Damien Smith
@damo.bsky.social
Bibliophile - hemipygic ninja (missed ANW S6 by that much 🤏) - grizzled funambulist. Elder #65,658.
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get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
February 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
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TOMORROW! The Rise, third volume in the Tales From The Gulp, arrives on Friday 13th. It's all been leading to this. There's never been a better time to visit the dark and strange harbour town of Gulpepper. Locals call it The Gulp, as it has a habit of swallowing people.
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
February 12, 2026 at 2:03 AM
TOMORROW! The Rise, third volume in the Tales From The Gulp, arrives on Friday 13th. It's all been leading to this. There's never been a better time to visit the dark and strange harbour town of Gulpepper. Locals call it The Gulp, as it has a habit of swallowing people.
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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Can I get another 15 pre-orders before release day on Friday? It would make a really nice round number of pre-orders... 🖤
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2PWLZ7P
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2PWLZ7P
Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Can I get another 15 pre-orders before release day on Friday? It would make a really nice round number of pre-orders... 🖤
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2PWLZ7P
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2PWLZ7P
Post a banger that’s not in English. Babymetal remains one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen, even if it was in a crowd an order of magnitude smaller than this one.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=zTEY...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=zTEY...
February 10, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Post a banger that’s not in English. Babymetal remains one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen, even if it was in a crowd an order of magnitude smaller than this one.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=zTEY...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=zTEY...
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One week to go until THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 is out. Get your pre-orders in (they really help small fry like me get noticed by the evil alcoriddims). I'm also doing special bundles of all three (print and ebook) through my website.
Please help me spread the word! 🖤
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
Please help me spread the word! 🖤
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
February 5, 2026 at 10:14 AM
One week to go until THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 is out. Get your pre-orders in (they really help small fry like me get noticed by the evil alcoriddims). I'm also doing special bundles of all three (print and ebook) through my website.
Please help me spread the word! 🖤
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
Please help me spread the word! 🖤
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
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The awesome folks at Thunderstorm Books did an amazing limited edition of The Gulp and The Fall, which sold out very quickly. Now that The Rise is coming out, if any publishers out there are interested in doing a limited hardcover special edition of all three together, call me!
January 29, 2026 at 6:03 AM
The awesome folks at Thunderstorm Books did an amazing limited edition of The Gulp and The Fall, which sold out very quickly. Now that The Rise is coming out, if any publishers out there are interested in doing a limited hardcover special edition of all three together, call me!
It’s 44 degrees here at the moment - that’s a Bilboesque 111 degrees for the Muricans out there.
Watching 2/3 of America experiencing the next ice age while that is going on here, all I can say is, and climate deniers: go move to somewhere low-lying.
Watching 2/3 of America experiencing the next ice age while that is going on here, all I can say is, and climate deniers: go move to somewhere low-lying.
January 27, 2026 at 6:11 AM
It’s 44 degrees here at the moment - that’s a Bilboesque 111 degrees for the Muricans out there.
Watching 2/3 of America experiencing the next ice age while that is going on here, all I can say is, and climate deniers: go move to somewhere low-lying.
Watching 2/3 of America experiencing the next ice age while that is going on here, all I can say is, and climate deniers: go move to somewhere low-lying.
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If any publisher out there wanted to talk about a fancy hardcover omnibus limited edition of all three books... well, that would be a fine conversation. 👀
January 17, 2026 at 10:45 PM
If any publisher out there wanted to talk about a fancy hardcover omnibus limited edition of all three books... well, that would be a fine conversation. 👀
Apropos of something: Fuck cancer.
January 15, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Apropos of something: Fuck cancer.
Large parts of my state (and the wider Australia) are under a catastrophic bushfire risk warning today. We have long since stopped being subtle in our warnings here. This will not be a fun day for many, many folks.
January 8, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Large parts of my state (and the wider Australia) are under a catastrophic bushfire risk warning today. We have long since stopped being subtle in our warnings here. This will not be a fun day for many, many folks.
Well there’s a thing. Little St. James Island (nowadays known as "Epstein Island") was historically part of the Danish West Indies.
