Simon Brading author 🪐📚
@simonbrading.bsky.social
#Steampunk / #scifi #🪐📚 author and occasional actor, born in England, raised in London, living in Barcelona, avoiding the 9 to 5.
http://linktr.ee/simonbrading
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There's a #demonstration going on outside my house in #Barcelona. I estimate a couple of hundred people in it.
The road is blocked by police cars, they're being followed by 7 vans with riot squads in them, another car, a helicopter and I've seen a drone. There's as many police as demonstrators!
The road is blocked by police cars, they're being followed by 7 vans with riot squads in them, another car, a helicopter and I've seen a drone. There's as many police as demonstrators!
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
There's a #demonstration going on outside my house in #Barcelona. I estimate a couple of hundred people in it.
The road is blocked by police cars, they're being followed by 7 vans with riot squads in them, another car, a helicopter and I've seen a drone. There's as many police as demonstrators!
The road is blocked by police cars, they're being followed by 7 vans with riot squads in them, another car, a helicopter and I've seen a drone. There's as many police as demonstrators!
It's been a while since I've been this high up the rankings.
Thank you to everyone who has ever grabbed my books, I promise I'll have more out soon! 😜
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#steampunk
Thank you to everyone who has ever grabbed my books, I promise I'll have more out soon! 😜
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#Booksky📚💙
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#steampunk
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It's been a while since I've been this high up the rankings.
Thank you to everyone who has ever grabbed my books, I promise I'll have more out soon! 😜
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#Booksky📚💙
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#steampunk
Thank you to everyone who has ever grabbed my books, I promise I'll have more out soon! 😜
#📚💙
#Booksky📚💙
#🪐📚
#steampunk
We are the protectors of time, of history itself.
The past isn’t nearly as set in stone as you might think; it can change and it can be changed, it’s just hard to do, and we have to be very careful how we do it.
The COMPLETED 5-PART "Displacers" #urbanfantasy #timetravel series.
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The past isn’t nearly as set in stone as you might think; it can change and it can be changed, it’s just hard to do, and we have to be very careful how we do it.
The COMPLETED 5-PART "Displacers" #urbanfantasy #timetravel series.
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#Booksky📚💙
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November 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We are the protectors of time, of history itself.
The past isn’t nearly as set in stone as you might think; it can change and it can be changed, it’s just hard to do, and we have to be very careful how we do it.
The COMPLETED 5-PART "Displacers" #urbanfantasy #timetravel series.
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#Booksky📚💙
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The past isn’t nearly as set in stone as you might think; it can change and it can be changed, it’s just hard to do, and we have to be very careful how we do it.
The COMPLETED 5-PART "Displacers" #urbanfantasy #timetravel series.
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#Booksky📚💙
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The new covers of the "Displacers" #urbanfantasy #timetravel series become progressively darker, reflecting not only the nature of the world but also the main character's changing frame of mind through the books, from innocence to something else entirely...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The new covers of the "Displacers" #urbanfantasy #timetravel series become progressively darker, reflecting not only the nature of the world but also the main character's changing frame of mind through the books, from innocence to something else entirely...
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#Booksky📚💙
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🎵This is dinnertime, this is dinnertime🎵
🎵Arteries scream at your midday meal...🎵
Happy Halloween everyone!
#halloween #humor #funny #humour
🎵Arteries scream at your midday meal...🎵
Happy Halloween everyone!
#halloween #humor #funny #humour
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🎵This is dinnertime, this is dinnertime🎵
🎵Arteries scream at your midday meal...🎵
Happy Halloween everyone!
#halloween #humor #funny #humour
🎵Arteries scream at your midday meal...🎵
Happy Halloween everyone!
#halloween #humor #funny #humour
FINALLY got some covers worthy of my COMPLETED 5-part Urban Fantasy Time Travel series. What do you think?
Sam Vives is a "Displacer", someone with the ability to travel through time and whose job it is to make sure history turns out how it should.
mybook.to/qlf3hjy
#timetravel
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Sam Vives is a "Displacer", someone with the ability to travel through time and whose job it is to make sure history turns out how it should.
mybook.to/qlf3hjy
#timetravel
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#Booksky📚💙
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October 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
FINALLY got some covers worthy of my COMPLETED 5-part Urban Fantasy Time Travel series. What do you think?
Sam Vives is a "Displacer", someone with the ability to travel through time and whose job it is to make sure history turns out how it should.
mybook.to/qlf3hjy
#timetravel
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#Booksky📚💙
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Sam Vives is a "Displacer", someone with the ability to travel through time and whose job it is to make sure history turns out how it should.
mybook.to/qlf3hjy
#timetravel
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#Booksky📚💙
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The Battle Over Britain by Simon Brading - action and adventure set in a steampunk WW2 following the exploits of a squadron of elite, but unconventional, British pilots, available on KU, Amazon and all major retailers.
October 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The Battle Over Britain by Simon Brading - action and adventure set in a steampunk WW2 following the exploits of a squadron of elite, but unconventional, British pilots, available on KU, Amazon and all major retailers.
My old school asked me for a photo with my books
for their newsletter. I didn't have one, so I had to take one.
Considering my "day job" is as an actor you'd think I'd be good with a camera but after 100+ attempts THIS is the best I came up with...
What do you think? Be honest!
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for their newsletter. I didn't have one, so I had to take one.
Considering my "day job" is as an actor you'd think I'd be good with a camera but after 100+ attempts THIS is the best I came up with...
What do you think? Be honest!
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#Booksky📚💙
September 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My old school asked me for a photo with my books
for their newsletter. I didn't have one, so I had to take one.
Considering my "day job" is as an actor you'd think I'd be good with a camera but after 100+ attempts THIS is the best I came up with...
What do you think? Be honest!
#📚💙
#Booksky📚💙
for their newsletter. I didn't have one, so I had to take one.
Considering my "day job" is as an actor you'd think I'd be good with a camera but after 100+ attempts THIS is the best I came up with...
What do you think? Be honest!
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#Booksky📚💙
Wow! A few days ago it was Suzanne Collins and now George RR Martin wants to have a chat as well!
I've really hit the big time!
Expect to see my books in the best seller charts soon!
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#spam
I've really hit the big time!
Expect to see my books in the best seller charts soon!
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#Booksky📚💙
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#spam
September 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Wow! A few days ago it was Suzanne Collins and now George RR Martin wants to have a chat as well!
I've really hit the big time!
Expect to see my books in the best seller charts soon!
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#Booksky📚💙
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#spam
I've really hit the big time!
Expect to see my books in the best seller charts soon!
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#Booksky📚💙
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#spam
The Second Great War is going poorly for Britain and the only thing standing between the all-conquering Prussian army and victory is a thin strip of blue water and the gallant men and women of the Royal Aviator Corps.
mybook.to/BattleOverBr...
#steampunk
#avgeek
#aviation
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mybook.to/BattleOverBr...
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September 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Second Great War is going poorly for Britain and the only thing standing between the all-conquering Prussian army and victory is a thin strip of blue water and the gallant men and women of the Royal Aviator Corps.
mybook.to/BattleOverBr...
#steampunk
#avgeek
#aviation
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#Booksky📚💙
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mybook.to/BattleOverBr...
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An email! From Suzanne Collins! Wanting to connect with me personally! I've been noticed! Finally!
Who cares if the email address is gmail and the surname is spelt wrong, it can't possibly be spam!
Let's click those links!
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#Booksky📚💙
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Who cares if the email address is gmail and the surname is spelt wrong, it can't possibly be spam!
Let's click those links!
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#Booksky📚💙
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September 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
An email! From Suzanne Collins! Wanting to connect with me personally! I've been noticed! Finally!
Who cares if the email address is gmail and the surname is spelt wrong, it can't possibly be spam!
Let's click those links!
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#Booksky📚💙
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Who cares if the email address is gmail and the surname is spelt wrong, it can't possibly be spam!
Let's click those links!
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#Booksky📚💙
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The Misfit Squadron bundle has a new cover to match the series and of course it had to have the badge of Misfit Squadron itself!
Same great stories and same low price, though!
Just 9.99 for 5 books. 1500 pages of military aviation adventure set in an alt WW2
mybook.to/Misfits1-5
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Same great stories and same low price, though!
Just 9.99 for 5 books. 1500 pages of military aviation adventure set in an alt WW2
mybook.to/Misfits1-5
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#Booksky📚💙
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September 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Misfit Squadron bundle has a new cover to match the series and of course it had to have the badge of Misfit Squadron itself!
Same great stories and same low price, though!
Just 9.99 for 5 books. 1500 pages of military aviation adventure set in an alt WW2
mybook.to/Misfits1-5
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#Booksky📚💙
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Same great stories and same low price, though!
Just 9.99 for 5 books. 1500 pages of military aviation adventure set in an alt WW2
mybook.to/Misfits1-5
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#Booksky📚💙
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The Battle Over Britain, action and adventure in an alt WW2. 99p in the UK during August!
What better excuse to pick up and try the 1st book in the Misfit Squadron series!
The book has a 4.4* average on Amazon from 150 reviews. The rest of the series is even higher rated!
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#sale
What better excuse to pick up and try the 1st book in the Misfit Squadron series!
The book has a 4.4* average on Amazon from 150 reviews. The rest of the series is even higher rated!
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#Booksky📚💙
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#sale
August 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Battle Over Britain, action and adventure in an alt WW2. 99p in the UK during August!
What better excuse to pick up and try the 1st book in the Misfit Squadron series!
The book has a 4.4* average on Amazon from 150 reviews. The rest of the series is even higher rated!
#📚💙
#Booksky📚💙
#🪐📚
#sale
What better excuse to pick up and try the 1st book in the Misfit Squadron series!
The book has a 4.4* average on Amazon from 150 reviews. The rest of the series is even higher rated!
#📚💙
#Booksky📚💙
#🪐📚
#sale
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Even for a writer there are (very, very occasionally) more important things to do than work on the next project, even if it never quite stops being in the back of your mind. One of them is being present with family.
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#vielha
Even for a writer there are (very, very occasionally) more important things to do than work on the next project, even if it never quite stops being in the back of your mind. One of them is being present with family.
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#Booksky📚💙
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#catalunya
#vielha
August 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Even for a writer there are (very, very occasionally) more important things to do than work on the next project, even if it never quite stops being in the back of your mind. One of them is being present with family.
#📚💙
#Booksky📚💙
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#catalunya
#vielha
Even for a writer there are (very, very occasionally) more important things to do than work on the next project, even if it never quite stops being in the back of your mind. One of them is being present with family.
#📚💙
#Booksky📚💙
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#catalunya
#vielha
The Battle Over Britain is not just a war story.
Join up & read the stories of Gwen, Kitty, Abby & the other Misfits as they face the might of the Prussian Empire in this highly acclaimed action / adventure steampunk series set in an alternate WW2.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CVDYBMJ
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#Booksky📚💙
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Join up & read the stories of Gwen, Kitty, Abby & the other Misfits as they face the might of the Prussian Empire in this highly acclaimed action / adventure steampunk series set in an alternate WW2.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CVDYBMJ
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#Booksky📚💙
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August 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Battle Over Britain is not just a war story.
Join up & read the stories of Gwen, Kitty, Abby & the other Misfits as they face the might of the Prussian Empire in this highly acclaimed action / adventure steampunk series set in an alternate WW2.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CVDYBMJ
#📚💙
#Booksky📚💙
#🪐📚
Join up & read the stories of Gwen, Kitty, Abby & the other Misfits as they face the might of the Prussian Empire in this highly acclaimed action / adventure steampunk series set in an alternate WW2.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CVDYBMJ
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#Booksky📚💙
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Well, it's not quite the sunset I'm used to seeing from my flat in Barcelona, but it has its own charm and it'll do!
August 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Well, it's not quite the sunset I'm used to seeing from my flat in Barcelona, but it has its own charm and it'll do!
Sitting opposite this in an Irish Pub in Blanes, Catalunya, coincidentally wearing a Misfit Squadron t-shirt, eating a delicious steak pie with a pint. The evening has been made even more perfect by hearing Palace won the charity shield this afternoon!
