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Excerpt of my book The Last Philosopher.

In "Trying to do right" we're introduced to a character who's escaping a prison and thinks he's The Last (Free) Philsopher 😊

DL link in AltText.

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Nothing about this baby-faced man gave the impression of a convict. For one thing, his ever-changing frown was often somewhere between perpetual amazement and advanced calculus. Combined with his weary blue eyes and the grey streak in his hair, it gave him the look of a scholar. To complete that image, he needed a beard, but his smooth face could never produce more than a slight fuzz. Herschel |. Pensador was trying out a new idea: non-violent resistance. Just one of many notions this gifted thinker had about how things should be done. But it hadn’t evolved into hunger strikes or protests. Instead, the non-violent part only meant that his escape should bother no one else. Not even the guards. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tynp5wgkwr0dkvmf3dzp3/The-Last-Philosopher-Part-One.epub?rlkey=n61zknkz05eakr809gcs19kzd&dl=0

Christmas (miracle) review on Part One of my Fantasy/Attempted Comedy story The Last Philosopher 😊

P.S Links to places where I'm currently posting Part Two are on my profile, updated weekly.

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I really really like this by 167five on The Last Philosopher: Part one Wednesday, December 24th, 2025. Overall rating: 5/5 stars Honestly, when I read the first chapter, I was like... What the heck am I reading? I thought that the writing was going to just be random philosophical nonsense. And for the first couple of paragraphs, that was what I recieved. But then... Herschel being a prisoner in a far off fantasty world really got to me. It seemed just an interesting premise, and seeing him give his satrical thoughts and ideas are just very entertaining to read. The grammar, plot, and story are all greatly done as well. Overall, this is a great story that I would recommend to other new readers.

I've finished: Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennett

This is not what I'm used to from Robert Jackson Bennett,

A hard hitting, near future, techno-thriller, parody of American gun culture.

It is not the funny sort of satire, it is the tragic, tense drama kind.

Published in 2019 it hit's a bit too close to home in 2025.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/08c7b0e6-cf4b-4405-8219-5d51dd7b8095

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
@McSweeneysFlip - McSweeney's Internet Tendency
@newsthump - Newsthump
@MissingThePt - Missing The Point
@index - American Bystander
@theonion.com - The Onion (feed)
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GERMAN LANGUAGE
@derpostillon - Der Postillon
@zdfmagazin - ZDF Magazin Royale
@janboehm - Jan Böhmermann

If anyone wants to check out my fiction, all of my ebooks, Flicka's LOVERS, The Fifth Seduction, BEER POUR, and the Appalachia crime drama I wrote under NJ Edwards in '23, are all free during this BIG smashwords.com end-of-year sale. FREE!

All of my ebooks are FREE at smashwords.com thru the end of the year! Flicka's LOVERS, The Fifth Seduction, BEER POUR, and even my first paperback that I authored under the pen name NJ EDWARDS back in '23, GOOD OL' BOY, are all FREE for this limited sale.

What? Still more promotions? Yes! Beginning Dec. 8th and running through Jan. 1st, BEER POUR and my other ebooks, Flicka's LOVERS and The Fifth Seduction, will be ON SALE at Smashwords.

Smashwords promo upcoming: December 8 through January 1. All of my 2025 ebooks will be on sale: BEER POUR, Flicka's LOVERS, and The Fifth Seduction.

https://eldritch.cafe/@EllisArcwolf/115559015085772139

I dunno why I went with those names. 🤔

My gay fathers were Charles Dickens and Jonathan Swift on one night of sublimely angry sex, so I can't help it. Chuck carried me, of course. Poor guy thought he had gout for years...

Normal Island News

Trump attends palace banquet to reminisce with old friend Prince Andrew about Epstein Island

In a heart warming story, America’s foremost paedophile, Donald Trump, has flown to the UK to meet up with the UK’s foremost paedophile, Prince Andrew. The pair were keen to reminisce about the good times they spent on Epstein Island and laugh about the women they bumped off. Boys will be boys.

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/trump-attends-palace-banquet-to-reminisce?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email