Jeff Somers
@jeffsomers.bsky.social
Author, freelance writer, terrible chess player. jeffreysomers.com
Four Reasons You Should Upgrade to Smart Power Tools
Four Reasons You Should Upgrade to Smart Power Tools
Bluetooth-connected power tools might seem unnecessary at first glance, but they actually offer real advantages.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Four Reasons You Should Upgrade to Smart Power Tools
FIVE FUNERALS is open for pre-order!
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to make the magic happen. Preorders are 20% off, part of it goes to the Greater Boston Food, and you get a free pocket Bishop Carlbus Prep 1995 yearbook featuring drawings by Ruth Ann Sellars. DO IT.
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to make the magic happen. Preorders are 20% off, part of it goes to the Greater Boston Food, and you get a free pocket Bishop Carlbus Prep 1995 yearbook featuring drawings by Ruth Ann Sellars. DO IT.
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
FIVE FUNERALS is open for pre-order!
links.ruadanbooks.co...
to make the magic happen. Preorders are 20% off, part of it goes to the Greater Boston Food, and you get a free pocket Bishop Carlbus Prep 1995 yearbook featuring drawings by Ruth Ann Sellars. DO IT.
links.ruadanbooks.co...
to make the magic happen. Preorders are 20% off, part of it goes to the Greater Boston Food, and you get a free pocket Bishop Carlbus Prep 1995 yearbook featuring drawings by Ruth Ann Sellars. DO IT.
Somehow I know that if I traveled back in time and tried to impress the peasants with my superior knowledge of the universe I would wind up setting myself on fire and become a footnote in some Middle English poem.
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#randomthoughts
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Somehow I know that if I traveled back in time and tried to impress the peasants with my superior knowledge of the universe I would wind up setting myself on fire and become a footnote in some Middle English poem.
#randomthoughts
#randomthoughts
Is 'An Idiot Run Entirely by His Sense of Abandonment and Insecurity' the title of my memoir? Now you’re just being mean.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Is 'An Idiot Run Entirely by His Sense of Abandonment and Insecurity' the title of my memoir? Now you’re just being mean.
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12 Home Maintenance Items That Will Help Prepare You for Winter
12 Home Maintenance Items That Will Help Prepare You for Winter
The cold weather is coming, and your house isn’t ready. But with a few purchases, you can harden your home against the chill.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
12 Home Maintenance Items That Will Help Prepare You for Winter
I now have so many spreadsheets tracking my life every decision is decided by a 31-year old formula.
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#randomthoughts
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I now have so many spreadsheets tracking my life every decision is decided by a 31-year old formula.
#randomthoughts
#randomthoughts
‘Cocksucker,’ Stan said conversationally. ‘Mine too. She’s 23. She already knows more than I do.’
‘We made ‘em that way, Stan.’
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‘We made ‘em that way, Stan.’
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Writing Without Rules: From the Notebook | Jeff Somers | Substack
I'm author Jeff Somers, and I write at least one short story every month, longhand, in a spiral notebook, and have for decades. I'll be publishing them here one week at a time because no authority on Earth can stop me. Click to read Writing Without Rules: From the Notebook, by Jeff Somers, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
‘Cocksucker,’ Stan said conversationally. ‘Mine too. She’s 23. She already knows more than I do.’
‘We made ‘em that way, Stan.’
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‘We made ‘em that way, Stan.’
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#Writing #WritingWithoutRules
11 Useful Specialty Tools You Didn't Even Know Existed
11 Useful Specialty Tools You Didn't Even Know Existed
You probably have all the basic tools you need for DIY projects, and even some of the non-basic tools. But you probably don’t have these amazingly useful specialty tools.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
11 Useful Specialty Tools You Didn't Even Know Existed
FIVE FUNERALS is open for pre-order!
links.ruadanbooks.co...
to make the magic happen. Preorders are 20% off, part of it goes to the Greater Boston Food, and you get a free pocket Bishop Carlbus Prep 1995 yearbook featuring drawings by Ruth Ann Sellars. DO IT.
links.ruadanbooks.co...
to make the magic happen. Preorders are 20% off, part of it goes to the Greater Boston Food, and you get a free pocket Bishop Carlbus Prep 1995 yearbook featuring drawings by Ruth Ann Sellars. DO IT.
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
FIVE FUNERALS is open for pre-order!
links.ruadanbooks.co...
to make the magic happen. Preorders are 20% off, part of it goes to the Greater Boston Food, and you get a free pocket Bishop Carlbus Prep 1995 yearbook featuring drawings by Ruth Ann Sellars. DO IT.
links.ruadanbooks.co...
to make the magic happen. Preorders are 20% off, part of it goes to the Greater Boston Food, and you get a free pocket Bishop Carlbus Prep 1995 yearbook featuring drawings by Ruth Ann Sellars. DO IT.
Who wants to become a Land Pirate with me? Pegleg and missing eye optional, but very cool.
#randomthoughts
#randomthoughts
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Who wants to become a Land Pirate with me? Pegleg and missing eye optional, but very cool.
#randomthoughts
#randomthoughts
Then the show said, yeah, fuck that, and killed off Godolkin literally minutes after revealing him.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Then the show said, yeah, fuck that, and killed off Godolkin literally minutes after revealing him.
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We're delighted to reveal the cover for @jeffsomers.bsky.social's FIVE FUNERALS, out 02.22.26!
The cover art is by @barnaclesandmoss.bsky.social, evoking the macabre whimsy of Edward Gorey, & is perfect for this ghastly book of absurdist fiction.
Pre-order:
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#BookSky
The cover art is by @barnaclesandmoss.bsky.social, evoking the macabre whimsy of Edward Gorey, & is perfect for this ghastly book of absurdist fiction.
Pre-order:
🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/FF
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November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We're delighted to reveal the cover for @jeffsomers.bsky.social's FIVE FUNERALS, out 02.22.26!
The cover art is by @barnaclesandmoss.bsky.social, evoking the macabre whimsy of Edward Gorey, & is perfect for this ghastly book of absurdist fiction.
Pre-order:
🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/FF
#BookSky
The cover art is by @barnaclesandmoss.bsky.social, evoking the macabre whimsy of Edward Gorey, & is perfect for this ghastly book of absurdist fiction.
Pre-order:
🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/FF
#BookSky
Pre-order my novel FIVE FUNERALS and get it for 20% off, 50% of the profits will be donated to the Greater Boston Food bank if you order before 12/23, and pre-orders come with a free pocket Bishop Carlbus Prep 1995 yearbook featuring drawings by Ruth Ann Sellars.
links.ruadanbooks.com/FF
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Pre-order my novel FIVE FUNERALS and get it for 20% off, 50% of the profits will be donated to the Greater Boston Food bank if you order before 12/23, and pre-orders come with a free pocket Bishop Carlbus Prep 1995 yearbook featuring drawings by Ruth Ann Sellars.
links.ruadanbooks.com/FF
links.ruadanbooks.com/FF
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
When I started my first office job people could still smoke in the office and the one computer the company owned had a sign-in sheet for use. I think I might be old.
#randomthoughts
#randomthoughts
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
When I started my first office job people could still smoke in the office and the one computer the company owned had a sign-in sheet for use. I think I might be old.
#randomthoughts
#randomthoughts
Mrs. Wilson wrung her hands, twisting the napkin into tight braids.
‘You’d think he’d deign to make an appearance,’ she said in a nervous, hurt tone. ‘You’d think—’
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‘You’d think he’d deign to make an appearance,’ she said in a nervous, hurt tone. ‘You’d think—’
wwrnotebook.substack...
#Writing #WritingWithoutRules
Writing Without Rules: From the Notebook | Jeff Somers | Substack
I'm author Jeff Somers, and I write at least one short story every month, longhand, in a spiral notebook, and have for decades. I'll be publishing them here one week at a time because no authority on Earth can stop me. Click to read Writing Without Rules: From the Notebook, by Jeff Somers, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Mrs. Wilson wrung her hands, twisting the napkin into tight braids.
‘You’d think he’d deign to make an appearance,’ she said in a nervous, hurt tone. ‘You’d think—’
wwrnotebook.substack...
#Writing #WritingWithoutRules
‘You’d think he’d deign to make an appearance,’ she said in a nervous, hurt tone. ‘You’d think—’
wwrnotebook.substack...
#Writing #WritingWithoutRules
Throwback Thursday: Julian May’s The Pliocene Exile Is Greater Than A Game of Thrones
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November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Throwback Thursday: Julian May’s The Pliocene Exile Is Greater Than A Game of Thrones
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All you need to know about me and The Duchess is that the only reason we're making a will is to make sure someone takes care of the cats.
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#RandomThoughts
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
All you need to know about me and The Duchess is that the only reason we're making a will is to make sure someone takes care of the cats.
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#RandomThoughts
The first guy, the guy who still hadn’t accepted the DOT as his personal higher power and started in on the twelve steps to getting your wheels back, saw a partner in madness and they started preaching to each other.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The first guy, the guy who still hadn’t accepted the DOT as his personal higher power and started in on the twelve steps to getting your wheels back, saw a partner in madness and they started preaching to each other.
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If I ever have to choose a form of execution, I think I'd choose eating random street food until I catch something fatal and die.
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#RandomThoughts
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If I ever have to choose a form of execution, I think I'd choose eating random street food until I catch something fatal and die.
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#RandomThoughts
I couldn’t live with the stress involved in corruption. I once forgot to pay for a pack of gum at the grocery store and I sweated that for days.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I couldn’t live with the stress involved in corruption. I once forgot to pay for a pack of gum at the grocery store and I sweated that for days.
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#Writing #WritingWithoutRules
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My decision to never learn how to properly tie a necktie seems to have paid off. Suck it, universe.
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#RandomThoughts
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My decision to never learn how to properly tie a necktie seems to have paid off. Suck it, universe.
#RandomThoughts
#RandomThoughts
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM