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Scott Lynch
@scottlynch78.bsky.social
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47, fantasy writer, author of THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA. ex-firefighter, veteran MechWarrior. Minnesotan transplanted to Massachusetts. Gizmonic Institute (1989-92). Instructor at Viable Paradise.
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When you're kind of an unhinged vigilante and you love your little red hat maybe too much but your saving grace is that you ABSOLUTELY hate the right fucking guy
On the left, Craig Boone from Fallout New Vegas. On the right, Curtis Sliwa.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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A Biblically accurate Sickos guy
November 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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November 3rd. Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.
November 3, 2025. The birthday of the late great Jeremy Brett, seen here in the role of Sherlock Holmes.
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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I wanted to do a little something for Halloween, and was at a loss for precisely what, but then I remembered we have a nice big sewer grate in front of our house
A close-up view of a curbside sewer grate, strewn with autumn leaves. A red balloon on a wooden dowel bobs over the grate, and a small mannequin hand clad in the sleeve of a child-sized yellow poncho is positioned to look as though it is being pulled into the sewer.
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Hey there, folks-- I'll be in conversation with Fran Wilde tonight at Odyssey Books in South Hadley, MA at 7 PM-- there's still time to RSVP!
An image of the author Fran Wilde and here new book, A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES. Odyssey Books 10/29! 7pm!
October 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Last night: John fuckin' Carpenter.
A dark outline of a crowd, a dark sketch of a ceiling crammed with speakers and auditorium gear. In between an artificial sunrise of molten orange lights glows on John Carpenter and his band. John Carpenter at his keyboard in front of a projected image from 1976's ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
October 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Bowser, King Koopa, berates three of his children in the graphical style of the SNES SUPER MARIO WORLD with Katharine Hepburn's words from THE LION IN WINTER: "My what a greedy little trinity you are. King king king! Two of you must learn to live with disappointment." If you don't remember this happening in the actual game back in 1991, don't worry, that just indicates you weren't lacing your Capri Sun with ayahuasca.
October 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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JOHN
A Quintesson Proescutor from the 1986 TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE receiving orders from the Quintesson Magistrate to feed some poor bastard to the Sharkticons. Yes, I knew all that off the top of my head. Do you know how many times I've seen this fucking movie? This masterpiece of childhood trauma? Anyhow, this is where the Wills and Johns go.
October 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Who's your favorite Jedi?
(wrong answers only)
"Now, uh, just one more thing, uh, Admiral Motti, sir. You say that any attack on this station would be a useless gesture. I get that. You say it's now the ultimate power in the universe. Isn't that something? But my wife, sir, my wife has been really into exhaust ports lately. She's always going on about small thermal exhaust ports. Small ones. And you, uh, you have such an exhaust port on your station, don't you, admiral? Just a small one?" (Image: Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo)
October 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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What movie do you consider perfect?
September 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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THE BLURB

WILL BE

SEVENTEEN

THOUSAND

DOLLARS
A very committed weirdo dressed up in a silver jacket, red pantaloons, red hood, and metallic face mask. This is the legendary Pricemaster, who oversaw a garage sale in Denton, TX in 2001 by proclaiming arbitrary and sometimes completely insane prices into a microphone.
September 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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A bald middle-aged man with expressive eyebrows posing holding eggs between his outstretched fingers as though they are robust, unbreakable weapons, which they most certainly are not. This is Vincent Price as Egghead from the 1960s Batman show.
September 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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"Oh no," you might be thinking. "Scott, you absolutely did not just put up an image of Mr. Potato Head." But of course I did. Of course I put up an image of Mr. Potato Head, the harmless and beloved toy that turns out to have some kind of bog murder fetish antecedent, almost as if he were a totemic memorialization of those gruesome multi-generational events. Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else.
September 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Second, a hearty recommendation for STRANGE BEASTS by Susan J. Morris (@susanjmorris.bsky.social). Necessary caveat- nepotism alert, I knew Susan way back in the day in Minnesota, yadda yadda, but I would simply say nothing if I hadn't actually found her debut novel to be rad as hell-- 🧵
The Cover of STRANGE BEASTS by Susan J. Morris; a stylized image of people walking up a flight of stairs into something resembling an opulent 19th century opera house, which also takes the distinct shape of a human skull.
September 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Yeah, the world is full of assholes, but people are still doing good work, so I wanted to take a few moments to highlight some stuff I've read recently that really moved me. First up, HARMATTAN SEASON by Tochi Onyebuchi (@tochitruestory.bsky.social)-- a novel that opens with a masterful use of-- 🧵
The cover of HARMATTAN SEASON by Tochi Onyebuchi; a man in a dark green smock faces off against a woman who is floating in the air. Clouds roil behind them both.
September 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Fave characters from 59 years of #StarTrek... I'm a simple guy, I'm just gonna give you my all-timer.
The one and only Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy, sitting against a tree with a Mint Julep in hand. I believe the episode in question is "Shore Leave."
September 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Iggy Pop as a Vorta on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Yes! This happened.
August 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Can only properly be wielded by
The wikipedia article for "Dick Warlock", which turns out to be the name of a famous movie stuntman. And also what my World of Warcraft PvP alt was from 2007-11.
August 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Last night in Seattle. Went out to visit friends. Took a cab to Redmond, thereby ticking off a longstanding nerdy-ass bucket list item of mine.
Screenshot of an orc cab driver from the mid-1990s Sega Genesis SHADOWRUN game, a pioneer of open-world and procgen roleplaying games.
August 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Back view of my hair for last night's Hugo Awards at Worldcon, as woven by @franwilde.bsky.social, who ennobled it in a way my extremely simple dude ass could barely comprehend. Thank you, Fran.
Rear view of a man with long dishwater blond hair bound as though by strange magic into a woven sort of dragontail thing I do not understand. The tail is tied off with a decorative black ribbon.
August 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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I glanced at Amazon for a completely unrelated reason and-- I can't even. What the hell is going on? I mean, don't stop, lovely people, don't stop. But I'm mystified.
Chart of Amazon audio bestsellers for August 14 2025 showing THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA at #1
August 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Peter Stormare as Gaear Grimsrud in the 1996 Coen Bros masterpiece FARGO, asking the immortal question: "Where is pancakes house?"
August 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Last week THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA re-entered the USA Today Best Sellers List at #42, and I thought "ah, what a brief and wonderful illusion."

This week it's #24.
July 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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July 15, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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As my wonky little store achieves something like functionality, I am finally setting my digital pen down in a state of near-satisfaction with the art for my first set of bookplates. Huzzah! Bookplates, now available for pre-order: www.scottlynchstore.com
A close-up of a grayscale illustration of a bearded man in archaic dress. He is holding a bottle. I drew this, because I'm 47 and I still like drawing things and nobody can stop me.
July 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM