Author and filmmaker Joe McClean and host Cody Sisco on the BookSwell Intersections podcast
Joe McClean, screenwriter, director, and author of Sins of Survivors, joins host Cody Sisco in conversation about his debut novel rooted in the history of Black Bottom, Detroit.
www.bookswell.club/podcast/23-j...
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23.07.2025 23:49 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
The OTHERSIDE logo with a hazy purple-tinted fairyland, painted by Gustave Doré, as the background. Text: OTHERSIDE. Queer. Fantastic. Coming 2026. http://othersidespec.com, http://patreon.com/othersidespec. Background art is public domain, courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026.
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
31.03.2025 14:09 — 👍 294 🔁 193 💬 6 📌 26
This is not a dress rehearsal.
In LA, we don't see Trump as "going after them."
He is coming for us. With militarized troops. With maximum aggression. With malice aforethought.
This is either the finale of American democracy or opening night of the counter revolution.
We, the people, must decide
10.06.2025 20:02 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We did it! The #MadeinLAWriters Vol. 6 Hollywood Adjacent campaign is a success. We're bringing hyperlocal stories by local authors to the city we love. Thank you to our backers!!! More news soon. Also #FuckFascism
10.06.2025 20:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Made in L.A. Writers Kickstarter is 90% funded with 3 days to go. You can be part of the 10%!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mad...
#KickstarterCampaign #crowdfunding #Kickstarterproject #fiction #shortstories #anthology #indiepublishing #MadeInLAWriters #SupportIndieAuthors #LosAngeles
07.06.2025 00:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I'm excited to spotlight this story by Katherine Tomlinson about what can go wrong serving food and drinks to actors and crew on set. @kattomic.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/mad...
#Kickstarter #crowdfunding #fiction #shortstories #anthology #indiepublishing #MadeInLAWriters
21.05.2025 20:26 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Millie’s Game ★ Kate Maruyama
An invitation to join an elite Hollywood actors’ group requires more than just talent. It might require a young actress’s soul, too.
www.madeinlawriters.com
@katemaru.bsky.social #MadeInLAWriters #fiction #shortstory #anthology
02.05.2025 16:28 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Went to the LA Times festival of books and picked up some great fiction from @gravesidepress.bsky.social and Counterpoint and the Made in LA folks. @codysiscowrites.bsky.social
28.04.2025 19:32 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
Hey Spec Fic authors and readers: sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal and horror. Join us at LimFic.com. We're building an alternative spec fic book community/directory that's also queer friendly (gay owned) and progressive. Help us grow!
Authors:
www.limfic.com/membership-a...
Readers:
www.limfic.com
24.04.2025 14:53 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Adding @rayaswritings.bsky.social to cheer us on! Her story "Where She Wants to Be" is at the top of the Vol. 6 table of contents. 💃
23.04.2025 18:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
German experiment gave people a basic monthly income – the effect on their work ethic was surprising | CNN
A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
A German experiment gave people a basic monthly income. The effect on their work ethic was surprising
(Or not surprising at this point. The people with UBI didn't quit working. They felt healthier and happier. The women, in particular, felt greater autonomy. UBI works.)
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/h...
22.04.2025 21:01 — 👍 137 🔁 45 💬 4 📌 9
cover of Tortured Echoes by Cody Sisco
Tortured Echoes is now available as an audiobook on Spoken!
ihave.spoken.press/p/jXK650pN8yV
"To uncover the truth behind a murder, Victor Eastmore must risk his sanity—and set a killer free."
#SciFiAudiobook #NewRelease #PsychologicalSciFi #DystopianFiction #QueerFiction #TechNoir #Audiobook
22.04.2025 21:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Made in L.A. Writers return to the LA Times Festival of Books April 26-27
Find us at Booth #835 on Child's Way, a short walk from Tommy Trojan.
#indiepublishing #MadeInLAWriters
@kattomic.bsky.social @amylola.bsky.social @ajpayler.bsky.social @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social @katemaru.bsky.social
22.04.2025 17:27 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 2
Easier said than done. We've been wrapped in a web over many years. It'll take me a while to migrate my phone, documents, work processes, habits, etc to less bad options. I never bought into smart home devices so that's a relief. But the real world incursion is a minefield too.
18.04.2025 15:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Good luck! It's bleak.
18.04.2025 00:17 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I want to join a support group for people who read Shoshona Zuboff's The Age of Surveillance Capitalism and want to get organized against tech incursion into and rendition of human experience.
17.04.2025 23:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Lynne Thompson recently joined BookSwell host Cody Sisco in conversation about her most recent collection, Blue on a Blue Palette (BOA, 2024). You can watch it on YouTube or listen on the BookSwell site (bookswell.club) or on Spotify or Apple. @boa-editions.bsky.social @bookswellclub.bsky.social
16.04.2025 15:04 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Flyer for WeHo Reads event
Tonight! WeHo Reads: Richard Blanco and Kim Dower in Conversation During National Poetry Month on April 16, 2025 at 6:30-8 pm PT via Zoom and YouTube. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...
#NationalPoetryMonth #poetryreading #poets
16.04.2025 22:14 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
And… we’re rolling! Today is launch day for Made in L.A. Writers’ first Kickstarter! 😍
Support Made in L.A. Vol. 6: Hollywood Adjacent. Nineteen stories that explore the lives of dreamers, hustlers, and outliers who orbit Hollywood.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mad...
#Kickstarter #crowdfunding
11.04.2025 17:38 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
You're invited to WeHo Reads: Richard Blanco and Kim Dower in Conversation During National Poetry Month on April 16, 2025 at 6:30-8 pm PT via Zoom and YouTube.
@poetrichardblanco.bsky.social
@codysiscowrites.bsky.social
#Poets #authorevent #literaryreading #bookdiscussion
07.04.2025 16:32 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Coming soon: Hollywood Adjacent Short Stories from Made in L.A. Writers
We want to showcase short stories that spotlight dreamers, hustlers, and outliers in Made in L.A. Vol. 6: Hollywood Adjacent.
🎬 Lights, camera... Kickstarter!
Made in L.A. Vol. 6: Hollywood Adjacent is a vibrant collection of nineteen short stories exploring the lives of dreamers, hustlers, and outliers.
Get notified when we launch:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mad...
#Kickstarter #crowdfunding #fiction #anthology
07.04.2025 23:01 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Flyer for April 16 WeHo Reads event with Kim Dower and Richard Blanco
Save the date! A conversation about poetry with Kim Dower and Richard Blanco.
April 16, 2025 at 6:30-8 pm PT via Zoom and YouTube. RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poets #authorevent #literaryreading
@poetrichardblanco.bsky.social @codysiscowrites.bsky.social
02.04.2025 18:16 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Did the @sfwa.bsky.social Discord server... disappear? It vanished from the app and I can't find it. Strange... #SFWA
02.04.2025 15:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎬 Meet the Writers of Made in L.A. Vol. 6: Hollywood Adjacent! 🎬
www.madeinlawriters.com/Vol6/
#fiction #shortstories #anthology
#MadeInLAWriters
@kattomic.bsky.social @amylola.bsky.social @ajpayler.bsky.social @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social @katemaru.bsky.social @Rayaswritings.bsky.social
29.03.2025 17:23 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 📖 Made in L.A. Vol. 6: Hollywood Adjacent Cover Reveal! 📖 🚨
We’re thrilled to unveil the cover for Made in L.A. Vol. 6: Hollywood Adjacent—the sixth annual short fiction anthology from Made in L.A. Writers! 🎉📖
#amediting #fiction #shortstories #anthology #indiepublishing
#MadeInLAWriters
27.03.2025 21:44 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
This interview was great fun. It's inspiring to learn about how the world influences Lynne's poetry and the role that puzzle solving plays in using poetic forms. And the way she captures the elevation and denigration of women...we covered lots of ground.
27.03.2025 00:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hollywood star
Made in L.A. Writers has an announcement to make. Not right now tho. Wait until Thursday. Because we want to make you shiver in anticipLAtion.
#fiction #shortstories
#MadeInLAWriters
@kattomic.bsky.social @amylola.bsky.social @ajpayler.bsky.social @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social @katemaru.bsky.social
25.03.2025 19:04 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Starting soon, Feminism and Fearlessness, a WeHo Reads online event. 6 pm PT. RSVP to attend. FREE
www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...
19.03.2025 21:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Artist Writer Professor Parent Citizen Human.
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OTHERSIDE is a quarterly magazine of speculative fiction, poetry, and art by queer writers and artists. Opening for submissions in January 2026!
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