Kat Howard
@katwithsword.bsky.social
Writer of books, short stories, comics, and other things. Friend to cats and sometimes people. She/her. https://www.kathowardbooks.com/ and https://epigraphtoepilogue.substack.com/
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“ — Why not move like light, reflected, across the snow?”
January 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
“ — Why not move like light, reflected, across the snow?”
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January 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
A Room With a View is absolutely one of my most beloved books.
E. M. Forster by Howard Coster, 1938
"His concern is with the private life; his message is addressed to the soul."
- Virginia Woolf
"His concern is with the private life; his message is addressed to the soul."
- Virginia Woolf
January 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
A Room With a View is absolutely one of my most beloved books.
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hello! do you like supporting independent bookstores? would you like a 20% discount on all books, including preorders? good news: oblong's annual new year's sale is today!
go get your books at a discount and give my staff some work to do: oblongbooks.com
go get your books at a discount and give my staff some work to do: oblongbooks.com
a cartoon of a wizard holding a wand and a purple pot
Alt: Merlin from The Sword in the Stone waves a wand and lowers books into a purple bag.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:38 PM
hello! do you like supporting independent bookstores? would you like a 20% discount on all books, including preorders? good news: oblong's annual new year's sale is today!
go get your books at a discount and give my staff some work to do: oblongbooks.com
go get your books at a discount and give my staff some work to do: oblongbooks.com
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96 years later and they still haven't got a decent explanation
December 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
96 years later and they still haven't got a decent explanation
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Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
OMG - f*ck AI for ruining the em-dash for writers. I use them all the time. Of course, what a shock that AI uses them since they were trained off my voice and other authors' voices.
I'm a writer who has specifically been directed *not* to use em-dashes because "they mean it was written by AI." I can detect AI writing, but it is not simply a matter of the punctuation used.
December 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
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REMEMBER
Feliz Año Nuevo = Happy New Year
Feliz Ano Nuevo = Happy New Butthole
Feliz Año Nuevo = Happy New Year
Feliz Ano Nuevo = Happy New Butthole
December 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
REMEMBER
Feliz Año Nuevo = Happy New Year
Feliz Ano Nuevo = Happy New Butthole
Feliz Año Nuevo = Happy New Year
Feliz Ano Nuevo = Happy New Butthole
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Happy new year
Greco-Roman, 400 BCE
Greco-Roman, 400 BCE
December 31, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Happy new year
Greco-Roman, 400 BCE
Greco-Roman, 400 BCE
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I take no leave of you, 2025. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I take no leave of you, 2025. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.
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"The world is violent & mercurial—it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love—love for each other & the love we pour into the art we feel compelled to share.... We live in a perpetually burning building, & what we must save from it, all the time, is love." -Tennessee Williams
February 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"The world is violent & mercurial—it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love—love for each other & the love we pour into the art we feel compelled to share.... We live in a perpetually burning building, & what we must save from it, all the time, is love." -Tennessee Williams
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This perfect good boy just got admitted to the ER overnight so if anyone feels like buying digital albums on Bandcamp this is a great time to do it.
December 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This perfect good boy just got admitted to the ER overnight so if anyone feels like buying digital albums on Bandcamp this is a great time to do it.
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Patti Smith by Mary Ellen Mark
New York, 2000
New York, 2000
December 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Patti Smith by Mary Ellen Mark
New York, 2000
New York, 2000
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Hey, @barnesandnoble.com has a 25% off sale on preorders for their members from 12/30 to 1/1. Preorder _The Subtle Art of Folding Space_ at a discount. Debugging physics! A family reckoning! A status report in the form of an egg tart!
#BNPreorder
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The Subtle Art of Folding Space|Hardcover
The Subtle Art of Folding Space, is the exhilarating debut science fiction novel from Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author John Chu channels unhinged physics, generational trauma, and the comfort of r...
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December 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hey, @barnesandnoble.com has a 25% off sale on preorders for their members from 12/30 to 1/1. Preorder _The Subtle Art of Folding Space_ at a discount. Debugging physics! A family reckoning! A status report in the form of an egg tart!
#BNPreorder
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-subtle...
#BNPreorder
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-subtle...
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As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
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If you're in North America, today is your very last chance to snap up the ebook of Wooing the Witch Queen for just $2.99!
Make sure to grab it now, before book 2 (Enchanting the Fae Queen) arrives on January 27th:
stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen
#romancelandia
Make sure to grab it now, before book 2 (Enchanting the Fae Queen) arrives on January 27th:
stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen
#romancelandia
December 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If you're in North America, today is your very last chance to snap up the ebook of Wooing the Witch Queen for just $2.99!
Make sure to grab it now, before book 2 (Enchanting the Fae Queen) arrives on January 27th:
stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen
#romancelandia
Make sure to grab it now, before book 2 (Enchanting the Fae Queen) arrives on January 27th:
stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen
#romancelandia
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
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December 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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20 New Open Access Books Medieval History Fans Can Read for Free www.medievalists.net/2025/12/20-n... #books #openaccess #medievalists
20 New Open Access Books Medieval History Fans Can Read for Free - Medievalists.net
Medieval studies fans can download and read all of these 20 newly published open-access books.
www.medievalists.net
December 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
20 New Open Access Books Medieval History Fans Can Read for Free www.medievalists.net/2025/12/20-n... #books #openaccess #medievalists
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The Seti art prints are now available along with a big restock of prints and stickers for everyone looking for a little new year’s art refresh. Funds help support this linearly 16 year old guy keep going strong🐈⬛🧡
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December 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Seti art prints are now available along with a big restock of prints and stickers for everyone looking for a little new year’s art refresh. Funds help support this linearly 16 year old guy keep going strong🐈⬛🧡
samanthamash.etsy.com
samanthamash.etsy.com
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Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
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He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
December 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
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My mom is making biscuits. Jenkins stands ready to help.
December 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My mom is making biscuits. Jenkins stands ready to help.
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Looking for a Christmas miracle for a kitty (aging parent situation) for Baltimore pals: (1/2)
""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."
""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."
December 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Looking for a Christmas miracle for a kitty (aging parent situation) for Baltimore pals: (1/2)
""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."
""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."
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A space, a moment in which we can safely trust — that may be the most useful and valuable gift we can give one another.
December 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A space, a moment in which we can safely trust — that may be the most useful and valuable gift we can give one another.