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David B. Coe
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Author, photographer, birdwatcher, husband, father, not necessarily in that order.
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Today's Monday Musings post is up (finally). I hope you enjoy it.

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Monday Musings: The Ghosts of Shoeless Joe and Charlie Hustle
Did you know that you can now place bets on the speed of a particular pitch that is about to be thrown in a Major League Baseball game? Did you know that you can bet on the outcome of the next runn…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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We're close to the next ZNB #sff anthology release, SKULL X BONES, ed by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social! Check out the ToC and back cover copy at the ZNB Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/preord...

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October 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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A Wednesday Musings post about a difficult day. Hug the people you love.

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Wednesday Musing: Two Years
Today marks the second anniversary of Alex’s death. Two years. In the past, I have said that the time since feels like more than it actually has been and also like less. Not anymore. Not really. To…
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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New anthology coming, funded by an upcoming Kickstarter campaign! www.davidbcoe.com/2025/09/24/p...
Professional Wednesday: New Anthology Project In The Offing!!
In the next week or so, we — Sarah J. Sover, the good people at Falstaff Books, and me — will be starting a Kickstarter for a new anthology, Disruptive Intent. Sarah and I will be co-editing the co…
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September 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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After a lengthy time away, I have a new Tuesday Musings up. I hope you enjoy it.

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Tuesday Musings: Our Most Sacred Amendment
I have avoided posting for some time now. Not because things have been going badly — they haven’t. I feel that I am doing well, that our family is doing well. But it’s hard to post about things lik…
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September 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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I have a Tuesday Musings post up after our latest journey, this one to Philadelphia, birthplace of our nation. I hope you enjoy it.

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Tuesday Musings: Ruminations After Our Latest Travels
This past week, Nancy and I spent a few days in Philadelphia. I hadn’t been there since the World Science Fiction Convention of 2001 (known, I kid you not, as Millennium PhilCon — think of the name…
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August 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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After a long absence, I have a Friday Musings post up! (Yes, I can muse on Fridays! Alliteration is overrated....) Hope you enjoy this check-in, and also the song I share, which Alex introduced me to years ago.

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Friday Musings: Checking In and Sharing a Song From Alex
Summer is speeding by, and I have been terribly remiss in keeping up with my blog. For those who have reached out to me in recent weeks, asking if I am okay, the short answer is, “Yes, I am.” I won…
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July 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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It's been a little while, but I have a new Monday Musings post up! Enjoy!

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Monday Musings: Some Recent Epiphanies
The title speaks for itself. These are recent epiphanies I’ve had. Some are profound others less so. Enjoy. Last weekend, at ConCarolinas, I was honored with the Polaris Award, which is given each …
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June 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Find out what can happen when time simply stops in TEMPORALLY DEACTIVATED, an #sff anth from ZNB ed by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social!

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May 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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A Tuesday Musings this week. And a hard day. Hug the ones you love.

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Tuesday Musings: Our Child’s Birthday
Our beloved older daughter would have been thirty years old today. Alexis Jordan Berner-Coe. Early on, it felt like a big name for such a tiny child. She was always the smallest in her class, the s…
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May 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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After a few weeks off, I'm back with a new Monday Musings, In which I (sort of) explain the few weeks off . . . Also, new pics of the new house!! Enjoy!!

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Monday Musings: Nesting (Redux) and Writing
Back in early January, with snow falling on our bare trees and the brisk cold of a northeastern winter defining our days, I wrote a post for this blog about “Nesting.” The title referred to what Na…
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April 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Would you kill for your art? Would it kill for you? Find out in ARTIFICE & CRAFT, an #sff anth from ZNB ed by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & Edmund Schubert!

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April 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Don your fedora and trench coat, it's time for NOIR, an #sff anth from ZNB ed by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & John Zakour!

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April 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Discover what lurks in abandoned ships in DERELICT, an #sff anth from ZNB ed by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social!

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April 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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It's a wet and snowy Monday here in the Hudson Valley, and that means it's time for a new Monday Musings! I hope you enjoy it!!

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Monday Musings: American Truth-Tellers
Last weekend, we went into Albany, with my brother and sister-in-law, to have dinner with friends of theirs, and to attend an exhibit at the lovely Albany Institute of History and Art. The exhibit …
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April 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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It's Monday and I have a new Musings post up. Enjoy!

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Monday Musings: Remembering My Gram
This past weekend marked my Gram’s birthday. I won’t tell you how old she would have been because, well, I’m not sure I can do the math. Old. Really old. She passed away in 1983, and at the time sh…
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March 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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After a week off for reasons (travel mentioned in the post) I am back with another Monday Musings!! Enjoy!

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Monday Musings: Thoughts After Visiting My Kid
Last week, I flew out to Colorado to visit, Erin. Now, it goes without saying that I will leap at any chance to have time with my Peanut. I don’t need excuses to visit. But in this case, we had a b…
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March 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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New ZNB #Kickstarter now LIVE at tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones! Back now for #sff #antho about #pirates featuring @davidbcoe.bsky.social as editor, Violette Malan, @alansmale.bsky.social, & more! Rewards and bonuses galore! Support #smallpress! #booksky #readingcommunity #fantasy #pirate #piratebooty
Science Fiction & Fantasy Pirate-Themed Anthology!
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March 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Science Fiction & Fantasy Pirate-Themed Anthology!
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March 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Back SKULL X BONES, an #sff #anthology from ZNB on #Kickstarter at tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones NOW! Stories about #pirates edited by @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social! Support now! #amreading #amwriting #amreadingfantasy #fantasy #scifi #booksky #urbanfantasy #sciencefiction
Science Fiction & Fantasy Pirate-Themed Anthology!
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March 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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This week's Monday Musings post is up! I hope you enjoy it!!

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Monday Musings: My Big Brother
People often ask why Nancy and I moved to New York when we left the Appalachians. We could have settled pretty much anywhere, but we chose an area — the Hudson River Valley — that few think of as a…
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March 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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It's another Musings Monday, and my Monday Musings post is up! Enjoy!

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Monday Musings: A Little Piece of Italy
Last April, after a grief-filled winter, and a previous fall that was more difficult than I could possibly describe, Nancy and I went to Italy for three weeks — a long-delayed trip that had once be…
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February 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Today's Musings post is up! Our topic for this week: Villains!! Enjoy!

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Tuesday Musings: What Makes An Effective Villain?
I love villains. I love writing them. I love reading them. I love seeing them brought to life on big screen and small. Well, let me modify that. I love villains in fiction and movies and television…
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February 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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This week's Monday Musings is up!! Enjoy!

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Monday Musings: Memories On Our Walls
A couple of weeks ago, a dear friend posted on Facebook an image of a photo print she’d purchased from me years ago, along with a caption saying she still considered the image one of the things in …
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February 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM