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David B. Coe
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Author, photographer, birdwatcher, husband, father, not necessarily in that order.
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My Thanksgiving post is up, and, as it happens, I have something extra to be thankful for!

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A Thanksgiving Post, and Something For Which I’m Thankful
This is not my typical Thanksgiving post, although, before I dive into it, I do want to say that I am thankful for so much: my family, my friends, the wonderful memories I have of those I have lost…
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November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Today's Monday Musings coincides with the one-year anniversary of our move to our new house! Enjoy!

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Monday Musings: One Year In Our New House
Today marks the one-year anniversary of our move to the new house in Upstate New York. We left Tennessee on November 22, 2024 and reached our house the next day, but, by design, our stuff didn’t ar…
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November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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My 2025 Bingo Card did not include the "Donald Trump will end the year on better terms with Zohran Mamdani than with Marjorie Taylor Greene" square....
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Release date for the #sff #pirate anth SKULL X BONES ed by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social set for December 15th! Preorder links:

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Skull X Bones
Skull X Bones - Kindle edition by Smale, Alan, Finlay, C.C., Bledsoe, Alex, Malan, Violette, Belcher, R.S., Brozek, Jennifer, Massey, Misty, Stemple, Adam, Coe, David, Palmatier, Joshua. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Skull X Bones.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Today's Monday Musings post is up (finally). I hope you enjoy it.

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Monday Musings: The Ghosts of Shoeless Joe and Charlie Hustle
Did you know that you can now place bets on the speed of a particular pitch that is about to be thrown in a Major League Baseball game? Did you know that you can bet on the outcome of the next runn…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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We're close to the next ZNB #sff anthology release, SKULL X BONES, ed by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social! Check out the ToC and back cover copy at the ZNB Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/preord...

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October 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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A Wednesday Musings post about a difficult day. Hug the people you love.

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Wednesday Musing: Two Years
Today marks the second anniversary of Alex’s death. Two years. In the past, I have said that the time since feels like more than it actually has been and also like less. Not anymore. Not really. To…
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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New anthology coming, funded by an upcoming Kickstarter campaign! www.davidbcoe.com/2025/09/24/p...
Professional Wednesday: New Anthology Project In The Offing!!
In the next week or so, we — Sarah J. Sover, the good people at Falstaff Books, and me — will be starting a Kickstarter for a new anthology, Disruptive Intent. Sarah and I will be co-editing the co…
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September 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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After a lengthy time away, I have a new Tuesday Musings up. I hope you enjoy it.

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Tuesday Musings: Our Most Sacred Amendment
I have avoided posting for some time now. Not because things have been going badly — they haven’t. I feel that I am doing well, that our family is doing well. But it’s hard to post about things lik…
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September 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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I have a Tuesday Musings post up after our latest journey, this one to Philadelphia, birthplace of our nation. I hope you enjoy it.

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Tuesday Musings: Ruminations After Our Latest Travels
This past week, Nancy and I spent a few days in Philadelphia. I hadn’t been there since the World Science Fiction Convention of 2001 (known, I kid you not, as Millennium PhilCon — think of the name…
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August 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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After a long absence, I have a Friday Musings post up! (Yes, I can muse on Fridays! Alliteration is overrated....) Hope you enjoy this check-in, and also the song I share, which Alex introduced me to years ago.

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Friday Musings: Checking In and Sharing a Song From Alex
Summer is speeding by, and I have been terribly remiss in keeping up with my blog. For those who have reached out to me in recent weeks, asking if I am okay, the short answer is, “Yes, I am.” I won…
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July 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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It's been a little while, but I have a new Monday Musings post up! Enjoy!

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Monday Musings: Some Recent Epiphanies
The title speaks for itself. These are recent epiphanies I’ve had. Some are profound others less so. Enjoy. Last weekend, at ConCarolinas, I was honored with the Polaris Award, which is given each …
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June 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Find out what can happen when time simply stops in TEMPORALLY DEACTIVATED, an #sff anth from ZNB ed by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social!

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May 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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A Tuesday Musings this week. And a hard day. Hug the ones you love.

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Tuesday Musings: Our Child’s Birthday
Our beloved older daughter would have been thirty years old today. Alexis Jordan Berner-Coe. Early on, it felt like a big name for such a tiny child. She was always the smallest in her class, the s…
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May 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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After a few weeks off, I'm back with a new Monday Musings, In which I (sort of) explain the few weeks off . . . Also, new pics of the new house!! Enjoy!!

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Monday Musings: Nesting (Redux) and Writing
Back in early January, with snow falling on our bare trees and the brisk cold of a northeastern winter defining our days, I wrote a post for this blog about “Nesting.” The title referred to what Na…
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April 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Would you kill for your art? Would it kill for you? Find out in ARTIFICE & CRAFT, an #sff anth from ZNB ed by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & Edmund Schubert!

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April 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Don your fedora and trench coat, it's time for NOIR, an #sff anth from ZNB ed by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & John Zakour!

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April 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Discover what lurks in abandoned ships in DERELICT, an #sff anth from ZNB ed by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social!

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April 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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It's a wet and snowy Monday here in the Hudson Valley, and that means it's time for a new Monday Musings! I hope you enjoy it!!

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Monday Musings: American Truth-Tellers
Last weekend, we went into Albany, with my brother and sister-in-law, to have dinner with friends of theirs, and to attend an exhibit at the lovely Albany Institute of History and Art. The exhibit …
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April 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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It's Monday and I have a new Musings post up. Enjoy!

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Monday Musings: Remembering My Gram
This past weekend marked my Gram’s birthday. I won’t tell you how old she would have been because, well, I’m not sure I can do the math. Old. Really old. She passed away in 1983, and at the time sh…
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March 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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After a week off for reasons (travel mentioned in the post) I am back with another Monday Musings!! Enjoy!

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Monday Musings: Thoughts After Visiting My Kid
Last week, I flew out to Colorado to visit, Erin. Now, it goes without saying that I will leap at any chance to have time with my Peanut. I don’t need excuses to visit. But in this case, we had a b…
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March 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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New ZNB #Kickstarter now LIVE at tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones! Back now for #sff #antho about #pirates featuring @davidbcoe.bsky.social as editor, Violette Malan, @alansmale.bsky.social, & more! Rewards and bonuses galore! Support #smallpress! #booksky #readingcommunity #fantasy #pirate #piratebooty
Science Fiction & Fantasy Pirate-Themed Anthology!
An SF&F themed anthology about pirates from the small press Zombies Need Brains!
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March 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Science Fiction & Fantasy Pirate-Themed Anthology!
An SF&F themed anthology about pirates from the small press Zombies Need Brains!
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March 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Back SKULL X BONES, an #sff #anthology from ZNB on #Kickstarter at tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones NOW! Stories about #pirates edited by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social! Support now! #amreading #amwriting #amreadingfantasy #fantasy #scifi #booksky #urbanfantasy #sciencefiction
Science Fiction & Fantasy Pirate-Themed Anthology!
An SF&F themed anthology about pirates from the small press Zombies Need Brains!
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March 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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This week's Monday Musings post is up! I hope you enjoy it!!

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Monday Musings: My Big Brother
People often ask why Nancy and I moved to New York when we left the Appalachians. We could have settled pretty much anywhere, but we chose an area — the Hudson River Valley — that few think of as a…
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March 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM