Duane Simolke
@duanesimolke.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 I wrote scifi Sons of Taldra, the free scifi ebook Degranon, and slice-of-life fiction The Acorn Stories, all with diverse casts. 📚🪐 https://linktr.ee/DuaneSimolke
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Taldra: Two Science Fiction Adventures
In an alternate reality, Earth is Valchondria. The one-world government consists of Leader, the Supreme Science Council, and a police force called “the Maintainers.” Degranon: A Science Fiction Advent...
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Hello from #Lubbock!
A brilliant scientist protects her sons and her world in Taldra: Two #ScienceFiction Adventures. 📚🪐
Read about it at
www.limfic.com/book/taldra-...
A brilliant scientist protects her sons and her world in Taldra: Two #ScienceFiction Adventures. 📚🪐
Read about it at
www.limfic.com/book/taldra-...
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"The quiet strength of a woman who refuses to be broken."
~ Goodreads rev.
“SHARP, WELL-WRITTEN, ENGROSSING.” ~ AMZ rev.
"A MASTERPIECE." ~ AMZ rev.
*FIRST PLACE WINNER*
Firebird Book Award (Book 4)
~ Goodreads rev.
“SHARP, WELL-WRITTEN, ENGROSSING.” ~ AMZ rev.
"A MASTERPIECE." ~ AMZ rev.
*FIRST PLACE WINNER*
Firebird Book Award (Book 4)
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"The quiet strength of a woman who refuses to be broken."
~ Goodreads rev.
“SHARP, WELL-WRITTEN, ENGROSSING.” ~ AMZ rev.
"A MASTERPIECE." ~ AMZ rev.
*FIRST PLACE WINNER*
Firebird Book Award (Book 4)
~ Goodreads rev.
“SHARP, WELL-WRITTEN, ENGROSSING.” ~ AMZ rev.
"A MASTERPIECE." ~ AMZ rev.
*FIRST PLACE WINNER*
Firebird Book Award (Book 4)
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On The Road With Al and Ivy:
George Orwell on Power Worship, Machiavelli's The Prince, and the Food Chain...
#books #booksky #orwell #machiavelli #podcast
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George Orwell on Power Worship, Machiavelli's The Prince, and the Food Chain...
#books #booksky #orwell #machiavelli #podcast
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November 22, 2024 at 5:42 PM
On The Road With Al and Ivy:
George Orwell on Power Worship, Machiavelli's The Prince, and the Food Chain...
#books #booksky #orwell #machiavelli #podcast
youtu.be/iG1wMw1tOcM?...
George Orwell on Power Worship, Machiavelli's The Prince, and the Food Chain...
#books #booksky #orwell #machiavelli #podcast
youtu.be/iG1wMw1tOcM?...
Hello from #Lubbock!
A brilliant scientist protects her sons and her world in Taldra: Two #ScienceFiction Adventures. 📚🪐
Read about it at
www.limfic.com/book/taldra-...
A brilliant scientist protects her sons and her world in Taldra: Two #ScienceFiction Adventures. 📚🪐
Read about it at
www.limfic.com/book/taldra-...
Taldra: Two Science Fiction Adventures
In an alternate reality, Earth is Valchondria. The one-world government consists of Leader, the Supreme Science Council, and a police force called “the Maintainers.” Degranon: A Science Fiction Advent...
www.limfic.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hello from #Lubbock!
A brilliant scientist protects her sons and her world in Taldra: Two #ScienceFiction Adventures. 📚🪐
Read about it at
www.limfic.com/book/taldra-...
A brilliant scientist protects her sons and her world in Taldra: Two #ScienceFiction Adventures. 📚🪐
Read about it at
www.limfic.com/book/taldra-...
Reposted by Duane Simolke
Podcast now available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts
On The Road With Al & Ivy on Spotify:
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Apple Podcast:
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#podcast #literature #homeless #blog
On The Road With Al & Ivy on Spotify:
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Apple Podcast:
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#podcast #literature #homeless #blog
May 16, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Podcast now available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts
On The Road With Al & Ivy on Spotify:
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/del...
Apple Podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
#podcast #literature #homeless #blog
On The Road With Al & Ivy on Spotify:
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/del...
Apple Podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
#podcast #literature #homeless #blog
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On The Road With Al and Ivy Podcast: Jack London's Star Rover
#books #podcast #review
youtube.com/watch?v=Uzbi...
#books #podcast #review
youtube.com/watch?v=Uzbi...
