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The thing about the relentless march of time is that you only get an ending (happy or otherwise) in fiction. Here in the real world no cause is ever lost forever even though we may not live to see it prevail. This is both hope and cautionary tale.
"This fucking sucks" and "all is lost" are two different sentences.
Don't say the second when you mean the first.
Don't say the second when you mean the first.
October 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The thing about the relentless march of time is that you only get an ending (happy or otherwise) in fiction. Here in the real world no cause is ever lost forever even though we may not live to see it prevail. This is both hope and cautionary tale.
Happy book birthday to Crafting for Sinners! @jennykiefer.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Happy book birthday to Crafting for Sinners! @jennykiefer.com
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Anxiety is a geode.
You are filled with wonderous things
That no one will ever see
Unless you take a hammer
And mean it when you swing.
You are filled with wonderous things
That no one will ever see
Unless you take a hammer
And mean it when you swing.
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Anxiety is a geode.
You are filled with wonderous things
That no one will ever see
Unless you take a hammer
And mean it when you swing.
You are filled with wonderous things
That no one will ever see
Unless you take a hammer
And mean it when you swing.
I would say tugtupite is more pink than red, but it's reindeer blood so I'm calling it close enough to Red vs Blue again.
May the best mineral lose.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5...
(And you should read Time War!)
#MinCup25 #Tugtupite #Kyanite @amalelmohtar.com @maxgladstone.bsky.social
May the best mineral lose.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5...
(And you should read Time War!)
#MinCup25 #Tugtupite #Kyanite @amalelmohtar.com @maxgladstone.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I would say tugtupite is more pink than red, but it's reindeer blood so I'm calling it close enough to Red vs Blue again.
May the best mineral lose.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5...
(And you should read Time War!)
#MinCup25 #Tugtupite #Kyanite @amalelmohtar.com @maxgladstone.bsky.social
May the best mineral lose.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5...
(And you should read Time War!)
#MinCup25 #Tugtupite #Kyanite @amalelmohtar.com @maxgladstone.bsky.social
I was going to write a short story about Santa's reindeer banding together to create #tugtupite in an effort to destroy eldritch abomination Rudolph (bioluminescence is not normal among reindeer) but having now read about Tutu the reindeer girl's love for her child, how could I beat that? #MinCup25
#MinCup25 Quarterfinal 2: It's #perovskite and its intriguing structure against #tugtupite's collection of optical tricks for this quarterfinal match!
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote in Quarterfinal 2 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Perovskite vs Tugtupite Photo credit: Domenico Preite and Géry Parent
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September 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I was going to write a short story about Santa's reindeer banding together to create #tugtupite in an effort to destroy eldritch abomination Rudolph (bioluminescence is not normal among reindeer) but having now read about Tutu the reindeer girl's love for her child, how could I beat that? #MinCup25
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neck and neck in biggest match of #MinCup25 so far!
I like the cubes perovskite forms but a lot of the arguments to vote for it are for its family of structures, not the mineral!
calcite is a mineral that I can't believe has never won, given its abundance of colours and forms!
I like the cubes perovskite forms but a lot of the arguments to vote for it are for its family of structures, not the mineral!
calcite is a mineral that I can't believe has never won, given its abundance of colours and forms!
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 4: This match of heavy hitters is bound to end in heartbreak as classic #calcite faces off against futuristic #perovskite.
We love them both, but only one can continue on to Round 2!
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
We love them both, but only one can continue on to Round 2!
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
September 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
neck and neck in biggest match of #MinCup25 so far!
I like the cubes perovskite forms but a lot of the arguments to vote for it are for its family of structures, not the mineral!
calcite is a mineral that I can't believe has never won, given its abundance of colours and forms!
I like the cubes perovskite forms but a lot of the arguments to vote for it are for its family of structures, not the mineral!
calcite is a mineral that I can't believe has never won, given its abundance of colours and forms!
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It feels good to roll over in bed, because it allows the dreams to flow from one half of the brain to the other—and images become language, and poem logic becomes clarified by the logic of rotating stars
September 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
It feels good to roll over in bed, because it allows the dreams to flow from one half of the brain to the other—and images become language, and poem logic becomes clarified by the logic of rotating stars
@forestofwhales.bsky.social see you at the Council
There's a moss-covered stone in your mailbox. It is a summons to represent humankind at the Forest Council. Don't blow this one off
August 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
@forestofwhales.bsky.social see you at the Council
@craigschaeferbooks.com hi Heather, I wanted to let you know that there's an error signing up for your mailing list. I've tried twice and haven't received activation emails.
Related, the link to join the mailing list in Firebreak is broken. There's an extra . at the end.
Related, the link to join the mailing list in Firebreak is broken. There's an extra . at the end.
July 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
@craigschaeferbooks.com hi Heather, I wanted to let you know that there's an error signing up for your mailing list. I've tried twice and haven't received activation emails.
Related, the link to join the mailing list in Firebreak is broken. There's an extra . at the end.
Related, the link to join the mailing list in Firebreak is broken. There's an extra . at the end.
Reposted by Alex Katakis
Finally back home & getting settled. Doing tons of doodling - lots of new artwork on the way! ✨
June 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Finally back home & getting settled. Doing tons of doodling - lots of new artwork on the way! ✨
Reposted by Alex Katakis
We will be excavating your "uncanny valley" to make it deeper and wider. Your world will be richer; you will be troubled by more things. Sometimes, mere change in expression will render a beloved face inhuman
May 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
We will be excavating your "uncanny valley" to make it deeper and wider. Your world will be richer; you will be troubled by more things. Sometimes, mere change in expression will render a beloved face inhuman
Reposted by Alex Katakis
TEST YOUR LUCK BUCKAROOS. we are giving away 50 advance copies of LUCKY DAY on goodreads. enter between NOW and june 4th to see what fate has in mind
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
May 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
TEST YOUR LUCK BUCKAROOS. we are giving away 50 advance copies of LUCKY DAY on goodreads. enter between NOW and june 4th to see what fate has in mind
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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HELLO BUCKAROOS do you use storygraph for your reading ways? we are giving away 50 advance reader copies of LUCKY DAY in storygraph giveaway you can enter here app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/ad...
April 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
HELLO BUCKAROOS do you use storygraph for your reading ways? we are giving away 50 advance reader copies of LUCKY DAY in storygraph giveaway you can enter here app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/ad...
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For a gaffe over texting there is only one solution: the administration must post a notes app apology
March 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
For a gaffe over texting there is only one solution: the administration must post a notes app apology
Reposted by Alex Katakis
defy the norm. get even stranger. NO SURRENDER
February 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
defy the norm. get even stranger. NO SURRENDER
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Happy 2025!! Since this new year ends in -5, I've decided to think about my yearly goals in terms of five things each month:
• bake 5 things
• learn 5 new words
• track down and destroy 5 orbs of dark wizardry
• spend 5 hours knitting
• exchange 5 love letters with the wizard whose orbs I destroyed
• bake 5 things
• learn 5 new words
• track down and destroy 5 orbs of dark wizardry
• spend 5 hours knitting
• exchange 5 love letters with the wizard whose orbs I destroyed
January 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Happy 2025!! Since this new year ends in -5, I've decided to think about my yearly goals in terms of five things each month:
• bake 5 things
• learn 5 new words
• track down and destroy 5 orbs of dark wizardry
• spend 5 hours knitting
• exchange 5 love letters with the wizard whose orbs I destroyed
• bake 5 things
• learn 5 new words
• track down and destroy 5 orbs of dark wizardry
• spend 5 hours knitting
• exchange 5 love letters with the wizard whose orbs I destroyed
Reposted by Alex Katakis
The treasure is under the X on the map itself, in the layer between the meaning and the paper, buried in the soil from which compass roses grow
December 29, 2024 at 12:46 AM
The treasure is under the X on the map itself, in the layer between the meaning and the paper, buried in the soil from which compass roses grow
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i took an elevator to god and met a glass mannequin of myself. i shattered her and scattered the shards far below into my deepest dreams. and i’m free most evenings for whatever
December 22, 2024 at 4:22 AM
i took an elevator to god and met a glass mannequin of myself. i shattered her and scattered the shards far below into my deepest dreams. and i’m free most evenings for whatever
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the rules are simple
1.) you are already playing the game
2.) this is not the kind of game you lose
3.) it is your turn. pick a rule. and change it
1.) you are already playing the game
2.) this is not the kind of game you lose
3.) it is your turn. pick a rule. and change it
November 29, 2024 at 7:18 PM
the rules are simple
1.) you are already playing the game
2.) this is not the kind of game you lose
3.) it is your turn. pick a rule. and change it
1.) you are already playing the game
2.) this is not the kind of game you lose
3.) it is your turn. pick a rule. and change it
Reposted by Alex Katakis
It’s ok that you feel like the silhouette of something that might be alive in the forest. It is ok that you feel coiled tight and hunted, reigning in those snarls trembling in your throat. You are a thing of rage and moonlight, you will someday admit your own existence.
November 19, 2024 at 1:07 PM
It’s ok that you feel like the silhouette of something that might be alive in the forest. It is ok that you feel coiled tight and hunted, reigning in those snarls trembling in your throat. You are a thing of rage and moonlight, you will someday admit your own existence.
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Should their claws find our flesh, may they drown in our blood.
November 6, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Should their claws find our flesh, may they drown in our blood.
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Reposted by Alex Katakis
Heart like a geothermal vent, weird life thriving even when the world is dark
April 26, 2024 at 6:33 AM
Heart like a geothermal vent, weird life thriving even when the world is dark
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go to where the road ends. keep walking. you brought your boots, didn't you?
April 23, 2024 at 5:42 PM
go to where the road ends. keep walking. you brought your boots, didn't you?
Reposted by Alex Katakis
today's affirmation:
I am a stone standing in the desert. they call me monolith but I am not alone. my sandsmoothed surface tells stories in forgotten tongues. I speak of stars that no longer shine. I speak of bodies which are now dust. my shadow does not move as it should. I do not bow to this sun
I am a stone standing in the desert. they call me monolith but I am not alone. my sandsmoothed surface tells stories in forgotten tongues. I speak of stars that no longer shine. I speak of bodies which are now dust. my shadow does not move as it should. I do not bow to this sun
January 3, 2024 at 3:22 PM
today's affirmation:
I am a stone standing in the desert. they call me monolith but I am not alone. my sandsmoothed surface tells stories in forgotten tongues. I speak of stars that no longer shine. I speak of bodies which are now dust. my shadow does not move as it should. I do not bow to this sun
I am a stone standing in the desert. they call me monolith but I am not alone. my sandsmoothed surface tells stories in forgotten tongues. I speak of stars that no longer shine. I speak of bodies which are now dust. my shadow does not move as it should. I do not bow to this sun