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MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History July 18, 1934: “The American Mercury” accepted Emma Goldman's article, "Communism: Bolshevist & Anarchist, A Comparison.” However, it was not until a year later that it was published, in a truncated form, as "There is No Communism in Russia." Goldman had been deported by the U.S. in 1919, during the Palmer raids, and sent to Russia, where she lived with her comrade, Alexander Berkman, for several years. She was initially supportive of the Bolsheviks, until Trotsky brutally crushed the Kronstadt rebellion, in 1921, slaughtering over 1,000 sailors and then executing over a thousand more. After this, she left the USSR and, in 1923, published a book about her experiences, “My Disillusionment in Russia.” H.L. Menken founded “The American Mercury,” in 1924, and published radical writers throughout the 1920s and ‘30s. A change of ownership in the 1940s led to a shift to the far right, including virulently antisemitic articles.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmmaGoldman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmmaGoldman</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/soviet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soviet</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ussr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ussr</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kronstadt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kronstadt</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rebellion</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#massacre</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#magazine</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

Natasha WarnerI just finished reading a novel, and I want to point it out to people because the author is still in high school. It's self-published, and one can certainly tell it hasn't had professional editing, but I got caught up in the characters and plot and enjoyed it. I know the author. I thought she made an interesting choice to have the teenage characters speaking a dialect that's partly the way young Americans talk right now. Usually in a fantasy-like novel, the characters speak in some created dialect that sounds archaic. But if it's not a real world anyway, why _shouldn't_ the characters use current teens' speech? I also enjoyed that in this fantasy/dystopic world, people routinely introduce themselves with their pronouns, those pronouns are sometimes they/them, and no one thinks that's surprising. The book also has a gay couple, and no one sees anything unusual about that (without romance being a major focus of the book). It's definitely by a very junior author, but I'm impressed. <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novels</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Marble-Stone-Grayson-Storm/dp/B0DDTNWMDH/ref=sr_1_1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Marble-Stone-Grayson-Storm/dp/B0DDTNWMDH/ref=sr_1_1</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 2025.07.18 — The home of your MC is on fire. They can retrieve one item. What is it and why?</blockquote>The devil-girl would say, "Let it burn. I carry the only important things with me at all times, which are my ancient thaumaturgy primer and notebook. If you need help putting out the fire, I'll help."Thorn Rose's family lives in a day angel-cultured home tree that resembles a grove of ancient ficus benjamina whose massive trunks have grown together into a city block-size mass, divided into a dozen "townhouses." As daemons living in a day angel neighborhood, the only place her family could rent belonged to a day angel who rebelled against the daemon-majority government a century ago. Though the former abode of a cultural hero, day angels won't live there in fear of becoming noticed by the government. If the tree went up in flames, the neighborhood would pitch in to put it out. Thorn Rose would frantically want to retrieve everything, but even her pictures of Streak with Rainy Days, or the model she calls Big Streak, could be replaced since she has access to the source of both. She wears the jewelry given her by Streak at all times (horn tips and a gold nose ring). Really, all she'd miss would be her notebooks, but she knows they aren't worth much if the knowledge isn't already in her head (which it probably is). Nevertheless, she'd make herself frantic, needing Streak to calm her down.Day Angel Streak would think of saving his bed frame, built from the stake bed of the first cart he ever got to fly through the sky. It was a piece of crap given him by his uncle who wanted him to fail to fly it to convince him to stop making a nuisance of himself at the family warehouse—only Streak has an innate talent for levitating things behind him, even heavy and unwieldy lorries; he learned to "pull" that day, even as parts of the cart fell from the sky as he landed it. The boy made his bed frame from the wreckage, and even Thorn Rose likes it for what it meant to him.Day Angel Bolt (where she's the MC) would go nuts trying to get her camera kit from her aerie. It's the only thing she values at the start of her story, and considering how dismal her life has become, perhaps more than life itself. I envision this would not end well.Wintereyes (the wolf-raised woman forced to attend university) doesn't understand possessions at all. If Mother Wolf wasn't trapped in the fire, or anyone she could help save, she'd only be sad for the people or beasts who lost their shelter or livelihoods and try to comfort them in her quirky shy way.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSInklingsStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSInklingsStory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

