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Michael Pryor

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YA fantasy writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Co-publisher of Aurealis, Australia's longest running spec fic magazine. Podcast host. Gadabout.

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · Nov 13

What’s true? What’s not? Michael Pryor and George Ivanoff present three remarkable stories to each other. Two stories are true, but one is totally made up. Subscribe and listen to Michael and George as they try to fool each other into believing absolute nonsense.

itstrueorisit.podbean.com

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 1d

A European Robin, Palermo, Sicily.

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 1d

Correct.

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 1d

Four on the floor, three on the ...?

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 1d

I met this robin today outside the Royal Palace, Palermo, Sicily.

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Keith Stevenson @keithstevenson.com · 7d

Get Traitor's Gathering (a Lenticular Series prequel story) and over 60 other SF, Paranormal and Fantasy books free in the Woo-Hoo Halloween Giveaway 📚🪐 - storyoriginapp.com/to/rEXJZQ2

Cover of Traitor's Gathering a Lenticular Prequel Story by Keith Stevenson

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 8d

Golden Celebrations is blooming. Big, many-petalled flowers with a rich, lingering scent.
#owngarden #roses

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 10d

The roses continue to bloom. This is Madame Isaac Péreire, an old Bourbon rose, first bred in 1841, which is reputed to have the strongest perfume of any rose. It has many petals in an almost magenta pink. Glorious.

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 10d

Since spring is here, I'm making asparagus and lemon risotto for dinner.

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 12d

The first rose of the season. Friesia, a happy, bright yellow - not gold - with a spicy, strong scent.

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 14d

Trompe LOL: an internet image you have to look at a few times before you realise it's funny.

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 15d

It grieves me that kibosh has no purpose other than putting it on something.

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 16d

Finishing a first draft is like looking at a whole lot of clay, straw and water and saying, 'Yup, nearly finished that mud brick home I've always dreamed of.'

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 17d

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder: 'No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force.'
Just about any plotter author: No novel plan ever survives around about chapter three when characters start doing things of their own accord.

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 19d

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 20d

Episode 1 of Season 2 of the 'It's True - or Is it?' podcast has just been released. Six stories about food, four of which are true, but two are totally bogus. Which is which?
Get it wherever you get your podcasts or find all episodes here: itstrueorisit.podbean.com

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Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social · 24d

Aurealis has unearthed and reanimated a series of forgotten Australian classic speculative fiction. Ranging from the 1880s to the 1930s, this selection shows the vital contribution that speculative fiction plays in Australia’s literary history.
aurealis.com.au/store/classi...

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 26d

Happy World Cassowary Day everyone! Best wishes to our favourite dangerous bird!
cassowaryconservation.org/event/world-...

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 28d

Here's a young Sean Connery reading a book.

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · Sep 22

Bibliotrivia: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien used to read extracts from the works of novelist Amanda McKittrick Ros to see who could last the longest without laughing.

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Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social · Sep 18

Aurealis - a ten issue subscription for less than $4 per issue. Go to www.aurealis.com.au and sign on!

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Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social · Sep 22

Time to showcase our brilliant internal art from Aurealis #184, our latest issue.
Here’s Jimmy Spence’s moody and evocative illustration for 'The Sound Your Soul Makes When It's Happy' by Markus Wessel.

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Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social · Sep 22

Time to showcase our brilliant internal art from Aurealis #184, our latest issue.
Here’s Joel Bisaillon’s superb illustration for 'Goes the Way of the Seabird' by Mia Kelly.

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Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social · Sep 22

Time to showcase our brilliant internal art from Aurealis #184, our latest issue.
Here’s Hannah Dunn’s perfect illustration for 'Farmhouse of the Lost and Found' by Ramez Yoakeim.

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · Sep 21

A few years ago, I got to sit and work in the Librarian's chair in the centre of the majestic domed Reading Room in the majestic State Library of Victoria.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Sep 18

“Get Smart” premieres 60 years ago tonight, on NBC.

“I was sick of looking at all those nice, sensible situation comedies,” Mel Brooks said. “They were such distortions of life. .. No one had ever done a show about an idiot before. I decided to be the first.”

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