Zig Zag Claybourne
@zzclaybourne.bsky.social
Writer. Pie lover. Herald of Galactus but no worries. he/him zzclaybourne.com
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Fantasy title that best describes me? "A Song of Books and Pie: The Chilled Earth Saga"
Right now, re-reading sections of an arc that is giving me life. So many excellent books being added to the cosmic pot. I'm gonna try to focus more on them and less on the dross.
And bake at every opportunity.
Right now, re-reading sections of an arc that is giving me life. So many excellent books being added to the cosmic pot. I'm gonna try to focus more on them and less on the dross.
And bake at every opportunity.
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Fantasy title that best describes me? "A Song of Books and Pie: The Chilled Earth Saga"
Right now, re-reading sections of an arc that is giving me life. So many excellent books being added to the cosmic pot. I'm gonna try to focus more on them and less on the dross.
And bake at every opportunity.
Right now, re-reading sections of an arc that is giving me life. So many excellent books being added to the cosmic pot. I'm gonna try to focus more on them and less on the dross.
And bake at every opportunity.
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My crew?
- Jack, from Majordomo, by @tbcart.bsky.social
- Jo, from Bad Grains, by @sharkiatwrites.bsky.social
- Will, from Pursuit of Shadows, by @jaandrews.bsky.social
- Moore and Nanette, from The Wandering Inn, by @thewanderinginn.bsky.social
...and we'd crew a magical library.
#AMoRaR
- Jack, from Majordomo, by @tbcart.bsky.social
- Jo, from Bad Grains, by @sharkiatwrites.bsky.social
- Will, from Pursuit of Shadows, by @jaandrews.bsky.social
- Moore and Nanette, from The Wandering Inn, by @thewanderinginn.bsky.social
...and we'd crew a magical library.
#AMoRaR
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
My crew?
- Jack, from Majordomo, by @tbcart.bsky.social
- Jo, from Bad Grains, by @sharkiatwrites.bsky.social
- Will, from Pursuit of Shadows, by @jaandrews.bsky.social
- Moore and Nanette, from The Wandering Inn, by @thewanderinginn.bsky.social
...and we'd crew a magical library.
#AMoRaR
- Jack, from Majordomo, by @tbcart.bsky.social
- Jo, from Bad Grains, by @sharkiatwrites.bsky.social
- Will, from Pursuit of Shadows, by @jaandrews.bsky.social
- Moore and Nanette, from The Wandering Inn, by @thewanderinginn.bsky.social
...and we'd crew a magical library.
#AMoRaR
I give thanks for every reader. Time is precious af.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I give thanks for every reader. Time is precious af.
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it's here! the final book in the fireborn series is available everywhere now! want to see three generations of powerful, firebending women (and friends) kicking a whole lot of ass? get it now!🌈📚 #CompleteSeries #QueerAdultSFF #booksky
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November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
it's here! the final book in the fireborn series is available everywhere now! want to see three generations of powerful, firebending women (and friends) kicking a whole lot of ass? get it now!🌈📚 #CompleteSeries #QueerAdultSFF #booksky
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
I swore I'd maximize my potential today but all I did was eat an oatmeal cookie.
A bigass oatmeal cookie tho.
Achieved.
A bigass oatmeal cookie tho.
Achieved.
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I swore I'd maximize my potential today but all I did was eat an oatmeal cookie.
A bigass oatmeal cookie tho.
Achieved.
A bigass oatmeal cookie tho.
Achieved.
Really missing getting on tiptoes to taste the spoon.
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Really missing getting on tiptoes to taste the spoon.
Your new holiday favs. Not a waif or Marley in sight.
If you need 2 sweet holiday stories from a couple men of a certain age to remind you life isn't overwhelmingly (and solely) lemons fired from a cannon, I highly recommend these. Milton's is a novel, mine's a short.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Your new holiday favs. Not a waif or Marley in sight.
It takes insomnia to make you realize Roadrunner could have phased through Coyote and killed him but chose not to.
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It takes insomnia to make you realize Roadrunner could have phased through Coyote and killed him but chose not to.
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ZZ Claybourne
zzclaybourne.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Authors as Home Shopping Network hosts:
TODAY ONLY, ABSOLUTELY FREE SIGNIPS DID I SAY NIPS OOPS STRIKE THAT BEEN IN THE CHARDY TOO MUCH SIGNUPS AT THE WEBSITE WHAT ARE YOU GETTING: A NEWSLETTER.
*full stop stares at camera*
*there is nothing else on the cue card*
*starts up again*
AND FREE SHIPPING
TODAY ONLY, ABSOLUTELY FREE SIGNIPS DID I SAY NIPS OOPS STRIKE THAT BEEN IN THE CHARDY TOO MUCH SIGNUPS AT THE WEBSITE WHAT ARE YOU GETTING: A NEWSLETTER.
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*there is nothing else on the cue card*
*starts up again*
AND FREE SHIPPING
Me at 10pm: falls asleep on sofa, mouth open, gnats cavorting up nostrils.
Me at 3am: "Is hypotenuse as sexy a word as I think it is?"
Me at 3am: "Is hypotenuse as sexy a word as I think it is?"
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Me at 10pm: falls asleep on sofa, mouth open, gnats cavorting up nostrils.
Me at 3am: "Is hypotenuse as sexy a word as I think it is?"
Me at 3am: "Is hypotenuse as sexy a word as I think it is?"
