Leah Abney
@leahsaylorabney.bsky.social
Books (SFF, horror, cozy mystery) • movies (horror, indies) • The X-Files, Psych, Interview with the Vampire, Andor • pro wrestling • physical media. she/they ♊️
I do also go outside, occasionally.
I do also go outside, occasionally.
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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You's a fine motherfucka won't you back that ass up?
In English we say “I want you.”
In poetry we say______?
In poetry we say______?
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
You's a fine motherfucka won't you back that ass up?
If you don't have a data center in your city yet, please please please pay attention to your local officials & what projects they're working on. Gather your community to pro-actively oppose data centers in your city. Inform your neighbors. Speak out at council meetings. www.whio.com/news/local/i...
I-TEAM: Data centers, water, and secrets: Companies using NDAs to hide their names, water usage
The News Center 7 I-Team’s lead investigative reporter, John Bedell, has been investigating what it means for the communities around these data centers
www.whio.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If you don't have a data center in your city yet, please please please pay attention to your local officials & what projects they're working on. Gather your community to pro-actively oppose data centers in your city. Inform your neighbors. Speak out at council meetings. www.whio.com/news/local/i...
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we are just over a week out from publication of WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about collective action I co-edited with @annaleen.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social which means THERE'S STILL TIME TO PREORDER!
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
we are just over a week out from publication of WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about collective action I co-edited with @annaleen.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social which means THERE'S STILL TIME TO PREORDER!
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11 years ago today.
I know we're in a good mood today, but...Tamir Rice should still be here. It's been 10 years and he should be 22 now. RIP to the kid.
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
11 years ago today.
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Lord, I beg you to take every woman's imposter syndrome and give it to the mediocre men being horrible to her instead.
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lord, I beg you to take every woman's imposter syndrome and give it to the mediocre men being horrible to her instead.
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a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
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People will cling to the familiar even if it is killing them. If one doesn't understand this basic fact, then you will be so confounded on multiple levels.
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People will cling to the familiar even if it is killing them. If one doesn't understand this basic fact, then you will be so confounded on multiple levels.
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Titles, Grudges, and $1 Million on the line and more when #AEWFullGear is LIVE on HBO Max PPV!
Join us LIVE at 8/5 pt by ordering NOW
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Join us LIVE at 8/5 pt by ordering NOW
https://bit.ly/AEWHBOMaxPPV
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Titles, Grudges, and $1 Million on the line and more when #AEWFullGear is LIVE on HBO Max PPV!
Join us LIVE at 8/5 pt by ordering NOW
https://bit.ly/AEWHBOMaxPPV
Join us LIVE at 8/5 pt by ordering NOW
https://bit.ly/AEWHBOMaxPPV
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It's #AEWFullGear Day and it is PACKED and LIVE tonight from Newark, NJ!
🔥 Zero Hour is on YouTube at 4pm PT!
🍖 Tailgate Brawl is on HBO Max and TNT at 4pm PT
⚙️#AEWFullGear is LIVE on HBO Max and other awesome providers at 5pm PT!
🔥 Zero Hour is on YouTube at 4pm PT!
🍖 Tailgate Brawl is on HBO Max and TNT at 4pm PT
⚙️#AEWFullGear is LIVE on HBO Max and other awesome providers at 5pm PT!
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's #AEWFullGear Day and it is PACKED and LIVE tonight from Newark, NJ!
🔥 Zero Hour is on YouTube at 4pm PT!
🍖 Tailgate Brawl is on HBO Max and TNT at 4pm PT
⚙️#AEWFullGear is LIVE on HBO Max and other awesome providers at 5pm PT!
🔥 Zero Hour is on YouTube at 4pm PT!
🍖 Tailgate Brawl is on HBO Max and TNT at 4pm PT
⚙️#AEWFullGear is LIVE on HBO Max and other awesome providers at 5pm PT!
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FYI: Hunter Schafer, Emma Corrin, Havana Rose Liu and Sophie Wilde will join Josh Hutcherson and Caleb Landry Jones in A24's mysterious upcoming bachelor party horror from THE FIRST OMEN's Arkasha Stevenson.
Hunter Schafer And Emma Corrin Join Arkasha Stevenson’s A24 Bachelor Party Horror
Hunter Schafer, Emma Corrin, Havana Rose Liu and Sophie Wilde will join Josh Hutcherson and Caleb Landry Jones in A24's mysterious upcoming bachelor party horror from THE FIRST OMEN's Arkasha Stevenson.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
FYI: Hunter Schafer, Emma Corrin, Havana Rose Liu and Sophie Wilde will join Josh Hutcherson and Caleb Landry Jones in A24's mysterious upcoming bachelor party horror from THE FIRST OMEN's Arkasha Stevenson.
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Purchased books
Borrowed books
Used books
All books are amazing
Borrowed books
Used books
All books are amazing
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Purchased books
Borrowed books
Used books
All books are amazing
Borrowed books
Used books
All books are amazing
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ICYMI the replies and quote tweets to this have been one giant timeline cleanse
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
ICYMI the replies and quote tweets to this have been one giant timeline cleanse
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It’s #FridayReads time! Books make great gifts and are tastier than turkey. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) novel full of monsters, friendship, love, magic, revenge, ghosts, storms, syncretism, and maybe a bit of violence…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It’s #FridayReads time! Books make great gifts and are tastier than turkey. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) novel full of monsters, friendship, love, magic, revenge, ghosts, storms, syncretism, and maybe a bit of violence…
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"The biggest piece of writing advice I always keep in my brain is that anything can work if you can make it work." 🪸💬
New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"The biggest piece of writing advice I always keep in my brain is that anything can work if you can make it work." 🪸💬
New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
"Small-press publishers’ passion for and understanding of literature, combined with the creative, diverse and alternative perspectives and spaces that they provide through their books, means that like an underground river they are a source of deep life for the literary industry."
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
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Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
www.thebookseller.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Small-press publishers’ passion for and understanding of literature, combined with the creative, diverse and alternative perspectives and spaces that they provide through their books, means that like an underground river they are a source of deep life for the literary industry."
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Are you an Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) enrollee? Have your monthly premiums increased?
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Are you an Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) enrollee? Have your monthly premiums increased?
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
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i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
I wouldn't even be in the same room with a Teddy Ruxpin. This is my nightmare.
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I wouldn't even be in the same room with a Teddy Ruxpin. This is my nightmare.
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Democrats blinked. Again. Six weeks into a GOP-made shutdown, they folded without securing ACA subsidies. Republicans saw the collapse coming and instantly pivoted to abortion. Now they're trying to extend Hyde to private insurance.
My latest:
My latest:
Democrats Picked an Insurance Fight They Weren't Willing to Win. Now Abortion Is On the Line—Again (Opinion)
Congressional Democrats face a new dilemma: Vote against affordable health care, or accept a nationwide rollback of abortion coverage.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Democrats blinked. Again. Six weeks into a GOP-made shutdown, they folded without securing ACA subsidies. Republicans saw the collapse coming and instantly pivoted to abortion. Now they're trying to extend Hyde to private insurance.
My latest:
My latest:
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gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california
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“Predict and Surveil” by Sarah Brayne is a good book to understand how this is used to effectively fence people into particular spaces.
I just wrapped up two projects with students working on automated license plate reader tech in the context of abortion and this is still more dystopian and horrific than anything we uncovered.
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
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The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Predict and Surveil” by Sarah Brayne is a good book to understand how this is used to effectively fence people into particular spaces.
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Have you signed up for my newsletter? It's fun. It's unobtrusive. It slides into your mailbox like "heyyyy here's a recipe for soup and also my thoughts on Chuck Schumer." It's short. But it's funny! You won't know if you don't sign up.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Have you signed up for my newsletter? It's fun. It's unobtrusive. It slides into your mailbox like "heyyyy here's a recipe for soup and also my thoughts on Chuck Schumer." It's short. But it's funny! You won't know if you don't sign up.
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Ohio continues to dismantle that pesky separation of church and state in the name of “Charlie was a committed Christian, whose life and work will serve as a testament to the power of conservative ideals combined with a legacy of faith for generations to come...” 🤮
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Ohio House Passes Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act
State Representatives Gary Click (R-Vickery) and Mike Dovilla (R-Berea) today announced that the Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill 486 - the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act - legislation that works to preserve the ability for educators to discuss the positive impact of religion on American history, highlighting its consistency with freedom of speech and emphasizing how imperative it is to reduce politically motivated hate and violence in society.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ohio continues to dismantle that pesky separation of church and state in the name of “Charlie was a committed Christian, whose life and work will serve as a testament to the power of conservative ideals combined with a legacy of faith for generations to come...” 🤮
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My favorite short story I wrote this year. Please read! Kind of an emotional thing for me.
"Stepan comes to me in a dream, sullen, with a bleeding lower lip split just where his lower canine has been knocked out."
today, beloveds!!
Punks Don't Die by @esedia.bsky.social
read it here 🥀
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
today, beloveds!!
Punks Don't Die by @esedia.bsky.social
read it here 🥀
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Punks Don't Die - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
The last time I saw Stepan was at St. Petersburg Central Station.
psychopomp.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My favorite short story I wrote this year. Please read! Kind of an emotional thing for me.