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T.P. on the Radio
@hackett.bsky.social
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Attorney, writer, dad. Stories in PseudoPod, DailySF, and elsewhere. Bad climber and worse runner (he/they)
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Screenshot of a text message: Sooooo Good. [Redacted] was like “OH my God where was this!” I said, “Clay wrote it.” “I thought he was a Lawyer!”
October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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If you want a short, too real scare for this Halloween, I have a 100-word story in this free online collection Im this week’s @sacurrent.bsky.social that has gotten some powerful feedback, thanks to @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social and @sanfordallen.bsky.social
A text message saying “Seriously, you walked over my fucking grave with that 📝 dude”
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Great turnout and energy tonight. Martha is a treasure, and this event felt like a balm in trying times.
A seated audience in a bookstore in front of author Martha Wells and the event host A more zoomed in shot of Wells in front of the audience at Nowhere Bookshop
October 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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And the crowd presses the stage with @johnpicacio.bsky.social revealing his original artwork from the double insert spread in THE INVISIBLE PARADE for the first time. A fitting end to the con
A crowd presses in on John Picacio on stage with his artwork
September 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Yesterday morning on my run, I tried to find the giant trees along Onion Creek that @endlessbookshelf.bsky.social wrote about last year. Misjudged my means of ingress and wound up at Dove Springs instead, and was joined by a friendly pit mix for a mile or so on my way back
A creek bed running through a forest at dawn. The far bank is elevated, and there standing water and gravel in the creek. A stray dog trotting down the sidewall in a residential neighborhood Some sweaty schmuck taking a selfie at the creek bed from the other photo
September 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Yesterday’s reading with Patrice Sarath and this morning’s with @joshrountree.bsky.social
Patrice Sarath at a round table reading in front of a laptop, with her book Into the Dark displayed Josh Rountree showing his book The Unkillable Frank Lightning
September 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Oh shit, Space Squid karaoke!
People singing in front of a karaoke screen Derek Austin Johnson singing Prince’s “Kiss” DRR Chang singing Matthew Bey singing
September 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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The @ghoulish.bsky.social reading, with @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social, @bobpastorella.com, the hilarious Andrew Hilbert, and Jess Hagemann
Max Booth with green hair introducing the reading Bob Pastorella reading to an audience Andrew Hillbert showing his book Jess Hagemann presenting her book
September 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Fun afternoon readings by @williamledbetter.bsky.social, Matthew Bey, @christopherbrown.bsky.social, and @markfinn.bsky.social, between my panels
Bill Ledbetter sitting at a table with other people, getting ready to read Matthew Bey, in a baseball cap, reading at a round table Christopher Brown reading to fans Mark Finn reading to fans
September 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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A great morning at @armadillocon.bsky.social, attending readings by @thatdavidhopkins.com, Michelle Muenzler, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, and @mightymur.bsky.social
David Hopkins, a bearded man, reading at a podium Michelle Muenzler reading from her laptop with a jar of cookies next to her P Djeli Clark, wearing a baseball cap, reading at a podium Mur Lafferty, wearing a cap, reading to an audience around a round table
September 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Stoked to be a panelist at @armadillocon.bsky.social again this year! If you’re around, hope to see you there
A screenshot of my schedule for Armadillocon this year: Friday, September 12 5:30pm Is Being a Writer Worth Paying the Self-employment Taxes? Ballroom D, 5:30pm - 6:25pm 9pm Erotica and Horror: Bodies and Relationships Ballroom D, 9pm - 9:55pm Saturday, September 13 2:30pm What You Should Have Read This Year Ballroom D, 2:30pm - 3:25pm 7pm What is the Value of Climate Fiction? Southpark A, 7pm - 7:55pm 9pm Severance, Foundation and the AppleTV Prestige SF Renaissance Southpark A, 9pm - 9:55pm
September 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Great turnout at @johnpicacio.bsky.social and Leigh Bardugo’s event for The Invisible Parade at TPR today
Two authors sitting on a stage before a large audience
August 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Black Francis of the Pixies singing into a microphone
August 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Portrait black and white of a smiling man in a jacket and tie, Jelly Roll Morton
August 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Had a great time with @joshrountree.bsky.social, @rickklaw.bsky.social, @comptonwrites.bsky.social, @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social, @lphernandez.bsky.social, and @daj42.bsky.social at the launch party for The Unkillable Frank Lightning at @ghoulish.bsky.social
LP Hernandez interviewing Josh Rountree at Ghoulish Books in San Antonio, Texas
July 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Just tore through the second half of @sgj.bsky.social’s THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER, and yeah, this just might be my new favorite vampire novel. My heart is full.
The cover of Stephen Graham Jones’s The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, which shows a bison head in right profile and red and black text
July 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Stumbled into a different kind of sanctum on Sunday morning
Hubcaps hung from trees in a grove Close up of a hubcap with a reflector hanging off of it, attached to a tree in a wooded area
May 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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A little outdated with the gendering, but the recent news reminded me of this old gem from from the Principia Discordia
A gold card with text: THE BEARER OF THIS CARD IS A GENUINE AND AUTHORIZED POPE So Please Treat Him/Her Right GOOD FOREVER Authorized by the House of Apostles of Eris Every man, woman and child on this Earth is a genuine and authorized Pope. Reproduce and distribute these cards freely • P.O.E.E. Head Temple, San Francisco
May 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Midlife crises have leveled up. First half marathon in the books.
Some slow jackass at the finish line of a foot race, looking tired and silly
April 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Already fucking up 2025 #dadshit
A dad and his two kids standing on an overlook of a forested canyon
January 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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What have I become?

(Willingly running in the Santa Antonio 5K)
Some schmuck in a Santa costume looking miserable as he crosses the finish line in a race
December 16, 2024 at 1:07 AM
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Kudos to whoever made the taxidermy badgers at the museum look like big fans of Half Baked
Two stuffed badgers with squinty eyes, one looks like it is smiling.
November 22, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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Morning run, after the election
A shattered toilet amidst green vines on a hill, as seen from above
November 6, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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Did the thing. Line was 20 deep an hour before the poling even opened.
An “I voted” sticker with a US flag
October 24, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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I seem to have been acquired by a cat. Her name is Ripley
A grey cat sitting on a brown overstuffed chair
October 13, 2024 at 11:40 PM