David McDonald
@sercamaris.bsky.social
Mild mannered editor by day, wild eyed writer by night. Fablecroft. Clan Destine Press. Moonstone. Black Coat Press. Harper Collins. Marvel. SFWA. HWA. IAMTW. Not here for an echo chamber: follows≠endorsement.
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You felt your favorite heartache this many times, and as a report generated by those heartache times, we will not be reminding you with the feelings you had. Here's you superimposed on a pin dropping
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
You felt your favorite heartache this many times, and as a report generated by those heartache times, we will not be reminding you with the feelings you had. Here's you superimposed on a pin dropping
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Also just got the @aptshadow.bsky.social intro and awwwwwwww
I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Also just got the @aptshadow.bsky.social intro and awwwwwwww
“When a good Party member is abused, he says, ‘Thanks for correcting my errors, Comrade.’ When he is beaten, he thanks the Party for the lesson. When he is killed, he will thank the Party that an undesirable element like he has been purged .” Sheep with their wool dyed red are still sheep.
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“When a good Party member is abused, he says, ‘Thanks for correcting my errors, Comrade.’ When he is beaten, he thanks the Party for the lesson. When he is killed, he will thank the Party that an undesirable element like he has been purged .” Sheep with their wool dyed red are still sheep.
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It’s amazing how much a woman behaving badly makes people think they have a hall pass to use the most sexist language and rhetoric they can think of
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It’s amazing how much a woman behaving badly makes people think they have a hall pass to use the most sexist language and rhetoric they can think of
whooooaaaa.....bit too close to the bone
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
whooooaaaa.....bit too close to the bone
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I recently learned of her work and life. Ordering soon.
'She [Meynell] deserves to be recognised as a pioneering female voice, rescued from dusty obscurity, and this volume may be the one to begin this process.'
M. C. Caseley for Stride Magazine, on Selected Poems and Essays by Alice Meynell
Read the review:
stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2025/11/anot...
M. C. Caseley for Stride Magazine, on Selected Poems and Essays by Alice Meynell
Read the review:
stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2025/11/anot...
Another Voice
Selected Poems and Essays , Alice Meynell, ed. Alex Wong (216pp, Carcanet, £16.99) Out of fashion and out of print, A...
stridemagazine.blogspot.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I recently learned of her work and life. Ordering soon.
Keeping all my different meme sharing groups is starting to get too complex - maybe I need a spreadsheet. Just nearly sent my filthy sex memes batch to my workplace group chat, and my Australian memes to...the group that struggle with satire (not US I promise)
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Keeping all my different meme sharing groups is starting to get too complex - maybe I need a spreadsheet. Just nearly sent my filthy sex memes batch to my workplace group chat, and my Australian memes to...the group that struggle with satire (not US I promise)
Vale, Steve "the Colonel" Cropper. Thanks for your part in giving us some of the greatest music ever made, and one of the greatest movies of all time. Play it, Steve.
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Vale, Steve "the Colonel" Cropper. Thanks for your part in giving us some of the greatest music ever made, and one of the greatest movies of all time. Play it, Steve.
I'm not gonna try&pretend that I knew Paul more than many on my friends list did, but I was lucky enough 2visit him a few times when work took me his way, &get 2discuss writing&life with him. I'm currently rereading some of his fiction right now&all I can say is....cancer sucks&he was 1 of our best
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'm not gonna try&pretend that I knew Paul more than many on my friends list did, but I was lucky enough 2visit him a few times when work took me his way, &get 2discuss writing&life with him. I'm currently rereading some of his fiction right now&all I can say is....cancer sucks&he was 1 of our best
The lesson for today - a word of praise is never wasted
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The lesson for today - a word of praise is never wasted
Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in the United States. Today I am thankful that you are in my life. 🍗🦃
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in the United States. Today I am thankful that you are in my life. 🍗🦃
Love my US friends but the communication gap is real. Exhibit A: "not bad" is glowing praise lol
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Love my US friends but the communication gap is real. Exhibit A: "not bad" is glowing praise lol
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
I mean...I think prayer matters, too - but, you need to act on it for it mean anything
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I mean...I think prayer matters, too - but, you need to act on it for it mean anything
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Apparently there is a tshirt being sold online, in black and white, paper (white flat hand) beats rock (black fist).
Just remember, scissors will always beat paper
Just remember, scissors will always beat paper
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Apparently there is a tshirt being sold online, in black and white, paper (white flat hand) beats rock (black fist).
Just remember, scissors will always beat paper
Just remember, scissors will always beat paper
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Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
Perhaps the two best anti-war songs ever written. respectful of veterans and their sacrifices, but refusing to glorify war.
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Perhaps the two best anti-war songs ever written. respectful of veterans and their sacrifices, but refusing to glorify war.
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Still rocks me that Looney Tunes did a better job of handling this history than 99% of politicians, textbooks, and media
February 28, 2024 at 5:05 AM
Still rocks me that Looney Tunes did a better job of handling this history than 99% of politicians, textbooks, and media
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one last boost for the morning crowd (I'm very excited about this, naturally)
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
one last boost for the morning crowd (I'm very excited about this, naturally)
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I think MPs and departments of government should have to declare where they’re using LLMs and why — it’s not acceptable to use a stochastic language-producing machine to determine the courses of people’s lives
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I think MPs and departments of government should have to declare where they’re using LLMs and why — it’s not acceptable to use a stochastic language-producing machine to determine the courses of people’s lives
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James Bond Writers Reveal Twist That Has Left New Creators With 'Huge Headache' When It Comes to Resurrecting the Super-Spy for Amazon radaronline.com/p/james-bond... They could reboot as a period piece and refilm all the books again, perhaps accurately this time.
EXCLUSIVE: James Bond Writers Reveal Twist That Has Left New Creators With 'Huge Headache' When It Comes to Resurrecting the Super-Spy for Amazon
Bond writers are now racking their brain, trying to move forward with the franchise after the last film's wild twist.
radaronline.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
James Bond Writers Reveal Twist That Has Left New Creators With 'Huge Headache' When It Comes to Resurrecting the Super-Spy for Amazon radaronline.com/p/james-bond... They could reboot as a period piece and refilm all the books again, perhaps accurately this time.