A friend of mine once got a tattoo. She’s a Taurus, and the tattoo was of a bull. She picked it off the wall of the studio, and adjusted the coloring. Within ten minutes of getting it, someone asked: […]
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The Discomfort Zone: Metal Machine Music, March Music Moderne IV
A while back I was contacted by Bob Priest, guru of Portland’s annual March Music Moderne Festival. Turns out he’s a fan of Psychopomp Volume One, and was wondering if I was interested in participating in the fest. His […]
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Amtrek, Part 1
The Portland resident in me is better off in motion away from Portland during the dreary and too long winter months where nothing happens: not between my ears, and not anywhere else. Netflix feels like a relationship that’s a […]
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Where to buy where to buy…
I wholeheartedly encourage one and all to use my Square Reader store for purchase of Psychopomp Volume One, and to Preorder Channel Insomnia. Square takes less of a cut than Paypal and has been a seamless experience thus far. […]
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Goodreads Giveaway!
Whee! Two copies of Psychopomp offered through Goodreads. Enter to win today! Goodreads Book Giveaway Psychopomp Volume One by Amanda Sledz Giveaway ends February 02, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win
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Winter Star
Last night I spent hours watching people jump from burning buildings. Winter left me thinking about plane crashes, explosions, the number of days we’ve gone without an incident in the workplace, fingers that don’t bend the way they’re supposed […]
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this is how it happens
(Trigger warning. This is a discussion of rape and rape culture, and it’s about to get raw, because I cannot take scrolling through message board stupidity anymore. So there’s this, and it’s all I’ve got. – Amanda) It’s the […]
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Day of the Dead Sale $12 softcover until November 2
Buy Psychopomp Volume One: Cracked Plate in softcover for just $12 until November 2nd! All copies come autographed, of course.
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A Day in the Life of Poverty
You roll over and look at your clock. It used to be a cell phone. Now it’s just a clock. 6:30AM. Time to get out of bed. St. Vincent’s starts getting rowdy around 7AM, so you need to […]