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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨

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(They/Them) enby SFF Author and spreadsheet herder. Published in Dudes Rock, Astrophobia, Remnants of Relics & PulpLitMag. Queer cyberpunk novel, Synthetic Sea available everywhere! ✨ https://franklynnewt.carrd.co/ ✨

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 5d

Updated graphic with my current published works, just realised all three anthos were published this year ! 📚🌈💜

More info @ franklynnewt.carrd.co

Franklyn S Newton, published works including synthetic Sea, living ink, and Wolfsbane. Anthology features include Remnants of Relics, dudes rock and Astrophobia. Check out franklynnewt.carrd.co

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 13h

Definitely deserves better than a 3.2 on atmosphere alone !

Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 14h

If you owe a lesbian money, today is the day you better pay up, and if you don't, yes you do .

Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 14h

I just finished The Disenchantment by Celia Bell about some french lesbian aristos with poisonings and the nature of story telling and some Gender TM squeezed in there, and it I really liked it and was really surprised it had so few Goodreads reviews and that so many people didn't like it

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Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 2d

the moomins are great because its like “here is your whimsical children’s adventures, I made it full of melancholic explorations of community and longing, subversive anarchist leanings, and bisexual yearning just like you asked” and some of us DID ask so thank you

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 19h

It's international lesbian day so thank your local international lesbian today !

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Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 23h

IT'S INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN DAY SO YOU CAN BUY ALL MY LESBIANEST BOOKS FOR ONLY $10 UP TO MIDNIGHT WEST COAST TIME

20 HOURS
$10
16 STORIES

COME GET YOUR GAYS

itch.io/s/161550/int...

the words "international lesbian day book bundle" on a minimalist background in the lesbian flag colors

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 19h

Why are dry roasted peanuts so good I wonder, and then I look at the ingredients and it's sweet sweet Monosodium Glutamate, my beloved

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · Jun 24

A cyberpunk romance with trans cyborgs, Synthetic Sea is available wherever books are sold and if you're looking for non 'Zon alternatives, this includes KoboPlus, Smashwords and itch! #booksky 💜📚🌈

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Synthetic Sea out now in ebook and paperback. Tagline: a casino planet in eternal twilight, a lounge singer living an endless dream, a grieving PI on the case..."

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Professor Mitchell @professormitchell.bsky.social · 21h

The Under-Rated Bundle is now live! Check out over 60 underappreciated stories that may have flown under your radar, including fantasy, science fiction, and more.

itch.io/b/3305/under...

The bundle runs from today through the 13th, so don't miss it!

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 1d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 1d

They're REALLY trying to make those meta glasses take off so maybe more spy-wearables

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 1d

I realise I worded that badly, This applies to any book btw, bookshop aren't running the sale just for lil old me

Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 1d

For REASONS, Synthetic Sea has free delivery if you buy from bookshop org for the next couple days , so you can pick it up and direct support to your local bookshop 💜💜💜
bookshop.org/p/books/synt...

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Ronove (aka S. Jean) @earlronove.bsky.social · 1d

For US peeps, bookshop.org is having a free shipping sale for print books as an anti-amazon sale! That's really neat! Did you know you can find all my paperbacks there, too? And so many other cool indies? You should check it out!!

bookshop.org/shop/earlron...

S. Jean Bookshop

My name is S. Jean (they/she pronouns are OK) and I am a queer writer who specializes in sci fi & fantasy, particularly contemporary stories with a magical twist. I'm also an artist and do my own ...

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 1d

Managed to burn the same hand twice making lunch, then dinner 🥲

Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 1d

Aw dang it 🥲

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Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 1d

3500 year old gummy bear amulet from Poland (in the National Museum in Stettin)

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely fascinated by the Blackwater game I think about it so much, the Devs also seem to have made every Spec Ops game EXCEPT for The Line, and also those America's army games which seems pretty telling

Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out that at any given time, the CeX in your local town will have 55 copies of Halo Reach, 55 copies of CoD Black Ops, 55 copies of Modern Warfare 3 and one copy of that bizarreo Blackwater (as in the literal real life military contractors) Xbox kinect game

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 2d

Finally achieved our goal of finding a copy of Dead Or Alive 4 for the Xbox in the local CeX

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Renato Casaro, an Italian artist known for his film posters.
He passed away yesterday at the age of 89.

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 2d

If bluesky does go up in flames, I would like to make a suggestion: maybe try making the next social media website a different colour.
I mean, the blue probably isn't the thing driving the CEOs to madness, but it's worth checking.

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