Rob Costello
@cloudbusterrob.bsky.social
(He/him) Stoker, Lambda, & Locus Award nominated author, anthologist, and teacher. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
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AN UGLY WORLD FOR BEAUTIFUL BOYS (Lethe Press)
WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT (Running Press Teens)
THE DANCING BEARS (Lethe Press)
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AN UGLY WORLD FOR BEAUTIFUL BOYS (Lethe Press)
WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT (Running Press Teens)
THE DANCING BEARS (Lethe Press)
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Rob Costello
@cloudbusterrob.bsky.social
· Apr 22
Happy book birthday to my debut YA novel, AN UGLY WORLD FOR BEAUTIFUL BOYS!!!
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Available now from @lethepress.bsky.social wherever books are sold.
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Check out the new trailer...
Available now from @lethepress.bsky.social wherever books are sold.
Find out more: www.cloudbusterpress.com/an-ugly-worl...
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1. In a Sunday Night surprise, the trans healthcare coverage ban has been removed from the military NDAA.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
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Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
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Trans Healthcare Coverage Ban Stripped From Negotiated Military NDAA Bill In Sunday Night Surprise
Anti-DEI and sports ban provisions for the military still exist in the bill, but the removal of a health care provision is a major victory for transgender people in congressional legislation.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
1. In a Sunday Night surprise, the trans healthcare coverage ban has been removed from the military NDAA.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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THRILLED to share this wonderful review of THE MAP OF LOST PLACES from Locus Magazine! Congratulations to all our incredible authors!
Read @Gabino_Iglesias’s review of THE MAP OF LOST PLACES edited by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social & @lesleyconner.bsky.social: “a solid group of stories that focus on place in very different ways... a very worthy journey.”
The Map of Lost Places edited by Sheree Renée Thomas & Lesley Conner: Review by Gabino Iglesias
The Map of Lost Places, Sheree Renée Thomas & Lesley Conner, eds. (Apex 978-1-95576-526-8, $27.95, 306pp, tp) April 2025. Cover by Marcela Bolívar. Much has been written about place as characte…
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December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
THRILLED to share this wonderful review of THE MAP OF LOST PLACES from Locus Magazine! Congratulations to all our incredible authors!
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Well, well, well, looks like someone has finally beaten Hemingway at his own game.
December 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Well, well, well, looks like someone has finally beaten Hemingway at his own game.
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These videos are ABSOLUTE PROOF that the people being attacked have DONE NOTHING WRONG.
In the event that actual law enforcement had a proper warrant, signed by a judge, there is no amount of citizens protesting that would make them shrug their shoulders and leave.
In the event that actual law enforcement had a proper warrant, signed by a judge, there is no amount of citizens protesting that would make them shrug their shoulders and leave.
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
These videos are ABSOLUTE PROOF that the people being attacked have DONE NOTHING WRONG.
In the event that actual law enforcement had a proper warrant, signed by a judge, there is no amount of citizens protesting that would make them shrug their shoulders and leave.
In the event that actual law enforcement had a proper warrant, signed by a judge, there is no amount of citizens protesting that would make them shrug their shoulders and leave.
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This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
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Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Fucking racist scum.
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Fucking racist scum.
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Hey New York! Let's get one more win in 2025! If you can't make the meeting contact Gov. Hochul, bug your friends to do the same, write a letter in your local paper. We can do this!!!
New Yorkers, did you know Gov. Hochul could sign into law protections for school libraries any time she cares to? We don't need to wait. Let her know you want this done now.
Come to Union Square on Monday and join me, @authorsabb.bsky.social and other orgs to remind her what's sitting on her desk
Come to Union Square on Monday and join me, @authorsabb.bsky.social and other orgs to remind her what's sitting on her desk
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hey New York! Let's get one more win in 2025! If you can't make the meeting contact Gov. Hochul, bug your friends to do the same, write a letter in your local paper. We can do this!!!
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Hello, #kidlit friends. If you've never attended a lecture with @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social , here is your chance! He is AMAZING. Seriously. You don't want to miss this. www.eventbrite.com/e/rs-present...
R&S! Presents: Feelings Are Bound Up in Place: A Focus on Setting
In this hour-long lecture join author, teacher, and anthologist, Rob Costello, as he examines the role of setting in shaping our characters.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hello, #kidlit friends. If you've never attended a lecture with @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social , here is your chance! He is AMAZING. Seriously. You don't want to miss this. www.eventbrite.com/e/rs-present...
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Dedham Priest pissing off all the right people by removing Jesus from the church's nativity scene and putting up an ICE WAS HERE sign in His place.
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‘ICE was here’: Dedham church sparks outrage over nativity scene with political message
A Dedham church is causing controversy over another political statement in their Nativity scene this holiday season.
www.boston25news.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Dedham Priest pissing off all the right people by removing Jesus from the church's nativity scene and putting up an ICE WAS HERE sign in His place.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...
