Clarissa C. S. Ryan

milk is poured into a glass with the words milk it does a body good Alt: from a maybe 1990s ad: milk is poured into a glass with the words"Milk. It does a body good."

this is so American 😬

(that said I love potatoes! and potato dishes from Peru to Korea!)

dear computer, McGuffin and McMuffin are two very different things

(unless you are writing a very specific story, I guess)

this might be the best origin story ever

Very excited to offer the internet this novelette about dirtbags, privatization, heavy weather, and a beagle named Henry.

I...I support your right to do this

Spooky stories tonight!

(I'm going to let y'all work out the time zones given my earlier failures)

(it's a big day for friends' book news!)

Litcrawl event: THIS AINT YOUR DADDY'S HORROR. Happening Saturday 10/25 8pm - 9pm at Silver Sprocket: 1018 Valencia ST, San Francisco, CA

Bay area horror fans! Join me, @writerofweird.bsky.social, @morbidloren.bsky.social, @benmonroe.com, @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social, and @fredwiehe.bsky.social for a spooky story hour at @silversprocket.net during #LITCRAWL on Sat October 25th, 8pm! Spookiness shall ensue!

Someone You Can Build A Nest In: A cosy fantasy as sweet as love and as dark as night Someone You Can Build A Nest In: A cosy fantasy as sweet as love and as dark as night eBook : Wiswell, John: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Someone You Can Build A Nest In is a UK Kindle Deal! Get my monster for just 99p.

So, bad news: I have to cancel the birthday bash because (and I'm not making this up) my period is killing me and the fetal position is my friend. I am SO sorry but I have to laugh at the irony. Thanks for the understanding and hopefully we can do a celebration bash soon!! 🖤

And apparently I can't timezone AT ALL because there's one more hour. I don't know where my brain is today! 🫠

There's a reason I've never considered doing promo professionally lol

oh...1 hour. I can timezone, I swear

(now, can I start laundry and get lunch in the next 20 minutes??? We shall see!)

It's been making me think!

Book cover art in a style influenced by traditional Chinese painting. The backdrop is green hills and mountains, and mist. In the foreground, there is the figure of a person seen from behind. They have long black hair and are wearing flowing, decorated robes. They stand near a flowering (probably pear) tree. In the distance, a figure in red faces toward the foreground person and reaches up toward a messenger pigeon. Even further in the distance are the silhouettes of soldiers riding to battle.

I mean it is a different experience to read it thinking "hmm this character has 10 years to live, historically" and "hmm this character is going to be emperor, historically" but I think both reading experiences will be valuable. (I've only started it, since I have work to do.) Cover art by Cappa888

I don't think the author is on Bsky (alas) but: Strategem of Fated Winds by Minyue Fu is out TODAY!

(You will be fine if you're unfamiliar with the historical period, don't even worry about it.)

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A Philosophy of Thieves by Fran Wilde - BookBub Leverage meets Parasite meets Six of Crows in multi-award winning author Fran Wilde s thrilling, high-tech adventure heist wrapped in a gaslamp fantasy where thieves are entertainment for the wealthy....

Book bub deal for A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES! www.bookbub.com/books/a-phil...

Can't wait to read!

Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.

WE HAVE LIFTOFF

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

(I mean, once we realize it or someone points it out, anyway. It's not always easy to identify something we just reflexively and thoughtlessly say as an issue!)

Yeah, this one feels like an easy one!

the problem with "well but he claims to be in perfect health and just looking at him/every indication says otherwise" isn't that he's fat, it's the *shameless lying*

(we're not going to get into the nonsensical beliefs "you can tell someone's health by looking" and "fat==unhealthy" today)

if you think just being fat is such a vital part of Trump's horribleness that you have to keep mentioning it, we aren't friends

like

could we concentrate on the fascism/authoritarianism please

(I'll have you know I'm very fat and haven't even TRIED to take over my block, never mind the country)

w o w

I keep wondering why I feel so queasy today... and then I also keep remembering that my to-do list reads "PUSH THE BUTTON."

YouTube video by Anesti Danelis I'm So Tired - Official Video

Yeahhh that particular bit gets stuck in my head sometimes

(the original whole thing is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWu... )

TUESDAY

I haven't played II yet but this is one of the things I love about the original (hello Frost Fair Blade)

Yeah, moving somewhere without any support network months before the pandemic started is a decision I wish I could undo. So this sounds like a smart choice! Moving does hugely suck no matter what though 🫂

Screenshot of the eBook for Soulstar by C.L. Polk narrated by Robin Miles. It's pink sunset colored with two silhouette figures ice skating on a lake, mirrored in the ice

I've been really enjoying the The Kingston Cycle trilogy by @clpolk.com

Currently on "Soulstar" which is book 3

Political drama, whodunnits, a secret society of witches, amazing characters, queer protags, social justice themes. Very engaging & brilliant

#NowReading #BookSky