Joshua Ladd
@joshualadd.bsky.social
Author | Publishing grad student at Western Colorado University | Intern at WordFire Press | Intern at Baen Books
Thank you, Noah Webster!
It's National Dictionary Day! Chosen to honor the birthday of Noah Webster, the American lexicographer who created the first American dictionary, this day is a celebration of learning and language. #DictionaryDay #NoahWebster #💙📚 #Booksky
October 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thank you, Noah Webster!
I am a grad student at Western Colorado University where I am earning an MA in Publishing under the mentorship of legendary sci-fi author Kevin J. Anderson. Applications for next year are now open. Check out this video for more info. Feel free to message me if you have any questions.
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My Publishing Masters degree program at Western Colorado University is now open for applications for next year! All online except one week in beautiful Gunnison CO, practical hands-on work taught by i...
My Publishing Masters degree program at Western Colorado University is now open for applications for next year! All online except one week in beautiful Gunnison CO, practical hands-on work taught by.....
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October 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I am a grad student at Western Colorado University where I am earning an MA in Publishing under the mentorship of legendary sci-fi author Kevin J. Anderson. Applications for next year are now open. Check out this video for more info. Feel free to message me if you have any questions.
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I'm excited for the new installment of Unidentified Funny Objects! Please consider supporting its Kickstarter campaign.
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The UFO10 kickstarter is in the middle-of-the-campaign doldrums. This is a great time to throw your support behind an anthology of humorous SF/F and get fabulous stories that will brighten you day.
Happy weekend!
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Happy weekend!
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Unidentified Funny Objects 10
After a three-year hiatus, a new volume of this iconic anthology series of humorous science fiction & fantasy is finally in the works!
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October 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I'm excited for the new installment of Unidentified Funny Objects! Please consider supporting its Kickstarter campaign.
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Brave New Weird - The Best New Weird Horror, Volume Three from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
Some really creative and definitely WEIRD stories here. And who can resist this cover by @mattblairstone.bsky.social? I sure couldn't!
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Some really creative and definitely WEIRD stories here. And who can resist this cover by @mattblairstone.bsky.social? I sure couldn't!
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September 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Brave New Weird - The Best New Weird Horror, Volume Three from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
Some really creative and definitely WEIRD stories here. And who can resist this cover by @mattblairstone.bsky.social? I sure couldn't!
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Some really creative and definitely WEIRD stories here. And who can resist this cover by @mattblairstone.bsky.social? I sure couldn't!
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When the witches and wizards are away, the familiars will play!
The Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars anthology ebook is on sale for only 99 cents now through 9/16 at WordFire Press.
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The Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars anthology ebook is on sale for only 99 cents now through 9/16 at WordFire Press.
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Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars
When the witches and wizards are away, the familiars will play! Enjoy the best in new fantasy. Gifted adventurers across time and space often travel with an animal familiar—usually a cat, but possibly...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
When the witches and wizards are away, the familiars will play!
The Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars anthology ebook is on sale for only 99 cents now through 9/16 at WordFire Press.
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The Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars anthology ebook is on sale for only 99 cents now through 9/16 at WordFire Press.
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Submissions are OPEN! Please share with your writer friends and groups.
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Call for submissions: Announcing a new anthology from my Publishing cohort at Western Colorado University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing
INTO THE DEEP, DARK WOODS
Submissions open Sept 1, pay 6¢/word
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INTO THE DEEP, DARK WOODS
Submissions open Sept 1, pay 6¢/word
Guidelines: wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/...
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September 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Submissions are OPEN! Please share with your writer friends and groups.
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Call for submissions: Announcing a new anthology from my Publishing cohort at Western Colorado University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing
INTO THE DEEP, DARK WOODS
Submissions open Sept 1, pay 6¢/word
Guidelines: wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/...
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INTO THE DEEP, DARK WOODS
Submissions open Sept 1, pay 6¢/word
Guidelines: wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/...
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July 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Call for submissions: Announcing a new anthology from my Publishing cohort at Western Colorado University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing
INTO THE DEEP, DARK WOODS
Submissions open Sept 1, pay 6¢/word
Guidelines: wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/...
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INTO THE DEEP, DARK WOODS
Submissions open Sept 1, pay 6¢/word
Guidelines: wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/...
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Love is in the air…or is it? When it comes to love, anything can go awry.
This year's Western Colorado University’s Publishing MA student anthology, CHAOTIC CUPIDS: WHEN LOVE GOES AWRY, is out now! Order your copy today at wordfirepress.com/products/cha...
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This year's Western Colorado University’s Publishing MA student anthology, CHAOTIC CUPIDS: WHEN LOVE GOES AWRY, is out now! Order your copy today at wordfirepress.com/products/cha...
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July 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Love is in the air…or is it? When it comes to love, anything can go awry.
This year's Western Colorado University’s Publishing MA student anthology, CHAOTIC CUPIDS: WHEN LOVE GOES AWRY, is out now! Order your copy today at wordfirepress.com/products/cha...
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This year's Western Colorado University’s Publishing MA student anthology, CHAOTIC CUPIDS: WHEN LOVE GOES AWRY, is out now! Order your copy today at wordfirepress.com/products/cha...
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Here's the group shot of all the wonderful books produced by the Publishing grad students at Western Colorado University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing, with generous support from Draft2Digital. All are available at wordfirepress.com/gpcw
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June 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Here's the group shot of all the wonderful books produced by the Publishing grad students at Western Colorado University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing, with generous support from Draft2Digital. All are available at wordfirepress.com/gpcw
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A new edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' subterranean masterpiece, At the Earth’s Core, containing all the joy of the original with language refreshed for this millennium’s readers, is now available at WordFire Press.
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At the Earth's Core
What if our Earth was hollow? Over a century ago, many believed in the Hollow Earth theory. Against this backdrop, Edgar Rice Burroughs penned his subterranean masterpiece, At the Earth’s Core. Th...
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June 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A new edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' subterranean masterpiece, At the Earth’s Core, containing all the joy of the original with language refreshed for this millennium’s readers, is now available at WordFire Press.
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“There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.” — Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
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June 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.” — Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
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Recently learned that Tom Robbins passed away earlier this year at age 92. Not sure how this news escaped me—it should have been a National Day of Mourning if the USA had any standards. He only produced 8 novels, but each one is a banger and an absolute delight to read. RIP #booksky
June 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Recently learned that Tom Robbins passed away earlier this year at age 92. Not sure how this news escaped me—it should have been a National Day of Mourning if the USA had any standards. He only produced 8 novels, but each one is a banger and an absolute delight to read. RIP #booksky
Written in 1893 during the height of Sherlock Holmes's popularity, a lady detective solves cases of stolen jewels, missing persons, and even murder...without letting her male colleagues slow her down! New edition is out now at WordFire Press.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Written in 1893 during the height of Sherlock Holmes's popularity, a lady detective solves cases of stolen jewels, missing persons, and even murder...without letting her male colleagues slow her down! New edition is out now at WordFire Press.
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Revisit this Virginia Woolf classic with a new edition from WordFire Press!
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May 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Revisit this Virginia Woolf classic with a new edition from WordFire Press!
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“To fight in a war,” [Huckleberry Finn] said. “Can you imagine?”
“Would that mean facing death every day and doing what other people tell you to do?” I asked.
“I reckon.”
“Yes, Huck, I can imagine.”
Funny, horrifying, razor sharp, and winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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“Would that mean facing death every day and doing what other people tell you to do?” I asked.
“I reckon.”
“Yes, Huck, I can imagine.”
Funny, horrifying, razor sharp, and winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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May 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
“To fight in a war,” [Huckleberry Finn] said. “Can you imagine?”
“Would that mean facing death every day and doing what other people tell you to do?” I asked.
“I reckon.”
“Yes, Huck, I can imagine.”
Funny, horrifying, razor sharp, and winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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“Would that mean facing death every day and doing what other people tell you to do?” I asked.
“I reckon.”
“Yes, Huck, I can imagine.”
Funny, horrifying, razor sharp, and winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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The Kesh culture is explored through short stories, anthropology records, myths, plays, novel excerpts, song lyrics, and poetry. This non-narrative style may turn off some readers, but Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin is a master class in worldbuilding!
Heyiya Heyiya
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Heyiya Heyiya
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May 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Kesh culture is explored through short stories, anthropology records, myths, plays, novel excerpts, song lyrics, and poetry. This non-narrative style may turn off some readers, but Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin is a master class in worldbuilding!
Heyiya Heyiya
#booksky #solarpunk
Heyiya Heyiya
#booksky #solarpunk
Just finished The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social. I am here for all the indigenous horror! #booksky
May 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Just finished The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social. I am here for all the indigenous horror! #booksky
Originally published in 1919, Jewish Fairy Tales & Legends by Aunt Naomi is an enchanting collection of 25 timeless stories that blends tales of Midrash, Talmud, and Jewish mysticism. New edition from WordFire Press Classics available now!
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May 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Originally published in 1919, Jewish Fairy Tales & Legends by Aunt Naomi is an enchanting collection of 25 timeless stories that blends tales of Midrash, Talmud, and Jewish mysticism. New edition from WordFire Press Classics available now!
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Ghost - Skeleta (2025)
One of the zoetrope pressings, not sure which one. I'm always down for Ghost! 🤘
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One of the zoetrope pressings, not sure which one. I'm always down for Ghost! 🤘
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May 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Ghost - Skeleta (2025)
One of the zoetrope pressings, not sure which one. I'm always down for Ghost! 🤘
#vinyl #nowspinning #vinylsky
One of the zoetrope pressings, not sure which one. I'm always down for Ghost! 🤘
#vinyl #nowspinning #vinylsky
Tarzan of the Apes is back in print, with authorization by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate! More info here: wordfirepress.com/products/tar...
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April 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Tarzan of the Apes is back in print, with authorization by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate! More info here: wordfirepress.com/products/tar...
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Remastered audio, includes the Led Zeppelin AND Black Crowes song not included on the original CD release. 36 tracks vs. 18. ✌️❤️🎸
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April 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Remastered audio, includes the Led Zeppelin AND Black Crowes song not included on the original CD release. 36 tracks vs. 18. ✌️❤️🎸
#vinyl #nowspinning #vinylsky
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The publishing cohort at Western Colorado University is proud to support the Elk River Writers Workshop with FOUR new books. Led by an all-indigenous faculty, authors and poets at the ERWW explore the intersections of nature, culture, and community via the written word.
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A Celebration of Elk River Writers Workshop
A quartet of books to celebrate an amazing, inclusive writers' workshop in the mountains of Montana
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April 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The publishing cohort at Western Colorado University is proud to support the Elk River Writers Workshop with FOUR new books. Led by an all-indigenous faculty, authors and poets at the ERWW explore the intersections of nature, culture, and community via the written word.
#booksky #naturewriting
#booksky #naturewriting
Celebrating the start of spring with a #solarpunk deep dive. Also have U. K. Le Guin's Always Coming Home queued up on audio. 🌞 #booksky
March 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Celebrating the start of spring with a #solarpunk deep dive. Also have U. K. Le Guin's Always Coming Home queued up on audio. 🌞 #booksky
Submitted a new short story today for the first time in more than a decade. Proud of myself! 📚 #writingcommunity #writersky
February 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Submitted a new short story today for the first time in more than a decade. Proud of myself! 📚 #writingcommunity #writersky
What I'm lacking most from the DOPE effect is oxytocin. Would love to share progress updates with other writers. Here's one: I have an opening scene in mind for the first act of a new novel. Next step: writing that opening scene and outlining an actual story arc. What's your progress update?
"By aligning your writing habits with your brain’s natural chemistry, the DOSE Effect transforms the process into something more fulfilling, rewarding, and productive."
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How the DOSE Effect Can Improve Your Writing Habits
Neuroscientist and international speaker TJ Power shares how the DOSE (Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, Endorphins) Effect can improve your writing and publishing habits.
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January 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
What I'm lacking most from the DOPE effect is oxytocin. Would love to share progress updates with other writers. Here's one: I have an opening scene in mind for the first act of a new novel. Next step: writing that opening scene and outlining an actual story arc. What's your progress update?