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Cory O'Brien
@bettermyths.bsky.social
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Advanced swearologist. Author of Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes, and Two Truths and a Lie

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Patriot, on Amazon Prime. Criminally ignored because it's called "Patriot" and it was on Amazon Prime before they had anything good.
A still from the TV show Patriot: A man and a woman in business suits stare into each others' eyes with utmost seriousness, as they stand in the middle of an abandoned industrial park, playing rock paper scissors. Each of them has just thrown scissors.
September 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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A three panel comic strip: Panel 1: Two characters watch their weird-looking cat, who sits staring into space on the rug. Speaker 1: "Do you think he thinks of us as giant cats?" Panel 2: Close up of the cat's weird blank face. Speaker 2: "I don't think he even thinks of *himself* as a cat". Panel 3: The cat's thoughts. He is an airplane surrounded by meat.
August 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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A three panel comic Panel 1: a simple character addresses reader: "when times are dark, when hope seems foolish, when the world seems dominated by evil men..." Panel 2: "I just remember what my grandfather used to say..." Panel 3: An old man addresses the reader: "Fuck"
July 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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"come join me down here on the wet floor. you won't believe how chill it is, down here on this moist surface"
A close-up image of a "CAUTION: WET FLOOR" sign. The icon in the center depicts a man who is meant to be falling down, but instead looks as if he is chilling out on the floor, his legs jauntily crossed, his arms wide in a gesture of welcome.
July 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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If you're awake in Los Angeles at 10:30 AM, I'm on a panel at the LA Times festival of books called "I'm the problem, it's me: heroes and antiheroes in fiction" in Taper 201, and I'll be chatting with the very talented @alexsegura.bsky.social and @jeanhanff.bsky.social
Come hang out!
April 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Hi this is my normal cat
Photograph of a foul amalgam of gargoyle and taxidermy, with white, expressionless eyes glowing in a misshapen face with no discernable mouth. It squats near the ceiling radiating a sort of thoughtless malevolence. If it has a skeleton, it is a stolen one.
April 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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I'm actually doing quite a few book events. Maybe one of them is near you?? Look at this jpg to find out:
February 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Are you in New York? Wanna go to a cool book event? BOY DO I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. Come hang out with me at POWERHOUSE Arena at 7PM on March 5!
February 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM