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Shannon Knight

@shannonknight.bsky.social

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I write books. Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror Tree watcher. First wave LC. she/her Abolish ICE. https://shannonknight.net

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · Feb 17

I write science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels. You can find out more about my work at www.shannonknight.net.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror by Shannon Knight. The background fades from orange to pink and is covered with purple clouds. Atop that are four book covers of books by Shannon Knight. Domestication has cover art by Savanna Mayer. A ram is being sheared with a canine skeleton emerging in a comic style art that is very creepy. Wish Givers cover art by Elizabeth Peiró. A realistic illustration depicts a Polynesian woman covered in tattoos smiling up at the viewer. She is surrounded by a ring of fire and an upward spiral of ghosts. The colors are gold and violet and the image fantastical. Insiders cover art by Isabeau Backhaus. A realistic illustration shows a young woman with white hair floating in space. She is wearing a plant suit and surrounded by a ring of plants. Grave Cold cover photo by Kiselev Andrey Valerevich. Close-up photo of a beautiful woman covered in frost wearing dramatic makeup. The colors are violet and pink. Protect the Dead. www.shannonknight.net

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 7h

maybe fruitless, lateral transfers is their policy

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 7h

I salute your willpower!

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Nick Mustoe @nickmustoe.bsky.social · 9h

It is raining gold on the San Juans. Probably peak color for the season as rain moves in this weekend.

Golden aspen and Engelmann spruce surround a dirt road.

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 11h

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Chalice by Robin McKinley (also bees--and I liked this one!)

Chalice is fantasy and a really creative retelling of Beauty and the Beast

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 11h

It helps when there was an insect in the title!

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 11h

first thought on a rec with an insect. It really is a quick read as it's a selection of translated poetry and essays talking about the poems

The Lantern and the Night Moth, trans. Yilin Wang. Book cover features a night moth and a lantern

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 12h

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 14h

In Wish Givers, an autocrat has control of the islands, including the wish givers themselves. In Grave Chronicles, the US has been divided, and the District of Portland is controlled by military forces. 💙📚 #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi

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My books featuring the fall of an authoritarian government. Backdrop in two shades of violet. The top part contains the book cover for Wish Givers by Shannon Knight. Illustration by Elizabeth Peiro shows a Polynesian woman covered in tattoos smiling up at the viewer. She is surrounded by a ring of fire and an upward spiral of sparkling ghosts. The bottom half shows three book covers all by Shannon Knight: Grave Cold, Death Rights, and Memento Mori Station. Cover photos by Kiselev Andrey Valerevich all feature the same model cast in blue or violet light and covered in frost. tagline: Protect the Dead.

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Moni Barrette-Comics Librarian @monibarre.bsky.social · 15h

Baker & Taylor shutdown is similar to the collapse of Diamond, but for libraries.

Many are out thousands of dollars in undelivered books and must find new book distribution.

This means longer waits for new books and we approach having a monopoly for library book distribution.

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 1d

Eternal scream!

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 1d

My G was a magnificent cat who smelled like cookies. Very large. Long hair. I keep calling Little Bat a miniature cat, but she's maybe just normal sized. LB smells like wild creature. Short hair. Cautious. Somehow a forest animal sleeps with me nightly. My cuddle bat.

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 1d

Did you see that article saying the building they emptied in Chicago was a property Wells Fargo wanted?

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Barry Lyga @barrylyga.com · 1d

Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy!

#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Bookshop.org

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 1d

www.pandora.com
Their site links to Apple and Google Play for phone apps.

Music and Podcasts, Free and On-Demand | Pandora

Play the songs, albums, playlists and podcasts you love on the all-new Pandora. Sign up for a subscription plan to stream ad-free and on-demand. Listen on your mobile phone, desktop, TV, smart speaker...

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. I used it on my phone exclusively. Someone had a family plan and included me, which was how I tried it out. That was back when Spotify was getting the limelight for bad behavior, and a lot of people I knew switched to Pandora.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things that brings me the greatest despair in authoritarianism is watching people react to state violence the way they react to domestic violence.

By justifying anything and everything the perpetrators does through blaming a victim for failing to be submissive enough.

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 1d

Hard labor on a sheep farm will help clear your mind. Touch some grass via book! Nothing bad happens to the cat! 💙📚 #horror

Currently in Kobo's Horror Sale (US, CA)!
All stores! books2read.com/Domestication

"The dynamic between the three main characters that had me going on to the next chapter when I should have been getting sleep (or getting back to work, honestly)." -Steven Healt. Photo of my hand holding the hardcover of Domestication by Shannon Knight in front of a dilapidated murder shed and barn that's falling apart with a sweeping backdrop of valley and mountain ridge, revealing isolation. Domestication. Book cover Illustration by Savanna Mayer. An Icelandic ram with curling horns is being sheared and a monstrous skeleton of something canine is emerging from the sheep's body. The art is comic-style and very creepy.

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 1d

By the Pact is high fantasy featuring a friendly duo of mature adults who work very well together and are not and will never be romantically involved with each other. Refreshing! 💙📚 Demon magic without gods (except when demons pose as gods).

book cover of By the Pact: Pacts Arcane and Otherwise Book 1 by Joanna Maciejewska. 3D art style of a man and woman standing back to back looking confident and smug. She's holding a magic flame. He's holding a long weapon. They're surrounded by a mysterious fog.

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 1d

I've used Pandora.

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Kris, for picking up a copy of Domestication! 🖤

Kris - A Fictional Escapist @afictionalescapist.bsky.social · 2d

A little while ago, I asked the community for some indie horror recs. Good heavens, did you deliver!

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Indie Horror for Spooky Season

YouTube video by A Fictional Escapist

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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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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 2d

Great story!

Gail Carriger @gailcarriger.bsky.social · 2d

Storytime: How Soulless Got Its Cover gailcarriger.com/2009/10/07/h...

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams was one of the most singular performers we’ve ever had. Endlessly vulnerable, speed-of-light humor, every set was his playground, he could be imitated but never recreated. The fact anyone would even try to taxidermy him into AI is truly obscene.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 2d

If the book I'm writing fills with flies, you'll all know why!

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 2d

The quantity of flies on the farm right now is incredible. I've done my best to keep any from getting inside. Alas! In yesterday evening's light, I saw all these shimmering threads from spiders riding the electromagnetic waves. I've never rooted so hard for spiders. Get 'em, little buddies!

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