Amal El-Mohtar
@amalelmohtar.com
Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
A Curious Presence is the third nonfiction book to grace the shelves of Other Places Books, joining Four Lost Cities and Stories Are Weapons by Annalee Newitz
Amal El-Mohtar@amalelmohtar.com · 5d agoMy dear friend Margo’s beautiful book about ghosts & the people who haunt them is out today!! Happy book birthday @margo-thespian.bsky.social!
What's a common word that you consistently misspell in the same way? Mine is cemetery (I always write it cemetary, it both looks & sounds more correct to me!)
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Lascaille's Shroud@lascaillesshroud.bsky.social · 3d agoStarted reading "Metal From Heaven" by August Clarke. I pre-ordered this in like 2024/25, I think, after seeing either @amalelmohtar.com or @clclarkwrites.com rave about it. Goddamn this is a good book. I knew when I read the "dedicated to workers everywhere" intro I was in the right place.
This was SO much fun, also I got a lil weepy reading from the book we were discussing!
Workers’ Lit Podcast@workerslit.bsky.social · 3d agoWon't be out for a few weeks, but we just recorded a BANGER of an episode with @amalelmohtar.com and are so excited for you all to hear it!
Happy book birthday to @margo-thespian.bsky.social The offical launch of "A Curious Presence" with a forward by @amalelmohtar.com published by the fine folks @ecwpress.bsky.social You can order at your favourite local bookstore or at: ecwpress.com/products/cur...
A Curious Presence: An Exploration of Ghosts and the People Who Haunt Them
In which the author investigates the true nature of hauntings, visiting haunted sites and interviewing paranormal experts and experiencers, all to answer the eternal question: What makes a ghost?
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Because of the Nobel Prize, a lot of people will be talking about neutrinos today (including me I’m sure)! I *also* talk a lot about neutrinos in my new book, “How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking),” which is available for preorder now! www.astrokatie.com/book-htbau
How to Build a Universe — KATIE MACK, ASTROPHYSICIST
Information about "How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking)" by Katie Mack
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Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 2mo agoI am absolutely thrilled to present to you: How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking) available for pre-order now, wherever you buy your books! www.simonandschuster.ca/books/How-to...
My dear friend Margo’s beautiful book about ghosts & the people who haunt them is out today!! Happy book birthday @margo-thespian.bsky.social!
A Curious Presence: An Exploration of Ghosts and the People Who Haunt Them
A spellbinding, inquisitive journey into the nature of the unseen for anyone as curious about the afterlife as they are about lifeHauntings happen. But why? Are they caused by ghosts, or something els...
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A fun zippy one this morning! I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 6th 2026 (Medium), in 02:15 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Felt slow but steady this morning, brain still coming online, but also I think this was a chewier than usual Monday puzzle, so take note if you’re just starting out! I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 5th 2026 (Easy), in 02:41 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
Attending a debate between candidates running for city council & I highly recommend everyone do this. Not even just from an angle of effective activism! Just learning who makes up the community in which you live, the colour & the cranks & the characters, it’s tremendously affecting & educational.
10yo asked what i did at the festival and i said oh it's a book festival, so i just talked about my books, and he said "yikes" under his breath
Hello and happy Fullmetal Alchemist Day! We're about ready to get started with this year's winner announcement A very special thanks to our first-ever sponsors: @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, @edmontonin2030.bsky.social, @laworldcon.bsky.social , and @revmindi.bsky.social ! #2026IgnyteAwards
The Ignyte Awards@theignyteawards.bsky.social · last wk.Morning, theydies and gentlefolk! Today's the day! We'll see you in a couple of hours.
Just want to slow clap the trickiness of this Tricky which successfully wrongfooted me twice I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 2nd 2026 (Tricky), in 09:22 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
The way my brain turned inside out seeing Loreena McKennitt mentioned in Swan Boy
Bran 9 From Outer Space@bransonreese.bsky.social · last wk.
I went to Geneva a few weeks ago and spoke on a panel about the nature of time for a Geneva Watch Days event. While I was there, on a lark, I entered a competition to most precisely calibrate a Swiss watch. And today I found out that I won! 😃 www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6hUTB...
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
'The sword is there, if you want it.' A sword for you, on the last day of Swordtember.
In addition to the names of the Cornell 7 we should also make famous the administrators and law enforcement officers who originally thought an apology letter would be sufficient.
Hello. I am widening my submissions categories to include: - Epic Fantasy - Space Opera - Near Future/High Concept SF - Horror Details here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...
Submission Guidelines — DongWon Song
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Meiko Kaji (star of Lady Snowblood) struttin' through the subway in the 1970s.
I’m so excited to read this & so wish I could see Ursula on tour! If you have the opportunity to catch her on tour I urge you to take it, she’s one of the warmest & funniest speakers it’s been my privilege to hear.
Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · 3w agoMy mini-Astarion tour is coming up!
I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
The rumors are true!!!! I'll be joining the boys for Blank Check Live at the Refocus Film Festival in beautiful Iowa City, Iowa 10/25/26! Tickets and passes on sale now: tickets.refocusfilmfestival.org/websales/pag... @blankcheck.bsky.social
John Wilson’s THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE is riveting & utterly wonderful & I feel like my brain’s spiderwebbed into sixteen different fascinations
Was pleasantly surprised by the speed rating but it only tells me I coulda gone faster because I *felt* like I was being contemplative I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 28th 2026 (Easy), in 01:36 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com