Ryan Melsom, PhD 🪐📚
@ryanmelsom.com
Cyberpunk author, seasonal beard-haver, karateka based in Ottawa 🇨🇦.
https://shadowpawpress.com/product/gods-of-a-new-world/
https://shadowpawpress.com/product/gods-of-a-new-world/
Why not support a small press and give the gift of mind-bending AI apocalypse for the holidays this year #Booksky?
Who wouldn't want to read about average people taking on trillionaire "gods" these days?
#sffh #scifi #cyberpunk
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Who wouldn't want to read about average people taking on trillionaire "gods" these days?
#sffh #scifi #cyberpunk
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November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Why not support a small press and give the gift of mind-bending AI apocalypse for the holidays this year #Booksky?
Who wouldn't want to read about average people taking on trillionaire "gods" these days?
#sffh #scifi #cyberpunk
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Who wouldn't want to read about average people taking on trillionaire "gods" these days?
#sffh #scifi #cyberpunk
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My experiment to improve the accessibility of my writing has begun!
I’m at the airport reading my first ever James Patterson novel. First observation: short chapters that always end on a cliffhanger (big or small).
#WritingCommunity #amreading #BookSky
I’m at the airport reading my first ever James Patterson novel. First observation: short chapters that always end on a cliffhanger (big or small).
#WritingCommunity #amreading #BookSky
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
My experiment to improve the accessibility of my writing has begun!
I’m at the airport reading my first ever James Patterson novel. First observation: short chapters that always end on a cliffhanger (big or small).
#WritingCommunity #amreading #BookSky
I’m at the airport reading my first ever James Patterson novel. First observation: short chapters that always end on a cliffhanger (big or small).
#WritingCommunity #amreading #BookSky
Customers who bought my AI post-apocalypse novel also bought… decaf coffee???
Oh wait: I get it! The action is just so intense that they can’t drink caffeine while reading or their minds will explode.
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Oh wait: I get it! The action is just so intense that they can’t drink caffeine while reading or their minds will explode.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Customers who bought my AI post-apocalypse novel also bought… decaf coffee???
Oh wait: I get it! The action is just so intense that they can’t drink caffeine while reading or their minds will explode.
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Oh wait: I get it! The action is just so intense that they can’t drink caffeine while reading or their minds will explode.
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Currently reading this gem by Canadian sci-fi whiz Don Miasek while the kiddos are I karate.
Fun, gritty, immersive, and super well written!
#amreading #BookSky #sffh 🪐📚
Fun, gritty, immersive, and super well written!
#amreading #BookSky #sffh 🪐📚
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Currently reading this gem by Canadian sci-fi whiz Don Miasek while the kiddos are I karate.
Fun, gritty, immersive, and super well written!
#amreading #BookSky #sffh 🪐📚
Fun, gritty, immersive, and super well written!
#amreading #BookSky #sffh 🪐📚
I was THIS CLOSE to talking apocalypse on the CBC today. I guess I’ll just have to drown my sorrows in CBC flavoured coffee. 🥲☕️
October 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I was THIS CLOSE to talking apocalypse on the CBC today. I guess I’ll just have to drown my sorrows in CBC flavoured coffee. 🥲☕️
Yee room service :)
September 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Yee room service :)
I present to you The Johannine Logos of @bsky.app, built from a winding Q&A with ChatGPT.
I particularly like a "new dawn, a different light, a place to breathe again." Feels like that at least sometimes.
I particularly like a "new dawn, a different light, a place to breathe again." Feels like that at least sometimes.
September 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I present to you The Johannine Logos of @bsky.app, built from a winding Q&A with ChatGPT.
I particularly like a "new dawn, a different light, a place to breathe again." Feels like that at least sometimes.
I particularly like a "new dawn, a different light, a place to breathe again." Feels like that at least sometimes.
First time finishing #PhantomLiberty last night.
Went all the way down the rabbit hole with this one, fully aware I was going to get screwed but just too compelled not to find out how. Worth it!
#Cyberpunk2077
Went all the way down the rabbit hole with this one, fully aware I was going to get screwed but just too compelled not to find out how. Worth it!
#Cyberpunk2077
September 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
First time finishing #PhantomLiberty last night.
Went all the way down the rabbit hole with this one, fully aware I was going to get screwed but just too compelled not to find out how. Worth it!
#Cyberpunk2077
Went all the way down the rabbit hole with this one, fully aware I was going to get screwed but just too compelled not to find out how. Worth it!
#Cyberpunk2077
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson! It's a travel week, so I'm hoping to get some good time in on the plane(s). #Amreading #BookSky 🪐📚
September 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson! It's a travel week, so I'm hoping to get some good time in on the plane(s). #Amreading #BookSky 🪐📚
V taking in the sights. #Cyberpunk2077
September 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
V taking in the sights. #Cyberpunk2077
I'm super pleased to see that Gods of a New World just broke the top 100 in the #cyberpunk genre on Amazon.ca.
This puts the book in the ranks of unthinkable names like Philip K Dick, Neal Stephenson, and Isaac Asimov. Like... Whaaa?
#WritingCommunity #booksky 🪐📚💙📚
This puts the book in the ranks of unthinkable names like Philip K Dick, Neal Stephenson, and Isaac Asimov. Like... Whaaa?
#WritingCommunity #booksky 🪐📚💙📚
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I'm super pleased to see that Gods of a New World just broke the top 100 in the #cyberpunk genre on Amazon.ca.
This puts the book in the ranks of unthinkable names like Philip K Dick, Neal Stephenson, and Isaac Asimov. Like... Whaaa?
#WritingCommunity #booksky 🪐📚💙📚
This puts the book in the ranks of unthinkable names like Philip K Dick, Neal Stephenson, and Isaac Asimov. Like... Whaaa?
#WritingCommunity #booksky 🪐📚💙📚
Love seeing another writer's spreadsheet. The color coding is a revelation.
Here's mine. I'm so close to being done this one!
#writingcommunity #amwriting
Here's mine. I'm so close to being done this one!
#writingcommunity #amwriting
September 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Love seeing another writer's spreadsheet. The color coding is a revelation.
Here's mine. I'm so close to being done this one!
#writingcommunity #amwriting
Here's mine. I'm so close to being done this one!
#writingcommunity #amwriting
Today's #WIPSnips word is "half", which shows up a surprising number of times in my WIP. In this case, the passage containing the word describes Marci, a woman who has been transformed into a squidlike creature through extensive cybernetic implants.
#WritingCommunity #cyberpunk 🪐📚
#WritingCommunity #cyberpunk 🪐📚
September 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Today's #WIPSnips word is "half", which shows up a surprising number of times in my WIP. In this case, the passage containing the word describes Marci, a woman who has been transformed into a squidlike creature through extensive cybernetic implants.
#WritingCommunity #cyberpunk 🪐📚
#WritingCommunity #cyberpunk 🪐📚
Hey, Gods of a New World was selected as book of the week on Book Bale. If you’re a subscriber (or just really love insanely good books), check it out!
#BookSky 🪐📚💙📚
#BookSky 🪐📚💙📚
September 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hey, Gods of a New World was selected as book of the week on Book Bale. If you’re a subscriber (or just really love insanely good books), check it out!
#BookSky 🪐📚💙📚
#BookSky 🪐📚💙📚
Been a while since I've done #WIPSnips, but I recalled a distinct reference to today's word "pressure".
As the three main characters descend through a massive futuristic pit-city, Janella, who has certain mystical ties suddenly vanishes, stranding the other two 333 floors down.
#WritingCommunity
As the three main characters descend through a massive futuristic pit-city, Janella, who has certain mystical ties suddenly vanishes, stranding the other two 333 floors down.
#WritingCommunity
September 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Been a while since I've done #WIPSnips, but I recalled a distinct reference to today's word "pressure".
As the three main characters descend through a massive futuristic pit-city, Janella, who has certain mystical ties suddenly vanishes, stranding the other two 333 floors down.
#WritingCommunity
As the three main characters descend through a massive futuristic pit-city, Janella, who has certain mystical ties suddenly vanishes, stranding the other two 333 floors down.
#WritingCommunity
Without downloading any new images where are you mentally?
August 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Without downloading any new images where are you mentally?
I've been playing Cyberpunk 2077 again, and photo mode is just too fun not to mess around with a bit.
August 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I've been playing Cyberpunk 2077 again, and photo mode is just too fun not to mess around with a bit.
#WIPSnips time! Today's word is "shout" @wipsnips.bsky.social, and in my work in progress, it has to do with the shouting of advertisements along the central column of a massive in-ground city.
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#WritingCommunity
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August 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
#WIPSnips time! Today's word is "shout" @wipsnips.bsky.social, and in my work in progress, it has to do with the shouting of advertisements along the central column of a massive in-ground city.
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#WritingCommunity
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#WritingCommunity
Had to try this out! 🪐📚💙📚.
