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Michael J. Martinez @michaeljmartinez.bsky.social Ink-stained. Author of THE DAEDALUS INCIDENT, MJ-12: INCEPTION and many other things. Marketer by day. Husband and dad all the time. I joined AARP for the discounts and, damn, it was worth it.
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From a certain archipelago in western Pacific.
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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com Nick Stevens Graphics, based in Moldova, and keenly interested in the obscure corners of the Soviet Space Program. Busy restoring old infographics, and making CGI renders. Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists.
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Case Amber 2062 @caseamber.com A Retrofuturistic Alternate History. Nuclear Space Race. Reforger in China. Tense Franco-Weimar Standoff. Constellation of Southern African States.
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Possible History @possiblehistory.bsky.social Orange Alternate History Hub
Arturo Serrano @carturo222.bsky.social Ignyte-winning, Hugo-winning reviewer at Nerds of a Feather.
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Brent A.lternate History Harris @brentaharris.bsky.social Two-Time Alternate History Sidewise Award Finalist. Let's chat about Dickens, Dinosaurs, or DnD
Tim K Brumbaugh - Author @tbrumbaugh-author.bsky.social Author of the post-apocalyptic western novel Sorrow Draw and the Goblins of the Moors series.
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Sorrow Draw - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CY7V6587
The Mapmaker's Husband - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRWJFM1C
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Patrick 🌻 @prolemasses.bsky.social Alt-history rover
Charlaine Harris @realcharlaine.bsky.social New York Times Best Selling Author and lover of books 📚 The latest release in my Gunnie Rose series #TheLastWizardsBall is out everywhere NOW‼️✨
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The Cloverland Leagues @cloverlandleagues.bsky.social Account operated by @asrivkin.bsky.social for sharing results and updates from his ongoing Out of the Park Baseball simulation, now playing its 1924 season!
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Doctor Charlton Cussans PhD @charltoncussans.bsky.social PhD in History, fiction published by Sea Lion Press and original non-fiction research published by Historical Research and the South African Historical Journal.
Lecturer in History and Politics at a Nid-Tier University.
Sea Lion Press @sealionpress.co.uk The world's first publishing label dedicated to the world of counterfactual history (Est. 2015)
Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social Started writing, nobody has succeeded in making him stop. Self publisher & jobbing writer, most books available: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Charles-E.P.-Murphy/e/B015UTGDJW
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