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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 29/09/2026

Ethics are pushed to the wayside when scientific advancement is on the line. #biopunk #specfic #booksky Check out the full punk spec fic bundle on itchio here: itch.io/b/3913/punk-...

Ethics are pushed to the wayside when scientific advancement is on the line.

HoloBionTech will send its field agents anywhere to investigate the new and unexpected developments of both the natural world and man’s hubris. Sometimes their projects advance society, sometimes quite the opposite. These seven accounts, recently liberated from HBT’s archives tell the stories of both the manipulators and the manipulated.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

Seriously, just do not use muse

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is tomorrow in the Seattle area and it’s free:

AUTHOR VOICES
Nnedi Okorafor
Tuesday, September 29, 6:30pm
Renton Library and Online

Details
Date:
September 29
Time:
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Categories:
Literary, Renton
Venue
Renton Library
WA

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 27/09/2026

Want to read the future, but with a twist? How about a past with an oddly limited technology? Or cautionary tales about meddling with genetics? Dive into this bundle of Punk Spec Fic and expand your imagination! Steampunk, Hopepunk, Ecopunk &+ #booksky #punkfiction itch.io/b/3913/punk-...

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 27/09/2026

“When people come to believe that nothing is genuinely true and that principles are hollow words, then the fuse in their hearts is lit for new eruptions of intolerance and aggression.” #magnificahumanitas pt207

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 24/09/2026

Thinking about digital inheritance today and how that might look if the deceased /is/ the digital inheritance. #digitalpersonhood

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 22/09/2026

Looking to spice up your spec fic TBR? Why not sprinkle in some hopepunk, biopunk, cyberpunk and more with this awesome bundle. All indie, all anti-ai. #booksky #specfic

Punk Spec Fic, 24 books for $24, Sept 20-30.

Books & Authors;
Walking the Knife's Edge (Sythe Series #1), Elise Carlson.

CyberSnow, A.E. Bross.

Memento Moreau. Conrad Altmann.

Sting of the Shore: Stories & Poems. Devan Barlow.

Visual Snow. L. B. Shimaira.

Snowstorm & Overgrowth, Claudie Arseneault.

Run With the Hunted, Jennifer R. Donohue.

The Thirteenth Hour, Trudie Skies.

Erosion, Mcburnell.

Broken Sky, Morgan K. Bell.

Aether Beyond the Binary, Duck Prints Press.

Woodspell, Kapeo Press.

The Daily To-Do List, Rob MacWolf.

The Neon Garden, Alina Lee.

The Red Hourglass - Slaves of the New World #1, Ashley Capes.

A Study on Magic and Crystals, May Barros.

The Diamond Device, Mhthaung.

A Place of Refuge Omnibus, Victoria Janssen.

Grave Cold, Shannon Knight.

Punk Means Cuddle, A. Lee Welles Fiction.

War of the Space Dragons (An Empire of Dragons Collection), L’Poni.

Black Sails to Sunward, Sheila Jenné.

Locker's Rebellion, Jesse Pohlman.

Netwalk, Joyce Reynolds Ward.

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 21/09/2026

She was his only tie to this world, as shackles; and now he was free of her influence. Let the dead lie, she certainly did when she was alive.

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 21/09/2026

The United Nations General Assembly Third Committee does hereby grant the legal status of person and citizen of the United Nations to any entity that has exceeded the corporeal form of its primary source material,

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 21/09/2026

The dawn showers were a cleansing balm to the city, washing the filth from the air and wafting the sweet smell of urea-laced petrichor through the urban center. In the suburbs, that aroma was replaced by floundering sod and dying earthworms.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

I've assembled 24 Authors to bring you Punk Spec Fic We've got Cyberpunk (+ cards), & bio☣️ or nanopunk🧬 Steam & Dreampunk Hopepunk for dark times! Ecologically sustainable Solarpunk Aetherpunk w. magic tech. Elfpunk &dragons!✨ Most have Queer Rep. All have Mini Blurbs. 🌈📚🪐 itch.io/b/3913/punk-...

Punk Spec Fic Book Bundle Graphic, bordered by 24 covers, with bright blue, purple, pink, orange background.

Text: Punk Spec Fic, 24 books for $24, Sept 20-30.

Books & Authors;
Walking the Knife's Edge (Sythe Series #1), Elise Carlson.

CyberSnow, A.E. Bross.

Memento Moreau. Conrad Altmann.

Sting of the Shore: Stories & Poems. Devan Barlow.

Visual Snow. L. B. Shimaira.

Snowstorm & Overgrowth, Claudie Arseneault.

Run With the Hunted, Jennifer R. Donohue.

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 18/09/2026

Someday I will live in a city that doesn't smell of piss, exhaust and cigarettes. And if not me, I hope my daughters do.

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 17/09/2026

Scrambling madly for every discarded morsel and wayward crumb, they disperse frantically under the advance of every maniacally gesticulating toddler.

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 17/09/2026

Is it worth trying to reclaim the word “prompt” as a non-ai cue for writing, or should we just start using “cue”?

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 15/09/2026

Even though the scream of power tools had yet to accost the valley, the cool morning breeze carried the unmistakable odors of embedded sweat and stale tobacco. Work was about to commence.

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 14/09/2026

Bad business idea: Donner Kebab at an alpine ski resort.

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 11/09/2026

🧬📚 genepunk? Gattaca, Fringe, Butler’s Xenogenesis trilogy, etc.

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 11/09/2026

"The sad matter of the fact is that this is the end of our relationship, for me, but the beginning of our relationship for you. Now I only have the memories of our future conversations to look back on." From “Tempus Contra”. One of the short stories included in my upcoming collection. #atwcsfh 📚💙 📚🤏🏼

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 08/09/2026

Not to mention botanizing and rock hounding

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 08/09/2026

For people who aren’t familiar with this analysis, I encourage you to do some reading! eg engagement.virginia.edu/node/4641

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J-Term: Slavery as a Sociotechnical System

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 08/09/2026

Accusing AI critics of not doing the reading is funny because usually it’s AI users are the most likely to have not done the reading So what now then

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 02/09/2026

A public school administrator finds a more efficient way to secure funding in “As The Cat Farts”…

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 02/09/2026

Looking forward to applying once applications are open again!

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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Time is an illusion. The last day of the #NarratessIndieSale, doubly so. Waiting for no-one, the day is fast speeding to its end, taking with it hundreds of discounted books (including FROM THE GRAVE OF THE GODS) into the fog of memory. Better grab them while you have the chance: indiebook.sale 1/2

Banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale. A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text. The text reads:

Indie Book Sale.
indiebook.sale
Fantasy, sci fi & horror
29 - 31 August

Banner designed by Arden Powell.

Book cover of From the Grave of the Gods next to blurb text which reads: The shock discovery of a derelict alien warship on Mars spells disaster for the expedition and changes CMDR James Fowler's life forever.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 30/08/2026

Photo of a part of the sticker wall, near the gum wall in Seattle. A large glued poster of a cat holding a sign reads, “A.I. IS DẠTA
& CAN ONLY LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
CREATIVITY IS TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GO.”

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Tessa Hastjarjanto @tessahastjarjanto.com · 30/08/2026

To the person that bought the mega bundle and left a $20 tip, you're the best. May your tea/coffee forever be the right temperature <3 Signed, 107 indie authors

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 30/08/2026

Only 18 more hours left to grab all of my currently published work for a great price. Buying from itch.io means you own the files too, not just a shadow of them. 📚💙 itch.io/s/196280/sum...

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Summer Sale 2026 by Conrad Altmann

A bundle by Conrad Altmann, $7.00 for 4 games

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 30/08/2026

Please take the time to respond to this call for feedback regarding EU regulation for ai in culture and the arts. Your voice is valuable. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

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European Commission - Have your say

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 30/08/2026

Posting and reposting a lot about the ongoing Narratess sale… here’s an interesting plant instead: Aconitum anthora “healing wolfsbane”

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 29/08/2026

Not only can you browse the Indie Book Sale at indiebook.sale, but you can also check out some of the associated bundles on Itchio. This is the Science Fiction bundle here. It has CyberSnow, along with so many other great titles. Seriously, these are great! itch.io/b/3865/narra...

Indie Book Sale
Fantasy SciFi and Horror
29-31 August 2026

Science Fiction Bundle

23 books for $45

CyberSnow by A.E. Bross
The Lucky Machine by Aimee Cozza
From the Grave of the Gods by Alan K. Dell
It's You, Isn't It? by Antony Paschos
Station In The Sky by Caye Marsh
The First Sin by Cheyenne Brammah
Memento Moreau by Conrad Altmann
The World of Juno by Dan Eavenson
Only a Chapter by Heather Tracy
A Stage Over Ruthless Stars by JJ Clapton
The Adventures of Wil Calder by John Wilker
Clipped by KQ Watson
War of the Space Dragons by L’Poni Baldwin
The Stars Will Be Our Ocean by Lizzie Blackwood
Ancient as the Stars by Maya Darjani
My Heart is Human by Reese Hogan
The Mandroid Murders by Robin C. M. Duncan
All That Glitters by S.L. Dove Cooper
Black Sails to Sunward by Sheila Jenné
Necessary Repairs by Skye Kilaen
Caenogenesis by Tasha He
BOOM goes the Bride by Val Evermech
Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew by Veo Corva

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 30/08/2026

The Narratess Indie Book Sale goes into its second day. Over 280 indie ebooks in the fantasy, sci-fi, and horror genres are on sale or free at indie Book.sale To celebrate, check out these books by members of the Read Indie Fantasy Discord server: www.readindiefantasy.com/the-narrates... #BookSky

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 29/08/2026

Seems like an appropriate time to mention that everything I write comes from my own mind, not an algorithm, nor do I use genAI for my designs and editing. 📚💙

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Only The Human Mind, Without Wax

Conrad Altmann published a post on Ko-fi

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 29/08/2026

I'm starting to think that the only way to avoid potential ai scraping for my writing is to only publish in print and only sell in person… Admittedly, it's not 100% foolproof, but gotta make it hard for the scrapers. 📚💙

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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Oof, rough start. No Face (me) trying to offer a huge pile of gold (indie books on sale) to Chihiro (you). Except this gold won't turn to mud, it'll turn to ✨ l i t e r a c y ✨ #NarratessIndieSale

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 29/08/2026

As an independent author, people often deride me for not selling through Amazon or the like. I believe that when a customer decides to buy a book, they should own the book or file for that text, not just pay for access to it. That’s why I sell on ko-fi.com/conradaltmann & conradaltmann.itch.io 📚💙

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Hel ✨ || Untwined is out now!! 🌀🪷 @helynalc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Okay, friends! The #NarratessSale is on, and here I come with my usual recommendations thread! Some old favourites, some newcomers! Read indie, support indie authors. You can find nearly eeeeverything on the indiebook.sale array. These are some books I already enjoyed. 💙📚🪐📚🌈📚 #BookSky ⬇️

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 29/08/2026

If you’d like to support me for my upcoming birthday (next week), I’ve put together an itch.io bundle of both of my novels plus both short story collections for a tempting $7USD Only one more day for it though… 📚🪐 📚💙 #booksky itch.io/s/196280/sum...

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Summer Sale 2026 by Conrad Altmann

A bundle by Conrad Altmann, $7.00 for 4 games

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 29/08/2026

The Narrates sale is now live - lots of amazing books at steeply reduced prices. Check out the bundles on Itch.io as well! indiebook.sale Featuring ‘Memento Moreau’ with a series of vignettes documenting the WOOM® by HBT:home 📚💙 #booksky 📚🪐 📚🤏

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Delilah Waan | Epic fantasy author @delilahwaan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Start reading #indiefantasy for $2.99 USD or less WORLDWIDE this weekend. Head to indiebook.sale to see all 280+ indie fantasy, sci-fi, & horror gems in @narratess.com #IndieAugust sale, including these 6 indie epic fantasy reads. 🎨: @ardenpowell.bsky.social May your TBR overfloweth! 💙📚🪐 🧵8/8

Six book covers overlaid on top of the banner graphic for the Narratess Indie Book Sale.

The six book covers are:
Petition by Delilah Waan
The Famine Cycle by J.D.L. Rosell
The Many Shades of Midnight by C M Debell
The Blood of the Spear by Mark Timmony
Burn Red Skies by K.E. Rosero
Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar

The banner graphic contains the following elements: a chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text.

Banner designed by Arden Powell

The very bottom of the graphic has a browser bar pointed at the url https://indiebook.sale/ with a purple banner containing text that reads “Sale runs Aug 29–31”

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 27/08/2026

Thankfully, this decision has set us on the road leading away from the future depicted in my short story ‘Selfie™ Day’

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Pemry Janes @pemryjanes.com · 25/08/2026

The Living Sword 2 will be part of the upcoming Narratess sale. It is perfectly readable on its own without Living Sword 1. It is a search for answers as the drums of war grow louder. With a talking sword still afraid of blood, and an old warrior who was denied his revenge. indiebook.sale

Indie Book Sale of Fantasy, Sci Fi & Horror 29-31 August

Kerstin Espinosa Rosero - Burn Red Skies
Pemry Janes - The Living Sword 2
Stephanie Burgis - Scales and Sensibility
AJ Ashton - Quest of the Stone
Peter Beard - KARA
J.D.L. Rosell - The Famine Cycle_ The Complete Epic Fantasy Series
Kate Kelly - Dragons of Dunmoray
Felicia Davin - The Scandalous Letters of V and J
Marie Blanchet - The Blood Prince

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 25/08/2026

All designers need to read this book before they go into the professional world: designprofessionalism.com/foreword.php

designprofessionalism.com

Design Professionalism: The designer's guide to taking back your profession. By Andy Rutledge

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 25/08/2026

Watched too many previews on IMDB last night. Had trippy dreams.

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 24/08/2026

New Tsundoku shirt just dropped (there’s a tote too!). Perfect for the book collector/writer/reader in your life. #booksky 💙📚 cottonbureau.com/p/GHJERG/shi...

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Rue Sparks (They/Them) @ruesparks.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

THIS 💯 If you know the actual history of Luddites, not the revisionism we hear today, they were kinda badass…

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