Simon Roy Hughes 🧌My sources tell me that in order to make a living as an <a href="https://beige.party/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a>, your <a href="https://beige.party/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> now has to have a perfume tie-in.🤧 What would a fragrance based on your work evoke? 😷Mine would smell like pine tar and stockfish.<a href="https://beige.party/tags/perfume" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#perfume</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/writinglife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writinglife</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/publishingtrends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishingtrends</a>

Liminal FictionCheck out R. Sinclair Sci Fi R. Sinclair (she/they) is a queer Canadian author and writer of the Shattered Numbers Duology, a sci-fi thriller series about a con woman and her murderous AI partner.Sinclair is currently under siege by spiders. <a href="https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/r-sinclair/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/r-sinclair/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/AuthorSpotlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AuthorSpotlight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a>

Book!BlaBla𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗶𝗷𝘂 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 by: John ScalziWhen COVID-19 sweeps through NY City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end delivery driver. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization" and offers Jamie a job.What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals they care for are not on Earth.<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-kaiju-preservation-society" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bookblabla.com/book/the-kaiju-preservation-society</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History July 17, 1794: The biggest rebel victory of the Whiskey Rebellion occurred on this date when a mob of 500 armed men, protesting a new excise tax on distilleries, clashed with troops from Fort Pitt after firing on a revenue collector and burning down his home. Many of the rebels were poor farmers, who made spirits with their excess grain, and war veterans, who believed they were still fighting against taxation without representation.Within weeks, 13,000 uniformed militiamen were sent in to quash the rebellion, including Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton (whose buddies in the rum business were the major benefactors of the tax). Most of the rebels gave up and went home before the soldiers arrived. However, they did arrest 20 men, but most were acquitted due to mistaken identity. Only two men were convicted and sentenced to hang. However, Washington pardoned them. Furthermore, the authorities were unable to collect taxes on many of the distilleries in eastern Kentucky and Western Pennsylvania.Nevertheless, Washington’s response was seen as successful because he demonstrated that the national government had both the will and ability to suppress popular resistance to its laws. Furthermore, it set a precedent for what types of protest the new government would tolerate. The rebels had believed the American Revolution had established the people as sovereign, with the right to change the government by force. In contrast, the Federalists in the government believed that the government was sovereign because it had been established with the consent of the people.Susanna Rowson wrote a play called “The Volunteers” (1795) in which the militiamen were the heroes of the Whiskey Rebellion. She was also an early advocate for women’s education and an abolitionist. Her novel “Charlotte Temple” was the most popular American novel until Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s cabin.” L. Neil Smith wrote an alternative historical fiction novel, “The Probability Broach,” (1980) in which the rebels win and execute Washington for treason. David Liss published “The Whiskey Rebels” (2008), another historical fiction piece about the rebellion.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/whiskey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whiskey</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rebellion</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insurrection</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uprising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uprising</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/historicalfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novel</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

Cliff📰 New Post From The SeerOfSouls Blog 📰Review: HOZO Design NeoRuler <a href="https://www.seerofsouls.com/review-hozo-design-neoruler/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.seerofsouls.com/review-hozo-design-neoruler/</a>Associated Mastodon Account: <a href="https://www.seerofsouls.com/author/cliff/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Cliff</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AllThingsTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AllThingsTech</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SeerOfSouls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeerOfSouls</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blog</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blogging</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blogger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blogger</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Author</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordPress</a>

The Science Fiction GuyThe Hard SF Worldbuilding Cookbooks:Are you a storyteller building worlds? From supernova to star systems, these booklets offer inspiration, visuals, and detail. Have the science, as needed.Inspiration, then <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worldbuilding</a> .$4.99 <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/475945/hard-s-f-worldbuilding-cookbook-4-6-the-coalfire-a-star-system-with-a-yellow-white-sun" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/475945/hard-s-f-worldbuilding-cookbook-4-6-the-coalfire-a-star-system-with-a-yellow-white-sun</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a>

ABC FeedsNew novel Pissants explores the debaucherous world of AFL players By Daniel HerbornBrandon Jack draws on his time as a peripheral player in the AFL in his raucous new novel, Pissants.<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-17/former-afl-player-brandon-jack-publishes-debut-novel-pissants/105517366" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-17/former-afl-player-brandon-jack-publishes-debut-novel-pissants/105517366</a><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ArtsCultureandEntertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArtsCultureandEntertainment</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Author</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Novel</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sport</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/AFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AFL</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/DanielHerborn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DanielHerborn</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<a href="https://writing.exchange/@golgaloth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@golgaloth</a> <blockquote>Is there a way to show representation that's not offensive?</blockquote>Yes. Very definitely. Always? Probably not. Without adding additional weight to the word "controversial," remembering what's controversial is relative to the reader's POV and ultimately beyond the author's control, I try not to weight, color, heat, or highlight such things any more than any other miscellaneous fact would be. Can't say I always succeed, or it may be impossible. Indeed, the character may have their own agenda to stir the pot. I think it's best to represent people as people, and let story context carry the burden. Throwing firebombs gets you the audience that enjoys fireworks, not the ones you hope will hear your message.<blockquote>Do you consider other people's feelings when you're writing?</blockquote>This question is one of my bugaboos. My internal censor feels like it's drinking far too much caffeine of late. Writing dryly and a matter-of-factly about women who don't feel shame (as one example) keeps grating against the gender roles and norms I was socialized with, which I know full well were made to control my behavior to the benefit of a society that really doesn't care other than I don't make trouble.<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingCommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a>

QueeRomance InkCheck out Curtis Craddock Fantasy, Poetry, Sci Fi Curtis Craddock was born in the wrong century and quite possibly on the wrong planet. He should have been born in a world where gallant heroes regularly vanquish dire and despicable foes, where friendship, romance, wit, and courage are the foundations of culture and civilization, and where adventure beckons from every shadow.Instead, he was born on Earth and ... <a href="https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/curtis-craddock/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/curtis-craddock/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/AuthorSpotlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AuthorSpotlight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WCC</a> 2025.07.16 — How often do you raise questions in your writing without intention to answer them?The keywords are "without intention." How often without intention? That would be never intentionally. However, I do intentionally raise questions in stories that could lead to a sequel (or prequel) where I would (I hope) answer them. I may do this early on, or add threads that are only apparent in the epilogue. I sometimes raise questions unintentionally, bits of worldbuilding or plot or a fanciful side character that nevertheless gets baked into the workings of the world. I can think of at least one instance where a reader called me out on this, causing me to write further stories as a result.However, I prefer to find and fry up my red herrings—with onions, salt, and pepper, and enjoy a meal of kippers.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 728 — Write about something your antagonist <del>(or villain)</del> frequently forgets.</blockquote>Rainy Days frequently forgets how difficult and painful giving birth is, especially when she's distracted in the moment.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History July 16, 1916: Carlo Tresca and other IWW strike leaders were arrested on charges of inciting the murder of a deputy. This was during a strike of 30,000 iron-ore mine workers of the Mesabi range in northern Minnesota. Tresca was an Italian-American IWW organizer and newspaper editor. He opposed fascism, Stalinism and mafia-infiltration of unions. He was assassinated in 1943. Some believe the Soviets killed him in retaliation for his criticism of Stalin. The most recent research suggests it was the Bonanno crime family, in response to his criticism of the mafia and Mussolini. Tresca wrote two books. His autobiography was published posthumously in 2003. He also wrote a book in Italian, “L'attentato a Mussolini ovvero il segreto di Pulcinella.” <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carlotresca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carlotresca</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mesabi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mesabi</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stalin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stalin</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/soviet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soviet</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mafia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mussolini</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History 7/16/1877: The Great Railway Strike (Great Upheaval) began in Martinsburg, WV, with strikes spreading across the country, despite the unions, which tried to block it. Boatmen, steelers, miners & workers of all ages, genders & races joined in. Militias & national guards were deployed. For the 1st time ever, federal troops were used to crush a strike. Workers fought back with rocks & bricks. They sabotaged equipment. Dumped railroad cars. Rerouted engines. Many of the poorly paid soldiers went AWOL & joined the strikers. In Lebanon, PA, they mutinied. Karl Marx called it “the first uprising against the oligarchy of capital since the Civil War.”In Chicago & St. Louis, strikes were led by the communist Workingmen’s Party, affiliated with the First International. In Chicago, future Haymarket martyr, Albert Parsons, gave a fiery speech. In St. Louis, workers took over & ran the city for a week in what became known as the St. Louis Commune (after the Paris Commune of 1871). At a huge meeting in St. Louis, a black man asked: “Will you stand with us regardless of color?” The crowd replied: “We will!” The Great Upheaval ended after 45 days, with over 100 workers slaughtered. In Pittsburgh, the militia killed 20 workers in 5 minutes. In Chicago, they killed another 20. In Scranton, up to 50 were killed. In the aftermath, unions became better organized, particularly the new Knights of Labor, which mushroomed in size. But the bosses learned many lessons, too. Many of the old stone armories we see across the country today were built after the Great Upheaval to provide cities with greater fire power for the next great strikes.My novel, "Anywhere But Schuylkill," is part of the "Great Upheaval" trilogy. You can get a copy from these indie booksellers: <a href="https://www.keplers.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.keplers.com/</a> <a href="https://www.greenapplebooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.greenapplebooks.com/</a> <a href="https://christophersbooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://christophersbooks.com/</a>Or send me $25 via Venmo (@Michael-Dunn-565) and your mailing address, and I will send you a signed copy!You can read my full article on the Great Upheaval here: <a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/31/the-great-upheaval/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/31/the-great-upheaval/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildcat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildcat</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeneralStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralStrike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/railroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#railroad</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/marx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marx</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uprising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uprising</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rebellion</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KnightsOfLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KnightsOfLabor</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chicago</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pittsburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pittsburgh</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/saintlouis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#saintlouis</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pariscommune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pariscommune</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policebrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policebrutality</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/historicalfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novel</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/write" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#write</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

