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I'm a novelist who loves weird things. Codex and such. Short fiction in Phano and Typebar. https://dvewlsh.com. he/him. Powerbombs save lives. https://patreon.com/dvewlsh ABQ

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · Jul 21

Iconoclast; or, the Death and Resurrection of Lazarus Keaton is available now. A ridiculous, near-future cyberpunk neo-noir explores what happens when the ultra-wealthy get to do whatever they want. Of course, regular people need to fight back. And they do.

links.dvewlsh.info/oyl6dzs9v9

"Filled with moments of discovery and underlying questions about feelings and what it means to be alive, Iconoclast is a powerful story for modern times. It uncovers the goodness in adversity and angst and introduces a powerful story of genetic experiments, survival tactics, and what it means to be (and stay) human."

- Midwest Book Review

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 5h

Sharing is caring, c'mon.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 22h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 15h

"I am a Christmas Adventurer!"

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 2d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 1d

Exciting news! My novel Plague Birds, which was a finalist for the Nebula & Philip K. Dick Awards, will be rereleased by Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social in an new edition with extra content in June 2026. And a sequel will be published by Apex in Oct. 2026. 1/
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...

Cover of Plague Birds by Jason Sanford, which was a finalist for the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards.

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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 3d

I really want a better way.

I like keeping up with folks and these places just don't work well.

dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 3d

All the guys at the jiu-jitsu dojo are already cops.

dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 3d

They're shocked they can't get an airdrop after they get a streak.

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 3d

Hell yeah.

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 3d

Guy on the couch with a beer in one hand, dick in the other. "TIME TO END MY SUFFERING, I NEED A MINUTE TO MY.... Whoa, I could get $50k!?"

dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 3d

Also, seeing people working together to just annoy these guys to death until they pick themselves up, posture like they're tough guys, and run away, is super funny.

Fascists are not always scary. Most of them are goofball assholes cosplaying as tough guys.

dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 3d

What's really something is how poorly these guys are trained. Nothing about them makes sense. They wear their own Amazon-purchased tactical fatigues or just normal clothes, obscure their faces, and seemingly have no formal training whatsoever. They have no idea what they're doing.

Pathetic.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 3d

Read my latest thing.

dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 7d

Or check it out on Beehiiv.

dvewlsh.beehiiv.com/p/monsoon-di...

Monsoon Dissonance - A reflection on art and creation by Dave Walsh.

A piece inspired by monsoons, chord changes, and Boris's Missing Pieces.

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 3d

How is Breaking Bread an actual show that exists?

RJ City @rjcity.bsky.social · 3d

It’s up and it’s the best and worst thing we’ve ever done.
🤼▶️ youtu.be/FdsyVBRAubk?...

Max Caster & Anthony Bowens (& Tony Shalhoub) on AEW’s Hey!(EW) with RJ City. Watch now!

dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 4d

One Battle After Another is just phenomenal.

Super relevant to right now and both extremely PTA and extremely Pynchonian.

Didn't have a ton of Vineland, but enough. So good.

dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 5d

I absolutely made books when I was a kid where I wrote on and illustrated both sides of the page, then sealed the pages in a ziplock, and would tape the zipper parts together like a spine.

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 5d

the point of having a comms team, just so everyone is clear, is not only to write better statements than you (which everyone arrogantly thinks they don't need) but also to give others the power to take your phone away when needed, because this is patently embarrassing at this point.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 5d

You could try a poster’s strike. I hear that works

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 6d

Little creeper in the shade
Under my brain in
A caterpillar's hundredth eye
Under mushroom clouds in the rain, child
I wrote your name in sparrow's blood
Upon your madhouse wall
I drug my belly cross the riverbed of skulls

Song That Crawls

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 6d

I mean, zero part of me is going to be interested in this, find it interesting or whatever the positives are.

All it feels like is people showing their ass.

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 6d

I shouldn't be allowed on social media anymore.

What a W.A.S.T.E.

dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 6d

World's on fire, get that Hellman's cheddar, fam.

Marry your art to the dark beast of capitalism and get those BookTokers into a feeding frenzy.

What a fucking pathetic joke this industry is.

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 6d

The skyline was beautiful on fire
All twisted metal stretching upwards
Everything washed in a thin orange haze

5footwonder.bsky.social @5footwonder.bsky.social · 6d

Chevron refinery in El Segundo. This is the view from our roof.

dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 6d

Whoa.

dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 6d

Fuck it.

Make people read shit they hate or something. Eat your god-damned vegetables.

I don't know anymore.

What the fuck.

dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 6d

Jesus fucking fuck ass fucking fuck Christ.

I can't even pretend anymore like "yeah, everyone's tastes are valid and this is good."

What the fuck is wrong with everyone?!

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 6d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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