Joseph Howse
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Joseph Howse
@nummist.com
I write novels, poems, tech books, and computer programs. I live in a Nova Scotian fishing village with my cats, honeybees, and hardy fruit trees.

Read about my fiction at https://nummist.com/stories/.
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My debut novel, The Girl in the Water, won the 2023 Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction, among other honours. It traces the wanderings of four Soviet teens and a feral cat, against a backdrop of civilizations in decline. I am writing a sequel, The Circus and the Atom. nummist.com/stories/
A group of parrots is called a pandemonium. They can be trained to say, "Conquer the Arctic! Squaaawk!" while they flap around their aviary, pooping.
March 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Bookish highlights of 2024:
* Worked on my 2nd novel; 1st draft is 75% complete
* Began collaboration to translate my 1st novel into French
* Went to South Africa & Namibia for research & book tour
* Had 11 acceptances of short fiction & poetry
* Received Honorable Mention in Eric Hoffer Book Award
January 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My debut novel, The Girl in the Water, won the 2023 Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction, among other honours. It traces the wanderings of four Soviet teens and a feral cat, against a backdrop of civilizations in decline. I am writing a sequel, The Circus and the Atom. nummist.com/stories/
November 22, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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Here's the beginnings of a starter pack of people working on, working in, thinking about, working-class literature. Writers and critics and allies and groups - please send me more names of accounts on Bluesky & I'll add them of course.
go.bsky.app/UQVX5Lb
November 16, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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We can build the #literaryfiction community beyond the starter packs.

Here’s how: First, hit the like button, reply with #literaryfiction, and most importantly, hit the REPOST button.

Then, follow each other back. The easiest way to do so is to follow everyone who reposts.

Here’s how:
November 20, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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Starter pack for #literaryfiction writers to find each other! Comment/repost and I'll add you go.bsky.app/ARue8c8

#literaryfiction #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors 💙📚
November 18, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Hello! I am a novelist, poet, and permaculture orchardist based in Nova Scotia, Canada. I write about characters who are clawing out a purpose in an era of collapse. Often, the setting is Eastern Europe. I'd be happy to connect with readers and writers of literary/multicultural fiction and poetry.
November 17, 2024 at 10:27 PM