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Hank Steelridge
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I am currently posting several chapters a week from my new novel, Strangers, on #royalroad.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/126744/strangers

Expect long journeys, dealing with guilt, and interdimensional monsters.
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Hank Steelridge @svenhognestad.bsky.social · Aug 5
My alter ego Hank Steelridge is currently posting several chapters a week from his new novel, Strangers, on #royalroad.

Expect long journeys, dealing with guilt, and interdimensional monsters.

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1267...
Strangers
Seth has committed himself to a psychiatric hospital in the mountains of northern California - a last-ditch effort to learn how to live with the guilt of causing the car crash which killed his wife an...
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Seth - Donald Glover Jeannie - Linda Hamilton Rani- Indya Moore Jed - Patton Oswalt After accidentally killing his wife and son, Seth commits himself to a psychiatric hospital, only to one night wake up and find most of humanity comatose. He meets the mysterious Altogether Smiley Man who tasks him with finding the interdimensional Chess Hotel, where he has to play a slot machine that will rewind time and give the world a second chance. However, pulling it is a literal gamble, and the stake is exactly one life. Nick Frost - Boreas Matthew McConaughey - Intrusive man #1 Woody Harrelson - Intrusive Man #2 Julia Garner - Ellie Dave Bautista - Paby Dhypa Mason Alexander Park - Nintu Vicky Kaushal - The Altogether Smiley Man Dolph Lundgren - Aleksandr
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Wtf am I doing. I don't know how to build a house.
October 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Seth follows a strange man into a cave. As long as it's not a van, I guess.

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The man led him through the snow, cutting a wide swath through it that Seth could walk on. Around a small hill and through some short trees they approached something like a bear's den. The man got down on hands and knees and crawled in without looking back. Seth crawled after him, blindly reaching in front of him to avoid splitting his head open on a rock. The cave was a tunnel, twisting and turning for at least twenty meters, until it opened up into a dimly lit cavern, maybe twenty meters long, fifteen wide, and three or four high.
October 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Stop... You had me at "ninja assassin".
September 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Omg I can't believe I almost missed my... 18th? rapture. They are always so much fun.

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September 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Seth and Jed are under heavy (oil)pressure.

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Jed was hit once, twice. Golden motor oil poured from a hole in its stomach. Servos whirred as they tried to compensate for the pressure loss, until Jed’s ever vigilant nanobots managed to stem the tide. Seth stood his ground and fired bullet after useless bullet. The Intrusive men didn’t seem fazed even though every shot found its mark: the ridge of a nose; a wide forehead; a scrawny chest.
September 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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I regret to inform you that you weren't dreaming.

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He was more tired than he thought, and fell asleep almost immediately. He dreamed of a world empty of people, where he was the only survivor of a colossal catastrophe. Where the lines between dreams and reality were broken and things like black dogs seeped through like sand in a cracked hourglass. He dreamed of winter men and intrusive men and seventy-two crazy people locked in a looney bin.
September 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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If you pay your insurance but are not member of a worker's union you haven't understood the point of insurance.
August 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Maybe if we all go see Naked Gun in theaters we'll get Angie Tribeca back.
August 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Only 4 uses of "recent" in my entire novel. I expected more.

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August 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Genre is just set dressing for character conflict and development. But I prefer my set dressing dark, weird and shooty.
August 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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I'm pretty sure "elbows" are bows but in spanish.

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“And to think I took you for a pessimist.” “Fuck off. You don’t know what I’ve went through.” Seth felt stupid as soon as he had said it. “Tell me.” Jed’s scoff softened. “No.” He rested his elbows on his knees and began drawing in the earth with the stick. “I’m a good listener.” “I killed my wife and son,” he said harshly, looking up at Jed.
August 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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When Seth wakes up to find humanity comatose, he is tasked by the mysterious Altogether Smiley Man to undertake the journey of all lifetimes to fix all possible worlds, real and imaginary.

