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Łukasz Drobnik
@drobnik.co
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Fiction writer, author of VOSTOK, RIVERINE & NOCTURINE. Words in Split Lip Magazine, HAD, Fractured Lit, Foglifter, etc. He/him. Website: drobnik.co
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Sep 2
At long last, NOCTURINE is here!

The novella had a wild publishing journey. It was supposed to be my first book published in English, but ended up being my third.

Huge thanks to @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social for giving it a new home!

You can get your copy here:

amazon.com/NOCTURINE-%C...
The cover of Nocturine by Łukasz Drobnik with a magenta pixely jellyfish in the style of 8-bit games as well as the title and author’s name in a similarly pixely font against a black background.
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · 8d
Congrats, Richard!!
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Jack King-Spooner - ABIDE Hopefully our next game! @king-spooner.bsky.social · 10d
Mashina on sale in the Steam sale! Meee-ow! Play it and review it if you fancy and if you're fancy! Are you fancy? store.steampowered.com/app/3395930/...
Save 20% on Mashina on Steam
A little robot digs to repair her world. Dig, build, discover and mend in a chill, stop-motion world.
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Dujanah on sale in the Steam sale! WOOF! Play it and review it if you fancy and if you're fancy! Are you fancy? Fancy pantsy take a trip to Francey? store.steampowered.com/app/681240/D...
Save 65% on Dujanah on Steam
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · 10d
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · 10d
If that sounds like your cup of tea, grab a copy here:

amazon.com/NOCTURINE-%C...
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · 10d
I’m shit at marketing, and you can tell because I published a book nearly a month ago, and you probably haven’t heard about it.

Anyway, NOCTURINE is a surreal novella in breathless paragraphs. You might enjoy it if you’re into dark, voicey stuff.
A copy of Nocturine held against some petunias. The cover features a magenta pixely jellyfish in the style of 8-bit games as well as the title and author’s name (Łukasz Drobnik) in a similarly pixely font against a black background. An open copy of Nocturine held against some petunias.
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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 14d
I have a big request. My baby cousin, 15, is in hospital, non-responsive. I'd like to see her one last time & am trying to fly across the ocean *tomorrow* to make this happen. It would cost about £2500 or £3300 dollars. If you're able to contribute, this is my paypal: paypal.me/riversandfam
Pay Rivers Solomon using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/riversandfam and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Sep 4
No, Copilot, I don’t want your help with this paragraph. And no, I don’t need your assistance pasting this one word. And it would be great if Word didn’t work so slow like we’re back in 1999, thank you.
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Sep 2
Thanks so much, Anna! 🧡
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Sep 2
You may dig NOCTURINE if you’re into the weirder and more surreal side of my writing.

Here’s an excerpt:

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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Sep 2
At long last, NOCTURINE is here!

The novella had a wild publishing journey. It was supposed to be my first book published in English, but ended up being my third.

Huge thanks to @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social for giving it a new home!

You can get your copy here:

amazon.com/NOCTURINE-%C...
The cover of Nocturine by Łukasz Drobnik with a magenta pixely jellyfish in the style of 8-bit games as well as the title and author’s name in a similarly pixely font against a black background.
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 22
Yup, you’re conquering the world! 😃
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 22
FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT by @writesloud.bsky.social has made it to Poland! 🔥🔥 Can’t wait to dig in!
A copy of First Kicking, Then Not by Hannah Grieco held against orange-spotted yellow canna lilies.
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 4
Ahh thank you so much, Anna! 💙
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 4
Congrats!!
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 4
Thanks so much, Dan!! 🧡
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 4
Remember NOCTURINE?

My surreal novella/linked story collection that was forthcoming for eight years but didn’t come out in the end?

—It’s forthcoming again!

Thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social for giving the book a lovely home.

Release date: September 2, 2025.
The front cover of Nocturine by Łukasz Drobnik with a magenta pixely jellyfish in the style of 8-bit games as well as the title and author’s name in a similarly pixely font against a black background. The back cover of Nocturine with the logo of Alien Buddha Press and the following text in a magenta font. Excerpt: The vehicle somersaulted, I couldn't manoeuvre, the currents were too fast, red blood cells kept hitting the vehicle's walls, white blood cells opalised in the headlights, soft shreds of thrombocytes floated by, I was surrounded by the warmth of your body, I thought about the day you'd moved in, and I carried all your stuff up to the tenth floor, annoyed you were in class when I had to take a day off, after you came home, I made dinner, and then we had sex on the floor. Blurb: Nocturine is a surreal apocalyptic fantasy with a literary bent and elements of horror. Six twentysomethings receive emails warning them that their city, Poznań, is about to meet its Ragnarök. Drobnik orchestrates a dazzling descent into collapse and rebirth. These are the last days of Poznań rendered in dreamlike fragments, each chapter a separate account, yet intertwined by desire, infidelity, and fate. Imagine 8-bit dreams, darkly luminous, pulsing with urgency and the promise of another beginning. Bio: Łukasz Drobnik is a queer Polish writer, author of Vostok and Riverine. His work has appeared in Split Lip Magazine, HAD, Fractured Lit, and Foglifter. Longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 and nominated for the Pushcart Prize, he continues to shape fiction that feels electric and strange.
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 2
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 2
Thank you so much for writing this, my friend ❤️ I’m so sorry this happened to you.
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 2
You can find all of these and more in my flash fiction collection RIVERINE published by @vapress.bsky.social

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Łukasz Drobnik • Riverine — Read the Future
Flash. 78 pages. Released December 5, 2023 Ingenious and original in its execution, Riverine is a collection of short shorts that is richly imagined and compelling. In twenty-five vibrant pieces, Łu...
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 2
“Treasures” in @atticusreview.bsky.social

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Treasures
Flash Fiction by Łukasz Drobnik
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 2
“Cellulose” in FlashFlood (originally published in Mojave Heart Review)

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'Cellulose' by Łukasz Drobnik
Days are seconds to her. Her stomata blink as she breathes. She comes inside through a broken window, where she is welcomed by the musty sme...
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 2
“Coal and Glitter” in @havehashad.com (reprinted in @bendinggenres.bsky.social anthology GET BENT)

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Coal and Glitter by Łukasz Drobnik
We’ll take this land and make it gay. All its plains and rivers. The Vistula will turn gay, the Warta will turn gay, the Oder will become gayest of all. It’ll wiggle its gay waters to Madonna at her g...
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 2
“Echoes” in @fracturedlit.bsky.social

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Echoes - Fractured
So sudden you didn’t have time to put your hair on. So loud your eardrums hurt. Who are these people who have stormed into your kitchen? Why does the woman loot your cupboards, the man produce a knife...
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Łukasz Drobnik @drobnik.co · Aug 2
“Vacuoles“ in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social

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Vacuoles — Split Lip Magazine
Your heart, a simulation within a simulation within a simulation. Your hands unpacking shopping bags as they’re meant to. The tablecloth always plastic, always stained, always waiting. The sigh you br...
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