@mcmanlypants.bsky.social
I write queer horror & sci fi. Gay, Appalachian native, infosec professional, 2020 Manly Wade Wellman winner, co-host of Arcane Carolinas. He/him. michaelgwilliamsbooks.com #BlackLivesMatter #TransLivesMatter #SFWA #HWA #LGBTQ #FuckICE
@mimulus.bsky.socialReposted by @mcmanlypants.bsky.socialRevisiting Highbanks Metropark for the first time in six years. 1. Sleeping bee on sneezeweed. 2. Teenager on the Olentangy. 3. Leaf in hand. 4. Small waterfall in the ravine.
@samanthabwriter.bsky.socialReposted by @mcmanlypants.bsky.socialThe first of my Indie books is officially in the black! And the second one only needs to sell one more print copy to get there. Not bad for nine months in! Check out the details over on Substack: samanthabwriter.substack.com/p/going-indi...
@jameslsutter.bsky.socialReposted by @mcmanlypants.bsky.socialThe Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering teams are unionizing! You can sign here to show your support: actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...
@gradientdescent.netReposted by @mcmanlypants.bsky.socialboycott it so your trans friends donโt get a sick feeling in their stomach when they come over to your house for a party & see a stack of HP merch on your bookshelf, politely excuse themselves a bit early without saying anything, and then go home feeling just a little degraded
@scalzi.comReposted by @mcmanlypants.bsky.socialThis is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
@mcmanlypants.bsky.socialSting of Death was such a rollicking good time in a theater! Looking forward to the rest.
@daviddemchuk.comReposted by @mcmanlypants.bsky.socialSunday brunch salad bar at the Eagle:
@jeremycshipp.bsky.socialReposted by @mcmanlypants.bsky.socialWould anyone like to grab a Jeremy Creature to celebrate the Halloween season while I'm preparing packages for the post office?
Each Creature is designed and hand-sewed by me and takes many hours to create.
@mcmanlypants.bsky.socialI can. Not. WAIT. for this event in December! Seven of NC's finest horror writers reading their own ghost stories in the shadow of the holidays? This will be SO FUN! (And it's online, so it's an easy drive no matter where you are!)
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@mcmanlypants.bsky.socialHad the most amazing time joining the @queerolinaorg.bsky.social book club tonight! Kind, thoughtful people in community is a balm in anguished times.
@mcmanlypants.bsky.socialOption B: a world in which queer people grow up and live their lives without bigotry being the norm. (My favorite, @natania.bsky.social's Love in Netherford, makes passing mention that there are bigots out there but literally everyone else thinks the bigots are complete freaks.)
@mcmanlypants.bsky.socialLooking forward to sitting down on 10/15 with @samanthabwriter.bsky.social and @charliemewshaw.bsky.social to read from our works and talk about horror & folklore as a space to safely cope with difficult feelings and learn resilience, courtesy of Chatham Community Library!
@whistberry.northsky.socialReposted by @mcmanlypants.bsky.socialLast two days to grab this mystery bundle!
@mcmanlypants.bsky.socialSame for my state also!
@mcmanlypants.bsky.socialI suspect it's that they've been in charge here so long they've gotten horribly sloppy or, terrifyingly, they're so awash in super-PAC money they don't have to care about getting it right.
@mcmanlypants.bsky.socialI live in a different state, but every R mailing we've gotten has been addressed to a former resident who hasn't lived here in years, no longer lives in this state at all, and was registered as a D when they did. I'm just like, OK, more to shovel into recycling, I guess.
@spacemagiccon.bsky.socialReposted by @mcmanlypants.bsky.socialAt RSM this year: Approaching local businesses, organizations, etc can feel daunting. @cloviseditorial.bsky.social @klnoone.bsky.social @mcmanlypants.bsky.social & @vriccithode.bsky.social will discuss ways to collaborate
RSM is a free, virtual queer SFFH con! Details: rainbowspacemagic.org
@mcmanlypants.bsky.socialRereading Asimov's FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE (1952) about hegemonic powers which, convinced of their own infallibility & propped up entirely by manufactured nostalgia, anti-democracy themselves to death. Ah, yes, these must be the "good old days" when "sci fi wasn't political" one hears so much about.
@mcmanlypants.bsky.socialHad an absolutely amazing time hanging out with Charlie, talking research into folklore and legends, and chatting with folks last night courtesy of South Carolina State Library's Speaker at the Center series. Also: a successful remote viewing experiment, and a visit with the lions from Lausanne!
