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@stocktonsmith.bsky.social

Mystery writer. joirnalost? Permanent research phase. Wrote The Hollow Oak and Benoni's Defense. https://stocktonsmithbooks.com/

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Copies of print edition of the January Locus magazine with following names on front: Tom Holt: K.J. Parker: Kamilah Cole; John Varley: Michael Kelly.

Copies of print edition of the January Locus magazine with following names on front: Tom Holt: K.J. Parker: Kamilah Cole; John Varley: Michael Kelly.

In the mail today, copies of @locusmag.bsky.social . Surreal to see my name there. If you haven't, please consider supporting this genre institution. A digital subscription amounts to just $4 for each jam-packed issue.

03.02.2026 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

oh, BORTAC. i've heard of them. they're the guys who raid aid tents and destroy medical equipment on the border. amazed they can find time in their busy schedule to murder people outright.

03.02.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œJust Keep Going North”, by William T. Vollmann At the border

β€œWhat does it look like inside one of these detention centers?”

β€œIt’s completely devoid of color. Eloy is that weird institutional blue paint…I’ve not been inside any of the cells, because I’m not allowed, only into the consultation room.”

From "Just Keep Going North"

03.02.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of James Jean.

03.02.2026 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I went to the nearest Barnes & Noble and awkwardly explained to someone at the help desk that I had a new book out and asked where it might be (it's genre fluid) and it was faced out (!) Then she took some pictures, had me sign their books, and said they'd already sold a copy. A win/win/win.

03.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1696    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 9

wait, what's this article about? I stopped reading at "Two top podcasters..."

03.02.2026 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

100%. and sorry if it sounded like I was saying YOU were talking about creative control. I'm agreeing with you. I was referring to this article and people in general who imagine they can have hp products without the evil. They know better or they wouldn't need sad PR deflections.

03.02.2026 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

but if we could get that down to 16...πŸ˜…

03.02.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah, my point was that even if she had no editorial control, we already know what she uses her money for, so the "she's not involved" defense is stupid anyway. she's getting the money. it will be used for evil. same with any HP commodities.

02.02.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

lol, oh, so is she not getting royalties?

02.02.2026 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

forbidden slushie

02.02.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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it doesn't matter for the reasons you mentioned, but also...

02.02.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Felonious Means: A psychedelic noir thriller Alex Garibaldi is the kind of guy Cass and Artie can't stand. He's an unrepentant robber baron, coked up on self-importance, and used to everyone around him following his commands to the letter. A ra...

Felonious Means, the third book in the Inveztigators series is out NOW! Grab an ebook, paperbacks are coming soon, and it's on kindle unlimited:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4HSBTGM

30.11.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it really highlights our two-tiered justice system that the federal government can post CSAM and just add a disclaimer "*warning, we may be committing a federal crime posting this" and there's no fear of accountability.

02.02.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

can't forget "s/he"

02.02.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

they/them singular "confusion" is the most disingenuous. it's so intuitive usage-wise that teachers spent all of my public school education trying to convince students that it exclusively a plural pronoun.

02.02.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

if only we could have imagined that absolute power would corrupt absolutely..

02.02.2026 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Derringer Award Announcement: 2026 Best Anthology Finalists Derringer Awards,awards,Derringer Awards 2026,Best Anthology,Join SMFS,SMFS,Short Mystery Fiction Society,Derringer Awards Finalists

Thrilled that On Fire and Under Water is a Finalist for the Best Anthology Derringer Award!Congrats to the other five well-deserving finalists also! This is an honor and I’m so happy for everyone at @rhppress.bsky.social and our 15 contributors for making this anthology such a great success.

01.02.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

how are we still on "i don't understand pronouns" 10 years later from these ghouls?

02.02.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No beds. No nurse. No answer on how many people in custody.
U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison details what she saw at Whipple over the weekend:

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DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files A note from investigators in the files said some images Epstein had were "POSSIBLE CSAM."

no better summation of America's unrepentant rape culture than that one of the biggest stories of the last decade is about the abuse of women and girls and every single stakeholder working on it couldn't give less of a shit about the actual victims of the story

02.02.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 334    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Africa and the Diaspora
2. Language and Politics (Linguistics seminar)
3. Linguistic Morphology
4. Quran (studied Hadith as well)
5. The American West (with a very iconoclastic prof)

31.01.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The tree

#shittycamerachallenge #chamera #kodak #photography #glitchart #glitch

31.01.2026 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It makes you sound crazy to say this out loud, but it's becoming increasingly clear that the United States government has been effectively toppled by a group of overt pedophiles

31.01.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 12593    πŸ” 4030    πŸ’¬ 200    πŸ“Œ 110

tfw you're correcting a manuscript and you find a chapter with no corrections to make...

30.01.2026 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

English translation of statement from Ecuadorian Consulate regarding ICE’s attempt to enter their building in Minneapolis today:

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Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.

We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:

26.01.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 567    πŸ” 511    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 13

thanks for the reminder. probably worth a re-watch

26.01.2026 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hey everybody lifelong tech expert here

> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility

that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps

25.01.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 15368    πŸ” 6122    πŸ’¬ 254    πŸ“Œ 119
all four southern reach novels

all four southern reach novels

Orca Books Co-op now has signed copies of my books, in Olympia

25.01.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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