🤖 Cyberpunk thriller
🧠 Mind-bending
🤑 Trillionaire gods
📎 Artificial super intelligence
🧦 Unlikely allies
😶🌫️ Secret Atlanteans
☸️ Buddha's birthplace
🦿 Cyborg battles
🌍 They go everywhere
🛸 Everywhere
🤬 Too many swears, according to mom
🍁 Canadian made!
#WritingCommunity
🤖 Cyberpunk thriller
🧠 Mind-bending
🤑 Trillionaire gods
📎 Artificial super intelligence
🧦 Unlikely allies
😶🌫️ Secret Atlanteans
☸️ Buddha's birthplace
🦿 Cyborg battles
🌍 They go everywhere
🛸 Everywhere
🤬 Too many swears, according to mom
🍁 Canadian made!
#WritingCommunity
August 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Had to try this out! 🪐📚💙📚.
🤖 Cyberpunk thriller
🧠 Mind-bending
🤑 Trillionaire gods
📎 Artificial super intelligence
🧦 Unlikely allies
😶🌫️ Secret Atlanteans
☸️ Buddha's birthplace
🦿 Cyborg battles
🌍 They go everywhere
🛸 Everywhere
🤬 Too many swears, according to mom
🍁 Canadian made!
#WritingCommunity
🤖 Cyberpunk thriller
🧠 Mind-bending
🤑 Trillionaire gods
📎 Artificial super intelligence
🧦 Unlikely allies
😶🌫️ Secret Atlanteans
☸️ Buddha's birthplace
🦿 Cyborg battles
🌍 They go everywhere
🛸 Everywhere
🤬 Too many swears, according to mom
🍁 Canadian made!
#WritingCommunity
Today's #WIPSnips word is "enemy", and here's mine!
Don't you just hate it when alien entities control your reality at such a fundamental level that they barely even recognize you as existing?
Maybe hints of 1984's Emmanuel Goldstein tucked away in there... "enemy" as a tool of control.
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Don't you just hate it when alien entities control your reality at such a fundamental level that they barely even recognize you as existing?
Maybe hints of 1984's Emmanuel Goldstein tucked away in there... "enemy" as a tool of control.
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August 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Today's #WIPSnips word is "enemy", and here's mine!
Don't you just hate it when alien entities control your reality at such a fundamental level that they barely even recognize you as existing?
Maybe hints of 1984's Emmanuel Goldstein tucked away in there... "enemy" as a tool of control.
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Don't you just hate it when alien entities control your reality at such a fundamental level that they barely even recognize you as existing?
Maybe hints of 1984's Emmanuel Goldstein tucked away in there... "enemy" as a tool of control.
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August 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Hellooo @wipsnips.bsky.social! Here's my #WIPSnips contribution for today's word, "frequent".
What would you be doing if the world was starting to decohere at the fundamental level? Ethan decides to watch TV :)
#WritingCommunity 🪐📚
What would you be doing if the world was starting to decohere at the fundamental level? Ethan decides to watch TV :)
#WritingCommunity 🪐📚
August 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Hellooo @wipsnips.bsky.social! Here's my #WIPSnips contribution for today's word, "frequent".
What would you be doing if the world was starting to decohere at the fundamental level? Ethan decides to watch TV :)
#WritingCommunity 🪐📚
What would you be doing if the world was starting to decohere at the fundamental level? Ethan decides to watch TV :)
#WritingCommunity 🪐📚
The #WIPSnips word of today is "balance". My current WIP contemplates a world that has gone so badly out of balance, the only escape may be a retreat into alternate realities/dimensions/spaces...
This one's a bit of a mess, but some of that's intentional.
@wipsnips.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity
This one's a bit of a mess, but some of that's intentional.
@wipsnips.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity
July 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The #WIPSnips word of today is "balance". My current WIP contemplates a world that has gone so badly out of balance, the only escape may be a retreat into alternate realities/dimensions/spaces...
This one's a bit of a mess, but some of that's intentional.
@wipsnips.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity
This one's a bit of a mess, but some of that's intentional.
@wipsnips.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity
A good solid 50% of my book is on the front page of sci-fi/fantasy at Chapters-Indigo. I'll take it!
#scifi #cyberpunk #booksky
#scifi #cyberpunk #booksky
July 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A good solid 50% of my book is on the front page of sci-fi/fantasy at Chapters-Indigo. I'll take it!
#scifi #cyberpunk #booksky
#scifi #cyberpunk #booksky