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Alison Stine

@alisonstine.bsky.social

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Writer and editor. Next novel: THE RAVEN ENGAGEMENT (2027 @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social‬). Author of DUST, TRASHLANDS, ROAD OUT OF WINTER, OHIO VIOLENCE. Philip K Dick Award. NEA Grant. HOH https://linktr.ee/alisonstinewrites

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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hmm, someone else has engagement news too

Screenshot from Publishers Marketplace Deal Report which reads: Philip K. Dick Award-winning author of DUST Alison Stine's THE RAVEN ENGAGEMENT, the first in a duology pitched as THE MAGICIANS meets Labyrinth, in which the daughter of a cult writer finds a way into the fantasy kingdom of her mother's books, meeting a dangerous but alluring king who promises her everything-but when the kingdom and the real world begin to destroy each other, she realizes the fairytale may be darker than she thought, to Vanessa Aguirre at Wednesday Books, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2027, by Eric Smith while at P.S. Literary Agency (world English)

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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 6h

Labyrinth is the best movie to get to know me but not strictly horror in a way I very much like. I can never see Incident in a Ghost Land again. Like Joe Hill's story Best New Horror it made its mark on me but I cannot return.

Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 6h

I debated but honestly the Wheelers are terrifying. I love that movie with my whole heart.

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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 6h

10 horror movies to get to know me

Sinners
Mandy
Incident in a Ghost Land
Hold the Dark
Return to Oz
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
It Follows
The Birds
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Lamb

Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 6h

10 horror movies to get to know me

28 Days Later
Alien
Get Out
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Devil's Backbone
The Others
Critters
Tremors
The Lost Boys
The Thing

Holly Smith @hsmithwrites.bsky.social · 9h

10 horror movies to get to know me

Alien
The Shining
It Follows
The Witch
The Babadook
Salem's Lot
Fright Night
An American Werewolf in London
Night of the Living Dead
The Ring

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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 12h

I'm so weary I can feel it in my bones. I don't think I've felt this way since my son was a baby and was physically pulling calcium from me.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 15h

Don't worry. I research before I click on almost anything. But this is why Millennials don't answer the phone.

That and some of us are deaf.

Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 15h

Have I been able to receive unemployment benefits from the state of Ohio? No. Have I been targeted by scams preying on people desperate for unemployment? Yes.

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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 16h

Does it ever get less exhausting? Asking for me.

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 2d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 1d

And I'm grateful this story is continuing to find its readers. 🧡

Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 1d

DUST has won the High Plains International Book Award for YA Fiction! I'm so grateful for the honor and wish I could have been there for the ceremony. Travel is just not in the cards for me right now. One day I'll get to MT. In the meantime, I'm very glad people are continuing to celebrate books.

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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 1d

I still believe a better life is possible.

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

Again: this research is real but it exists in part to help MANUFACTURERS make better inhalers.

If you need to use your inhaler, use it. The problem doesn't lie with consumers. Writing this up as consumer service piece is a disservice. It's not for US beyond pushing manufacturers to do better.

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 2d

ok I didn't mention this in my piece on friday but one of the things the judge asked about was whether the guardsmen were going to get paid during the shutdown

the doj was like "idk"

the state of oregon was like "we looked into it and the answer is no"

Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 2d

I keep forgetting the government is shut down bc Trump admin is so focused on sending troops to US cities

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 4d

FYI - @authorsguild.org has an upcoming webinar for authors & illustrators. "Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know" looks very worthwhile for those whose books were involved. authorsguild.org/event/anthro...

Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know - The Authors Guild

Copyright holders recently secured preliminary approval of a $1.5 billion class settlement in the Bartz v. Anthropic case, in which authors Andrea Bartz, Kirk Johnson, and Charles Graeber led a class-...

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 5d

Currently at:
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 5d

Listen, I know it's Taylor Swift day, but some of us are out here fighting for our measly $3,000 for our life's work alisonstine.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

How to Get Your Anthropic AI Settlement

And why it’s not enough

alisonstine.substack.com

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 5d

In her newsletter, @alisonstine.bsky.social explains something I wondered about: Why two of my four true crime books were in the stolen books database published by the Atlantic but are not in the Anthropic settlement database. Thanks, Alison. (You should subscribe to her newsletter.)

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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 5d

Well, it's not like we have a lot of groceries in there. 😭

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 6d

I’m just gonna say it, the way a lot of you throw around terms like brain damaged, psychotic, mentally unstable, moron, etc to describe the actions of horrible people is really disappointing. Check your ableist language.

brainfrog👩‍🦼🫁 @brainfrog.bsky.social · 6d

As someone who has hypoxic brain damage from respiratory failure; the way a lot of you conflate any kind of brain injury and/or neurodivergence with immorality really fucking sucks.

Disability doesn't cause fascism. Colonialism, capitalism and white supremacy do.

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 5d

So great to see this profile of Andrea Bartz in her (and all authors’) fight against Anthropic.

The Thriller Writer Who Took on a Tech Giant

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 6d

"Today, there are about half a million of us polio survivors. Like WWII veterans, we are dwindling."
www.thebulwark.com/p/polio-vacc...

The Polio Vaccine Was a Miracle—and We Must Not Forget It

As a polio survivor, I am a dinosaur today. My great hope is that our country’s living memory of the disease ends with my generation.

www.thebulwark.com

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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 6d

Hey Halloween fans: Just a reminder that both Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal (a huge influence on me) and Twilight are back in movie theaters this month. Get tickets. Something to look forward to!