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Personal milestone - received a cold call instead of an email scam, from a "Gee Cullen" in California asking about my latest book.

During the call I got the name of the site and looked it up. Key result below:

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfpublish/comments/1ffh1vn/digital_bookstore_coldcalled_me/

Victoria Strauss from Writer Beware then quote skeeted on another network to agree that this is most likely a scam, and to speculate on how they get people.

https://bsky.app/profile/victoriastrauss.com/post/3mltco3lyhc2k

#WriterBeware #BookStodon #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #AuthorCommunity #IndieAuthor

I have a fun story coming out in Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume Five, and the Kickstarter is live. Check it out!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scifiandfantasy/a-summer-of-sci-fi-and-fantasy-vol-5-short-story-anthology
#kickstarter #SpeculativeFiction #anthology #bookstodon #AuthorsOfMastodon

My goretastic story The Butcher of Mazdin has been shared online by Slugger Fiction.

I think of it as set in a Conan-style world, but it features a disabled pauper instead of a beefcake barbarian.

https://sluggerfiction.com/the-butcher-of-mazdin-by-shantell-powell/

#SwordAndSorcery #fantasy #ShortStory #fiction #AuthorsOfMastodon #disability

Sad news. This is Eight Bells, by Jules Octavian.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/eight-bells-brenda-hogg/

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And bookshop.org is also carrying "The Eliminator." Same price as Amazon, but the money goes to a nonprofit that gives 80% of the take to indie bookstores. If you want to read the first scene and a half, go to Amazon and click "free sample."

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https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-eliminator-allan-dyen-shapiro/d0244d7a86ee9cd1?ean=9781969655999&next=t&next=t&affiliate=12110

NEW BLOG POST: News and Notes - April 2026

Trying something new (for me) with this one. See what you think.

https://vortex-1.blogspot.com/2026/04/news-and-notes-april-2026.html

#blog #post #blogpost #specfic #speculativefiction #author #writer #update #authorupdate #authorsofmastodon #booksofmastodon #reading #readingcommunity #books #bookstodon #booktodon #scifi #sciencefiction #reads

This week we’ve got travel editor Rachael Boardman’s love letter to her home town.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/a-love-letter-to-my-home-town/

#Sailing #BayOfQuinte #LakeOntario #GreatLakes #YGK #CanCon #HomePort #IndieAuthor #Magazine #Fence #Nomad #DigitalNomad #HomeTown @bookstodon #Books #Writing #Reading #Author #Writer #WritersOfMastodon #Readers #IndieAuthor #Authors #AuthorsOfMastodon #FridayReads #BookLovers #FreeBooks #WeekendReads #EasternON #KingstonON

This week we’ve got travel editor Rachael Boardman’s love letter to her home town.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/a-love-letter-to-my-home-town/

#Sailing #BayOfQuinte #LakeOntario #GreatLakes #YGK #CanCon #HomePort #IndieAuthor #Magazine #Fence #Nomad #DigitalNomad #HomeTown @bookstodon #Books #Writing #Reading #Author #Writer #WritersOfMastodon #Readers #IndieAuthor #Authors #AuthorsOfMastodon #FridayReads #BookLovers #FreeBooks #WeekendReads #EasternON #KingstonON

And now you have your choice of billionaires to buy from. Same price everywhere, but the paperback of "The Eliminator" can be pre-ordered from Barnes and Noble as well as Amazon, and the digital version is also available from Apple Books, Google Play, and Kobo.

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#ShortStory

https://waterdragonpublishing.com/product/eliminator/

And the pre-order for the paperback of "The Eliminator" just appeared on Amazon. $5.99 for the paperback (99 cents for digital).

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https://www.amazon.com/Eliminator-Allan-Dyen-Shapiro/dp/1969655992/

And the pre-order for the paperback of "The Eliminator" just appeared on Amazon. $5.99 for the paperback (99 cents for digital).

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https://www.amazon.com/Eliminator-Allan-Dyen-Shapiro/dp/1969655992/

And the pre-order for the paperback of "The Eliminator" just appeared on Amazon. $5.99 for the paperback (99 cents for digital).

#ScienceFiction #TimeTravel #Grunge #GrungeMusic #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Writers #Writing #AmWritingSciFi #AmWritingScienceFiction #TimeTravelAuthors #AuthorsOfMastodon
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https://www.amazon.com/Eliminator-Allan-Dyen-Shapiro/dp/1969655992/

And the pre-order for the paperback of "The Eliminator" just appeared on Amazon. $5.99 for the paperback (99 cents for digital).

#ScienceFiction #TimeTravel #Grunge #GrungeMusic #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Writers #Writing #AmWritingSciFi #AmWritingScienceFiction #TimeTravelAuthors #AuthorsOfMastodon
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#BillionairesSuck

https://www.amazon.com/Eliminator-Allan-Dyen-Shapiro/dp/1969655992/

And the pre-order for the paperback of "The Eliminator" just appeared on Amazon. $5.99 for the paperback (99 cents for digital).

#ScienceFiction #TimeTravel #Grunge #GrungeMusic #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Writers #Writing #AmWritingSciFi #AmWritingScienceFiction #TimeTravelAuthors #AuthorsOfMastodon
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#BillionairesSuck

https://www.amazon.com/Eliminator-Allan-Dyen-Shapiro/dp/1969655992/

We’ve got another one from Napanee Correspondent Brenda Hogg. I hope you enjoy reason number seven Greater Napanee is greater: The Napanee River.

countyfencemagazine.com/napanee-river/

#Napanee #BayofQuinte #BellevilleOntario #YGK #PrinceEdwardCounty #FridayReads #indieauthor #CanCon @Bookstodon #Books #Reading #Comedy #Author #Writer #WritersofMastodon #Readers #IndieAuthor #Dreams #Authors #AuthorsofMastodon #FridayReads #BookLovers #FreeBooks #WeekendReads #EasternOntario

On the release day of April 1st, the #NetGalley listing of "The Last Gift-Knight" will switch from Request to Read Now.

Or you could just request it immediately from the list of Available Titles, like the other 34 reviewers whom I all accepted.

https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/809927

#fantasy #bookstodon #authorsOfMastodon #indieauthors #indieauthor #indiebooks #indiebook #ReadNow

Where to find my work: A master list of available works in release order.

https://dylanmadeley.com/where-to-find-my-work/

#wheretobuy #indieauthor #indiebooks #bookstodon #WritingCommunity #authorsOfMastodon #indieauthors #blog

This week Jules Octavian reflects on his life and thinks about his own mortality.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/the-fountain-of-youth/

@bookstodon #Books #Writing #Reading #Author #Writer #WritersOfMastodon #Readers #IndieAuthor #Authors #AuthorsofMastodon #FridayReads #BookLovers #YGK #FreeBooks #WeekendReads #EasternON #KingstonON #FountainOfYouth #Aging #AgingWell #RadicalLifeExtension #LifeExtension #WorkOfLife

This week Jules Octavian reflects on his life and thinks about his own mortality.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/the-fountain-of-youth/

@bookstodon #Books #Writing #Reading #Author #Writer #WritersOfMastodon #Readers #IndieAuthor #Authors #AuthorsofMastodon #FridayReads #BookLovers #YGK #FreeBooks #WeekendReads #EasternON #KingstonON #FountainOfYouth #Aging #AgingWell #RadicalLifeExtension #LifeExtension #WorkOfLife

This week Jules Octavian reflects on his life and thinks about his own mortality.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/the-fountain-of-youth/

@bookstodon #Books #Writing #Reading #Author #Writer #WritersOfMastodon #Readers #IndieAuthor #Authors #AuthorsofMastodon #FridayReads #BookLovers #YGK #FreeBooks #WeekendReads #EasternON #KingstonON #FountainOfYouth #Aging #AgingWell #RadicalLifeExtension #LifeExtension #WorkOfLife

This week Jules Octavian reflects on his life and thinks about his own mortality.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/the-fountain-of-youth/

@bookstodon #Books #Writing #Reading #Author #Writer #WritersOfMastodon #Readers #IndieAuthor #Authors #AuthorsofMastodon #FridayReads #BookLovers #YGK #FreeBooks #WeekendReads #EasternON #KingstonON #FountainOfYouth #Aging #AgingWell #RadicalLifeExtension #LifeExtension #WorkOfLife

This week Jules Octavian reflects on his life and thinks about his own mortality.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/the-fountain-of-youth/

@bookstodon #Books #Writing #Reading #Author #Writer #WritersOfMastodon #Readers #IndieAuthor #Authors #AuthorsofMastodon #FridayReads #BookLovers #YGK #FreeBooks #WeekendReads #EasternON #KingstonON #FountainOfYouth #Aging #AgingWell #RadicalLifeExtension #LifeExtension #WorkOfLife

AI just crossed a threshold. My latest blog post discusses the "Brave New World" in which we find ourselves. Enjoy.

https://www.allandyenshapiro.com/post/it-happened-an-ai-wrote-a-story-good-enough-to-fool-an-editor

#AmWriting #WritersOfMastodon #AI #LargeLanguageModels #AmWritingFiction #AmWritingScienceFiction #AmWritingSciFi #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #AuthorsOfMastodon #Bookstodon #WritersLife #Writers #Writing #AmReading #AmReadingFiciton #WeirdFiction #ScienceFiction

There's a pop-up window on my website, sophiajanehayden.com, where you can get a link to a PDF of The Story of Rockit by joining my email list. It's a short children's tale. Rockit is an adorable Australian herder pup with big dreams of herding cattle like her famous grandfather, Mick. But when she is adopted into a California home, she's met with two mean cats and a couple of elderly, very slow-moving tortoises, Herman and his wife, Morticia, in the backyard. It seems her dreams of being a herder have been dashed. But are they? Wise old Herman, who has lived for 105 years, tells Rockit never to give up on her dreams. #story #shortStory #storytelling #scribesAndMakers #mastodon #bookstodon #bookTok #wednesday #writingCommunity #writing #writer #writers #kids #childrensbooks #stories #cartoons #cartoon #tales #tale #animal #readingCommunity #readersofmastodon #reading #readers #fun #cute #cuteanimals #cuteanimal #sweet #dog #dogs #tortoise #catNews #cat #authorLife #authors #author #authorsOfMastodon #email #website

My latest blog post--a riff on something I found in a Wired Magazine article. Enjoy!

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https://www.allandyenshapiro.com/post/they-think-of-us-as-non-player-characters

My latest blog post--a riff on something I found in a Wired Magazine article. Enjoy!

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https://www.allandyenshapiro.com/post/they-think-of-us-as-non-player-characters

My latest blog post--a riff on something I found in a Wired Magazine article. Enjoy!

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https://www.allandyenshapiro.com/post/they-think-of-us-as-non-player-characters

My latest blog post--a riff on something I found in a Wired Magazine article. Enjoy!

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https://www.allandyenshapiro.com/post/they-think-of-us-as-non-player-characters

My latest blog post--a riff on something I found in a Wired Magazine article. Enjoy!

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https://www.allandyenshapiro.com/post/they-think-of-us-as-non-player-characters

Third and last part of facts about Niko Grigg, the protagonist of my WIP Making Monsters.

Art by Martina Belli: https://martinabelli.carrd.co/

NOT a romance or romantasy. NOT a wholesome story.
MAKING MONSTERS does NOT romanticize drug use or reference real life drugs.

Read the whole thread if you're interested in some lore and behind the scenes 👇

(1/4)

#bookstodon #authorsofmastodon #grimdark #adultsff #noromance #Books #CyberPunk #italianfolklore

A highly amusing alternate history/fantasy story. You think our current government is bad? See what dark arts Thomas Jefferson attempted.

#ShortStory #AmReading #AmReadingFantasy #WritersOfMastodon #History #HistoricalFantasy #JohnAdams #ThomasJefferson #AuthorsOfMastodon #AlternateHIstory #AltHistory #AmReadingFiction

https://calendaroffools.com/stories/for-the-rectitude-of-our-intentions-stephen-kotowych/

Okay, finally back to finishing up my 2025 short fiction reading before submitting a Nebula ballot. I really liked this one. A bittersweet cli-fi relationship story by Christopher Blake.

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https://www.tractorbeam.earth/story/in-every-seed-a-hope

Gregaro McKool is back with more thoughts on art, why he does it, and what the hell he's going to do with his deeply niche screenplay.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/socialist-extravaganza-two/

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Oh my gosh! Just found out today I got a creation grant to work on my speculative short story collection. The stories will be based on my interpretation of what the world would be like if Jehovah's Witness teachings were literally true. The answer: very fucking weird. Many thanks to the Ontario Arts Council for the grant, and to House of Anansi Press for recommending me.
https://www.arts.on.ca/home
https://houseofanansi.com
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Oh my gosh! Just found out today I got a creation grant to work on my speculative short story collection. The stories will be based on my interpretation of what the world would be like if Jehovah's Witness teachings were literally true. The answer: very fucking weird. Many thanks to the Ontario Arts Council for the grant, and to House of Anansi Press for recommending me.
https://www.arts.on.ca/home
https://houseofanansi.com
#WritingCommunity #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #bookstodon #ExJW #JehovahsWitnesses #horror #SpeculativeFiction

Oh my gosh! Just found out today I got a creation grant to work on my speculative short story collection. The stories will be based on my interpretation of what the world would be like if Jehovah's Witness teachings were literally true. The answer: very fucking weird. Many thanks to the Ontario Arts Council for the grant, and to House of Anansi Press for recommending me.
https://www.arts.on.ca/home
https://houseofanansi.com
#WritingCommunity #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #bookstodon #ExJW #JehovahsWitnesses #horror #SpeculativeFiction

Oh my gosh! Just found out today I got a creation grant to work on my speculative short story collection. The stories will be based on my interpretation of what the world would be like if Jehovah's Witness teachings were literally true. The answer: very fucking weird. Many thanks to the Ontario Arts Council for the grant, and to House of Anansi Press for recommending me.
https://www.arts.on.ca/home
https://houseofanansi.com
#WritingCommunity #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #bookstodon #ExJW #JehovahsWitnesses #horror #SpeculativeFiction

Oh my gosh! Just found out today I got a creation grant to work on my speculative short story collection. The stories will be based on my interpretation of what the world would be like if Jehovah's Witness teachings were literally true. The answer: very fucking weird. Many thanks to the Ontario Arts Council for the grant, and to House of Anansi Press for recommending me.
https://www.arts.on.ca/home
https://houseofanansi.com
#WritingCommunity #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #bookstodon #ExJW #JehovahsWitnesses #horror #SpeculativeFiction

This week…well…this is the week Brenda looses it.

Read the whole article at: https://countyfencemagazine.com/reason-greater-napanee-is-greater-3-family-values/

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More 2025 short fiction: this one reimagines the life of Alan Turing if he crossed into the fairy world and had a life long affair there. Gorgeous prose. Structured only by the events of Turing's life. Strongly recommended.

https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/because-i-held-his-name-like-a-key/

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A very cool flash piece by Ian Li: "The Memory Technician." Enjoy!

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https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-memory-technician/

Okay, I'm back to catching up on 2025 short fiction reading. Zach Shephard's "From Darkness, Awake" ran in this anthology about Circe and has her taking on a drug lord in present-day Miami. I thought the blending of myth with crime fiction was creative.

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmReadingFantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon

https://www.amazon.com/Circe-Ancient-Greek-Tales-Immortals/dp/1804179639/ref=sr_1_2?crid=345L158GO39X1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.neVMf1RdlwOiDitq1M2yJnAOGYkVJZhyElpQq1f6O4ikP3yfnL-slOTWMsAV9qDeO3s6CbuY_CaOuzSos9_Jc-QFtJELxqgbNY4EaFuPQNeKAUU8ynxpDR1qew9WIgGocesxl7EMOjD4lFItEUk2dzaxiSaU66NrEf_lT-lG4YBuhy0VOoH7x4YncuXIGSYYONkCbT-xThlRW-wgkN6qBPY_nJVdvE6WtTj8NjOnTSg.O-dcZfXcuYx9mfLiTSLiBEIW5U0Lv0MwNU2k-LFeLI0&dib_tag=se&keywords=circe+anthology&qid=1767485635&sprefix=circe+anthology%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-2

County Fence has our very first feature-length script: Gregaro McKool’s Socialist Extravaganza —or— An Exercise in Over-Confidence.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/gregaro-mckools-socialist-extravaganza-or-an-exercise-in-over-confidence/

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Latest on my blog.

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https://www.allandyenshapiro.com/post/awards-eligibility-post---the-year-in-review

Exciting News! My #ShortStory "The Eliminator" sold to Water Dragon Publications. It will come out as a standalone both digitally and in paperback through all the usual outlets, likely in February.

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Join travel editor Rachael Boardman as she reflects on her first time sailing — fortunately with able skipper Jules Octavian.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/sailing-yacht-atlanta

#Sailing #VanLife #Cruising @bookstodon #books #writing #reading #ON #Author #Writer #WritersofMastodon #Readers #IndieAuthor #AmReading #Authors #WritingLife #AuthorsofMastodon #FridayReads #EasternOntario #KingstonON #CanLit #CanCon #Canada #Ontario #GreatLakes

Our fearless editor-in-chief, Jules Octavian, reflects on a life well-lived, the spaces in-between, and planting trees without expecting shade.

https://countyfencemagazine.com/how-do-you-live/

#EasternOntario #VanLife #Sailing #CanCon #Bespoke #Ontario @Bookstodon #Books #Writing #Reading #ON #Comedy #Fiction #Author #Writer #WritersofMastodon #Readers #IndieAuthor #Dreams #Authors #AuthorsofMastodon #FridayReads #BookLovers #DreamPunk #FreeBooks

One last #ShortStory to write about before I call it a weekend: this one is not my usual cup of tea, but it's oddness and strangeness appealed to me. It's beautiful.

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #AuthorsOfMastodon #Bookstodon #WritingLife #AmReadingFantasy

http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/arachnomorphosis/

I loved the format on this short story: I could see where it was going the whole time, but the step-by-step gave it an emotional punch it wouldn't have otherwise had. Recommended reading.

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https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/six-people-to-revise-you/#podcast

An interview with me about "The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds" that came out today on several different Facebook groups. I had fun with this. It also has a short excerpt from the book (Amazon.com has a longer excerpt) for those of you on the fence as to whether or not you'd like to pick up a copy. (You would.)

#Bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #WritersLife #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction #EcoFiction #Hopepunk

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2208677896/posts/10161922241912897/