Laurence Raphael Brothers
@lrb.bsky.social
Technologist, writer, futurist.
Codex, Viable Paradise, SFWA.
Seeking representation for new novels.
Publishers: Mirror World, Water Dragon, Brigid's Gate
USPTO
he/him
@laurence@petrous.vislae.town
https://www.laurencebrothers.com/
Codex, Viable Paradise, SFWA.
Seeking representation for new novels.
Publishers: Mirror World, Water Dragon, Brigid's Gate
USPTO
he/him
@laurence@petrous.vislae.town
https://www.laurencebrothers.com/
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I'm delighted to announce the release of my new novel "The Shadow Minister", just published by Water Dragon.
A mashup of fantasy romance, police procedural, and cosmic horror set in Lutèce, a magical version of early 20th century Paris.
waterdragonpublishing.com/product/shad...
A mashup of fantasy romance, police procedural, and cosmic horror set in Lutèce, a magical version of early 20th century Paris.
waterdragonpublishing.com/product/shad...
Pâtissier et Étranger has released!
My novella of baking, intrigue, romance and science fiction is now available for purchase at all the usual online shops.
Praise from @wiswell.bsky.social and @kateheartfield.com threaded.
My novella of baking, intrigue, romance and science fiction is now available for purchase at all the usual online shops.
Praise from @wiswell.bsky.social and @kateheartfield.com threaded.
February 11, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Pâtissier et Étranger has released!
My novella of baking, intrigue, romance and science fiction is now available for purchase at all the usual online shops.
Praise from @wiswell.bsky.social and @kateheartfield.com threaded.
My novella of baking, intrigue, romance and science fiction is now available for purchase at all the usual online shops.
Praise from @wiswell.bsky.social and @kateheartfield.com threaded.
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For those following the Red Ogre Review saga, he has made good on his promise to change his licensing terms...by doubling down.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 AM
For those following the Red Ogre Review saga, he has made good on his promise to change his licensing terms...by doubling down.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
February 9, 2026 at 10:22 PM
My novella "Pâtissier et Étranger" will be released very soon!
Do you like baking? Intrigue? Adventure? Romance? All that went into the batter, and the result is about to come out of the oven.... Does "cozy thriller" even make sense? Hm.
As always I'd be happy to send a review ebook on request.
Do you like baking? Intrigue? Adventure? Romance? All that went into the batter, and the result is about to come out of the oven.... Does "cozy thriller" even make sense? Hm.
As always I'd be happy to send a review ebook on request.
Some preorder links for the ebook of Pâtissier et Étranger:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/patissier-...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHZKP6T...
A mashup of baking romance, spy thriller and science fiction set in Paris in 1967.
Paper coming soon! Please let me know if you'd like a free copy for review.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/patissier-...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHZKP6T...
A mashup of baking romance, spy thriller and science fiction set in Paris in 1967.
Paper coming soon! Please let me know if you'd like a free copy for review.
Pâtissier et Étranger|eBook
"A delightful adventure that held me enthralled from start to finish. This novella is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face, an acceleration to your pulse and a rumble to your stomach."-Kate Heartf...
www.barnesandnoble.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:21 AM
My novella "Pâtissier et Étranger" will be released very soon!
Do you like baking? Intrigue? Adventure? Romance? All that went into the batter, and the result is about to come out of the oven.... Does "cozy thriller" even make sense? Hm.
As always I'd be happy to send a review ebook on request.
Do you like baking? Intrigue? Adventure? Romance? All that went into the batter, and the result is about to come out of the oven.... Does "cozy thriller" even make sense? Hm.
As always I'd be happy to send a review ebook on request.
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Meet the #ExAndNext talent: 3 authors (& 2 LL debuts) Lor Vanden @lrb.bsky.social & @kategl.bsky.social bring tales of train timetable love stories, Regency indiscretions & A-Z seductions this Tue 10 Feb.
Tix £5: cheapest Valentine's date in the West End! liarsleague.sumupstore.com/category/my-...
Tix £5: cheapest Valentine's date in the West End! liarsleague.sumupstore.com/category/my-...
February 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Meet the #ExAndNext talent: 3 authors (& 2 LL debuts) Lor Vanden @lrb.bsky.social & @kategl.bsky.social bring tales of train timetable love stories, Regency indiscretions & A-Z seductions this Tue 10 Feb.
Tix £5: cheapest Valentine's date in the West End! liarsleague.sumupstore.com/category/my-...
Tix £5: cheapest Valentine's date in the West End! liarsleague.sumupstore.com/category/my-...
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I slightly sped up Rizzo's cover of "Blinding Lights" on the new Muppet Show special and I made a discovery 💀
#TheMuppetShow #TheMuppets #HazbinHotel
#TheMuppetShow #TheMuppets #HazbinHotel
February 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I slightly sped up Rizzo's cover of "Blinding Lights" on the new Muppet Show special and I made a discovery 💀
#TheMuppetShow #TheMuppets #HazbinHotel
#TheMuppetShow #TheMuppets #HazbinHotel
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Liars' League of London will be reading my story "The Notorious Debut of Lord Cerunincos" on Feb 10th at The Phoenix, 37 Cavendish Square, starting at 7:30 PM. I listened to the rehearsal online and it promises to be a great time.
@liarsleague.bsky.social
Reading will be up on YouTube afterward.
@liarsleague.bsky.social
Reading will be up on YouTube afterward.
February 7, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Liars' League of London will be reading my story "The Notorious Debut of Lord Cerunincos" on Feb 10th at The Phoenix, 37 Cavendish Square, starting at 7:30 PM. I listened to the rehearsal online and it promises to be a great time.
@liarsleague.bsky.social
Reading will be up on YouTube afterward.
@liarsleague.bsky.social
Reading will be up on YouTube afterward.
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If you want your own pack of Maledictions, here's a link a downloadable file that you can cut out and wrap around a pack of regular cigarettes. I'm pretty sure we sized the file correctly but if not, please drop me a note and let me know.
pulpsabotage.zenfolio.com/f580567215
pulpsabotage.zenfolio.com/f580567215
February 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
If you want your own pack of Maledictions, here's a link a downloadable file that you can cut out and wrap around a pack of regular cigarettes. I'm pretty sure we sized the file correctly but if not, please drop me a note and let me know.
pulpsabotage.zenfolio.com/f580567215
pulpsabotage.zenfolio.com/f580567215
Another world, another time, in the age of wonder.
This world was green and good... until the bubble popped!
This world was green and good... until the bubble popped!
February 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Another world, another time, in the age of wonder.
This world was green and good... until the bubble popped!
This world was green and good... until the bubble popped!
Two arcadian shepherds competing to secure the ideal pasturage for their hungry flocks:
Bleated Rivalry
Bleated Rivalry
they love competing against each other, until one of them decides to throw it all away:
Yeeted Rivalry
Yeeted Rivalry
Two competing tailors form an unlikely alliance:
Pleated Rivalry
Pleated Rivalry
February 5, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Two arcadian shepherds competing to secure the ideal pasturage for their hungry flocks:
Bleated Rivalry
Bleated Rivalry
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Hideous licensing agreement from Red Ogre Review, but what really jumps out at me is the moral rights waiver
Red Ogre (@ogre.red) gets rights to your work upon *submission*.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
February 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Hideous licensing agreement from Red Ogre Review, but what really jumps out at me is the moral rights waiver
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Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
If I'm not mistaken they paid P.G. Wodehouse $5,000 for a short story back in the 1920s, the equivalent of $80,000 today.
What a pathetic and disgraceful fall.
What a pathetic and disgraceful fall.
Venerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3
February 5, 2026 at 12:10 AM
If I'm not mistaken they paid P.G. Wodehouse $5,000 for a short story back in the 1920s, the equivalent of $80,000 today.
What a pathetic and disgraceful fall.
What a pathetic and disgraceful fall.
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Ready to dive into the sea and spend some time with a single octopus arm? Say no more! Give "Animapod" by @marshwitches.bsky.social a read
We love it, and we hope you will, too!
We love it, and we hope you will, too!
“Animapod” by Kite Marsh – Plott Hound Magazine
A sharp nose for amazing animal stories
plotthoundmag.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Ready to dive into the sea and spend some time with a single octopus arm? Say no more! Give "Animapod" by @marshwitches.bsky.social a read
We love it, and we hope you will, too!
We love it, and we hope you will, too!
At this point, subscribing to the Washington Post is almost an act of treason.
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
At this point, subscribing to the Washington Post is almost an act of treason.
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Tonight, I'm hosting a Straw Dog Writers Guild workshop about Scrivener (and other software for writing). It's being held in the North Amherst Library Community Room at 7pm: strawdogwriters.org/event/writer... #WesternMass
February 4, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Tonight, I'm hosting a Straw Dog Writers Guild workshop about Scrivener (and other software for writing). It's being held in the North Amherst Library Community Room at 7pm: strawdogwriters.org/event/writer... #WesternMass
www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/m...
Deliberate destruction of a once-trusted news source when the owner could personally fund it forever out of what's nothing more than pocket change for him.
Deliberate destruction of a once-trusted news source when the owner could personally fund it forever out of what's nothing more than pocket change for him.
Washington Post announces widespread layoffs, gutting numerous parts of its newsroom | CNN Business
The Washington Post is announcing mass layoffs Wednesday morning, dealing another big blow to a storied media company and a newsroom that has reached a breaking point.
www.cnn.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/m...
Deliberate destruction of a once-trusted news source when the owner could personally fund it forever out of what's nothing more than pocket change for him.
Deliberate destruction of a once-trusted news source when the owner could personally fund it forever out of what's nothing more than pocket change for him.
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After Nixon was forced to resign, Republicans took the lesson not to stop being corrupt, but to demolish shared reality.
After Romney lost with scant minority support, Republicans took the lesson not to stop being racist, but to demolish democracy.
Once Trump is gone, what lesson will they take?
After Romney lost with scant minority support, Republicans took the lesson not to stop being racist, but to demolish democracy.
Once Trump is gone, what lesson will they take?
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
After Nixon was forced to resign, Republicans took the lesson not to stop being corrupt, but to demolish shared reality.
After Romney lost with scant minority support, Republicans took the lesson not to stop being racist, but to demolish democracy.
Once Trump is gone, what lesson will they take?
After Romney lost with scant minority support, Republicans took the lesson not to stop being racist, but to demolish democracy.
Once Trump is gone, what lesson will they take?
Inconceivable!
I know. That doesn't mean what I think it means. But still....
I know. That doesn't mean what I think it means. But still....
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Inconceivable!
I know. That doesn't mean what I think it means. But still....
I know. That doesn't mean what I think it means. But still....
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February 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM