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F. T. Berner
@ftberner.bsky.social
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I live in Italy, but I dream of other worlds below these sunny landscapes, so I write speculative fiction.
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First snow of the year ❄️❄️❄️
A copse of fir trees under a generous sprinkle of snow. A house peeks from behind them. On the bottom of the picture, a car ruins the magical atmosphere a bit.
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Happy publication day to meeeee...
My new story is now available for subscribers on the Diabolical Plots Patreon. Go subscribe, maybe?
www.patreon.com/diabolicalpl...
A screenshot, reading: Diabolical Plots #127: Lisa Brideau, F.T. Berner 5 hours ago "The Glorious Pursuit of Nominal" by Lisa Brideau "The Effects and Efficiency of Birdsong: A Meta-Analysis" by F.T. Berner
August 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Nothing else to add!
A poster in a shop window. It shows mixed pasta formats and it reads: Keep calm and buy pasta.
August 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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A Venetian lord...
A cat is perched over a stone well in a courtyard. Flowers bloom over a wall in the background. The cat doesn't move even though tourists stream by. He know he is the lord here, and nothing and no one shall disturb him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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In a Venice state of mind...
A canal in Venice, with its houses reflected on the water. The sky is bluer in reflection than it is high up above.
August 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Happy birthday to our Italian Republic! #Italy
The Frecce Tricolori, the acrobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, flying over Rome today. Picture by ANSA. More here: https://www.ansa.it/sito/photogallery/primopiano/2025/06/02/lo-spettacolo-delle-frecce-tricolori-in-volo-su-roma_f2b4915e-85cb-4e83-9378-f4d44bf1f0da.html
June 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Providential. That's hopeful. I like it. Happy new year, everyone!
Screenshot of the word "providential", in black on white background, with the Merriam-Webster logo on the bottom right.
January 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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#SomethingBeautiful Notre-Dame de Paris, restored to its original majesty
The nave of Notre-Dame, way more luminous than I recalled
December 8, 2024 at 6:35 PM
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It's here, it's here! @wiswell.bsky.social
A stack of three books, featuring Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell. (The other two books are The Long List Anthology Vol. 8 and She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan.)
November 18, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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#SomethingBeautiful a balustrade on Lake Como
Behind a bush of red flowers, a white marble balustrade looks over the blues and greens of Lake Como
November 8, 2024 at 11:08 AM
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It's not my place to comment on anything of what is happening. I'll just leave here #SomethingBeautiful for anyone that needs it: Mariposas (Butterflies), by artist Manolo Valdés, by the shore in Venice.
An explosion of butterflies with mirror wings that reflect the blue sky
November 7, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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#SomethingBeautiful a castle in the Alps
A medieval castle with turrets and crenellations
November 6, 2024 at 11:46 AM
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Apparently, this is the cover it's sold with around here. Is it even the same book? (Can't wait to read it, btw!)
Bucolic cover for Someone you can build a nest in by John Wiswell
November 3, 2024 at 10:58 AM
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#Rome
View from the Rose Garden in Rome
November 1, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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#bookshop
Sign inside a bookshop, saying: Shoplifters will be made read Ulysses.
September 29, 2024 at 5:36 PM