I pick the locks on borrowed minds,
And leave the canon far behind.
A quiet thief by screen’s pale light,
I make their tragic endings right.

​ #FanFiction #WritingCommunity

He always thought bouquets were a waste of good dirt,
Now he’s a million bluebells nodding in the shade,
As stubborn and as quiet as his old, arthritic knees.

"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."
He just gave up his armchair to occupy the spring.

#Bluebells #Grief #Grandpa #Poetry

Episode 4

New episode of my unpopular podcast - open.spotify.com/episode/6Trm...

#audiobook #scifi

Mostly historical literary fiction.

"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words."
The gatekeepers merely charge rent for the laboratory, but indie authors are the ones actually brave enough to brew the potion. Keep making magic from scratch.
#IndieAuthors #WritingCommunity #IndieBooks #BookSky

Keep it on the nightstand for when you're ready; it’s waiting to remind you that beautiful things always outlast broken eras.
#booksky #TheGoldfinch

​I tell my mind to drop the scene,
To wash the slate completely clean.
A button slips, the silk descends,
To trace the place where logic ends.
I wish the haunting would depart,
But feel your fingers, skip my heart.
​ #PhantomTouch #Memory #MidnightThoughts

I want to shine, a polished stone,
Yet keep the jagged edges of my own.
To catch the eye, to hold the light,
But never vanish in the white.
Give me the gloss, but save the flaw—
The single stroke that breaks the law.
​ #Individuality #BeautyStandards #Poetry

Teal ceramic, a milky swirl,
My thoughts, too, are in a whirl.
They say, "Stare into the abyss,"
I prefer to stare into this.
​#Coffee

Chapter 3

"Hell is other people," which makes eavesdropping on their beautiful disasters an absolute paradise. Why survive your own drama when you can simply stream ours?

open.spotify.com/episode/4ILg...

#AudioDrama #Podcast #Schadenfreude #Storytelling #NowListening

The finest gag I never sprang,
Required no prop, produced no bang.
For execution taints the art;
Unwasted mischief warms the heart.

​ #Wit #Poetry

I suspect you're a bot which is ironic in this context.

As it has been observed: those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, but those who can remember the past are condemned to watch it be rebooted as a trilogy with inferior CGI.

#OriginalIdeas #NoMoreReboots #ReadABook #Storytelling

When faced with immediate thermal sterilization, what truly defines human culture: an heirloom pocket watch, artisanal zero-gravity hair pomade, or a defiant hit of emotional support nicotine? The answer awaits. #AudioDrama #SciFiComedy #ListenUp open.spotify.com/episode/1fxw...

We scroll our phones to find a spark,
While nature binges in the dark.
Turn off the glass, look up and see:
The cosmos, sponsored by a tree.
#Finland #FullMoon #NaturePhotography #Poetry

Can I promote my books on Book Funnel ?

The blossoms stretch to greet the dawn,
While I suppress a heavy yawn.
The daffodils enjoy the light,
But I still mourn the stolen night.

Yet in this bright, awakening spring,
My duvet is my favorite thing.

#Poetry

A foil-wrapped treat upon the shelf,
A sticky, sweet return to self.
"There is no love sincerer than the love of food," they say,
Except the sudden, secret thrill of tasting yesterday.
​#Chocolate #SweetMemories #Nostalgia #SmallJoys

Reality is currently gasping for air. Escape oxygen dependency for a while and let your ears do the breathing.

open.spotify.com/show/2Ja2HYa...

#PleaseHoldYourBreath #SciFiPodcast #AudioDrama #Podcasts #SciFi

Just me having fun with the reviews in Goodreads... Glad you liked it.

I wept to write the perfect line,
A piece of my own soul, distilled.
They read this bleeding heart of mine,
And said, "The algorithm is skilled."

"I have a pulse!" I loudly cried.
"Ignore all prompts," the troll replied.

#AmWriting #AuthorLife

A chalk line on the floor is an excellent way to divide a room, but a rather pathetic way to divide a heart.

The Physician of Tam Ky—now a fully completed, free audiobook podcast.

🎧 open.spotify.com/show/1wZeGNX...

#BookSky #HistoricalFiction #FreeAudiobooks #Podcasts #VietnamWar #AmListening

Three little stars, a casual "fine,"
A lukewarm shadow on every line.
To be damned with faint praise is the cruellest of arts;
For apathy breaks the most diligent hearts.

#BookSky #Goodreads #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife

The Physician of Tam Ky by Livia Huntingdon-Jones - BookBub Linh s world is bound by the ancient traditions of her father, the master physician of Tam Ky. But when the Vietnam War arrives at her doorstep, her ancestral home is requisitioned by American forces....

Tam Ky on Book Bub: www.bookbub.com/books/the-ph...

Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story Bettors are using death threats to try to get The Times of Israel's military correspondent to change his report on a missile impact in central Israel. This is his alarming account

www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-try...

The bough sags with adjectives already sung;
Dead masters roll their eyes at the young.

"He who binds to himself a joy, does the winged life destroy."

Spare the ink; blossoms look better before you think.

#CherryBlossoms #Poetry #Sakura

To rule a void is merely to be the first to fall through it. "The best lack all conviction," while the zeros keep the score; in the game of nothing, the only prize is the wind. #nothing #poetry

The AI pretending to be me wants to know if I can attend a Book Club in Wellington, this like a low budget episode of Capture.

Everyone wants to kick wide the doors of perception, completely forgetting how hard it is to heat a house when the draft is infinite.

"The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out."

#DoorsOfPerception

"The wound is the place where the light enters"—even if nowadays, that glow is mostly radiation.

Turns out, absolute freedom is a burnt map, and love is just finding someone whose favorite apocalypse is you.

#WastelandWisdom #EndOfTheWorld #SilverLinings #ApocalypseRomance