It was sold to the USA in 1917, and as part of that agreement the USA declared that they would have no objection to Denmark extending sovereignty over Greenland.
It was sold to the USA in 1917, and as part of that agreement the USA declared that they would have no objection to Denmark extending sovereignty over Greenland.
January 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Well there’s a thing. Little St. James Island (nowadays known as "Epstein Island") was historically part of the Danish West Indies.
It was sold to the USA in 1917, and as part of that agreement the USA declared that they would have no objection to Denmark extending sovereignty over Greenland.
It was sold to the USA in 1917, and as part of that agreement the USA declared that they would have no objection to Denmark extending sovereignty over Greenland.
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Melbournians: remember to put some cold water in a tray (or ice block water) out for chickens birds etc
January 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Melbournians: remember to put some cold water in a tray (or ice block water) out for chickens birds etc
If you straight up admit to a mistake:
1. It really catches people off-balance and often stops them in their tracks mid-rant.
2. You will find many people are unexpectedly willing to help you fix a thing afterwards.
1. It really catches people off-balance and often stops them in their tracks mid-rant.
2. You will find many people are unexpectedly willing to help you fix a thing afterwards.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
If you straight up admit to a mistake:
1. It really catches people off-balance and often stops them in their tracks mid-rant.
2. You will find many people are unexpectedly willing to help you fix a thing afterwards.
1. It really catches people off-balance and often stops them in their tracks mid-rant.
2. You will find many people are unexpectedly willing to help you fix a thing afterwards.
Watched a storm come over followed by an absolute cracker of a sunset last night. Small pleasures.
January 5, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Watched a storm come over followed by an absolute cracker of a sunset last night. Small pleasures.
Trying to take down and pack Christmas lights by myself and I think I’ve discovered a new form of quantum entanglement.
January 5, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Trying to take down and pack Christmas lights by myself and I think I’ve discovered a new form of quantum entanglement.
From at least 8 years ago. As an Aussie, I’m pretty up with the lingo, and I’d never heard this phrase before this post. It was nearly universally adopted shortly thereafter because this post speaks absolute truth about Aussies.
January 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM
From at least 8 years ago. As an Aussie, I’m pretty up with the lingo, and I’d never heard this phrase before this post. It was nearly universally adopted shortly thereafter because this post speaks absolute truth about Aussies.
Nice way to round out the year, getting acquainted with Jeremy the kookaburra at a friend’s place 🪶
December 31, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Nice way to round out the year, getting acquainted with Jeremy the kookaburra at a friend’s place 🪶
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I don't want it, Sam Alt Man
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I don't want it, Sam Alt Man
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I've set up a direct pre-order for signed paperbacks of THE RISE through my website. The only way I could do it was to charge now and then the books will ship in February on publication. But if you wanted to secure your signed copy, please and thank you here:
alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/the...
alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/the...
December 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I've set up a direct pre-order for signed paperbacks of THE RISE through my website. The only way I could do it was to charge now and then the books will ship in February on publication. But if you wanted to secure your signed copy, please and thank you here:
alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/the...
alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/the...
With the sadly infrequent exception of Big Bag of Money Mail, Book Mail remains the best mail. I just received part 3 of @alanbaxter.bsky.social’s Indigestion Trilogy* several months ahead of release because I frequently patronise him**.
Support artists!
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**Actual Patreon perk
Support artists!
*Not a Real Thing
**Actual Patreon perk
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
With the sadly infrequent exception of Big Bag of Money Mail, Book Mail remains the best mail. I just received part 3 of @alanbaxter.bsky.social’s Indigestion Trilogy* several months ahead of release because I frequently patronise him**.
Support artists!
*Not a Real Thing
**Actual Patreon perk
Support artists!
*Not a Real Thing
**Actual Patreon perk
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My good fiends, THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 is coming in February and is available for pre-order at all good bookshops now. I hope you'll give this next installment a go! All the details here:
alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/the...
alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/the...
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My good fiends, THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 is coming in February and is available for pre-order at all good bookshops now. I hope you'll give this next installment a go! All the details here:
alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/the...
alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/the...