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First of all, sorry I’m late! I know, I know - but it was Jax’s exam last night. I basically spent an hour running in a circle in a room where—god knows why—the heating was on.

And then Jax did not pass. :( 90% of the puppy syllabus he had rock solid. No dog can beat him at waiting to go through a door or giving kisses (not officially on the exam, but I think it counts for extra credit). However, he failed sit and stay. It was borderline. I mean, he sat but he didn’t stay. So…

To be honest, I think he was just bored.

But they’re doing it again in September, so…try, try again!

Back to writing stuff!

So in September of this year I will be attending UK Meet! Then in October I’m going to be at GRL as a spotlight author! Now I just have to look at flights and more swag and…lots of stuff!

Can’t wait though.

I just have to think up the traditional Poe Prank. Well, I’ve done it twice before. And for the record, she’s a good friend…this is how I express my affection. It’s the Northern Irish way.

I’m thinkin’….this.

70s Dinner Party @70s_partyGetting my drink on

January 20th 2022

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What do you guys think? Is it emotionally scarring enough to convey that I’ve missed seeing her?

Pupdate of the Week

So Jax didn’t pass his class, but the teacher did say he was her favorite! And can you blame her? If it had been serving looks he would have definitely gotten through!

ALSO! For EVIDENCE! This is him sitting and staying at home. For a full minute! Look at him. He just didn’t want to do it last night.

Free Audio Chapter of the Week

‘Shift Plan’ by TA Moore is a Night Shift short story and a prequel to Split Shift. Find out more about who Kit Marlow was before he joined the Night Shift, and how he became the man Cade Deacon gets to meet in the books! Chapter Two up now!

Written by TA Moore
Narrated by Michael Fell

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If you prefer to read rather than listen, you can get Shift Plan in mobi and epub on the website.

The complete Night Shift series is available on Audible, also narrated by the awesome Michael Fell.

I mean, yes. Except, of course, Sidhe is the right way :D

🎄✨ Alix E. Harrow ✨🎄 @AlixEHarrowi respect that fantasy as a genre has simply refused to standardize the spelling of "fairy." faerie. fae. fay. fair folk. fayrie. just an F followed by whatever vowels you have in your heart

February 22nd 2022

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In honor of GRL check out Wonderland City by Rhys Ford, which was originally part of the Devil Take Me Anthology launched at GRL. Only $2.22 in the February sale!

When Xander Spade went through the Looking Glass, he wasn’t looking for salvation. He’d been running from the devil who took his soul, only to fall prey to the greatest monster in Wonderland City, the Queen of Hearts. Years later, the Queen is dead and Xander has a chance to go through the Looking Glass and back home where he belongs.

Xander’s devil wants him to find a little girl who escaped into Wonderland City, before her presence brings down an apocalypse of uncontrollable chaos to the already mad world. Along with Jean Michel, the former Knave of Hearts, Xander now is in a race against time to find the missing child before all Hell breaks loose and he loses his chance to go home.

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Vampira🦇 @DraculasswifeArt by Matsuyama Miyabi.

February 16th 2022

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I find articles like these FASCINATING. We all think we have free will, but we never take into account that the brain running the free will software is buggy as hell and easily distracted.

If I sound judgy? I am not. No one is as weak to the allure to ‘Buy One Get One Free’ as me. Just ask the amount of soup I own!

Casinos do the same thing! It’s a whole art form.

Surviving the Sneaky Psychology of Supermarkets

A shopper peruses the grocery aisles at a South Africa based supermarket in the modern Ikeja City Mall in Lagos, NigeriaPhotograph by Robin Hammond, Nat Geo Image Collection

We’re all being manipulated by our grocery stores.

The experience of dashing into the local Price Chopper, Safeway, or Piggly Wiggly for a quart of milk and emerging with a bulging cartload of unintended food purchases is universal—and it’s not our fault. Supermarkets make us do it. Or at least they certainly try.

Grocery shopping, start to finish, is a cunningly orchestrated process. Every feature of the store—from floor plan and shelf layout to lighting, music, and ladies in aprons offering free sausages on sticks—is designed to lure us in, keep us there, and seduce us into spending money.

I love this! I wanna go here sometime.

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