The Floating Bookshop
@thefloatingbookshop.com
Downtown OKC's bookstore, featuring zines, puzzles, cards, oddities, and more.
Locally owned and proudly independent
Open 10-6 seven days a week in the 🌈🏡
3 NW 9TH ST • OKC
Locally owned and proudly independent
Open 10-6 seven days a week in the 🌈🏡
3 NW 9TH ST • OKC
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🌟 OVAC MEMBER NEWS | Red Medicine: An Artist Showcase Featuring Dead Feather
An evening of storytelling and a vinyl listening/release party. Dead Feather is a concept compiled together by Joshua Garrett.
📍 Mycelium Gallery | OKC, OK
📆 Nov 8, 2025 | 7–9pm
🔗 Tickets: MyceliumGallery.Com
An evening of storytelling and a vinyl listening/release party. Dead Feather is a concept compiled together by Joshua Garrett.
📍 Mycelium Gallery | OKC, OK
📆 Nov 8, 2025 | 7–9pm
🔗 Tickets: MyceliumGallery.Com
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🌟 OVAC MEMBER NEWS | Red Medicine: An Artist Showcase Featuring Dead Feather
An evening of storytelling and a vinyl listening/release party. Dead Feather is a concept compiled together by Joshua Garrett.
📍 Mycelium Gallery | OKC, OK
📆 Nov 8, 2025 | 7–9pm
🔗 Tickets: MyceliumGallery.Com
An evening of storytelling and a vinyl listening/release party. Dead Feather is a concept compiled together by Joshua Garrett.
📍 Mycelium Gallery | OKC, OK
📆 Nov 8, 2025 | 7–9pm
🔗 Tickets: MyceliumGallery.Com
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"There's a point, around age twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities." - Ursula K. Le Guin
October 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"There's a point, around age twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities." - Ursula K. Le Guin
Whoops.
Clipped into the backrooms again at Mountains & Plains FallCon.
Don’t worry. I’ll be fine.
probably
Clipped into the backrooms again at Mountains & Plains FallCon.
Don’t worry. I’ll be fine.
probably
October 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Whoops.
Clipped into the backrooms again at Mountains & Plains FallCon.
Don’t worry. I’ll be fine.
probably
Clipped into the backrooms again at Mountains & Plains FallCon.
Don’t worry. I’ll be fine.
probably
Just in time for spooky season, we are fully restocked with Monsterama and Sean Tejaratchi’s Crap Hound.
PLUS, our first round of Slingshot 2026 planners is here (come and get ‘em, because I literally sold two straight outta the shipping box)
PLUS, our first round of Slingshot 2026 planners is here (come and get ‘em, because I literally sold two straight outta the shipping box)
October 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just in time for spooky season, we are fully restocked with Monsterama and Sean Tejaratchi’s Crap Hound.
PLUS, our first round of Slingshot 2026 planners is here (come and get ‘em, because I literally sold two straight outta the shipping box)
PLUS, our first round of Slingshot 2026 planners is here (come and get ‘em, because I literally sold two straight outta the shipping box)
Met this amazing leaf bug when I opened up the shop this morning.
Obviously I dubbed it Ted, in homage to @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social
I’m choosing to believe that meeting (and not stepping on Ted) means I am about to be part of an epic adventure.
Obviously I dubbed it Ted, in homage to @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social
I’m choosing to believe that meeting (and not stepping on Ted) means I am about to be part of an epic adventure.
October 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Met this amazing leaf bug when I opened up the shop this morning.
Obviously I dubbed it Ted, in homage to @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social
I’m choosing to believe that meeting (and not stepping on Ted) means I am about to be part of an epic adventure.
Obviously I dubbed it Ted, in homage to @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social
I’m choosing to believe that meeting (and not stepping on Ted) means I am about to be part of an epic adventure.
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“Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved.” ~ Jane Goodall
Thank you, Ms. Goodall. Rest in peace.🤍🌎
Thank you, Ms. Goodall. Rest in peace.🤍🌎
October 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved.” ~ Jane Goodall
Thank you, Ms. Goodall. Rest in peace.🤍🌎
Thank you, Ms. Goodall. Rest in peace.🤍🌎
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Last day to pre-order and get the free adventure!
A 22 page toolkit to play Sci-fi in minutes:
- clearly defined game play loop & encounters
- a clean d6 roll under system
- quick & evocative character creation
- psionic , cyberware, & animal crew rules
- intuitive ship combat rules [no extra stat tracking]
- solo rules
- space stations & contracts
- clearly defined game play loop & encounters
- a clean d6 roll under system
- quick & evocative character creation
- psionic , cyberware, & animal crew rules
- intuitive ship combat rules [no extra stat tracking]
- solo rules
- space stations & contracts
September 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Last day to pre-order and get the free adventure!
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Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
September 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
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I hear *someone* is having a sale next week.
I guess they have to try and recoup some of that $2.5 billion they’re forking over for *checks notes* being deceptive? Who would’ve thought?
Feels like Oct 7 & 8 will be prime days to support independent bookstores. 😌
I guess they have to try and recoup some of that $2.5 billion they’re forking over for *checks notes* being deceptive? Who would’ve thought?
Feels like Oct 7 & 8 will be prime days to support independent bookstores. 😌
September 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I hear *someone* is having a sale next week.
I guess they have to try and recoup some of that $2.5 billion they’re forking over for *checks notes* being deceptive? Who would’ve thought?
Feels like Oct 7 & 8 will be prime days to support independent bookstores. 😌
I guess they have to try and recoup some of that $2.5 billion they’re forking over for *checks notes* being deceptive? Who would’ve thought?
Feels like Oct 7 & 8 will be prime days to support independent bookstores. 😌
The response to our first ever art show call has been awesome!
We’re gonna close the call Monday, Sept 29 at noon, so we can notify those selected & make sure they can pick up their race kits with plenty of time before 9th Street Derby Day on November 22.
Details & entry: forms.gle/ksqSnTcJ9ipq...
We’re gonna close the call Monday, Sept 29 at noon, so we can notify those selected & make sure they can pick up their race kits with plenty of time before 9th Street Derby Day on November 22.
Details & entry: forms.gle/ksqSnTcJ9ipq...
September 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.
regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society
September 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.
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Ghoulish Tales has reopened submissions until October 17, 2025. Nothing longer than 5k words. Payment is 10c per word. Full guidelines here: ghoulish.rip/ghoulish-tal...
September 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Ghoulish Tales has reopened submissions until October 17, 2025. Nothing longer than 5k words. Payment is 10c per word. Full guidelines here: ghoulish.rip/ghoulish-tal...
The response to our first ever art show call has been awesome!
We’re gonna close the call Monday, Sept 29 at noon, so we can notify those selected & make sure they can pick up their race kits with plenty of time before 9th Street Derby Day on November 22.
Details & entry: forms.gle/ksqSnTcJ9ipq...
We’re gonna close the call Monday, Sept 29 at noon, so we can notify those selected & make sure they can pick up their race kits with plenty of time before 9th Street Derby Day on November 22.
Details & entry: forms.gle/ksqSnTcJ9ipq...
September 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The response to our first ever art show call has been awesome!
We’re gonna close the call Monday, Sept 29 at noon, so we can notify those selected & make sure they can pick up their race kits with plenty of time before 9th Street Derby Day on November 22.
Details & entry: forms.gle/ksqSnTcJ9ipq...
We’re gonna close the call Monday, Sept 29 at noon, so we can notify those selected & make sure they can pick up their race kits with plenty of time before 9th Street Derby Day on November 22.
Details & entry: forms.gle/ksqSnTcJ9ipq...
We’ve had an amazing response to the call for artists for our first ever show already, but have you thought about what kind of mad science, magic, and artistry you could do to turn a pinewood derby block + wheels into art?
For more details and to apply to the show: forms.gle/D1L2mkxcRC3q...
For more details and to apply to the show: forms.gle/D1L2mkxcRC3q...
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We’ve had an amazing response to the call for artists for our first ever show already, but have you thought about what kind of mad science, magic, and artistry you could do to turn a pinewood derby block + wheels into art?
For more details and to apply to the show: forms.gle/D1L2mkxcRC3q...
For more details and to apply to the show: forms.gle/D1L2mkxcRC3q...
More of our famous free shop stickers and less-famous @carefulkittybooks.com stickers are here!
Get the TFB stickers at the 🌈🏡 on 9th St, & Careful Kitty stickers at any of the stops on our tabling tour, including @okcomicarts.bsky.social (Sept 13) @slicexpo.bsky.social (Oct 18) and OKCZFX (Oct 25)
Get the TFB stickers at the 🌈🏡 on 9th St, & Careful Kitty stickers at any of the stops on our tabling tour, including @okcomicarts.bsky.social (Sept 13) @slicexpo.bsky.social (Oct 18) and OKCZFX (Oct 25)
September 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
More of our famous free shop stickers and less-famous @carefulkittybooks.com stickers are here!
Get the TFB stickers at the 🌈🏡 on 9th St, & Careful Kitty stickers at any of the stops on our tabling tour, including @okcomicarts.bsky.social (Sept 13) @slicexpo.bsky.social (Oct 18) and OKCZFX (Oct 25)
Get the TFB stickers at the 🌈🏡 on 9th St, & Careful Kitty stickers at any of the stops on our tabling tour, including @okcomicarts.bsky.social (Sept 13) @slicexpo.bsky.social (Oct 18) and OKCZFX (Oct 25)
Our nano-publishing sibling will be in LFK this weekend at the Paper Plains Zine Fest!
Careful Kitty will be at the Paper Plains Zine Fest vendor fair this Sunday at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St, in lovely Lawrence, KS.
Come say hi to @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, & @notarealghost.com and pick up some zines, comics, and more!
See you soon, LFK!
Come say hi to @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, & @notarealghost.com and pick up some zines, comics, and more!
See you soon, LFK!
August 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Our nano-publishing sibling will be in LFK this weekend at the Paper Plains Zine Fest!
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Comics conventions are going to have to develop and enforce no-AI policies.
And soon.
Probably yesterday would've been good.
And soon.
Probably yesterday would've been good.
August 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Comics conventions are going to have to develop and enforce no-AI policies.
And soon.
Probably yesterday would've been good.
And soon.
Probably yesterday would've been good.
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My schedule for next month is pretty barren, so, if you need wild art that you won't find anywhere else on your next project, consider hiring me? Covers, sequentials, character design, album covers, I do it all!
Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com
I also offer commissions if you don't have a project
Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com
I also offer commissions if you don't have a project
August 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My schedule for next month is pretty barren, so, if you need wild art that you won't find anywhere else on your next project, consider hiring me? Covers, sequentials, character design, album covers, I do it all!
Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com
I also offer commissions if you don't have a project
Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com
I also offer commissions if you don't have a project
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Stickers of “morning devotional: please be kind, especially when we don’t know what’s going on”
$4. Profit goes to the Immigrant Defense Project.
Available at @thefloatingbookshop.com, or find me at the @carefulkittybooks.com table at Paper Plains, @okcomicarts.bsky.social, or @slicexpo.bsky.social
$4. Profit goes to the Immigrant Defense Project.
Available at @thefloatingbookshop.com, or find me at the @carefulkittybooks.com table at Paper Plains, @okcomicarts.bsky.social, or @slicexpo.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Stickers of “morning devotional: please be kind, especially when we don’t know what’s going on”
$4. Profit goes to the Immigrant Defense Project.
Available at @thefloatingbookshop.com, or find me at the @carefulkittybooks.com table at Paper Plains, @okcomicarts.bsky.social, or @slicexpo.bsky.social
$4. Profit goes to the Immigrant Defense Project.
Available at @thefloatingbookshop.com, or find me at the @carefulkittybooks.com table at Paper Plains, @okcomicarts.bsky.social, or @slicexpo.bsky.social
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when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe
August 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe
Wait, who’s gonna run the store?
Updated Fall tour schedule
•Sunday, Aug 31, 11-5: Paper Plains in LFK
•Saturday, Sept 18, from 10-6: @okcomicarts.bsky.social in OKC
•Saturday, Oct 18: @slicexpo.bsky.social in St. Louis
Come see us for stuff from @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, @notarealghost.com & more!
•Sunday, Aug 31, 11-5: Paper Plains in LFK
•Saturday, Sept 18, from 10-6: @okcomicarts.bsky.social in OKC
•Saturday, Oct 18: @slicexpo.bsky.social in St. Louis
Come see us for stuff from @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, @notarealghost.com & more!
August 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wait, who’s gonna run the store?
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Three of the most interesting and intricately produced style-mixers in the OKC metro are all dropping new releases across art-pop, alt-folk, and genre-defying hip-hop. | Music with Brett Fieldcamp by True Sky Credit Union: freepressokc.com/recent-music...
Recent music drops prove cross-genre creative power of OKC
Three of the most interesting and intricately produced style-mixers in OKC are all dropping new releases across art-pop, alt-folk, and genre-defying hip-hop.
freepressokc.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Three of the most interesting and intricately produced style-mixers in the OKC metro are all dropping new releases across art-pop, alt-folk, and genre-defying hip-hop. | Music with Brett Fieldcamp by True Sky Credit Union: freepressokc.com/recent-music...
Our teeny-little T-Rex-sized publishing arm is going on tour!
Come say hi!
Come say hi!
Here’s the parts of the tour I can announce:
•Sunday, Aug 31, 11-5: Paper Plains in LFK
•Saturday, Sept 18, from 10-6: @okcomicarts.bsky.social in OKC
•Saturday, Oct 18: Somewhere in Missouri. We’ll let you know as soon as we can!
Stay tuned for even more Careful Kitty news & appearances!
•Sunday, Aug 31, 11-5: Paper Plains in LFK
•Saturday, Sept 18, from 10-6: @okcomicarts.bsky.social in OKC
•Saturday, Oct 18: Somewhere in Missouri. We’ll let you know as soon as we can!
Stay tuned for even more Careful Kitty news & appearances!
August 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Our teeny-little T-Rex-sized publishing arm is going on tour!
Come say hi!
Come say hi!
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BREAKING NEWS from Careful Kitty HQ:
Crispy (AKA Crispofer, AKA Crispus Cattucks) caught a mouse!
😻😻😻
Thank you, Crispus!
Crispy (AKA Crispofer, AKA Crispus Cattucks) caught a mouse!
😻😻😻
Thank you, Crispus!
August 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
BREAKING NEWS from Careful Kitty HQ:
Crispy (AKA Crispofer, AKA Crispus Cattucks) caught a mouse!
😻😻😻
Thank you, Crispus!
Crispy (AKA Crispofer, AKA Crispus Cattucks) caught a mouse!
😻😻😻
Thank you, Crispus!