US and International readers can get paperbacks from my friends at Sapphic Sweets and Reads, and have the satisfaction of supporting an #indie bookstore: https://shop.sweetreadsict.com/products/confluence-a-person-shaped-story

For readers in the US, you can get the paperback direct from the press at http://www.tinyurl.com/confluencepaperback and cut out the Amaz_n middleman.

There are eleven days until launch for my #cyberpunk novel, #Confluence! Read on below to see where you can get yourself a copy.

@the_meghaning *waves*

Researching an interesting concept this morning: human powered rail lines of the 1880s in Japan.

Not a thing I knew existed, but here we are.

What do you call it when you put wheels on an eggplant?

那須car

This coming week I get to sit down for a podcast interview with @jpderboghossian -- you should take a look at his archive of episodes at https://thisqueerbook.com/

*waves at @GameOf_Cubicles * hey, you made it!

Three centuries, two lifetimes, one couple's continuing battle for abolition and union. Check out my novel #GreyDawn, a 2021 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite, at bit.ly/greydawnpaperback or in ebook form at bit.ly/greydawnebook Spot it in your travels? Tag me so I can see!

@elbutterfield Thank you. That is my hope.

@kozmikray Cold comfort in light of how like many authors, that platform was crucial to how I made my living.

To support this podcast and check out scripts, bonus episodes, and the rest of my work: http://patreon.com/riversidewings is the place.

#FridayNightHistory was a Twitter phenomenon, one that helped propel my writing and podcasting career, and I'm glad to be bringing it to a new audience.

This week on #FridayNightHistory: What do you do when you're an overworked Heian-era bureaucrat out in the proverbial ass end of nowhere, and part of your work involves having to visit your province's shrines? Well, you make a shrine aggregator.

https://anchor.fm/fridaynighthistory/episodes/Episode-52-S2E19--Shrine-Aggregator-e1q39g8

It really is incredible to watch a 5500 person following I built over six years evaporate in real time because of the whims of a selfish madman.

My dear friend Zoe and I cohost a podcast called #Cleyera: Conversations on Shinto, in which we talk about our faith, its cultural, historical, and other contexts, and try to bring knowledge and community to others. You can give it a listen at http://anchor.fm/cleyerapodcast

After 7 centuries, a Mongol invasion ship off Kyushu raises anchor. Read on in my latest for @unseenjapan: https://unseenjapan.com/mongol-invasion-japan-anchor-recovered/

My 2nd novel, #Confluence: A Person-Shaped Story, is now up for preorder ahead of launch on the 18th of November! You can find it at tinyurl.com/confluencepaperback or on Kindle at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLB74XDD/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_DSPJ2F7G3P8W0RF1ZR4Z