Aran Moon (aka Aran O'Tang)
@aranotang.bsky.social
Writer, game designer, musician, artist, climber and fool. Go-go Godzilla!
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My latest campaign adventure for D&D 5e: WARDUKE IMMORTAL is now live on DMs Guild. Any interest & support is greatly appreciated & we thank you for your time & consideration.
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SICK OF IT ALL's LOU KOLLER On His Cancer Battle: 'I'm Kind Of At A Stalemate'
SICK OF IT ALL's LOU KOLLER On His Cancer Battle: 'I'm Kind Of At A Stalemate'
Vocalist Lou Koller of New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL, who announced in September that his cancer had returned just four months after celebrating being declared cancer-free, has shared a new...
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December 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
SICK OF IT ALL's LOU KOLLER On His Cancer Battle: 'I'm Kind Of At A Stalemate'
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With barely enough training to hold a musket, Emily braves the savage reality of warfare.
Get Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Guns of the Dawn while supporting @cancerresearchuk.org.
Get Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Guns of the Dawn while supporting @cancerresearchuk.org.
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Epic Fantasy Book Bundle | Humble
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December 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
With barely enough training to hold a musket, Emily braves the savage reality of warfare.
Get Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Guns of the Dawn while supporting @cancerresearchuk.org.
Get Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Guns of the Dawn while supporting @cancerresearchuk.org.
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A couple of years ago I wrote a short little Christmas story and put it up on my site. Here it is for your enjoyment. It also comes with an audio version, so you can hear why I let actual professionals narrate my novels:
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A Holiday Gift For You: “End of the Year PR Missives From Scrooge & Marley”
Earlier in the month I promised that if Whatever readers (and others) helped to get the Locus Magazine fundraiser to $75k by the time their fundraiser closed, I would write a Christmas story, and i…
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December 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A couple of years ago I wrote a short little Christmas story and put it up on my site. Here it is for your enjoyment. It also comes with an audio version, so you can hear why I let actual professionals narrate my novels:
whatever.scalzi.com/2022/12/22/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2022/12/22/a...
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@zacthompson.bsky.social and @cleanlined.bsky.social's eco-horror series INTO THE UNBEING returns in September in a Library Edition format!
@aiptcomics.com has the exclusive details: https://bit.ly/4b0xARv
@aiptcomics.com has the exclusive details: https://bit.ly/4b0xARv
December 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
@zacthompson.bsky.social and @cleanlined.bsky.social's eco-horror series INTO THE UNBEING returns in September in a Library Edition format!
@aiptcomics.com has the exclusive details: https://bit.ly/4b0xARv
@aiptcomics.com has the exclusive details: https://bit.ly/4b0xARv
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HEY AUTHORS: It's the last weekend before Christmas and/or the end of Hanukkah, so people are going to be looking for last minute holiday gifts, which books are perfect for, so use this thread to tell everyone here at Bluesky about your book so they can go find it at their local bookseller. GO!
December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
HEY AUTHORS: It's the last weekend before Christmas and/or the end of Hanukkah, so people are going to be looking for last minute holiday gifts, which books are perfect for, so use this thread to tell everyone here at Bluesky about your book so they can go find it at their local bookseller. GO!
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December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The ultimate intro to the Tales of the Valiant RPG is here with the Tales of the Valiant Bundle of Holding! It includes the TOV Game Masters and Players Guide, Monster Vault, along with starter adventures. Get 11 titles valued at $114 for only $25 until January 7. bit.ly/45aKTLx
December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The ultimate intro to the Tales of the Valiant RPG is here with the Tales of the Valiant Bundle of Holding! It includes the TOV Game Masters and Players Guide, Monster Vault, along with starter adventures. Get 11 titles valued at $114 for only $25 until January 7. bit.ly/45aKTLx
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In the bleak northern crown of the world, war is coming…
Get Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Echoes of the Fall Books 1 - 3 while supporting @cancerresearchuk.org.
Get Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Echoes of the Fall Books 1 - 3 while supporting @cancerresearchuk.org.
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Epic Fantasy Book Bundle | Humble
www.humblebundle.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In the bleak northern crown of the world, war is coming…
Get Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Echoes of the Fall Books 1 - 3 while supporting @cancerresearchuk.org.
Get Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Echoes of the Fall Books 1 - 3 while supporting @cancerresearchuk.org.
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I shouldn’t have to talk about “March Madness” as much as I do. Fck,,, Public Enemy should’ve never had to record that track,,, but here we are America’s nightmare of Domestic Errorism.
We worked with students to write the track and tell their truth. Now we invite students to tell their story.
We worked with students to write the track and tell their truth. Now we invite students to tell their story.
December 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I shouldn’t have to talk about “March Madness” as much as I do. Fck,,, Public Enemy should’ve never had to record that track,,, but here we are America’s nightmare of Domestic Errorism.
We worked with students to write the track and tell their truth. Now we invite students to tell their story.
We worked with students to write the track and tell their truth. Now we invite students to tell their story.
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New at #WriterBeware: I go in-depth on the most problematic clauses in that Shadow Light Press contract. This isn't just a publisher "beware": exposing bad contract language helps writers understand not just what they should avoid, but what they should demand. writerbeware.blog/2025/12/19/w...
Why These Contract Clauses Are Scary - Writer Beware
The clauses I’m going to discuss in this post come from the contract of Shadow Light Press, a publisher of fantasy and science fiction with deep ties to the LitRPG community. The contract stirred cont...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
New at #WriterBeware: I go in-depth on the most problematic clauses in that Shadow Light Press contract. This isn't just a publisher "beware": exposing bad contract language helps writers understand not just what they should avoid, but what they should demand. writerbeware.blog/2025/12/19/w...
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FYI: BUBBA HO-TEP creator Joe R. Lansdale is joining the EC Comics family for the latest issue of their anthology CATACOMB OF TORMENT.
BUBBA HO-TOP Creator Joe R. Lansdale Joins The EC Comics Family [Exclusive]
BUBBA HO-TEP creator Joe R. Lansdale is joining the EC Comics family for the latest issue of their anthology CATACOMB OF TORMENT.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
FYI: BUBBA HO-TEP creator Joe R. Lansdale is joining the EC Comics family for the latest issue of their anthology CATACOMB OF TORMENT.
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Very very worth your time!
Free Planet's a big swing; an effort to create something rich & complex with literary aspirations.
That's why it's so very gratifying to receive such generous praise from Pulitzer Prize-winning author @attackerman.bsky.social.
Free Planet Vol 1 available NOW.
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That's why it's so very gratifying to receive such generous praise from Pulitzer Prize-winning author @attackerman.bsky.social.
Free Planet Vol 1 available NOW.
www.forever-wars.com/the-first-tr...
The First Truly Free Planet: A Q&A
FREE PLANET writer Aubrey Sitterson talks to FOREVER WARS about what comes after the revolution–allegorically speaking
www.forever-wars.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Very very worth your time!
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An all-new Groo adventure begins with ‘Groo: The Prophecy’ in April 2026! @comicsbulletin.bsky.social shares the exclusive details: https://bit.ly/49bqyqS
The miniseries follows Groo and Rufferto as they run away from those who fear Groo and his bad luck… only to run into more catastrophe.
The miniseries follows Groo and Rufferto as they run away from those who fear Groo and his bad luck… only to run into more catastrophe.
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
An all-new Groo adventure begins with ‘Groo: The Prophecy’ in April 2026! @comicsbulletin.bsky.social shares the exclusive details: https://bit.ly/49bqyqS
The miniseries follows Groo and Rufferto as they run away from those who fear Groo and his bad luck… only to run into more catastrophe.
The miniseries follows Groo and Rufferto as they run away from those who fear Groo and his bad luck… only to run into more catastrophe.
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California-based trio Fuzz present their new song “Rich Man, Poor Man” from their new album 'Fuzz's Fourth Dream.'
News: Fuzz Release New LP, Share ‘Rich Man, Poor Man’ Video
California based trio Fuzz present their new song “Rich Man, Poor Man” from their new album 'Fuzz's Fourth Dream.'
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December 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
California-based trio Fuzz present their new song “Rich Man, Poor Man” from their new album 'Fuzz's Fourth Dream.'
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I sent my husband a link to the Norma Kamali pop up sale with a note saying it wasn't a hint, there's not much there for my height, but I just wanted him to see how cool the looks were. This thread is a SAMPLING of what he sent back...
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I sent my husband a link to the Norma Kamali pop up sale with a note saying it wasn't a hint, there's not much there for my height, but I just wanted him to see how cool the looks were. This thread is a SAMPLING of what he sent back...
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Gather ‘Round the Fire and Let Metallica’s James Hetfield Read You a Classic Christmas Story www.metalsucks.net/2025/12/19/g...
Gather 'Round the Fire and Let Metallica's James Hetfield Read You a Classic Christmas Story
Time for Papa Het to help ring in the holidays.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Gather ‘Round the Fire and Let Metallica’s James Hetfield Read You a Classic Christmas Story www.metalsucks.net/2025/12/19/g...