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When Seth wakes up to find humanity comatose, he is tasked by the mysterious Altogether Smiley Man to undertake the journey of all lifetimes to fix all possible worlds, real and imaginary. #PosterPit #SPF #A
August 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Liberalism is always more comfortable giving way to fascism than socialism, because at least fascists will protect capital accumulation.
August 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Yes ALASKA!!!!
imjjill.bsky.social J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · Aug 15
#Putin getting the welcome he deserves in #Anchorage #Alaska this afternoon.
August 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Three contrarian podcasters walked into a bar, or, they couldn't actually go in because they weren't allowed, but the mainstream media won't report on this of course.
August 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Now, how long can YOU go on about sliding doors?

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It had a smaller entrance right where it had split in half thirty minutes ago. And to their surprise it opened when they approached. Where Seth had received a hero’s welcome, Rani and Aleksandr were greeted with a soft bong while two class panes slid to either side. Looking carefully for anything out of the ordinary, they hugged the wall and slipped inside. They were buffeted from above by warm, dry wind. The entrance was a sluice, designed to keep the cold out, and another set of glass panes slid away before them while the first closed behind. From the completed novel “Strangers”, available as a serial on Royal Road and Patreon
August 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Note to anyone marketing their novel to me specifically: Having a pun in the title means an instant sale.

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goodwords.bsky.social Iris Andersi @goodwords.bsky.social · Aug 11
If my WIP novel MOREL SUPPORT🍄 was turned into a movie, I would definitely want to embody this vibe for the movie trailer

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August 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Two reals in quick succession! Lucky for me, unlucky for Moody.

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He balled his fist and rubbed his knuckles up and down Moody’s sternum, hard. If he remembered correctly, doing so could separate the drunk or merely faking from the ones who were in real trouble. Moody was in real trouble.
August 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Can we call common misquotes "orphan quotes" and assign them to new owners?

I want this one:

“Two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity"

-Not Albert Eistein
August 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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"Colin Firth is a British man poorly piloted by a team of lesbians"

-Chris Fleming

#standup #comedy
August 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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"I bought you flours"

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“What is it with people and disasters? They turn into looters at the mere rumor of a power outage.” “Some do,” Seth replied. “But most stay home, lending their neighbors cups of flour and helping them manage. It’s just that the looters make more noise.”
August 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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When I'm not at a party, I hate parties. When I'm at a party, I love parties. Kind of like the gym.
August 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Jed is on a mission, but takes time to appreciate the weirdness of the Winter Man's home below the city.

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It smelled of dirt and rainwater and ozone, and webs of brown roots covered natural rock walls. Jed hurried through a long hallway with several rooms and alcoves on either side. Through them it saw colorful flowers and green brush, trees and grass. Sounds of wind, rushing water and woodland animals emanated from deep within the chambers. The door at the end of the hall was open and beyond it, in the middle of a sparsely decorated, foggy room sat a bear of a man on the floor in the lotus position, eyes closed.
August 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Bookish checkpoint 📚

📕last book read: Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky

📗current read: The Communist Manifesto by Engels and Marx

📘last book added to tbr: I'm Starting to Worry... by Jason Pargin

📙anticipated read: The Faith of Beasts by James S. A. Corey

Quote with yours! #booksky #books
latemandy.rwrb.social Late Mandy 🍂 @latemandy.rwrb.social · Aug 8
bookish checkpoint 📚

📕last book you read: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

📗your current read: The Legend Next Door by Jesse Reign

📘last book added to your tbr: Shots on Net by JJ Mulder

📙next anticipated read: Crash Test by Amy James

Quote with yours! #booksky #books
ebelila.writes.fyi ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓁𝒾𝓃𝒶 ⦅ 𝟜𝟜 ⦆ @ebelila.writes.fyi · Aug 8
bookish checkpoint 🕯️

✨last book you read: Overdrive by Esha Patel

✨ your current read: The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

✨ last book added to your tbr: The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers

✨ next anticipated read: Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun

Quote with yours! #booksky #books
August 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM