Andy W. Taylor
@sooguy68.bsky.social
Canadian writer of speculative fiction who buys more books & comics than he can ever hope to read. Viable Paradise (VP19), Codex, TWUOC, CSFFA, Playwright Junction. Cancer Survivor. He/Him
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Andy W. Taylor
@sooguy68.bsky.social
· Dec 7
"I woke up this morning feeling weird, disoriented, and uncomfortable. Then I remembered I was in Sudbury and it all started to make sense." - Ramona, Roadkill (1989)
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"all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment...were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside."
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment...were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside."
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Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
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They mean brown immigrants
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
They mean brown immigrants
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OTHERSIDE opens to submissions of nonfiction and reprints in FOUR DAYS! That means it's Q&A time! Drop any and all questions you have about nonfiction/reprint submissions below, and our cofounders will answer as we have time 👀 We're getting extremely excited to read your work!
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
OTHERSIDE opens to submissions of nonfiction and reprints in FOUR DAYS! That means it's Q&A time! Drop any and all questions you have about nonfiction/reprint submissions below, and our cofounders will answer as we have time 👀 We're getting extremely excited to read your work!
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i have never wanted to make a YouTube video before, but now i want to make one that's basically: Books Are Not Free Content For You, Stop Stealing From Authors, You Scabs.
we are not the enemy.
every dollar folks think they're taking from Amazon, they're taking from authors more.
we are not the enemy.
every dollar folks think they're taking from Amazon, they're taking from authors more.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
i have never wanted to make a YouTube video before, but now i want to make one that's basically: Books Are Not Free Content For You, Stop Stealing From Authors, You Scabs.
we are not the enemy.
every dollar folks think they're taking from Amazon, they're taking from authors more.
we are not the enemy.
every dollar folks think they're taking from Amazon, they're taking from authors more.
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And when I ask people politely to stop stealing/pirating my work, I get harassment and rape/death threats to the point that I no longer have a contact form on my website.
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And when I ask people politely to stop stealing/pirating my work, I get harassment and rape/death threats to the point that I no longer have a contact form on my website.
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Incidentally, theft like this is why there won’t be a second Steelflower trilogy, why the Bannon & Clare series was canceled by the publisher, and why I will never do another collected SquirrelTerror book.
I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Incidentally, theft like this is why there won’t be a second Steelflower trilogy, why the Bannon & Clare series was canceled by the publisher, and why I will never do another collected SquirrelTerror book.
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“I think most Americans would be stunned to learn that international adoptees have not all been automatically granted the same status as their U.S. parents. Several grown adoptees have already been deported, including individuals who came to the United States as infants”
A mother shares the terrifying reality that her internationally adopted son, raised in the U.S. since childhood, could be detained or deported by ICE because he was never granted citizenship. 35-70k adoptees remain in this legal limbo. Urge Congress to pass the PAAF Act. 🥚
I'm A U.S. Citizen. I'm Terrified My Adopted Son Will Be Snatched By ICE Due To A Heartbreaking Loophole.
"I lie awake at night worried that he’ll be snatched off the street and taken to a nightmarish prison in some other country, and I’ll never see him again."
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“I think most Americans would be stunned to learn that international adoptees have not all been automatically granted the same status as their U.S. parents. Several grown adoptees have already been deported, including individuals who came to the United States as infants”
When people ask what my favourite movie is I reply with La Jetee -Chris Marker’s 29 minute masterpiece.
You too can watch La Jetée (a masterpiece, & under 30 minutes) here:
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
When people ask what my favourite movie is I reply with La Jetee -Chris Marker’s 29 minute masterpiece.
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COVER REVEAL: My next book is a standalone science fiction cyberpunk thriller starring aging corporate samurai. The Last Contract of Isako will be out on May 5, 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Can't wait to share it with you. Thank you to @tommypocket.bsky.social for this kickass cover ⚔️
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
COVER REVEAL: My next book is a standalone science fiction cyberpunk thriller starring aging corporate samurai. The Last Contract of Isako will be out on May 5, 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Can't wait to share it with you. Thank you to @tommypocket.bsky.social for this kickass cover ⚔️
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All set up at Big Apple Comic Con! Come spend your rainy day with me here at the New Yorker Hotel.
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
All set up at Big Apple Comic Con! Come spend your rainy day with me here at the New Yorker Hotel.
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I didn’t realized this had gone live but it seems that you can now read my flash, “What Happened That Night,” at Short Edition.
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
What Happened That Night
Josh is gone, but I see him everywhere. Even now, it's his reflection I see in the puddle as the storm brings me back to reality. I shiver. Seems I'm always cold these days. I need to get my shit
short-edition.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I didn’t realized this had gone live but it seems that you can now read my flash, “What Happened That Night,” at Short Edition.
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
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This fuggin guy. Every time he opens his mouth it’s the opposite of diplomatic. He’s got an amp called Insufferable Ass and he turned it up to 11. Since he hasn’t been rebuked or replaced, we can only assume the U.S. admin is okay with him behaving this way and yeah, Canada is still cheesed off
Hoekstra continues to be utterly terrible at his job as *checks notes* an ambassador of the United States.
Or, flipside: continues to be the living embodiment of why there is nation-wide contempt towards the US.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Or, flipside: continues to be the living embodiment of why there is nation-wide contempt towards the US.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Future of trade talks depends on Canada’s purchase of American fighter jets, U.S. ambassador says
Pete Hoekstra said it will not be easy to restart the now-stalled trade talks, and urged Canada to "harmonize" as much as possible with the U.S. on a range of
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This fuggin guy. Every time he opens his mouth it’s the opposite of diplomatic. He’s got an amp called Insufferable Ass and he turned it up to 11. Since he hasn’t been rebuked or replaced, we can only assume the U.S. admin is okay with him behaving this way and yeah, Canada is still cheesed off
What’s on your agenda today? I’m browsing BlueSky over my morning coffee and reposting stuff of interest to me.
Looking to rewrite a flash piece into something longer later this morning and thinking I should probably update my website SooGuy.com since it’s been a hot minute since I was on there.
Looking to rewrite a flash piece into something longer later this morning and thinking I should probably update my website SooGuy.com since it’s been a hot minute since I was on there.
SooGuy.com – Writing and Other Passions of Andy W. Taylor
SooGuy.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
What’s on your agenda today? I’m browsing BlueSky over my morning coffee and reposting stuff of interest to me.
Looking to rewrite a flash piece into something longer later this morning and thinking I should probably update my website SooGuy.com since it’s been a hot minute since I was on there.
Looking to rewrite a flash piece into something longer later this morning and thinking I should probably update my website SooGuy.com since it’s been a hot minute since I was on there.
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I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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Some difficult truths about how hard it is to create and publish in this day and age. If you have the ability, consider supporting @psychopomp.com's Patreon. If not, spread the word and help keep The Deadlands going.
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 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Some difficult truths about how hard it is to create and publish in this day and age. If you have the ability, consider supporting @psychopomp.com's Patreon. If not, spread the word and help keep The Deadlands going.
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ICYMI, I get royalties for this, if you want to help out a freelancing writer in the heat death of online promo.
My Lambda Award-winning debut novel THE DEVOURERS, a dark, queer, mythic realist tale about sex, love, violence, & shapeshifting, has finally surpassed 20k sales. Those may be rookie numbers to many authors, but for me, it's a big deal, even if not big money. Sincerest gratitude to my readers 🖤
The Devourers by Indra Das: 9781101967539 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
For readers of Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination. LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER •...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
ICYMI, I get royalties for this, if you want to help out a freelancing writer in the heat death of online promo.
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“Book depository”, “single bullet theory”, "the second gunman". President Kennedy was assassinated on this day in 1963. About 10 year ago I wrote about the assassination's place in American pop culture.
THE ASSASSINATION OF JFK: THE STORY YOU KNOW
“The story you know”, says the trailer for Parkland, a 2013 movie about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. You can say that again. It’s the assassination that launche…
multiglom.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“Book depository”, “single bullet theory”, "the second gunman". President Kennedy was assassinated on this day in 1963. About 10 year ago I wrote about the assassination's place in American pop culture.
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Asunder by Kerstin Hall is a dark fantasy novel set in a wholly unique world, with two characters literally stuck together. I read it at the start of the year and I think about it constantly. 💙📚
It‘s been out in North America for a while, and is shortly coming to the UK/Commonwealth market.
US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
UK:
geni.us/asunder
US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
UK:
geni.us/asunder
Asunder
"There is no doubt in my mind that Kerstin Hall is one of the great imaginative minds writing fantasy today."—Isabel Cañas, USA Today Bestselling author o...
us.macmillan.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Asunder by Kerstin Hall is a dark fantasy novel set in a wholly unique world, with two characters literally stuck together. I read it at the start of the year and I think about it constantly. 💙📚
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Our apologies: tonia's 'Seventhblade' was released in June, and her *next* novel, 'Black Dog', which is the first in a supernatural dystopian YA trilogy, will be out in the fall.
Can*Con regrets the error.
Can*Con regrets the error.
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Our apologies: tonia's 'Seventhblade' was released in June, and her *next* novel, 'Black Dog', which is the first in a supernatural dystopian YA trilogy, will be out in the fall.
Can*Con regrets the error.
Can*Con regrets the error.
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We are EXCITE to be able to announce our Guests of Honour for 2026 this week!
First up is @tonialaird.bsky.social! tonia is a Michif writer from Treaty 6 who does video games, comics, an interactive novel, and her debut novel Seventhblade is forthcoming this summer from ECW Press.
First up is @tonialaird.bsky.social! tonia is a Michif writer from Treaty 6 who does video games, comics, an interactive novel, and her debut novel Seventhblade is forthcoming this summer from ECW Press.
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We are EXCITE to be able to announce our Guests of Honour for 2026 this week!
First up is @tonialaird.bsky.social! tonia is a Michif writer from Treaty 6 who does video games, comics, an interactive novel, and her debut novel Seventhblade is forthcoming this summer from ECW Press.
First up is @tonialaird.bsky.social! tonia is a Michif writer from Treaty 6 who does video games, comics, an interactive novel, and her debut novel Seventhblade is forthcoming this summer from ECW Press.
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Our final Guest of Honour for 2026 will be author @chuckwendig.bsky.social!
Chuck is a NYT bestselling author, writes games, comics, film and TV, and we are so excited that he will be joining us in the fall!
Chuck is a NYT bestselling author, writes games, comics, film and TV, and we are so excited that he will be joining us in the fall!
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our final Guest of Honour for 2026 will be author @chuckwendig.bsky.social!
Chuck is a NYT bestselling author, writes games, comics, film and TV, and we are so excited that he will be joining us in the fall!
Chuck is a NYT bestselling author, writes games, comics, film and TV, and we are so excited that he will be joining us in the fall!
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Are we going to have an election after tonight's budget vote?
I'm still betting on no, but if we do, it's going to be by way of an utter farce.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/are-we-abo...
I'm still betting on no, but if we do, it's going to be by way of an utter farce.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/are-we-abo...
Is Canada Getting A Surprise Election For Christmas This Year?
I don't think so. But we might end up with one by accident. That would be a mistake.
www.davidmoscrop.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Are we going to have an election after tonight's budget vote?
I'm still betting on no, but if we do, it's going to be by way of an utter farce.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/are-we-abo...
I'm still betting on no, but if we do, it's going to be by way of an utter farce.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/are-we-abo...
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Hmm ... thinking of superheroes still, and specifically about flag heroes
(Your Captains America, Britain, etc ...)
Would a Pride flag hero be kitsch or cringe?
(Your Captains America, Britain, etc ...)
Would a Pride flag hero be kitsch or cringe?
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hmm ... thinking of superheroes still, and specifically about flag heroes
(Your Captains America, Britain, etc ...)
Would a Pride flag hero be kitsch or cringe?
(Your Captains America, Britain, etc ...)
Would a Pride flag hero be kitsch or cringe?
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A HUGE win for James Comey in his criminal case.
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A HUGE win for James Comey in his criminal case.
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...