Amanda M. Blake
@amandamblake.bsky.social
Horror and fantasy author of QUESTION NOT MY SALT and the Thorns series; mid-age goth, horror movie aficionado. Coming soon: IN THE DOLLHOUSE WE ALL WAIT (2026), MASQUE (2027). 🪚
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I try to make graphics, but haven't liked any of them. So I'll just list my fave pieces from this year.
2025 AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST
NOVELETTE:
"Glory to God," DARK PATHS, A Coup of Owls (Oct 31)
SHORT STORIES:
"Exile," CARNIVAL OF HORROR, Undertaker Books (Apr 4)
2025 AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST
NOVELETTE:
"Glory to God," DARK PATHS, A Coup of Owls (Oct 31)
SHORT STORIES:
"Exile," CARNIVAL OF HORROR, Undertaker Books (Apr 4)
Punched myself in the nose with a can of lump crab meat my first order of the day, and it didn't get any better as the day went on. Today was cursed.
January 5, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Punched myself in the nose with a can of lump crab meat my first order of the day, and it didn't get any better as the day went on. Today was cursed.
Post a famous bathroom scene.
January 5, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene.
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Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
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putting stephen miller, pete hegseth and peter thiel in the same season of america is narrative overkill, what do you mean the corrupt despotic emperor is being controlled in his decline by a scheming eunuch vizier, a violently paranoid general AND an evil wizard enthralled by a cursed amulet?
January 4, 2026 at 5:36 AM
putting stephen miller, pete hegseth and peter thiel in the same season of america is narrative overkill, what do you mean the corrupt despotic emperor is being controlled in his decline by a scheming eunuch vizier, a violently paranoid general AND an evil wizard enthralled by a cursed amulet?
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
A fox darted forward from behind me after I finished delivering at an apartment complex in the middle of the suburbs. I've seen coyotes, bobcats, all kinds of raptors, and recently a raccoon. Never seen a fox before. Only really saw the tail, but it was still neat.
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
A fox darted forward from behind me after I finished delivering at an apartment complex in the middle of the suburbs. I've seen coyotes, bobcats, all kinds of raptors, and recently a raccoon. Never seen a fox before. Only really saw the tail, but it was still neat.
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And they don't like being yelled at! They all quit having town halls! The GOP is retiring inassive waves.
YELL AT THEM IF ONLY BECAUSE IT FEELS GOOD!
YELL AT THEM IF ONLY BECAUSE IT FEELS GOOD!
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
And they don't like being yelled at! They all quit having town halls! The GOP is retiring inassive waves.
YELL AT THEM IF ONLY BECAUSE IT FEELS GOOD!
YELL AT THEM IF ONLY BECAUSE IT FEELS GOOD!
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
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I have annexed
The country
Whose resources
I wanted
And which you
Were probably
Hoping
I could identify a giraffe
It was the best clock
Anybody drew
I like McDonald's
Hey look, a bird
The country
Whose resources
I wanted
And which you
Were probably
Hoping
I could identify a giraffe
It was the best clock
Anybody drew
I like McDonald's
Hey look, a bird
January 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I have annexed
The country
Whose resources
I wanted
And which you
Were probably
Hoping
I could identify a giraffe
It was the best clock
Anybody drew
I like McDonald's
Hey look, a bird
The country
Whose resources
I wanted
And which you
Were probably
Hoping
I could identify a giraffe
It was the best clock
Anybody drew
I like McDonald's
Hey look, a bird
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calling everyone. everyone.
Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please.
Script.
Script.
January 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
calling everyone. everyone.
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Yes, because the GOP likes to laud themselves as the party of law and order + the party of supporting the military + defense, and this is going to make all of those things harder.
Call them on it. Tell them this is also going to make it more dangerous for our armed forces.
Call them on it. Tell them this is also going to make it more dangerous for our armed forces.
I live in Tennessee.
Does it really matter? My reps won't listen to me or care anyway.
I already called of course but that's never gotten me anything more than a form letter and a subscription to Marsha's and Chucky's fascist spam.
Does it really matter? My reps won't listen to me or care anyway.
I already called of course but that's never gotten me anything more than a form letter and a subscription to Marsha's and Chucky's fascist spam.
January 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Yes, because the GOP likes to laud themselves as the party of law and order + the party of supporting the military + defense, and this is going to make all of those things harder.
Call them on it. Tell them this is also going to make it more dangerous for our armed forces.
Call them on it. Tell them this is also going to make it more dangerous for our armed forces.
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Trump is literally nodding off during a press conference about how he illegally invaded another country without congressional approval.
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Trump is literally nodding off during a press conference about how he illegally invaded another country without congressional approval.
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"Why are we arresting Maduro and not Netanyahu?"
Because Netanyahu works for us, and Maduro didn't. That's really the difference. We are the global hegemon. We aren't the good guys. If Putin gave us oil and tribute, we'd sell him cheap weapons, just like Netanyahu.
Because Netanyahu works for us, and Maduro didn't. That's really the difference. We are the global hegemon. We aren't the good guys. If Putin gave us oil and tribute, we'd sell him cheap weapons, just like Netanyahu.
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
"Why are we arresting Maduro and not Netanyahu?"
Because Netanyahu works for us, and Maduro didn't. That's really the difference. We are the global hegemon. We aren't the good guys. If Putin gave us oil and tribute, we'd sell him cheap weapons, just like Netanyahu.
Because Netanyahu works for us, and Maduro didn't. That's really the difference. We are the global hegemon. We aren't the good guys. If Putin gave us oil and tribute, we'd sell him cheap weapons, just like Netanyahu.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie
Man, TOGETHER is absolutely my cup of horror tea. I think I've written two short stories in a similar vein. The simplicity of concept, the commitment to it, and the indie feel was just perfect.
January 3, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Man, TOGETHER is absolutely my cup of horror tea. I think I've written two short stories in a similar vein. The simplicity of concept, the commitment to it, and the indie feel was just perfect.
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I've always been very pro-immigration, but now after almost a decade as an out trans woman living through this shit, I am fucking ride or die for our Somali-American neighbors
Fuck you, you are not making any of us your acceptable sacrifice to birth your Empire. We are all in this together
Fuck you, you are not making any of us your acceptable sacrifice to birth your Empire. We are all in this together
i'm really having a hard time getting past the "surely we can all agree that Somalis are worse than trash" thing. this feels new and very bad
January 2, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I've always been very pro-immigration, but now after almost a decade as an out trans woman living through this shit, I am fucking ride or die for our Somali-American neighbors
Fuck you, you are not making any of us your acceptable sacrifice to birth your Empire. We are all in this together
Fuck you, you are not making any of us your acceptable sacrifice to birth your Empire. We are all in this together
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at every step, this current wave of technology has been built on a total lack of consent. their literal legal argument is, "this industry couldn't exist if we had to get permission from the people who made it possible"
it was always going to be rotten.
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it was always going to be rotten.
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This is ultimately what people like @blackamazon.bsky.social mean when they describe genAI, the right's current darling, as a "lack of consent machine." There is a not insignificant portion of the population that is angry other people have the ability to refuse them. The core value is domination.
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 PM
at every step, this current wave of technology has been built on a total lack of consent. their literal legal argument is, "this industry couldn't exist if we had to get permission from the people who made it possible"
it was always going to be rotten.
bsky.app/profile/priv...
it was always going to be rotten.
bsky.app/profile/priv...
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this is how I got to "salt the earth" on the topic last night, and I'm going to remain there until we regain some sort of LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS SHIT.
there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
January 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
this is how I got to "salt the earth" on the topic last night, and I'm going to remain there until we regain some sort of LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS SHIT.
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Haven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Haven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
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deeply, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart i say fuck the new york times.
stop giving them your money. cancel your subscription. drop their crosswords. move on from wordle.
trans people have been saying for years this was an organized campaign of bigotry and disinformation. well here it all is
stop giving them your money. cancel your subscription. drop their crosswords. move on from wordle.
trans people have been saying for years this was an organized campaign of bigotry and disinformation. well here it all is
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 2:57 AM
deeply, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart i say fuck the new york times.
stop giving them your money. cancel your subscription. drop their crosswords. move on from wordle.
trans people have been saying for years this was an organized campaign of bigotry and disinformation. well here it all is
stop giving them your money. cancel your subscription. drop their crosswords. move on from wordle.
trans people have been saying for years this was an organized campaign of bigotry and disinformation. well here it all is
Hi, I'm elementary school girls.
January 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Hi, I'm elementary school girls.
New year, same me. Fresh shave to start 2026. New bedsheets and clean pajamas, too.
January 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
New year, same me. Fresh shave to start 2026. New bedsheets and clean pajamas, too.