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Anthony Ryan

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NYT bestselling SFF author - Series: Raven’s Shadow, Draconis Memoria, Raven’s Blade, The Covenant of Steel, The Seven Swords, The Age of Wrath Repped by Paul Lucas at Regal | Hoffmann & Associates Website: anthonyryan.net

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · Nov 13

For the benefit of any new followers my mailing list is here. Get updates on new releases and enter exclusive signed book giveaways (and some free stories).

anthonyryan.net/mailing-list/

Mailing List

This mailing list is my way of letting you know when my books come out or go on sale as well as updating you about giveaways, some of which will be exclusive to list members. I will never spam you,…

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 10h

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.

"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder

Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!

www.freefunder.com

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 6h

Seems more relevant every time I watch it.

youtu.be/k0CzXi9e66M?...

The Dictator’s Speech (Clip) | The Great Dictator (1940) | TCM

YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies

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Subterranean Press @subpress.bsky.social · 7h

We just made a donation to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund. Find out more here:
www.mibfc.org/helpusgrow

We invite everyone to join us in working for positive change, in the manner they deem fit.

How to Help MIBFC — Midwest Immigration Bond Fund

www.mibfc.org

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Bluesky people that care deeply about other people, I see you.

Your actions do not go unnoticed.

This is perhaps the thing I love most about Bluesky.

So many people "actually care".

I love you.

🦋💙🕊️

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 12h

The @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter is currently sitting at $6,717 of our $20K goal! That means we're a third of the way to funding four issues of Apex for next year! Can we hit 50% before the end of the week? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 16h

🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded by red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10h

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Roland Allen, author of 'The Notebook: a History' @zibaldoni.bsky.social · 19h

Kemi made me do it.

Version of the Simpsons 'bus driver taps the sign' meme in which the tapped text reads 'Your reminder that the UK book industry is worth over £7bn, more than four times the steel industry (1.7bn) and six times the fishing industry (£1.1bn) so maybe English degrees do have a point after all.'

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 18h

“I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards.” - Garth Marenghi

Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 20h

I think we all know who's going to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19h

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 18h

He’s giving gold bars a bad name.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1d

Diagnosis: Fascistitis.

Eh? EH? EHHH?
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Yeah, I should be asleep by now.

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1d

Quite a headline
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump to get a 'routine yearly' medical check-up — his second in 6 months

The White House said Trump would be at Walter Reed Medical Center and undergo a checkup after a planned meeting with service members in the facility.

www.nbcnews.com

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Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · 2d

If I ever get divorced, there will be signs.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1d

Doing a full Stranger Things rewatch in preparation for the final season, cos I dang well feel like it.

a red sign that says " stranger things " on it

Alt: Title animation for ‘Stranger Things’ season 5

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a place name, pronounced: Mull-guy

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Cinzia DuBois @cinzia-dubois.bsky.social · 1d

Cockburn

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1d

Milngavie.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 1d

As promised half of the giant "OMG how do I read so many manga" review thread!

First up Sonic On the Go! My first Sonic read and I am genuinely in awe over just how much back story there is to this world that is so much more than a video!

#booksky 📚🪐 📚💙 📚🩸 📚🌈

Sonic the Hedgehog On the Go! Vol 1 by Ian Flynn and illustrated by Tracey Yardley, Evan Stanley, Adam Bryce Thomas, and Jennifer Hernandez

The war has ended and peace for the most part has come to the world. There are still some badniks roaming but Sonic and the gang have thin...

thebookwyrmshoard25.blogspot.com

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1d

Work. Of. Genius.

David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 1d

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1d

Your terror pleases me.

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Nils Shukla @nilsreviewsit.bsky.social · 1d

For something darker this October Orbit Books new horror imprint Run For It have you covered!

I received The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by @pfracassi.bsky.social & The Feeding by @anthonyryan.bsky.social

I think both will scare the shit out of me & I’m looking forward to it 🤣🤣

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1d

And what’s the bad news?

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1d

Many thanks to Grimdark Dad for this stellar review of The Feeding.
#BookSky

grimdarkdad.com/2025/10/07/t...

THE FEEDING – Anthony Ryan

Fifteen years ago the feeders rose from the shadows to transform the world into a graveyard. The few survivors exist in fortified settlements surrounded by the empty ruins of a destroyed civilizati…

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Michael S Jackson ⚔️ Fantasy Author @mikestepjack.bsky.social · 1d

More wonderful words, today from Bibliophile Chronicles ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

www.instagram.com/stories/mike...

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

One significant - & dangerous - thing to watch for is professional commentators objecting to words rather than examining the evidence. It's pearl-clutching & cowardly, obviously, but also a deliberate attempt to avoid confronting exactly what they themselves are facilitating and often cheering on.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 2d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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