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The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains, 4/7/26
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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · Aug 27
The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains is out 4/7/2026! It has things like:
~Hiking!
~contracts!
~that 1000 year old immortal you dated when you were a teen, which seems a little weird now that you're almost 30 and have had some therapy!
~discussion of the likelihood that faerie dinosaurs existed???
reenamccarty.bsky.social Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · Aug 27
Tricky has a face! Look at how beautiful!
The cover of The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains, by Reena McCarty The background is a night sky, dark blue on top, fading down to a bright blue behind a mountain range. There is a little peek of sun or moon behind the mountains, and a stone circle in the foreground at the bottom. The bulk of the cover is a slightly stained scroll that has the title, The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains, written in two different fonts. The scroll is surrounded by and almost holding back a bunch of plants and flowers–pine branches and cones, balsamroots, lupines, and prairie rockets, along with things like chokecherries, huckleberries, and morels. There are also a few other things in the border–a bronze dagger, a salt shaker, a spoon, and a pen, along with a scattering of iron nails.
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szstrw.bsky.social
I finally put some fresh batteries in our trail cams and ended up catching a deer fight by our apple trees.
Two does stand on their hind legs striking at each other with their front legs. The sky is grey and the apple trees are mostly bare of apples and leaves. Behind the deer are tall browned out weeds and a line of bare trees. Two does stand on their hind legs striking at each other with their front legs. The sky is grey and the apple trees are mostly bare of apples and leaves. Behind the deer are tall browned out weeds and a line of bare trees. Two does stand on their hind legs striking at each other with their front legs. The sky is grey and the apple trees are mostly bare of apples and leaves. Behind the deer are tall browned out weeds and a line of bare trees. One doe is still on her hind legs and the other is starting to retreat. The sky is grey and the apple trees are mostly bare of apples and leaves. Behind the deer are tall browned out weeds and a line of bare trees.
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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brianpjcronin.bsky.social
It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
mims.bsky.social Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 18h
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.

How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.

www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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kbspangler.com
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.

I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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meganpaasch.bsky.social
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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reenamccarty.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence, but I did the whole first paragraph because I'm nice like that.

The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains is out April 7th 2026!
Chapter One There's a cute pinecone graphic here, and the text, which says: The client was too focused on Gloria to even look at me as I settled into my spot in the small conference room. I couldn't blame her. Gloria was tall and eye-catching and wore a suit that cost more than my yearly stipend, and I'd spent basically my entire life trying to be as invisible as possible. Still, in my experience, not paying attention to your surroundings often led to sudden, painful death. Our clients were usually at least a little self-centered, but I was always amazed at their lack of survival instinct.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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sbworkersunited.org
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
reenamccarty.bsky.social
Yesssss
oliviawrites.bsky.social Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social · 2d
Maybe you'd like to see the amazing cover for WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON, my book about an infamously underpowered oracle saving the world alongside the uptight demon who helped ruin her life 20 years ago?

AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/WOOamz
Other links: go.oliviadade.com/WOOprh
The illustrated cover of WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON by Olivia Dade, featuring a man and a woman standing back to back against a hot pink background, appearing poised for action. The woman is holding a curved athame, while the man has a fireball just above his open, upturned palm. There are flames and small hearts surrounding them.
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
reenamccarty.bsky.social
This book is great and everyone should read it!
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 2d
Yooo! Someone You Can Build A Nest In was picked as a Kindle Gold Box Deal! For today only, get it for just $4.99.

A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Amazon.com: Someone You Can Build a Nest In eBook : Wiswell, John: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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notalawyer.bsky.social
99% of Republicans understand nothing about intraleft politics. they’re still saying shit like “you won’t be so happy when BILL CLINTON is implicated will you?”
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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wordsiren.bsky.social
-vibrates with joy- AN ARCANE INHERITANCE is in the New York Times

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
These Campus Romance Novels Will Make You Swoon The explosive potential of those years makes every emotion more intense — and a perfect combo for rich storytelling. The illustration shows portions of eight book covers and one black-and-white author photo on a pink background. Credit...The New York Times By Ebony LaDelle Ebony LaDelle is the author of the award-winning Y.A. romances “Love Radio” and “This Could Be Forever,” and the editor of “You’ve Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at H.B.C.U.s.” Nov. 12, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole Cole’s dark academia fantasy follows Ellory Morgan, a 21-year-old Jamaican freshman who gets her chance at college after caring for an ailing aunt. As Ellory adjusts to university life, she gets a weird sense of déjà vu, which becomes tangible when a tattoo appears on her neck telling her to “remember.” To crack the mystery of her haunting, she works with a legacy student, Hudson Graves, and a charming, rivals-to-lovers romance unfolds as he helps her expose the prestigious school’s disturbing past. Put this one on your “to read” list: It comes out on Dec. 30.
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
my brain can't process how horrifying all these powerful people are because if I let it sink in I will probably scream for the rest of the week, so it keeps tripping over the fact that they're all borderline illiterate weirdos talking about doing crimes on gmail
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
Call me a bad prison abolitionist. So long as the carceral state exists, the powerful should be subjected to it.
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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ethanclark.bsky.social
"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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rincewind.run
the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails

the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
reenamccarty.bsky.social
they should invent a lunch that doesn't make you sleepy
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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slhawthorn.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

👀👻🐟

(A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING, 2026)
I CUT THE COD DOWNWARD, behind the head and near the gills, to create a space in the cavity. The blade runs down its back in shal- low sections until the body becomes thin enough to slice end to end. A sharp knife makes all the difference between a quick, clean cut and a massacre of choppy, gut-covered bits. Smaller fish, like pollock or mackerel, can be opened with one quick swipe of the blade down the backbone. Cod requires patience. “You’ve gotten better at that cut since you did it to me,” says the man I murdered last year. He floats a few inches off the ground, idling near the stairs.
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
reenamccarty.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence, but I did the whole first paragraph because I'm nice like that.

The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains is out April 7th 2026!
Chapter One There's a cute pinecone graphic here, and the text, which says: The client was too focused on Gloria to even look at me as I settled into my spot in the small conference room. I couldn't blame her. Gloria was tall and eye-catching and wore a suit that cost more than my yearly stipend, and I'd spent basically my entire life trying to be as invisible as possible. Still, in my experience, not paying attention to your surroundings often led to sudden, painful death. Our clients were usually at least a little self-centered, but I was always amazed at their lack of survival instinct.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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tylerfromtheinternet.com
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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kashana.blacksky.app
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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brandontbishop.bsky.social
Joyce Carol Oates: Demonstrating the Value of the Humanities through Public Ownership of the Richest Man on Earth
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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smhallow.bsky.social
Announcing the cover for THE HALLS OF THE DEAD, releasing Summer 2026 with @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social!

HALLS is a romance, a dark fantasy, a Christmas horror story, a righteous fury revenge quest. It's dark and bloody, full of rage and love. I can't wait to share it with you.
the cover of S. M. Hallow's debut novel, THE HALLS OF THE DEAD. The title is written in neon yellow; S. M.'s name is in white. The cover depicts a skull in slight turquoise/green color. The eye socket intersects the eye spot on a gold-colored imperial moth's wing. In the background, there are 3 burgundy chrysanthemums.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
reenamccarty.bsky.social
The book I'm writing is blatantly obvious wishcasting with brick-to-the-face metaphor subtlety. I have no idea if it's good or if it's just me soothing my own feelings.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
HOLY FUCKING SHIT THEY FUCKING FIXED IT
rahaeli.bsky.social rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 7d
And now we are seated for Chess, woohoo!
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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tess.bzky.team
Sometimes I take a picture of my dog being cute and then I look away and look back at it with new eyes and wonder what it must be like seeing him for the first time. This is a sentient being I swear.
Adderley, a corded standard poodle, curled up on a cushion on the floor
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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spavel.bsky.social
As his work would have been orally composed rather than written, I think it's more accurate to consider Homer an early sort of podcaster
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM