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They Call Me Nightwalker

November 15, 2025
Nathan
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They Call Me Nightwalker

And they call me “Ace” Rimmer. (Also, the capitalization in the byline is weirding me out.) (h/t PJ)

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Our World, Your Place

November 15, 2025
Nathan
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Our World, Your Place

Even when it’s different… it’s still the same.

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Keyhole Factory: A Novel

November 14, 2025
Nathan
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Keyhole Factory: A Novel

I wonder what it’s about.

Set in an alternate present that is a slightly, if dangerously, skewed version of our own, Keyhole Factory tracks the interwoven destinies of disparate characters up to and beyond the end of the world-as-we-know-it, brought on by a global super-virus.

…Oh.

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Nature 20/20

November 14, 2025
Nathan
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Nature 20/20

In case you thought the previous poetry anthology involving Mr. Maynard might have been a one-off.

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Dysenfranchised Lovers

November 14, 2025
Nathan
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Dysenfranchised Lovers

Using a “variant” spelling doesn’t matter if you can’t read it anyway.

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The Poetic Bond X

November 13, 2025
Nathan
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The Poetic Bond X

Somebody thought this was a good idea. And even when they saw how it turned out, they went with it.

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Something Wicked: Monster Between the Sheets

November 13, 2025
Nathan
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Something Wicked: Monster Between the Sheets

Among the reasons that our birth rate is bottoming out… (h/t PJ)

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.looking In looking out-

November 13, 2025
Nathan
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.looking In looking out-

Looking elsewhere.

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