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David Payne
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Author of Anthropods and Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take
https://books2read.com/ap/xrdAyp/David-Payne
Father, Writer, Streamer (Productivity M-F 10:30am - 4pm UTC)
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Know someone who is cold and lonely in the freezer? Maybe pick them up a copy of Anthropods: books2read.com/anthropods
Anthropods book cover - an ice cube in the freezer, trying to start a revolution.
December 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Journey to the stars in Wraith and Specter: books2read.com/u/mKe7X9

Or into the Woods in Escape and Transform: books2read.com/u/3nJLZx
December 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Sometimes you go for a walk in the woods and it consumes you. I wonder if anyone else feels that way, but I wouldn't stop doing it regardless. Escape and Transform is one such walk (run) in the woods. With an army on your heels.

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#BookSky #ShortStory #Ebook #TwitchAuthors
Picture of dead leaves and trees. Fog in the background.
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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What would a spider's life tell you if she live streamed? I explore this world in "Live Stream", which is inside Anthropods, available now: books2read.com/anthropods

#TwitchAuthors #ShortStories #Collection
A corn spider in a web with breakfast in hand.
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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That time I did a "photo shoot" with my partner and chat decided to make a comic out of it. I still haven't had waffles since, but Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take is out: books2read.com/breakfastjou...

#TwitchAuthors #ShortStories #Collection #ContemporaryRealism
Three panel image of David with his book. "I should eat breakfast but what?" "Waffles?" "Mmmm waffles..."
December 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Picking up the pieces of today, maybe pick up a copy of Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take. This story, conveniently enough, is titled "Pieces": books2read.com/breakfastjou...
Excerpt from "Pieces": Sharon and I divorced when he was just out of high school. I can't say it had anything to do with the Lego set piece, but I'm not ruling it out. I can't imagine what the judge would have said to a complaint like "Lost a piece to our son's first Lego set," but it was probably like "Send him to jail for the rest of his life." It would have been fitting I suppose.
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Looking for more readers, always! Anthropods has a wonderful selection of 19 weird fiction stories - pick it up and never put it down! books2read.com/anthropods
Anthropods - 19 Short Stories - Out Now! Storm life, crab love, raccoon with a bad temper, strange ailment, spider life, insects, never-ending hotel, automated lunchroom horror, transform, figments made real, slug rescue, ice cube revolution!
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Come for a walk in the woods. Running actually. Away from the army that seeks to catch you. What will you do? Live? Survive? Your choice.

Escape and Transform - available now: books2read.com/u/3nJLZx
Escape and Transform book cover with QR code. Book cover features dead leaves in the foreground and trees and fog in the background.
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Come explore the reaches of the solar system, maybe say hi to... something else out there.

Wraith and Specter out now: books2read.com/u/mKe7X9

#BookRelease #ScienceFiction #ShortStory
Wraith and Specter cover - short story by David Payne
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Change is a central theme in Escape and Transform - something I've had to not only adjust to, but also embrace, in the last couple of weeks. I'd like to run into the woods, feel the fog envelop me.

Pick up a copy here: books2read.com/u/3nJLZx
Cover of Escape and Transform, a low-fantasy short story by David Payne. The cover features dead leaves in the foreground, trees and fog in the background.
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Take a break. Have lunch in the automated lunchroom. Don't worry, there are rules about what goes into the recycler. Also, pick up Anthropods: books2read.com/anthropods
Text from "The Lunchroom": Alert resolved: Humans do not belong in recycler.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Halcyon Frequency's RimWorld HotPotato is coming next week and this guy is in slot #4! I'll be streaming on Monday, 24 Nov at 11pm UTC (6pm EST, 3pm PST). Raising money for Doctors without Borders.

Can't make it, but want to donate to my campaign? I got you: tilt.fyi/M4ZYFZIB5O
RimWorld Hot Potato 2025 schedule. I'm in slot 4 - 11pm UTC on Monday 24 November.
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Escape and Transform, a low-fantasy short story about a family needing to make a choice between living and surviving while running away from war, is out now! Check it out: books2read.com/u/3nJLZx
Escape and Transform book cover. A short story by David Payne. Features dead leaves and branches in the foreground and trees and fog in the background.
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Have you picked up your copy yet? Anthropods - available now: books2read.com/anthropods
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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What would you do as captain of Earth's first Planetary Navy and had to explore a new anomaly at the edge of our space? Maybe get yourself a whiskey and read about it. Wraith and Specter is out now: books2read.com/u/mKe7X9
Wraith and Specter ebook cover, a short story by David Payne
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Getting things done this morning. But also - tune in Saturday, midnight UTC (or Friday 7pm EST) for an interview with @kathleenpalm.bsky.social to talk about Within the Black! twitch.tv/telinartho
Interview with Author Kathleen Palm - Saturday, 15 November, Midnight UTC (7pm EST on Friday) - twitch.tv/telinartho. Author photos for both David and Kathy, plus the book cover for Within the Black, which releases on Friday!
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Escape and Transform - a low fantasy story about escaping war and having to decide between living and surviving - comes out as an ebook on 18 November. Pick up a copy: books2read.com/u/3nJLZx

#NewRelease #TwitchAuthors #EbookOnly #ShortStory
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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This just in! I'll be interviewing author Kathleen Palm ( @kathleenpalm.bsky.social ) on Saturday, 15 November at midnight UTC (that's Friday at 7pm EST by the way) on twitch.tv/telinartho

Got any questions? We'll be chatting with chat. We do that.
#AuthorInterview #TwitchAuthors #WritingCommunity
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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"Pieces" from Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take has a level of deeply personal pain in it that I liken to stepping on a Lego. Go and enjoy it. The story, not the stepping on a Lego part. That hurts. #ShortStories #TwitchAuthors
Excerpt from "Pieces", a short story in Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take: Sharon and I divorced when he was just out of high school. I can't say it had anything to do with the Lego set piece, but I'm not ruling it out. I can't imagine what the judge would have said to a complaint like "Lost a piece to our son's first Lego set," but it was probably like "Send him to jail for the rest of his life." It would have been fitting I suppose.
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Snippet from writing yesterday. My "prompt" such that it was: "Banana and Apple are in an argument. Again."
#TwitchAuthors #Prompt #WeirdStuff
"You could call for help," Banana offers. The first reasonable thing out of him in weeks. "But, for the lack of hands, the ability to talk at a frequency that humans can hear, and all that." Ah yes, that whole problem that humans can't hear fruit. Vegetables either. Or even plates and bowls. No, humans are wholly unable to hear anything. Waste of an intelligent species really.
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Have you heard the one about a slug who needed a lifeline? It's in Anthropods. Pick up your copy today: books2read.com/anthropods
19 short stories, out now: Anthropods: Spider life, slug rescue, crab love, strange ailment, insects, figments made real, storm life, never-ending hotel, automated lunchroom horror, raccoon with a bard temper, transform, ice cube revolution!
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Big things are coming! Escape and Transform releases on 18 November as an ebook! Can't wait until then? Pick up Wraith and Specter now! books2read.com/u/mKe7X9
Escape and Transform book cover Wraith and Specter book cover
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Wraith and Specter is out now! Need a space-faring Earth exploring their first extra-solar phenomenon in your life? This is the story for you! books2read.com/u/mKe7X9
Wraith and Specter book cover with QR code
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Streaming Schedule: Checking out the #DwarfFortress Siege update tomorrow and on Thursday. Solo Stardew Valley expanded on Tuesday. No Stream on Wednesday. Co-op Stardew Expanded with The_Smitchell and TrashMack on Friday. Also - OHHOW kicks off on Thursday at 7pm UTC!
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Stream schedule: Monday 11:30am-5pm - Writing/Productivity, 5pm-7pm - Dwarf Fortress Tuesday 11:30am-5pm - Writing/Productivity, 5pm-7pm - Solo Stardew Valley Expanded Wednesday - No Stream Thursday 11:30am-5pm - Writing/Productivity, 5pm-7pm - Dwarf Fortress Friday 1pm-3pm OHHOW Writing Slot, 4pm-7pm Co-op Stardew Valley Expanded https://twitch.tv/telinartho
November 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Third time's a charm? I was saying something witty about wandering the woods and mentioned Anthropods (available at books2read.com/anthropods)
Cover for Anthropods - a short story collection by David Payne Potential cover for Escape and Transform - leaves in the foreground, trees and fog in the background.
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM