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The Fall of House Ruman
18th Aught, 1122 My life has ended. 25th Aught, 1122 My room is cold. Although the weather cannot be called fierce, my high perch groans awfully with the whistling wind. It seems happy to find the small cracks and infest them. The glass on my windows is dirty; I have yet to draw the curtains since 5th Plenty, 1122 Yes. I have been “advised”, which is to say ordered to record my thoughts in this journal I once so fastidiously curated. Somehow, my continuing grief offends peo

Lesley Charalambides
5 days ago10 min read
The Format's Ruin
I have in my possession a queer brass cylinder. Many thousands of years old, or so my appraiser claims. Bought at auction for quite a sum, no expense spared and fished from some sea-trawler or other. No, no. I appreciate your concerns, but I assure you that no-one was cheated. The cylinder by itself is quite worthless. The device is an ancient record, you see, impossible to read without the right mechanism; a mechanism that it so happens is also a part of my storied collectio

Lesley Charalambides
Feb 1215 min read
The First Battle of The New Age
It had been a long age of quiet since the Revelation scorched the earth. Eight centuries had passed, and the world of Rotundum, how cast in silver, glass and ash, showed the first stirrings of life. Machine Gods, last survivors of a fallen world, had shepherded mankind, preserved in the scratchings of brass cylinders and re-cast in resin and lighting. Education and fulfilling work were given to the reborn generations of humans, but as the eighth century turned over, the human

Lesley Charalambides
Jan 2330 min read


F1 Movie Review
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"Legion of The Lost" review
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My Professional Journey
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The FINAL Strike Update
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Yep It's a Strike Update
Wowza. Every time we at Good Boy Books sit down to puzzle out what sort of thing's going to make the newsletter this week we always think...

Lesley Charalambides
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Good Boy Books Update!
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Lesley Charalambides
Sep 13, 20231 min read


I Hope You're Not Wearing White (why is that a thing?)
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Lesley Charalambides
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The First of Many
Howdy Newsletter crew! By hopping on in, you're really helping to improve the website. We're definitely still learning how to put all...

Lesley Charalambides
Sep 6, 20231 min read
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