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LindaAnn LoSchiavo
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Poet. Writer. New Yorker. Member of BFS, HWA, SFPA & the Dramatists Guild. Latest bks: Apprenticed to the Night; Felones de Se: Poems about Suicide; Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems.
Next: Cancer Courts My Mother + Vampire Verses.
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LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · Nov 1
📕 🖤"Cancer Courts My Mother" (25 poems)
Defying expectations, a caregiver’s journey is told as a story of adultery.
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#HollywoodFilmCats 🐈 #Caturday 🐈‍⬛ 🧙‍♀️ #witchcraft🧹
"Bell, Book & Candle" (1959)
I'm Allergic To Your Cat
James Stewart, Kim Novak
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Bell, Book and Candle (1959) - Classic Clip - I'm Allergic To Your Cat - James Stewart - Kim Novak
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February 14, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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🧀 🫕 The latest in CHEESE blasphemy 🧀 🫕
How to Make Fondue Without a Fondue Pot
You don’t need special equipment to make foolproof chocolate or cheese fondue.

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How to Make Easy Fondue Without a Fondue Pot
You don’t need special equipment to make chocolate or cheese fondue. Chefs and experts explain how you can make foolproof fondue with the proper pot and cooking techniques.
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February 14, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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“Winner of a daily competition for most perverse thing said by a Trump Cabinet member, said: ‘I’m not scared of a germ. I used to snort COCAINE off toilet seats,’” Lawrence O’Donnell commented, quoting RFK Jr 🚽
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Lawrence O’Donnell Rips Trump As No. 1 Prez To ‘Kill More People During Peacetime’ Ever
The "Last Word" host ran down a damning list of all the ways President Donald Trump has put lives around the world in jeopardy.
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February 14, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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#HorrorCommunity
📚 A bookstore in Haddonfield, N.J. hosts an ongoing horror book club.
Fill out the indie author form!
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Inkwood Books
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February 14, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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🍷 “After Happy Hour at the Undead Lounge”
from VAMPIRE VERSES - - because Valentine’s Day can be enjoyed even in the afterlife. 🧛🖤
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February 13, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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💔 💀 ⚰️ Valentine's Day Isn't Only About Romance—It's About Every Love That Changes Us
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This Valentine's Day: A Different Kind of Love Story
A caregiver’s journey preserves its own kind of devotion
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February 13, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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🗽🐈 Adopt a Cat For FREE in NYC on Valentine’s Day Weekend.
Best Friends Animal Society teamed up with Bumble to help New Yorkers adopt a cat for free this Valentine's Day weekend.
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You Can Adopt A Cat For Free In NYC This Valentine’s Day Weekend
Best Friends Animal Society has officially teamed up with Bumble to help New Yorkers adopt a cat for free this Valentine's Day weekend.
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February 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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🗽NYC’s First-Ever FREE Grocery Store Opened Today.
🗽The wait is over. Polymarket’s massive free grocery pop-up arrives in NYC today, backed by a $1 million donation to fight food insecurity.
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NYC’s First Free Grocery Store Opens This Thursday
NYC’s first free grocery store The Polymarket opens Feb. 12, offering no-cost groceries to all New Yorkers during a five-day pop-up event.
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February 12, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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#TastyThursday 🧀 🍴 #CHEESEplease 🧀
🇩🇪 🎵 Handkäse Mit Musik is a Hessian specialty.🧀
The stinky cheese comes with onions & bathroom humor.
Tom, do you have a limerick about it?
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The Stinky Cheese Known for Making 'Music'
Handkäse mit musik comes with onions and fart jokes.
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February 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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NYC Celebrates Abraham Lincoln, POET & President, on Feb 12th
The "Great Emancipator" led the nation through the Civil War
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NYC Celebrates Abraham Lincoln, Poet & President, on February 12th
The "Great Emancipator" led the nation through the Civil War
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February 12, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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🗽 Wealthy Joseph Brewster built a secret passage inside his NYC mansion to help slaves escape.
Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan
#abolitionist #MerchantsHouse
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Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan
The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in the borough.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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#HorrorCommunity 🧛‍♂️🦇 #SneakPreview
✒️ A new serial "Dracula Before Stoker" by the author of "Vampire Verses" who found a diary!

