Andrew Reid
@mygoditsraining.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, maker. Novels: The Hunter (Headline, 2018), The Survivor (Minotaur, coming Spring 2026). Repped by Juliet Mushens at Mushens Entertainment
The most important part of the Neil Gaiman statement is where he thanks all of the people who have stood by him and then names them all.
Also, can we agree that if he is on any panel or event the first question is always "do you agree it is essential to believe victims of sexual assault?"
Also, can we agree that if he is on any panel or event the first question is always "do you agree it is essential to believe victims of sexual assault?"
February 4, 2026 at 8:50 AM
The most important part of the Neil Gaiman statement is where he thanks all of the people who have stood by him and then names them all.
Also, can we agree that if he is on any panel or event the first question is always "do you agree it is essential to believe victims of sexual assault?"
Also, can we agree that if he is on any panel or event the first question is always "do you agree it is essential to believe victims of sexual assault?"
Between the kid glove handling of rich pedophiles and their associates and the terrible opsec of the current politicial class I feel like we are just months away from a leaked group chat of young rich guys who are seething they were born too late to get on Epstein's email chain.
February 4, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Between the kid glove handling of rich pedophiles and their associates and the terrible opsec of the current politicial class I feel like we are just months away from a leaked group chat of young rich guys who are seething they were born too late to get on Epstein's email chain.
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Dark Woke is here
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Dark Woke is here
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Everybody to Kenmure Street has won an international award at Sundance Film Festival. Well timed, cos it will remind doubters, haters & sceptics that neighbours will protect one another against an authoritarian state - in Glasgow 2021 or Minneapolis today. www.thenational.scot/news/2581367...
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Everybody to Kenmure Street has won an international award at Sundance Film Festival. Well timed, cos it will remind doubters, haters & sceptics that neighbours will protect one another against an authoritarian state - in Glasgow 2021 or Minneapolis today. www.thenational.scot/news/2581367...
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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fun fact! a great way to support authors w/out buying their books: request their book at your local library! it seriously helps
Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
January 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
fun fact! a great way to support authors w/out buying their books: request their book at your local library! it seriously helps
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Imagine bodying an entire medium in about 30 seconds. They still got it.
January 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Imagine bodying an entire medium in about 30 seconds. They still got it.
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exactly - it’s the constant wild swings between “mostly reasonable” and “floor-shitting gibbering madness with nuclear weapons” that are justifiably turning the world against us.
There's no way the rest of the world is going to trust us if we're going to pivot between being Leader of the Free World and the Russia of the West every 4 years based on how 150,000 people in Bucks County, PA feel about the price of eggs. This is what Americans need to understand most.
i do think even a lot of otherwise well-informed Americans really do not understand just how much Trump has already mutilated our global reputation and global trust.
it will take a long time and many acts of extreme contrition on our part to rebuild this.
it will take a long time and many acts of extreme contrition on our part to rebuild this.
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 AM
exactly - it’s the constant wild swings between “mostly reasonable” and “floor-shitting gibbering madness with nuclear weapons” that are justifiably turning the world against us.
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Gonna be amazing when Europe dumps our treasuries just in time for Fed Chief Kid Rock to drop interest rates to zero.
January 18, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Gonna be amazing when Europe dumps our treasuries just in time for Fed Chief Kid Rock to drop interest rates to zero.
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Big one! I’m sitting down with @joeabercrombie.com to talk The Blade Itself and the brutal brilliance of The First Law—characters, themes, and why fans can’t get enough.
Fri, Jan 23 - 1 PM PT
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Fri, Jan 23 - 1 PM PT
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January 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Big one! I’m sitting down with @joeabercrombie.com to talk The Blade Itself and the brutal brilliance of The First Law—characters, themes, and why fans can’t get enough.
Fri, Jan 23 - 1 PM PT
YouTube.com/@maudesbookclub
twitch.tv/maudegarrett
Fri, Jan 23 - 1 PM PT
YouTube.com/@maudesbookclub
twitch.tv/maudegarrett
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I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time
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if i were running a social media tool in the first week of 2026, I probably would not be asking if my audience is excited for AI tools that can generate images. i would probably read at least one news article.
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January 10, 2026 at 8:20 AM
if i were running a social media tool in the first week of 2026, I probably would not be asking if my audience is excited for AI tools that can generate images. i would probably read at least one news article.
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People who think the right-wing revealing in the killing of citizens is anything new--or just some product of social media--should really, really read Nixonland by Rick Perlstein. (See below passages about the Kent State killings)
January 10, 2026 at 1:17 AM
People who think the right-wing revealing in the killing of citizens is anything new--or just some product of social media--should really, really read Nixonland by Rick Perlstein. (See below passages about the Kent State killings)
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Agent reveal! 🤩✨
Confirmed so far: Juliet Mushens and Maria Whelan of Mushens Entertainment. What they're looking for: SFF, speculative, horror, literary, historical, crime and reading group fiction!
Writing in any of the above genres? Book your place at our Meet the Agents Day ➡️ bit.ly/AGENTSDAY
Confirmed so far: Juliet Mushens and Maria Whelan of Mushens Entertainment. What they're looking for: SFF, speculative, horror, literary, historical, crime and reading group fiction!
Writing in any of the above genres? Book your place at our Meet the Agents Day ➡️ bit.ly/AGENTSDAY
January 4, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Agent reveal! 🤩✨
Confirmed so far: Juliet Mushens and Maria Whelan of Mushens Entertainment. What they're looking for: SFF, speculative, horror, literary, historical, crime and reading group fiction!
Writing in any of the above genres? Book your place at our Meet the Agents Day ➡️ bit.ly/AGENTSDAY
Confirmed so far: Juliet Mushens and Maria Whelan of Mushens Entertainment. What they're looking for: SFF, speculative, horror, literary, historical, crime and reading group fiction!
Writing in any of the above genres? Book your place at our Meet the Agents Day ➡️ bit.ly/AGENTSDAY
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January 2, 2026 at 1:46 PM
If, like me, you prefer not to enrich Mr Bezos any more than necessary, you can get the Kobo edition of The Rest Is Death for just 99p at the moment. Fill yer boots! www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
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I've just posted a big 2025 wrap-up with personal writing news and also links to free stories (and free anthologies!), sales, and more. Check it out: www.stephanieburgis.com/2026/01/2025...
2025 Wrap-Up - Stephanie Burgis
For the last several years, I’ve written an annual wrap-up on the last day of December every year. This year, it’s a day late… But I’m here now, it’s a whole new year, and I wanted to let you all know...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I've just posted a big 2025 wrap-up with personal writing news and also links to free stories (and free anthologies!), sales, and more. Check it out: www.stephanieburgis.com/2026/01/2025...
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January 1, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Bit of self-promotion to kick off the New Year: there is one day left to preorder my new book THE SURVIVOR at bn.com. You get 25% off with code PREORDER25.
This discount is only available to B&N members, but free memberships are available - learn more at barnesandnoble.com/membership/
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IIRC Harris shitcanned a proposal to improve release and future employment prospects when she was California AG, because making things better for them would have *potentially* caused a shortfall in firefighter numbers. So it is possible as an ethical rehabiliation: they just dont want to do it.
Are Firefighting Roles for Incarcerated Individuals Ethical? [abstract] www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
IIRC Harris shitcanned a proposal to improve release and future employment prospects when she was California AG, because making things better for them would have *potentially* caused a shortfall in firefighter numbers. So it is possible as an ethical rehabiliation: they just dont want to do it.
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Apropos of the "just make friends" discourse, I really miss going to conventions and the friends I made but do not miss watching people do mental arithmetic mid-introduction as they try and decide if you have the social capital to make a conversation worth the time investment.
December 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Apropos of the "just make friends" discourse, I really miss going to conventions and the friends I made but do not miss watching people do mental arithmetic mid-introduction as they try and decide if you have the social capital to make a conversation worth the time investment.
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Reminds me of this under-resourced Ukrainian army officer who, nevertheless, described successfully terrorizing a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math."
Someone commented, saying, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Someone commented, saying, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
December 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Reminds me of this under-resourced Ukrainian army officer who, nevertheless, described successfully terrorizing a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math."
Someone commented, saying, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Someone commented, saying, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
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This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
I wonder if it dives into the differences between the Roderick Thorp novel and the movie: the shift from it being his adult daughter in the building to an ex-wife is very much an 80s choice (Javier Grillo Marxauch would be so proud)
A very short book about the film DIE HARD, contextualising it American politics and within the action movie oeuvre. I love that cover!
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Die Hard, by Jon Lewis
I received this c/ the publisher, Bloomsbury. Yes, this is a book. No, it’s not the book that Die Hard the movie is based on. (Yes, at least to some degree the movie is kinda based on a book.…
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December 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I wonder if it dives into the differences between the Roderick Thorp novel and the movie: the shift from it being his adult daughter in the building to an ex-wife is very much an 80s choice (Javier Grillo Marxauch would be so proud)
Cannot wait for the memes the day they try to get one up the Panama Canal and it gets stuck
Trump Class battleship illustration, as released by the White House.
December 23, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Cannot wait for the memes the day they try to get one up the Panama Canal and it gets stuck