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gwen clarifies further down that it is the trans TA here who has been put on leave. trans ppl and queer ppl in academia have been a major target of right blacklisting campaigns.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
gwen clarifies further down that it is the trans TA here who has been put on leave. trans ppl and queer ppl in academia have been a major target of right blacklisting campaigns.
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Short notice, but if anyone is served by the Irving County Library board in Texas they have a Library board meeting tomorrow Dec 1 that might discuss LGBTQ+ materials, new bylaws, & collection development policy. Time & location: irvingtx.gov/index.php?se...
Library Board | Irving, TX Official Website
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November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Short notice, but if anyone is served by the Irving County Library board in Texas they have a Library board meeting tomorrow Dec 1 that might discuss LGBTQ+ materials, new bylaws, & collection development policy. Time & location: irvingtx.gov/index.php?se...
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Pulling this stat the next time I hear: "It's because they don't want to work!"
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Pulling this stat the next time I hear: "It's because they don't want to work!"
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Listen to Rob. Rob knows
TRADWIFE: castrating fictional white-nationalist misogynists since 2024
TRADWIFE: castrating fictional white-nationalist misogynists since 2024
![Blurb for TC Parker's Tradwife from Rob Costello, reading:
"A clever, ruthless, and engrossing epistolary novel with a bloody mystery at its core [...] Rarely have I torn through a book with such voracious and wicked glee. TRADWIFE reads like a shock to the amygdala for anyone filled with disgust and anguish at the rise of Christofasicsm in the U.S. and Europe. This merciless novel is a howl of feminist rage and a glorious "Fuck you" to incels everywhere."
ROB COSTELLO
AUTHOR OF THE DANCING BEARS](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fqiezj5xezgyanoc6rhpwir/bafkreid34o54phguphzbdkpacbu2ttqmx4o5mjbetr4hopohgzpqsh2wpe@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Listen to Rob. Rob knows
TRADWIFE: castrating fictional white-nationalist misogynists since 2024
TRADWIFE: castrating fictional white-nationalist misogynists since 2024
I heartily endorse this blurb ;-)
(It's a great fucking book.)
(It's a great fucking book.)
Bargain 6!
Until end of day Sunday: get 50% off true crime-style murder mystery TRADWIFE... and see @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social calls it "a howl of feminist rage and a glorious “Fuck you” to incels everywhere”
Until end of day Sunday: get 50% off true crime-style murder mystery TRADWIFE... and see @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social calls it "a howl of feminist rage and a glorious “Fuck you” to incels everywhere”
Tradwife
Family. Community. Tradition.Annihilation.Everyone remembers the Heart of Solomon murders: three young married couples slaughtered around the dinner table, their bodies desecrated, in the UK's first a...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I heartily endorse this blurb ;-)
(It's a great fucking book.)
(It's a great fucking book.)
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Bargain 6!
Until end of day Sunday: get 50% off true crime-style murder mystery TRADWIFE... and see @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social calls it "a howl of feminist rage and a glorious “Fuck you” to incels everywhere”
Until end of day Sunday: get 50% off true crime-style murder mystery TRADWIFE... and see @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social calls it "a howl of feminist rage and a glorious “Fuck you” to incels everywhere”
Tradwife
Family. Community. Tradition.Annihilation.Everyone remembers the Heart of Solomon murders: three young married couples slaughtered around the dinner table, their bodies desecrated, in the UK's first a...
payhip.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Bargain 6!
Until end of day Sunday: get 50% off true crime-style murder mystery TRADWIFE... and see @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social calls it "a howl of feminist rage and a glorious “Fuck you” to incels everywhere”
Until end of day Sunday: get 50% off true crime-style murder mystery TRADWIFE... and see @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social calls it "a howl of feminist rage and a glorious “Fuck you” to incels everywhere”
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PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Native American woman nearly deported after Polk County Jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
A Native American woman from Arizona was nearly deported by federal immigration officials after a clerical error at the Polk County Jail. The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous...
www.iowapublicradio.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Join me at 6:30 EST this afternoon as I chat about "Writing Horror Across Age Groups" along with @traceybaptiste.bsky.social, @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social, @cybergodwrites.bsky.social, and @michaelsolisauthor.bsky.social as part of this weekend's virtual Quasar lineup! events.sfwa.org/events/panel...
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Join me at 6:30 EST this afternoon as I chat about "Writing Horror Across Age Groups" along with @traceybaptiste.bsky.social, @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social, @cybergodwrites.bsky.social, and @michaelsolisauthor.bsky.social as part of this weekend's virtual Quasar lineup! events.sfwa.org/events/panel...
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at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
Definitely worth a read…
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Definitely worth a read…
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“The current state of American capitalism isn’t sustainable. It doesn’t deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of “eat the rich” is to fix the current “let them eat cake” distortion of capitalism into which we’ve fallen.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
Let Them Eat AI-Generated Cake
Elon Musk and the coming twilight of the elites.
www.thebulwark.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“The current state of American capitalism isn’t sustainable. It doesn’t deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of “eat the rich” is to fix the current “let them eat cake” distortion of capitalism into which we’ve fallen.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...