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Andrew Penn Romine
@andrewpennromine.bsky.social
Writer, Teacher, VFX Artist.
The Mosquito Fleet coming in November, 2024 @ Broken Eye Books
https://linktr.ee/andrewpennromine
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✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨

Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Ahhh I'm so excited to see @jennreese.bsky.social and @devinellekurtz.bsky.social 's picturebook Seven Ways Through the Woods on Amazon's list of Top 20 Books of 2025 for kids aged 6-8! I adore this beautiful (in every way) book and want EVERYONE to get it. 😍

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November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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I was delighted to see that @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social's monumentally great story, "We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read" has won the Ignyte Award!

ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/

www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-w...
2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards
OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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There's a lot of stupid shit happening in the world but we still decided to start a small press. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...
Homeward Books: The home for books without a home
Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.
www.kickstarter.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Wow, fantastic news! I'm honored, thank you so much!
THE MOSQUITO FLEET (Broken Eye Books) by @andrewpennromine.bsky.social is a semifinalist for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! Congratulations!

#SSBA #SSBA2025
October 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Wow, I'm honored! Thank you Small Spec Awards, and congrats to @evanjpeterson.bsky.social and @scottgable.bsky.social as well!
Exciting news from recent weeks, @evanjpeterson.bsky.social's Better Living Through Alchemy novel is a semifinalist for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards in Fantasy. Also, @andrewpennromine.bsky.social's The Mosquito Fleet is a semifinalist for Sci-Fi (but no graphic for that yet).
BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY (Broken Eye Books) by @evanjpeterson.bsky.social is a semifinalist for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! Congratulations!

#SSBA #SSBA2025
September 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Me and Crosby had a great time at #WorldConSeattle yesterday! We'll be back again today!
August 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Friends!
I'll be attending WorldCon 2025 this week. Here's where you can find me!

(and hit me up if you want to hang out!)

#seattleworldcon2025
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
excited to be a part of Starfinder's 2e relaunch with this tale of the iconic operative, Iseph! hope you enjoy!
paizo.com Paizo @paizo.com · Jul 10
Even with odds at 45%, Iseph always gets the job done. Read about our Starfinder iconic operative in today's blog!

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July 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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“It’s possible, even probable, that Trump is interested in the issue as an instrument for bludgeoning Democrats…But Democrats don’t have to make it easy. There’s no reason for them to fuel the MAGA fires by overthinking, underreacting, and avoiding confrontation.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/transgende...
The Transgender “Issue” Is Not a Distraction for Democrats
It’s an opportunity to speak clearly about human rights and morality. Follow the facts and the Golden Rule.
www.thebulwark.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hey, these are MY students, this is my class! Come check out the livestream about their short film!
AIE Seattle's VFX students are doing a behind-the-scenes stream "Bring Them Back", a short film focusing on a depressed and grieving husband taking a sinister pill that allows him to see his dead wife one more time!

Starts today, June 24th @ 5PM PDT (or catch the VOD later)!
youtu.be/YWtVFeBudmM
AIE Student VFX Project in Development Livestream @ AIE Seattle
YouTube video by AieEdu
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June 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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April 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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"We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read" is a Hugo finalist!!!

Thank you to everyone who read and voted, and to @johnjosephadams.com and the wonderful team at @lightspeedmagazine.com!

Congrats to all my fellow finalists!
April 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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The HHS rule banning trans care from many ACA plans is open for public comment now. Only 3 comments so far.

Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
March 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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If that thing guts Social Security , I would like a lump sum payment please. Every cent that the government has taken out of my paychecks for the last several decades, plus interest. That’s MY money.
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a tough read, fellow Americans, but this is the cruelty we're doing to people who have no criminal records.
Every American needs to read this. This is our country. This is who we are and this is what we are doing. Next time I see or hear anyone say anything about “well, but we need to keep criminals off the streets…” I’ll be showing them this and asking them what a criminal is.
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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I have made a terrible mistake
March 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Can't get through to either @durbin.senate.gov or @duckworth.senate.gov.
Dear Senators Duckworth and Durbin:
Please make a public statement confirming that you'll be doing the right thing and voting NO ON CLOTURE.
Thank you.
March 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Putanesca-style sheet pan salmon from Ottolenghi's COMFORT is what's for dinner
February 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Life hacks:
February 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
My story "Last Bloom on the Sage," (along with a lot of other really great stories from the antho Fungi) was republished by Brazilian imprint Macabra Darkside. Thanks @orringrey.com and @silviamg.bsky.social for the book that keeps going!
February 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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I’m a huge fan of Nathan and Nathan’s work (and he knows his S&S!!) so this means a lot to me!! Thank you so much! ⚔️
@newedgeswordmag.bsky.social Issue 3 was once again chock full of great talent and great stories, but the absolute standout for me was @mollytanzer.bsky.social's Jirel and the Mirror of Truth. Clear, clean prose that felt fresh, but also elegant in a way most modern writers can't quite get right.
February 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
When the last of prep school reptilian Leon’s powerful family is murdered (probably by stupid humans), his only hope to avenge their deaths is Lizzie, his science lizard cousin. Getting to the truth puts Lizzie’s small town—and its working-class cryptids—in world-class peril. #2025Pit #A #SPF
January 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM