A. L. Erickson
@crowsandprose.bsky.social
Wannabe SF/F Author rebuilding on a new platform.
Mostly following, not a lot of posting.
Mostly following, not a lot of posting.
As I breeze through #EmpireoftheDawn I find myself thinking, "I really hope they release an art book for all the illustrations we don't get in full color." Cause they're lovely but I doubt the grayscale does them a whit of justice and in some cases actively makes them hard to see detail.
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As I breeze through #EmpireoftheDawn I find myself thinking, "I really hope they release an art book for all the illustrations we don't get in full color." Cause they're lovely but I doubt the grayscale does them a whit of justice and in some cases actively makes them hard to see detail.
Hey @torbooks.bsky.social don't call a location "Chicago" when it's actually a suburb 1hr drive outside of Chicago. Call it Naperville, since that's where it's actually located. Chicago is disingenuous, because a 7pm signing on Thurs for a lot of people would mean hitting the road during rush hour.
September 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hey @torbooks.bsky.social don't call a location "Chicago" when it's actually a suburb 1hr drive outside of Chicago. Call it Naperville, since that's where it's actually located. Chicago is disingenuous, because a 7pm signing on Thurs for a lot of people would mean hitting the road during rush hour.
Had a good time at the Chuck Tingle event. Got to meet the buckaroo himself & another fan who coincidentally was also from my home state and went to my same synagogue! However, at the end of the event the hosts managed to photograph the floor at my feet while I had my moment with the Tingle himself.
August 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Had a good time at the Chuck Tingle event. Got to meet the buckaroo himself & another fan who coincidentally was also from my home state and went to my same synagogue! However, at the end of the event the hosts managed to photograph the floor at my feet while I had my moment with the Tingle himself.
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I am soooo tired of hearing about the president.
July 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I am soooo tired of hearing about the president.
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Catch me and a bunch of other exciting authors in this come October.
AS THE EARTH DREAMS, edited by Terese Mason Pierre, is a ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers.
AS THE EARTH DREAMS is out October 14th, learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/as-... #booksky #blackbooksky
AS THE EARTH DREAMS is out October 14th, learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/as-... #booksky #blackbooksky
July 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Catch me and a bunch of other exciting authors in this come October.
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Did I really see Glamour write an article suggesting people read RPF on AO3? I did.
Glamour, please stay in your fucking lane and stop encouraging goddamn unhealthy parasocial relationships with real people or writing about their love lives!
www.glamour.com/story/love-i...
Glamour, please stay in your fucking lane and stop encouraging goddamn unhealthy parasocial relationships with real people or writing about their love lives!
www.glamour.com/story/love-i...
Want More ‘Love Island’? Read the Fanfic
The amount of “Love Island”–inspired fan fiction being posted online is rapidly rising. And it’s even hotter than the real thing.
www.glamour.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Did I really see Glamour write an article suggesting people read RPF on AO3? I did.
Glamour, please stay in your fucking lane and stop encouraging goddamn unhealthy parasocial relationships with real people or writing about their love lives!
www.glamour.com/story/love-i...
Glamour, please stay in your fucking lane and stop encouraging goddamn unhealthy parasocial relationships with real people or writing about their love lives!
www.glamour.com/story/love-i...
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Taps the fucking sign aggressively
April 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Taps the fucking sign aggressively
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Rabbi @benluks-morgan.bsky.social:
We who transition into new names, new identities, new personhood, we have always been here.
And we have always been present in Jewish being & text.
Transgender people have always been here.
Queer people have always been here.
We who transition into new names, new identities, new personhood, we have always been here.
And we have always been present in Jewish being & text.
Transgender people have always been here.
Queer people have always been here.
We Have Always Been Here
A Guest Post By Erev-Rabbi Benjamin Luks-Morgan
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Rabbi @benluks-morgan.bsky.social:
We who transition into new names, new identities, new personhood, we have always been here.
And we have always been present in Jewish being & text.
Transgender people have always been here.
Queer people have always been here.
We who transition into new names, new identities, new personhood, we have always been here.
And we have always been present in Jewish being & text.
Transgender people have always been here.
Queer people have always been here.
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"You die?
"Well, yes, someday."
"I die?"
"I don't know. You're made of metal, but you have feelings, & you think about things, & that means you have a soul. And souls don't die."
All shot practically using real figures, lighting & miniature sets
"Well, yes, someday."
"I die?"
"I don't know. You're made of metal, but you have feelings, & you think about things, & that means you have a soul. And souls don't die."
All shot practically using real figures, lighting & miniature sets
June 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"You die?
"Well, yes, someday."
"I die?"
"I don't know. You're made of metal, but you have feelings, & you think about things, & that means you have a soul. And souls don't die."
All shot practically using real figures, lighting & miniature sets
"Well, yes, someday."
"I die?"
"I don't know. You're made of metal, but you have feelings, & you think about things, & that means you have a soul. And souls don't die."
All shot practically using real figures, lighting & miniature sets
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This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
June 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
Library, are you okay? Like, 4 of my 5 holds came available simultaneously despite saying they'd be five weeks out. Seriously.
A Taste of Gold and Iron, The Road of Bones, When The Moon Hatched, The Shadow of the Gods, Tender is the Flesh... All came available within 3 days of each other.
A Taste of Gold and Iron, The Road of Bones, When The Moon Hatched, The Shadow of the Gods, Tender is the Flesh... All came available within 3 days of each other.
