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Nicholas Pendleton
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He/him. Author and artist (literary, fantasy, sci-fi, mythology, adventure, humor). My novel MORE ARGONAUTS and short story collection DEAD OBJECTS WITH NO FUNCTION are available now.
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The brand-new Second Edition paperback of MORE ARGONAUTS is finally available, one place only! www.lulu.com/shop/nichola...

Updated maps, minor corrections, and an all-new cover by the author!

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Listening to an audio doc: No Japanese Americans were found to be agents of Imperial Japan during WWII. But whole segments of the white population spread N*zi propaganda w/ impunity & were active fascists, including members of Congress. Guess who was sent to concentration canps.
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Way Back Wednesday: I used this Kodak model Super-8 film camera to shoot stop motion animated films in the 1980s. Dad bought in Germany before deployment to Vietnam. The cartridge held enough film for 2 minutes and 40 seconds of footage. Ran on AA batteries. Hours and hours of fun.
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This week's episode is live:

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Imperial Violet
A PHILON OF CORINTH YARN (Part 7)
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December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Strange coincidence: Soul Coughing is playing in town Wednesday night, and it was one of their songs that inspired the title to my latest serialized story on Substack.

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Nicholas’s Substack | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read Nicholas’s Substack, a Substack publication. Launched 3 years ago.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The lies are rotting the nose right off his face...
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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It's not too late to give the gift of art this Christmas! I have a Redbubble store for stickers and shirts adorned with my Battle Beast, GoBots, and other robot art. Turnaround time for production and shipping is very fast!
www.redbubble.com/people/Mecha...

#Art #BattleBeasts #Gobots #Robots #Mecha
Mecha-Zone Shop | Redbubble
Mecha-Zone is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
When researching for the novel MORE ARGONAUTS, I found it useful to sketch out certain items to help me visualize things like period-accurate clothing and vessels.
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Scent is a big memory trigger. When I light this balsam fir candle, I'm immediately transported to Xmas 1980, and I miss the family we were on that day.
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
May 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
I keep forgetting that one of the main functions of the SCOTUS is to hand-select Republicans as our elected officials. Thanks for the latest reminder.
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Sketch: The mushussu cub "Lois" from IMPERIAL VIOLET.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Saw an ad for a six-day Iceland tour package for seniors over 55. I got excited because I will qualify in less than three years.

I hope all those seniors don't mind having a young hip dude like me crashing their vacation.
December 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
That blast of heat from the oven that fogs your glasses.
December 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
There's that weird corridor when you and your doctor are the same age, and you address each other by first names. But then you age and he moves on and is replaced by a doctor much younger than you, who cruelly judges your life choices. My Doogie Howser literally had a snotty nose first time we met.
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It's great that mainstream media sources are finally forced to deal with the faked assassination attempt and the fixed 2024 election. It only took 13 months. Too bad NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN lack any modicum of curiosity. Maybe in another year they'll finally cover his dementia and strokes.
December 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I want life to feel like a 1990s alternative album cover again.
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Through December 5th: 20% off your order directly from my novel's publishing platform. Promo code: BOOKSALE20

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More Argonauts: Another Argonautica
A sequel to Jason and the Argonauts? The adventures of Herakles's forgotten offspring? A tale of four Gorgons? A late night struggle between an Author and his Muse? Maybe it's all of the above... (Rev...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I think it's one of the most amazing things that we choose to shed our divinity and drop into these vessels of flesh and ego for a brief moment. Why do we do that? All that horror, pain, struggle, heartache. The joy and bliss and love that splits us apart. What a dangerous game, this hide 'n' seek.
December 4, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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You awoke from a blackout chained in The Clink, a day lost and informed you've been banned from the skyport for life. You have no recall of the menace you made of yourself. You realize THAT'S why the apothecarist admonished against mixing her proprietary sedative with your dram of corn spirits!
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Imperial Violet
A PHILON OF CORINTH YARN (Part 6)
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December 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A word picture: A flight of swans, flapping slowly and silently across a light gray hazy sky in a delicate snowfall, their necks like sinewaves, black beaks dots to connect, their exotic calls almost elk-like yet muffled, passing over the neighborhood dreamlike like an old memory. (Sorry, no pix.)
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The sitting president is hands down the most successful televangelist in history. Oh, you have a church? He has a whole cult! They send you their SS checks? He just takes them b4 they're sent, along w/their Medicare! He campaigns from the pulpit & fills the spot in your ❤️ where Jesus used to be!
November 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Would someone please explain to my dog that I am not personally responsible for the 11in of snow that is currently interfering with his 💩 routine? He's no longer speaking to me.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I have no stake in this nonsense, but it's impossible to escape this "controversy." Apparently this fanfic is based on the Baum children's book, NOT the classic MGM musical. Dorothy did not have ruby slippers in the book; silver shoes are source correct.

PS: Try the book. My kids loved it.
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
They took the mortally wounded Arthur to Avalon. When England needs him most, he will return to his throne...

Has anyone written a story where Arthur rides into London during The Blitz?
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM