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Ronnie Smart@ronniesmart.bsky.social |
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Scottish-born Kiwi Writer of Dark Weird Horror, Poetry, and Flash Fiction. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
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Ronnie Smart
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Rawblood, by Catriona Ward (or really anything by her) ; A Head Full of Ghosts, by Paul Tremblay; Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Marcado (not entirely horror though); Frankenstein, Mary Shelley. Better stop now, or I won't. :)
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This is an excellent ad parody made by Adam McKay (don't look up). A good way for touching humans pride youtu.be/K3gibPWnVZQ?...
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Ronnie Smart
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This is really shocking when it is done well. I think Stephen King opened Mr Mercedes like this.
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Ronnie Smart
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A recommendation for lovers of quirky weird fiction or absurd and funny stories: 'The Mad People of Paris' by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón. I read the English translation by Thomas Bunstead in 'The Best Short Stories 2023'. Terrific.
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Ronnie Smart
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Shit, I didn't realise things were this bad.
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Ronnie Smart
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The children are watching that delightful French movie, 'Swimming with Lilith and Friends'
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Ronnie Smart
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I really enjoyed the Batman pisstake in the most recent episode of The Boys.
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Hexagon SF Magazine
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Hexagon submissions are open until July 7th! 🧡 We are specifically on the hunt for: 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🪳 New Weird 🏚️ Haunted or cursed places 🚫 Anti-corporation 👨🚀 Speculative employment 🧛🏻 Vampires on alternative diets
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Jeremy C. Shipp (they/them)
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A signal boost would be a colossal help!
Right now my novel BEDFELLOW is on sale for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long the sale will last.
a.co/d/0i53afDu
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Ronnie Smart
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like tree sap?
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Sascha Stronach, Transgender Menace 🦋(1)
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DAWNHOUNDS 2 IS OUT IN JUST OVER A MONTH TELL YER MATES.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Su...
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Ronnie Smart
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Yes, this is awful. I thought Natalie Cole resurrecting her father to sing with him was bad. I think people may want to add another few clauses to their wills, to help stop this immoral behaviour from happening in future.
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Benjamin Dreyer
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I think that this is revolting, and I think that everyone involved ought to be ashamed of themselves.
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Gabino Iglesias
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Wrote a novel in four months? That’s fucking awesome! Wrote a novel in three years? That’s fucking awesome! Do you. A book takes as long as it takes. Just keep at it.
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takahē magazine
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A reminder of our current contributor payment rates, with a big thanks to everyone who shares their creative mahi with us - we love receiving it!
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Ronnie Smart
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Yes. Don't feed the machine.
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Tim Onion
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This is good.
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Sardonicus
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Map of Arkham by Gahan Wilson
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Charlotte Ariel Finn
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Periodically, I like to reread my favorite Scottish poem: Batman's Aff His Nut by Robert Florence.
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Jeremy C. Shipp (they/them)
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I have no idea how long this will last, but my novel BEDFELLOW is still on sale for $1.99 on Kindle.
If you could help spread the word, that would be amazing.
a.co/d/0i53afDu
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Ronnie Smart
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It's a slippery slope.
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Ronnie Smart
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It's all fun and fames until the permafrost virus apocalypse.
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Ronnie Smart
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Was behind a car this morning whose driver hadn't learnt the unwritten rule of 4-way intersections without right-turning arrows in New Zealand: Sometimes, you have to make a turn even when a light changes to red. It took four traffic light changes for the driver to learn this unwritten road rule.
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Alan Baxter
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If you still use Facebook or other Meta products, here's a great step-by-step guide to opt out of their AI training bullshit. I just went through it and it worked as suggested. Of course, I've yet to see if they honour the request.
deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/11-steps-t...
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Ronnie Smart
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Excellent. Julian Assange is finally free to return home.
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Gareth Hanrahan
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THE SWORD DEFIANT ebook is still available on deep discount from Amazon and other retailers. I suspect this offer ends at the end of the month, so if you want 500+ pages of aged warriors coming back after the end of the quest, time's ticking...
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Ronnie Smart
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Because the sharks and unexploded munitions weren't enough of a threat:
www.news.com.au/sport/olympi...
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Dave Underwood
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'You only have until June 26, 2024 to say no to Meta taking your personal photos and words and using them to train their generative AI. Here are step-by-step directions for opting out.'
Link: deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/11-steps-t...
#Privacy #Meta #Facebook
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Ronnie Smart
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I thought it was okay, but preferred Infernal Affairs, the Hong Kong movie it was based on.
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Sarah E. Bond
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A few open access options beyond just the splendid Perseus.tufts.edu:
1. Loebs: a reminder that all of the Loeb Classical Library 📚 that is within the public domain can be accessed as PDFs through Ryan Baumann’s Loebolus project. ryanfb.xyz/loebolus/
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Ronnie Smart
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Under Paris...well...I've seen it. Good performances and production values, but very silly, and it took itself far too seriously at times, even though it existed in a realm devoid of logic and scientific believability.
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Went there last winter. It's a real work of art. Glad there are still musical performances there.
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Ronnie Smart
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Singing 'Beaching on the Interislander'. It's a New Zealand thing.
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Casey Johnston
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huh; research finds that chatGPT is bullshit. can't argue with scientific facts i guess link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Ronnie Smart
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The good thing about being on your own for two weeks is that nobody minds if you have conversations with invisible creatures.
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Ronnie Smart
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Wow, terrific!
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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was watching tears for fears music videos which brought me to this, which is very good www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc1N...
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Ronnie Smart
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And scared of the colour red.
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Ronnie Smart
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Does 'Sharks Under Paris' get better than the first 20 minutes? Or should I just switch off all knowledge of science and logical reasoning and enjoy just watching sharks eat people?
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Ronnie Smart
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'Look, an enormous shark, in an unnatural group with several other giant sharks!' 'Go and stab it with a spear.' 'Well, ok then!'
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Kevin M. Levin
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(Ann Telnaes/The Washington Post)
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Ronnie Smart
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Just finished The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V. E. Schwab. Wow, what an emotional journey! Loved it.
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Ronnie Smart
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Foodstuffs are becoming so expensive these days that people are considering eating perfectly preserved ancient food and drink discovered by archaeologists.
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Ronnie Smart
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Just watched Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior again, and it was excellent. Such an epic action movie, with terrific costumes and music.
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Ronnie Smart
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Or that the Aristotelian middle way is best, but you still shouldn't break into people's homes and nick stuff.
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Almost identical, really.
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Fiona Apple ❤️ youtube.com/watch?v=3dZ5...
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Ronnie Smart
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Wow! That was intense, and incredible.
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