November 18, 2024 at 9:46 PM
On The Road With Al and Ivy Podcast: Jack London's Star Rover
#books #podcast #review
youtube.com/watch?v=Uzbi...
#books #podcast #review
youtube.com/watch?v=Uzbi...
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🇺🇲🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 80K STRONG! Congratulations! My friend @hopeful66.bsky.social, a Bluesky community builder, a human rights activist, and beautiful soul, is linking us together in this Saturday Pride Pack! 💙🦋🌈🏳️⚧️ 🦄🏳️🌈💙🦋🌈 💙🦋❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷‼️🔥 🎊 #BlueCrew 🦋💙🦋💙
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🇺🇲🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 80K STRONG! Congratulations! My friend @hopeful66.bsky.social, a Bluesky community builder, a human rights activist, and beautiful soul, is linking us together in this Saturday Pride Pack! 💙🦋🌈🏳️⚧️ 🦄🏳️🌈💙🦋🌈 💙🦋❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷‼️🔥 🎊 #BlueCrew 🦋💙🦋💙
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Did I get duck bookends for future silliness? Yes, yes I did! If you’re an ARC reader for Sowing Spells you might already know! ^_~
#sowingspells #cozyfantasy #ducks #queerfantasy #books
#sowingspells #cozyfantasy #ducks #queerfantasy #books
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Did I get duck bookends for future silliness? Yes, yes I did! If you’re an ARC reader for Sowing Spells you might already know! ^_~
#sowingspells #cozyfantasy #ducks #queerfantasy #books
#sowingspells #cozyfantasy #ducks #queerfantasy #books
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story follows a woman suffering from depression and treated patronizingly by her doctor husband, who insists on “the rest cure”—no exertion at all. In a house with hideous, entrancing wallpaper, her condition worsens as the pattern fuels her delusions. #booksky
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story follows a woman suffering from depression and treated patronizingly by her doctor husband, who insists on “the rest cure”—no exertion at all. In a house with hideous, entrancing wallpaper, her condition worsens as the pattern fuels her delusions. #booksky
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Day 29 of #NovellasInNovember is Eric Vuillard’s THE ORDER OF THE DAY, a taut, acidic reconstruction of the events that eased Hitler’s rise to power. A book about people convincing themselves that appeasement is prudent rather than cowardly #BookSky #LitFic #Reading
November 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Day 29 of #NovellasInNovember is Eric Vuillard’s THE ORDER OF THE DAY, a taut, acidic reconstruction of the events that eased Hitler’s rise to power. A book about people convincing themselves that appeasement is prudent rather than cowardly #BookSky #LitFic #Reading
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Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
November 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
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I recommend his last short published short story "All Quiet on the Terraces" which made me cry because it was such a wonderful good-bye ghost story. But buy both as they are wonderful. @chaoticauthor.online will be missed. #horrorsky #booksky
#HorrorSky, if you haven't read the works of MG Mason, AKA @chaoticauthor.online, then this is your opportunity to do so. He passed away this week, and it's a damned shame more people don't know his stories. I recommend "Residents of the James Hotel."
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The Residents of James Hotel: A Ghost Story
Amazon.com: The Residents of James Hotel: A Ghost Story eBook : Mason, M.G.: Kindle Store
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November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I recommend his last short published short story "All Quiet on the Terraces" which made me cry because it was such a wonderful good-bye ghost story. But buy both as they are wonderful. @chaoticauthor.online will be missed. #horrorsky #booksky
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One of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes:
“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
One of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes:
“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
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Pillion (4*): Gay Bikers And Slavery Make For A Heady Mix.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Pillion” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, 18). "Pillion" is the third of three very strong films being released this weekend in UK cinemas (the others being "Wake Up Dead Man" and "Blue Moon".…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Pillion” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, 18). "Pillion" is the third of three very strong films being released this weekend in UK cinemas (the others being "Wake Up Dead Man" and "Blue Moon".…
Pillion (4*): Gay Bikers And Slavery Make For A Heady Mix.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Pillion” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, 18). "Pillion" is the third of three very strong films being released this weekend in UK cinemas (the others being "Wake Up Dead Man" and "Blue Moon". Here's the republished review, first published on One Mann's Movies on October 27th. ======== "Pillion" is one of those films that kids might not want to take their granny to. When the BBFC say "Strong sex", they ain't kidding, and it is of the man-on-man variety. But given that this is the debut film from Portsmouth-born Harry Lighton, it is brimming with bold decisions and innovation that never failed to impress.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Pillion (4*): Gay Bikers And Slavery Make For A Heady Mix.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Pillion” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, 18). "Pillion" is the third of three very strong films being released this weekend in UK cinemas (the others being "Wake Up Dead Man" and "Blue Moon".…
