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Chloe N. Clark

@pintsncupcakes.bsky.social

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Multimodal af. Collective Gravities, Patterns of Orbit Escaping the Body, & more Every Galaxy a Circle forthcoming Co-EIC of @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social www.chloenclark.com Cover image: raspberry danishes Profile photo: a river heron

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 15d

I know everything is trash but books are still good. My book is up for pre-order and id be grateful if you want to read it 🥺 will link to a few places in thread

The cover of Every Galaxy a Circle by Chloe N. Clark.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 23h

Hey, nerds!

My book is now cheaper than it’s ever been for Amazon’s Prime Day sale. If you like video games, you’ll probably enjoy this!

Also makes a great holiday gift if a loved one’s interest range is “bleep bloop”

Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games

Amazon.com: Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games: 9781335012692: Drucker, Mike: Books

www.amazon.com

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 1d

It's my birthday! I would love if y'all could head over to @reckoningmag.bsky.social today, give them a follow, and maybe check out my recent editorial for A Chorus, Divergent (our special reprint collection of #neurodivergent contributors over the past ten years). reckoning.press/editorial/

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 5h

"Could you pray for my celebrity sister..."

Oh, um, sorry but no, that's not really something I'd--

"--Dolly Parton?"

*knees hit floor*

‘I was up all night praying’: Dolly Parton’s sister asks fans to ‘pray with me’

Hours after the first post, Freida Parton clarified saying her sister has "been a little under the weather."

www.wsoctv.com

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 1h

This story is a DELIGHT.

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 3h

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

kaleidotrope.net

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 2h

Reminder, friends...

Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 6h

Hey, friends. You'll see a lot of people using these hashtags and participating in this today. Some of these pitches will be pretty awesome sounding. Please do not like or repost if you are not an editor or agent. You can support us by commenting or quote-reposting though! We appreciate you!

#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 23h

TOMORROW (Oct 8th) is #DVpit! Any unagented Marginalized writer or artist seeking out representation is invited to participate from 8AM - 8PM ET!
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq

#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 5h

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Gavin, Small Beer, long covid, &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social · 3h

economy of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 3h

And it's on the shelf at their 58th St. branch if you want to borrow it.

Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 4h

Oh whoa, nice. UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (@undertow.bsky.social) is on New York Public Library's list of 2025 best adult horror. Many thanks to NYPL!

Best New Horror of 2025 for Adults

Our expert horror committee read more than 150 titles published since last Halloween to select their 20 favorites. There's something for everyone here—whether you're looking for jeepers, creepers, sca...

www.nypl.org

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 3h

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 4h

What a gift — for authors, journal editors, publishers... — to be read so thoughtfully and generously!

Something about a Short Story, Long story

I hope you don't mind me repeating myself here, but I always save Short Story, Long work for when I am somewhere waiting. In pedicure chairs, or restaurants queues, or airports. I do that because they deserve - and reward - undivided attention. I enjoy reading them best in liminal spaces, because they ground me, and entertain me, and keep me company, and often fill me with the kind of joy that can only come from good storytelling. Amber Sparks' story is the best (and most recent) example - I wound up reading it in a hospital waiting room, where the reckoning with mortality and time hit a bit harder than it otherwise would have. I looked up from my phone and realized that every last person in the waiting room would have some version of that reckoning - were maybe preparing to go through that reckoning sooner than they knew - and felt the divide between us collapse. If we're lucky, we'll have something interesting to look back on - good, bad, ugly, let it be interesting, and uniquely ours.

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 4h

the free shipping bookshop dot org sale is a good time to buy my collection of original weird fiction which i guarantee you'll love
bookshop.org/p/books/toad...

Toadstones

Check out Toadstones - <p>Bloody haruspicy as an archeological technique. The violent premier of a film star's lost noir masterpiece. A housekeeper's final job for her late employer. An exhumation to ...

bookshop.org

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 4h

this is wonky stuff and is also really important

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 4h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 4h

Since I have some unexpected free time right now I'm thinking of offering another writing class this year. Should it be horror, sci-fi, flash fiction, or something new 👀?

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Ilana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social · 4h

So grateful to @gabriellekorn.bsky.social and @autostraddle.bsky.social for this <3

"Masad blends meticulously well-researched history with lyrical invention, weaving a braided narrative that asks with urgency and tenderness: are any of us ever truly alone?"

www.autostraddle.com/queer-histor...

Queer History Meets UFO Lore in Ilana Masad's Stunning New Novel 'Beings'

"I think having crushes can be really nice. It can remind you that you have a body that can reach out, that you have a nervous system capable of excitement as well as anxiety or stress or anger or enn...

www.autostraddle.com

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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you everyone who came and of course NYPL, the authors, and @sagapressbooks.bsky.social who all came out too.

We had a great time and @rachelharrison.bsky.social got to be our final girl!

Clay and I will make an encore performance Thurs at 7pm at The Twisted Spine in Brooklyn.

Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 5h

Congratulations to Becky Spratford on last night’s celebration of her essay collection WHY I LOVE HORROR at the New York Public Library, featuring Rachel Harrison, Victor LaValle, Grady Hendrix and myself. Thanks to Allison for coordinating and to everyone who came out. @raforall.bsky.social

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 4h

Look what came in the mail today! If you're in SmokeLong Fitness, Bitter Over Sweet by Melissa Llanes Brownlee is our featured collection in our December reading group (discount code is in the workshop). Support Melissa and Santa Fe Writers Project! Buy books! www.sfwp.com/books

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 5h

Submissions are open for one more week. Speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Please read the guidelines! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Submissions

Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

translunartravelerslounge.com

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Katie (she/her) @librariankqm.bsky.social · 21h

"The Trump Administration abruptly ended federal support for a highly effective intervention that helps disabled people experiencing or at risk of homelessness access benefits to help them stabilize their lives."

www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 5h

It’s Shirley Season 😈

Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 5h

Starting my October horror posting...

countercraft.substack.com/p/shirley-ja...

Shirley Jackson and the Eerie Omniscient Narrator

Some thoughts on the horror classic The Haunting of Hill House

countercraft.substack.com

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 6h

The AI industry is going to kill the AI industry because it is a financially and socially unsustainable, the technocrat class using all the culture and information of the world as chips to bet on a historic scam that's advertised as a saviour of humanity but only works as a weapon.

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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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 19h

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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race scientist jack skellington @jazzpomegranate.com · 17h

this is who bsky banned for life

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 17h

Will type up what I did and dm!

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Alli DeJong @allidejong.bsky.social · 17h

absolutely incredible piece, and do not skip the beautiful photos of the maps

Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 18h

"The City and the City and the City"
by Ayham Dalal

A mapping workshop with refugees from Homs, Syria, illuminates the complexity of rebuilding after war.

Read more: placesjournal.org/article/mapping-homs-syria-rebuilding-after-war/

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 19h

Butternut squash and white bean soup plus a slice of this bread which was perfect

A bowl of orange soup next to a thick slice of bread

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