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Looking for something to read this fine weekend? Check out my latest short story for free over at The Word's Faire! It is about death, addiction and trying to find peace of mind in a world committed to warring with itself.

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‘Red Light’ — THE WORD'S FAIRE

Alex Passey is the author of the novel's Mirror's Edge and Shadow of the Desert Sun. His short fiction, poetry and journalism have been featured in many publications, most recently in the graphic nov...

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Apr 26

This was a great and important read! Check out my Goodreads review at the link below.

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Alex Passey's review of The Social Safety Net (Canada in Decline, 1)

4/5: Nora Loreto does an excellent job in cataloguing Canada's decline into the pit of neoliberalism. For the uninitiated, a bare bones explanation of the term is that Keynesian economics was the idea...

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Apr 13

Just finished The Fifth Season and it was fantastic! Cannot wait to start the next book. Also, I've been using one of my daughter's valentine cards as a bookmark and did not realize how fitting it was for this book until now. 😅

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Apr 13

My article in the Free Press:

Canadian politics needs a radical change www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

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Opinion: Canadian politics needs a radical change

It’s time to pull out our political first aid kit and slap another Band-Aid on our withering democracy.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Apr 5

I heard an ad for AI telling creatives not to worry because AI is just another tool no different than any other, because "you are still the judge of what is good." This is the perfect encapsulation of how AI hype is tricking people into believing that consumerism and creativity are the same thing.

Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Mar 30

Feeling some fantasy for my next read and I've got it narrowed down to these three. Never read Maas or Jemisin before, so kinda leaning that way. What say you, Bluesky?

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Mar 30

Spending a few weeks sober is a great way to remind yourself that every morning you wake up feeling like shit no matter what you do.

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Mar 30

Just finished book 2 of the Gap Cycle and wow! This series should probably be called "The Most Broken People in the Universe." Emotionally harrowing and deeply insightful into brutal trauma. Not for the faint of heart, but I love it! Follow me for more book recommendations.

#books #booksky #scifi

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Mar 23

I thought I was done with #Drizzt. I'd read every book, but after the Neverwinter saga it felt like time to move on. Then last year I picked up Starlight Enclave on a whim, and it left me unable to wait to devour these next two books. This trilogy has been the best Drizzt story in years.

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Mar 22

Looking for something to read this weekend? Check out my latest short story FREE in the new online issue of Empyrean Literary Magazine!

It's a story about free will and self-delusion.

TW: It gets pretty gruesome.

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www.empyreanliterarymagazine.com/passey-thy-w...

Passey-Thy Will Be Done

Issue 13

www.empyreanliterarymagazine.com

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · Mar 15

Well all these other guys might be stabbing me but at least I can still rely on my good friend Brutus

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Mar 15

I finished the Hyperion Cantos earlier this year. I thought the Endymion entries were fine, but it did feel a bit like chasing the high of the first two books. I can't blame Simmons for juicing everything he could out of this universe though. I loved the time I spent there.

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Mar 13

Then he got to the south and he grapples with America not as an abstract concept, but with the vile underbelly on which the serpent has crawled since its inception. And the most important message in this book is how white supremacy will devour even the whites, should they dare to oppose it.

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Mar 13

It was easy to assume this would be wistful author from the 60s who pulled a book out of a cross country road trip and said "voila! America!" And in truth, that is largely what it was, though Steinbeck's companionable style made it a less pretentious voyage than most.

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Mar 13

Think I'll start posting more about the books I've been reading. Here is one I just finished. #booksky

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Mar 12

My article from today's WFP.

Strip-mining success: the march of private equity firms www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Opinion: Strip-mining success: the march of private equity firms

Pour one out for another fallen comrade. Hooters has declared bankruptcy.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Mar 1

The biggest takeaway from the Our Lady Peace show last night was that Raine Maida paused between songs to do a blatant advertisement for an entirely unrelated product and that's apparently where we are at as a society. M

Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Feb 20

My article from today's Winnipeg Free Press.

Elon Musk, Nazis and the steady creep of fascism www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Opinion: Elon Musk, Nazis and the steady creep of fascism

At the risk of adding to the cacophony that in a few paragraphs I will be disparaging, let’s start with the question that is consuming so much of our current discourse: Is Elon Musk a Nazi?

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Feb 9

I think for Halloween this year I'm going to get a hold of one of those costumes, paint a hammer and sickle on it and go as Far Left Shark.

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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · Feb 5

This Saturday February 8 at 7pm, join Robert Pasternak, Lovern Kindzierski, @alexpassey.bsky.social and DG Valdron for the launch of Twilight of Echelon, hosted by GMB Chomichuk - mailchi.mp/grant/twilig...

Enter the world of Echelon at this group launch

Join Robert Pasternak, Lovern Kindzierski, Alex Passey, and D.G. Valdron for the launch of Twilight of Echelon (At Bay Press). Featuring a conversation hosted by GMB Chomichuk.

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Alex Passey @alexpassey.bsky.social · Jan 25

And yet Stanley enjoys a seemingly unimpeachable spot on this team, all in the name of some vague bid for "grit."

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