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Pillion” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, 18). "Pillion" is the third of three very strong films being released this weekend in UK cinemas (the others being "Wake Up Dead Man" and "Blue Moon".…
Though it pales in comparison to his classics War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and The Invisible Man, the H. G. Wells novel The Food of the Gods provides a creepy look at good intentions gone awry. 1/2
📚🪐🚀 #BookSky
📚🪐🚀 #BookSky
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Though it pales in comparison to his classics War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and The Invisible Man, the H. G. Wells novel The Food of the Gods provides a creepy look at good intentions gone awry. 1/2
📚🪐🚀 #BookSky
📚🪐🚀 #BookSky
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Thrilled to be SHORTLISTED for @walklistencreate.org's WALKING IN THE DARK competition supporting the great 'Women Walking, the City, at Night' cause. My thanks to judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & Damaris West. Shortlist below. My poem Devon Gothic in the thread #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Thrilled to be SHORTLISTED for @walklistencreate.org's WALKING IN THE DARK competition supporting the great 'Women Walking, the City, at Night' cause. My thanks to judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & Damaris West. Shortlist below. My poem Devon Gothic in the thread #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MusicFeatures #TheBeatles #TheBeatlesAnthology 'The Beatles: Anthology' Finally Clears Up the Myth That Followed the Iconic Band for Decades
'The Beatles: Anthology' Finally Clears Up the Myth That Followed the Iconic Band for Decades
Director Oliver Murray discusses the impact of The Beatles: Anthology 30 years later, humanizing the band's legacy and breaking down the myth surrounding the iconic group.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Movie TV Tech Geeks #MusicFeatures #TheBeatles #TheBeatlesAnthology 'The Beatles: Anthology' Finally Clears Up the Myth That Followed the Iconic Band for Decades
J. Scott Coatsworth’s fantasy story The Emp Test involves two men from different cultures, thrown together and obviously attracted to each other.
@jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social #GayFiction #Bluesgay 🏳️🌈 📚
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@jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social #GayFiction #Bluesgay 🏳️🌈 📚
Read my #BookReview:
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Gay Book Review: The Emp Test
The Emp Test by J. Scott Coatsworth My rating: 5 of 5 stars J. Scott Coatsworth’s fantasy story The Emp Test involves two men from differ...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
J. Scott Coatsworth’s fantasy story The Emp Test involves two men from different cultures, thrown together and obviously attracted to each other.
@jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social #GayFiction #Bluesgay 🏳️🌈 📚
Read my #BookReview:
duanesimolke.blogspot.com/2025/11/gay-...
@jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social #GayFiction #Bluesgay 🏳️🌈 📚
Read my #BookReview:
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For David, a sweet and chubby guy who has escaped a controlling relationship, finding that special love seems impossible.
mybook.to/David1
#GayFiction #LGBTQRomance #GayRomance #SteamyReads #MatureLGBTQ #Erotica #GayErotica #LGBTIErotica #GayAdultFiction #gay
mybook.to/David1
#GayFiction #LGBTQRomance #GayRomance #SteamyReads #MatureLGBTQ #Erotica #GayErotica #LGBTIErotica #GayAdultFiction #gay
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
For David, a sweet and chubby guy who has escaped a controlling relationship, finding that special love seems impossible.
mybook.to/David1
#GayFiction #LGBTQRomance #GayRomance #SteamyReads #MatureLGBTQ #Erotica #GayErotica #LGBTIErotica #GayAdultFiction #gay
mybook.to/David1
#GayFiction #LGBTQRomance #GayRomance #SteamyReads #MatureLGBTQ #Erotica #GayErotica #LGBTIErotica #GayAdultFiction #gay
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josh played: Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News - 2004 Remaster (26 plays)
https://www.last.fm/music/Fleetwood+Mac/_/Second+Hand+News+-+2004+Remaster
Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News - 2004 Remaster (26 plays)
what a cool vibe this all is
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November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
josh played: Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News - 2004 Remaster (26 plays)
https://www.last.fm/music/Fleetwood+Mac/_/Second+Hand+News+-+2004+Remaster
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What a great sequel! I thoroughly enjoyed the book's more serious tone. I found it to be a compliment to the whimsy of 'The Ship'.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What a great sequel! I thoroughly enjoyed the book's more serious tone. I found it to be a compliment to the whimsy of 'The Ship'.
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@smartreads.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity #Readers #SciFi
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@smartreads.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity #Readers #SciFi