Ryan M. Williams
@ryanmwilliams.bsky.social
📚 Writer of:
🚀 Science Fiction and Fantasy
⚰️ Horror and Mystery
🎨 Also, creates digital art and games
💀 Discover books and more 👇
ryanmwilliams.com
🚀 Science Fiction and Fantasy
⚰️ Horror and Mystery
🎨 Also, creates digital art and games
💀 Discover books and more 👇
ryanmwilliams.com
I just backed ExtrudeX – 3D Printable Filament Recycler & Maker on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cre...
ExtrudeX – 3D Printable Filament Recycler & Maker
A compact, fully 3D printable machine that recycles failed prints and purge waste into new filament - easy, efficient, and sustainable.
www.kickstarter.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I just backed ExtrudeX – 3D Printable Filament Recycler & Maker on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cre...
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I HATE FAIRYLAND #46 drops this week! You don’t want to miss this one. Visit your local comic shops and buy every copy!
December 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I HATE FAIRYLAND #46 drops this week! You don’t want to miss this one. Visit your local comic shops and buy every copy!
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I'm going to do an experiment in the new year. No meta posting (well, I may post occasionally, but not consistently like I have done previously). Meta has died for me, so bsky has become my chosen platform to reach lovely folk! Blogging for me next year, LET'S DO THIS! #escapefrommeta #2026
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I'm going to do an experiment in the new year. No meta posting (well, I may post occasionally, but not consistently like I have done previously). Meta has died for me, so bsky has become my chosen platform to reach lovely folk! Blogging for me next year, LET'S DO THIS! #escapefrommeta #2026
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December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Would you like an Elsie sticker? We're adding a complimentary sticker to each order from my web store made between now and December 17th. Visit maryrobinettekowal.com/store/ to shop for signed books, mission patches, and stuffies. Note: we cannot accommodate Elsie sticker design preferences.
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Would you like an Elsie sticker? We're adding a complimentary sticker to each order from my web store made between now and December 17th. Visit maryrobinettekowal.com/store/ to shop for signed books, mission patches, and stuffies. Note: we cannot accommodate Elsie sticker design preferences.
Check out Snow Bear - The Card Game by Aaron Blaise on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/aar...
Snow Bear - The Card Game
Build Friends. Battle the Arctic. Bring People Together. A game about making friends... literally!
www.kickstarter.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Check out Snow Bear - The Card Game by Aaron Blaise on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/aar...
I just backed Snow Bear - The Card Game on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/aar...
Snow Bear - The Card Game
Build Friends. Battle the Arctic. Bring People Together. A game about making friends... literally!
www.kickstarter.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I just backed Snow Bear - The Card Game on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/aar...
I just backed Fighting Fantasy - Solo Adventure Gamebooks - Set 2 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...
Fighting Fantasy - Solo Adventure Gamebooks - Set 2
Five roleplaying adventures by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson. The classic series that's part story, part game - you are the hero!
www.kickstarter.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I just backed Fighting Fantasy - Solo Adventure Gamebooks - Set 2 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...
I just backed Winter Delights: A Joyful Collection Full of Holiday Cheer on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...
Winter Delights: A Joyful Collection Full of Holiday Cheer
Ten stories celebrating family both natural and found, food, fun, and the occasional visit from the North Pole.
www.kickstarter.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I just backed Winter Delights: A Joyful Collection Full of Holiday Cheer on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...
I just backed 🐙 Cosmoctopus Beyond the Inky Realm Expansion + 2nd Edition on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/pap...
🐙 Cosmoctopus Beyond the Inky Realm Expansion + 2nd Edition
✨ Deepen your devotion with a new cephalopod, devotee cards, resources, player powers + solo mode for Cosmoctopus: The Board Game!
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I just backed 🐙 Cosmoctopus Beyond the Inky Realm Expansion + 2nd Edition on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/pap...
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A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the “Ghostbusters” theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility....
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.the-independent.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the “Ghostbusters” theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility....
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
I just backed Beneath the Leaves by Simone Grünewald on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/211...
Beneath the Leaves by Simone Grünewald
Field Notes from the Undergrowth
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October 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I just backed Beneath the Leaves by Simone Grünewald on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/211...
I just backed Team Building Revenge: Hardcover, Paperback, Large Print on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...
Team Building Revenge: Hardcover, Paperback, Large Print
An IT sisterhood triumphs in a clever novella of tech job survival, the power of friendship, and the satisfaction of evening the score.
www.kickstarter.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I just backed Team Building Revenge: Hardcover, Paperback, Large Print on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...
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Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...
www.wheresyoured.at
September 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
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So The Information reported OpenAI's revenue was $4.3bn for the first half of this year - which is around $1bn *LESS* than I had estimated, yet they still think this company hits $13bn in revenue by EoY. Even if they hit $1bn a month every month, they miss.
www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...
www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...
OpenAI’s First Half Results: $4.3 Billion in Sales, $2.5 Billion Cash Burn
OpenAI generated around $4.3 billion in revenue in the first half of 2025, about 16% more than it generated all of last year, according to financial disclosures to shareholders. The company said it bu...
www.theinformation.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
So The Information reported OpenAI's revenue was $4.3bn for the first half of this year - which is around $1bn *LESS* than I had estimated, yet they still think this company hits $13bn in revenue by EoY. Even if they hit $1bn a month every month, they miss.
www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...
www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...
I just backed The Final 3: Your Publishing Playbook, Rewritten on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sel...
The Final 3: Your Publishing Playbook, Rewritten
Updated, Expanded, and Ready to Help You Sell More Books in 2025 and Beyond.
www.kickstarter.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I just backed The Final 3: Your Publishing Playbook, Rewritten on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sel...
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Autism isn’t a disease to be cured or even eradicated. It’s a neurotype that results in many of the most beautiful and creative brains to have existed. Autists need systemic support to thrive in a world built for allistics, not the blame and shame that make our lives harder than they need to be.
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Autism isn’t a disease to be cured or even eradicated. It’s a neurotype that results in many of the most beautiful and creative brains to have existed. Autists need systemic support to thrive in a world built for allistics, not the blame and shame that make our lives harder than they need to be.
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For anyone concerned there may be something to the Tylenol-autism BS, I present:
September 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
For anyone concerned there may be something to the Tylenol-autism BS, I present:
I just backed 1101 Digital Stories in an Analog World: A New SF Collection on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ron...
1101 Digital Stories in an Analog World: A New SF Collection
Aliens, science, time travel & humanity. 13 glimpses of futures full of hope and the sense of wonder from Analog writer Ron Collins.
www.kickstarter.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I just backed 1101 Digital Stories in an Analog World: A New SF Collection on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ron...
I just backed Whimscal Wonders, a 2026 Calendar on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/nat...
Whimscal Wonders, a 2026 Calendar
A wall calendar featuring colourful and whimsical artworks by Natacha Chohra.
www.kickstarter.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I just backed Whimscal Wonders, a 2026 Calendar on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/nat...
I just backed Savage Strangehollow - Art & Folklore By Emily Hare on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...
Savage Strangehollow - Art & Folklore By Emily Hare
Explore an enchanted realm of vast forests, unforgiving mountains and uncharted waters
www.kickstarter.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I just backed Savage Strangehollow - Art & Folklore By Emily Hare on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...
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Guess what? Savage Strangehollow, my new book, is LIVE!! If you are into fantasy, folklore and creature art, then this might be right up your street! You can pre-order yours here: buff.ly/MtZUyIc
#kickstarter #dragon #fantasyart #artbook #folklore #watercolour #art
#kickstarter #dragon #fantasyart #artbook #folklore #watercolour #art
September 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Guess what? Savage Strangehollow, my new book, is LIVE!! If you are into fantasy, folklore and creature art, then this might be right up your street! You can pre-order yours here: buff.ly/MtZUyIc
#kickstarter #dragon #fantasyart #artbook #folklore #watercolour #art
#kickstarter #dragon #fantasyart #artbook #folklore #watercolour #art
I just backed Networking for System Administrators (2nd Edition) on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwl...
Networking for System Administrators (2nd Edition)
The critically-acclaimed sysadmin reference, updated for modern Windows and Unix
www.kickstarter.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I just backed Networking for System Administrators (2nd Edition) on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwl...
I just backed Transmissions robot art calendars 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat...
Transmissions robot art calendars 2026
Share your jouirney through the coming year with a selection of robots from my Transmissions art series in two calendars for 2026.
www.kickstarter.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I just backed Transmissions robot art calendars 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat...
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I keep saying.
Walled. Garden.
Meanwhile, I can leave @buttondown.com any time I want to, because they're a proper newsletter platform. I just don't leave, because it's awesome and I love it.
Walled. Garden.
Meanwhile, I can leave @buttondown.com any time I want to, because they're a proper newsletter platform. I just don't leave, because it's awesome and I love it.
Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business
September 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I keep saying.
Walled. Garden.
Meanwhile, I can leave @buttondown.com any time I want to, because they're a proper newsletter platform. I just don't leave, because it's awesome and I love it.
Walled. Garden.
Meanwhile, I can leave @buttondown.com any time I want to, because they're a proper newsletter platform. I just don't leave, because it's awesome and I love it.