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"Dracula Before Stoker" -- Prequel: Dracula's Diary & The Poet
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February 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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#HorrorCommunity
Feb 14th, Valentine’s Day the Gothic Way:
🎁 🖤 5th Goth Gift Idea to Die For — “Vampire Verses” — Read at Your Own Risk
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February 14th, Valentine’s Day the Gothic Way:
5 Fang-tastic Vampire Treats to Die For (conclusion)
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February 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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#HorrorCommunity 🖤 🐦‍⬛ 🎁 #GothGuide
February 14th, Valentine’s Day the Gothic Way:
4th Goth Gift Idea to Die For: Drinking with Dracula
🧛🩸Cue up the Bloody Mary orders!
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"Dracula" Rocks Tumbler — your Bloody Mary surely will come alive!
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February 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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#WritingCommunity #AI #ICYMI
Anthropic didn’t want us to know that they were destroying millions of books to feed their software
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Anthropic didn’t want us to know that they were destroying millions of books to feed their software.
Companies making machine learning and generative software aren’t just metaphorically ripping off books. In at least one case, they’re rather literally shredding millions of physical books to …
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February 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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🎁 article
🇺🇸 ‘Together, We Are America’
🎵 Bad Bunny’s critics said his Super Bowl halftime show would be divisive. They were totally wrong.

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‘Together, We Are America’
Bad Bunny’s critics said his Super Bowl halftime show would be divisive. They were totally wrong.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Ben Shapiro Is Waging Battle Inside the MAGA Movement.
🔯 The conservative commentator on the antisemitism ✡️ in MAGA media & why he condemns Trump as CORRUPT yet sticks with him
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Ben Shapiro Is Waging Battle Inside the MAGA Movement
In an interview with David Remnick, Ben Shapiro discusses his break with figures like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, and why he condemns President Trump as corrupt yet sticks with him.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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🧛 🦇 The author of "Vampire Verses" wrote a gift guide!
Feb 14th, Valentine’s Day the Gothic Way:
3rd Goth Gift Idea to Die For: Music box for Vampire Queens
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February 14th, Valentine’s Day the Gothic Way:
5 Fang-tastic Vampire Treats to Die For (continued)
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February 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Ailing Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized.
Ex-Senate majority leader missed Senate votes Monday + Tuesday.
"Moscow Mitch"
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Ailing Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized
The former Senate majority leader missed Senate votes on Monday and Tuesday.
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February 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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🖤 Thank you so much @lshadowlyn.bsky.social for your insightful 5-star review of "Vampire Verses: Poems" 🧛

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February 8, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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💥 MUSIC MAYHEM 💥
Kid Rock’s music tour hit with huge new setback as band drops out & show dates get canceled. 💔 🎻
Three artists recently backed out of the gig; more have followed
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Kid Rock’s music tour hit with huge new setback after MORE bands drop out
KID Rock’s music festival has been hit with a major setback after another performer dropped out and show dates have been canceled. The singer’s Rock the Country tour has faced another s…
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February 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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#Caturday
😺 "Cat with a Pearl Earring"
😺 Enjoy an artistic February weekend, friends.

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February 7, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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While you were doomscrolling, NYC truck driver Joe Macken spent decades carving a scale model masterpiece of New York City.
Now a museum displays it.
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Truck driver spends decades carving a scale model masterpiece of New York City
Beginning in 2004, Joe Macken carved all five boroughs of New York City out of balsa wood, every site and stadium, and every bridge and building. His creation consists of almost 1 million structures.
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February 7, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Delighted to be an Inspiration & Insight panelist for @swsworlds.bsky.social
Joining me is my SFPA colleague Angela Acosta & others.
Stay tuned for details!

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February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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#FridayFunHouse
6 Bombshell Revelations from Noel Casler on Trump
Exclusive secrets shared

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6 Bombshell Revelations from Noel Casler on Trump
YouTube video by Jack Hopkins
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February 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM