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Nelson
@nappell.bsky.social
Public Librarian, current Library Director. Trying to uplift books I love. And lots more.
First two stories have been great. Give this press a follow - or a submission.
Calling all writers of #mystery #southerngothic #darkhumor #offbeat & #literary #fiction! We are seeking short stories. Brown Hound Press is a new venture. We've come out of the gate strong and received a lot of early praise. We pay writers and we respond within 2 weeks.

brownhoundpress.com/submit
February 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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Did you know that St. Louis is conveniently situated on a major bird migration route in North America? Millions of birds each year travel the Mississippi Flyway during the fall and spring. 🐦
Check out this booklist and start exploring! slpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
February 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Let’s move this direction.
February 15, 2026 at 5:41 PM
We are Re-watching Slow Horses and I’m enjoying this show even more the second time around. Writing, plotting, acting, all so good - and so damn funny. Gary Oldman is so perfect for the role of Jackson Lamb.
February 15, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Halfway through Anna Funder’s Stasiland. It’s so good, and sadly so relevant. #booksky
February 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Absolute #Batman: the Zoo. This was fun, I loved how they handled Alfred. I understand the comics are flying off the shelves. Good work, Bat-Team! #comicsky
February 15, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Dinner is happening!
February 15, 2026 at 1:18 AM
“"The ghost story, in other words, will always, on some level, fail to capture the haunting, just as the algorithm will always fail to capture the life."

I learned a lot reading this.
New from me, at @vqr.bsky.social: a few years ago two people contacted me about a TEDx talk I once gave, “The Art of Haunting.”

When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.

On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
The Art of Haunting
The email was innocuous enough. A woman wrote to me explaining how her partner had been talking about my work and how much he’d enjoyed it—in particular, he’d remembered me giving a TEDx talk about gh...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Found outside library during pruning: a praying mantis nest.
February 13, 2026 at 1:27 AM
There is nothing more frustrating in the customer service world than calling for cellular phone service problems. Somehow, against the odds, they've made it even worse than it was. It's maddening.
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
A great short story from Brown Hound Press. The Storm is coming, and Emily will be forced to make a choice...
February 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Libraries cannot be the only answer to homelessness. Unfortunately, it’s hard to make progress. It’s always a fight. But doing nothing means the library takes on the burden. Which means staff.
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
At this point we’re criticizing the young for grocery shopping, eating and hydrating.
Splurging on juice and chicken?
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Splurging on juice and chicken?
February 11, 2026 at 3:57 AM
AI “Intensifies” work.
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”

hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
It’s a ways off from publishing, doesn’t have a final title, but the Ada Palmer books sounds great.
Jo Walton ( @bluejo.bsky.social ) kicks off a new year of reading recs with some fascinating memoirs and letters, some light romance, and a sneak peek at Ada Palmer's upcoming series about Norse myth and Viking culture!
Jo Walton’s Reading List: January 2026 - Reactor
Compelling memoirs, Vikings, Heyer, and early experiments in authoritarianism
reactormag.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
This Super Bowl viewing party is Off The Hook.
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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I cannot stress this enough: court case after court case has ruled that AI does not count as an author when it comes to copyright. Any minute now an AI bot is gonna start reskinning and reselling AI slop and the "authors" will have zero legal recourse because they didn't actually author shit.
February 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Trade secret: This is how librarians make their recommendations, too.
Ah yes, I do choose which books to read based on “who wrote the most of them this year”
I'm going to win.
February 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
It’s science!
The Washington Department of Natural Resources makes a good point.
February 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

“No, You want to put your last name, at your birth.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

"No, it's not based on a real person."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

"It's in the syllabus"
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Happy sleepy #caturday from this kitty. She and the dog respect each other’s boundaries, and they’re willing to share the sunbeam space as long as each gets their own space.
February 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
February 7, 2026 at 8:13 PM
It’s a moral failing of society to not address this better than we have.
February 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
“Past Tense” by @mardoucomics.bsky.social is brave, essential storytelling about her reckoning with her early life. It’s so well done. This deserves space on any comics/therapy/psychology/family systems bookshelf. Whatever it has sold, it should sell more. #booksky #therapy #comic #graphicnovel
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM