Gavin, Small Beer, long covid, &c.
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Gavin J. Grant. He/him. Born: 323ppm. Peely-wally vegan Scottish immigrant. Equality? I like it. BLM. Antifascist. Trans rights=human rights. Long covid 12/21, meh. Tired. Wears masks, asks you to, too. smallbeerpress.com (closed) & LCRW. bookmoonbooks.com
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25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
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25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
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my baby cousin got me a biography of Lord Byron for Christmas, and the intro is like "through no fault of his own (it was the publisher's fault), the last major Byron biographer could not include any of the gay stuff, BUT I SHALL" thank u 4 ur service, Fiona MacCarthy, very excited to get into it
December 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
my baby cousin got me a biography of Lord Byron for Christmas, and the intro is like "through no fault of his own (it was the publisher's fault), the last major Byron biographer could not include any of the gay stuff, BUT I SHALL" thank u 4 ur service, Fiona MacCarthy, very excited to get into it
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Say yes to beans!
Gotta order today though, or your new year will be COMPLETELY CURSED.
I don't make the rules.
Gotta order today though, or your new year will be COMPLETELY CURSED.
I don't make the rules.
If you want the crowder beans (like black eyed peas) by new years basically today is your last chance to order and even then I can’t promise. I’ll ship them tomorrow but then it’s in the hands of the USPS
I also only have around 20 of these left, so they’ll sell out soon too
I also only have around 20 of these left, so they’ll sell out soon too
BEAN BOX 6 – Vigna and Runner and Lima
Crowder southern peas Red Bean Paste Moon Cake Urad Dal /Black Gram Lima Butter Beans Runner Beans "Gigante" Bean Letter 6
Crowder southern peas Red Bean Paste Moon Cake Urad Dal /Black Gram Lima Butter Beans Runner Beans "Gigante" Bean Letter 6
December 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Say yes to beans!
Gotta order today though, or your new year will be COMPLETELY CURSED.
I don't make the rules.
Gotta order today though, or your new year will be COMPLETELY CURSED.
I don't make the rules.
Got $25 to help?
A $60,000 loan helps Soluna deliver 24/7 clean, affordable solar energy to off-grid rural communities in Colombia.
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"...will finance the installation of approximately 40 solar energy systems in rural Colombia, benefiting an estimated 130–150 people..."
A $60,000 loan helps Soluna deliver 24/7 clean, affordable solar energy to off-grid rural communities in Colombia.
www.kiva.org/lend/3099360
"...will finance the installation of approximately 40 solar energy systems in rural Colombia, benefiting an estimated 130–150 people..."
December 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Got $25 to help?
A $60,000 loan helps Soluna deliver 24/7 clean, affordable solar energy to off-grid rural communities in Colombia.
www.kiva.org/lend/3099360
"...will finance the installation of approximately 40 solar energy systems in rural Colombia, benefiting an estimated 130–150 people..."
A $60,000 loan helps Soluna deliver 24/7 clean, affordable solar energy to off-grid rural communities in Colombia.
www.kiva.org/lend/3099360
"...will finance the installation of approximately 40 solar energy systems in rural Colombia, benefiting an estimated 130–150 people..."
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Western Massachusetts friends, there is a cluster of pertussis cases in the Northampton school. If you have been thinking you need a booster (many of us in our 50s do), now is the time. You don’t need to be tested to see if immunity has waned—you can just get one at CVS, etc.
December 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Western Massachusetts friends, there is a cluster of pertussis cases in the Northampton school. If you have been thinking you need a booster (many of us in our 50s do), now is the time. You don’t need to be tested to see if immunity has waned—you can just get one at CVS, etc.
Martha Moody by @susanstinson.bsky.social spotted!
Next up in Consortium Corner: Marketing specialist Jordan Bascom talks the Mousse-iverse and gloriously strange novels, and shares some choice cat pics: www.cbsd.com/blog/2025/12...
Consortium Corner is a Q&A series celebrating Consortium’s 40 years of independent book distribution 📚🎉
Consortium Corner is a Q&A series celebrating Consortium’s 40 years of independent book distribution 📚🎉
December 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Martha Moody by @susanstinson.bsky.social spotted!
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The Consortium president, who has been with the company for 30 years and will retire in 2026, is changing book culture one client publisher at a time.
PW Notables 2025: Julie Schaper
The Consortium president changes the culture, one client publisher at a time.
buff.ly
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Consortium president, who has been with the company for 30 years and will retire in 2026, is changing book culture one client publisher at a time.
Cass Neary still grabbing people by the collar, pickpocketing their meds at the same time:
"Neary is my favorite type of protagonist, which is to say, she’s a dubious one. She’s a liar and a thief, a traumatized alcoholic with a deeply destructive streak."
www.midcoastvillager.com/life/books/a...
"Neary is my favorite type of protagonist, which is to say, she’s a dubious one. She’s a liar and a thief, a traumatized alcoholic with a deeply destructive streak."
www.midcoastvillager.com/life/books/a...
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Cass Neary still grabbing people by the collar, pickpocketing their meds at the same time:
"Neary is my favorite type of protagonist, which is to say, she’s a dubious one. She’s a liar and a thief, a traumatized alcoholic with a deeply destructive streak."
www.midcoastvillager.com/life/books/a...
"Neary is my favorite type of protagonist, which is to say, she’s a dubious one. She’s a liar and a thief, a traumatized alcoholic with a deeply destructive streak."
www.midcoastvillager.com/life/books/a...
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In just the past month, #MedicareForAll has gained 7 new cosponsors, bringing us to 17 in the Senate and 111 in the House.
More members of Congress are joining us to recognize that the only solution to our health care crisis is Medicare for All. Our movement is growing!
More members of Congress are joining us to recognize that the only solution to our health care crisis is Medicare for All. Our movement is growing!
December 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In just the past month, #MedicareForAll has gained 7 new cosponsors, bringing us to 17 in the Senate and 111 in the House.
More members of Congress are joining us to recognize that the only solution to our health care crisis is Medicare for All. Our movement is growing!
More members of Congress are joining us to recognize that the only solution to our health care crisis is Medicare for All. Our movement is growing!
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And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
I feel strongly enough to consider leaving SFWA. I’ve been a member for ~20 years as, besides anything else, I think the medical fund and contracts/grief committees are important.
LLMs are based on stolen work used without payment or permission—the literal antithesis of SFWA’s raison d’être.
LLMs are based on stolen work used without payment or permission—the literal antithesis of SFWA’s raison d’être.
I emailed @sfwa.org (and encourage all members to do so) that I would prefer that "Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process” not be eligible for the Nebula ballot.
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I feel strongly enough to consider leaving SFWA. I’ve been a member for ~20 years as, besides anything else, I think the medical fund and contracts/grief committees are important.
LLMs are based on stolen work used without payment or permission—the literal antithesis of SFWA’s raison d’être.
LLMs are based on stolen work used without payment or permission—the literal antithesis of SFWA’s raison d’être.
I emailed @sfwa.org (and encourage all members to do so) that I would prefer that "Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process” not be eligible for the Nebula ballot.
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I emailed @sfwa.org (and encourage all members to do so) that I would prefer that "Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process” not be eligible for the Nebula ballot.
In one word Link delineates the most important concepts of our day.
December 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
In one word Link delineates the most important concepts of our day.
With one single word Link brings everything from sex to intergenerational transfer of wealth to bear. Can't wait for her next word!
nepotiskeetism
December 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
With one single word Link brings everything from sex to intergenerational transfer of wealth to bear. Can't wait for her next word!
Short and to the point. The clarity we need in today's literary community.
Wondering if anyone would be willing to blurb this post. It isn't a long read!
December 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Short and to the point. The clarity we need in today's literary community.
read this and book your flu jab asap
"I can promise I'll never miss another flu vaccine again."
You don't have to learn this lesson the hard way.
www.voicesforvaccines.org/well-never-m...
You don't have to learn this lesson the hard way.
www.voicesforvaccines.org/well-never-m...
We’ll Never Miss a Flu Shot Again
I typically stay on top of vaccines. But in 2023 we were late with flu shots–a mistake I will never make again.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
read this and book your flu jab asap
you can pick your nose
you can pick your friends
everybody dies
so it goes
you can pick your friends
everybody dies
so it goes
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
you can pick your nose
you can pick your friends
everybody dies
so it goes
you can pick your friends
everybody dies
so it goes
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December is ghost story season, which means it's a perfect time to acquire a skeleton orchestra, available on various objects:
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Skeleton orchestra by tanaudel | Redbubble
An accompaniment for a danse macabre
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December 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
December is ghost story season, which means it's a perfect time to acquire a skeleton orchestra, available on various objects:
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/5872...