#aviation #avgeek #guiness #cpfc #steampunk
#aviation #avgeek #guiness #cpfc #steampunk
August 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Sitting opposite this in an Irish Pub in Blanes, Catalunya, coincidentally wearing a Misfit Squadron t-shirt, eating a delicious steak pie with a pint. The evening has been made even more perfect by hearing Palace won the charity shield this afternoon!
#aviation #avgeek #guiness #cpfc #steampunk
#aviation #avgeek #guiness #cpfc #steampunk
Amazon have chosen "The Battle Over Britain" for one of their Monthly Deals. For the entirety of August the ebook will be only 99p in the UK!
What better excuse to pick up and try the first book in the Misfit Squadron series?
Please pass the word!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CVDYBMJ
#📚💙
#Booksky📚💙
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What better excuse to pick up and try the first book in the Misfit Squadron series?
Please pass the word!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CVDYBMJ
#📚💙
#Booksky📚💙
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August 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Amazon have chosen "The Battle Over Britain" for one of their Monthly Deals. For the entirety of August the ebook will be only 99p in the UK!
What better excuse to pick up and try the first book in the Misfit Squadron series?
Please pass the word!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CVDYBMJ
#📚💙
#Booksky📚💙
#🪐📚
What better excuse to pick up and try the first book in the Misfit Squadron series?
Please pass the word!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CVDYBMJ
#📚💙
#Booksky📚💙
#🪐📚
Back to moonlighting again - here are some stills from my latest endeavour with Sitges standing in for Cadiz.
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July 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Back to moonlighting again - here are some stills from my latest endeavour with Sitges standing in for Cadiz.
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#actor
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#actor
The giant X-wing the Rebellion are building in Barcelona is getting bigger every day...
#starwars #starwarsfan #xwing #barcelona #view #silhouette #clouds #light #shadow #rain
#starwars #starwarsfan #xwing #barcelona #view #silhouette #clouds #light #shadow #rain
July 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The giant X-wing the Rebellion are building in Barcelona is getting bigger every day...
#starwars #starwarsfan #xwing #barcelona #view #silhouette #clouds #light #shadow #rain
#starwars #starwarsfan #xwing #barcelona #view #silhouette #clouds #light #shadow #rain
Barcelona being Barcelona for Pride. Sometimes this city is awful to live in, at other times...
This was early evening and the birds photo bombing are the swallows that play in front of my balcony every day and perch on my clothes lines.
#pride
#barcelona
#birds
#rainbow
This was early evening and the birds photo bombing are the swallows that play in front of my balcony every day and perch on my clothes lines.
#pride
#barcelona
#birds
#rainbow
July 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Barcelona being Barcelona for Pride. Sometimes this city is awful to live in, at other times...
This was early evening and the birds photo bombing are the swallows that play in front of my balcony every day and perch on my clothes lines.
#pride
#barcelona
#birds
#rainbow
This was early evening and the birds photo bombing are the swallows that play in front of my balcony every day and perch on my clothes lines.
#pride
#barcelona
#birds
#rainbow
Vastly outnumbered and outgunned, Britain will need a miracle if it is to survive and the people once again look to the Misfits and the Royal Aviator Corps to provide them with one.
Pre-order your ebook now! PPB available 28th July.
US www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDH2Q8KT
UK www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FDH2Q8KT
Pre-order your ebook now! PPB available 28th July.
US www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDH2Q8KT
UK www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FDH2Q8KT
July 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Vastly outnumbered and outgunned, Britain will need a miracle if it is to survive and the people once again look to the Misfits and the Royal Aviator Corps to provide them with one.
Pre-order your ebook now! PPB available 28th July.
US www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDH2Q8KT
UK www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FDH2Q8KT
Pre-order your ebook now! PPB available 28th July.
US www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDH2Q8KT
UK www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FDH2Q8KT
It's July 10th - happy Nikola Tesla Day!
The genius inventor was born on this day in 1856.
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The genius inventor was born on this day in 1856.
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#steampunk
July 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It's July 10th - happy Nikola Tesla Day!
The genius inventor was born on this day in 1856.
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#Booksky📚💙
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#steampunk
The genius inventor was born on this day in 1856.
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#Booksky📚💙
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#steampunk