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Thursday, November 5th, 2020

November 5, 2020

Keeping an eye on the Politico scoreboard, mainly out of historical habit, I guess. Trump and Biden are both at 49.4% in Georgia. Yes, we have Stacey Abrams to thank for much of this, but I’d like to think that John Lewis is kicking some conscience-ass, too. .7% difference between them in Pennsylvania. Yes, point-seven. […]

Come meet “Lucinda’s Johnny”

October 7, 2020

A while back, an editor said to me, “I’m putting together an October anthology of darklit-fantastic. Send me something.” Oh sure, no pressure. Ack. But I’d written a flash fic for my Patreon a while back that had lingered with me, the tone and setting ripe for expansion. So I went back and stared at […]

Thinking About Boats and Life Preservers

June 2, 2020

This weekend, I was pointed toward an essay called “Detour-Spotting,” about the ways white people can start to unlearn negative reactions to race and racism. It may not be the most beautifully-written essay (I found myself mentally editing bits of it) but there were a lot of sharp pointy bits I found myself getting poked […]

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