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John, while John had had... I write fiction at https://houseoffiends.medium.com

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Read Your Writing @ New Stadium · Luma Welcome to The House of Fiends! Join us for a relaxed evening of Prose (such as short stories) and Personal Essay readings with fellow writers and story…

Are you thinking about writing, or simply wish to support local writers?

We're doing readings downtown. Join us.

luma.com/syeiz0on

11.09.2025 20:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nothing is ever over!

10.09.2025 19:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Read Your Writing @ New Stadium · Luma Welcome to The House of Fiends! Join us for a relaxed evening of Prose (such as short stories) and Personal Essay readings with fellow writers and story…

luma.com/syeiz0on

09.09.2025 17:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm running a Read Your Writing event in Toronto, late Sept.

Link in comments

09.09.2025 17:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Líf and Lífþrasir

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"And that part?"
"South America. Oh, the little... that's the Amazon Rainforest, in Brazil."
"It's so green, like the Moon Garden! We're going there too?"
"We are, sweetheart. There's a cafe in Rio de Janeiro I'd like to see again."

It looks so small from up here, like a perfect little gem. Nothing like when it was burning on the midnight broadcast. 

I know the fires were never visible from space, but I swear I remember it all turning red. Smoke filled my lungs entire light-years away. I wondered if I'd ever see it again.

And now it's so green.

Líf and Lífþrasir --- "And that part?" "South America. Oh, the little... that's the Amazon Rainforest, in Brazil." "It's so green, like the Moon Garden! We're going there too?" "We are, sweetheart. There's a cafe in Rio de Janeiro I'd like to see again." It looks so small from up here, like a perfect little gem. Nothing like when it was burning on the midnight broadcast. I know the fires were never visible from space, but I swear I remember it all turning red. Smoke filled my lungs entire light-years away. I wondered if I'd ever see it again. And now it's so green.

There is an entire world after Ragnarök. Someone will build it.

#AugurMicros2025 @augursociety.bsky.social

07.09.2025 03:48 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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this Cliff, Above The Tide ambition as it Relates to Time, Shame & Cowardice

ynnhoj.substack.com/p/this-cliff...

29.07.2025 01:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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An essay about ambition. For you

Link below

29.07.2025 01:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hosting an event in #toronto where writers can read their work for curious listeners & other writers!

lu.ma/8m1gxpb2

Hope to see you there :)

15.07.2025 15:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Read Your Writing · Luma Welcome to Read Your Writing #1! Join us for a relaxed evening of Fiction and Personal Essay readings in the park with fellow writers and story lovers! Whether…

Join us for a relaxed evening of Fiction and Personal Essay readings in the park with fellow writers and story lovers!

Whether you’re an emerging writer or just want to vibe, this is your space to connect with a small part of Toronto’s creative community.

lu.ma/8m1gxpb2

12.07.2025 22:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Johnny Libenzon Johnny Libenzon's personal website and corner of the interweb.

Made a new personal website!

libenzon.com

28.03.2025 18:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

To the detriment of all

18.03.2025 19:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

As soon as I saw the wellness session in s1 I knew it wouldn't be long...

17.03.2025 13:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Reading #piranesi reminded me of some Newgrounds animation series I watched when I was younger, but I couldn't place it...

But I finally found it! The 'Castle' series by Oscar Johansson

16.03.2025 02:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Liberal institutions in fascism dominated fields

16.03.2025 02:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Favored Son of a Dying Star This story was written for the Winter 2025 Writing Battle short story competition!

Been #writing more, especially in competitions here and there.

My latest work got an honorable mention in a Writing Battle competition.

houseoffiends.medium.com/favored-son-...

14.03.2025 20:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Strike, Oh Thunder, Down on The Eastern Shore I arrive the way storms do - the sound chasing the spectacle.

"We do not dream as you do. We dream grandly."

This story is about unrequited love. And a life worth dying for.

houseoffiends.medium.com/strike-oh-th...

13.03.2025 20:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Almost makes working corpo feel fun!

13.03.2025 16:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I feel so much better in my skin than I did a year ago

11.03.2025 23:30 👍 24 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Why put up an ad that blocks such a beautiful mural?? @figma.com

13.03.2025 00:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Too many people saying "the enemy of my enemy is my-!" as if it's impossible to separately hate both Ford and Trump at the same time

12.03.2025 22:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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To the Stars, Gently Dreaming Imagine a night sky bathed in the violet light of melancholia.

I want to start posting more of my short stories into the world. Here's the first of many:

This one, from 2020, explores the bitter fate of many young boys during the Second World War.

houseoffiends.medium.com/to-the-stars...

05.03.2025 20:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ooh great suggestion!

04.03.2025 20:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anyone have Canadian-owned restaurants they recommend for hosting dinners for 10+ people in downtown Toronto?

04.03.2025 18:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Should I write a brief essay on why the best multiverse stories are tragic in nature

03.03.2025 20:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Best show I've seen this year, Arcane S2 close second. #pantheon

11.01.2025 23:42 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Ah yes the bi-panic romance simulator

01.12.2024 15:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Seems like #promosky is a thing! Let's see...

- Path of Exile
- Warframe
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Disco Elysium
- Dungeons & Dragons / D&D
- Arcane
- Sandman
- SFF
- Writing, especially short stories & fiction of all sorts
- Books! Recent favorites: Pachinko, Between Two Fires, Project Hail Mary

28.11.2024 23:53 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 0

POV you're Jayce and you've just been told that it was only affection keeping you together

28.11.2024 23:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Write that book. Send that story. Query that agent. Ask for that blurb. Maybe it doesn’t work out, but there’s a chance it will, and that chance—however small you think it is—is all you need.

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Is he Chief Catsecutive Officer

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