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"The creature designs are angelic but also horrific, a blend that embodies the series’ dreamlike dread and its strange, otherworldly beauty."--@aiptcomics.com names Into the Unbeing artist @cleanlined.bsky.social the best comic artist of 2025! Read more: https://bit.ly/4anYVwX
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"The creature designs are angelic but also horrific, a blend that embodies the series’ dreamlike dread and its strange, otherworldly beauty."--@aiptcomics.com names Into the Unbeing artist @cleanlined.bsky.social the best comic artist of 2025! Read more: https://bit.ly/4anYVwX
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There's A Thundercats TTRPG Kickstarter On Right Now!
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There's A Thundercats TTRPG Kickstarter On Right Now!
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December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There's A Thundercats TTRPG Kickstarter On Right Now!
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"Mathematical!”
Jump into the Adventure Time Encore comics bundle a huge collection of titles! Supports Hero Initiative.
Jump into the Adventure Time Encore comics bundle a huge collection of titles! Supports Hero Initiative.
Adventure Time ENCORE by Oni Press | Humble Comics Bundle
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December 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Mathematical!”
Jump into the Adventure Time Encore comics bundle a huge collection of titles! Supports Hero Initiative.
Jump into the Adventure Time Encore comics bundle a huge collection of titles! Supports Hero Initiative.
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In the late 1980s & early 90s Syd Mead released a series of calendars featuring his work. These are some of the images from the 1989, 1991 & 1992 Syd Mead Oblagon Calendars
December 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
In the late 1980s & early 90s Syd Mead released a series of calendars featuring his work. These are some of the images from the 1989, 1991 & 1992 Syd Mead Oblagon Calendars
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Tonight's radio notes posted here.
www.henryrollins.com/on-the-radio-all/2025/12/19/radio-broadcast-872-12-1925
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Henry Rollins | Official Website
RADIO BROADCAST #872 12-19–25 Fanatic! I hope you had a great week and if you’re one to celebrate the holidays, I hope you have your travel plans in order. Many tours I’ve been on would end ri...
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December 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Tonight's radio notes posted here.
www.henryrollins.com/on-the-radio-all/2025/12/19/radio-broadcast-872-12-1925
www.henryrollins.com/on-the-radio-all/2025/12/19/radio-broadcast-872-12-1925
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MCG's 2025 Holiday Gift is HERE! Give $10 to a great charity on us or get $10 of a gift for a friend or loved one! 🎁
Choose a charity and donate $10 on us (It only takes a few clicks to give to a great cause)! Or, grab a little something for the holidays with $10 off!
Choose a charity and donate $10 on us (It only takes a few clicks to give to a great cause)! Or, grab a little something for the holidays with $10 off!
2025 Holiday Gift - Monte Cook Games Store
Give $10 to a great charity—on us!It's the season of giving, so let's make it a great holiday season for some great causes! 100% of your donation goes to the designated charity (or you can use the discount to buy a gift for a loved one or yourself!).
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December 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
MCG's 2025 Holiday Gift is HERE! Give $10 to a great charity on us or get $10 of a gift for a friend or loved one! 🎁
Choose a charity and donate $10 on us (It only takes a few clicks to give to a great cause)! Or, grab a little something for the holidays with $10 off!
Choose a charity and donate $10 on us (It only takes a few clicks to give to a great cause)! Or, grab a little something for the holidays with $10 off!
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I'm playing Scrooge in a live read (with music) of A MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL at L.A.'s Dynasty Typewriter! 2 shows, SAT DEC 20TH at 2 and 6:30 PM. (Check out the amazing cast below!) Tix for in person AND livestream at link. (Benefit for One Simple Wish) www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squ...
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I'm playing Scrooge in a live read (with music) of A MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL at L.A.'s Dynasty Typewriter! 2 shows, SAT DEC 20TH at 2 and 6:30 PM. (Check out the amazing cast below!) Tix for in person AND livestream at link. (Benefit for One Simple Wish) www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squ...
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Steel Ball Run anime will debut with one 47-minute episode on March 19 as the anime's "1st stage." A new trailer is also out now!
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run Anime Reveals March 19 Debut for '1st Stage,' More Cast, New Trailer
Masaaki Mizunaka, Kenichiro Matsuda join cast; new visual also revealed
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Steel Ball Run anime will debut with one 47-minute episode on March 19 as the anime's "1st stage." A new trailer is also out now!
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Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three hits theaters in 2026! We’re partnering with Legendary Comics on Kickstarter to bring to life DUNE: THE STORYBOARDS – IMAGINING THE DUNE MOVIES! Preorder this gorgeous look into Villeneuve’s creative process!
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Dune: The Storyboards - Imagining the Dune Movies
A journey into imagining the Dune films.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three hits theaters in 2026! We’re partnering with Legendary Comics on Kickstarter to bring to life DUNE: THE STORYBOARDS – IMAGINING THE DUNE MOVIES! Preorder this gorgeous look into Villeneuve’s creative process!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/leg...
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