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We are delighted to share a free neurodiversity event (online on Friday at 2pm Pacific) with Andrew Reichart. He is a founding member of our collective and has a therapy practice (with gaming options) in California. The event is open to anyone that wants to learn about how to thrive.
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So amazing. Hao is a beautiful writer.
11.10.2025 16:05 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you remember reading as a child in a wistful way, get back to reading today. It's as simple as going into a room without any screens and engaging with a good story.
06.10.2025 23:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It looks like Hao Tran (author of Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat) and Dean Gloster (Spoon Knife contributor) are promoting to black belt. That is fabulous.
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We get to craft beautiful and strange lives to our hearts' content. And to keep inspired, here is the Weird Luck webcomic (weirdluck.net) and related stories.
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New page of the Weird Luck prequel tale "Chasing Resyk" is live!
Our heroes come upon a disturbing trail, and have further doubts about their disturbing guide!
#webcomics #comics #oc #urbanfantasy #horror #crime #fantasy #multiverse #crossovers #indiecomics #comicart
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Free intro-level Q&A on neurodiversity by my esteemed friend & colleague Andrew Reichart. Highly recommend. Friday, October 17.
#neurodiversity #neurodivergence #autism #autistic #adhd #psychology #psychotherapy #therapy #mentalhealth
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New page of the Weird Luck prequel tale "Chasing Resyk" goes live this Wednesday at 9pm Pacific Time. Meanwhile, catch up with the story starting here!
#webcomics #comics #indiecomics #comicart #urbanfantasy #fantasy #horror #weird #crime #multiverse #crossovers #oc
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We're delighted to share that Cannibal-King, the third book in the City of the Watcher trilogy by Andrew M. Reichart, is available for pre-order through our website. It will start shipping in November, including through Amazon for readers around the world.
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Our friends at Aiki Arts Center in the Bay Area (CA) are launching a youth program next week for ages 7-12. It's a wonderful way to build confidence and skills in a supportive and playful setting. Thank you for sharing the news.
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It's National Comic Book Day in the US on Thursday. We're honored to boost the webcomic Weird Luck, co-created by Nick Walker, Andrew Reichart, and Mike Bennewitz. It's a delightful and strange adventure.
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We are happy to share that we’re re-starting our award-winning Youth Aikido Program!
Classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 – 5:45pm, starting October 2. Students can attend either once or twice a week.
Registration is now open! Please share with Bay Area parents.
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Thank you, Dean Gloster, for your contributions to Spoon Knife 6 (Rest Stop) and Spoon Knife 9 (Numbers). It's a pleasure getting to know you through the Aiki Arts Center practice in Berkeley too.
"I’m trying to be quieter and calmer and meet attacks with a more relaxed openness."
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We know Hao from Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat. So happy to see he will be a black belt soon.
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Thank you Nomadic Press and San Francisco Foundation for celebrating Hao C. Tran and his story Red Mud.
We are honored to be Hao's publisher for Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat (available through e-book and paperback on our website and Amazon) as well as a new collection in the works.
Here's the video of my August 6th Q&A on autism and psychedelics, hosted by the lovely folks at the OPEN Foundation.
#psychedelics #psychedelictherapy #psychedelicscience #autism #autistic #cognition #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #neuroqueer #psychology #therapy
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"This is the power of community alchemy: individual healing becomes exponentially more powerful when witnessed and supported by others. Healing work gets supercharged when it happens around other people who get it."
Gretchen Kubacky, Psy.D.
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Interview with me about the new Bachelor of Science in Psychedelic Studies program at California Institute of Integral Studies, which launches in 3 weeks!
#psychedelics #psychedelicscience #education #academia #psychology #mind #consciousness #cognition #transformation
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We put out a volume of the Spoon Knife anthology each year, and that also means there is an open call for submissions at all times. If you are new to contributing here, read a volume or two and get a sense of what we're looking for.
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We're delighted to share the Spoon Knife 11 call for submissions. Our theme for this volume is remnants, and the editors are J.S. Allen and Mark A. Nobles. You can learn more here.
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We are re-launching our youth aikido program this October, for ages 7 - 12. You can share the word with families in the Bay Area. Students learn confidence, coordination, leadership, and form joyful and trusting friendships. See you there.
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Great idea. We have an annual Spoon Knife anthology and will be posting a new open call on August 1. The next theme is Remnants (photo credit to Brian Smith). In the meantime, here are the completed volumes to enjoy.
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We are delighted to share Spoon Knife 9: Numbers, an anthology by Autonomous Press. It features stories by Nick Sensei, Dean Gloster, and Steve Tomich. Hope you like it.
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"... Committee is taking no chances, mandating that an extra space be inserted between any two Roman numerals, “lest they get too friendly,” and banning the depiction of the Roman numerals for the value of thirty: “XXX,” specifying that it must be written out in English."
S. Tomich, Spoon Knife 9
“Yesterday they called it coincidence
today it's synchronicity
tomorrow they'll call it skill.”
― Antero Alli
The Weird Luck Patreon is up to 48 members! When we hit 50, we'll make a Patreon post revealing the titles of all 6 planned volumes of the comic. Members on the free membership tier count toward this total (and get access to all the same posts as the paying members)!
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“Her rental car’s satellite radio kept replaying an ad for a Bartender-something, a product which, per the sketchy description recited too quickly, sounded like a Mr. Coffee device that mixes cocktails at the flip of a switch.”
George Wehrfritz, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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“Rage cleared the haze of almost drowning, and the one thing I knew for absolute, ice-clear certain was that Eric was going to pay for what he’d done. I would shit inside his maths notebooks.”
Dora M. Raymaker, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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“His skin is sallow and his hair straw. His eyes are filled with defiance and anger built on a bedrock of fear. It’s an expression she remembers well from childhood mirrors.”
DF McCourt, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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“After a moment, Jocelyn nodded. In the next second Terrell was gone, lighter than air, and Jocelyn kept her arms raised and her gun pointed. Her muscles were getting sore, but this was what the morning push-ups and endurance training were for.”
Harrison Demchick, Spoon Knife 9
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