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/5872...
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everyone go get A Stranger in Olondria + Tender and also Earth Logic + Air Logic and then go get Fire Logic + Water Logic at full price; I PROMISE they're worth it
and At the Mouth of the River of Bees while you're at it!
and At the Mouth of the River of Bees while you're at it!
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25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
SBP25
smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journa...
indiepubs.com/collections/...
25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
SBP25
smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journa...
indiepubs.com/collections/...
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
everyone go get A Stranger in Olondria + Tender and also Earth Logic + Air Logic and then go get Fire Logic + Water Logic at full price; I PROMISE they're worth it
and At the Mouth of the River of Bees while you're at it!
and At the Mouth of the River of Bees while you're at it!
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My novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster is just $2.99 in all e-book formats today. (Kindle, Kobo, Nook,etc)
This is the book of my heart. It's a queer mother-daughter story about healing and forgiveness. It's got 18th century lit, riot grrls, and filthy weird magic.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
This is the book of my heart. It's a queer mother-daughter story about healing and forgiveness. It's got 18th century lit, riot grrls, and filthy weird magic.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Lessons in Magic and Disaster
In the vein of Alice Hoffman and Charlie Jane Anders's own All the Birds in the Sky comes a novel full of love, disaster, and magic. A young witch teaches he...
us.macmillan.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster is just $2.99 in all e-book formats today. (Kindle, Kobo, Nook,etc)
This is the book of my heart. It's a queer mother-daughter story about healing and forgiveness. It's got 18th century lit, riot grrls, and filthy weird magic.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
This is the book of my heart. It's a queer mother-daughter story about healing and forgiveness. It's got 18th century lit, riot grrls, and filthy weird magic.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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My family stopped over on the weekend on their way back from San Diego (death in the family) and now we are all very sick. If this is the flu that we’ve been warned about (we all had our shots) it is no joke, people. We are not sure who gave it to whom, and not sure it matters at this point. 🤧😷🥴
December 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My family stopped over on the weekend on their way back from San Diego (death in the family) and now we are all very sick. If this is the flu that we’ve been warned about (we all had our shots) it is no joke, people. We are not sure who gave it to whom, and not sure it matters at this point. 🤧😷🥴
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. breath. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. really struggling for breath. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. the internet has rotted these people's brains.
Welcome to the pissed-off parent pushback: After years of therapists and others encouraging adult children to cut ties with families they deem harmful or “toxic,” estranged parents are speaking out on.wsj.com/4s49U52
These Moms Are Done Being ‘Doormats’ for Their Estranged Children
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. breath. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. really struggling for breath. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. the internet has rotted these people's brains.
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Easy to miss in the shuffle of big product restock, but please also check out this new and very excellent sticker by @vertvoltapress.bsky.social !
December 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Easy to miss in the shuffle of big product restock, but please also check out this new and very excellent sticker by @vertvoltapress.bsky.social !
Katherine Blake's novel The Interior Life where a woman has two lives, an everyday deal with the kids, husband, PTA, etc. and then an amazing secondary world fantasy that she slips in and out of.
And @jdnicoll.bsky.social points out it's (amazingly) available free here: www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/
And @jdnicoll.bsky.social points out it's (amazingly) available free here: www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/
December 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Katherine Blake's novel The Interior Life where a woman has two lives, an everyday deal with the kids, husband, PTA, etc. and then an amazing secondary world fantasy that she slips in and out of.
And @jdnicoll.bsky.social points out it's (amazingly) available free here: www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/
And @jdnicoll.bsky.social points out it's (amazingly) available free here: www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/
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Hiii everyone I'd love to get up to 550 a month on my Patreon by the end of the year so if you could share this post...much appreciated <3 Im a freak and I make comics
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hiii everyone I'd love to get up to 550 a month on my Patreon by the end of the year so if you could share this post...much appreciated <3 Im a freak and I make comics