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Cynthia Ward
@cynthiaward.bsky.social
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SFF writer/editor, co-author/co-founder Writing the Other, cat rescuer, atheist, #ActuallyAutistic, demisexual demigirl, she or they. NO DMs.
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 4h
Proof there are still some good things in the world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y-V...
EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show
YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 3d
To reiterate:

www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-texts...
Trump’s Texts to CNN Host Renew Health Speculation
CNN viewers demanded “proof of life” after the 79-year-old president conducted the interview entirely by text.
www.thedailybeast.com
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Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 4d
May’s been really hit hard by a lot of stuff so if you could chip in even just a bit it would really help 🌸
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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 4d
Hiya all,

We need some help covering a car repair and buying some medications. Thankfully we shouldn't need a huge amount this time, but anything makes a positive difference. Thank you all so much!

gofund.me/a0978348
Hi all, Thank you so much for all the help you've given us recently, it's made a huge difference in allowing me to deal with my poor mental health. We need help with another unexpected goal—a surprise car repair! Thankfully the bill wasn't huge, and we think some of it will be covered by insurance, but it's about $450 that we're going to be missing for a few weeks at least. We also need additional help covering some medications that are particularly expensive right now, as well as a few other basics that might be a little hard to cover over this month while my income has been poor. I'm going to ask for contributions of about $300 to get us through the month, though as always anything above that will be much appreciated and go toward our longer term stability. Thank you all again! We're so thankful for all of you!
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Sean CW Korsgaard @scwkorsgaard.bsky.social · 8d
12 Hours left in the Battleborn crowdfunder. We are $300 shy of locking in the summer release of Issue 2, complete with @michaelastackpole.bsky.social cover story.
Plus, ALL backers get over $200 of free fiction on top of the magazine.
To glory!

www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
Battleborn Magazine
From the Frontlines of Fantasy | Check out 'Battleborn Magazine' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
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Sean CW Korsgaard @scwkorsgaard.bsky.social · 9d
BATTLEBORN just broke 9k - and with our next stretch goal firmly in sight, what say we sweeten the pot?

ALL backers of BATTLEBORN will get digital copies of the first 4 issues of ANVIL - and a few other goodies, too - to help you get a taste for our team's work!

www.indiegogo.com/projects/bat...
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Sean CW Korsgaard @scwkorsgaard.bsky.social · 10d
Battleborn, Swords & Sorcery Magazine and New Edge S&S each have less than 3 days left in thier crowdfunders.

Battleborn and Swords and Sorcery Magazine are also just over 1k each away from the next stretch goals.

Do your part to spice up next year's fantasy scene! Swords Together!
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15d
i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15d
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
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M R Dimond Author @mrdimond-author.bsky.social · 15d
I'll be signing books at Lark and Owl Booksellers in Georgetown, TX, on November 1, 1-3 pm, to raise funds for Central Texas flood recovery. If you can't make it that day, you can buy Rained Out and Other Texas Holiday Disasters at books2read.com/BlackOrchids4 or my website dimond.me/product/blac...
flood waters, orchids, book cover for Rained Out and Other Texas Holiday Disasters, 3 young professionals
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Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 15d
Re-posted to fix typo:

Prompt: "Write an erotic vampire story."

Me: "I claim to be a fantasy writer; I ought to be able to do that..."

@ceciliatan.com
published it &
@cynthiaward.bsky.social
made this edition happen.

(It's also on Kobo)

www.amazon.com/Temperence-C...
Temperence (Cynthia Ward Presents)
Amazon.com: Temperence (Cynthia Ward Presents) eBook : Marcinko, Tom : Books
www.amazon.com
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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 15d
Imagining it's Raptcha, and somewhere an angel is trying to raise a mortal soul to heaven but has been stopped, looking with its countless impossible eyes at a pic asking the angel to first select all the squares that contain Motorcycles.
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 15d
Not to mention you want to read the Astreiant series!
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 21d
#Booksky Buying direct from us is a huge help to our bottom line, plus our authors get paid more! Find your favorite queer reads in ePub and Kindle (Mobi available by request) at our webstore - queenofswordspress.com/product/poin...
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 15d
Great story. Thanks for letting me reprint it, Tom.
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Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 16d
Prompt: "Writer an erotic vampire story."

Me: "I claim to be a fantasy writer; I ought to be able to do that..."

@ceciliatan.com published it & @cynthiaward.bsky.social made this edition happen.

(It's also available on Kobo)

www.amazon.com/Temperence-C...
Temperance ebook by Tom Marcinko - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Temperance" by Tom Marcinko available from Rakuten Kobo. What ancient secrets lurk in the shadow of the Atomic Age? A vampire story set in Sin City.
www.kobo.com
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 16d
Sounds like they've reinstated Jimmy Kimmel after suspending him for pointing out water is wet.
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 16d
Not that that attitude towards people like me is eugenicist or anything.
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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 16d
always good to know that people would rather have their kids die of preventable diseases than end up like me :)
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 16d
Joe & I were discussing that kind of Christianity today, and how it is a complete perversion of the values and teacher they claim to follow.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 17d
No particular reason
4 strip comic. first frame, we see Horst Wessel and two other storm troopers carrying a large nazi flag. text reads : Horst Wessel was a young storm trooper recognized as a skilled public speaker by the nazi party. he also wrote the song that became the partys anthem and german co-national anthem until 1945. second frame, we see a portrait of Horst. text reads : in 1930, his landlady hired two men who happened to be communists to evict him over unpaid rent and alleged proxenetism. He died in the fight. thrid frame, we see Goebbels speaking in front of a large crowd. text reads : Goebbels, the nazi chief propagandist, had been looking for someone to turn into a christian martyr for the party and drum up enrollment. he turned wessel's funeral into a major propaganda event full of speeches antagonizing leftists. fourth frame, we see the State Farm Stadium with a large banner advertizing Charlie Kirk's funeral. text reads : thinking about him today for no particular reason.
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 17d
I know the rest of us want to know what it will be like...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Kl...
After The Rapture
YouTube video by TheThinkingAtheist
www.youtube.com
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 20d
This isn't a description of my Silent Generation parents, FWIW.
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 21d
Apparently he's been "indefinitely" kicked off the air because he expressed sympathy for *everyone* affected by gun violence.

But it's OK to call for the Əuthanasia of the unhomed.

Clearly, one will keep one's job in the modern You Ess only if one advocates *for* hate or violence.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 21d
Don’t let this make you quieter.

Get louder.
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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 21d
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 22d
Proud to be the 66th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol. 1! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol. 1
A collection of stories from the first 60 issues of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, presented on physical media for the first time with a full page illustration for each story and a color cover.
www.backerkit.com
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Madeleine E. Robins @madrobins.bsky.social · 22d
It’s pub day for the new editions of the first three Regency-noir Sarah Tolerance Mysteries: Point of Honour, Petty Treason, and The Sleeping Partner—available in print or ebook!

And Coming in October, The Doxies Penalty! And yes, I’m delighted!
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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 23d
?? The BF is a 1st wave Boomer with GenX kids.
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