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana!
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When a monster is sighted in the waves off the Atlantic City boardwalk, Coursers Valentina Perrone and Sarah el-Guindi are called in by the local Boss to... handle it in Keith DeCandido's All the Way House especbooks.square.site/product/all-... @kradec.bsky.social #Cryptid #JerseyDevil
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
When a monster is sighted in the waves off the Atlantic City boardwalk, Coursers Valentina Perrone and Sarah el-Guindi are called in by the local Boss to... handle it in Keith DeCandido's All the Way House especbooks.square.site/product/all-... @kradec.bsky.social #Cryptid #JerseyDevil
On @reactorsff.bsky.social Garibaldi gets to play PI in an episode that hits every noir cliche in the book. The BABYLON 5 Rewatch has some "Conflicts of Interest."
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Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Conflicts of Interest” - Reactor
Garibaldi gets his first assignment from his new employer, while Ivanova makes preparations for her first broadcast...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
On @reactorsff.bsky.social Garibaldi gets to play PI in an episode that hits every noir cliche in the book. The BABYLON 5 Rewatch has some "Conflicts of Interest."
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Last day of @philconconvention.bsky.social in beautiful downtown Cherry Hill, NJ! Come by and buy my books in the dealer room! I'm at the @especbooks.bsky.social table! Lots of exclamation points!
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Last day of @philconconvention.bsky.social in beautiful downtown Cherry Hill, NJ! Come by and buy my books in the dealer room! I'm at the @especbooks.bsky.social table! Lots of exclamation points!
We're at @philconconvention.bsky.social! Aside from programming (LOWER DECKS panel @ 11am, reading @ 1pm) I'm at the @especbooks.bsky.social table all day!
Launch party tonight at 8pm in the con suite for many cool books, including my SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD!
Launch party tonight at 8pm in the con suite for many cool books, including my SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD!
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We're at @philconconvention.bsky.social! Aside from programming (LOWER DECKS panel @ 11am, reading @ 1pm) I'm at the @especbooks.bsky.social table all day!
Launch party tonight at 8pm in the con suite for many cool books, including my SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD!
Launch party tonight at 8pm in the con suite for many cool books, including my SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD!
"And now for a sentence I have never before uttered, 'You were right about the big-boobed pirate'."
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
"And now for a sentence I have never before uttered, 'You were right about the big-boobed pirate'."
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@kradec.bsky.social's Superhero Movie Rewatch revisits Sam Wilson and "Brave New World"–a pretty decent Captain America movie with some great acting that deserved better than the lukewarm reception it got.
“You’re not Steve Rogers!” — Captain America: Brave New World - Reactor
It's not perfect, but this movie deserved better than its lukewarm reception.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
@kradec.bsky.social's Superhero Movie Rewatch revisits Sam Wilson and "Brave New World"–a pretty decent Captain America movie with some great acting that deserved better than the lukewarm reception it got.
On @reactorsff.bsky.social I look at CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, which was flawed, but didn't deserve the lukewarm reception it got.
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“You’re not Steve Rogers!” — Captain America: Brave New World - Reactor
It's not perfect, but this movie deserved better than its lukewarm reception.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
On @reactorsff.bsky.social I look at CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, which was flawed, but didn't deserve the lukewarm reception it got.
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Thanks for coming out for BBB's Nov. reading last night w/ authors @franwilde.bsky.social @scottedelman.bsky.social @victorpineiro.bsky.social & @yumewrites.bsky.social ! 🍸📖🎙️
Next up on 12/16: @csecooney.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #GeorgiaDay & #JamiletteCintron!
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Next up on 12/16: @csecooney.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #GeorgiaDay & #JamiletteCintron!
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Thanks for coming out for BBB's Nov. reading last night w/ authors @franwilde.bsky.social @scottedelman.bsky.social @victorpineiro.bsky.social & @yumewrites.bsky.social ! 🍸📖🎙️
Next up on 12/16: @csecooney.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #GeorgiaDay & #JamiletteCintron!
More pics: shorturl.at/DgrAU
Next up on 12/16: @csecooney.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #GeorgiaDay & #JamiletteCintron!
More pics: shorturl.at/DgrAU
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Don't miss BBB's last 2025 reading--esp. not with these authors on hand (+ Barrow's has WARM drinks, too)! 🍹☕🎙️
Join @csecooney.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #GeorgiaDay and #JamiletteCintron for sips and stories on 12/16 at 7pm! ( @amygoldschlager.bsky.social emcees!)
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Join @csecooney.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #GeorgiaDay and #JamiletteCintron for sips and stories on 12/16 at 7pm! ( @amygoldschlager.bsky.social emcees!)
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November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Don't miss BBB's last 2025 reading--esp. not with these authors on hand (+ Barrow's has WARM drinks, too)! 🍹☕🎙️
Join @csecooney.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #GeorgiaDay and #JamiletteCintron for sips and stories on 12/16 at 7pm! ( @amygoldschlager.bsky.social emcees!)
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Join @csecooney.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #GeorgiaDay and #JamiletteCintron for sips and stories on 12/16 at 7pm! ( @amygoldschlager.bsky.social emcees!)