Book!BlaBla𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 by: Abby JimenezJustin has a curse, and thanks to Reddit, it's all over the net. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman DM's him with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They'll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other's out, and they'll both find the love of their lives. <a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/just-for-the-summer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bookblabla.com/book/just-for-the-summer</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Nick East (Indie Writer)Yup 😂 Also, one of the worst things about writing is it takes some of the joy out of reading because you've seen "how the sausage is made" 😁 <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@writers</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@writing</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/humour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@humour</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/authorindiespeak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@authorindiespeak</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WritingMemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Memes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/IndieAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/IndieBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writerdons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writerdons</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writinglife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writinglife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a>

LM Little<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> another riveting story by Charlotte McConaghy. Like her compelling Wild Dark Shore, Once There Were Wolves is focused on the natural world, human relationships with the wild and with each other, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> breakdown. She's a great storyteller through her interesting characters. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rewilding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wolves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wolves</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a>

נאריש זשלאָב מענטש"By the 1940s, there were over 4,000 <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jews</a> in the city. Several <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> institutions had also been established, including three <a href="https://babka.social/tags/synagogues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#synagogues</a>, the Jewish Girls’ <a href="https://babka.social/tags/School" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#School</a>, and the Jewish Ezra <a href="https://babka.social/tags/hospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hospital</a>. But <a href="https://babka.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonialism</a> and circumstances reduced <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Calcutta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Calcutta</a>’s <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewry</a> to a mere handful."We were a community of five thousand in the 1940s; now we’re just 20 odd members, aged 60 or above,” says Jael Silliman, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/scholar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scholar</a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> of Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women’s Narratives from a Diaspora of Hope (2001)."<a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/research/the-last-jews-of-calcutta-a-community-on-the-brink-of-disappearance-10127165/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://indianexpress.com/article/research/the-last-jews-of-calcutta-a-community-on-the-brink-of-disappearance-10127165/</a>

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