Solidarity Opportunities

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Authors Against Book Bans is now accepting donations!

Authors Against Book Bans is an absolutely vital organization, doing incredible work on the ground to halt some of the cruelest book-banning legislation we’ve ever seen. They’ve been doing so much, all without access to any funds. Now, AABB is officially a nonprofit organization and can accept donations. Imagine what they’ll be capable of with access to material support!! Go send something their way, and while you’re at it, don’t forget to sign up. Even if you’re not able to put a lot of volunteer time in, having your membership on the books will let AABB display how strong our numbers are as they continue fighting the good fight.

Support the Starbucks Workers Strike 

If there’s anything we know about ourselves, friends, it’s this: Stone Soup subscribers DO NOT CROSS PICKET LINES 💪 !

From Starbucks Workers United: 

Over one thousand union baristas kicked off the “Red Cup Rebellion” unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, Nov. 13 protesting Starbucks’ historic union busting and failure to finalize a fair union contract. The open-ended strike comes after six months of Starbucks refusing to offer new proposals to address workers’ demands for better staffing, higher pay, and resolution for hundreds of unfair labor practice charges.

Go learn more, support the strike, and get your coffee elsewhere for a while.

Kickstarter: The Heretic’s Guide to Homecoming: An Orchestrated Audiobook 

This Kickstarter will fund the production of the audiobook for the first volume of the Heretic’s Guide to Homecoming duology, opening the way for an immersive audio experience unlike anything you’ve heard before. Click here for a sneak peek!

Featured New Release:  Shiny Happy People by Clay McLeod Chapman

At sixteen, Kyra is still haunted by the horrors she saw growing up with her drug-addicted mother. She doesn’t feel like she belongs anywhere—and disturbing dreams come to her at night.

When a new party drug makes its way to her high school, Kyra’s life becomes an actual nightmare. A video challenge spreads among the students—and though she doesn’t participate, Kyra can’t escape the inexplicable side effects.

Everyone around her seems to be mysteriously changing, including the people she loves the most. Her brother has a new personality overnight. Her best friend suddenly feels like a stranger. The only other person who seems to notice the eeriness is Logan, the new boy at school. Like Kyra, he has steered clear of the party scene.

When the strangeness begins to feel sinister—or unnatural—Kyra is determined to find out exactly what is behind the mysterious drug. As she and Logan get closer to the truth, the line between Kyra’s past and present blurs . . . and she will need to face the terrors inside herself, or lose everyone she loves.

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