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Brian Staveley

@brianstaveley.bsky.social
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Author of The Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne and other novels. Father, trail runner, late-night cereal eater. Good at cooking risotto, bad at keeping the house clean.

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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The secret to a productive afternoon
A Manhattan and a cappuccino
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The snow is thin, but the sunsets are solid.
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I knew this diner had its shit together the moment I saw the jam bowl.
Jam bowl filled with only strawberry jams
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Always carry the strap, Brian. It’s winter. Just always bring the strap.
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I need a system.
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
If the forecast is lying I will be *quite* displeased.
Waxing skis. All three are waxing skis.
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
My kingdom for anyone who can diagnose what’s wrong with my boiler. It only does this very intermittently and smells acrid, like something bad smoldering, when it does so. Thoughts?
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Justin, my UPS guy, just came knocking, not because he had a package, but because he’s partway through my first trilogy and the library DOESN’T HAVE THE NEXT BOOK. I was able to hook him up. Made my morning.
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
More porcupine content
Porcupine eating apple with gnome
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Having seen other people’s houses and how there’s nothing on the counters or the table or the bed, I’m pretty sure entropy is just higher in my house.
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Just finished George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo. I generally like his stuff and this was no exception. Found it quite moving, but couldn’t decide by the end whether he hit the hard questions straight on or managed to slide past them. Would definitely recommend!
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Roman door says Wine by the Bottle Only
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Baby porcupine
Baby porcupine
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Porcupine
Porcupine
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 24/12/2023
The best thing about Violent Night is that you never learn how or why Santa made the transition from Viking beserker to Santa Claus. Just a wonderful lacuna in the backstory.
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 02/12/2023
Need a little help remembering something. I have a dim memory of a cartoon (coyote and roadrunner) in which a character is riding a cart along railroad tracks and frantically building the tracks ahead as they ride. Anyone have a more specific memory of what this might be?
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
Hey folks. Just got a bunch of Chinese-language author copies of The Emperor’s Blades. If you live in the US and you want a free copy, let me know!
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
Rachel Podger is my favorite violinist and Tutta Sola, her most recent recording, is just wonderful.
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 12/09/2023
Why does every single quest in life have like six subquests?
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
I haven’t been hooked into a video game in years, but Chants of Sennaar is excellent. All about decoding language. My son and I are loving it. Sorry for the shitty pic!
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 31/08/2023
State of MA: We need your step-mother’s death certificate. Office of Vital Records: You need MA to give you *proof* that they need the death certificate. MA: You need to file the claim without the certificate. Then we will tell you you did it wrong. *Then* we tell you we need the certificate.
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 31/08/2023
Do y’all think it would be cathartic to read some Kafka while dealing with the administration of my deceased brother’s records and my still-alive but dementia-riddled mother’s affairs, or maybe not?
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 26/07/2023
Great day on the mountain with the kid today!
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Brian Staveley @brianstaveley.bsky.social · 24/07/2023
F plotting the nav for our adventure race…
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