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Martin John

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Dakelh Writer. Prose and comics. Dark fiction (horror). He/Him. Has a small white poodle mix who he adores. https://martinjohn.substack.com/ Living on the lands of lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1h

So many tortured souls walk through The City of Angels. Dames. Tough guys. I don't get along with most of 'em, and the ones I do get along with are paying me money for my skills.

My skills: finding the lost, the tortured...the dead.

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 2h

Reading this fills me with so much sorrow.

Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 2h

Independent Investigations Office report says duty of care not met for 21-year-old who died in Williams Lake, B.C., RCMP cell

Tŝilhqot'in First Nation member Surrance Myers died after collapsing in an RCMP holding cell and not being checked on for about two hours.
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21-year-old died in cell after guard failed to check on him after medical emergency, IIO report says | CBC News

Tŝilhqot'in First Nation member Surrance Myers died after collapsing in an RCMP holding cell in Williams Lake, B.C. and not being checked on for about two hours, an Independent Investigations Office r...

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah. I’ve got a book that needs editing.

Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 3h

That’s the problem. I only have so much time.

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 3h

I just wrote an essay and then it sucked, so I broke that essay apart and found a beating heart on the inside of it.

And that is what this shit is all about. Breaking down your ego and building up your perseverance.

Failing until your mind has attained what your taste knows is wonderful.

Sam Benc 🐟 @nonvieta.bsky.social · 4h

People who think the idea of "give me ideas" is something genuinely creative people want have literally never experienced the absolute EUPHORIA of a brainstorming breakthrough, either solo or with a human collaborator. They don't understand what is happening when artists create, on a basic level.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 3h

Makes me think I should be writing about comics more.

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 3h

Moreso everyday, this is the answer. Creativity is a precious commodity.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 11h

lol. That’s a truly interesting observation.

Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 16h

Another post apocalyptic dream. This one, stranded on an island. Very clearly remember talking on a radio, trying to find someone.

And getting together with a group of others to find out what had gone wrong elsewhere.

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Brandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social · 1d

This movie is so solid and the storyboards are incredible! Highly recommend “reading” it after a viewing.

Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 1d

The dance floor sequence from Blood: The Last Vampire (2000), dir. Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Production I.G

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

God, I love Portland. Keep it weird. I miss visiting.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

What’s this from? I like it.

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, yeah, I guess that is a character isn’t it.

Joe King ain’t so bad either.

Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Founders of antifa. Lol. Its so fucking stupid.

Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Chef’s kiss.

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 1d

Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

You know Americas fucked when killing Klan members is not longer tolerated in media.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

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Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

This is some bullshit.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"There is no grooming in this book, either metaphorical or literal. No one leads children astray by the power of sequins, and no one combs their hair or washes their hands after they pee."

Finally, a Book That Cannot Be Banned

This is a good book. It has a cover and many pages. This book is endorsed by parents and is church-friendly. It is clean and full of Grace, as in i...

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Immortan Joe is just such a good character name.

I personally love a moniker with a noun as a name. Joe Stone, or whatever.

Anyone have character names they like?

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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Ew. Eye rolling so hard right now.

Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Writing a nonfiction essay and it was struggling at being a puff piece. A good question is always, “How do I make this personal?”

Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

I'm an old head (46), and was formally educated in a truly colonized system, and am still unlearning so much of what was drilled into me. I'm so glad we've got people like your friend who are deeply investigating the depth of appropriation.

Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, everything is more complicated than a simple statement, but the sentiment of that time sucks.

Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 1d

"I consider them real Art treasures of a passing race."

Well, fuck you, Em, we're still alive and still making totem poles.

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