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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 2h

Not twilight on the tv?! Other media,exists?!!!!

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Craig @abasketofcraig.bsky.social · 14h

Highschool reunions and the stubborn insistence that someone exists who you don't at all remember, that's the subject of today's story. OLD FRIENDS, out in the new issue of Farewell Transmission.

OLD FRIENDS - Farewell Transmission

By Craig Rodgers The postcard comes first. Basic cardstock, a tourist find. Photo of a beach somewhere. Old, coverall swimsuits decades out of fashion. A single boat sails in the distance. Bertrum hol...

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

The translations we're hoping to fund for a Black small press are:
- A story about a Black trans woman in South Africa.
- A story about a Black woman in Zimbabwe who deals with the corruption of the men around her.
- A story about three Black men in Tanzania who must grapple with masculinity.

Support African Translation Project

African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3345, 67%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 16h

One of these days, I am going to be able to work Voidcon into my schedule. I hope you have a great time.

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Sonora Taylor @sonorataylor.bsky.social · 16h

Through today, @bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING! You can get a lot of my books from them, including my latest, ALL THE PIECES COMING TOGETHER. bookshop.org/beta-search?...

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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 1d

Brooklyn! Come on by Hive Mind Books for F*cked Up Fairy Tales! Raise a festive autumnal drink (iced because: global warming) and hear from these AMAZING writers: SASKIA NISLOW, Author of Root Rot, SHARANG BISWAS, Author of The Iron Below Remembers, and SYR HAYATI BEKER, with What A Fish Looks Like!

Flyer for F*cked Up Fairy Tales reading at Hive Mind Books, Tuesday October 7th, 7pm. Introducing all three authors with their books: Saskia Nislow, Root Rot; Syr Hayati Beker, What A Fish Looks Like, Sharang Biswas, The Iron Below Remembers.

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 1d

So cool! You will be great!

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 1d

They are fantastic! Loved the movies, figured it was time to read them. And have now discovered that my library has some omnibuses, so I will be reading as much as I can!

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 1d

So atmospheric!

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 1d

Books 184 to 186: Hellboy Vols 1-3. Vol 1: Mike Mignola, Script by John Byrne, Colors: Mark Chiarello, Vol 2 & 3: C:James Sinclair, Mathew Hollingworth, Dave Stewart, L: Pat Brosseau.
Digital. 450 pages.

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 1d

Jen is putting in the work of prompting this African Translation project. I am excited for these two books, too. Can we get some love (shares, money, etc) on this fundraiser?

Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 1d

happy translation tuesday!!

Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 7d

The African Translation Project needs to make $3370 by October 31 to fund the translation of TWO BOOKS!

Please donate if you can
Please share
Please keep sharing
Have a look at the art store, which directly benefits the fundraiser!

ko-fi.com/africantrans...

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 1d

GOOD MORNING

Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 7d

The African Translation Project needs to make $3370 by October 31 to fund the translation of TWO BOOKS!

Please donate if you can
Please share
Please keep sharing
Have a look at the art store, which directly benefits the fundraiser!

ko-fi.com/africantrans...

Support African Translation Project

African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3370, 66%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...

ko-fi.com

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Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos @theninagalaxy.bsky.social · 1d

Lucky 7 Days left to pick up an early copy of this literary romance set in a near-future: To Love Like Venus. (also $7 away from 700). Triple 7. Kickstart my heart by becoming a new backer!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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Rob @thedreadfulpoint.bsky.social · 1d

Coherence was intended to parallel The Aeneid in a way similar to if less exact than the way Ulysses parallels The Odyssey

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 2d

Book 183: A Lush and Seething Hell by John Horner Jacobs.
Print. 368 pages.
Cover art by Jeffery Alan Love.

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 2d

I am typically a "go until I get there" type, but if I know it is a longer time on the road, I will scope out things to do on the route and see if there is anything in particular I want to see.

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 2d

lunch time has produced another hastily written and totally unedited musings about classic weird fic over on the blog! this time, i go on and on about Robert Barbour Johnson's "Far Below," from Weird Tales 1939! read it, why don't ya?
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ACAB Includes Strained Pulp #37: “Far Below” by Robert Barbour Johnson, Weird Tales v 34 n 1, 1939

Trying to do these little free writing essay/dissections a bit more frequently because a) it is Hallowe’en season, after all, and b) it seems like we’re in another round of “socia…

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 2d

Hahaha, quickly read that as screaming and was like, same, same.

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 4d

read more about the nefarious air loom here:
minorliteratures.com/2024/10/31/t...

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 4d

getting this onto the tl for the saturday crowd:

Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 5d

wanna read a story about a vampire and some gangsters from an issue of Weird Tales from 1932, and then read my rambling musings about that story? if so you're in luck:
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Pulp Strained…from Beyond the Grave! #36 “The Vyrkolakas” by Robert C. Sandison, Weird Tales v. 19, n. 4, 1932

October dawns, and by Satan and all his Devils, we’re going to get into the goddamn MOOD, you hear me!? I don’t care that it’s 96 degrees outside and the dumbest fascists in histo…

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From Beyond Press @frombeyondpress.bsky.social · 4d

Pre-orders are open for Jennifer Lee Rossman's ALLOSAURUS IN WONDERLAND! Reserve your copy for two bucks off from our website.

frombeyondpress.com/product/allo...

Welcome to Avalonia!
There is a universe just beside our own, a waystation for people and animals who stumble out of their own timeline. Some are trapped there, others choose to stay, but each and every one of them has a part to play in its future. From cowgirls riding dinosaurs to medieval espionage plots, D.B. Cooper to Amelia Earhart, these interconnected stories weave the tapestry of Avalonia. So what are you waiting for? Adventure awaits just beyond that portal . . .

Cover art by Thea Oatman

December 16, 2025
Pre-order at frombeyondpress.com
Image shows the book cover, which depicts an androgynous person riding a dinosaur and waving a sword.

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 4d

So sorry for your loss. 🫂

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 5d

Lol, i vaguely remember watching this movie. The backwards hat makes it really all worth it.

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 5d

See, so many I actually know but still missed!

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 5d

I would display it with pride. But now I feel that I should hunt down the others I know, but just don't know their bluesky accounts, to really earn it. Lol

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