John P. Murphy

@johnpmurphy.bsky.social

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Science fiction and fantasy writer, author of RED NOISE, THE LIAR, and others. Coffee enthusiast. No idea what I’m doing. https://johnpmurphy.net

A small journal covered in denim
"How each generation spends on food" graph that shows that Gen Z has larger percentages for Restaurants and Delivery than, progressively, Millennials, Gen X, Baby Boomers, Interwar Generation
A spray of three white flowers on a stem peeking through Venetian blinds
A grumpy bluebird, fluffed up and perching on my porch roof, waiting a turn at the feeder.
The opening screen of Legend of Zelda, with a cave and exits west, north, and east. Link has three hearts, and nothing else.
Woodpecker at a suet feeder. It's very dubious of this whole arrangement.
Black-capped chickadee at a green mesh suet feeder in foreground, taken through window blinds; snow-covered woods and stream in background.
Notebook with brown cloth boards and exposed spine bound with a Coptic stitch in rainbow thread.
Legend of Zelda screenshot of a shop selling a key, a ring, and meat. Caption “Boy this is really expensive!”
An old tweet of a drawing of a wizard and the accurate text, “i like this old illustration of a Wizard it looks like he's saying "I don't know! How the hell should i know?"”
Two potted coffee plants on a shelf in front of windows
LL Bean ad for “unbeatably easy pull-on chinos”
Two sets of cups: one has a single cup filled; the other four cups with just dregs.
Red tailed hawk on a low tree limb. Looks a little skeptical of having its picture taken.
Friday, July 18, 2025 18:00 • Writers Without Internal Monologues Salon G/H, Duration: 60 mins Saturday, July 19, 2025 10:00 • Worldbuilding Office Hours Salon I/J, Duration: 60 mins Sunday, July 20, 2025 10:30 • Reading: John P. Murphy Envision / Enliven, Duration: 30 mins
A box of coffee beans labeled Caffeine
Michael Drescher, the acting U.S. attorney in Vermont, who argued on behalf of the Trump administration, said that immigration officials had solid legal reason to detain Mr. Mahdawi as they considered his deportation case. Mr. Drescher noted that Mr. Mahdawi is not a U.S. citizen and has access to resources that would enable him to leave the country. “His detention is not illegal,” Mr. Drescher said.
Elmer Fudd with shotgun and finger to lips, captioned “Be vewy vewy quiet I’m hunting Twen de Awagwa”
Front yard with a mailbox and crabapple tree, sporting an even layer of fresh snow, which is bullshit.
Personalrobotjesus says, “What in the beatboxing puppy is this”
Showing the top option "Pin to your profile" after clicking the ... in the bottom right of a post
Tesla stock for the last week, trading around 240 until Oct 11, where it drops sharply to 220, down 30 points off its high of 250. He sure showed us, yessir.
IF THE ZOO BANS ME FOR HOLLERING AT THE ANIMALS I WILL FACE GOD AND WALK BACKWARDS INTO HELL (dril of course)
Scallop edge bronze coin reading 1.00 Payable in cash on pay day when due to employee to whom issued. INCLE-SCHIERLOH CO DAYTON. O. In MDSE only - non-transferable
Obviously AI generated book cover for BUICK AL OK by garbled-text, “professhow boook marketer”
Thread goes from, "Which is better, a torso love doll or a full-size love doll?” To, there was ice cream in ancient rome?
A green to blue gradient showing that I seem to perceive much more of the spectrum as “blue” than as “green
Eight foot green felt squid wearing an LED flower tiara, lounging top a low bookcase.
Interior of a two story stone tower with no roof, nothing but bare stone and a gravel floor
Overview of Oban bay from Dunollie castle showing a wide expanse of calm water and a succession of green islands off into the distance. A few sailboats here and there, and small buildings nestled into the trees.
Gold and blue photo of the sun setting over the boats and islands of Oban bay
NH dem primary ballot with 20 candidates listed
Tuxedo cat on the sofa is skeptical of my dancing.
Poorly shaded pencil drawings of boxes and a rock. I screwed up the dimensions on one of them and flagged it with “oops”.
Twitter post from NYC Mayor Eric Adams saying “We call New York City the Port-Au-Prince of America.” before offering support to the people of Haiti. Community notes adds context, “Not one person has ever said this before Eric Adams”.
Tuxedo cat with exquisite side-blep
Harpercolins Colege Division,2008 (sic)
A screenshot of an email window, just prior to pressing "send": To the WVU Board of Governors, President Gordon Gee, and WVU University relations, Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining. Sincerely, John P Murphy WVU Class of 2001
Business card, reading: Wile E. Coyote Super Genius Have Brain Will Travel
Sachet of uneven brown flakes catching the light