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And my personalized physical copy of @drslayton.bsky.social 's Backwood Banshee has arrived! With stunning art cards by @jakeshandy.bsky.social Can't wait to finish this book! The first few chapters already have me biting my nails for Adam and friends!

I'll be at West Side Books in the Denver Highlands at 7:15 tonight! Please note that my original post had the time wrong.

Release Day! Listening to Michael David Axtell read @drslayton.bsky.social 's #BackwoodsBanshee, the next installment in the Adam Binder series! No, I couldn't wait for my hard copy. Yes, I Iove the narrator's reading of the series too!

"Your shipment is on its way!" It's time! @drslayton.bsky.social 's Backwoods Banshee is on its way from booksareawesome.net !!!

If you have infosec or software engineer friends who are even remotely affected by this week's security findings, buy them a drink or a treat or something. They are going through some SHIT.

No, I definitely _didn't_ have that ADHD panic moment of "Did I actually pre-order that book, or did I just think I did?" *quickly checks store order history* "DATE PLACED: Apr 23, 2026 3:54pm" Phew!

Putting myself together to head down to Books Are Awesome to sign the Backwoods Banshee preorders! I'm so excited for y'all to read this one. I'm particularly proud of it, and Adam. My golden boy has seen some things, survived others, and is definitely growing up.

Do we do GoFundMes here? Anyhow, better than the AOIR listserv. The municipal rec soccer club I volunteer with is raising money for a tent. Fees in kid's sports are getting out of hand, but rec leagues are a shining spot of access and affordability. Help us out? www.gofundme.com/f/supporting...

Last call for Backwoods Banshee preorders! booksareawesome.net/backwoods-ba...

One big myth of #OpenSource is that you have to have the ability to code to help. While you need developers, you also often need people who can test, organize, write documentation, help with support, and more.

So, I took a quick look into this. Even google's "helpful" AI search tool can unearth the fact that this is ductape and spackle window dressing. Even simple code analysis reveals an unguided agentic SDLC process that is guessing at solutions instead of intelligent guidance.

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

I'm especially thankful for those of you that are finding Rogue Community College. It's my little book that could and I love that more of you are finding it.

It's OCTOBER! Which means it's @drslayton.bsky.social 's #BackwoodsBanshee release month!

For October I'm bouncing around from Casper to NYC to Denver. I'll be heading to a few more places in November, but for now, here's my schedule for the spooky month:

Hi! I'm Tug. I'm a stay-at-home-dad to 2 teenagers & 1 irredeemably cute Keeshond who posts about games, sports, and said cute Keeshond. I also make content occasionally over on Twitch (twitch.tv/tugboet) which often consists of me being awful at a game and chat lambasting me for it. Welcome in!

My toxic trait: Taking my favorite author's books and turning them face out :D That one copy of @drslayton.bsky.social 's "Dark Moon Shallow Sea" _will_ be sold one day at my local booksamillion.

Apparently my brother was quoted in the WSJ!

Going to start writing my first piece for my new 'blog' shortly. I've really been wanting to improve my writing skills for some time. Time to stop procrastinating.

I ended up having more extended thoughts on Dolly Parton over on Facebook and I thought I would share them here as well.

Oh man. I do not know how I'm going to tell my kid. Who's love for reading is a _direct line_ from Dolly's imagination library. Who, upon learning about her, immediately put her up there with Taylor Swift as a role model (she wants to be a performer) Gutted. RIP Dolly. Thanks for it all!

Preorder is here: booksareawesome.net/backwoods-ba...

@drslayton.bsky.social Doing my pre Backwoods Banshee Adam Binder Universe book listening, and my brain fixated on Vran's "I am what I'll be when the Undertakers are done with me". And thought, wait, that's a straight connection/foreshadowing to RCC instead of allusions to death, isn't it?

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SO EXCITED!

*New chat request* Yay! *Opens chat* *Reads "Hi! I'm [Your Name]..." * Man, the scammers are getting lazy a.f. in this day and age of AI, if you can't even get a simple string replacement correct, and you leave "[Your Name]" in the copy, you don't need to be scamming. Get outta here....

I don't know, why not just fucking make good, fun games

Finished my first listen of @drslayton.bsky.social s #TheSilentPathsOfNight Bravo! I really enjoyed it! Especially the little Easter eggs here and there. And can't wait to see how book 3 unfolds! Now to obsessively listen to both books until I feel I got everything down.

"Go back to sleep Vran"

A shipment from booksareawesome.net has arrived! @drslayton.bsky.social 's The Silent Paths Of Night, as well as completing my physical copy collection with Rogue Community College! One day I'll get him to sign my copy of Dark Moon, Shallow Sea in person, then everything will be personalized too!

Rogue Community College definitely is one of those awesome "band of misfits" books. I can't give it justice in a few words without spoilers, but I loved it!

I was wondering how to share a pride month message as a "cishet", but gosh darn it, the whippy man did it so great, I'm borrowing it. youtube.com/shorts/fF0Lw...

This is a cat check point. Relinquish the most recent cat picture on your phone.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The nodejs/npm ecosystem is maddening.

Canvas maps dyed and character art cards sleeved! I'm off to booksareawesomeco to sign preorders! Not too late to sneak one in at booksareawesome.net. jakeshandyart really killed it with these cards!

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Continuing our tour of the gods of Aegea as we near the release for the Silent Paths of Night: davidrslayton.com/the-gods-of-... This week we're looking at Rhea, the Harvest Mother. There's still time to get in on the preorder for the Silent Paths of Night: booksareawesome.net/book/9798228...

BSky, help! Friend is a full stack generalist, w/enterprise data engineering experience. Swiss Army knife, fast learner. Just lost his job; he's sole breadwinner. Bay Area, remote preferably (family needs), but open to Oakland/SF hybrid. It's critical. Repost for reach, thank you ❤️

Actually it is good when unqueer people relate to and appreciate queer art, as opposed to the norm where they look at the cover, say "that's not for me" and then nobody makes any money or earns any prominence in queer art.

I am highly anticipating this followup to "Dark Moon, Shallow Sea". While I've already pre-ordered my copy, hop in and enter this giveaway for yours! You won't be dissapointed!

Oh hell yeah! So excited for october!

Would you look at that? The cover for Backwoods Banshee, Adam Binder #5! It's out October 27, 2026 wherever and however you read. There will be a preorder campaign at booksareawesome.net/book/9798228... If you'd like it personalized and with character art and other goodies.

Today has been a great day for unexpected surprises!

The Los Angeles Book Review says: "The Silent Paths of Night plunges the reader into the gloom and dread of treading the trails on a moonless night while sensing an unknown presence behind you. Slayton’s latest work pushes beyond fantasy into dark thriller territory."

The preorder campaign to get character art cards and a canvas map is still open at: booksareawesome.net/book/9798228...

(Also, fantasy as a genre outsold science fiction by about four to one, and romance outsold fantasy by nearly two to one, so there's some perspective for you.)