#maybezombies
“Not everyone can afford to live in our new world.”

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October 30, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I scheduled a toot a day for October so that folks might buy my book #maybezombies for a nice Halloween read. Halloween is here, so I'm done. Last toot on the matter for a good while ;) https://ko-fi.com/s/6ed040197c
October 31, 2026 at 12:01 PM
“I show Dan the text, and he nods silently. With Oscar watching and manipulating the security feeds, we have both an omnipresent brain and a benevolent dictator to guide us.”

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October 29, 2026 at 11:56 AM
“The museum is tiny, but filled to the brim with things that have no place in a railway museum. It’s as if a taxidermist and a train conductor got married and started sharing a life. “

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October 26, 2026 at 11:51 AM
“*Ok, we’re settled, what kind of recon have you done on Intervision?* I ask him. Within moments I get an answer.
*Phase One satellite recon complete* I’m happy to hear that Oscar has been working without instruction or explicit direction. "

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October 27, 2026 at 12:10 PM
““Well they can’t do neuro-stimulation without figuring out exactly how many millimeters between a certain person’s emotional memory bank and their motor association cortex.””

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October 24, 2026 at 10:48 AM
"“Nah. Dan booked a place called the Peabody Hotel. He read that the fountain in the lobby has ducks in it and got all hot and bothered. I think he’s planning to steal one.” I’m not joking. "

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October 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM
“Maggie wakes up, forces herself out of bed, wastes time, laments on wasting time, does some one thing that seems productive, reflects on how nothing is productive, waits for time to pass. Killing time before death. That’s the definition of life for me.”

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October 19, 2026 at 10:42 AM
"“There’s no obituary for a cowboy,” he jokes dryly. “I just looked through all the folks reported dead since a few days before the press got ahold of the reports. He’s not there.””

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October 17, 2026 at 10:40 AM
“I can’t concentrate anyway, and June jumped at the chance to take over a month’s worth of my conferencing. The little starfucker actually said, “Maybe you should extend your vacation to an entire quarter.””

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October 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
““I need a jukebox so everyone can play Paradise City and reminisce about the Summer of 99,’” Dan parks the car, a pompous 1967 Impala with a white stripe down the side and a goofy antenna topper. “

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October 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
“There are severe petechiae in the conjunctivae and sclerae. The nostrils and mouth show white froth. The ears are unremarkable. The neck, chest, and abdomen show lacerations.”

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October 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
“We coin new words for the “energy” hippies are always talking about. “

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October 11, 2026 at 2:59 PM
“I try to imagine it. I try to put myself in the orderlies’ shoes as they walk into the morgue to find a dead surgeon hovering over the body of a dead coroner. I try to smell the blood in the room. "

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October 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“The analysts at Onyx are like mole people. They are always hiding in the dark somewhere, always sequestered in a fortress of solitude going through information. “

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October 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“I don’t want Onyx associated with InterVision’s research in a few months when Scott Spencer and his board of cronies screw the pooch and announce that their fucking contact lenses burn holes in your eyes.”

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October 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
“Every time I look up at the giant black trapezoid that serves as our office, I imagine hordes of mad scientists and evil geniuses crafting the next generation of robotic super soldiers and mutualist biogenetic weaponry. “

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October 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“Okey Dokey Smokey, have a good ‘un.”

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October 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
“…If you’re just tuning in, we’re at the Harron Medical Center where tragedy has struck over the last two days. A surgeon and his surgical team are dead. A floor nurse has been quarantined. "

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October 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
“I meandered home. Then I poured myself a drink. This sort of situation called for Tequila. After three shots, the abscess was the backdraft of the fire in my throat, and I was ready to turn myself in to the hospital."

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October 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
“I take the liverwurst and squish it onto the underside of the bed. I smile when I think of it rotting there. It will take them forever to figure out what's rotting. It's a hospital, everything smells like rot."

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October 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM
It's October 1st, so I'm going to start a promotion blitz for my book #maybezombies. Halloween and stuff. My plan is to quote something from each chapter everyday and link to the book so you can BUY IT because it's a fun read!

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October 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
#writerscoffeeclub 3/8: Are your narrators a diegetic part of the world which they narrate?

Glad to see loads of people had to look up "diegetic"!

If I understand the question, then I guess the answer depends entirely on which story. In my book #maybezombies the protagonist is definitely a […]
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August 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
A human pretending to be AI pretending to be a University of Washington, PhD in English, creative writing professor sent me an AI review of #maybezombies and then asked me loads of leading questions and I liked it. I didn't respond, and I know it's AI, but the review made me feel like I had had […]
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April 24, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"Dear Laura, I see you wrote a book called #maybezombies and still are not a famous author. Too bad! Give me money and I'll help you not fail at life." <-- Thanks, I have just reduced the price because of your email. I feel like this is a good marketing strategy […]
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October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM