Ryan Melsom
@ryanmelsom.com
Cyberpunk author, seasonal beard-haver, karateka based in Ottawa 🇨🇦.
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https://shadowpawpress.com/product/gods-of-a-new-world/
I have a little tradition I call forget to breathe Monday.
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I have a little tradition I call forget to breathe Monday.
Hang on... is "Influencer" a pro-Influencer movie? Where am I supposed to land if I can't judge influencers anymore?
It's like, "Actually, influencers are pretty smart, resilient people."
Was this movie funded by influencers? What is going on right now?
Side bar: is influencer capitalized?
It's like, "Actually, influencers are pretty smart, resilient people."
Was this movie funded by influencers? What is going on right now?
Side bar: is influencer capitalized?
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Hang on... is "Influencer" a pro-Influencer movie? Where am I supposed to land if I can't judge influencers anymore?
It's like, "Actually, influencers are pretty smart, resilient people."
Was this movie funded by influencers? What is going on right now?
Side bar: is influencer capitalized?
It's like, "Actually, influencers are pretty smart, resilient people."
Was this movie funded by influencers? What is going on right now?
Side bar: is influencer capitalized?
Conductors... because light travels faster than sound.
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Conductors... because light travels faster than sound.
If I ever get rich and famous, the #1 person I want to be friends with is Shaboozey.
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
If I ever get rich and famous, the #1 person I want to be friends with is Shaboozey.
Shopping for that special geeky someone? Nothing says "I love you quite" like a near-future thriller where AI "gods" are threatening to hijack reality.
Support a small 🇨🇦 press and the big dreams of an aspiring writer!
#BookSky #ScienceFiction #Cyberpunk 🪐📚
shadowpawpress.com/product/gods...
Support a small 🇨🇦 press and the big dreams of an aspiring writer!
#BookSky #ScienceFiction #Cyberpunk 🪐📚
shadowpawpress.com/product/gods...
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Shopping for that special geeky someone? Nothing says "I love you quite" like a near-future thriller where AI "gods" are threatening to hijack reality.
Support a small 🇨🇦 press and the big dreams of an aspiring writer!
#BookSky #ScienceFiction #Cyberpunk 🪐📚
shadowpawpress.com/product/gods...
Support a small 🇨🇦 press and the big dreams of an aspiring writer!
#BookSky #ScienceFiction #Cyberpunk 🪐📚
shadowpawpress.com/product/gods...
Writing the ending of my current book feels like a giant hand pushing on my face.
#amwriting #WritingCommunity
#amwriting #WritingCommunity
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Writing the ending of my current book feels like a giant hand pushing on my face.
#amwriting #WritingCommunity
#amwriting #WritingCommunity
Important PSA
Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
December 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Important PSA
Wow, I am way more moderate on my social media than I am irl.
@ryanmelsom.com has swears! They've used 27 profanities in their last 1,143 posts.
🥇 "hell" (11 times)
🥈 "damn" (5 times)
🥉 "shit" (3 times)
🥇 "hell" (11 times)
🥈 "damn" (5 times)
🥉 "shit" (3 times)
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wow, I am way more moderate on my social media than I am irl.
@profanity.accountant Tell me the facts that matter.
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
@profanity.accountant Tell me the facts that matter.
This is hilarious, or would be if reality wasn't becoming more and more a satire of itself.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine | CBC News
In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is hilarious, or would be if reality wasn't becoming more and more a satire of itself.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
Why not support a small press and give the gift of mind-bending AI apocalypse for the holidays this year #Booksky?
Who wouldn't want to read about average people taking on trillionaire "gods" these days?
#sffh #scifi #cyberpunk
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Who wouldn't want to read about average people taking on trillionaire "gods" these days?
#sffh #scifi #cyberpunk
🪐📚💙📚
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Why not support a small press and give the gift of mind-bending AI apocalypse for the holidays this year #Booksky?
Who wouldn't want to read about average people taking on trillionaire "gods" these days?
#sffh #scifi #cyberpunk
🪐📚💙📚
Who wouldn't want to read about average people taking on trillionaire "gods" these days?
#sffh #scifi #cyberpunk
🪐📚💙📚
Had a delightful time on Tell Not Show chatting with Kirsha about Gods of a New World.
If you're looking for a mind-bending dash through a world of AI-crazed-gods and human resistance, check it out!
🪐📚💙📚
#BookSky
#ScienceFiction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE3L...
If you're looking for a mind-bending dash through a world of AI-crazed-gods and human resistance, check it out!
🪐📚💙📚
#BookSky
#ScienceFiction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE3L...
The Tell Not Show S6 Episode 16 with Author Ryan Melsom
YouTube video by The Tell Not Show: The Writing Journey with J & K
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November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Had a delightful time on Tell Not Show chatting with Kirsha about Gods of a New World.
If you're looking for a mind-bending dash through a world of AI-crazed-gods and human resistance, check it out!
🪐📚💙📚
#BookSky
#ScienceFiction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE3L...
If you're looking for a mind-bending dash through a world of AI-crazed-gods and human resistance, check it out!
🪐📚💙📚
#BookSky
#ScienceFiction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE3L...
The only place AI generation without humanity can end up is pure noise. You need lived experience as a reference point.
The grey goo apocalypse is now.
The grey goo apocalypse is now.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The only place AI generation without humanity can end up is pure noise. You need lived experience as a reference point.
The grey goo apocalypse is now.
The grey goo apocalypse is now.
This is a person who has gone way too far down a rabbit hole.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is a person who has gone way too far down a rabbit hole.
Oh amazing, this cute thing I want on Etsy is only $14... *goes through checkout* ...$39.58 with shipping...
Why does nothing work anymore?
Why does nothing work anymore?
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Oh amazing, this cute thing I want on Etsy is only $14... *goes through checkout* ...$39.58 with shipping...
Why does nothing work anymore?
Why does nothing work anymore?
Reposted by Ryan Melsom
A dramatic example of the thesis that executive counter-knowledge, magical thinking, and the self-disruption of the ability of decision-makers to know real things is counterproductive to the activity of making technology that actually works.
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A dramatic example of the thesis that executive counter-knowledge, magical thinking, and the self-disruption of the ability of decision-makers to know real things is counterproductive to the activity of making technology that actually works.
To relax this weekend, I'm going to be working all weekend.
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
To relax this weekend, I'm going to be working all weekend.
My experiment to improve the accessibility of my writing has begun!
I’m at the airport reading my first ever James Patterson novel. First observation: short chapters that always end on a cliffhanger (big or small).
#WritingCommunity #amreading #BookSky
I’m at the airport reading my first ever James Patterson novel. First observation: short chapters that always end on a cliffhanger (big or small).
#WritingCommunity #amreading #BookSky
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
My experiment to improve the accessibility of my writing has begun!
I’m at the airport reading my first ever James Patterson novel. First observation: short chapters that always end on a cliffhanger (big or small).
#WritingCommunity #amreading #BookSky
I’m at the airport reading my first ever James Patterson novel. First observation: short chapters that always end on a cliffhanger (big or small).
#WritingCommunity #amreading #BookSky
Customers who bought my AI post-apocalypse novel also bought… decaf coffee???
Oh wait: I get it! The action is just so intense that they can’t drink caffeine while reading or their minds will explode.
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Oh wait: I get it! The action is just so intense that they can’t drink caffeine while reading or their minds will explode.
🪐📚
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Customers who bought my AI post-apocalypse novel also bought… decaf coffee???
Oh wait: I get it! The action is just so intense that they can’t drink caffeine while reading or their minds will explode.
🪐📚
Oh wait: I get it! The action is just so intense that they can’t drink caffeine while reading or their minds will explode.
🪐📚
Reposted by Ryan Melsom
May all of the bad things undo themselves simultaneously and all at once
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
May all of the bad things undo themselves simultaneously and all at once
Fear, schadenfreude, fear, schadenfreude -- the same damn thing over and over and it gets me every time.
Maybe time for a new approach...
Maybe time for a new approach...
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Fear, schadenfreude, fear, schadenfreude -- the same damn thing over and over and it gets me every time.
Maybe time for a new approach...
Maybe time for a new approach...
Latest interview for Gods of a New World just dropped! Finally someone gave me the chance to talk about Gnosticism, feminine gods, the validity of the Prometheus myth, and the role numerology does or doesn't play in my novel.
#BookSky #sffh #scifi #cyberpunk 🪐📚💙📚
www.spreaker.com/episode/gard...
#BookSky #sffh #scifi #cyberpunk 🪐📚💙📚
www.spreaker.com/episode/gard...
Garden of Thought E. 335 Gods of a New World - Garden of Thought
www.spreaker.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Latest interview for Gods of a New World just dropped! Finally someone gave me the chance to talk about Gnosticism, feminine gods, the validity of the Prometheus myth, and the role numerology does or doesn't play in my novel.
#BookSky #sffh #scifi #cyberpunk 🪐📚💙📚
www.spreaker.com/episode/gard...
#BookSky #sffh #scifi #cyberpunk 🪐📚💙📚
www.spreaker.com/episode/gard...
I'll have none of these whimsical, capricious apostles.
Ernest Apostle
New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958
New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'll have none of these whimsical, capricious apostles.
Thinking of building a data center in space to process 2025.
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thinking of building a data center in space to process 2025.
Ever have a week where every single thing that happened was a plot twist that could take months to unpack?
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Ever have a week where every single thing that happened was a plot twist that could take months to unpack?