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Listen! Avoid magic! Be aware!
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"This stunning debut plunges the reader in a decadent dreamscape of 1870s Paris."-Chelsea G Summers
"The unholy progeny of Anne Rice and Karl Marx."-Natalie Adler
"[P]erhaps the most vital, politically engaged vampire novel of the last decade.”-Ancillary Review of Books
THE RED SACRAMENT out now🩸
"The unholy progeny of Anne Rice and Karl Marx."-Natalie Adler
"[P]erhaps the most vital, politically engaged vampire novel of the last decade.”-Ancillary Review of Books
THE RED SACRAMENT out now🩸
The Red Sacrament
A savage, hypnotic dive into the lives and deaths of a coven of vampires living in 19th Century Paris on the cusp of revolt and revolution, perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Laura Purcell and ...
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August 23, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"This stunning debut plunges the reader in a decadent dreamscape of 1870s Paris."-Chelsea G Summers
"The unholy progeny of Anne Rice and Karl Marx."-Natalie Adler
"[P]erhaps the most vital, politically engaged vampire novel of the last decade.”-Ancillary Review of Books
THE RED SACRAMENT out now🩸
"The unholy progeny of Anne Rice and Karl Marx."-Natalie Adler
"[P]erhaps the most vital, politically engaged vampire novel of the last decade.”-Ancillary Review of Books
THE RED SACRAMENT out now🩸
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This is absolutely horrible. Why does it feel like every single day this administration has to destroy something else? The Trump administration is planning a border patrol road across Mariscal Mountain in Big Bend National Park, and building the route
August 15, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This is absolutely horrible. Why does it feel like every single day this administration has to destroy something else? The Trump administration is planning a border patrol road across Mariscal Mountain in Big Bend National Park, and building the route
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Male authors don't innately sell better than female ones, but when they hit their audience, their audience is EVERYONE, while even the best selling female authors have trouble breaking into a male audience.
August 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Male authors don't innately sell better than female ones, but when they hit their audience, their audience is EVERYONE, while even the best selling female authors have trouble breaking into a male audience.
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What Are The YA Bestsellers So Far in 2026–and What Do They Say About The State of YA?
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What Are The YA Bestsellers So Far in 2026–and What Do They Say About The State of YA?
What books have been atop The New York Times Bestsellers list for young adults in 2026, and what do they say about the state of YA?
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July 23, 2026 at 12:37 PM
What Are The YA Bestsellers So Far in 2026–and What Do They Say About The State of YA?
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Credit where it's due for one thing here the IS historically accurate: hair transplants hadn't been invented in bronze age Greece. You just had to live with your male pattern baldness in quite dignity
July 22, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Credit where it's due for one thing here the IS historically accurate: hair transplants hadn't been invented in bronze age Greece. You just had to live with your male pattern baldness in quite dignity
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I have had a ball with these books, which are a distinct improvement (to my mind) over a certain other middle-grade series about a magic school that shall remain nameless. (NO NOT EARTHSEA. THE HUGELY POPULAR ONE WITH THE HORRIBLE AUTHOR.)
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July 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I have had a ball with these books, which are a distinct improvement (to my mind) over a certain other middle-grade series about a magic school that shall remain nameless. (NO NOT EARTHSEA. THE HUGELY POPULAR ONE WITH THE HORRIBLE AUTHOR.)
episodes.ghost.io/nevermoor-re...
episodes.ghost.io/nevermoor-re...
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July 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Meet Crumb, Button, and Clover. A friend in the Bay Area found them behind a gas station. Unfortunately, she isn't able to keep them, so if she can't find someone to adopt them, they will be going to a shelter. Can you help me find them a home? They are in good health and very tame.
June 15, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Meet Crumb, Button, and Clover. A friend in the Bay Area found them behind a gas station. Unfortunately, she isn't able to keep them, so if she can't find someone to adopt them, they will be going to a shelter. Can you help me find them a home? They are in good health and very tame.
Sexy mantis who loved her husband, detective, why would she have killed him and eaten his head??
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May 4, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Sexy mantis who loved her husband, detective, why would she have killed him and eaten his head??
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Confession:
I love Ursula Le Guin but I am uncomfortable with elevating her to a perfect woke secular saint. Great art - and she was a great artist - is more complex than that.
See also: Octavia Butler, Joanna Russ.
I love Ursula Le Guin but I am uncomfortable with elevating her to a perfect woke secular saint. Great art - and she was a great artist - is more complex than that.
See also: Octavia Butler, Joanna Russ.
April 22, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Confession:
I love Ursula Le Guin but I am uncomfortable with elevating her to a perfect woke secular saint. Great art - and she was a great artist - is more complex than that.
See also: Octavia Butler, Joanna Russ.
