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@anthonyryan.bsky.social

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NYT bestselling SFF author - Series: Raven’s Shadow, Draconis Memoria, Raven’s Blade, The Covenant of Steel, The Seven Swords, The Age of Wrath Repped by Paul Lucas at Regal | Hoffmann & Associates Website: anthonyryan.net

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · Nov 13

For the benefit of any new followers my mailing list is here. Get updates on new releases and enter exclusive signed book giveaways (and some free stories).

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Mailing List

This mailing list is my way of letting you know when my books come out or go on sale as well as updating you about giveaways, some of which will be exclusive to list members. I will never spam you,…

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1h

Doing a full Stranger Things rewatch in preparation for the final season, cos I dang well feel like it.

a red sign that says " stranger things " on it

Alt: Title animation for ‘Stranger Things’ season 5

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 3h

It’s a place name, pronounced: Mull-guy

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Cinzia DuBois @cinzia-dubois.bsky.social · 3h

Cockburn

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 4h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 3h

Milngavie.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 4h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 3h

As promised half of the giant "OMG how do I read so many manga" review thread!

First up Sonic On the Go! My first Sonic read and I am genuinely in awe over just how much back story there is to this world that is so much more than a video!

#booksky 📚🪐 📚💙 📚🩸 📚🌈

Sonic the Hedgehog On the Go! Vol 1 by Ian Flynn and illustrated by Tracey Yardley, Evan Stanley, Adam Bryce Thomas, and Jennifer Hernandez

The war has ended and peace for the most part has come to the world. There are still some badniks roaming but Sonic and the gang have thin...

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 5h

Work. Of. Genius.

David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 8h

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 10h

Your terror pleases me.

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Nils Shukla @nilsreviewsit.bsky.social · 11h

For something darker this October Orbit Books new horror imprint Run For It have you covered!

I received The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by @pfracassi.bsky.social & The Feeding by @anthonyryan.bsky.social

I think both will scare the shit out of me & I’m looking forward to it 🤣🤣

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 12h

And what’s the bad news?

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 14h

Many thanks to Grimdark Dad for this stellar review of The Feeding.
#BookSky

grimdarkdad.com/2025/10/07/t...

THE FEEDING – Anthony Ryan

Fifteen years ago the feeders rose from the shadows to transform the world into a graveyard. The few survivors exist in fortified settlements surrounded by the empty ruins of a destroyed civilizati…

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Michael S Jackson ⚔️ Fantasy Author @mikestepjack.bsky.social · 14h

More wonderful words, today from Bibliophile Chronicles ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16h

One significant - & dangerous - thing to watch for is professional commentators objecting to words rather than examining the evidence. It's pearl-clutching & cowardly, obviously, but also a deliberate attempt to avoid confronting exactly what they themselves are facilitating and often cheering on.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 16h

Neil Armstrong might have watched Star Trek before he landed on the moon.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1d

Today in ‘everything is shit’ news.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down

At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.

www.publishersweekly.com

Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1d

The real tragedy here is that no one will ever trust a side-burned man with political power ever again.
#NotAllSideburns

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

Argentina’s wily currency traders drain Javier Milei’s dollars on.ft.com/4pUkn1R

Argentina’s wily currency traders drain Javier Milei’s dollars

Labyrinthine restrictions and chronic instability spawn strategies to profit from foreign exchange policies

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1d

Sums it up pretty well.
My take (for what it’s worth): Twitter is now a bloated, maggot infested corpse unworthy of anyone’s attention.

@support.bsky.team please take note.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

X-tinction - the life and death of the Twitter phenomenon....

And why it was finally time to leave.

Me for

@bylinetimes.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/07/t...

The Great X-Tinction: Why My Time's Up On Twitter

Otto English explains why, after 15 years, he has left the social media platform now disseminating disinformation worldwide under the control of Elon Musk

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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 2d

I really hate doing this, but when I had my breakdown last month, I took two weeks off from work, and they didn't pay me for my time off, and I am broke.

If you find it in your heart to tip even the minimum amount then I would be enternally grateful

ko-fi.com/gingernutsof...

Support GNofHorror

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Kittie @kittiepeters.com · 1d

delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 1d

This windowpocalypse is really getting out of control.

Also, Pravda means ’Truth’ in Russian which has to be one of the sickest jokes of all time.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Another tragic accident.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Either you're against fascism, or you're foolish enough to believe it won't come for you.

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Kyle Hester Film Maker @kylehester.bsky.social · 2d

Never thought I’d be posting this, but here we are.
I need emergency dental surgery—a tooth implant that’s not covered by insurance. The damage stems from an accident I had back in high school, and after years of managing the situation, it’s finally caught up with me.
gofund.me/17e0715a1

Donate to Emergency Dental Surgery — Please help if you are able., organized by Kyle Hester

Hi, my name is Kyle. I’m reaching out for help with an urgent… Kyle Hester needs your support for Emergency Dental Surgery — Please help if you are able.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller- Latin name: Snivellus Turdius.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 2d

Why that’s less than a Truss.

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 2d

French PM resigns after less than a month in office

The new French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu only unveiled his new cabinet yesterday. Today, he shocked France by quitting after just 14 hours at the head of his government.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 2d

“Like in 1933 when I told everyone to watch out for the guy with the toothbrush moustache. No, the other one.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Please remember I wrote Osama bin Laden exactly one year ago, one year before he blew up the World Trade Center. And I said, 'You gotta watch Osama bin Laden!' ... I gotta take a little credit."

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