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If This Goes On (Don't Panic) @itgodp.bsky.social · 8h

Bury me loose..lol

ʜᴀᴄᴋᴀʀʏ ʙɪɴx @chaclo.blacksky.app · 19h

Damn a coffin cost $4000??? Yall can bury me loose

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If This Goes On (Don't Panic) @itgodp.bsky.social · 8h

Happy book birthday, man!

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👻 The Phantasmic Paul Jessup 👻 @pauljessup.com · 1d

HEY IT'S MY BOOK BIRTHDAY

YESSSS

Cancer Eats the Heart is out in the world! Disabled, dying, and chronically ill turn to vampirism as a cure, only to be hunted by twisted vampire hunters for their bones

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Cancer Eats the Heart

For Nix, waging her own private war with multiple sclerosis, a haunted house and a cryptic drifter aren’t the strangest things she’s ever encountered. No, what unnerves Nix is the adole…

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If This Goes On (Don't Panic) @itgodp.bsky.social · 1d

Rereading "The Mub" by @thomasha.bsky.social and I vote we call anyone who has had and too much AI interaction "mub-fucked".

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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 1d

#Booksky If you’d like to avoid the Behemoth on Prime Day or other occasions, you can also find our great queer books on our webstore (including Kindle format, as well as @draft2digital.bsky.social, Bookshopdotorg, Kobo, iTunes, @weightlessbooks.bsky.social and beyond! queenofswordspress.com

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If This Goes On (Don't Panic) @itgodp.bsky.social · 1d

The little girl's right leg is at a weird angle, in my opinion. Like she would trip over herself if she kept walking

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

With stories by Danie Ware, Juliet McKenna, Anna Smith Spark and many others, Fight Like A Girl #2 has been a feature on award short lists this year. Find out why people love it so much:
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Cover of Fight Like A Girl #2. Art by Oisin McGann.

Image is of a brown-skinned girl in light armour wielding a Very Big Sword. She is surrounded by images of other things she might use to fight, not all of them obviously weapons.

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 1d

Bookshop is having an Anti-Amazon sale, with cheap e-books and free shipping for print today and tomorrow:

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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sebdoubinsky.bsky.social @sebdoubinsky.bsky.social · 2d

I was, from the start, a radical and political writer.
My first first novel dates back from 1989.
Nothing in world politics has ever med me change my mind.
Anarchist, antifa, antiracist and antisexist -- forever.

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If This Goes On (Don't Panic) @itgodp.bsky.social · 2d

Oh hey, this cool book by @catrambo.bsky.social came into my possession the other day. Now if I can just get rid of all these pesky podcasts guests, and review books so I have time to read it. 😆

Wings of Tabat by Cat Rambo, the 4th book in the Tabat series.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 3d

🚨Attention!🚨

Today is the LAST DAY to sign up my independent online class, Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 12.

Fall Enrollment closes tonight at 12:00am MIDNIGHT. After that we will not accept any more students.

See y'all in class!

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Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series

A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.

www.resistancesummerschool.com

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If This Goes On (Don't Panic) @itgodp.bsky.social · 3d

Prior to the Solarpunk column, we put out an interview with @gautambhatia88.bsky.social. Please take a listen if you haven't already itgodp.libsyn.com/the-sentence...

If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics: The Sentence with Gautam Bhatia

In this episode, Alan and Diane talk to scholar, laywer, and author Gautam Bhatia. They discuss Bhatia's book The Sentence, The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, Anarchism, the Paris Commune of 1...

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If This Goes On (Don't Panic) @itgodp.bsky.social · 3d

Been dealing with health issues in my family, so I'm a bit behind, but our interview with @joshdenslow.bsky.social is in the process of being edited. Look out for that in a few weeks. Following that we will have our next Hope in Horror column with @pauljessup.com discussing zombies movies.

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If This Goes On (Don't Panic) @itgodp.bsky.social · 3d

Hey all, Check out our most recent episode. It is about EVs and battery technology. Two Solarpunk engineers, Todd Medema and Navarre Bartz, join us to dispell myths, talk tech, and discuss Solarpunk in general. itgodp.libsyn.com/solarpunk-el...

If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics: Solarpunk: Electric Vehicles and Batteries with Todd Medema and Navarre Bartz

Alan and a couple of engineers from the the Solapunk community, Navarre Bartz and Todd Medema, discuss everything you want to know about electric vehichles, battery technology, EVs that are not Tesla,...

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 3d

Finished the shortlist, and it's a fantastic selection of books. So glad to have gotten the chance to read them all.

Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · Jun 18

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 5d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 5d

Terrifying.

An image of a tweet that reads "A haunted house but the ghosts recite the poems you wrote when you were sixteen." It is attributed to @ambernoelle

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 5d

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses?
Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

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Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 5d

ICYMI, I have a new short story “Model Collapse” up at Reactor magazine. If you are so inclined, I’d love if you could leave a review! They really do make a difference. reactormag.com/model-collap...

Model Collapse - Reactor

A government agent and his mentee are sent into a remote town on a mysterious and dangerous project...

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If This Goes On (Don't Panic) @itgodp.bsky.social · 5d

I've seen his live show. He's great

If This Goes On (Don't Panic) @itgodp.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks! Review of Sub-Liminal is coming soon. That was a fun one

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 7d

My first collection, UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, @undertow.bsky.social is now available. Kind words for it by Kelly Link, Brian Evenson, Jeff Ford, Premee Mohamed, John Wiswell, and more.

Cover, Ove Tøpfer, design, Vince Haig.

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Uncertain Sons and Other Stories — Undertow Publications

Sept. 2025 Cover art by Ove Tøpfer Trade paperback (284 pages) Uncertain Sons is a startling and masterful collection exploring familial love and trauma; societal and technological anxieties; ...

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Brian McNett @bmcnett.bsky.social · 7d

I ran into @matthewkressel.net at Worldcon. Introduced to me, more or less, by @catrambo.bsky.social (or at a minimum, Cat was standing RIGHT THERE).

Matthew has a book out. It's damn decent, as it turns out.

Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · Apr 22

Got this great review of SPACE TRUCKER JESS from Publishers Weekly!!! Coming in June from Fairwood Press:

This action-packed outing from Kressel (the Worldmender series) introduces readers to feisty, profane, and resourceful teenager Jess Darger. Her grifter father, Ignatius, taught Jess from a young age how to con people, but she intends to turn over a new leaf. After Ignatius is arrested mid-con, Jess is left all alone on Chadeisson Station, “the absolute center of nothing cept cosmic dust,” without food, funds, or a place to stay. Jess lands a job fixing starships and hopes to use her savings to buy her own vessel. Her plans change when she learns that Ignatius has been shipped off-station to parts unknown. Despite his mistreatment of her, Jess still cares for Ignatius and gathers all her resources to find him, a mission made more complex by careful efforts to conceal the route his transport had taken. Jess’s scrappy narrative voice will put readers in mind of the television show Firefly, and Kressel skillfully balances suspense and humor in the service of a page-turning adventure set in an inventive universe. A sequel would be welcome news to space opera fans.

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Milton Davis @miltonmvmedia.bsky.social · 7d

MVmedia celebrates Black Speculative Fiction Month by offering our 2025 releases at a special discount! Our current releases represent the diversity of Black Speculative Fiction and the Best of the Black Fantastic. Start your amazing creative journey today!
www.mvmediaatl.com

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