S. H. Marr
@shmarr.bsky.social
Author. Analogue Gamer. Otaku. Generally passionate person. | Icon by @gabapple.bsky.social
Found my first gray hair (pretty sure????) tonight. Time for an age crisis lol
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Found my first gray hair (pretty sure????) tonight. Time for an age crisis lol
Parents are putting one of their cats down on Monday 😔
She's a good cat, but she's also like 13 years old and be-cancered. And so.
She's a good cat, but she's also like 13 years old and be-cancered. And so.
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Parents are putting one of their cats down on Monday 😔
She's a good cat, but she's also like 13 years old and be-cancered. And so.
She's a good cat, but she's also like 13 years old and be-cancered. And so.
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This site targets not just authors, but small press zines and anthologies - including Clarkesworld, Neon Hemlock, Apex, and the Science Fiction Poetry Association.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
This site targets not just authors, but small press zines and anthologies - including Clarkesworld, Neon Hemlock, Apex, and the Science Fiction Poetry Association.
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If you're wondering about the sort of person who becomes a writer, for 3 years every day I have played chess with this one person and for 3 years I have lost every day and every day I go back for another go because this time could be the charm, it could happen, you never know
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
If you're wondering about the sort of person who becomes a writer, for 3 years every day I have played chess with this one person and for 3 years I have lost every day and every day I go back for another go because this time could be the charm, it could happen, you never know
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[After turning worldwide food supply into grey slime slop made of radioactive jellyfish] It would seem generation alpha has no taste for food,
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
[After turning worldwide food supply into grey slime slop made of radioactive jellyfish] It would seem generation alpha has no taste for food,
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its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
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IMO the weird exception some supposed leftists seem to make for condemning-the-theft-of-labor-except-art-lol-steal-that-shit is just a weird intersection with puritan "if you enjoy yourself, it's not a real job" brainworms.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
IMO the weird exception some supposed leftists seem to make for condemning-the-theft-of-labor-except-art-lol-steal-that-shit is just a weird intersection with puritan "if you enjoy yourself, it's not a real job" brainworms.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
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If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
Discovered today that the graphology pseudoscientists have apparently decided that "Handwriting that is primarily a trait of lefties who don't try to disguise that fact" means you are COLD and EMOTIONLESS.
I'm glad most lefties don't get beaten anymore, but the weirdest shit lingers, y'all
I'm glad most lefties don't get beaten anymore, but the weirdest shit lingers, y'all
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Discovered today that the graphology pseudoscientists have apparently decided that "Handwriting that is primarily a trait of lefties who don't try to disguise that fact" means you are COLD and EMOTIONLESS.
I'm glad most lefties don't get beaten anymore, but the weirdest shit lingers, y'all
I'm glad most lefties don't get beaten anymore, but the weirdest shit lingers, y'all
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\o/ I'm on it!
We hope these will make you laugh, and tense, and cry, that they will make you feel seen and loved, that they will give you the strength to love in your own way, on your own terms, in all the queer glory you desire.
Here is our full list of authors and stories! (ALT text to have it written down)
Here is our full list of authors and stories! (ALT text to have it written down)
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
\o/ I'm on it!
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#Chicago #ChicagoHistory fans! I'm selling several books about Chicago history/great photographs, coming soon: more newspapers, articles, postcards, etc. I'm moving in a few weeks, this is your opportunity! www.facebook.com/marketplace/...
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#Chicago #ChicagoHistory fans! I'm selling several books about Chicago history/great photographs, coming soon: more newspapers, articles, postcards, etc. I'm moving in a few weeks, this is your opportunity! www.facebook.com/marketplace/...
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I have no idea what a "liberal" is supposed to mean to some people online except apparently "someone who isn't left enough"
April 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I have no idea what a "liberal" is supposed to mean to some people online except apparently "someone who isn't left enough"
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Saw something on Tumblr today that was discussing how to be "properly" leftist, we need to rid ourselves of "artifacts of liberal thought" we all have, and I genuinely had to read it like three times to understand that it was not actually someone trying to convince people into fascism.
April 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Saw something on Tumblr today that was discussing how to be "properly" leftist, we need to rid ourselves of "artifacts of liberal thought" we all have, and I genuinely had to read it like three times to understand that it was not actually someone trying to convince people into fascism.
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Do you know how much of the cover price goes to a trad published writer? About 10-15%.
The various types of indie pub get a higher percentage (but have to do more work with virtually zero publicity budget).
How many publishers have been put out of business by piracy? Not a lot. Writers, tho'...
The various types of indie pub get a higher percentage (but have to do more work with virtually zero publicity budget).
How many publishers have been put out of business by piracy? Not a lot. Writers, tho'...
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Do you know how much of the cover price goes to a trad published writer? About 10-15%.
The various types of indie pub get a higher percentage (but have to do more work with virtually zero publicity budget).
How many publishers have been put out of business by piracy? Not a lot. Writers, tho'...
The various types of indie pub get a higher percentage (but have to do more work with virtually zero publicity budget).
How many publishers have been put out of business by piracy? Not a lot. Writers, tho'...
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Machiavelli: It is better to be feared than loved, but you must absolutely avoid being *hated.*
So many forget that last part.
So many forget that last part.
It is a bit alarming, when rereading Machiavelli's The Prince, that it lands as reportage rather than political theory. However, I find great comfort in the fact that they are really effing it up.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Machiavelli: It is better to be feared than loved, but you must absolutely avoid being *hated.*
So many forget that last part.
So many forget that last part.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
Why are we fighting about pie
Pie is good
Pie is good
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Why are we fighting about pie
Pie is good
Pie is good
I think this extends to so many media formats at this point.
Even more recent books often to feel very....samey. The edges of voices and characters are very abbreviated and feel prepackaged as tropes and archetypes instead of any real attention to making them feel and sound like...people and places
Even more recent books often to feel very....samey. The edges of voices and characters are very abbreviated and feel prepackaged as tropes and archetypes instead of any real attention to making them feel and sound like...people and places
This video puts to words some of the feelings I've had about modern movies/cgi/digital film but haven't been able to enunciate, but moreover nails a problem in modern art making: the lack of real, tactile experiences reflected in the work youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
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November 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I think this extends to so many media formats at this point.
Even more recent books often to feel very....samey. The edges of voices and characters are very abbreviated and feel prepackaged as tropes and archetypes instead of any real attention to making them feel and sound like...people and places
Even more recent books often to feel very....samey. The edges of voices and characters are very abbreviated and feel prepackaged as tropes and archetypes instead of any real attention to making them feel and sound like...people and places
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
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A friend's oc is like an oc-in-law to me
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A friend's oc is like an oc-in-law to me
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
My story is definitely on the "loved and be cozy" scale.
Look, I'm good at what I'm good at, okay. 😆 Some of us are marshmallow people at heart.
Look, I'm good at what I'm good at, okay. 😆 Some of us are marshmallow people at heart.
Have you seen our banger TOC yet?
We have so many varied and awesome stories.
Aros who get to be loved and cozy, aros who get to save the world or sacrifice it
Witches and dragons and cosmic monsters and prophecies
Deep under the sea or deep in space
♠️🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 💙📚
We have so many varied and awesome stories.
Aros who get to be loved and cozy, aros who get to save the world or sacrifice it
Witches and dragons and cosmic monsters and prophecies
Deep under the sea or deep in space
♠️🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 💙📚
The time has come! Today is our Table of Content announcement for COMMON BONDS 2!
You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
But I'll also thread them below!
You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
But I'll also thread them below!
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
My story is definitely on the "loved and be cozy" scale.
Look, I'm good at what I'm good at, okay. 😆 Some of us are marshmallow people at heart.
Look, I'm good at what I'm good at, okay. 😆 Some of us are marshmallow people at heart.
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EU court says same sex marriage should be recognised throughout bloc reut.rs/3XkDXHs
EU court says same sex marriage should be recognised throughout bloc
The EU's highest court ruled on Tuesday that same sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
EU court says same sex marriage should be recognised throughout bloc reut.rs/3XkDXHs
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It’s very disconcerting, as a lesbian writing sapphic romances, to realize that a large swath of readers and writers basically treat you like a ghost. Or worse, they don’t treat you like anything because they don’t know or care that you exist.
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It’s very disconcerting, as a lesbian writing sapphic romances, to realize that a large swath of readers and writers basically treat you like a ghost. Or worse, they don’t treat you like anything because they don’t know or care that you exist.