I love Ursula Le Guin but I am uncomfortable with elevating her to a perfect woke secular saint. Great art - and she was a great artist - is more complex than that.
See also: Octavia Butler, Joanna Russ.
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And of course the Patreon version! www.patreon.com/posts/hasan-...
Hasan Piker is the King of the 2nd Screen | Katelyn Burns
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April 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
And of course the Patreon version! www.patreon.com/posts/hasan-...
But you can cat a train, if you're daffy enough
April 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
But you can cat a train, if you're daffy enough
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‘An overwhelmingly negative and demoralizing force’: what it's like working for a company that's forcing AI on its developers:
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March 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
‘An overwhelmingly negative and demoralizing force’: what it's like working for a company that's forcing AI on its developers:
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I too have some thoughts on the Shy Girl mess (free to read) www.patreon.com/posts/mia-cu...
Mia Culpa: On Shy Girl and Artistic Optimism | Read Jump Scares
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March 21, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I too have some thoughts on the Shy Girl mess (free to read) www.patreon.com/posts/mia-cu...
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really good essay on romance novels, women’s basketball, and the wishes fulfilled by both
How Can You Not Be Romantic About Women's Basketball? | Defector
Most “women’s sports novels” are really novels about girls. In them, girlhood is something mourned before it’s over. Like the games themselves, the books are set to ticking clocks. When the high schoo...
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March 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
really good essay on romance novels, women’s basketball, and the wishes fulfilled by both
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THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...
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I want to be clear about one other thing, then I'm gonna drop it and go play some chess. This man is not just accepting support. He is actively liking comments from other men that call me, a queer woman, a "homophobic bitch" for checking whether publicly available Instagram posts exist. A bitch!!!
January 13, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I want to be clear about one other thing, then I'm gonna drop it and go play some chess. This man is not just accepting support. He is actively liking comments from other men that call me, a queer woman, a "homophobic bitch" for checking whether publicly available Instagram posts exist. A bitch!!!
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This is what your family members voted for but you don’t bring it up at Christmas
This is what you’ve been kowtowing to
This is what you’ve been trying to placate
This is what you’ve been trying to blame the most vulnerable for
This is what you’re yearning to meet halfway
This is what you’ve been kowtowing to
This is what you’ve been trying to placate
This is what you’ve been trying to blame the most vulnerable for
This is what you’re yearning to meet halfway
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 AM
This is what your family members voted for but you don’t bring it up at Christmas
This is what you’ve been kowtowing to
This is what you’ve been trying to placate
This is what you’ve been trying to blame the most vulnerable for
This is what you’re yearning to meet halfway
This is what you’ve been kowtowing to
This is what you’ve been trying to placate
This is what you’ve been trying to blame the most vulnerable for
This is what you’re yearning to meet halfway
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“Insofar as LLMs are used to avoid reading, thinking, and writing, their use is incompatible with liberal education. It is not more complicated than that.”
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Permission Structures
How AI-skeptic Professors Can Still Help Students Write Papers
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January 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
“Insofar as LLMs are used to avoid reading, thinking, and writing, their use is incompatible with liberal education. It is not more complicated than that.”
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These are the sports moments from 2025 that the Defector staff enjoyed. defector.com/our-favorite...
Our Favorite Sports Moments Of 2025 | Defector
These are the sports moments from 2025 that the Defector staff enjoyed. A’ja Wilson Hits A Game-Winner In Phoenix By October, I think I did know subconsciously that A’ja Wilson was the greatest…
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January 1, 2026 at 10:03 PM
These are the sports moments from 2025 that the Defector staff enjoyed. defector.com/our-favorite...
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Welcome to the year Twenty X-ty Six.
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Welcome to the year Twenty X-ty Six.
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New, from me: Time for something fun - I wrote about themes and fashions of the Knives Out Universe (KOU). 🧵
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Exploring the Knives Out Universe
Are they just entertaining murder mysteries or something more?
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December 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New, from me: Time for something fun - I wrote about themes and fashions of the Knives Out Universe (KOU). 🧵
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resurfacing the dark academia fantasy novelette i published earlier this year, about identity, assimilation & pursuit in a colonial institution ❤️
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December 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
resurfacing the dark academia fantasy novelette i published earlier this year, about identity, assimilation & pursuit in a colonial institution ❤️
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Ursula Le Guin's short story "Solitude" presents a fascinating counterpoint to the concept of the Happily Ever After ending, imagining alternative ways of thinking about the world, relationships, and the self:
“Avoid Magic”: Le Guin’s Case for “Solitude” in the Era of Romantasy - Reactor
Weighed against the narrative perfection of a Happily Ever After, can there be pleasure in remaining alone?
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December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Ursula Le Guin's short story "Solitude" presents a fascinating counterpoint to the concept of the Happily Ever After ending, imagining alternative ways of thinking about the world, relationships, and the self: