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Laurence Raphael Brothers

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Technologist, writer, futurist. Codex, Viable Paradise, SFWA. Seeking representation for new novels. Publishers: Mirror World, Water Dragon, Brigid's Gate USPTO he/him @laurence@petrous.vislae.town https://www.laurencebrothers.com/

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Thank you!

12.10.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Speaking of which....

spacefantasymag.com/the-piper-at...

12.10.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One bad Yelp review from Ur and an eternity of infamy, poor guy.

12.10.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Comic

Panel one. Stick finger singing, "Raindrops on rose/ And whiskers on kittens."

Panel two. Same stick figure holding pot and singing, "Bright copper kettles leave/ ...Flakes on my mittens!?"

Panel three. Same figure still holding pot and singing, "Hey, these are stone with a copper veneer!"

Fourth panel. Same stick figure has put down pot and is singing, "I've been bamboozled by Ea-Nāşir!"

Comic Panel one. Stick finger singing, "Raindrops on rose/ And whiskers on kittens." Panel two. Same stick figure holding pot and singing, "Bright copper kettles leave/ ...Flakes on my mittens!?" Panel three. Same figure still holding pot and singing, "Hey, these are stone with a copper veneer!" Fourth panel. Same stick figure has put down pot and is singing, "I've been bamboozled by Ea-Nāşir!"

Ea-Nāşir's perfidy seems eternal!

12.10.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 923    πŸ” 205    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 6
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11.10.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Blue World Lyrics-Moody Blues
YouTube video by Thompson Travel Deals Blue World Lyrics-Moody Blues

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a9b...

11.10.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reskeet with a frog to scare ICE

11.10.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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11.10.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot from The Oregonian's video report on the Portland ICE facility protest. Two guys are in frog costumes, with a sign that says "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG" and has two frogs holding hands.

screenshot from The Oregonian's video report on the Portland ICE facility protest. Two guys are in frog costumes, with a sign that says "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG" and has two frogs holding hands.

"Frog! Frog! Frog! Frog!"

"FROGS TOGETHER STRONG" (and how cute are the two little frogs holding hands)

Guys I just fucking love this so much

I love frogs, and I love these frogs in particular.

10.10.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

I'm very happy to see this story published at last!

10.10.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Next up: the Department of Commerce announces it too is renaming itself the Department of War.

www.reuters.com/world/china/...

10.10.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A plastic bowl filled with discount tortellinis and marinara sauce

www.kluweoc.com

A plastic bowl filled with discount tortellinis and marinara sauce www.kluweoc.com

Since it is Friday, I am once again reminding you that I am running for CA Assembly District 72, and that my solemn pledge not to use any campaign funds to eat excessive amounts of tortellinis remains in effect.

These are personal tortellinis.

secure.actblue.com/donate/kluwe

10.10.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1476    πŸ” 132    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 7

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

10.10.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 19340    πŸ” 3820    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 70

And moreover no slaveowners were why slavery ended. Generals Sherman and Grant are why slavery ended.

10.10.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

mysterious!

10.10.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's the last Friday of this submission period for Translunar Travelers Lounge. If you have some fantasy, science fiction, or other speculative fiction 5000 words and under, why not submit?

(Open until 15th October, please check the guidelines)
translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

10.10.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sneak Preview: Phantom View, my next novelette! | John Wiswell Get more from John Wiswell on Patreon

I have more story coming out this year: "Phantom View" drops in two weeks! It's a creepy novelette about the accessibility needs of caretakers and ghosts alike. I can't wait for people to read this baby.

There's a sneak preview up at my Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/sneak-...

10.10.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm imagining a twitch reflexes game where you have to distinguish Joshu koans from fake ones and thwack an animated monk on the head with a QTE in under a second when you see a fake one.

10.10.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothΓ©e chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

tweet from childish branzino @absflora: timothΓ©e chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

Higgledy piggledy
TimothΓ©e Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

09.10.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2057    πŸ” 626    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 48
Bruce Cockburn Live ...If I Had A Rocket Launcher
YouTube video by tarkineWild Bruce Cockburn Live ...If I Had A Rocket Launcher

Related content: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOjH...

10.10.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm very happy to see this story published at last!

10.10.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is, however, apodictic that whatever he says is wrong.

09.10.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo

08.10.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 282    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 13
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Submissions Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is β€œfun”. [Go to Submissions]

Submissions are open for one more week. Speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Please read the guidelines! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

08.10.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha! What a great factoid. It just means there isn't really all that much to US history.

07.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead πŸ“š

07.10.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7793    πŸ” 2816    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 159

I think deal is an old-fashioned term for a kind of timber. Why it should emit light, though....

06.10.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
little girl carries monster with the same red flower in her hair as tied to his horn.

little girl carries monster with the same red flower in her hair as tied to his horn.

Related....

06.10.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could it be that a whole generation of heartless cost- and tax-cutting has left nothing left to cut?

05.10.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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