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Oliver Brackenbury

@obrackenbury.bsky.social

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https://www.patreon.com/soimwritinganovel Author / Screenwriter / NESS Magazine Editor and head of Brackenbury Books. Podcast Host: So I'm Writing a Novel, Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection. (He/Him)

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · Oct 28

Hey new followers! I'm a...
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Lit Podcaster: soimwritinganovel.com
Author: www.oliverbrackenbury.com
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I mainly post dumb jokes and things you'd be smart to check out.

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 12h

Goodnight Bluesky
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Broken Social Scene - Lovers Spit (Feist Version) [HQ]

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 13h

YUP

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 19h

Forgive the cobbled-together feel of this, but eat up!

Nine stories in this TropiWeird combo - including two stories never before seen! As they say in PR: buen provecho!

kyr-1066.itch.io/a-series-of-...

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 14h

Have you ever been so fucking delighted by a username/icon set that it made you follow a total stranger

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 17h

Can confirm that Matt is a delight to work with!

Watercolor book cover for The Barbarian at Dream's End, by Steve Westenra

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 18h

I'm talking about Christmas Adventurers, the gentlemen's club

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 23h

Damn! Outwitted again... by tricky rats!
— The Rat Dunce, 1986-2013

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 1d

Good afternoon, Bluesky
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Black Lips - Get It On Time (Official Video)

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Ree @reeclian.bsky.social · 2d

You can email complaints about the premise and set-up of the questionnaire to ISED: [email protected].

You can even tell them they're not acting in accordance with the Directive on the Management of Communications and Federal Identity, as all the jargon makes it inaccessible to the public.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 6d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Sen ⚢ @dresdencodak.com · 2d

My mother had Pac Man Fever while she was pregnant, which is why every week to stabilize my metabolism I have to eat an entire ghost.

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No Context Achewood @achewoodnc.bsky.social · 2d

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 2d

Yup, from Titan IIRC.

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Trevor Fraley @illustrevor.bsky.social · 5d

Celebrating 41 Years of Thomas and Friends! When I was a child I was fascinated by Thomas the Tank Engine which started a years long interest in trains and anthropomorphic characters. The lessons and stories that I absorbed will stay with me forever.

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 3d

Broadly speaking I want to be Taken Elsewhere, to spend time inhabiting someone(s) Not Us.

Superheroes are Here+, and I find Fantasy stories grounded in superhero style storytelling are Here+ in cosplay, starring Us in cosplay. Thus, not my personal taste.

Dorian Henderson @maggievalley.bsky.social · 3d

What is the something else that you want?

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 3d

Oh dear...

Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 3d

For certain readers and authors "Fantasy" seems to mean "Superheroes, re-skinned"; that's fine, but it's really not for me.

Though I enjoy Sword & Sorcery as a cloak over other genres, if I'm in the mood for superheroes then that's just what I'll read or watch. I want something else from Fantasy.

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Lilly ⭐️ @mothcub.bsky.social · 4d

The debate.

A small dog tells a woman, "Experiencing the world is beautiful and vivid for me. I smell shit piss and vomit and I love it. You are controlled by ceaseless disgust. You're stunted. Haha."

The woman replies, "Yes. But I can read novels."

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 3d

Oh shit, that's me! I should probably get off Bluesky and read those...

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 3d

Our editor has a hearty stack of shortlisted submissions to read through today!

A stack of printed out short stories bound with brass brads. Someone's personal info has been digitally painted out with a white brush.

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know there's a Clark Ashton Smith conference happening in January? Learn more about the event, and the group behind it, here: www.thesmithcircle.net

A photo of Clark Ashton Smith sitting in an armchair. The text along the top reads: CLARK ASHTON SMITH CONVFERENCE. A celebration of local weird fiction author, artist, and sculptor. Sat Jan 10th 2026. Auburn Carnegie Library. 175 Almond Street Auburn California

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 4d

Having one of those days.

The "Somehow, Palpatine has return..." meme but the caption has been altered to read "Somehow, things cost money".

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 6d

Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 4d

Having one of those days.

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 5d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 5d

A decent amount of time has passed between some of these Voe story outlines and my writing the prose for them...

Still love the story and its ideas, though, which is a good sign.

Check out my podcast about writing an ambitious Sword & Sorcery novel here:
soimwritinganovel.com

Close up showing a notebook page (extensively written on) dated Nov 21st, 2021 partially over top a loose page with a date stamp that reads Oct 10th, 2025.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 10d

i believe there are about a hundred and fifty million people like me who would pay $17 to watch benicio del toro as sergio st. carlos plan and execute a tight sunday costco run before he has to man the barbecue after his niece's afternoon soccer game (run time: 2 hours 20 minutes)

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