F. T. Berner

@ftberner.bsky.social

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I live in Italy, but I dream of other worlds below these sunny landscapes, so I write speculative fiction.

A view of Rome from a hilltop. To the right, you can see St. Peter's dome, and to the left, the city, sprawling endlessly. There are mountains in the distance, the same blue as the sky (they are snow-capped, but you can't see the snow in this picture). On top of the hill, in front of the camera, there is a low wall/long bench, graffitied in big block letters.
A copse of fir trees under a generous sprinkle of snow. A house peeks from behind them. On the bottom of the picture, a car ruins the magical atmosphere a bit.
A screenshot, reading: Diabolical Plots #127: Lisa Brideau, F.T. Berner 5 hours ago "The Glorious Pursuit of Nominal" by Lisa Brideau "The Effects and Efficiency of Birdsong: A Meta-Analysis" by F.T. Berner
A poster in a shop window. It shows mixed pasta formats and it reads: Keep calm and buy pasta.
A cat is perched over a stone well in a courtyard. Flowers bloom over a wall in the background. The cat doesn't move even though tourists stream by. He know he is the lord here, and nothing and no one shall disturb him.
A canal in Venice, with its houses reflected on the water. The sky is bluer in reflection than it is high up above.
The Frecce Tricolori, the acrobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, flying over Rome today. Picture by ANSA. More here: https://www.ansa.it/sito/photogallery/primopiano/2025/06/02/lo-spettacolo-delle-frecce-tricolori-in-volo-su-roma_f2b4915e-85cb-4e83-9378-f4d44bf1f0da.html
Screenshot of the word "providential", in black on white background, with the Merriam-Webster logo on the bottom right.
The nave of Notre-Dame, way more luminous than I recalled
A stack of three books, featuring Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell. (The other two books are The Long List Anthology Vol. 8 and She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan.)
Behind a bush of red flowers, a white marble balustrade looks over the blues and greens of Lake Como
An explosion of butterflies with mirror wings that reflect the blue sky
A medieval castle with turrets and crenellations
Bucolic cover for Someone you can build a nest in by John Wiswell
View from the Rose Garden in Rome
Sign inside a bookshop, saying: Shoplifters will be made read Ulysses.