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savannah’s book reviews: my syntax will never recover (the book of the new sun)

Posted on December 4, 2025 by fiveducks

This is the craziest shit I have ever read. Continue reading →

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Lucky Sevens: Five More Neat Things From the Somnolescent Archives

Posted on December 2, 2025 by bulb

Never ask me to estimate things. I don’t know how much that would cost, I can’t wager how heavy it is, and I certainly can’t imagine distances. I don’t know why, but my sense of scale is the wonkiest thing on the planet.

Somnolescent is no different! One of our recent new casual friends who’s been sitting in on mine and Savannah’s streams remarked that somnolescent.net is like a gigantic maze, and I really hadn’t thought about it because I’ve been working on it for seven years now and have zero perspective on it. Even though it’s as organized as it can possibly be, there’s still so much to see that I can’t imagine how it looks to anyone who isn’t me. Must be intimidating.

I did a roundup of neat things I found on archives back in May 2023, when I really started to push on turning it into a Web museum of restored, vintage sites and pure Somnolescent history, but one post of five things (technically ten things) only scratches the surface, and I’ve added a lot to it since then. Given it’s warm, fuzzy, rememberberries season, I bring to you another batch of neat shit we all worked on that you should go and check out.

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beta readers: the terror and joy of being known

Posted on June 26, 2025 by fiveducks

Hello from a cheap hotel room in Winnipeg! I mentioned in an earlier post that I’ve been working on Desertbound, my debut novel (coming 2026?). Consider this a bit of a sequel to that post. Continue reading →

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savannah’s book reviews: the long way to a small, angry planet

Posted on June 18, 2025 by fiveducks

Hey! I’m packing for a trip to Winnipeg (not a frozen shithole currently, but it is on fire) but I’ve got some time, and by that I mean I’d rather write a book review than pack. I read The Long … Continue reading →

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savannah’s book reviews: get me out of rf kuang hell

Posted on April 19, 2025 by fiveducks

I think I mentioned in my last post I’ve been reading loads recently. The Somnolians end up suffering through me liveblogging reactions to books I read, particularly those I don’t like (which has been a grand total of two). And Letters is due for a post. Continue reading →

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writing about writing

Posted on January 10, 2025 by fiveducks

Hey! Two posts from me within a month of each other? Unheard of. Suppose I’ve got a writing itch and I’m all out of Gold Bond. Continue reading →

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the number of the bulb: i don’t know how i got here

Posted on December 29, 2024 by fiveducks

Hey! Been a minute, because it’s always been a minute when I write these. Can you believe it’s almost 2025? I guess I can. Merry late Christmas and happy New Year.

I have to say I’m doing alright, despite the fact that the sun sets by 4 pm. As always, I had set a vague goal and then didn’t reach it and instead did something else. Wisp hasn’t been published yet, fwd 2.0’s still missing some content, I totally said I’d post that novella and then I didn’t.

I’m not too bugged about it, though. I’d like to think I took an unexpected turn and am going down a different street, and I’ll get back to whatever I was doing later.

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touching grass

Posted on September 3, 2024 by fiveducks

Hey! So 2024’s about three quarters of the way over and I fell off the face of the Earth again. My bad. Continue reading →

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NEW FIGHTER, YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!!

Posted on December 22, 2023 by connor

A new fighter enters the scene… Continue reading →

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trip photos: toronto!

Posted on August 13, 2023 by fiveducks

Hey! I mentioned in my Art Fight post I was in Toronto at the time of posting. Wanna see some photos? Continue reading →

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