John Edward Lawson
@bizarroguy.bsky.social
Author, Raw Dog Screaming Press co-founder, photographer, musician @ Rage Inducer & Pandeathic, event organizer, entropologist, nonprofit volunteer. All my links: https://linktube.com/john-edward-lawson
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2024?, by Pandeathic
from the album 2023
pandeathic.bandcamp.com
Those who remain are diminished yet feel empowered
Dangerous angels from strange stars filled with fractured morals
And scars, telling themselves we ain’t gonna take no more
None of this was ever meant to be sustainable
(Coming soon, listen to most tracks free!)
pandeathic.bandcamp.com/track/2024
Dangerous angels from strange stars filled with fractured morals
And scars, telling themselves we ain’t gonna take no more
None of this was ever meant to be sustainable
(Coming soon, listen to most tracks free!)
pandeathic.bandcamp.com/track/2024
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We're running a sale on the website. Get 20% off your order with promo code Baltimore at checkout. One of the books we have in stock is Discouraging at Best by @bizarroguy.bsky.social.
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Discouraging at Best, by John Edward Lawson
Already known for his works of speculative fiction, author John Edward Lawson uses Discouraging at Best to take a look at the "real" world. On the pages within are five interlinked tales that, when pi...
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February 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We're running a sale on the website. Get 20% off your order with promo code Baltimore at checkout. One of the books we have in stock is Discouraging at Best by @bizarroguy.bsky.social.
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I WANT YOUR STORIES!
Latin American Shared Stories | Call for Submissions - We want your stories for our new title in our Beyond & Within series: Latin American Shared Stories ✨ Edited by the one and only @vlatinalondon
Deadline is the 15th December 2024
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic
Latin American Shared Stories | Call for Submissions - We want your stories for our new title in our Beyond & Within series: Latin American Shared Stories ✨ Edited by the one and only @vlatinalondon
Deadline is the 15th December 2024
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic
SF, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Crime and Mystery
Flame Tree anthologies, short story collections and Flame Tree Press. Original and own voices, independent horror and suspense, science fiction and fantasy, crime and mystery.
blog.flametreepublishing.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:48 PM
I WANT YOUR STORIES!
Latin American Shared Stories | Call for Submissions - We want your stories for our new title in our Beyond & Within series: Latin American Shared Stories ✨ Edited by the one and only @vlatinalondon
Deadline is the 15th December 2024
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic
Latin American Shared Stories | Call for Submissions - We want your stories for our new title in our Beyond & Within series: Latin American Shared Stories ✨ Edited by the one and only @vlatinalondon
Deadline is the 15th December 2024
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic
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Reminder that we are now on Netgalley and real excitement is happening for 8114!
November 27, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Reminder that we are now on Netgalley and real excitement is happening for 8114!
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Here’s some free appetizing reading for Thanksgiving. You can read or hear my story "Late Sleepers" at Pseudopod. This story is also included in my new collection EVERYDAY HORRORS.
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PseudoPod 733: Late Sleepers | PseudoPod
Ted woke up in the dark with a dull headache, deciding to sneak out before the rest of the family got up. Going home for Thanksgiving was a terrible idea. He’d have to find some excuse to stay on…
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November 25, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Here’s some free appetizing reading for Thanksgiving. You can read or hear my story "Late Sleepers" at Pseudopod. This story is also included in my new collection EVERYDAY HORRORS.
pseudopod.org/2020/11/27/p...
pseudopod.org/2020/11/27/p...
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Raw horror poetry as only women could tell it.Horror is the best mode for speaking of our time.
LAUNCH DAY: @brendatolian.bsky.social's debut poetry collection BESTIAL MOUTHS is out! Rage with us.
“…terrifies and engages, repels and stimulates, her language turning most beautiful when it most frightens."
—Lori Ostlund, author of After the Parade
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“…terrifies and engages, repels and stimulates, her language turning most beautiful when it most frightens."
—Lori Ostlund, author of After the Parade
www.amazon.com/Bestial-Mout...
November 22, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Raw horror poetry as only women could tell it.Horror is the best mode for speaking of our time.
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Reminder that @nighttidemag.bsky.social is compiling a list for 30 days of indie horror features/shorts directed by women. If your film was: on the festival circuit between 2023 & today or was showcased, we'd love to boost you and the project! Please contact us through nighttidemag.com/contact!
a man and a woman are behind a camera that says red chillies on the bottom
ALT: a man and a woman are behind a camera that says red chillies on the bottom
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November 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Reminder that @nighttidemag.bsky.social is compiling a list for 30 days of indie horror features/shorts directed by women. If your film was: on the festival circuit between 2023 & today or was showcased, we'd love to boost you and the project! Please contact us through nighttidemag.com/contact!
Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they're dealing with.
November 21, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they're dealing with.
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Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology has been listed on the Publishers Weekly BookLife best of 2024!
It’s a fat positive anthology filled with bakers, roller derby stars, creatures, and so much more!
Here’s the link for buying. Link for article in comment
a.co/d/0PIXNwR
@sonorataylor.bsky.social
It’s a fat positive anthology filled with bakers, roller derby stars, creatures, and so much more!
Here’s the link for buying. Link for article in comment
a.co/d/0PIXNwR
@sonorataylor.bsky.social
Amazon.com
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November 21, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology has been listed on the Publishers Weekly BookLife best of 2024!
It’s a fat positive anthology filled with bakers, roller derby stars, creatures, and so much more!
Here’s the link for buying. Link for article in comment
a.co/d/0PIXNwR
@sonorataylor.bsky.social
It’s a fat positive anthology filled with bakers, roller derby stars, creatures, and so much more!
Here’s the link for buying. Link for article in comment
a.co/d/0PIXNwR
@sonorataylor.bsky.social
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our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
November 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
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I cannot take on any new things right now.
Which is a shame because @libcomix.bsky.social is doing AMAZING things and needs volunteers. Just look at these lists and *new* awards opportunities!
In short: go volunteer so I can live vicariously through you!
www.ala.org/gncrt/get-in...
Which is a shame because @libcomix.bsky.social is doing AMAZING things and needs volunteers. Just look at these lists and *new* awards opportunities!
In short: go volunteer so I can live vicariously through you!
www.ala.org/gncrt/get-in...
Get Involved
THE VOLUNTEER FORM FOR 2025 SELECTION LIST & AWARD COMMITTEES AND JURIES IS OPEN. FILL OUT THE GNCRT VOLUNTEER FORM
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November 18, 2024 at 9:49 PM
I cannot take on any new things right now.
Which is a shame because @libcomix.bsky.social is doing AMAZING things and needs volunteers. Just look at these lists and *new* awards opportunities!
In short: go volunteer so I can live vicariously through you!
www.ala.org/gncrt/get-in...
Which is a shame because @libcomix.bsky.social is doing AMAZING things and needs volunteers. Just look at these lists and *new* awards opportunities!
In short: go volunteer so I can live vicariously through you!
www.ala.org/gncrt/get-in...
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I am doubling down on joy on the blog this week. Follow along for advice to help you help your patrons in a positive way:
raforall.blogspot.com
raforall.blogspot.com
RA for All
Training Library Workers To Help Leisure Readers
raforall.blogspot.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:51 PM
I am doubling down on joy on the blog this week. Follow along for advice to help you help your patrons in a positive way:
raforall.blogspot.com
raforall.blogspot.com
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WriterThreads Do you struggle with creating likable characters? On 11/19, John Copenhaver, Harry Szabo and I will discuss how to write characters you can't look away from. Registration secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...
November 18, 2024 at 10:01 PM
WriterThreads Do you struggle with creating likable characters? On 11/19, John Copenhaver, Harry Szabo and I will discuss how to write characters you can't look away from. Registration secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...
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There is limited time to sign up to join me at Space Camp in January. I'd love to prepare for a space mission with you. Learn more at maryrobinettekowal.com/spacecamp
November 18, 2024 at 6:13 PM
There is limited time to sign up to join me at Space Camp in January. I'd love to prepare for a space mission with you. Learn more at maryrobinettekowal.com/spacecamp
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Interview with me about my new novel, Ninety-Eight Sabers!
#horror #HorrorWriters #HorrorWriting #HorrorWritersChat #HorrorBooks 💙📚😱 💙😱📚
#horror #HorrorWriters #HorrorWriting #HorrorWritersChat #HorrorBooks 💙📚😱 💙😱📚
Spotlighting indie horror authors is a passion of ours. Today's Author Snapshot is Elizabeth Broadbent!
@elizabethbroadbent.bsky.social shares the emotional journey to Ninety-Eight Sabers, her new release coming Nov. 29 from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social.
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@elizabethbroadbent.bsky.social shares the emotional journey to Ninety-Eight Sabers, her new release coming Nov. 29 from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social.
nighttidemag.com/2024/11/18/s...
AUTHOR SNAPSHOT: ELIZABETH BROADBENT
Elizabeth Broadbent shares the emotional journey that led to “Ninety-Eight Sabers.
nighttidemag.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Interview with me about my new novel, Ninety-Eight Sabers!
#horror #HorrorWriters #HorrorWriting #HorrorWritersChat #HorrorBooks 💙📚😱 💙😱📚
#horror #HorrorWriters #HorrorWriting #HorrorWritersChat #HorrorBooks 💙📚😱 💙😱📚
So far I haven’t had to take screenshots of people being wild on here for later reference. That’s a good sign Bluesky is the superior social experience. Fingers crossed it stays that way!
November 17, 2024 at 8:00 PM
So far I haven’t had to take screenshots of people being wild on here for later reference. That’s a good sign Bluesky is the superior social experience. Fingers crossed it stays that way!
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I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
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Looking for some ARC reading this week? Find these titles on NetGalley and BookSirens.
November 17, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Looking for some ARC reading this week? Find these titles on NetGalley and BookSirens.
So BluesKy is doing well enough that scammers are here now? Awesome! That indicates high confidence this platform will survive, and that users here aren't bots (unlike that other place). Nobody is trying to scam bots.
November 16, 2024 at 8:06 PM
So BluesKy is doing well enough that scammers are here now? Awesome! That indicates high confidence this platform will survive, and that users here aren't bots (unlike that other place). Nobody is trying to scam bots.
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Here's a repost of this for all the new people, if you didn't know about the Murderbot TV show yet. I can't answer any questions about it yet. Basically everything I can say is here on Deadline: deadline.com/tag/murderbot/
November 16, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Here's a repost of this for all the new people, if you didn't know about the Murderbot TV show yet. I can't answer any questions about it yet. Basically everything I can say is here on Deadline: deadline.com/tag/murderbot/
Can't believe it's been 20 years this week since my father died. I've been contemplating what his take on the state of things might be. He would have been 92 in September.
November 16, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Can't believe it's been 20 years this week since my father died. I've been contemplating what his take on the state of things might be. He would have been 92 in September.
Those who remain are diminished yet feel empowered
Dangerous angels from strange stars filled with fractured morals
And scars, telling themselves we ain’t gonna take no more
None of this was ever meant to be sustainable
(Coming soon, listen to most tracks free!)
pandeathic.bandcamp.com/track/2024
Dangerous angels from strange stars filled with fractured morals
And scars, telling themselves we ain’t gonna take no more
None of this was ever meant to be sustainable
(Coming soon, listen to most tracks free!)
pandeathic.bandcamp.com/track/2024
2024?, by Pandeathic
from the album 2023
pandeathic.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Those who remain are diminished yet feel empowered
Dangerous angels from strange stars filled with fractured morals
And scars, telling themselves we ain’t gonna take no more
None of this was ever meant to be sustainable
(Coming soon, listen to most tracks free!)
pandeathic.bandcamp.com/track/2024
Dangerous angels from strange stars filled with fractured morals
And scars, telling themselves we ain’t gonna take no more
None of this was ever meant to be sustainable
(Coming soon, listen to most tracks free!)
pandeathic.bandcamp.com/track/2024
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Hands up who does exactly this
November 14, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Hands up who does exactly this
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 13, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.