Clothoritarianism

Wrestled a guy in hs with the last name Spear and it went about the way you think it did

Thank you, Angela!

Steve needs to read the HR handbook

Not sure whether to slice some turkey or overthrow a government trying to nationalize their resources

Looks like a fire … and that’s Smokey’s son and he’s had enough

lol thank you, Bill!

what is going on in that forest back there?

One the left, a teen boy and girl in a second-floor window blocked, ironically, by a ladder. Overlaid with the book title: TAKING BACK AUGUST. By RB Shifman On the right, a playground at night with empty swings. A metaphor for coming-of-age loss of innocence. Blurb: a teen gamer’s life is disrupted then dissembled when a mysterious girl climbs through his bedroom window, summoning him to see—and live—what’s real.

🚨NEW BOOK ALERT!🚨

Coming 06/23/2026: A new YA Contemporary novel

by R.B. Shifman

Title: TAKING BACK AUGUST

Wicked twist. Poignant, coming-of-age storyline.

From @btwnthelinespub.bsky.social

Check the blurb in the photo

#youngadult #novel #indieauthors #ComingOfAge #author

Surrender Dorothy!

Maybe Fast Times

You have bitten your inner bottom lip while eating an orange. There is blood. You have two days to wait for the inevitable painful sore to erupt. You know it’s going to suck. You are filled with a special kind of woeful irritation

me too

a young boy with blonde hair is looking at the camera with the bone temple written on the bottom Alt: a young boy with blonde hair is looking at the camera with the bone temple written on the bottom. It’s Spike and he’s freaking out because it’s all so gruesome being a Finger

Just started reading AS FAR AS SHE KNEW by Diana Awad. Watched 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE and ALIEN: ROMULUS on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Both were excellent, especially their final scenes. I was not ready for BONE TEMPLE—here is a GIF of me watching it:

Parody poster of cocaine bear for April fools. Who’s the fool?

It was something like this ballyhoo👇 (I should know better than to alienate the few fans I’ve got lol)

It’s me I’m the problem it’s me… 🫠

all good. also there is no bond like a mutual hatred of red delicious apples

SHARKS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE OCEAN’S ECOSYSTEM by @viviofthevoid.bsky.social had me at that first line about red delicious apples

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Just signed contracts for two adult-audience novels to release in 2027 from Between the Lines Publishing written by Richard Shifman

✨BIG ANNOUNCEMENT✨

I’m thrilled to announce I’ve signed contracts for 2 adult-audience novels to be published in 2027 by Richard Shifman!

One is a surreal, mirror-world fantasy.

The other is a sci-fi—equal parts fun, mind bending, and emotional.

Novels #5 & #6 w/ @btwnthelinespub.bsky.social

I absolutely LOVED the new Netflix series, SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN! Surreal, creepy, darkly funny and horrific in turn. Perfect ending imo.
The first episode was like if AFTER HOURS was a horror series.
#somethingverybadisgoingtohappen

get you a Senator who physically hides from sight

It's Ani and Padme. that old meme. upper left: Ani says, you're signing copies of your anti-fascist book. upper right: Padme answers, yeah, you'll be there because you oppose fascists, right? lower left: Ani gives her a look because of course he is at heart the ultimate fascist. lower right: Padme, looking worried, says, you oppose fascists, right? But we all know Ani is a kid-killing, mouth-breathing fascist. She should have run.

cover art for We Were the Cuckoo Bees by RB Shifman. It's an anti-fascist dystopian YA novel

Good God, this first image is perfect. Do you know someone like Ani?

WE WERE THE CUCKOO BEES
#antifascist #novel #ya #dystopian

It’s my book, PAPER AIRPLANE, BROKEN BONES!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎂🎉

One year ago today, PAPER AIRPLANE, BROKEN BONES was published by @btwnthelinespub.bsky.social!

It’s been a 🔥 year, with many events, more book contracts, launch of WE WERE THE CUCKOO BEES, and a FINALIST slot for PABB in the 2025 CIBAs!

Hopefully more awesomeness to come! 🤞

My greatest victory today

I made my daughter laugh

shameless

you didn’t win the lottery today but also you didn’t get struck and killed by a meteorite so you’re doing okay

Like Naru at the end of PREY: “This is as far as you go…”

This. And my older eyes are thankful

talks about ‘f—- news’ … then lies 😞

Oh well