Amal El-Mohtar

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This one-woman show about a real-life all-female gang of thieves is absolutely wonderful, queer & dark & extraordinary. I'd love to see Margo reach the funding goal to do a 10th anniversary remount in at least two cities!

Ooh I haven’t listened to the longer version all the way through yet but Empire Now, Francesca, Eat Your Young & Butchered Tongue are all-timers for me

Congratulations!!!

“We have seen medics in their uniforms killed and buried under ambulances crushed by Israeli forces. […] Countless bodies in the streets being eaten by dogs. People calling from beneath rubble, with help from first responders denied until no one was left breathing”

A photo taken through the window of a train. The name of the station "Newton for Hyde" can be seen on a sign. Inside the train a piece of paper is held up to the window with a sketch of a bewigged gentleman holding up a sign saying "Leibnitz for Jekyll"

Nerdy joke warning. 😁 I've been planning this since I first saw the Newton for Hyde sign.

When the girl arrives, the house is afflicted by thresholds. At the instant she leaves, it will be infested by secret passageways.

let me throw some fuel on the fire that is the discourse about boys getting laid!!! current-day manopshere content is not good at getting boys laid and that's an effect of the incentives at play. you cannot build an audience of resentful little virgins if you succeed at helping them to have sex

Donate to Help The Elephant Girls 10th Anniversary Remount!, organized by Margo MacDonald When we premiered The Elephant Girls in a little studio theatre at t… Margo MacDonald needs your support for Help The Elephant Girls 10th Anniversary Remount!

This one-woman show about a real-life all-female gang of thieves is absolutely wonderful, queer & dark & extraordinary. I'd love to see Margo reach the funding goal to do a 10th anniversary remount in at least two cities!

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar | Waterstones Buy The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

The River Has Roots by @amalelmohtar.com - I normally find the fairy tale narrator style annoying, but this is perfectly done and never feels intrusive or forced. Beautifully written and illustrated, this short tale is perfect for a lazy afternoon spent lounging in a patch of sunlight. 💙📚 #Booksky

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar It’s not just the delicate and dreamlike story but the manner in which it is narrated that makes The River Has Roots so exciting and memorable.

I reviewed @amalelmohtar.com's gorgeous faerytale novella THE RIVER HAS ROOTS for @strangehorizons.bsky.social as part of their 2025 fund drive. This one is probably my most 'alliterative' non fic piece yet, inspired by the book's lyrical & spell-binding prose!
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A row of books lined up in front of sun-dappled plants with small purple flowers: The Ministry of Time, This is How You Lose the Time War, Countess, Be Scared of Everything, and Thyme Travellers.

This summer is kicking the shit out of me, but at least I have good books to read!

The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley
This is How You Lose the Time War, @amalelmohtar.com & Max Gladstone
Countess, Suzan Palumbo
Be Scared of Everything, @peterbcounter.com
Thyme Travellers, ed. Sonia Sulaiman

[putting dishes in the dishwasher] get lost, suckers

[now that the dishes are clean] oh no, they’re back

Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare By Associated Press UPDATED: August 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM ET SHREWSBURY, Pa. (AP) - A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly clogged the heavily traveled artery in both directions.

A writer waits a lifetime for a moment like this.

YouTube video by Lascaille's Shroud Lascaille's Shroud — WHAT OF YOU THERE IS IN ME

Was reminded of this, and while I still wish I had made the damn snare louder, I think this is one of my favorite vocal performances and some of the best lyrics I've written. All inspired by the incredible writing of @amalelmohtar.com and @maxgladstone.bsky.social

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I would've loved it anyway but Chappell Roan's new song has her sounding a tiny bit like Alanis Morissette AND threatening to move to Saskatchewan so idk has anyone tried inviting her to @canconsffh.bsky.social

I continue to be astonished by Mamdani's enemies being incapable of using photos of him that don't entirely undercut the arguments they're trying to make, like here he is making the exact face I am making as I read the post

Reading Room Sessions: Short Stories Join us for a discussion with three incredible authors on the power and pleasure of short stories! In this panel, we're joined by authors Tananarive Due, Jendayi…

The Braille Institute has made available video of a panel I did on short stories with Nate Kurth of the BI and two absolutely amazing writers, @tananarivedue.bsky.social and Jendayi Brooks-Flemister.

What an honor and a pleasure to be included in this conversation.

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“As a remedy for our nation’s too-many-tents-not-enough-ballrooms problem, in 2009 Trump offered to donate a $100 million ballroom to the White House, a gift the Obama administration did not accept.”

I wrote a shockingly deep investigation into Trump’s love of building ballrooms (and hatred of party tents) back in 2016 for Eater. Newsy! Relevant! Insane!
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HELL YES, WELL DONE

A bright pink plastic skeleton (Skelly) with a crocheted beanie is sitting in a very relaxed position in rainbow outdoor folding chair, indoors. A colorful silk art scarf is draped over the chair this week. Skelly is holding a copy of The River Has Roots, by Amal El-Mohtar.

Skelly's back! Listen, The River Has Roots has sisters who support each other, romance with a non-binary being that is Complicated (tm), and as always with work by @amalelmohtar.com, it's beautifully written and lyrical AF. And of course, there's a little death to deal with, which is Skelly's jam.

Israel’s new measures do nothing to stop the starvation crisis in Gaza, say aid workers Humanitarian workers say airdrops and corridors to allow trucks into region have done little to stop the rising death toll

Aid groups report that Israel is refusing to allow any olives or other “fruits or vegetables with pits or seeds that could be planted” into Gaza. They will only allow in pitted olives.

Genuinely surprised to count myself up to 24 of these!

Okay, lord help me, but I did it.

Please do feel free to follow me on IG here! I'm there primarily to keep track of people and groups that are fighting for democracy who I can't find anywhere else.

But I'll also be posting comics and photos and stuff there, too!

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Killing Eve poetry meme Villanelle / (Every other genre): “You’re a lot today.” Eve / (Poetry): “I’m a lot every day.”

EDITOR'S NOTE: We have updated our story on Anne Frank to say that she actually died of typhus, and not from the Nazis putting her in a concentration camp. We regret the error and will find the filthy rat who dared to suggest the Nazis had anything to do with her death.

oh lol I just read back, poor lil guy!!

Is it … maybe a pet??? I remember when I found a couple of zebra finches fluttering about a park in late autumn here