L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🍂
@ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app
SFF writer/editor. ATL/SEA. Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo/Locus Winner. Conrunner. LEGO builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. Read at Ldlewiswrites.com. 🏳️🌈 YEAR OF THE MER (Saga Press, 4.7.2026)
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An even better look at the gorgeous Year of the Mer book 1 (of 2) cover! I gasped just about to death when they told me THEEEE Micaela Alcaino was the one doing it.
You can (and should) pre-order it wherever you pre-order your books. Out April 7, 2026. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Year-o...
You can (and should) pre-order it wherever you pre-order your books. Out April 7, 2026. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Year-o...
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They shot moss into space, stuck it on the outside of the International Space Station for nine months, and then brought it back down to Earth to see how it was doing. It was basically fine! defector.com/one-small-st...
One Small Step For A Moss, One Giant Leap For Mosskind | Defector
Imagine that you are moss. (Thank you for subscribing to Defector, moss!) You are one of the most ancient types of land plants—older than flowers, older than grass, older than trees, older even than…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
They shot moss into space, stuck it on the outside of the International Space Station for nine months, and then brought it back down to Earth to see how it was doing. It was basically fine! defector.com/one-small-st...
I would undo every Jurassic Park after 2
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I would undo every Jurassic Park after 2
Preorder YEAR OF THE MER btw. I would love a whiff of royalties before the complete dismantling of the State
I got an abnormally large advance ($100k) for my debut duology I sold two years ago. Minus taxes and my agent’s cut, I've seen roughly 50% of that (last chunk is paid out when I submit the complete (edited, not just drafted) second book. First book isn't out until next spring.
I have two day jobs.
I have two day jobs.
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Preorder YEAR OF THE MER btw. I would love a whiff of royalties before the complete dismantling of the State
I am 2/2 in winning Esties from Atlas Stationers experienced pen sales
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I am 2/2 in winning Esties from Atlas Stationers experienced pen sales
My pie take is that there is always too much of it. It should be square and cut like brownies and served in sizes no larger than two bites.
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My pie take is that there is always too much of it. It should be square and cut like brownies and served in sizes no larger than two bites.
Big blue pot is out
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Big blue pot is out
I got an abnormally large advance ($100k) for my debut duology I sold two years ago. Minus taxes and my agent’s cut, I've seen roughly 50% of that (last chunk is paid out when I submit the complete (edited, not just drafted) second book. First book isn't out until next spring.
I have two day jobs.
I have two day jobs.
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I got an abnormally large advance ($100k) for my debut duology I sold two years ago. Minus taxes and my agent’s cut, I've seen roughly 50% of that (last chunk is paid out when I submit the complete (edited, not just drafted) second book. First book isn't out until next spring.
I have two day jobs.
I have two day jobs.
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People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
I see Chotiner's name mentioned twice in a day and automatically make the 😬 face for whomever is on the other side of the thing
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I see Chotiner's name mentioned twice in a day and automatically make the 😬 face for whomever is on the other side of the thing
What cheeses go into your mac n cheese?
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
What cheeses go into your mac n cheese?
Here's a Churro in a pocket
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Here's a Churro in a pocket
I feel about my bed the way Celine Dion feels about shoes. I WALK THE SHOE. THE SHOE DON'T WALK ME.
youtu.be/98gTAl1P-Tk?...
youtu.be/98gTAl1P-Tk?...
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I feel about my bed the way Celine Dion feels about shoes. I WALK THE SHOE. THE SHOE DON'T WALK ME.
youtu.be/98gTAl1P-Tk?...
youtu.be/98gTAl1P-Tk?...
🎵Urushi pens don't post
Urushi pens don't post
Take that thing out of your cart
Urushi pens don't post🎶
-me talking myself out of six irresponsible browser tabs
Urushi pens don't post
Take that thing out of your cart
Urushi pens don't post🎶
-me talking myself out of six irresponsible browser tabs
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
🎵Urushi pens don't post
Urushi pens don't post
Take that thing out of your cart
Urushi pens don't post🎶
-me talking myself out of six irresponsible browser tabs
Urushi pens don't post
Take that thing out of your cart
Urushi pens don't post🎶
-me talking myself out of six irresponsible browser tabs
*glances up, bleary-eyed from review of my 3rd-pass pages*
Oh hello. I have published exactly one thing this year if you're doing a year-end review: sapphic neo-noir novella THE DEAD WITHHELD was out back in June and we're gonna do it again for the sequel in 2026 www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-de...
Oh hello. I have published exactly one thing this year if you're doing a year-end review: sapphic neo-noir novella THE DEAD WITHHELD was out back in June and we're gonna do it again for the sequel in 2026 www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-de...
The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis — neon hemlock
Publication date: June 30 2025. An 8” x 5” novella. Items ordered with a pre-ordered title will ship when the pre-order becomes available. Meet Dizzy Carter: private investigator/blues enthusiast/de...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
*glances up, bleary-eyed from review of my 3rd-pass pages*
Oh hello. I have published exactly one thing this year if you're doing a year-end review: sapphic neo-noir novella THE DEAD WITHHELD was out back in June and we're gonna do it again for the sequel in 2026 www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-de...
Oh hello. I have published exactly one thing this year if you're doing a year-end review: sapphic neo-noir novella THE DEAD WITHHELD was out back in June and we're gonna do it again for the sequel in 2026 www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-de...
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Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
Mother Viola Fletcher passes away at 111 years old
TULSA, Okla. — Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the passing of one of the two last remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
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If you can’t wash your own ass or grocery shop worth a damn, I don’t think adding more hungry, dirty asses to the equation is the answer.
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you can’t wash your own ass or grocery shop worth a damn, I don’t think adding more hungry, dirty asses to the equation is the answer.
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Beyond honored and absolutely thrilled to see AUDITION FOR THE FOX included here in @npr.org’s 2025 Books We Love, amidst such incredible company!
What a joyful way to start the week, I’m over the proverbial AND literal moon 🦊💜🦊 @tachyonpub.bsky.social
What a joyful way to start the week, I’m over the proverbial AND literal moon 🦊💜🦊 @tachyonpub.bsky.social
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Beyond honored and absolutely thrilled to see AUDITION FOR THE FOX included here in @npr.org’s 2025 Books We Love, amidst such incredible company!
What a joyful way to start the week, I’m over the proverbial AND literal moon 🦊💜🦊 @tachyonpub.bsky.social
What a joyful way to start the week, I’m over the proverbial AND literal moon 🦊💜🦊 @tachyonpub.bsky.social
If you would like to read my work but cannot afford to buy it or lack access to library resources for whatever reason, you can ask me for a copy. I'm pretty chill.
If you are a pirate as a personality trait, or because nobody's going to tell you what to do or whatever, I'm disappointed in you.
If you are a pirate as a personality trait, or because nobody's going to tell you what to do or whatever, I'm disappointed in you.
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you would like to read my work but cannot afford to buy it or lack access to library resources for whatever reason, you can ask me for a copy. I'm pretty chill.
If you are a pirate as a personality trait, or because nobody's going to tell you what to do or whatever, I'm disappointed in you.
If you are a pirate as a personality trait, or because nobody's going to tell you what to do or whatever, I'm disappointed in you.
Not me being extremely sure of the podium when I turned off the race last night 🫠
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Not me being extremely sure of the podium when I turned off the race last night 🫠
😂 thank you for reading!
#TheGhostBoxIV
“Flicker” by @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app
Heartbreaking and ghastly.
“Simulation…or just capitalism”?
I thrilled to this story.
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“Flicker” by @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app
Heartbreaking and ghastly.
“Simulation…or just capitalism”?
I thrilled to this story.
@ttbrader.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
😂 thank you for reading!
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for the visual learners
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
for the visual learners
Can't wait until I'm allowed to tell you all about my next novelette that revisits our favorite (and only) space-faring fenox Chesirah (link if you've forgotten) in an entanglement with the fae.
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podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
PodCastle 529: Chesirah - PodCastle
Chesirah By L. D. Lewis “It is almost time.” Chesirah smiled despite her screaming fingers. They were a blur, working feverishly to finish lacing together the last of her dark braids before Nazar the ...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Can't wait until I'm allowed to tell you all about my next novelette that revisits our favorite (and only) space-faring fenox Chesirah (link if you've forgotten) in an entanglement with the fae.
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
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okay, so it looks like I should just enjoy the remaining bit of tarte au citron I have left and read my ARC of YEAR OF THE MER by @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app before morbid curiosity about current events gets the best of me, huh
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
okay, so it looks like I should just enjoy the remaining bit of tarte au citron I have left and read my ARC of YEAR OF THE MER by @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app before morbid curiosity about current events gets the best of me, huh
Thought I'd check in on you all while I wait for tacos to arrive and I regret it lol
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Thought I'd check in on you all while I wait for tacos to arrive and I regret it lol
The gears of this morning's garbage truck have not been greased in a century my god
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The gears of this morning's garbage truck have not been greased in a century my god