J. Oliver Padgett

Married father of two. Unpublished author, avid reader, and audiobook enthusiast. Politics-free - focused on writing and stories. I block political accounts.

[J. Oliver Padgett @SoulFire77]

October 1991. A foster kid in South Dade County finds one word waiting on the Tandy 1000 in his bedroom:

Steel.

It came through a dying BBS, from a machine that does not exist yet, about a morning ten years away.

SON OF SEPTEMBER — paperback out now:

https://t.co/LFWGIoNWc9

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ABCtales Pick of the Day - a rather beautiful poem, evocative of the season's change ahead of us. https://t.co/EYDvuB2Gg0

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This is our wonderful story of the week!

Another thoroughly entertaining tale of the indefatigable Amandarella from Eric Marsh.

https://t.co/2mtsTIjiLH

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Our Pick of the Day is Present, Fifteen. Great writing from SoulFire77. Do read and share. You can start at the beginning here: https://t.co/O8w0oGsj5K

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This wonderful poem from Angusfolklore is Tuesday’s Pick of the Day.

https://t.co/I7A0w1LC03

Image source and author:
https://t.co/D87FWHsflN
M J Richardson

Please share if you can.

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The start of something new and very promising by cliffordben502: https://t.co/Q0RcKr00cy

(Picture credit: https://t.co/NMdog9zpd9 )

[J. Oliver Padgett @SoulFire77]

@fasc1nate Shame no one in his neighborhood needed the gospel.

[Drew 🧂🔥Gummerson @drewgum]

Latest article. On Vacances.

In Nice. Some reading. Some writing. A new fiction prize. Cheese. Wine. Iron men.

@renardpress @FitzcarraldoEds

https://t.co/cFVYieCcrE

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Vermiglio (2024), BBCiplayer, screenwriter and director Maura Delpero. https://t.co/9LISlUShMD

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Sean McNulty (2026) Excavatum. https://t.co/zwB0MwrRwA

[ABCtales @ABC_Tales]

I've long believed crisps to be as romantic as sunsets. And roses. Particularly cheese and onion. This beautifully written poem confirms that belief. Enjoy!

https://t.co/HGsFU8zVP7

[J. Oliver Padgett @SoulFire77]

@ZackAttackP1 It involves Jill being the master of lock picking.

[J. Oliver Padgett @SoulFire77]

@BiancoDavinci I was raised by my grandmother. She spoke of "first sleep" and "second sleep" many times. It was still practiced in America before the spread of electric lights.

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@MoreTwitty The proof was there, I just wouldn't let it in.

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@MissaMaybe @HarrowayBooks @AuthorGFAllen Start with this one:

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@HarrowayBooks @AuthorGFAllen The Jane Hawk Series, Intensity, the man rarely disappoints me. I appreciate Koontz' restraint. He doesn't beat you over the head with graphic imagery.

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@deanpb_author Lots.

[J. Oliver Padgett @SoulFire77]

@oelma__ If tomatoes are a fruit, ketchup is a type of jelly.

[J. Oliver Padgett @SoulFire77]

@w_bitterman It's teaching us that we are separate from our thoughts. Once you recognize that your thoughts are like a transmission from another room, and not YOU- it becomes easier to do. The "heart" (mind) is exceedingly wicked and deceitful. Are you?