June 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Library, are you okay? Like, 4 of my 5 holds came available simultaneously despite saying they'd be five weeks out. Seriously.
A Taste of Gold and Iron, The Road of Bones, When The Moon Hatched, The Shadow of the Gods, Tender is the Flesh... All came available within 3 days of each other.
A Taste of Gold and Iron, The Road of Bones, When The Moon Hatched, The Shadow of the Gods, Tender is the Flesh... All came available within 3 days of each other.
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ICYMI: Comics have been "political" ever since two Jewish teenagers invented Superman as a response to the rise of Hitler. So how are trans comic creators meeting the current fascist wave? I talked to a bunch of them to find out: xtramagazine.com/culture/how-...
How trans comics can save the world | Xtra Magazine
ANALYSIS: The world is growing increasingly hostile toward the LGBTQ2S+ community. We need superheroes now more than ever
xtramagazine.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
ICYMI: Comics have been "political" ever since two Jewish teenagers invented Superman as a response to the rise of Hitler. So how are trans comic creators meeting the current fascist wave? I talked to a bunch of them to find out: xtramagazine.com/culture/how-...
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"Derounian disappeared from the public’s consciousness by the 1950s. Yet, reading his work today feels like a Hollywood prequel script recounting a villain’s origin story."
The First Rough Draft of the United States’ Homegrown Nazis | Los Angeles Review of Books
Michael Bobelian considers the renewed relevance of “Under Cover,” Arthur Derounian’s 1943 exposé of the United States’ Nazi underworld.
lareviewofbooks.org
June 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Derounian disappeared from the public’s consciousness by the 1950s. Yet, reading his work today feels like a Hollywood prequel script recounting a villain’s origin story."
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For my #LawSky friends: it's happening here in Utah.
Two Utah attorneys were ordered to pay opposing counsel's fees and refund their client after submitting a petition that cited imaginary and incorrectly applied cases — thanks to the unchecked use of ChatGPT.
Utah attorneys sanctioned by appeals court for using AI to write legal brief
Two Utah attorneys were ordered to pay opposing counsel's fees and refund their client after submitting a petition that cited imaginary and incorrectly applied cases — thanks to the unchecked use of C...
www.ksl.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
For my #LawSky friends: it's happening here in Utah.
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I'm just having a really negative reaction to people's reactions to Musk's claim that Trump is in the Epstein files.
My reaction is: In 2016, one of his victims openly sued Trump and Epstein jointly claiming she was raped at the age of 13.
My reaction is: In 2016, one of his victims openly sued Trump and Epstein jointly claiming she was raped at the age of 13.
June 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I'm just having a really negative reaction to people's reactions to Musk's claim that Trump is in the Epstein files.
My reaction is: In 2016, one of his victims openly sued Trump and Epstein jointly claiming she was raped at the age of 13.
My reaction is: In 2016, one of his victims openly sued Trump and Epstein jointly claiming she was raped at the age of 13.
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once again I must tap my own sign
June 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
once again I must tap my own sign
Everyone's acting like this breakup wasn't telegraphed from the beginning. The White House has been the Narcissist Thunderdome for months now and anyone with half a lick of sense knows what happens when you put two raging narcissist together:
Two narcs enter, only one narc leaves.
Two narcs enter, only one narc leaves.
June 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Everyone's acting like this breakup wasn't telegraphed from the beginning. The White House has been the Narcissist Thunderdome for months now and anyone with half a lick of sense knows what happens when you put two raging narcissist together:
Two narcs enter, only one narc leaves.
Two narcs enter, only one narc leaves.
A beautiful 1993 first Edition of Shella, by Andrew Vachss. Proving sprayed edges aren't a new thing. Found it used at a local used bookseller, absolutely a steal.
May 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A beautiful 1993 first Edition of Shella, by Andrew Vachss. Proving sprayed edges aren't a new thing. Found it used at a local used bookseller, absolutely a steal.
I need more (read: any) friends on Storygraph. Such a nice little site, and not run by Amazon like the other one they drove into the ground.
April 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I need more (read: any) friends on Storygraph. Such a nice little site, and not run by Amazon like the other one they drove into the ground.
Today's Saturday project is "DeDRM all my Kindle books that I ended up with over the years through gives, small purchases, and a lot of Goodreads giveaways (PS, replaced that with #Storygraph and it's amazing, far better tool/site.) I have only 83 books, so it won't take long.
March 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today's Saturday project is "DeDRM all my Kindle books that I ended up with over the years through gives, small purchases, and a lot of Goodreads giveaways (PS, replaced that with #Storygraph and it's amazing, far better tool/site.) I have only 83 books, so it won't take long.
Got my copy of #thebogwife but I'm not real sure I'm impressed with my first #TwistedRetreat book...
March 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Got my copy of #thebogwife but I'm not real sure I'm impressed with my first #TwistedRetreat book...
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I love how his framing of intolerance here is the inverse of how conservatives mock safe spaces. Intolerance should be mocked. Re: the inclusion of a Black character: “If that upsets you, if that makes you feel like you’re not in your special place… go talk to your therapist about it.”
March 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I love how his framing of intolerance here is the inverse of how conservatives mock safe spaces. Intolerance should be mocked. Re: the inclusion of a Black character: “If that upsets you, if that makes you feel like you’re not in your special place… go talk to your therapist about it.”