David M. Barry

If you were at a geographical disadvantage and couldn’t make it to Toronto, you can still get yourself a copy of SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL here: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...

cover for an ebook titled BY YOU, HOPE STANDS; it shows two wolves (one golden, one black) howling underneath an arch with the phases of the moon above, and a starry sky in the background; the text is white with the subtitle "stories of hope and resistance"

hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚

ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download

You're welcome

Please consider helping out this amazing writer (and good human) during a rough patch.

Plott Hound Magazine is open for three more days, and then we batten down the hatches and sniff through the final submissions of 2025.

Almost brewed a pot of coffee to stay up past midnight so I could be one of the first submitting. Woke up to closed window. Next time, I'll brew the pot. So excited for your arrival. Looking forward to the stories.

Also if you want to see all the stories (and poetry!) I published this year with links, here's a thread: bsky.app/profile/jenn...

I'm finishing a #solarpunk story using Kishōtenketsu structure and I learned so much about storytelling! Structure is such a powerful tool to open up your stories and do more with them.

If you're curious about this 4 act structure @henrylienauthor.bsky.social's book was an invaluable guide!

Wonderful news, Jennifer!

One of the most inventive and amazing pieces I’ve read in … well, maybe ever. Much deserved!

@deannajvaldez.com

Filipino horror. Memory-fueled magic. Mythical monsters. All good all good. Let’s lean in!

New Substack is LIVE ➡️ guianocon.substack.com / link in bio

My flesh, my beating heart, a willing meal that refuses to remember the danger of being eaten The monster is back, but if it knows I know, it will do worse than eat me. Claws close around my throat as I pay for my soda and Tylenol at the shitty, sticky convenience store down the street.“Kee…

Check out this brilliant throat-grabbing horror piece by @deannajvaldez.com. And keep an eye out for more from this author! She's amazing!!

www.flashfictiononline.com/article/my-f...

So good. ❤️

Love this so much!

Keep writing. It matters. It makes a difference.

Repost this poster everyone

Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.

We got you.

Let’s make some good trouble today. Be safe. Remember what Corey Booker said, “This is our Moral Moment”

Find An Event Near You

The clock is ticking!

On April 5, join us in a national mass activation against the Trump-Musk billionaire takeover and Republican assault on our freedoms. social.demcast.com/s/6Sd4uSDQ

Christopher Barry ​This could be a silence I return to Here at this black desk among the stacks In the state school library. An old air vent stirs or sometimes a distant cough. This could be the place. This could be...

My latest publication.

“Hands Off” poster for the national day of protest on April 5th.

If you can safely do so, please consider getting out to a protest this April 5th to cause some good trouble. As Corey Booker said, “This is Our Moral Moment.”

Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏

Save our Democracy!

a poster that says " we the people #protecteachother " Alt: a poster that says " we the people #protecteachother "

“Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could do only a little."

— Edmund Burke

Today, at 57, I will attend my first political protest in the historic city of Boston. It’s a little thing, but it matters. We must fight to save our democracy!

I’m sorry. I know the feeling. I hope you’re feeling better soon. Please know thee are t your words, your stories, matter.

March 4th For Democracy!! 🚨 Get more info, resources, or find a protest: fiftyfifty.one (check back next week for protest listings).

50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement.

#50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy @polrev.bsky.social

FAQs + talking points + other ways to act next. 🪡🧵

Please call 202-224-3121 and ask for Representative Juan Ciscomani - Arizona district 6 - and ask him to vote NO today! Remind him his district will lose 100k Medicaid recipients if the budget passes. Also remind him he won his recent election by only 2.5%.

Remind representatives of the Medicaid recipients at risk in their district and the margin of victory in their last election.

Juan Ciscomani - 100k - 2.5%

Ryan MacKenzie - 72k - 1.01%

Scott Perry - 54k - 1.26%

Robert Bresnahan - 92k - 1.62%

Marianette Miller-Meeks 66k - 0.19%