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My Philcon 2025 schedule this coming weekend in graphics form! If you want a text version, check out my blog:
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@especbooks.bsky.social @philconconvention.bsky.social
my Philcon 2025 schedule
As I have pretty much every year for the past 35 years or so, I am attending Philcon, which will be held this coming weekend, the 21st to the 23rd of November, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. I will be…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
My Philcon 2025 schedule this coming weekend in graphics form! If you want a text version, check out my blog:
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@especbooks.bsky.social @philconconvention.bsky.social
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@especbooks.bsky.social @philconconvention.bsky.social
On @reactorsff.bsky.social Delenn meets the Drakh, Franklin has sex with Number One, and Sheridan wakes Ivanova out of a sound sleep. The BABYLON 5 Rewatch opens some "Lines of Communication."
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Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Lines of Communication” - Reactor
Delenn investigates attacks on Minbari allies, while Franklin and Cole rally the resistance leaders to Sheridan's cause...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
On @reactorsff.bsky.social Delenn meets the Drakh, Franklin has sex with Number One, and Sheridan wakes Ivanova out of a sound sleep. The BABYLON 5 Rewatch opens some "Lines of Communication."
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Wandering around Manhattan........
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Wandering around Manhattan........
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The theme of this week's Babylon 5 episode is "Unintended Consequences"! Unfortunately, unintended consequences are the last thing you want in war...
Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Lines of Communication” - Reactor
Delenn investigates attacks on Minbari allies, while Franklin and Cole rally the resistance leaders to Sheridan's cause...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The theme of this week's Babylon 5 episode is "Unintended Consequences"! Unfortunately, unintended consequences are the last thing you want in war...
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Had a nice catch-up lunch with @kradec.bsky.social, which was lovely on a social level. But he also gave me a suggestion that fixes a structural problem in a thing I'm working on. Yay writer friends!
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Had a nice catch-up lunch with @kradec.bsky.social, which was lovely on a social level. But he also gave me a suggestion that fixes a structural problem in a thing I'm working on. Yay writer friends!
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In conjunction with the Tell-Tale Steampunk Festival, we bring you fourteen tales inspired by Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley, with
James Chambers, Ef Deal, Michelle D. Sonnier, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and more! buff.ly/uiGLciN #Steampunk #Horror @efdeal.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social
James Chambers, Ef Deal, Michelle D. Sonnier, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and more! buff.ly/uiGLciN #Steampunk #Horror @efdeal.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social
An Assembly of Monsters (Forgotten Lore) edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail | eSpec Books
Monstrous Is a Matter of Perspective… Classic tales throughout time pit humanity against creatures…
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November 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In conjunction with the Tell-Tale Steampunk Festival, we bring you fourteen tales inspired by Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley, with
James Chambers, Ef Deal, Michelle D. Sonnier, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and more! buff.ly/uiGLciN #Steampunk #Horror @efdeal.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social
James Chambers, Ef Deal, Michelle D. Sonnier, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and more! buff.ly/uiGLciN #Steampunk #Horror @efdeal.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social
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“Dragon Precinct is The Sword of Shannara by way of JAG—and it works beautifully.” —Starlog Read Dragon Precinct by Keith DeCandido especbooks.square.site/product/drag... @kradec.bsky.social #fantasy #mystery
Dragon Precinct by Keith R.A. DeCandido | eSpec Books
(If you are placing a *digital-only* order, please use discount code NOSHIP to remove the shipping.)Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the…
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November 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“Dragon Precinct is The Sword of Shannara by way of JAG—and it works beautifully.” —Starlog Read Dragon Precinct by Keith DeCandido especbooks.square.site/product/drag... @kradec.bsky.social #fantasy #mystery
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By Land or Sea, Danthres and Torin must discover who killed the Pirate Queen! Read Mermaid Precinct by Keith R.A. DeCandido. buff.ly/BKXDD4H "This energetic romp is light on the surface, but it tackles the issue of xenophobia head-on with surprising grace." -PW @kradec.bsky.social #fantasy #mystery
Mermaid Precinct by Keith R.A. DeCandido | eSpec Books
Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the…
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November 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
By Land or Sea, Danthres and Torin must discover who killed the Pirate Queen! Read Mermaid Precinct by Keith R.A. DeCandido. buff.ly/BKXDD4H "This energetic romp is light on the surface, but it tackles the issue of xenophobia head-on with surprising grace." -PW @kradec.bsky.social #fantasy #mystery
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By Land or Sea, Danthres and Torin must discover who killed the Pirate Queen! Read Mermaid Precinct by Keith R.A. DeCandido. buff.ly/BKXDD4H "This energetic romp is light on the surface, but it tackles the issue of xenophobia head-on with surprising grace." -PW @kradec.bsky.social #fantasy #mystery
Mermaid Precinct by Keith R.A. DeCandido | eSpec Books
Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the…
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November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
By Land or Sea, Danthres and Torin must discover who killed the Pirate Queen! Read Mermaid Precinct by Keith R.A. DeCandido. buff.ly/BKXDD4H "This energetic romp is light on the surface, but it tackles the issue of xenophobia head-on with surprising grace." -PW @kradec.bsky.social #fantasy #mystery