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Margaret Killjoy is a transfeminine author and editor currently based in the Appalachian mountains. Her most recent book is an anarchist demon hunters novella called The Barrow Will Send What it May, published by Tor.com. She spends her time crafting and complaining about authoritarian power structures and she blogs at birdsbeforethestorm.net.

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Mythmakers Tour 2010!

I've got 10 dates so far on my cross-the-south tour, with probably a few more dates that'll be added in a bit. There are pdf flyers for each, too, if anyone in any of these towns feels like putting some up!

New Orleans, LA: Sunday, Jan. 3rd at Iron Rail Book Collective. Flyers: letter and quartersheet.

Houston, TX: Tuesday, Jan. 5th at Sedition Books. Flyers: letter and quartersheet.

Austin, TX: Wedn Read more of this blog post »

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Published on December 20, 2009 12:48 • Tags: anarchism, book, guin, le, tour

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	The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Danielle Cain, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 4,861 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sapling Cage (Daughters of the Empty Throne, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 2,180 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Country of Ghosts 4.12 avg rating — 1,416 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Barrow Will Send What it May (Danielle Cain, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 1,446 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Gray 3.54 avg rating — 1,105 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Won't Be Here Tomorrow and Other Stories 4.37 avg rating — 619 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escape from Incel Island by Margaret Killjoy (Goodreads Author), Jonas Goonface (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything That Isn't Winter 3.74 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mythmakers and Lawbreakers: Anarchist Writers on Fiction by Margaret Killjoy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kim Stanley Robinson (Introduction) 4.13 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Lies Beneath the Clock Tower: Being An Adventure Of Your Own Choosing by Margaret Killjoy (Goodreads Author), Juan Navarro (Illustrator) 3.66 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Always afraid, never a coward”
― Margaret Killjoy, The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion

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“It's not really giving up our freedom to be close with people. Because freedom only exists in relation to other people.”
― Margaret Killjoy, The Barrow Will Send What it May

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“I believe in a messy, imperfect world where we just, collectively or individually, figure things out.”
― Margaret Killjoy, The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion

tags: anarchism

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