KL Forslund

KL Forslund

@klforslund.com

I write words. Some of them are good. Sci-fantasy tales with Norsey bits and whatever I post on my blog. Https://klforslund.com Rainbows are cool. Fascists are not. Don’t give our jobs to a robot.

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Issue #36 of Boundary Shock Quarterly includes my story “The Girl With All The Thumbs” where Lena hustles every day to fix things for her animalized neighbors thanks to the Transfur virus. Now, Orson Whale demands her help, and she can’t refuse. www.boundaryshockquarterly.com/book/furry-f...

boundaryshockquarterly.comFurry FriendsThe animals have become intelligent and—dare we say—human-like. Was it a mad experiment? Mutation from a nuclear war? Genetic engineerin...

Watched The Univited friday night. Not bad. Way more locations away from scary house than expected. Started The Haunting, which having read Shirley Jackson’s story more recently is a workable take on the original

The rock was too thick for the hinged glass pendant thingy. Too bad, it looked close enough. So now trying cardboard with paint and bumpy glue

I get to have cheese sticks and lasagna at russos for dinner Then it’s to the adventure mines to finish up tomorrow’s adventure and finish off props for the players All which as to be done tonight cuz i gotta work in the morning before the game. And then star wars game night Too much stuff

I found a small rock that i can paint blue to be azurite for a Necklace of Beastly Familiar for tomorrow’s dress like yer character because its October game

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Thanks Gabino, Happy #FridayReads! If you like long walks in the woods and the idea of entitled rapist jocks being literally eaten alive, my debut novel DRYAD is the book for you! It's the first in a trilogy, so if you like it, there's more on the way www.amazon.com/dp/1685101860

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Thanks, Gabino. My small-town horror novel, Season of Crows, is featured in a promo with a bunch of cool authors. When the crows return to Riverbend, the disappearances begin. books.bookfunnel.com/halloweenien...

books.bookfunnel.comHalloweenie Book FairWelcome to the Very Special Halloweenie Book Fair! We hope you will find your next spooky read here! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightfully dreadful selection of books. Loo...

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A reader sincerely compared me to Elmore Leonard this week. Tough to top that, but selling a few more copies of Shivering in Hell might do it! Less than $5 on Kindle, or FREE if you have Kindle Unlimited. a.co/d/03zIOrju

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Thanks Gabino! It's very early days, and we've not even done the cover reveal yet... but I'm very happy to say that LOST THINGS & FORGOTTEN PLACES is out everywhere April 30th Like Weird, queer fic and liminal horror? Get your preorder in early - every little helps! a.co/d/0aMXElrM

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Thanks, Gabino! I'm in the final week of writing an essay every day in October on THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE over at @popheist.com! Our subscribers (7 bucks) basically get a book-length analysis of the movie all month long, and I'm having a blast with it!

popheist.comThe 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' Essays: Mad and MacabreJoin Matthew Jackson as he takes a daily deep dive into the world of 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,' a members-only exclusive.

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Thank you, Gabino! Who needs a haunted house story for Halloween and the ghostly fall & winter of the northern hemisphere (or to chill you in the southern)? What about what one that spans a century of the inexplicable, featuring trauma, serial killers, specters, and (drum roll) Houdini? #FridayReads

bookshop.orgIn the House of In BetweenThe Backlund House is haunted, but no one knows why. No violence has taken place there, no one has died inside its walls. Over the course of a century, what-or who-haunts the storied property remains ...

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Thanks Gabino! #FridayReads A white couple's adopted Black teenage daughter is killed by the police. Now their house, in a gentrifying Black neighborhood, is trying to kill them. A Detroit hitman seeking absolution for his crimes is pursued by the monster created from the bodies of his victims.

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Thank you Gabino, happy #FridayReads. Shibboleth: SCIF 003.a is FREE for Halloween! Three original illustrations by Luca Vassallo, a Gia Petoskey story about a cult, & a UFO sighting and a haunted cemetery crypt! Go to patreon.shibboleth.me to download. It's free :)

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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I bring you the perfect spooky season read: monstrous babies, bloodthirsty deities, ghosts, magic, vengeance, and creatures from beyond the reef! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

Wife went to Texas Art. Came back with an inkstone (suzure) and ink stick set (not sure what thats called) Also a bottle of ink (bokuju). Hope to have time on sunday to try them. Yay wife!

spent the evening watching Army of Darkness and researching local election candidates to spot the right winger nutjobs trying to get onto school boards and such

ProTip for folks who are joining new teams First observe. Work like a chameleon. don't point out differences from your old team. Don't tout your years of experience, especially without knowing how long everyone else has bee doing this. And definitely don't say your new team is "doing it wrong".

Is balaky feeling ratchety as you scroll this morning? Not smooth. The images keep stutterng as i scroll the posts Enshittifcation?

NEaring the end of writing the next D&D game. 5 PCs, splt up in Baldur's Gate to handle their own affairs. 3 scenes per PC. It's a tight race to hop around and keep each bit moving their story along

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October is #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth and there’s still time to celebrate and support Filipino authors! To help you celebrate, we’ve compiled a short list of twenty-three exciting recent releases written and/or illustrated by Filipino creators from all across the diaspora ❤️💙🤍💛

Read on. good useful tips for web search with excisement of AI crap from results

I keep seeing posts complaining that the internet sucks now. "It didn't used to be like this! You used to be able to find information. It's just a store now, but it used to be a library." Skill issue, bro. The internet doesn't suck. You suck at research. But don't worry. I'm here to help. 🧵

When I started dressing for renfair, I didn't have fancy boots (or pants), so I wore sweatpants and a plain lace up leather boot. My thinking was, within reason, people don't pay attention to the lower half. Why? because those details don't stand out to me in recollections of almost any character

Am I right? Do you really remember Trek, star wars, or Babylon 5 character's pants and footwear? Or are they just there? Note that I am not talking about ensemble outfits meant to draw full attention. Just folk wearing clothes that go together and don't stand out.

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Zacharia story at core is another example of unqualified white person being hired by Trump administration. And I emphasize "white" because anger at DEI is NOT that unqualified black people were being hired, but that it blocked unqualified white people getting hired. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

yahoo.comKatie Zacharia out as Trump's White House press secretary after 5 days on the job“It was an honor to work for him,” Zacharia wrote on social media.

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There are so, so many verified diaries of white Union soldiers at the beginning of the war saying "I don't know about this, I condemn the deplorable violence" and then they get down there and see slavery with their own eyes and immediately go "John Brown was right we gotta kill these motherfuckers"

If i am still alive, when was “back in my day” Did days belong to me? Did i rule for a span of time, and have now diminished in the west?