A.E. Haynes II

Read, damn you! (about something other than sports and getting rich)

My book, The Peristyle, is about a secret, tyrannical, Vodou theocracy on the Southside of Chicago. But beneath all that, it's about “othering” and just how lonely it can be when you start questioning about the way you were raised and the things you're supposed to believe

It took over 10 years, and 7.5 drafts to get The Peristyle on submission. When you work on project for that long, it becomes a kind of diary. A log of all the “me's” I've been from draft 1 to now. Some of the darlings I've refused to kill are pieces of an old "me" worth honoring

HP was great and all but Artemis Fowl made me the writer I am today.
HP - uses cutesy spell to knock troll out with a club

AF: shoots the troll point blank in the head then bashes its brains in with a mace.

I'm what Eoin Colfer made me.

Me, when trifles like my “real job” and “responsibilities” take me away from writing or doing “vital research” for writing (i.e. playing videogames and watching TV)

The finer things...

Me, getting in the holiday spirit:

Pigeons are beautiful, idc what anyone says

😍🤯 one of my all-time favorite comics gearing up to be one of my favorite comic movies

A.E. Haynes II | Substack author, dungeon master, compulsive comic collector. I talk about writing (the good, the bad, the mortifying) and my revolving door of nerdy hyperfixations.

Just launched my substack (after some needed prodding from my agent 😳). Subscribe so we can talk about writing and books and stuff!

Two months later and its actually been pretty awesome! I'm only about a quarter of the way done with this new book but I'm madly in love with it. Embracing the roughness 😤😍

Who's Your Jailer? Teach-in Eileen O’Neill Burke is the head of the State’s Attorney’s Office, in charge of Chicago’s prosecutors. Since she was elected last year, Burke has made systematic changes to... (1) incarcerate more pe...

Pretrial jailing in Cook County has increased dramatically since Eileen O'Neill Burke took office last year. Come learn about the harmful policies she has put in place and how communities are fighting back.

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One Year After Taking Office, State’s Attorney Burke Is Taking Cook County in the Wrong Direction - Coalition to End Money Bond One year ago today, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke took office and immediately began implementing harmful policies that have increased the number of people locked up in Cook County ...

One year ago today, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke took office & began implementing harmful policies that have dramatically increased the number of people locked up in Cook County Jail despite crime steadily trending downward.

Read our statement: endmoneybond.org/one-year-aft...

I cannot express how tired i am of thinking about, worrying about, talking about, and stressing about whether it's time for me to flee the United States while I have the means and opportunity to do so.

Biggest challenge for me in writing this new manuscript is switching out of editing mode and just getting it all on paper, uninterrupted 😮‍💨. Letting that rough draft be ROUGH is...well...rough.

This is Apple self-censoring & complying in advance. Just absolute cowardice.

I cannot stress this enough.

We are protesting Broadview because of the human rights violations happening within the ICE facility.

If they are willing to assault me on camera, imagine what they are doing to detainees behind boarded-up windows.

Outstanding 👏🏾👏🏾

a man in a suit and bow tie is saying good things are going to happen ALT: a man in a suit and bow tie is saying good things are going to happen

Just started writing my second novel (not a sequel to The Peristyle). First completely original novel I've taken on in like a decade and I couldn't be more geeked about it 🤓

Reminder that unless you are a journalist, you very likely do not need to real-time subject yourself to the stream of utter & complete bullshit coming out of a fascist's mouth today.

If you are a journalist, your coverage needs to fundamentally dismantle the bullshit coming out of fascists' mouths.

Broadview ICE Protesters Now Plan To Rally Daily, With Goal Of Shutting Down Facility Organizers are calling for people to resist ICE's immigration enforcement activity by hosting daily protests at the Broadview facility,

After federal agents tear-gassed & shot pepper balls at peaceful protesters on Friday, organizers are holding daily protests at the Broadview ICE facility until it shuts down.

Join them 7–9AM & 6PM to demand justice & show solidarity with those targeted. bit.ly/3Vrpetp

Don't ever let anyone convince you that boycotts and protests don't work.

Imagine in 2025, after all the times Black women warned literally everyone about everything that’s happening right now, announcing that Black women commentators are just very paranoid

When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!

Recalling that scene in V for Vendetta when they black bagged the comedian...

@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social blink twice if you need help

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

Hiding the truth.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.