Sascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out now
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Author of The Dawnhounds and The Sunforge (Saga Press). Kāi Tahu/Kāti Huirapa. Rep: @arleysorg.bsky.social. She/her/ia. Header by @layahimalaya.bsky.social
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yo you should read my books, if The Locked Tomb is a goth girl they're her punk friend who reeks of tobacco
www.simonandschuster.com/series/The-E...
www.simonandschuster.com/series/The-E...
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I know all the various defenses of piracy, and can agree with some of them (preservation is important!) but when it comes to books, there really ain't any excuse I buy. More than any other medium, authors directly rely on royalties from purchases. Every purchase gets them income, even from big pubs.
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I know all the various defenses of piracy, and can agree with some of them (preservation is important!) but when it comes to books, there really ain't any excuse I buy. More than any other medium, authors directly rely on royalties from purchases. Every purchase gets them income, even from big pubs.
I love that 'Mao' is Mandarin for 'cat', China kinda nailed that one
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I love that 'Mao' is Mandarin for 'cat', China kinda nailed that one
gonna start a conspiracy theory that this is the same guy with a time machine
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
gonna start a conspiracy theory that this is the same guy with a time machine
I know it's far from the main issue but wow major news outlets are just going to press with errors in the headline now huh
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I know it's far from the main issue but wow major news outlets are just going to press with errors in the headline now huh
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R.I.P. Udo Kier. He passed away today at the age of 81.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
R.I.P. Udo Kier. He passed away today at the age of 81.
lazy sunday, did a buncha mechs, feeling pretty good about these
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
lazy sunday, did a buncha mechs, feeling pretty good about these
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh yep as soon as they ban screaming nemesis that dogshit bloodthirsty conqueror infinite combo becomes inescapable again
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh yep as soon as they ban screaming nemesis that dogshit bloodthirsty conqueror infinite combo becomes inescapable again
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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
so voice training is particularly hard if you're not from the US b/c resources kind of assume you have an American accent and you end up sounding weirdly transatlantic, and on my search for women with ANZ accents I want to emulate ... oh it's Claudia Black, I have to learn to sound like Morrigan
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
so voice training is particularly hard if you're not from the US b/c resources kind of assume you have an American accent and you end up sounding weirdly transatlantic, and on my search for women with ANZ accents I want to emulate ... oh it's Claudia Black, I have to learn to sound like Morrigan
what if anglerfish are angels
what if their light is the light of heaven, and you're just too scared to take it
what if their light is the light of heaven, and you're just too scared to take it
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
what if anglerfish are angels
what if their light is the light of heaven, and you're just too scared to take it
what if their light is the light of heaven, and you're just too scared to take it
hnnnnng the lyrics of The Fate of Ophelia are terrible but goddamit that hook in the bridge is such an earworm
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
hnnnnng the lyrics of The Fate of Ophelia are terrible but goddamit that hook in the bridge is such an earworm
I'm not on Twitter anymore, can somebody please ask Grok the following: "is there anybody, living or dead, better than Elon Musk at divorce?"
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I'm not on Twitter anymore, can somebody please ask Grok the following: "is there anybody, living or dead, better than Elon Musk at divorce?"
man, has a great verse EVER aged this poorly
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
man, has a great verse EVER aged this poorly
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This is the most Australian thing I have seen all week and it's a mood
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is the most Australian thing I have seen all week and it's a mood
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New Zealand nominees are Becky Manawatu, Dominic Hoey and our colleagues Tina Makereti and Damien Wilkins - congrats everyone!
So heartily deserved: @minon.bsky.social one of the OZ nominees for the @dublinlitaward.bsky.social with his debut novel, First Name Second Name! dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new...
2026 Nominations Revealed - Dublin Literary Award
dublinliteraryaward.ie
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
New Zealand nominees are Becky Manawatu, Dominic Hoey and our colleagues Tina Makereti and Damien Wilkins - congrats everyone!
oh cool new zealand is a GREAT country to be trans I'm not extremely worried about the changes occuring
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New Zealand pushes pause on puberty blockers pending UK trial
Green Party MP Ricardo Menéndez March says the government is "buying into imported culture wars" .
www.rnz.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
oh cool new zealand is a GREAT country to be trans I'm not extremely worried about the changes occuring
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
man, just the emptiness finding out Neom's The Line was initially a pretty cool concept about building a whole city around public transit lines then MBS came in and went "MAKE IT 200M TALL AND PUT A FOOTBALL STADIUM OVER THE CRUISE SHIP GATE" and everybody was too scared to say no
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
man, just the emptiness finding out Neom's The Line was initially a pretty cool concept about building a whole city around public transit lines then MBS came in and went "MAKE IT 200M TALL AND PUT A FOOTBALL STADIUM OVER THE CRUISE SHIP GATE" and everybody was too scared to say no
"what if Ancestral Recall was legal in standard again?"
with Gran-Gran is it
with Gran-Gran is it
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"what if Ancestral Recall was legal in standard again?"
with Gran-Gran is it
with Gran-Gran is it
building a simic shell around these two and it actually cooks, grandma tribal is real
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
building a simic shell around these two and it actually cooks, grandma tribal is real
... I just realised the Librarian from Discworld is probably trying to say "book"
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
... I just realised the Librarian from Discworld is probably trying to say "book"
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
trying to find a good map maker for sci-fi TTRPGs and jesus christ "it's built for fantasy but there's one tileset that has concrete walls so we're tagging it as sci-fi" is driving me up the wall
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
trying to find a good map maker for sci-fi TTRPGs and jesus christ "it's built for fantasy but there's one tileset that has concrete walls so we're tagging it as sci-fi" is driving me up the wall
first day off in like six months and I'm slow-roasting pork belly. just sitting in the kitchen chilling and letting the smells roll over me
November 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
first day off in like six months and I'm slow-roasting pork belly. just sitting in the kitchen chilling and letting the smells roll over me