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Kickstarter Recommendation: This is Your Bike on Plants

| September 25, 2024

Microcosm Publishing and Elly Blue’s upcoming installment in the Bikes in Space series is This is Your Bike on Plants, and it’s on Kickstarter right now! If you’ve never read one of the Bikes in Space series, you can read my review of one of the earlier volumes, Bikes Not Rockets, here! I’ve also had a […]

Kickstarter Recommendation: Bikes in Space 11!

| February 14, 2024

The Kickstarter for volume 11 of Bikes in Space has launched. I’m a fan of this series from Microcosm Publishing, and I’m pleased to announce that my story, “The Storyteller,” will appear in Bikes, the Universe, and Everything! The theme for this volume is bikes and books, so I wrote a post-apocalyptic story in which bikes […]

Writer Gift Ideas: Microcosm Publishing

| November 28, 2022

If you’re looking for a great gift for a writer, I always recommend books. But specifically, check out the writing section at Microcosm Publishing. They’re a small publishing house that publishes books and zines about DIY skills, food, bicycling, gender, self-care, and social justice. Their books about writing are fantastic, including things like Jessie Kwak’s From Chaos […]