Sandra K Barnidge
@skbarnidge.bsky.social
THE DIAMONDBACKS (Belle Point Press) // Columnist at Reckon Review
I'll shout this into every internet void I can find: my book is here, thanks to @bellepointpress.bsky.social! Come for the surreal cover, stay for a strange story about fanaticism, family, and quiet rebellions.
August 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'll shout this into every internet void I can find: my book is here, thanks to @bellepointpress.bsky.social! Come for the surreal cover, stay for a strange story about fanaticism, family, and quiet rebellions.
Love this piece. "The fight in Fairhope was established in 1894 with the aim of creating a utopian community. Today, Fairhope votes Republican in deeply red Alabama. But the settlers’ embrace of independent thinkers remain woven into the character of the city."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/u....
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/u....
Utopian Dreamers Founded This Alabama City. Now, a Fight Over Books Is Dividing It.
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Love this piece. "The fight in Fairhope was established in 1894 with the aim of creating a utopian community. Today, Fairhope votes Republican in deeply red Alabama. But the settlers’ embrace of independent thinkers remain woven into the character of the city."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/u....
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/u....
"Rural noir" is my latest reading obsession. I put together a short list of favorites for @shepherdbooks.bsky.social. shepherd.com/best-books/r...
The best rural noir books about haunted landscapes, grief, and resilience
Sandra K. Barnidge shares the 5 best books on rural noir haunted landscapes grief and resilience. Have you read Little Ones?
shepherd.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Rural noir" is my latest reading obsession. I put together a short list of favorites for @shepherdbooks.bsky.social. shepherd.com/best-books/r...
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The world is on fire. So I preordered this beauty by my brilliant friend @skbarnidge.bsky.social as a little treat. Coming in July from @bellepointpress.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The world is on fire. So I preordered this beauty by my brilliant friend @skbarnidge.bsky.social as a little treat. Coming in July from @bellepointpress.bsky.social
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New Wind & Root for you today. Artful Academics from columnist Brandy Renee McCann - come on over to Reckon and read: SOMEWHERE IN TIME: WRITING THE IMAGINED FUTURE
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New Wind & Root for you today. Artful Academics from columnist Brandy Renee McCann - come on over to Reckon and read: SOMEWHERE IN TIME: WRITING THE IMAGINED FUTURE
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We have a special treat for you today, our Charlotte Hamrick's NITTY GRITTY interview with Kristin Tenor is up at Reckon Review.
@kristintenor.bsky.social
@kristintenor.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We have a special treat for you today, our Charlotte Hamrick's NITTY GRITTY interview with Kristin Tenor is up at Reckon Review.
@kristintenor.bsky.social
@kristintenor.bsky.social
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Fiction to reality: Bridging the urban-rural divide
When you envision the future of sustainable living, do you picture a dense city or the rural countryside?
grist.org/looking-forw...
#Rural #Urban #Fiction #Climate
When you envision the future of sustainable living, do you picture a dense city or the rural countryside?
grist.org/looking-forw...
#Rural #Urban #Fiction #Climate
Fiction to reality: Bridging the urban-rural divide
When you envision the future of sustainable living, do you picture a dense city or the rural countryside?
grist.org
January 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Fiction to reality: Bridging the urban-rural divide
When you envision the future of sustainable living, do you picture a dense city or the rural countryside?
grist.org/looking-forw...
#Rural #Urban #Fiction #Climate
When you envision the future of sustainable living, do you picture a dense city or the rural countryside?
grist.org/looking-forw...
#Rural #Urban #Fiction #Climate
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I knit and crochet because I love making something tangible. And I'm so glad to see I'm not alone!
What do you do as an alternative to doom-scrolling?
What do you do as an alternative to doom-scrolling?
‘Knitting is a lifeline’: young people turn to craft to cast off gloom
A new generation of enthusiasts say they are putting down their phones and picking up needles
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I knit and crochet because I love making something tangible. And I'm so glad to see I'm not alone!
What do you do as an alternative to doom-scrolling?
What do you do as an alternative to doom-scrolling?
Wisconsin writers! The annual fiction and poetry contests by The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters are officially open for submissions. Maggie Ginsberg and Denise Sweet are our final judges. Don't miss this! www.wisconsinacademy.org/content/writ...
January 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Wisconsin writers! The annual fiction and poetry contests by The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters are officially open for submissions. Maggie Ginsberg and Denise Sweet are our final judges. Don't miss this! www.wisconsinacademy.org/content/writ...
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Are we, maybe, looking for you?
Questions? Reach out to our Managing Editor, Charlotte Hamrick - features@reckonreview.com
@charhamrick.bsky.social
@meaganlucas.bsky.social
Questions? Reach out to our Managing Editor, Charlotte Hamrick - features@reckonreview.com
@charhamrick.bsky.social
@meaganlucas.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Are we, maybe, looking for you?
Questions? Reach out to our Managing Editor, Charlotte Hamrick - features@reckonreview.com
@charhamrick.bsky.social
@meaganlucas.bsky.social
Questions? Reach out to our Managing Editor, Charlotte Hamrick - features@reckonreview.com
@charhamrick.bsky.social
@meaganlucas.bsky.social
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✨ "Congratulations to the winners of our 4th Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction Collection! ✨
**Ready for hopeful futures? **
➡️ Jump straight to the collection: grist.org/imagine2200-...
OR
⬇️ Dive into this thread🧵 and find out who won ⬇️
Supported by @nrdc.org and Earth Rising Foundation
**Ready for hopeful futures? **
➡️ Jump straight to the collection: grist.org/imagine2200-...
OR
⬇️ Dive into this thread🧵 and find out who won ⬇️
Supported by @nrdc.org and Earth Rising Foundation
Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: The 2025 collection
Grist's 2025 climate fiction contest celebrates stories that imagine futures in which climate solutions flourish and we all thrive.
grist.org
January 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
✨ "Congratulations to the winners of our 4th Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction Collection! ✨
**Ready for hopeful futures? **
➡️ Jump straight to the collection: grist.org/imagine2200-...
OR
⬇️ Dive into this thread🧵 and find out who won ⬇️
Supported by @nrdc.org and Earth Rising Foundation
**Ready for hopeful futures? **
➡️ Jump straight to the collection: grist.org/imagine2200-...
OR
⬇️ Dive into this thread🧵 and find out who won ⬇️
Supported by @nrdc.org and Earth Rising Foundation
OK, I think I've finally got a handle on the Bluesky vibe. It's giving LinkedIn, for the "let's go out for coffee because the break room drip pot is ick" crowd.
January 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
OK, I think I've finally got a handle on the Bluesky vibe. It's giving LinkedIn, for the "let's go out for coffee because the break room drip pot is ick" crowd.
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Writing is a tough gig. The least we can do is be good to each other.
January 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Writing is a tough gig. The least we can do is be good to each other.
After a lengthy break, I think I'm querying agents again?!? Writer friends, what's changed about this process in the last couple of years, if anything?
January 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
After a lengthy break, I think I'm querying agents again?!? Writer friends, what's changed about this process in the last couple of years, if anything?
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Please welcome Susan Schirl Smith to our Wind & Root team. Susan is a writer, photographer, and holistic nurse. This is her first column with us, head over to our site to give it a read.
@sschirlsmith.bsky.social
@sschirlsmith.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Please welcome Susan Schirl Smith to our Wind & Root team. Susan is a writer, photographer, and holistic nurse. This is her first column with us, head over to our site to give it a read.
@sschirlsmith.bsky.social
@sschirlsmith.bsky.social
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Welcoming Drew Coles as our new Fiction Editor. Drew is an incredible writer who started with us as a contributor and then a reader, there he proved himself essential to our team, with a clear vision, terrific taste, and an even, calming leadership style.
Send him something to read! Submit a story!
Send him something to read! Submit a story!
January 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Welcoming Drew Coles as our new Fiction Editor. Drew is an incredible writer who started with us as a contributor and then a reader, there he proved himself essential to our team, with a clear vision, terrific taste, and an even, calming leadership style.
Send him something to read! Submit a story!
Send him something to read! Submit a story!
Absolutely required reading. Great reporting & this alarm bell is ringing loud and clear. Posting here to try to get more center-left people to pay attention to what's rising & how it's intersecting with government.
Trump’s election was fueled by millions of Americans embracing a mystical version of charismatic Christianity whose goal is to roll back the Enlightenment and destroy the secular state: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
www.theatlantic.com
January 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Absolutely required reading. Great reporting & this alarm bell is ringing loud and clear. Posting here to try to get more center-left people to pay attention to what's rising & how it's intersecting with government.
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Our favorite environmental books from 2024...
#ecofiction #environmental #writing #books #booksky #bookreview #poetry
ecolitbooks.com/2024/12/18/t...
#ecofiction #environmental #writing #books #booksky #bookreview #poetry
ecolitbooks.com/2024/12/18/t...
The best environmental books we’ve read in 2024
We published 30 book reviews this year and read many more. And out of all the books we've read, here are a handful of our favorites. You'll find a mix of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. We hope you e...
ecolitbooks.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Our favorite environmental books from 2024...
#ecofiction #environmental #writing #books #booksky #bookreview #poetry
ecolitbooks.com/2024/12/18/t...
#ecofiction #environmental #writing #books #booksky #bookreview #poetry
ecolitbooks.com/2024/12/18/t...
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My heart needed this today.
New Wind and Root from columnist Barlow Adams and Managing Editor Charlotte Hamrick:
reckonreview.com/wind-and-roo...
@barlowadams.bsky.social @charhamrick.bsky.social
New Wind and Root from columnist Barlow Adams and Managing Editor Charlotte Hamrick:
reckonreview.com/wind-and-roo...
@barlowadams.bsky.social @charhamrick.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
My heart needed this today.
New Wind and Root from columnist Barlow Adams and Managing Editor Charlotte Hamrick:
reckonreview.com/wind-and-roo...
@barlowadams.bsky.social @charhamrick.bsky.social
New Wind and Root from columnist Barlow Adams and Managing Editor Charlotte Hamrick:
reckonreview.com/wind-and-roo...
@barlowadams.bsky.social @charhamrick.bsky.social
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We are so, so very proud.
To read these dynamite stories:
reckonreview.com/award-nomina...
@marythor.bsky.social @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social @patforan.bsky.social @katywrites.bsky.social @arlaina.bsky.social
To read these dynamite stories:
reckonreview.com/award-nomina...
@marythor.bsky.social @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social @patforan.bsky.social @katywrites.bsky.social @arlaina.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 2:25 PM
We are so, so very proud.
To read these dynamite stories:
reckonreview.com/award-nomina...
@marythor.bsky.social @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social @patforan.bsky.social @katywrites.bsky.social @arlaina.bsky.social
To read these dynamite stories:
reckonreview.com/award-nomina...
@marythor.bsky.social @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social @patforan.bsky.social @katywrites.bsky.social @arlaina.bsky.social
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Monarch butterflies to be added to threatened species list in the US #Climate
Monarch butterflies to be added to threatened species list in the US
US Fish and Wildlife Service extends protections to ‘iconic’ insects, who experts say may not survive climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Monarch butterflies to be added to threatened species list in the US #Climate
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New fiction today from Elizabeth Murphy.
Read THINGS THAT ADD UP, here:
reckonreview.com/things-that-...
Read THINGS THAT ADD UP, here:
reckonreview.com/things-that-...
November 25, 2024 at 2:11 PM
New fiction today from Elizabeth Murphy.
Read THINGS THAT ADD UP, here:
reckonreview.com/things-that-...
Read THINGS THAT ADD UP, here:
reckonreview.com/things-that-...
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This is 30% off. Took me a year to write it. I opened up old wounds to get it done. Support real writers while tech bros threaten to publish thousands of AI “books” next year.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
November 25, 2024 at 4:29 PM
This is 30% off. Took me a year to write it. I opened up old wounds to get it done. Support real writers while tech bros threaten to publish thousands of AI “books” next year.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...