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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · 1d

A skeet review of my story. @cypayseur.bsky.social called it "a moving experience"! *happy dance*
Go read it if you haven't yet!

Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 3d

F.T. Berner's story is more angsty and melancholy, about ecological research, exploitation, guilt, and atonement, and it makes for a moving experience.

So a nice issue, which you can find under Diabolical Plots' fiction tag here: www.diabolicalplots.com/category/fic...

Fiction – Diabolical Plots

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for the nice words! I'm glad you liked it!

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks!

F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · 19d

We use the same image in Italian: un altro paio di maniche

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · 19d

What's that in Portuguese?

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · 26d

Yay, my little story is now available to read on @diabolicalplots.com !!!

Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 26d

New fiction!
"On the Effects and Efficiency of Birdsong: A Meta-Analysis" by F.T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · 27d

And the newsletter with this little story went out today...

F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · 27d

Just started Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World. So much "just started" that for now I can say I love the dedication page 😂

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · Sep 4

Happy birthday!
That happened to me once. The lady was so stunned by the coincidence that she quadruple checked the date, and only then, hesitantly, wished me happy birthday...

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · Aug 31

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 13:
If you are lucky enough to be translated into other languages, always know this: you are NOTHING without your translator. Your translator has skills far beyond just putting words into another language. A good translator is a stylist, an interpreter, a composer.

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · Aug 31

Yum! 😊

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · Aug 31

I loved that book!
But now you can't leave us hanging! What did you have for dinner?

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · Aug 18

Yesterday I finished Saltblood by Francesca de Tores. Today I received the notification that Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World is available for me at the library, so that's next. As usual I am reading shorts to bridge over

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · Aug 18

That's a great title, I am goingnto check it out, thanks!

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · Aug 18

Oh, that book is a jewel! I should read it again sometime

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · Aug 15

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · Aug 15

Happy publication day to meeeee...
My new story is now available for subscribers on the Diabolical Plots Patreon. Go subscribe, maybe?
www.patreon.com/diabolicalpl...

A screenshot, reading:
Diabolical Plots #127: Lisa Brideau, F.T. Berner
5 hours ago
"The Glorious Pursuit of Nominal" by Lisa Brideau
"The Effects and Efficiency of Birdsong: A Meta-Analysis" by F.T. Berner

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · Aug 15

Happy publication day to meeeee...
My new story is now available for subscribers on the Diabolical Plots Patreon. Go subscribe, maybe?
www.patreon.com/diabolicalpl...

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · Aug 13

I *think* my new story is coming out this week for subscribers on the Diabolical Plots Patreon. I'm on tenterhooks! (I may be mistaken, though)
www.patreon.com/diabolicalpl...

speculative fiction publisher and tools for writers

www.patreon.com

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · Aug 13

This resonates with me a lot. There is all this pressure to output content, but... I'd rather be reading, or writing something "for real" rather than for platform engagement. I'm not really cut for social media, I'm afraid! 😅

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F. T. Berner @ftberner.bsky.social · Aug 12

"The chatbot gives the impression of an intelligence that is specifically engaging with you and your work, but that impression is nothing more than a statistical trick."

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Aug 12

Modern AI tools emulate the classic con-man tricks of mentalism, tricking people into believing that they’re far more clever - and sapient - than they actually are.

Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :

softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...