Sometimes it's good to stop everything for a glory shot of the Enterprise.
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sometimes it's good to stop everything for a glory shot of the Enterprise.
MFing Thread.
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 10:49 PM
MFing Thread.
Yeah, they got pretty much all of my stuff. And everybody else's. Some bullshit called Anna's Archive.
This is so fucked up. Stop stealing from authors!!
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 9:46 PM
Yeah, they got pretty much all of my stuff. And everybody else's. Some bullshit called Anna's Archive.
Sincerely + Thankfully:
Y'all rock.
Y'all rock.
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sincerely + Thankfully:
Y'all rock.
Y'all rock.
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See a book recommended and are curious about it? Want to read it? You could go buy it! 🧵
Money tight at the moment or you're just frugal? See if it's available from the library & request it (if it's not, suggest that your library get it).
www.overdrive.com/apps/libby
Money tight at the moment or you're just frugal? See if it's available from the library & request it (if it's not, suggest that your library get it).
www.overdrive.com/apps/libby
Download the Libby App: ebooks & audiobooks FREE from your library
Bring the library to you! Free digital books, magazines and more! Available for iOS and Android devices.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
See a book recommended and are curious about it? Want to read it? You could go buy it! 🧵
Money tight at the moment or you're just frugal? See if it's available from the library & request it (if it's not, suggest that your library get it).
www.overdrive.com/apps/libby
Money tight at the moment or you're just frugal? See if it's available from the library & request it (if it's not, suggest that your library get it).
www.overdrive.com/apps/libby
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And I've got a review of Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce at Locus Mag. Loved this novella so much. locusmag.com/review/psych...
Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce: Review by Alex Brown
Psychopomp & Circumstance, Eden Royce (Tordotcom 978-1-25033-096-3, $24.99, 176pp, hc) October 2025. Cover by Greg Ruth. Eden Royce’s latest work of literary brilliance, Psychopomp & Circu…
locusmag.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
And I've got a review of Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce at Locus Mag. Loved this novella so much. locusmag.com/review/psych...
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Refilling your water counts as productivity. So does refilling your soul. 💧💫
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Refilling your water counts as productivity. So does refilling your soul. 💧💫
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We had a great time!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFKp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFKp...
Black Men Reading Speculative Fiction 2023
YouTube video by MVmedia
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November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We had a great time!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFKp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFKp...
There is no higher writing truth than this.
People always ask me, “how do I know my manuscript is done?”
There’s only one way, my friends.
If your file name looks something like this:
Manuscript - Final Draft 3.7 FINAL FINAL - FINAL (5).docx
Then, and only then, is it time.
There’s only one way, my friends.
If your file name looks something like this:
Manuscript - Final Draft 3.7 FINAL FINAL - FINAL (5).docx
Then, and only then, is it time.
November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
There is no higher writing truth than this.
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Disco gave a fantastic review of my first novel, Beneath Strange Lights, for TRR this year
books2read.com/AmeliaTemple...
books2read.com/AmeliaTemple...
Review of Beneath Strange Lights by @itsviviactually.bsky.social for #transrightsreadathon Day 5!
Trans femme 1950s sci fi! Perfect for fans of the X Files.
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🏳️⚧️
Trans femme 1950s sci fi! Perfect for fans of the X Files.
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🏳️⚧️
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Disco gave a fantastic review of my first novel, Beneath Strange Lights, for TRR this year
books2read.com/AmeliaTemple...
books2read.com/AmeliaTemple...
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And followed up with a Hallowe'en review of the first installment in my Gothic horror serial, Shadows Over Ravenkirk
books2read.com/SOR1
books2read.com/SOR1
Happy Halloween and happy Publication Day to Shadows Over Ravenkirk by @itsviviactually.bsky.social!
A trans woman is invited to a creepy seaside town to receive a mystery inheritance, dealing with weird bickering families & supernatural scares. So fun! Think Knives Out x The Addams Family 📚💙 📚🏳️⚧️
A trans woman is invited to a creepy seaside town to receive a mystery inheritance, dealing with weird bickering families & supernatural scares. So fun! Think Knives Out x The Addams Family 📚💙 📚🏳️⚧️
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
And followed up with a Hallowe'en review of the first installment in my Gothic horror serial, Shadows Over Ravenkirk
books2read.com/SOR1
books2read.com/SOR1
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Listen, if they're gonna relentlessly let you know the McRib is back, you can damn sure have a full Pride Rock moment with your work. Shame is the little death. Let it pass through you. All that remains is whee.
If you're an author being published by small and tiny presses, please shamelessly promote your work, however much your temperament might militate against it. I've seen many wonderful authors at this level so quickly forgotten when they die, you deserve all the readers you can get while you're alive.
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Listen, if they're gonna relentlessly let you know the McRib is back, you can damn sure have a full Pride Rock moment with your work. Shame is the little death. Let it pass through you. All that remains is whee.
Still some good in this world, Mr Frodo.
Can't wait until I'm allowed to tell you all about my next novelette that revisits our favorite (and only) space-faring fenox Chesirah (link if you've forgotten) in an entanglement with the fae.
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
podcastle.org/2018/07/03/p...
PodCastle 529: Chesirah - PodCastle
Chesirah By L. D. Lewis “It is almost time.” Chesirah smiled despite her screaming fingers. They were a blur, working feverishly to finish lacing together the last of her dark braids before Nazar the ...
podcastle.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Still some good in this world, Mr Frodo.