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absurdist - anarchist - author - father - husband - autistic - punk - zines Fiction in Broken Pencil, Corvus Review, Twenty-Two Twenty-Eight, Unwinnable Monthly. (MEP) 🏠 https://mepabsurdist.com Main Social: https://autistics.life/@Mepurfield

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MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · Dec 21

#introduction #zines #absurdist #actuallyautistic

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MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · 3d

FYE

I updated my free zines page this morning.

To note, 2 new non fiction zines and larger stories in the new EBOOK section.

Thanks for reading!

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Free PDF Mini-Zines and Ebooks: Fiction and Non-Fiction Downloads

Here are my foldable mini-zines and ebooks. Feel free to download the PDF files and print them. NOTE ON ZINES: For best results, set printer settings for LANDSCAPE and ACTUAL SIZE. ANOTHER NOTE: Ne…

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MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · 10d

All my noir fantasy, sci-fi, and crime novels, short story collections, and bundles are on sale in my store this week until October 12th!

Use this code U4FNSO5 at check-out and receive 30% off your purchase.

Check it out here: mepurfield.gumroad.com

#Bookstodon #books #scifi #darkfantasy

Subscribe to M.E. Purfield - Author of Dark Fantasy, Crime, and Science Fiction on Gumroad

Welcome to the store of author M.E. Purfield. All e-books are DRM-FREE and for any type of e-reader. Don't forget to subscribe to keep up with new releases and discounts!

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Autism @autismtalk.bsky.social · 12d

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The Autistic Innovator @ashley.autisticinnovator.com · 13d

Today is the 5 year anniversary of The Autistic Innovator. The autism blog named The Autistic Innovator launched October 2, 2020. It became a store 10 months later. Half a decade of my life dedicated to supporting our autistic community. The Autistic Innovator is my ❤️ & soul.

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Rhys Hughes @rhysaurus.bsky.social · 15d

One of my more obscure story collections, THE SEASHELL CONTRACT, is a free ebook from any Amazon platform just for today :-) #booksky

www.amazon.com/dp/B01N14PJYE

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MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · 17d

Influences - Patricia Highsmith

Crime author Patricia Highsmith influences my writing greatly but today I'm going to focus on her Tom Ripley series of books. I recently reread all five of them and deduced that Highsmith may have been autistic.

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MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · 17d

How do #actuallyautistic artists deal with being invisible in reference to their art?

You have no friends or family as a psychological or spiritual support?

How do you keep from disappearing completely and pack it in?

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Kristin Hersh @kristinhersh.bsky.social · 20d

my engineer, Rizzo, looking at live shots: “Kris, geez…maybe try using your INDOOR VOICE”

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 21d

29 years ago today
Everything Sucks is the fifth studio album by American punk rock band the Descendents, released on this day in 1996, featuring the singles I'm the One" and "When I Get Old"

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #descendents #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @autisticbooks.bsky.social · 21d

Jessica Kingsley Publishers is kindly offering a 20% discount across all books on their UK and US websites.

If you're looking to learn more about autism, this is a great time!

Discount Code: AUTAUT20

UK: uk.jkp.com

US: us.jkp.com

#Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #BookSky

20% OFF.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Code: AUTAUT20
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Behind the text are the following book covers arranged in a grid:

- The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook by Maeve Kavanagh, Anna Day, Davida Hartman, Tara O'Donnell-Killen, and Jessica K Doyle.
- Spectrums edited by Maxfield Sparrow.
- Stories of Autistic Joy edited by Laura Kate Dale.
- Young, Autistic and ADHD by Sarah Boon.
- Autistic and Black by Kala Allen Omeiza.
- Can’t Not Won’t by Eliza Fricker.
- The Autism-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and the Fourth Trimester by Amiee Grant.
- Nobody Nowhere by Donna Williams.
- Notes for Neuro Navigators by Jolene Stockman.
- My Body’s Power Pack by Sandhya Menon.
- The Autistic Guide to Communicating and Connecting by Niamh Garvey.
- Lost & Now Found by Kate Laine-Toner and Suzi Payton.
- Autism and Masking by Felicity Sedgewick, Laura Hull, and Helen Ellis.
- So, I’m Autistic by Sarah O’Brien.
- The Young Person’s Guide to Autistic Burnout by Viv Dawes. Illustrated by Josh Dawes.
- Queerly Autistic by Erin Ekins.
- Could I Really Be Autistic? by Sarah Hendrickx and Jess Hendrickx.
- Welcome to AuDHD by Megan Griffith.
- The Secret Life of Rose by Jodie and Rose.
- What I Want to Talk About by Pete Wharmby.

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MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · 22d

Oddly, the stupidest thing trump said out of all the stupidest things yesterday, to me anyway, was how women should tough out their pains or fever while pregnant. Walk it off. If you can’t, take a low dose.

Walk it off and be a man.

MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · 22d

The Empire’s cause for autism disappointed me. Totally unoriginal and derivative.

Rating it No Stars.

MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · 24d

Maybe it's my ego, but I feel, as an autistic or my practicing Buddhism, I am able to see things many can't.

Justynn Tyme @justynntyme.bsky.social · 24d

The Danger of Seeing What Others Don't | Alan Watts

YouTube video by Alan Watts Teaches

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Justynn Tyme @justynntyme.bsky.social · 24d

A new #Asemic piece that just popped out while working on material for this months #newsletter. I try to vary many #patterns so I don’t duplicate and i think I’ve achieved that. Maybe…

#Art #Dada #cartoon #drawing #Illustration #weirdart #absurd
#2dart #experimentalcomix #InkArt

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MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · 24d

Influences - Isaac Asimov

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Influences - Isaac Asimov | Mike Purfield

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MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · 25d

lol no apology needed.

MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · 25d

Here's the link to that one-minute play Pogo-A-Go-Go that was accepted over the summer.

Enjoy!

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MINI PLAY September 25 issue.pdf

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MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · 25d

Kharma is a character. Pulp sci-fi detective. All started here mepurfield.gumroad.com/l/cJTmF

Blunt Force Kharma (Section 1) - Ebook

In a colonized world ripe for corporate development, Kelly Kharma is a private investigator struggling to make ends meet. Her former police training and disregard for rules sets her apart from the pac...

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MEP @mepabsurdist.bsky.social · 25d

Tales From The WIP 09202025

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Rudy Rucker @rudytheelder.bsky.social · 27d

The SQINKS campaign is almost over. Back me at the Ebook level + the Ten More Ebooks add-on for $21 in all. And get TWELVE Rudy Rucker ebooks! A year's worth of enlightenment! Pop surrealism on the installment plan! The end is nigh.
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Turner Classic Movies @tcmtv.bsky.social · Sep 15

Although much of DR. STRANGELOVE ('63) was tightly scripted, Stanley Kubrick gave Peter Sellers free rein to improvise his roles. Many of the lines delivered by his three characters were Sellers' own creation.

See it tonight at 8pm ET as we salute our Star of the Month.

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The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @autisticbooks.bsky.social · Sep 15

FYI, this account is not me.
Based on their previews, I also highly suspect the autism books they’re promoting are AI - often nonsensical, repetitive, references appear to use real names but with made-up content, e.g. Hull, Mandy, & Petrides discussing quiche…