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T. Frohock (she/her)
@tfrohock.com
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CI-borg and Wellman award finalist--author of the Los Nefilim series from Harper Voyager US. I've long been accused of telling stories, which is a southern colloquialism for lying.

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T. Frohock (she/her) @tfrohock.com · Jan 29
Everything has a price, and those who deal with the devil pay dearly in this enthralling dark fantasy about redemption, sacrifice, and a Hell-bound battle between good and evil ...

Read it now: Miserere: An Autumn Tale, Fully Revised is only $5.99 awfulagent.com/ebooks/miser...
Art by Michael C Hayes of three warriors, two women flanking a kneeling man in a gothic setting.
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Got hit with a $3000.00 vet bill yesterday. Still looking for work. So, uh, buy my books, maybe?

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
Eric Carter
Buy books online and find book series such as Eric Carter written by Stephen Blackmoore from PenguinRandomHouse.com
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February 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Lady Gaga dancing with Bad Bunny made me happy this morning. I missed the half-time show yesterday, but I've been enjoying clips of it this morning before work. It looked like an awesome show with a lot of positive messages.
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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Microsoft wants me to upgrade to Premium so I can use even more AI at 50% off, but I don't use the AI they're overcharging me for now, so why in the hell would I pay them even more money to rip me off?
February 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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Earlier this week ...
February 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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diane.dianeduane.com
Thread. 🫤
victoriastrauss.com Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 6d
Venerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3
By entering the competition and in consideration for Hearst publishing your entry, you assign to Hearst the entire worldwide copyright in your entry for all uses in all print and non-print media formats, including but not limited to all rights to use your entry in any and all electronic and digital formats, and in any future medium hereafter developed for the full period of copyright therein, and all renewals and extensions thereof, any rental and lending rights and retransmission rights and all rights of a like nature wherever subsisting.
February 4, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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Y'all, @tfrohock.com's blog is SO GREAT, as are her novels, and she has written up an astounding and fascinating overview of the Spanish Civil War and why it makes good (and terrifying) study material for the US today: www.tfrohock.com/blog/2026/2/...
A Condensed History of the Spanish Civil War with 21st Century Comparisons — T. Frohock
I’ve been asked to make the Spanish Civil War easy to understand for American readers, but that’s a hard curve to follow. It’s difficult not to get bogged down in cultural and political intricacies, w...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Ever wonder how history repeats itself? Check out: A Condensed History of the Spanish Civil War with 21st Century Comparisons

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A Condensed History of the Spanish Civil War with 21st Century Comparisons — T. Frohock
I’ve been asked to make the Spanish Civil War easy to understand for American readers, but that’s a hard curve to follow. It’s difficult not to get bogged down in cultural and political intricacies, w...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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This makes me so sad. His newsletter was the highlight of my Fridays.
February 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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lilithsaintcrow.com
"After the Polish government submitted a formal restitution request in 2024, provenance research at Yale confirmed the manuscript’s wartime removal, leading to its handover last month."
Medieval manuscript lost in World War II returns to Poland - Medievalists.net
A medieval manuscript that vanished in the upheaval of the Second World War has surfaced on the shelves of an American university, and is now heading home to Poland.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'back' and I found a 2-fer in Miserere:

#BookQW #BookSky
Lucian took one look before he stepped back from the rank odor of rust and mold flowing out of the darkness. He had no chance of escaping his sister’s guards on foot, especially through damp caverns. This was a cruel joke. “Are you mad? You expect me to crawl into that hole and go where?” “I thought you wanted an opportunity, or are you still looking for an easier way?” Father Matt’s voice turned as frigid as the air flowing out of the pit. “Perhaps you’d rather crawl back to your sister and throw yourself to her mercy. Obey her every command.” A pit of ice opened in his stomach at the thought of Catarina’s rage. Suffering upon suffering would result from his walking out on her this morning. “I thought so.” The priest held the little ball of light up before Lucian’s fearful eyes. “The light comes from our souls, Lucian, and you know by my light I am Katharos, because the fallen can’t make light—” “They only steal it,” he whispered.
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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Today's word is BACK. Today's #Bookqw from the story JACK available in the eCollection FEBRUARY THAW. Written for a fairytales anthology, inspiration was "Throw me my axe!" from the original. The intro warns: This story contains profanity, out-dated tech, & egregious abuse of the music industry.
Digital cover of February Thaw in the lower left corner. Text is over an expanded version of the cover. The red blotches aren't blood, they're seven pomegranate seeds. He stopped playing. After a couple of minutes, he stepped back and turned off Gustav's amp. The bass player kept going for a couple of bars then he frowned, stared down at his fret board, and finally turned toward Jack. Who pointed at Maitland. Gustav pulled a ballpoint pen out of his dreads and threw it at the drummer's head. "Fucking OW!" In the sudden silence, Maitland rubbed at the blue dot in the centre of his forehead with the end of a stick. "That hurt." Jack ignored him. "I couldn't hear Angela." All three turned to face the skinny blonde in the centre of the room. She shrugged bare shoulders, her butterfly tattoo rising and falling, "So?" "If I can't hear you and I'm standing right next to you, how the hell can they hear you?" He nodded toward the "audience"; on this particular night made up of the usual imaginary crowd and a cockroach investigating the top of the toaster.
February 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'back' #BookQW #BookSky
Dan and Fin must conquer potentially lethal challenges before they can go home, and they've only booked this cottage for a week. The Green Man's Holiday is a February Kindle 99p offer, pricing-matched on Kobo and elsewhere. See linked post.
Cover art by Ben Baldwin shows a creature crouching in a low tunnel entrance lined with grey stones and partly hidden by green undergrowth and white flowers. The creature has pale skin covered in sparse black hair and it looks a bit like an ape, a bit like a bear, and completely unlike either of those. Book extract reads: I listened to the soft rustle of paper and Fin making faint noises of surprise and approval as she found something interesting. Then I heard something else. I opened my eyes. Fin was staring at me, concerned. ‘Was that a cat?’ ‘I don’t know.’ I sat up and put my mug on the table. ‘A bird, maybe?’ We sat and listened. We heard the noise again. ‘That’s not a cat.’ Fin dropped the leaflet she was reading into the wicker basket and stood up. ‘Whatever it is, do you think it’s hurt?’ ‘It’s out the back.’ I got to my feet. Something about the noise had sent a shiver down my spine. ‘Where are the keys?’ ‘On the mantelpiece.’ Fin was already heading for the kitchen. I grabbed them and followed her. ‘Wait for me.’ Fin stepped to one side in the little lobby so I could unlock the back door. I opened up cautiously. I was ready to slam the door shut, using my whole body weight to hold it closed until I could lock it, if something unfriendly was out there. There was no danger of that. I opened the door wider as Fin and I looked down with disbelief.
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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victoriastrauss.com
Bookshop.org is teaming up with Draft2Digital to allow self-publishers to sell ebooks on the Bookshop platform www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Bookshop.org Teams with Draft2Digital
The online bookselling platform has partnered with the self-publishing company to allow self-published authors to sell e-books on its site.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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If of interest to anyone, I've shared (possibly temporarily) a talk I made for a Bronte course on adapting Wuthering Heights.

It's based on an earlier talk I gave called 'Adapting Heathcliff; or The Gothic has an Anti-Romani racism problem.'

youtu.be/gfxLTB2IBvo?...
Adapting Heathcliff: Romani Representation and Adaptations of Wuthering Heights with Sam Hirst
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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February 4, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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A Condensed History of the Spanish Civil War with 21st Century Comparisons — T. Frohock
I’ve been asked to make the Spanish Civil War easy to understand for American readers, but that’s a hard curve to follow. It’s difficult not to get bogged down in cultural and political intricacies, w...
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February 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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October 25, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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A Condensed History of the Spanish Civil War with 21st Comparisons (or as condensed as I could make it for you):
www.tfrohock.com/blog/2026/2/...
A Condensed History of the Spanish Civil War with 21st Comparisons — T. Frohock
I’ve been asked to make the Spanish Civil War easy to understand for American readers, but that’s a hard curve to follow. It’s difficult not to get bogged down in cultural and political intricacies, w...
www.tfrohock.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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today will be devoted to major adulting yes it sucks but it's got to be done
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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One of the most frustrating things about writing a story is when the theme I planned stalls and a new, better theme is discovered about 70,000 words into the rough draft. 1/2
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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victoriastrauss.com
Yes. Solicitation is the #1 way that scammers target writers (Facebook ads are a close second).
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 9d
Assume at this point that any unsolicited marketing/representation pitch is a scam.
smartbitches.bsky.social Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 13d
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT:

If you receive a marketing pitch from "Smart Bitches Strategic Partnerships," IT IS NOT US.

Big thanks to the Cold War historian who forwarded me the scam email he received.

AGAIN: NOT US.
February 1, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Hey folks!

Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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One day left to submit your work to Nightmare Magazine! We close at 11 pm tomorrow night.
As ever, we're looking for short stories under 7500 words, flash stories 0-1500 words long, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
January 31, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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Yes, this, so much.
oisinmcgann.bsky.social Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 10d
I find myself nostalgic for the days when evil people had to pretend not to be evil, because being evil was considered socially unacceptable.
January 31, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Morphine is sooo good ask me my pain level now: 00000000.

Nothing serious. I’m in the er for a bout of diverticulitis because my doc couldn’t get me an appointment. Not fun but they’re taking good care of me.
January 30, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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This offer is doing the rounds. Sound tempting? Don't miss the last line: it's pay to play and will set you back $350.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:39 PM