It's PUBLICATION DAY for my debut novel, IN THE DESERT!
I've been writing for decades (many) and this is such a hugely big day for me.
Thank you so much to my publisher @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for believing in this book and to everyone who has helped along the way!
Links to buy in thread 1/
Congrats, Barbara!! 🔥🔥🔥
Still 3 days left if you want to be a part of our unique KickStarter. Extra funds will give us freedom to experiment and afford more materials. We have ideas that we'd love to explore but I'm not a fan of promising stretch goals when more interesting things can arise organically through development.
Obviously going to be spamming ABIDE for the next week, sorry about that. I saw a tweet that someone didn't realise it was live and I still have about 1000 followers who I haven't convinced yet about how freakishly original and exciting this work is.
Edith has a "storied past". ABIDE is live on KickStarter now and needs your help! www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
Coming in 20 days!
Be a part of the ABIDE KickStarter and help fund one of the most unique games ever conceived! Link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
ABIDE. KickStarter next week!
A copy of Issue 81 of Alien Buddha Zine held against a background of snow-capped trees.
A copy of The Alien Buddha’s Best of 2025 held against a background of snow-capped trees.
Many thanks to @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social for including fragments of NOCTURINE in Alien Buddha Zine #81 and The Alien Buddha’s Best of 2025 🙏
So much fiction is ill-disguised auto-fiction (I'm guilty of it myself) so I'm delighted to say, In the Desert is 100% pure imagination.
Out 3-3-2026
Congrats, Barbara!! 🔥
Alien Buddha Zine #81 is out, and among many texts, you can read a wee excerpt of NOCTURINE!
Many thanks @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social for including me 🙏
Oh, wow, I’m glad, too. Thank you so much for your kind words!
"So sudden you didn’t have time to put your hair on. So loud your eardrums hurt"
What a piece from @drobnik.co - so much intensity in this @fracturedlit.bsky.social micro
Ahhhh thank you so much, Matt! 🙏
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Update: I’ve started revision 8, and I think we’re getting somewhere.
Congrats, Richard!!
Mashina on sale in the Steam sale! Meee-ow! Play it and review it if you fancy and if you're fancy! Are you fancy? store.steampowered.com/app/3395930/...
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If that sounds like your cup of tea, grab a copy here:
amazon.com/NOCTURINE-%C...
A copy of Nocturine held against some petunias. The cover features a magenta pixely jellyfish in the style of 8-bit games as well as the title and author’s name (Łukasz Drobnik) in a similarly pixely font against a black background.
An open copy of Nocturine held against some petunias.
I’m shit at marketing, and you can tell because I published a book nearly a month ago, and you probably haven’t heard about it.
Anyway, NOCTURINE is a surreal novella in breathless paragraphs. You might enjoy it if you’re into dark, voicey stuff.
I have a big request. My baby cousin, 15, is in hospital, non-responsive. I'd like to see her one last time & am trying to fly across the ocean *tomorrow* to make this happen. It would cost about £2500 or £3300 dollars. If you're able to contribute, this is my paypal: paypal.me/riversandfam
No, Copilot, I don’t want your help with this paragraph. And no, I don’t need your assistance pasting this one word. And it would be great if Word didn’t work so slow like we’re back in 1999, thank you.
Thanks so much, Anna! 🧡
You may dig NOCTURINE if you’re into the weirder and more surreal side of my writing.
Here’s an excerpt:
alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/s...
The cover of Nocturine by Łukasz Drobnik with a magenta pixely jellyfish in the style of 8-bit games as well as the title and author’s name in a similarly pixely font against a black background.
At long last, NOCTURINE is here!
The novella had a wild publishing journey. It was supposed to be my first book published in English, but ended up being my third.
Huge thanks to @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social for giving it a new home!
You can get your copy here:
amazon.com/NOCTURINE-%C...
Yup, you’re conquering the world! 😃
A copy of First Kicking, Then Not by Hannah Grieco held against orange-spotted yellow canna lilies.
FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT by @writesloud.bsky.social has made it to Poland! 🔥🔥 Can’t wait to dig in!
