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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 2d

"There's a point, around age twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities." - Ursula K. Le Guin

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The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · 10d

Jiminy Crimbo, he’s younger than me too.
He has, uh, not aged well.
And presumably has access to all the tech bro gender-affirming care and anti-aging stuff he could ever want.

The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · 10d

Kerouac ate nothing else, I heard.

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The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · 10d

So good to see y’all on @bsky.app so much lately!
Thanks for all that you do.

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The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · 10d

Whoops.
Clipped into the backrooms again at Mountains & Plains FallCon.
Don’t worry. I’ll be fine.
probably

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David Tromblay @davidtromblay.bsky.social · 12d

A huge thanks to @wmboyle4.bsky.social

#coydog is out #veteransday from #dzancbooks and available on audiobook from @simonandschuster.bsky.social read by #emwylde

Grab a copy of #williamboyle ‘s #saintofnarrowsstreet ASAP!

🐺 www.dzancbooks.org/all-titles/p...

😇 sohopress.com/books/saint-...

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The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · 13d

Just in time for spooky season, we are fully restocked with Monsterama and Sean Tejaratchi’s Crap Hound.
PLUS, our first round of Slingshot 2026 planners is here (come and get ‘em, because I literally sold two straight outta the shipping box)

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The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · 14d

Met this amazing leaf bug when I opened up the shop this morning.
Obviously I dubbed it Ted, in homage to @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social
I’m choosing to believe that meeting (and not stepping on Ted) means I am about to be part of an epic adventure.

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The Bitter Southerner @bittersouth.bsky.social · 15d

“Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved.” ~ Jane Goodall

Thank you, Ms. Goodall. Rest in peace.🤍🌎

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DNGN CLUB | Jack Panic @dngnclub.itch.io · 16d

Last day to pre-order and get the free adventure!

DNGN CLUB | Jack Panic @dngnclub.itch.io · 22d

A 22 page toolkit to play Sci-fi in minutes:
- clearly defined game play loop & encounters
- a clean d6 roll under system
- quick & evocative character creation
- psionic , cyberware, & animal crew rules
- intuitive ship combat rules [no extra stat tracking]
- solo rules
- space stations & contracts

an ad for the sci fi ttrpg INSTANT STARSHIP that reads:

pre order now & get a free tri fold adventure by adam vass
pre orders end oct 1st
www.worldchamp.io

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 28d

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.

Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.

Just. Keep. Reading.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 17d

I hear *someone* is having a sale next week.

I guess they have to try and recoup some of that $2.5 billion they’re forking over for *checks notes* being deceptive? Who would’ve thought?

Feels like Oct 7 & 8 will be prime days to support independent bookstores. 😌

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The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · 17d

Call ends at noon today, Monday, Sept 29!
Form & details here:

forms.gle/cFG39p5XZpVi...

The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · 21d

The response to our first ever art show call has been awesome!
We’re gonna close the call Monday, Sept 29 at noon, so we can notify those selected & make sure they can pick up their race kits with plenty of time before 9th Street Derby Day on November 22.
Details & entry: forms.gle/ksqSnTcJ9ipq...

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17d

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 17d

regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 29d

Ghoulish Tales has reopened submissions until October 17, 2025. Nothing longer than 5k words. Payment is 10c per word. Full guidelines here: ghoulish.rip/ghoulish-tal...

the first four issues of ghoulish tales on a spinner rack

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The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · 21d

The response to our first ever art show call has been awesome!
We’re gonna close the call Monday, Sept 29 at noon, so we can notify those selected & make sure they can pick up their race kits with plenty of time before 9th Street Derby Day on November 22.
Details & entry: forms.gle/ksqSnTcJ9ipq...

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The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · 27d

We’ve had an amazing response to the call for artists for our first ever show already, but have you thought about what kind of mad science, magic, and artistry you could do to turn a pinewood derby block + wheels into art?
For more details and to apply to the show: forms.gle/D1L2mkxcRC3q...

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The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · Sep 4

Art by Ruth B Loveland, @regularcandy.bsky.social, @moronarama.bsky.social, @absurdistzines.bsky.social, & @notarealghost.com

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The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · Sep 4

More of our famous free shop stickers and less-famous @carefulkittybooks.com stickers are here!
Get the TFB stickers at the 🌈🏡 on 9th St, & Careful Kitty stickers at any of the stops on our tabling tour, including @okcomicarts.bsky.social (Sept 13) @slicexpo.bsky.social (Oct 18) and OKCZFX (Oct 25)

A picture of five sticker designs for The Floating Bookshop and three for Careful Kitty Books.

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The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · Aug 28

Our nano-publishing sibling will be in LFK this weekend at the Paper Plains Zine Fest!

Careful Kitty Books @carefulkittybooks.com · Aug 28

Careful Kitty will be at the Paper Plains Zine Fest vendor fair this Sunday at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St, in lovely Lawrence, KS.

Come say hi to @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, & @notarealghost.com and pick up some zines, comics, and more!

See you soon, LFK!

Image of a drawing of a zine with the words “Careful Kitty Books” above it, the words “come see us at Paper Plains Zine Fest #4 Aug 31st 11am-5pm” on the zine, and the words “@ Van Go 715 New Jersey St, Lawrence, KS” below it.

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The Floating Bookshop @thefloatingbookshop.com · Aug 27

Just had a conversation about the secret history of 7-11 in Oklahoma yesterday!
(Also, cannot wait to read this)

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Aug 23

Comics conventions are going to have to develop and enforce no-AI policies.

And soon.

Probably yesterday would've been good.

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Lane! Draws! Comics! @lanedraws.bsky.social · Aug 19

My schedule for next month is pretty barren, so, if you need wild art that you won't find anywhere else on your next project, consider hiring me? Covers, sequentials, character design, album covers, I do it all!

Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com

I also offer commissions if you don't have a project

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Not a real ghost @notarealghost.com · Aug 21

Stickers of “morning devotional: please be kind, especially when we don’t know what’s going on”
$4. Profit goes to the Immigrant Defense Project.
Available at @thefloatingbookshop.com, or find me at the @carefulkittybooks.com table at Paper Plains, @okcomicarts.bsky.social, or @slicexpo.bsky.social

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · Aug 20

when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe

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