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Spinner of yarns here to talk about WIP, books I'm loving, and probably wrestling, Sabres hockey, and Purdue sports.

https://open.substack.com/pub/rapowell/p/manhole?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5nx1to
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My first published work releases next year (late spring/early summer). It's a collection of novelletes, short stories, essays, texts, and letterboxd reviews about death+grief. I cooked up a mood board for some of the stories. Can't wait (and anxious) to share it with you all!
Legends always go out on their backs, it's how the business works. And John Cena did it tapping out, that's, dang. The weight of that in his career is something special.
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I'm about to become so annoying y'all
ign.com IGN @ign.com · Nov 19
Amazon has officially greenlit a new Stargate series. https://bit.ly/4ij0L3Z
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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AWS is down, post hog
October 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Me crossing my fingers tight that my work uses AWS
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Oct 20
A huge global outage is impacting popular websites and apps across the world including Amazon, Fortnite and Snapchat.

Follow live updates: cnn.it/4qh8frI
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
And just a life update, some of my stories won contests this summer and are being published in a separate collection later this year. Huzzah! It's kinda neat chasing your passion at 38. Took me long enough. (Also years of overcoming negative self-talk).
September 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My first published work releases next year (late spring/early summer). It's a collection of novelletes, short stories, essays, texts, and letterboxd reviews about death+grief. I cooked up a mood board for some of the stories. Can't wait (and anxious) to share it with you all!
September 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Behold my latest keyboard, the JuggleKeyboard!

Just click the letters as they're juggled, it's an easy* way to type.

* it's not easy
September 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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The Toxic Avenger is clearing medical debt as marketing for the movie.
August 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I think hearing "Welcome to Raw is Jericho" one more time would heal me.
There Is ‘A Lot Of Talk’ Within WWE About Chris Jericho Returning To The Company - Read more: wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/the...
August 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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August 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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what do we want

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

when do we want it
As the cable news channel MSNBC splits up with NBC News, it is also dropping the "NBC" from its name: Later this year, it will become MS NOW, which stands for My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. Here's my full story: www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/m...
August 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Fully support. Even though I use Tidal, artists still aren't paid enough. Use Bandcamp if you can whenever possible, but otherwise buy music direct.
August 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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This has become the most viral thing I’ve ever put on the internet and I think that rules
August 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just the best. This is your reminder to put down your phone, watch Stop Making Sense or American Utopia, and just have yourself 2 hours of pure bottled joy.
David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it
August 4, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Oh, OKAY. And here I was ready to wave the white flag after the Amazon sale. Go on...
NEW YORK (AP) — The next James Bond film will be directed by Denis Villeneuve, who recently helmed the 'Dune' blockbusters.
June 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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It's Friday morning and THE FOLDED SKY is out all over the English-speaking world!

books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ?for...
June 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
*me anxiously hoping and wishing that, at this rate, they remake T.H.U.G. next.*
June 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
New Story! A silly little horror story I wrote 2 years ago, heavily inspired by my love for Stephen King and his early career short story work. Perfect to drive away those Sunday scaries! Link in bio
Manhole
a short story by R.A. Powell
open.substack.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hey, what's up! I posted my first (of many) short stories on my new Substack. It's a bit thriller, a bit speculative, a bit surrealist, and all mystery. I'd love if you gave it a read! And if you like it, feel free to subscribe as I start rolling out more of work. ✌️❤️
The First Door (on the left)
a short story by R.A. Powell
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Also, I'm fully of the mind that they are adapting the second game over 3 seasons, not 2. If its only 7 or 8 eps, I just don't see how we get all of it neatly tied up in this amount of time.
May 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
When it appeared S2 is all Ellie POV, I was cautious, but optimistic. But now I'm a little leery. With a 2 yr season break, the sheer wizardry of pathos they're gonna have to pull off in Season 3 to make us care about a certain character feels almost insurmountable. I'm sitting on the fence now.
May 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Oh wrestling is fake?

Then explain this
May 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I just....don't care? 15 years ago, maybe I would. But just think about all the unbelievable cataclysm games we've had since GTA 4? BG 3, Breath of the Wild, Animal Crossing NH, Starkey Valley, Witcher 3, Elden Ring, hell Rockstars own RDR2..... /1
ign.com IGN @ign.com · May 2
Rockstar has delayed the launch of GTA 6 to May 26, 2026. https://bit.ly/4lTd4Wd
May 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Big wins for us weirdos who played Magic the Gathering in high school, chatted on forums about French cinema, and swapped DVDs of Trigun in the locker bay at lunch.
May 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM