Shawn Speakman

TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!

Writing Update: Wyrmbane | Shawn Speakman Get more from Shawn Speakman on Patreon

I have returned to writing Wyrmbane, my forthcoming novella that is influenced by Thornhedge, The Last Unicorn, and The Summer War. Details on my Patreon! Join FREE now.

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Is this the new falling out of a window?

Oh, I'm DEFINITELY staying until the End Credits. I'm staying in that theater as long as I can!

Some news! I'm contributing a short story to UNBROKEN, an amazing anthology forthcoming to Kickstarter September 23rd.

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Also, I uploaded to Patreon the first 18 chapters from my forthcoming sequel to The Dark Thorn.

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FUN TIMES!

Well well well, the hat is back, Dresden friends! Art by Chris McGrath. Publishing in January.

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy - Reactor Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover… Novelette | 7,540 words They were still three hours out when Perihelion...

If you missed it, there's a new Murderbot short story at: reactormag.com/rapport-mart...

When you’re definitely not guilty.

No one will be fooled by this. People are asking for the release of the evidence from the Epstein investigation. The grand jury transcripts are something else entirely and would exclude almost all evidence.

Follow-ups are important. Glad you’re doing it. Good luck!

Delivering: A Kiss Between Water and Wood - Chapters 1-3 | Shawn Speakman Get more from Shawn Speakman on Patreon

Delivering the third part of a planned four. Star-crossed lovers separated by magic. Join my Patreon. Just $3/month.

Getting to work on that fourth and final part. Excited to wrap this up and get back to writing Wyrmbane!

Amazing work. Congrats.

Delivering: The Preferred Dark Thorn ARC (Trade Paperback) | Shawn Speakman Get more from Shawn Speakman on Patreon

A new public post with pictures available on my Patreon, featuring news about the arrival of The Preferred Dark Thorn ARCs.

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Delivering Chapter 2 for A Kiss Between Water and Wood. The short story will be officially published in the Grimoire anthology at Dragonsteel Nexus this December by Grim Oak Press. Chapter 3 coming later this week.

Join my Patreon for just $3 for new fantasy!

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Acclaimed Colorado sci-fi author: Future stupider than I imagined Paonia writer Paolo Bacigalupi reflects on 10 years since the publication of his climate thriller “The Water Knife.”

For once, a very good headline, and of course @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social is not wrong here

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Game hangover is a real thing.

Alexander Skarsgård Breaks Down the "Messy and Complicated" 'Murderbot' Finale: "I Quite Enjoyed That Murderbot Didn't End Up Having Answers" Skarsgård also discusses Murderbot's biggest relationships, why he likes the finale's open ending, and more.

For Murderbot Day, a great interview with Alexander Skarsgård! collider.com/murderbot-fi...

Even though I look like Lex. ;)

Life Daily: Why I Can't Wait For Superman Today | Shawn Speakman Get more from Shawn Speakman on Patreon

I'm seeing Superman in IMAX today. It is an emotional day. When being chemo-infused for both of my cancers, I wore a Superman t-shirt every day to treatment. But it goes back farther than that. Thoughts on my Patreon.

Read a New Murderbot Story for Free, Right After the Season Finale - Reactor The new novelette will be released on Reactor immediately following the final episode of Apple TV+’s Murderbot

Remember tonight: reactormag.com/read-a-new-m...

A KISS BETWEEN WATER AND WOOD | Shawn Speakman Get more from Shawn Speakman on Patreon

New stuff on my Patreon. 😎

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This is how Mad Max’s world came to be.

Stupid Is versus Stupid Does.

So @shawnspeakman.com of @grimoakpress.bsky.social just wrote to say the frontispiece page of their deluxe The Darkest Road is headed my way to be signed.

I used to like him.

(More seriously, with Fionavar done, we’ll start thinking about what to do next. They do have their ideas.)

Question: Is it NO KINGS? Or NO KKKINGS?

Answer: Yes.

Fuck, I don’t even want to visit the United States. And I live here.

More Moore, Please | Good Times Christopher Moore, author of Lamb and Practical Demonkeeping, reads from his latest novel, Anima Rising at the London Nelson. The story from DNA.

A nice interview setting up my event in Santa Cruz, Tuesday. www.goodtimes.sc/christopher-...

We need answers about what happened on Alderaan and assurances from the Empire that it won’t happen again.