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STEEL FRAME | ORIGIN COMPLEX | #postdoclife | FRAI | Writing repped by @bigjcowen | He/Him | Jozi Boy | flight-elements.bsky

Johannesburg, ZA
Joined June 2015
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Giant robots, xenoarchaeology, machine ghosts and ancient horrors; warm sorrows, (more than) human connection, and deep cosmic mystery. Sound like you? The Origin Complex is waiting.
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If there were no brooms, what would the pious sweep with?
In the dark future of the 41st millennium, brooms still exist
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Steel Frame (2019)
Broke: The pilot is one with their mech, very high in sync Woke: The pilot has a strong neural plug to their mech, they are inseparable Bespoke: The pilot has long since died and been metabolized by the cockpit, a corpse with fingers still firm on the console, it still fights
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WH40k's hidden emancipatory message: with enough field artillery, you, dear mortal, can murder God.
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Found some _Backrooms_ flavour text in the wild recently
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I will order my Cerveza Cristal an hour ago.
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Who doesn't love a good mysterious pillar that stretches away into uncertainty?
I love the reoccuring giant pillars in fromsoft games
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At this point, adding something to WT is just a more efficient FOIA request.
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Wonderful review for Origin Complex in Interzone :D
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"Dark academia"? My sibling in Sartre, that's the only way it comes.
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Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 4 Trailer 2 final-final-1(1).doc
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Just blurted out 'I don't think you can call something 'cultured' unless someone's dry-heaving in the background', and I swear it made sense in the moment.
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Tomorrow is the special new edition release of Origin Complex over at the excellent @scarlet_ferret. Get Bitter Earth, a new, exclusive short story in the Steel Frame-iverse, with every copy. It's DRM-free, and supports a curated, fair-trade indie ebookstore
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My follow-up to Steel Frame, Origin Complex, is coming to the best little indie ebook store! It has: An awesome new cover 🚀 An exclusive short story extra 🤖 Only the finest undying alien horrors 👾 Keep your eyes on @scarlet_ferret for more!
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Did you know that there's an interactive map of London's plague pits? I didn't. But also, *of course* there's an interactive map of London's plague pits. historic-uk.com/HistoryMagaz…
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Origin Complex in some *remarkable* company :D
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It's wild that something as ott as Chainsaw Man has this affecting gem in its OST open.spotify.com/track/1SiTJ…
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Just finished an absolute beast of an edit. Reckon I'll allow myself a little bit of death, as a treat.
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