I am in rather bad shape, as I imagine quite a few decent people are. I completely logged out of social media for a while. I wasn't sure when I'd come back. Clearly, I am right now. I don't know how to move forward. So. Let's see how this makes me feel: 10 US Kindle copies of @ce_murphy's Seamaster (The Guildmaster Saga Book 1), which is an engaging YA fantasy series. I enjoyed it a lot. The series is complete.

I've got nothing else.

I am not an American, but just... vote. If you're in my immediate social bubble, you're probably trans and if you're not trans, you're probably still queer. So I know you will probably vote.

But if you see this post and you're cis... listen, I will put it in the plainest terms possible. If Trump becomes president, people will die.

There is not a single way Kamala is bad that Trump is not worse. And there are ways Kamala is not gonna cause harm, which Trump will.

Words like fascism sometimes get thrown around a lot, but Trump IS a fascist dictator in the making.

If you don't see it, consider believing me your Ally Moment for the year.

I have friends in the US who can't leave and who are not in a position to stay safe. I don't want my friends to be hurt.

Do you?

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of A Saucer of Loneliness: Volume VII: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, by, uh, Theodore Sturgeon. I got this because of the title story, which I've both read, and watched the TV adaptation of. I liked both a lot. He died right around the time the episode aired.

Fifteen days until the US election, and even though I'm not *in* the US for it, I am extremely anxious and stressed. If you can, please vote to kick the fascists to the dump.

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Gareth L. Powell's Embers of War, which I HAVE, but HAVE NOT read. I'd really like to get around to doing that at some point. The description on amazon pushes ALL of the right buttons for me. If you read it, let me know what you think, please!

Feel free to claim one, or tell someone else about the giveaway, or both. And if you're in the US and can vote, please please please please do so, shit is fucking terrifying.

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Emma Bull's seminal WAR FOR THE OAKS, which people tell me is _the_ foundation for all urban fantasy that followed. I don't have enough knowledge to disagree, but I do know that it's a very good book, and an excellent urban fantasy. (It's why I don't thank any brownies that might be around.) I'm also told it is a *very* Minnesotan book, and a very music book.

If you read it, find someone else who hasn't and let them know.