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Desmond Astaire
@desmondastaire.bsky.social
Sci-fi & fantasy storyteller | SFWA member | Golden Pen recipient
Just in case you’re wondering what time it is.
September 30, 2023 at 8:17 PM
Tom Jones singing “Down with the Sickness.” You’re welcome.

www.instagram.com/reel/CxqMtOv...
September 29, 2023 at 9:02 PM
Life quotes, yo.
September 23, 2023 at 2:37 AM
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I'm in an upcoming anthology called Murderbugs about, well, bugs that murder.

Mine are more...manslaughter bugs. At first, anyway.

Other authors in this:

@retreasure.bsky.social, @nvhaskell.bsky.social,
@juliavashley.bsky.social, @shannonlynnfox.bsky.social, and @desmondastaire.bsky.social!
WonderBird Press 2024 Anthologies: Murderbugs and Monsters
Wicked & charming tales in MURDERBUGS (Unhelpful Encyclopedia 2) and THE VAMPIRE SURVIVAL GUIDE (Monstrous Guidebook 1)--funded day 1!
www.kickstarter.com
September 18, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Happy Read an Ebook Day!

A free download for you: a.co/d/1fZLBG6
September 18, 2023 at 5:10 PM
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Good morning, Bluesky, I have a short story collection out in the world and it has a lot of ghosts and robots, wolves and girls, shapeshifters and grandmothers. It's out from Brain Jar Press and you can pick up a copy right now! mariahaskins.com/wolves-and-g...
September 16, 2023 at 2:42 PM
Now up on the Facebooks at facebook.com/DesmondAstaire ✔️

Come hang out and stuff!
September 17, 2023 at 11:06 PM
To celebrate “National Read An eBook Day” Sept. 18, PARANORM (a.co/d/4iGoEfc) is up for free today through Wednesday on Amazon!

eBook Day celebrates the 24/7 reading accessibility and ease that ebooks offer.

Spread the joy, and enjoy the read!
September 16, 2023 at 4:55 PM
The Murderbugs anthology launches soon! 😮Want a lil tasty-taste??

The preview story—“You Are the z Mother of Doomsday—(with code-solving contest!!) is available FREE here: www.mikejackstoumbos.com/murderbugs-p...
September 8, 2023 at 2:06 AM
Today in History: September 5, 1885
September 5, 2023 at 2:21 PM
One of the greatest talents out there, Mike Jack Stoumbos, has a new sci-fi thriller novelette out called DEAD OF NIGHT. It’s got a dozen 5-star ratings so far, check it out!

a.co/d/cejikZd

#newrelease #scifirecommendations #kindleunlimited #amreading
September 3, 2023 at 11:24 PM
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Introducing CREPUSCULAR: Stories from the in-between. A new microfiction magazine, paying ten cents a word! Opening to subs October 13. Details: www.patreon.com/posts/85137677
September 1, 2023 at 9:26 AM
Never surrender!

Just to illustrate how whacky this biz can be sometimes, I just signed the contract on a story that was rejected 23 other times.

Nahhh. It ain’t over ‘til it’s over, so keeping fighting the good fight.
September 1, 2023 at 5:22 PM
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BREAKING: Visual effects workers at Disney have filed for an NLRB election to join VFX union.

Just three weeks ago Marvel VFX workers filed for the first union election in the visual effects industry.
August 28, 2023 at 6:16 PM
[…Tiptoes in late to the party.]
August 25, 2023 at 1:11 PM