Josie Kallo

@josiewrites.bsky.social

Librarian and author of THE SAINTS WE MAKE, forthcoming from Neon Hemlock. Currently situated in SE Michigan. 🏳️‍⚧️ She/her

Yesss @neonhemlock.bsky.social met its initial funding goal for the novella series! Another 2k and you’ll get my novella. You want to feel really uncomfortable about roommate dynamics, right? You want to process your pre 2024 election feelings, right? Well: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

The Neon Hemlock Novella Series | Volume Seven

Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly

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one of the biggest problems i see with our current society is that we've winnowed down our rewards/values system to the point that Money is the only actual reward/value we've got left. And that fucks people up!!

kind of a half-baked thought here but it's a shame criticism as a paid professional discipline has been sidelined by social media because it could point the way forward out of the internet madness-induced problem of writing that's crouched in what the author anticipates a comments section will say

A rainbow stack for all seasons! Featuring all Neon Hemlock titles. Neon Hemlock is THEE premier queer SFFH indie press. Top notch fiction chosen with the very best eye! Everything they put out is a must read for me and something I highly recommend to you!!

[A stack of books (bottom to top): SHATTER THE SUN ed. dave ring, CALL AND RESPONSE by Cadwell Turnbull, A NECESSARY CHAOS by Brent C. Lambert, THE MYSTERY OF THE BITTEN PEACH by Cecilia Tan, REDUNDANCIES AND POTENTIALS by Dom Dickey, UNCOMMON CHARM by Emily Bergslien and Kat Weaver, THE SECRET SKIN by Wendy Wagner, NO SUCH THING AS DUTY by Lara Elena Donnelly, STONE AND STEEL by Eboni Dunbar]

This sort of censorship is harmful enough, but the fact that it specifically targets trans people is egregious. We can trust kids to choose what they read, and trust librarians to make informed decisions about what's available

National Book Ban Bill Introduced in Senate Committee

The equivalent of House Bill 7661, Senate Bill 4925 seeks to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit funding for school books and other resources said to contain “sexually...

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Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

guys we as a society really need to learn that bugs are friends. bugs are cute and good and kind. even if you are scared of bug then it doesn’t mean bug need to die. if bug is causing issue to your home, then understandable, but bug are good mostly.