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Doberman owner, SFFH writer, ๐Ÿ’€, SFWA member, library clerk. Exit Ghost https://books2read.com/ExitGhost Werewolf trilogy: https://authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/learn-to-howl-trilogy.html Burn Up In Victory: https://books2read.com/burnupinvictory/

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This one. Love being able to make 2 copies of my best card.

08.10.2025 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

just seeing all those dollar signs fly away

08.10.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An illustration of a girl looking at a black dog illuminated in a doorway. red string wraps around her body and eyes, leading back through the opening where the dog sits and stares.

An illustration of a girl looking at a black dog illuminated in a doorway. red string wraps around her body and eyes, leading back through the opening where the dog sits and stares.

impulse control

08.10.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love that this allows you to read Captain Ahab in the voice of The Dude.

08.10.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Burn Up in Victory isn't like other romantasy

I thought I was writing a swordfighting book with some romance, you see

it's sort of enemies-to-lovers (more kind of like a bully sitch, sorry)

there's wishing in fountains and kissing for luck and SO MANY duels and parents who kinda suck and

08.10.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donate if you can, share either way. Keep Apex putting out great stories!

07.10.2025 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Apex Magazine 2026 An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! โœจ

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

08.10.2025 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really had a hard time to find at least ONE negative review of this book, but here it is, and it's sponsored by a silent dildo manufacturer, and I think that's awesome

04.10.2025 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ayup

(except we CARED about Old Yeller, he was part of the family)

08.10.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

like I'm EMBARASSED that I only speak English but also every time I've tried to learn a new language as an adult I haven't been immediately good at it, so I haven't really stuck with it

08.10.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this might be my favorite thing you've written!

08.10.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reversion by Nin Harris Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Oh hey, it's #WorldOctopusDay? ๐Ÿ˜‰ ๐Ÿ™

This is what I call my nearly-hard desi SF meets cephalopod-love short story. It got an honorable mention in Gardner Dozois's last Year's Best anthology.

CW for somewhat spicy and norty scenes; bigotry and prejudice.

clarkesworldmagazine.com/harris_08_17

08.10.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

help fund the African Translation Project!

share! donate! keep sharing!

If nobody sees it, nobody funds it

08.10.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is both a beautiful book for your shelf, and also you'll love reading it!

08.10.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

oof

08.10.2025 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

08.10.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

genuinely, one doesn't need to do a press release , it's fine, it's cool

08.10.2025 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a hardcover copy of Exit Ghost ( (Exit Ghost book cover: a black background with a wisp of smoke curling up, a sketched/stylized sun with an eye in the middle of it in the upper left corner, a sketched hand in the lower right corner wearing a ring in the first finger, with the same eye in the palm, with a single tear falling from it, "Exit Ghost" above it in a cursive/handwrite-y font, Jennifer R. Donohue to the bottom left in the same font. ) leaned against a driftwood log on Asbury Park beach, with sand and the ocean beyond, and a partially-submerged  jetty of dark rocks in the water.

a hardcover copy of Exit Ghost ( (Exit Ghost book cover: a black background with a wisp of smoke curling up, a sketched/stylized sun with an eye in the middle of it in the upper left corner, a sketched hand in the lower right corner wearing a ring in the first finger, with the same eye in the palm, with a single tear falling from it, "Exit Ghost" above it in a cursive/handwrite-y font, Jennifer R. Donohue to the bottom left in the same font. ) leaned against a driftwood log on Asbury Park beach, with sand and the ocean beyond, and a partially-submerged jetty of dark rocks in the water.

happy WITCH WEDNESDAY, buy/read/review my debut novel (2023) EXIT GHOST!

queer, gender-flipped Hamlet in Asbury Park, NJ, in the post-college, post-dad-assassination flail

books2read.com/ExitGhost

jenniferrdonohue.itch.io/exit-ghost

08.10.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

actually only at 22 with The Twelve Apostles, it's cool, ,it's fine

08.10.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Submissions are open for one more week. Speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Please read the guidelines! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

08.10.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donate to Emergency vet bills for service dog Milo VII, organized by Karen Lohr I have been matched with my service dog Milo VII for almost 3 years; he turns โ€ฆ Karen Lohr needs your support for Emergency vet bills for service dog Milo VII

If you have a few bucks to spare or can at least RT, a friend of a friend is in need of some financial support. Their service dog is sick with hemorrhagic gastroenterits, and they need help paying for the vet bills.
www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...

07.10.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well then maybe we let the industry die? Just saying

08.10.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 140    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a good time to buy my book ๐ŸŽต

mythopoetica.com/2024/09/01/p...

(Got a hefty plumbing bill coming my way and a third royalty payment would really help)

#BookSky ๐Ÿ’™ ๐Ÿ“š

08.10.2025 10:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is my favorite image of the Jersey Devil

it is from KarmaBees on redbubble but redbubble doesn't have TRAVEL MUGS ANYMORE ๐Ÿ˜ญ which sucks because this is also the best travel mug I've ever had

www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/2997...

08.10.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A view of the back of an1890s dress showing the bodice with clusters of oranges woven into the fabric. It has black lace on the sleeves and a high collar

A view of the back of an1890s dress showing the bodice with clusters of oranges woven into the fabric. It has black lace on the sleeves and a high collar

A detail of the front of the bodice of the orange patterned 1890s dress showing black lace at the neckline and the detailed fruit

A detail of the front of the bodice of the orange patterned 1890s dress showing black lace at the neckline and the detailed fruit

Sleeve detail of the 1890s orange patterned dress which has a yellow silk trellis work trim with black lace

Sleeve detail of the 1890s orange patterned dress which has a yellow silk trellis work trim with black lace

Full length view of the front of the 1890s dress patterned with oranges and trimmed with black lace

Full length view of the front of the 1890s dress patterned with oranges and trimmed with black lace

It took a highly sophisticated Jacquard weave to create the incredibly detailed oranges that form the fabric of of this early 1890s dress. You can almost smell the citrusy peel. There so many details to observe here, the pattern matching, the cuff trim, the drama! #V&A #FashionHistory ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ๐Ÿชก

08.10.2025 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 246    ๐Ÿ” 80    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Kidney replicas get closer to the real thing. Scientists report lab-grown organoids that better reproduce kidney structure and function, promising sharper disease models and drug tests โ€” a step toward lab-built tissue that could one day ease transplant shortages. buff.ly/gvg4TxE
#ShareGoodNewsToo

08.10.2025 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ooh yeah!

08.10.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yessss absolutely it does

08.10.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

and like, I find German VAGUELY comprehensible until it REALLY ISN'T

08.10.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŽ‰

(The cake emoji isn't nearly splendid enough but)

08.10.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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