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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today, I kicked every fascist in the state, country, and around the world square in the nuts. I voted. I hope you'll do the same. #KeepItWoke #NewJersey #VoteNJ #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

A "Thank you for being a Mail-in Voter" sticker sitting on a kitchen counter; it accompanied a mail-in ballot for the New Jersey General Election.

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It was an A-in-C kinda weekend. Seems like they saw the future with this one. 🎶Innocence is over... Ignorance is spoken... Confidence is broken... Sustenance is stolen... Arrogance is potent🎶 Sang the future and were ignored? It's basically cyberpunk. #cyberpunk #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Alice In Chains - Rotten Apple (Official Audio)

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

[Writing...writing...looks up] What's that hissing sound? Oh, that's the impending burst of the so-called-AI bubble. Turns out, you can't steal talent, there's no shortcut to achievement. You want to "be a writer," then write. [writing...writing] #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The billionaires now favor having their so-called-AI regulated, development slowed down. Don't buy that shit. The grift is running out of steam. Even with stealing our copyrighted work, they can't live up to investor expectations. The bubble's about to burst. #cyberpunk #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ah the old I-can't-be-fucking-bothered scam text. "Hello Seth W. James, I recently discovered [Logos of Cain], and there was something about it that made me want to learn more." Classic. My response: "Go [fuck yourself] and die in a fire." #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Well, it happened again. Writing notes for the next novel in The Cain Series, this morning, I had to decide if I should include a particularly evil plot element—or leave it out so the billionaires won't try to actually do it. It's a cyberpunk thing. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hard to believe now, but by January or February of next year, a mere 5 or 6 months from now, there'll be a novel on these. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

Several unopened packs of notecards on a desk, with two pens, one almost empty, the other fresh.

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

With book 6's announcement coming up soon, I thought it'd run a discount for book 1 in "The Cain Series." So, the Kindle version of "Ethos of Cain" is on sale for the next week, starting at $.99. It's a great time to check out the series. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Ethos of Cain (The Cain Series Book 1)

Amazon.com: Ethos of Cain (The Cain Series Book 1) eBook : James, Seth W.: Kindle Store

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Well, look at that. What every informed person already knew is starting to leak into the zeitgeist: if you tell potential readers that you STOLE your ad copy/images, they might just conclude that you stole your novel, too. No AI now, no AI ever. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

Pic of the current trending topics in Bluesky. Number 4 on the list is highlighted and reads, "AI ads drive customers away."

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Yesterday, I wrote, "The End," on the first-ish draft (with my process, kind of a second draft) of my 16th novel. And here are the mad stacks of specific notes that went into it. Hope to announce the novel in September. Now the editing begins. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

Stacks of notecards, upon which are the specific notes for a forthcoming novel in The Cain Series, by Seth W. James.

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If you're interested in books—as a reader, writer, editor, reviewer—you may have seen the stories about so-called-AI companies destroying old books while digitizing them for their DBs Now who else do we know from history, famous for destroying books? #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

So, you'd like to be an author, but instead of writing a book, you steal the text using slopAI. That's like a cat burglar robbing MoMA and then claiming he painted one of Monet's Water lilies. slopAI doesn't create: it pulls content from a database. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

[writing . . . writing . . . writing . . . looks up] How the fuck is it the middle of July? Where did June go? Oh yeah, I'm finishing up another novel. [shrug . . . writing . . . writing . . . writing] #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It is a sad state of affairs that such a statement is necessary, but to readers and my fellow artists I declare: No AI now, no AI ever. My works are, and always will be, written by me—never with so-called AI. www.sethwjames.com/no-ai-now-no... #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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No AI Now, No AI Ever : Seth W. James Website

It is a sad state of affairs that the below statement must be made, but as a matter of integrity and as a commitment to readers and to my fellow artists, I proudly pledge: All of my previous books hav...

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A prayer for authors: "May slopAI scammers receive AI-driven healthcare." #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If you did not write it, you are not it's author: if you stole it, you are a thief. AI: the only winning move is not to play. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

Movie poster of "Wargames," 1983, with two kids looking at a computer screen, playing a WWIII game. Beneath has been added the text, "AI: the only winning move is not to play."

