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Writer of weird science fiction. Loving producer of podcasts named Mango. Immortal until proven otherwise.

Joined May 2008
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My latest is up at StarShipSofa! Who doesn't want to hear about a dirt bag trafficking in the emotional low points of others? No, not Twitter! "That Feeling You're Feeling." Be a dear, and tell your friends!
StarShipSofa's 700th episode is live! @upwithgravity has an original for us: "That Feeling You're Feeling"! starshipsofa.com/blog/2022/1…
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StarShipSofa's 700th episode is live! @upwithgravity has an original for us: "That Feeling You're Feeling"! starshipsofa.com/blog/2022/1…
The Battle of Bamber Bridge, 1943. Racist US military police attacked black US troops on British soil. US military authorities demanded the town’s pubs impose a colour bar, the local landlords responded with signs that read “Black Troops Only” which pissed them off. A THREAD
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Danny Trejo stands with the Jewish community. Los Angeles is a place that people should come together. L'chaim!
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The gatekeepers are endless and dumb as ever. Read, listen to, touch, squeeze, and gobble books with both hands. It doesn't matter how you get the words inside you. Getting them there is all that counts. Ignore snooty, holier than thou books trolls.
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RIP Tom Maddox, a terrific writer of sf, a brilliant blues guitarist, and a good guy. Gone too soon. (He had a stroke a couple of weeks ago, died in his sleep the 18th).
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Now available for Pre-Order: The Transylvania Kisses EP! What's Halloween without a novelty album? Devour these true tales of terror and sleep with the disco lights on! pitchblackmanor.bandcamp.com…
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Next to my home are two pot dispensaries. In between them was a $1 pizza place that went broke. How is that possible? HOW?
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Titles in the forthcoming Double Indemnity Cinematic Universe: Double Indemnity Triple Indemnity Ind3mnity An Indemnity Too Far Indemnity and Indemnity-er Xdemnity The Indemnity File The Village of the Indemnified <dripping blood font>DEATH INSURANCE
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Why does no one in a zombie film ever hide in the graves? It's the one place those guys never go back to.
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Birds are fed by their parents in their infancy. When the time comes to feed themselves, there can be some confusion when the food does not go into their mouth by itself. (via @MeteoBarrufet)
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Retweet if you’re ready for me to unseat Rubio!
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The latest StarShipSofa is live, with @rahkan's "The Leader Principle!" Check it out! starshipsofa.com/blog/2022/1…
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from a while back but crossed my feed again today. we didn't deserve her wisdom and her deep profound understanding of story and its consequences.
Ursula K. Le Guin's interview in latest of @awpwriter is so encouraging & wise. On conflating story with conflict:
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Poets! We are back open to poem submissions after unintentionally being closed for about a week and a half. That was an accident. We want your poems AT ALL TIMES. Deluge us! We can take it. A huge thanks to poet Maya Ford, who alerted us to the outage. strangehorizons.moksha.io/pu…
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Marriage is sending your husband to the grocery store with a list, and then spending the whole time by your phone answering questions.
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Seriously though, nobody is getting boosters right now. I suggest getting yours before everybody remembers they—or their unvaccinated relatives—will be traveling for the holidays. Go to vaccines.gov, mine was five minutes away from me with no wait. 💪
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