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Zig Zag Claybourne

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Writer. Pie lover. Herald of Galactus but no worries. he/him zzclaybourne.com

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

1. Black Speculative Fiction Month
2. All October
3. You need more witches in your life.

The Khumalo trilogy, books 1 & 2. Book 3, winter 2026.

books2read.com/AmnandiSails

Promo for the fantasy novel AMNANDI SAILS features the lower half of a Black woman's face and her upper torso visible to the left of text reading "The most powerful witches used the unknown as an effective magick."

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 4h

This explains everything.

Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 6h

Yet I feel emptier than I started. I feel as if a piece of my soul has left to wander confused apart from our former whole.

"Wendy's numbs your soul" is not great marketing.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 6h

Sometimes you eat something that was, like, the memory of food. I know I had a burger just now. It was physical, it fit the visual parameters. And yet...

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intelligentwat 🇹🇹 @zinrock.bsky.social · 7h

I am so close to getting the deposit down. please like, share, and/or donate!

intelligentwat 🇹🇹 @zinrock.bsky.social · 1d

hey, everyone

I was accepted into the highly competitive Under the Volcano workshop and I need your help getting there. please like, share, and/or donate! thanks!

gofund.me/d4efefd22

Donate to Support Teri Clarke's Writing Journey, organized by Teri Clarke

hello, all! my name is Teri Clarke and I write horror and dark fantasy under the… Teri Clarke needs your support for Support Teri Clarke's Writing Journey

gofund.me

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 8h

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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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

Same! Everytime I'm on a panel: actual cogent thoughts up to and after. During? "I'm sorry, where am I again?"

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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 1d

The wonderful @bookshop.org is hosting an Anti-Prime sale! What a great time for AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION! We are THE PERFECT Spooky-Season read and we'd love for you to join this examination of ghost lore through a Gothic lens! 🖤
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America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction

Haunted History Stranger than Fiction

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Gerald L. Coleman @geraldcoleman.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Banned Books Week. From the Banned Books Org masthead:

“Established in 1982, Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community in shared support of the freedom to read.”

Here’s a list I put together a little while back.
#BookSky
bookshop.org/lists/banned...

Banned Books!

Checkout out this list on Bookshop

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

1. Black Speculative Fiction Month
2. All October
3. You need more witches in your life.

The Khumalo trilogy, books 1 & 2. Book 3, winter 2026.

books2read.com/AmnandiSails

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

I heard about that but haven't seen it. Sounds like they did it justice.

Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

Know how Dr Who talks about fixed points in time? I think there're fixed books too, and Solitude is definitely one of them.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

This sounds helluva cool.

intelligentwat 🇹🇹 @zinrock.bsky.social · 2d

hey, y'all, hey

I've been accepted into Under the Volcano workshop and I need your help getting there! please like and share!

gofund.me/d4efefd22

Donate to Support Teri Clarke's Writing Journey, organized by Teri Clarke

hello, all! my name is Teri Clarke and I am write horror and dark fantasy un… Teri Clarke needs your support for Support Teri Clarke's Writing Journey

gofund.me

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

Not to get too emotional but...ya feel loved a bit more in this big universe when that happens.

Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

What is best in life, reader edition.

Post from Angelica Chong saying "There is something incredibly satisfying about reading the first page of a book, and immediately something in your brain sits up and goes 'oh, I'm going to like this'-- and then every subsequent page proves you right."

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 2d

Roles should have been reversed but the sentiment is firm.

youtu.be/gINEJhFyQmk?...

The Big Lebowski Every "Shut The Fuck Up Donny!"

YouTube video by Nameless

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 2d

"We need to hear from all voices." No. No we don't. I've heard from certain voices all my life and they ain't saying shit. Disingenuous companies keep flowing as if STFU was a person who needed to be invited to every potluck. Disingenuous people? They're the ones demanding head table seating.

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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 2d

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13 Thrillers by Black Authors That'll Have You Sleeping With the Lights On This October

What's scarier than a horror flick? A book that haunts your dreams, and we picked 13 of 'em by Black authors to read this October. You've been warned.

www.theroot.com

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 3d

“THE QUEEN OF SATURN AND THE PRINCE IN EXILE is an intriguing coming-of-age science fiction novel.” @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social (@QueenOfRats) reviews @erricknunnally.bsky.social

The Queen of Saturn and the Prince in Exile by Errick Nunnally: Review by Alex Brown

The Queen of Saturn and the Prince in Exile, Errick Nunnally (Clash 978-1-96098-862-1, $17.95, 180pp, tp) April 2025. Errick Nunnally’s latest novel, The Queen of Saturn and the Prince in Exile, is…

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 3d

If you're in IT and are familiar with the phrase "hours not days" you should be backing @mwl.io's Kickstarter.

#ByTheBook

Because it's never enough to learn how things work on a starship, you have to know why.

55 hours to go.