Vera Kurian
@verakurian.bsky.social
Author of NEVER SAW ME COMING and A STEP PAST DARKNESS. psychologist. film consumer. semi-ironic watcher of reality TV. available for DC area events. yes I want to be on your podcast. www.verakurian.com. writing about craft: verakurian.substack
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Join me October 17 at Solid State Books in DC for a spooky evening with thriller author @verakurian.bsky.social
Dress goth, spooky, normie, whatever floats your boat. 🧛♀️
Dress goth, spooky, normie, whatever floats your boat. 🧛♀️
Eman Quotah - The Night is Not for You — Solid State Books
Join us for an exciting night with local author, Eman Quotah , as she discusses The Night is Not for You, with writer Vera Kurian To be held at Solid State Books on H St. NE Tickets wi...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Join me October 17 at Solid State Books in DC for a spooky evening with thriller author @verakurian.bsky.social
Dress goth, spooky, normie, whatever floats your boat. 🧛♀️
Dress goth, spooky, normie, whatever floats your boat. 🧛♀️
hello. the ebook of my first book is on sale.
May 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
hello. the ebook of my first book is on sale.
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Jesus Christ can’t you people just let millennials express some entirely deserved outrage and anger over getting hit with yet another major financial crisis without parachuting in to finger wag at us about it
April 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Jesus Christ can’t you people just let millennials express some entirely deserved outrage and anger over getting hit with yet another major financial crisis without parachuting in to finger wag at us about it
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March 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So… how was LibGen getting galleys? Netgalley? Are people getting books from Netgalley and then pirating them..?
March 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
So… how was LibGen getting galleys? Netgalley? Are people getting books from Netgalley and then pirating them..?
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His greed sickens me
March 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
His greed sickens me
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
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I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.
WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People":
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
March 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.
Imagine if your state had a balanced budget and a bunch of other congressmen were like lol no. This is why we want state rights. it’s totally about hating DC because of how it votes, how black it is, and how many feds work here
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Imagine if your state had a balanced budget and a bunch of other congressmen were like lol no. This is why we want state rights. it’s totally about hating DC because of how it votes, how black it is, and how many feds work here
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Let’s also remember that the Treasonous Ten also just fucked over the city of Washington DC’s budget
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Let’s also remember that the Treasonous Ten also just fucked over the city of Washington DC’s budget
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This season of #Loveisblind hasn’t been fantastic but it’s one of the few dating shows that actually talks about politics. It’s crazy to me that there are people who “just don’t think about politics bc it doesn’t affect them” and then they are caught off guard that for other this is related to
March 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This season of #Loveisblind hasn’t been fantastic but it’s one of the few dating shows that actually talks about politics. It’s crazy to me that there are people who “just don’t think about politics bc it doesn’t affect them” and then they are caught off guard that for other this is related to
Meritocracy, ladies and gentlemen…
DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review."
March 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Meritocracy, ladies and gentlemen…
meanwhile, on Gemini:
March 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
meanwhile, on Gemini:
Just a reminder, if you are eligible to nominate for the Anthony Awards, A STEP PAST DARKNESS is eligible and could theoretically be nominated for either Best Hardcover or Best Paranormal.
March 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Just a reminder, if you are eligible to nominate for the Anthony Awards, A STEP PAST DARKNESS is eligible and could theoretically be nominated for either Best Hardcover or Best Paranormal.
I don’t know. Here’s my cat on a pineapple
February 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I don’t know. Here’s my cat on a pineapple
I’m just going to have an unpopular opinion and say that eyebrows are something that cannot “quirk”.
February 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I’m just going to have an unpopular opinion and say that eyebrows are something that cannot “quirk”.
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trillion dollar industry that will revolutionize everything
February 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
trillion dollar industry that will revolutionize everything
enemies to lovers
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Man offers to split winnings after thieves win jackpot with his credit card
The Frenchman has called on the thieves to strike a deal with him to split the €500,000 (£413,664) prize.
www.bbc.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
enemies to lovers
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Sooooo bird flu, covid, flu, etc is going to take care of itself I guess
Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.
Morale plummets at the CDC as staff fear job losses
Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Sooooo bird flu, covid, flu, etc is going to take care of itself I guess
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This is part of the poison fed into people's brain by Reagan, federal employees are evil greedy people in shadowy buildings in DC, not "real Americans" and that has always been dumb. Now it's tragic.
Just learned from NPR that the federal government is the largest employer in the great Kansas City area, for example. I found it helpful to be reminded that, of course, this isn’t just about people who work and live in DC. Federal employees are in all of our communities.
February 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is part of the poison fed into people's brain by Reagan, federal employees are evil greedy people in shadowy buildings in DC, not "real Americans" and that has always been dumb. Now it's tragic.