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Harley Ramsey

@harleyramseywriter.bsky.social

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An Iowa based writer, predominantly in the horror, suspense, fantasy, and science fiction genres.

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Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · Feb 22

For years, radio station KZNE has provided listeners with the information to survive any crisis

But this latest crisis is unlike any other

The dead are rising

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Dead Air: A Novel a.co/d/esA90u1

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Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · 2h

One of the best

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 6h

If everyone just went to the library more, the world would be okay

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Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · 2h

Now where's the fun in that?

Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · 19h

Release the Steinbeck werewolf novel!

Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 1d

Your Spooky Season reminder that John Steinbeck has a shunned werewolf novel

www.theguardian.com/books/2021/m...

John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel

Rejected and hidden away since 1930, an early murder mystery by the Nobel-winning author is ‘an incredible find’

www.theguardian.com

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Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · 12d

If only the president COULD read

Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 13d

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 16d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · 23d

Remember kids, it's only "free speech" when bigots do it

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 29d

What do you mean, ‘if’?

Kaitlyn Page @theinnerobserver.bsky.social · Aug 26

"Octocentrism" 🐙🪐

I had a "what if," idea and decided to run with it. What if there was an Octopus at the center of our solar system and he was the sun, manipulating all 8 planets within his 8 arms?

#gouache #art #octopus

Gouache painting depicting an Octopus in space holding 8 planets. The Octopus is the sun and is at the center of our solar system. There is a gold ring behind his head and a white egret below him.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · Sep 4

No story is "out of your league." There is only YOUR version of that story. With enough time, dedication, and polishing, anyone can write A GOOD STORY, and with the right idea and the right amount of time and effort, it could even be A GREAT STORY. An idea being out of your league is in your head.

seshatnoir.bsky.social @seshatnoir.bsky.social · Sep 4

Question please, have you ever come up with a book idea that felt like it was out of your league to write? Would you attempt it, or let it go?

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Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · Aug 30

Saw the new #toxicavenger tonight. Really fun movie. Highly recommend

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · Aug 28

Writers, keep writing. Do not buy into the hype train telling you your job will be replaced in a few years. Those using AI are literally atrophying their brains ability to be creative. The future will need your words, your creativity, to function well.

publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...

MIT Study Finds Artificial Intelligence Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline - Science, Public Health Policy and the Law

By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

publichealthpolicyjournal.com

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Adam J. Whitlatch 🚀 @adamjwhitlatch.bsky.social · Aug 28

RFK Jr looks like the painting in Dorian Gray’s attic.

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · Aug 27

Goodness, wouldn’t that be terrible

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

arstechnica.com

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Aug 27

Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement around stories again” 👇 #BookSky

Publishers say 'mindset around short stories shifting’ as readers embrace slim fiction

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Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · Aug 20

Happy 135th birthday, HPL

Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · Aug 19

Nice Olympia typewriter

Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · Aug 9

Reached 100,000 words on second draft

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Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · Aug 1

Sexy Darwin

Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · Jul 31

Every time I see this book in the library, I imagine Darwin saying “draw me like one of your French girls”

Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · Jul 29

I love TREMORS. The small town and the characters remind me so much of the people and communities I grew up around

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Christy @cvminpvb.bsky.social · Jul 27

#booksky

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Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · Jul 22

Also, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · Jul 22

'Salem's Lot

Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · Jul 22

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Jul 17

Chuck Grassley Complicit in Sending Dozens of Innocent Men to a Concentration Camp

www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/17/c...

Chuck Grassley Complicit in Sending Dozens of Innocent Men to a Concentration Camp - emptywheel

Chuck Grassley is protecting a guy, Emil Bove, who gave an order to unload dozens of innocent men into a concentration camp. Worse, he is cheating to promote him to a lifetime appointment.

www.emptywheel.net

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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · Jul 12

@gabino.bsky.social has posted one of the truest things ever written on his Substack today, and, if you haven't subscribed to his newsletter yet, you damn well should.

gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/10-things-...

10 Things Bookworms Do

Because they're true and because we all need a laugh

gabinoiglesias.substack.com

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