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P.C. Verrone

@pcverrone.com

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Writer of page & stage. Author of RABBIT, FOX, TAR (Catapult, 2026). Playwright of BAD MEDICINE & CROCODILE DAY (Playscripts, 2023) Lit rep: Alyssa Jennette. pcverrone.com

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · Dec 9

My novel is being published by @catapultbooks.bsky.social! I can’t wait to share this story with you all. 🎉 #BookSky

Publishers Marketplace deal report with this text: Rutgers-Newark MFA graduate and Tin House Resident P.C. Verrone's TAR-BABY, about Baby, a young Black woman who mysteriously arrives in an insular neighborhood, the romance she strikes up with the charismatic politician challenging her white uncle for the open city council seat, and the strange pull she starts to exert over their neighbors, to Alicia Kroell at Catapult, by Alyssa Jennette at Stonesong (NA).

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 3d

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at home

Is artificial intelligence coming for everyone’s jobs? Not if this lot have anything to do with it

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 3d

My thoughts anytime I see another ad about how I’ll never have to write another heartfelt letter to my mom. Thank goodness, how inconvenient that has been!

An excerpt from a Guardian article about AI and creatives, linked in the first comment.

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Jeanne Brennan @jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · 7d

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 6d

She advocated for creating a better relationship with our world until the day she died! RIP 💚

NPR @npr.org · 7d

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 7d

Submissions for our next unthemed issue are now OPEN 📣
Tell a friend! Everything you need to know is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 7d

I am ecstatic to share that Bad Medicine will be premiering in Santa Fe Playhouse’s and Native Voices’s 2026 Seasons! I’m looking forward to collaborating with some incredible artists that both these theaters to bring this daring, spooky, and Native AF story to the stage. #Theatersky #SpookySeason

Text over orange backdrop: BAD MEDICINE by P.C. Verrone. Santa Fe Playhouse World Premiere with Native Voices

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 9d

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 8d

Orange shirt on for Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Man in an embroidered orange button up shirt sitting in the grass beside a black dog.

P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 12d

Rest in Power, Assata Shakur ✊🏽

Tanisha @tanishaevonne.bsky.social · 12d

Assata Shakur joins the ancestors a free woman. She did not die bound by the carceral system and she did not pass away living in a land that never respected or accepted her.

Assata taught us that liberation can not be bargained for, it must be taken.

Rest Free, Assata.

P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 12d

Who else sees it?

Transphobe Nancy Mace holds us page with anti trans legislation while beating her teeth.

Film still of Chatterer, the toothy cenobite from Hellraiser.

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 13d

This is the one! This is always the one!!’

val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 13d

EVERY!! TIME!! along with peek and peak!!!

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 14d

Every time another university wins a case against the Trump administration, I am reminded yet again of the folly of Columbia's effort to strike a "deal."

Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 14d

UCLA’s funds reinstated after yesterday’s court order! Thanks to the brave researchers and their amazing counsel, including Dean Chemerinsky, who brought suit. This is just another turn in the ongoing fight, but a great result for now.

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 14d

Hi new people 👋🏽
I’m an author, playwright, and educator who writes speculative fiction that celebrates queerness, Blackness & Indigeneity. My debut novel RABBIT, FOX, TAR is coming out next year! You can find my latest stories here ⬇️ and in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social’s upcoming Gods & Monsters issue…

PodCastle 874: The Husband - PodCastle

The Husband By P.C. Verrone He has never taken a man for a wife before. This becomes clear as he introduces me to his other wives. The youngest wife bristles and the wife with the long, dark hair av...

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 14d

The individuals who were shot were detainees, not ICE agents. Let’s get those facts straight as they try to spin this into violence against ICE…

NPR @npr.org · 14d

JUST IN: Authorities are on the scene of a fatal shooting at an ICE detention facility in Dallas.

Fatalities reported during shooting at ICE detention facility in Dallas

Authorities are investigating a shooting Wednesday morning at an immigration detention facility in Dallas. The Department of Homeland Security says there are fatalities and a suspect has died.

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 15d

I’ll take one of each, please!

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The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 15d

Who’s ready to write some delicious flash fiction? Choose your path and write something magical, suspenseful, or hilarious. And don’t forget the buttermilk! ⏲️
#WritingPrompt #SFF #Blacksky

Image of biscuits that reads: The Cookout Writing Prompt #1. Your character burnt the biscuits and the guests will be here any minute. Options: 1. Go back in time and fix it? 2. Make magic biscuits? 3. Move the whole house so it take a longer to get there, buying you some time? 4. Other. Special difficulty: tattletale ghost saw the whole thing. 100 words max.

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 16d

Wishing everyone a great Fall.

Cartoon strip that says: “Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.” Pictures show Humpty taking a nice fall walk with leaves falling around him, Humpty carving a jack-o-lantern, Humpty reading by a fireplace with a cat sleeping next to him, and Humpty picking apples.

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 17d

Congrats!!

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 17d

Spoke with a friend who wanted advice on writing her first book and it reminded why I love writing so much! I can get so in the weeds with projects, but just talking about those early discoveries you make on the page got me so excited for her!

P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 17d

This art is so gorgeous!

P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 18d

8! I’ve got 2 hours of oxygen and some perfectly grilled brats 🧑🏽‍🚀

The Cookout Anthology @tco-anthology.bsky.social · 18d

Who all is grilling this weekend? 🌭🚀 #SciFiSky #Blacksky

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 22d

“And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.”-Nemik, 5 BBY

Article in newspaper stating the removal of slavery images from public spaces by the administration. Features photograph of enslaved man with deep scars on his back.

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 23d

It’s Latine heritage month September 15 - October 15, which means it’s a really great time to support Latine creators. I’m one, but there are many others. Look for our work. Mine can be accessed through my linktree in bio. #latineheritagemonth

Image is of a black background with brightly colored flowers and animals in the foreground. Text says “Celebrating Latine Heritage Month.”

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 23d

Happy Latinx Heritage Month! If you’re looking for a book rec, might I suggest This Is Why They Hate Us, a novel about a bi Mexican teen growing up in East LA who tries to get over his crush on his best friend by getting under someone else!

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