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Cheap scifi author, cheaper thrill seeker, pizza lover, American immigrant to Japan (25y), doc translator. Want to connect to authors/readers. Not looking to be your next customer/client. Anything posted is opinion, or for entertainment purposes only.
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I have survived the last 86 Friday the 13ths since February 20th, 1971. And I plan on surviving today. However if I were to meet my demise, speculate in the comments on how it might come to pass. Make it fun, make it gory, make it wild, make it crazy, make it boring. Yes, you decide my fate!

"The Ballad" at 843 words. Going very nicely. Looking to hit 1200 to 1500.

Still asking the important questions...

I am writing a novella as a break before I plunge into the fifth (and final) instalment of my epic fantasy series. It is contemporary, written in first person, and more in the vein of my first two novels.

Shout out if you are a follow from Heavy Metal's Angry Mob.

Major ✦

Look up Kyoko Date, released in 1996. japantoday.com/category/fea...

WOW, THE BALLS! Laugh or cry? farmingdale-observer.com/2025/06/04/a...

Pinned post! My name is Michelle and I’m a UK artist! Clients have included Metallica, Magic: The Gathering, Smashing Pumpkins, Boom! Publishing, Trivium and more. I’m a volunteer for Wolf Rescue Wolf Watch UK Website/shop wolfskulljack.com Patreon patreon.com/wolfskulljack

Today is my 39th birthday!

Woot

I bought this Japanese hanging scroll a while back because I liked the Chinese motif of huang shigong and zhang liang. It’s unsigned, but ChatGTP seems convinced it is by Hokusai, I think not. May be a bit earlier. Anyone know?

One of the greatest songs ever. Period.

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Lotta work done on new story rough draft -- "The Ballad." Coming along much easier than the last story -- "The Thief" -- which is a little disappointing considering how much I love both. #samuraipunk #biopunk #Heianpunk

Don't look now, but that manuscript that's been eating at the back of your brain...it's not actually dead! Help it find its way back to life with #KidlitZombieWeek 2025 #kidlit #WritingCommunity #WIP #PB #MG #YA #kidlitart

Everything is So Much (tm) and I don't have much energy for promo, but. All of my books/games/audiobook are half off, all month. "Everything is going to be okay" isn't a platitude; it is a goddamn promise and a threat. Stay vigilant. I love you. Happy Pride. itch.io/s/154305/hap...

Haute Couture looks for Horror books! 🧵 Welcome to the blood-red carpet of #HauteCover #StokerCon2025 Edition Featuring author attendees & Stoker Award nominees An ongoing thread: 💙📚 🩸📚 #StokerCon is hosted by @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social

America grows batshit crazier. This will push tipping culture to unparalleled levels of insanity and greed. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_tax_...

Would you look at that! The #pocketquest2025 bundles are now available. Grab the one-shot Dreams and Nightmares bundle & get a whole bunch of one-shot #ttrpg games for half price! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

We are officially two weeks away from the launch of my second novel, Wearing The Lion! I've partnered with the indie bookstore Oblong Books to provide signed copies. If you preorder through them, I'll sign your book personally. And they ship everywhere! www.oblongbooks.com/wearing-lion...

Gonna get a tattoo that reads 信号機 just for the reactions. Then I'll to tell everyone that it was supposed to read 新号機. #Kanji #tattos #hanzismatters

I'll be honest, when I saw American officers and agents working like this a few years ago, I shit myself. I do not feel safe taking my family to the States anymore. Includes video. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...

stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2025/06/book... #bookrelease #indiepublishing

Heaven’s Gate Mountain, Zhangjiajie, China...... .

Submissions for our autumn issue don't open for a few weeks yet but... when they DO open, the theme is going to be 'Machinery'. Just in case you want to get a headstart 😉⚙️. Don't send us anything for this issue until submissions open though, as it won't be counted. #fiction #poetry #writing

It's Monday again

Head's up -- still going, so if you're inclined to jump in, please do. Locus rules. And great rewards up for grabs. That said, the link below doesn't work, but this one should: www.indiegogo.com/projects/loc...

Putting polishing finishes on the rough draft of "The Thief" -- a biopunk short story set in a parallel universe, anachronistic Heian Era.

Once a highly respected corporate microbiologist, now scapegoat for an ecological disaster that’s poisoned thousands, Joe has lost everything: his career, his reputation, his wife, his home, and most of his friends. Can he outrun the target on his back? www.amazon.com/dp/B0D95QGYS5

I know a few people are creating accounts to mostly test the BlueSky waters. But if you want to build a community of followers, please, PLEASE, do a few posts and tell us who you are in your bio. Some of us don't follow accounts that are basically anonymous. #bluesky

All of @shoutingcrow.bsky.social's bookbinding posts got stuck in my head, so I made this. (Not perfect, but definitely good enough for folks to have a nose through at UKGE -- it's a home printout of the free quickstart for Asher's Ridge)

Choose 20 VAMPIRES you love. One VAMPIRE per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just VAMPIRES. Day 12