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Haiku: Writer's Morning. The coffee glow fades, as the writing session ends, another page done. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

AI stock sell-off in the news: is that the first hissing sound before a great, big pop? Let's hope. They stole our work, thought a predictive model could plagiarize without notice—and then none of them made a cent. Fuck you, billionaires; you so have it coming #cyberpunk #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Books pub'd per year have gone up from 100k to 300k—and you just know that it's all slopAI theft. Which is why, fellow readers, it is more important than ever to rate and review new books, to vet the human-only books and help guide others to them. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

AIslop email scam number 435335: "I just read A Desperate Measure and here's where you could go with it next." That's book 2 in The Cain Series, which is up to book 5; 6 is in the works. AIslop incompetence, the wave of the future. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

[Writing...writing...writing...looks up] Is the world still a fascist hellhole? Ah, I see that it is. putin-sucking, republican cowards are trying to steal my vote, now, huh? Motherfuckers ain't suppressing my vote. [Writing...writing...writing] #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

While I, too, lament the passing of the mass-market paperback book, I must admit that this sadness has rarely afflicted my trade paperbacks. It's like the book is self-serializing. #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

A paperback book sits on a small table, some of the pages of which have come loose from the rest of the binding, still glued to each other in little pamphlets.

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The review for LOGOS OF CAIN from Booklife by Publishers Weekly is now live. Probably the best review for any book in the series, thus far—but that A- on editing is now going drive me nuts, wondering what caused it. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚 booklife.com/project/logo...

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Logos of Cain by Seth W. James | BookLife

After the events of book 4, The Fall, with Francesca’s now infamous flight from government service, Cain returns with her to the orbital archipelago and to his former life in the commerce in violence....

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Quandary of a cyberpunk author: include the bit in my next novel about how genAI music can be geared to include subliminal content, designed to drive listeners to buy or do certain things, or not, out of fear it will inspire the billionaire fascists? #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

No, NewYorkCrimes, this isn't even remotely new. The term is "political warfare" and it concerns controlling the narrative surrounding conflict (eg causes, benefits, goals). Read THE CENTURIONS by Jean Lartéguy for a good primer (or THE FALL, by me) #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Well, there they are, the first 5 books in The Cain Series. I had set a goal of completing this first multi-book cycle in the series by 2027—and got there a year early. Cycle 2 starts immediately with book 6, but it's nice to take a moment and look. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

Bookshelf displaying the first 5 novels in The Cain Series by Seth W. James. In order, they are ETHOS OF CAIN, A DESPERATE MEASURE, AN UNCALCULATED RISK, THE FALL, and LOGOS OF CAIN.

Cover art for books 1-3 by Damonza.
Cover art for books 4-5 by James T. Egan of Bookfly Design.

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Man, oh, man, every time I publish a new book, the scammers come out of the woodwork, but this time they are every-damn-where. Usually, it's 1 or 2 a day: post book launch, it's up to 10! Fake radio shows, book clubs, agents, conferences, the works. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Given the sad run of posts yesterday about someone using the slopAI theft machines to defraud readers, I thought I'd repost this. That's what writing a novel looks like: months of hard work, thought, and planning before fingers touch a keyboard. Art #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Surveillance-state AIs that look the other way for a price; billionaires using war to manipulate markets; rebels in VR headsets controlling drone swarms. Nope, it's not the news, it's The Cain Series. Book 5 out now. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚 www.amazon.com/Logos-Cain-B...

Cover art for LOGOS OF CAIN, book 5 in The Cain Series, by Seth W. James. Cain standing inside a space station with Mars seen out through the window behind him. Cover artist James T. Egan of Bookfly Design.

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Houston, we have a book launch! It's launch day for LOGOS OF CAIN, book 5 in The Cain Series. Handcrafted cyberpunk: written by a human for human readers. Cover art by fellow human James T. Egan of Bookfly Design. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

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Logos of Cain (The Cain Series Book 5)

Amazon.com: Logos of Cain (The Cain Series Book 5) eBook : James, Seth W.: Kindle Store

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Got nothing to celebrate this morning? Yeah, me neither. No reason to let it get us down, though, not when we can get down. So, let's get down with The Isley Brothers. 🎶Take it to the next phase, baby🎶 #vinyl #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5-t...

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The Isley Brothers - Take Me to the Next Phase, Pts. 1 & 2 (Official Audio)

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Only 181 hours until LOGOS OF CAIN, book 5 in The Cain Series, goes live. What the hell am I going to do for 181 hours??? Oh yeah, continue writing book 6: about 1/3 through draft 1. Also, ETHOS OF CAIN is discounted this week and next in KDP. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

We're less than 2 weeks from the launch of LOGOS OF CAIN, book 5 in The Cain Series, and I'm feeling it! Handcrafted cyberpunk: written by a human for human readers. Accept no substitute. AI is mind death. Cover art by James T. Egan, Bookfly Design. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

Cover for the novel LOGOS OF CAIN, book 5 in The Cain Series, by Seth W. James. Cain standing inside a space station with Mars visible through the window. Cover art by James T. Egan of Bookfly Design.

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Oh, is Bluesky back up? Awesome. Let's celebrate social media with a little Curtis Mayfield. #vinyl #music youtu.be/xatZALKiI8A?...

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Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (Official Audio)

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

It's almost as if the universe knows that I'm three weeks out from a book launch, because, every time, life decides it needs to get real damn busy. Whatever. The cover for LOGOS OF CAIN is still badass. See you May 1 (buy after the strike, please). #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

Cover art for LOGOS OF CAIN, book 5 in The Cain Series, by Seth W. James. Artist credit: James T. Egan, Bookfly design. Cain in a space station with Mars out the window, holding a gun and looking all badass.

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Cover reveal! It's cover reveal day for LOGOS OF CAIN, book 5 in The Cain Series, and artist James Egan of Bookfly Design has delivered. Love this cover! Launch is May 1 (buy it after the general strike, of course) #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚 www.sethwjames.com/logos-of-cai...

The cover for "Logos of Cain," book 5 in "The Cain Series," by Seth W. James. On the cover, Cain is standing inside a space station, holding a gun, and behind him, through the window, is the red planet, Mars.

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

In this week's episode of incompetent AI-scam-bot emails: "I really like your book [Desperate measure]and the message it conveys. I would love the opportunity to speak with the author behind it. Would that be possible?" No, because AI, like Xerox machines, cannot speak. #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

A massive market manipulation involving war, artificial scarcity, and profiteering, you say? Hmm, I'm sure I've read this someplace before . . . #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚 a.co/d/03P2VGkP

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An Uncalculated Risk (The Cain Series Book 3)

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

TFW you realize you're so far into your next novel (and, for me, the next cycle of novels in my ongoing series) that you struggle to recall what your last novel was about (doesn't publish until May 1). This must be what forgetting your kids' names feels like. #cyberpunk #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The Alliance of Independent Authors has launched The Indie Author Bookstore. bookstore.allianceindependentauthors.org It's more of a curator, as the buy links take you to the author-supplied shop (e.g. Amazon, Kobo, BookShop.org). Nevertheless, if you like indies . . . #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Assuming the states stand up for themselves and we hold free and fair elections, #Democrats need to come with it, fight hard, because we've already lost our country: now fight to take it back. No weak leaders, nothing held back, nothing to lose. Rockin' with Fire. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_-S...

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Rockin' with Fire, Pts. 1 & 2

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

"Logos of Cain," book 5 in "The Cain Series," is on its way, coming out May 2026. Handcrafted cyberpunk: written by a human for human readers. Episodic, near-future, cyberpunk science fiction. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚 bsky.app/profile/seth...

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Ecuador now, huh? This is Woodrow Wilson level stupid shit, with senseless military action across Central America, war-for-business coupled with open racism. Combined with ruinous economic policy, we have the second Wilson-Harding-Coolidge admin—with the AI bubble out there, bringing in the 2nd GD.

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Seth W James @sethwjames.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Question: what is the opposite of Cassandra? Answer: AI, it spews nothing but falsehoods and, yet, is believed anyway. #cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

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