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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 9h

Houston.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 13h

This is Clio. She did not study for the test today. Also does not know how to read. 12/10 (IG: paspastotoro)

a black and gray long-haired yorkiepoo sits at a desk in a university classroom. a piece of paper lays on the desk in front of her, her paws propped up on the desk as if she's bracing herself. there are students in the background hunched over and working on paper in front of them. the pup looks at the camera with a concerned side eye. she's realizing she probably should have read some of the homework before eating it.

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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 16h

If you were in the mood for some immersive magic, why not try my Night Market books? @bookshop.org currently has free shipping, too!

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Divining the Leaves

Check out Divining the Leaves - <p><strong>"Filled with beautiful and dangerous magic, this book swirls around you like irresistible perfume." —Sarah Beth Durst, <em>New York Times</em...

bookshop.org

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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 14h

AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION is an INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!!! I'm SO GRATEFUL! Could not be more thrilled about this, I'm physically woozy with joy! Thank you to my co-author Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social & our @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social team!

USA TODAY BESTSELLER LIST with a heart around our title, out of 150 titles, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC co-authored by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes clocks in at 74 its release week, making it an instant BESTSELLER, Leanna drew a blue heart around their placement on the list 🖤

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 1d

He wants an experience, frictionless, easy to consume, to take in without having to adjust perspective, accept, understand. It reminds me of Ezra Klein cherrypicking the 5 remembrances while eliding the 4 immeasurables. They don't actually want to live. Also, they never read Lathe of Heaven.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 1d

There's a phrase the man uses; "really smooth out the variance in people". That stopped me dead, and broadened my understanding - this man, who has published products that really show he has a small, limited understanding of the human experience, does not *want* actual human relationships 1/🧵

The guy behind those ‘Friend’ ads in the subways is tired of talking to New Yorkers

New Yorkers are taking note and even scribbling their own graffiti on the ads. Avi Schiffmann, 22, says that's the point — but doesn't feel like talking to them.

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Girls Running From Houses @girlfleeshouse.bsky.social · 1d

The girl cannot leave the house because she has not yet expiated her sins.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 1d

Possibly odd question, but all will be revealed tomorrow - what's your favorite color?

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 2d

Kept it quick and easy today with help from the symmetry tool, but I’d love to revisit this concept!

#Mashaween25 day 6 - cemetery 🪦

Digital illustration of a crow combined with the art prompt “cemetery.” The body is a stone urn topped with a crow head partially covered with a cloth. The outstretched wings and tail are made from ornate iron fencing.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 2d

This night promises to be very, very special! @leannareneehieber.bsky.social will be reading a *delightfully* vicious chiller, and I can't wait to be drawn into what magic @shvetathakrar.com has in store for us. Don't miss out!

Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 2d

This Wednesday, join us with guests @leannareneehieber.bsky.social & @shvetathakrar.com, for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, October 8, 7pm at the KGB Bar. @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social will be impersonating @datlow.bsky.social! Come one, come all!

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, precisely this! I'm in NYC, in his district, and the main thing that makes him *him*, is that his genuine love for this place shows thru in so many ways - his humor, his deep grounding in our history, etc., etc.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 3d

Those mugs are *darling*!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

Also, here is a thought: I wonder how much "not feeling like an adult" is correlated with impostor syndrome.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 4d

Straight up. The 5 Remembrances alone puts the self in a bubble. It's isolationist, and it's a cheat. You pulled yourself up a security blanket, and said 'fuck you, I got mine' to the rest of the universe. With the 4 Immeasurables, the practice is as nothing.

Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 5d

shit's pretty bleak but at least I have lived long enough to see the Buddhists dunking on Ezra Klein:

"Coates is describing lynching, and Klein responds with a meditation about his own mortality. That’s not wisdom. That’s avoidance with a spiritual veneer."

lizbucar.substack.com/p/ezra-klein...

Ezra Klein Just Showed Us Everything Wrong With Secularized Meditation

There’s a moment in Ezra Klein’s recent interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates that’s been bugging me.

lizbucar.substack.com

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 5d

The leaf thrower

(Experiment with different style of pose)

A horse skulled lady with 2 arms out throwing leaves in a dress with triangular patterns of white and floral black and white patterns. Moon is in top right

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 5d

It's like the first few moments of a roller coaster. Shit gets real real, real fast.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 5d

This is a gorgeous photo of a beautiful cat, but I can't help but think that expression foretells an *epic* amount of chaos to come. He looks like he's plotting how to land on someones head at 2am. *alt text: pic of a white furred blue eyed cat on a blue blanket, paws outstretched.

Amberwolf17 🎮💕 @amberwolf17.posts.games · 5d

I found a cute photo of Mochi from 2 years ago and wanted to share it. He's always so pretty. 💕

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 6d

I can’t begin to tell you how damaging “the world isn’t fair, get used to it” line has been to every child’s psyche growing up and therefore has led to a world that stays unfair. If we teach children to get used to an unfair world, we are destroying the possibility of a better world.

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Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · 6d

would be so amazing if instead of this shit publishers would pay higher advances or hire more staff to support the books they acquire but sure, garlic book

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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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 6d

mostly: bones!

sometime, though: BLOOD

Molly White @molly.wiki · 7d

slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross

Mailer that reads: Molly, Seasons may change, but the need for blood is constant.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 7d

At long, dreadful last, it is October! We eternal denizens of autumn lands welcome all!

Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 7d

let the gourd times roll

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 7d

I am so excited for this! An evening of storytelling by two extraordinary, magical authors!

Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 7d

Also, if you're in NYC, come listen to @leannareneehieber.bsky.social and me read at the KGB Bar on Wednesday the eighth!

A graphic with the heads of Leanna and Shveta and the text "Fantastic Fiction at KGB Reading Series: Leanna Renee Hieber & Shveta Thakrar, Wednesday, October 8th, 7PM, KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th Street, NYC"

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 8d

No helping!!!!

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Holzman-Tweed (he-suite) @holzman-tweed.bsky.social · 8d

@mareht.bsky.social

reni 🦌🫜 @reniadeb.com · 8d

truth coming out of her well to shame mankind

a frog holds itself upright while poking its upper body out of a manhole cover set in a pavement or road

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 8d

ASTORIA!!!! TONIGHT! Come to @astoriabookshop.bsky.social for the launch! SURPRISE SECRET HANGOUT AFTER!

Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 9d

IT IS TIME! RELEASE DAY IS UPON US! AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION, co-authored w/ Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social IS HERE! Available wherever books are sold via @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social! Thanks for shares & support! 🖤
bookshop.org/p/books/amer...

Leanna stares at the camera with severe intensity, a lit candelabra in her left hand bedecked by large rings, a hardcover copy of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION with it's golden gothic tracery and haunted house at the center, a book co-authored by herself and Andrea Janes, grasped in her left hand, a large pendant of Edgar Allan Poe is around her neck, the poster of Leanna's debut Gothic novel STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL is behind her, a Victorian mourning poster declaring Rest in Peace over her other shoulder. Leanna is wearing black wire-frame glasses and dressed in her signature black.

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