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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 20h

Oh so now you suddenly don’t want those Amazon gift cards

Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I design my own book covers for physical releases and I don’t pretend they’re professional quality. But I’d rather display those imperfections than use AI until I can commission an artist I admire. #indieauthor

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I am the most cliché Halloween fanatic so I’ll be writing and releasing two short stories this month! One is a cerebral western horror and the other will be my first Moonlight Creek short; a story that runs parallel to 2027’s Issue #4. #booksky #amwriting #indieauthor

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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My short story collection is live! Ten stories, ten story notes, eleven illustrations. Character-driven science fiction inspired by real science. Where are my nerdy readers? Come find me. #Booksky

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW PATRON SAINTS. A STRUGGLE OF EXTREME PROPORTIONS.

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I wrote a short thing about PAC and his ascent in/influence upon wrestling, which is something he’ll be remembered within as one of the greatest ever. torturerackandhoney.com/on-pac-wrest...

PAC as he appeared before his match at Saturday’s AEW All Out.

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Beetle tickles a lot of niche places for me. Not in like a nasty accusatory way but a whimsical wholesome way.

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Started A (Brief) History of Vice by Robert Evans this weekend. Very fun so far. #booksky #💙📚

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m going to be a mess by the end of this ep

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Me when the new @patronsaintspod.bsky.social episode pops up as I’m pouring my coffee.

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Man Buffalo lost a legend. Andy Williams really helped get me back into wrestling when I started watching again in late 2019. Always beast when him, Blade and Bunny were on. Hope AEW add a tribute during Rebel Heart this week.

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

AI could never replicate that beauty.

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Finally working on a chapter that expands the wandcraft lore and having a blast with it. Hoping to finish Issue 4’s first draft this year. #booksky #amwriting

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Babe get the ointment, my disassociation is flaring up.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Supreme Court blocked the student loan forgiveness despite there being explicit statutory authority for Biden to do it and allowed the Iran War despite an explicit Constitutional prohibition on anyone besides Congress declaring a war.

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

When I’m done with Issue #5 I plan to release an all-in-one edition as well. I’ve considered a graphic novel but I’d need a publisher to help link that up. Issue #2: Kryok also heavily involves a card game of the same name that I’ve tinkered with making playable irl.

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s a YA anthology that follows kids in Moonlight Creek and their supernatural encounters in their rural mountain town. Each issue follows a different kid; though there are overarching timelines and plots across them. Issue #5 will complete the series, though I do ideas for expanding the series.

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Short story season is over. Wrote three; really like one that I’ll publish later this year. As for now, I’m heading back to Moonlight Creek to begin work on the ending of Issue #4 and the body of #5! #booksky #amwriting

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The kids are going back to school so it’s time for every indie YA writer to slither from the cracks to promote our sci-fi and fantasy series! But for real, check out Moonlight Creek if you’re looking for a cozy, mysterious and magical world that isn’t written by a transphobic monster! #booksky

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Cackled like a baboon through this entire premier.

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

People say living like a hermit isn’t healthy but they can’t say it to me while I’m tucked away in the woods.

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It’s even worse. There’s a trend of still selling the physical cases in-store but with a code inside rather than a disk. We’re losing the value of physical media but still producing useless plastic waste.

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

You’re either breathing with the Switchblade or you’re breathing against him. #AEWDynamite

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m@thew @tweetpotato314.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

casper the friendly boy overhearing some older kids on the buss discuss autoerotic asphyxiation

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Patron Saints Podcast @patronsaintspod.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

EPISODE 9: Sara Del Rey Listen on your podcatcher of choice: tr.ee/p4byMZCjgS

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✨💜 king 💜✨ @king-reinhardt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

How about this: Instead of hyping up the piece of shit TERF queen and her exceedingly mid books, we point kids in the direction of K.A. Applegate and her fantastic, terrifying Animorphs series?

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’m ready for another summer of Loftus after reading Raw Dog and listening to Ghost Church this year.

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Monday means load up that podcast queue

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

We’re picking more squash than we can eat so I’m hacking them up with a big knife for the chickens. youtube.com/shorts/jxpVS...

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Eat up

YouTube video by Leisure Ways

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ipaintbirbs @ipaintbirbs.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

finished my Federal Duck Stamp submission!!! really proud of this one, feel like it could actually get an IN or two this year????

Liz’s hand holding up a matted painting of a blue-winged teal gliding across the water

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Short clip of me feeding Libby and Lucinda some mealworms before it gets too hot. youtube.com/shorts/qy31Q...

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A handful of crispy treats

YouTube video by Leisure Ways

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Brian James (Bry-N) @howlinghermit.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It’s not often that I subscribe during my introductory episode of a podcast but Orchid and Colette have an endearing dynamic and give retrospectives that are passionately researched. Highly recommended from this picky pod mark. Proposed name shorthand: PS3B

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