Cooper Swanson
c-cygnus.bsky.social
Cooper Swanson
@c-cygnus.bsky.social
Bookseller

Twin Cities
I love the effort Folio Society puts into making their editions a perfect fit for each book they work on!

For matching the vibe, it’s hard to compete with a beat up mass market PB copy, passed around between dozens of hands, but that illumination-adjacent style is PERFECT for Canticle!
December 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🫡 happy to leverage my deeply niche knowledge the few times it comes in handy!
December 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Most QOL mods can be run client-side only!
There’s some good QOL data-packs that you can load into vanilla Java servers as well to add the QOL features you want without needing players to run a mod client.
December 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’ll continue preaching on behalf of @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social ‘s novel The West Passage!
Per my personal review “the unholy offspring of Redwall Abbey and Dark Souls’ Lordren”
December 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The audiobook for Antimemetics is wild! I’m just past halfway and it’s really blown me away
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I debated making the phishing link scrape data and to then send a physical letter reprimanding people, but that seemed a step too far for folks to be comfortable with it, so I settled for the masked Google doc link
December 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I was genuinely proud of how many people I got to fall for a phishing scam test as part of the Strat Internal Security team during O/U:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
IAO - STRATEMEYER EMAIL SAFETY TEST FAILURE
The Stratemeyer Syndicate Block #REDACTED Prospero’s Dream IAO.Cygnus@stratHQ.net Email Safety Test Failure Dear Stratemeyer Employee, This message is to inform you that you have clicked on and faile...
docs.google.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Exciting! Just signed up for the newsletter to playtest whenever the opportunity comes up!

I love the sound of an open source OGL. Has it been written out yet or still TBD?
December 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
My ttrpg group does this (with others as well) but it’s a pretty fun world building exercise!
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What did you think of Irish Gauge?
I’ve been debating trying out the BGA version, but I’m usually a bit hesitant about auction mechanics in games
December 7, 2025 at 5:54 AM
To me, it perfectly encapsulates what made O/U so special. The impact and meaning of such a small corner of the world to such few individuals, and the knowledge that there are a hundred other little corners like our office with their own stories, that mean just as much to the people in them.
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
October 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM