Ryan Melsom

@ryanmelsom.com

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Cyberpunk author, gnostic, signal digger, regulatory wonk, based in Ottawa 🇨🇦. https://shadowpawpress.com/product/gods-of-a-new-world/

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A picture of the sky taken from a three seasons room. There is a sliver of clear sky amidst clouds.
A picture of a looming storm cloud shot from inside a three seasons room.
A stylish man sitting in a chair, wearing incredible silk pants with images of paintings on them.
Eight barrier posts at an underground railway station. All posts except for one have a do not touch decal on them. Why?
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A cup of coffee on an intricate metal table.
A man’s chest and shoulder wearing a very striped shirt.
A row of six different small hot sauce bottles on a dining room table. They are of progressive hotness from El Yucateco on the left to Blair’s Mega Death on the right.
A grainy 1800s photograph of Chopin. He has a facial expression that is somewhere between confused and annoyed.
A screen capture of Ryan Melsom's Bluesky profile with a !Forbidden error instead of posts.
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A screen capture of a web page featuring an article on turning your attic into storage space.
Several cryptic bullet points alluding to themes for a sequel to the novel Gods of a New World by Ryan Melsom.
Five characters surround a mysterious crouching figure. In the near distance there is a wall of gigantic molten swords surrounding the scene.
Cover of Gods of a New World by Ryan Melsom. A man and a woman are walking through an abandoned city in the twilight.
Cover of Gods of a New World by Ryan Melsom. A man and a woman are walking through an abandoned city as the sun sets in the distance.
V from Cyberpunk 2077 overlooking Night City at night time.
Book cover of Gods of a new World by Ryan Melsom. A man and a woman are walking together through an abandoned city.
Cover of the thriller novel Alex Cross Must Die by James Patterson.
An “also bought” Amazon advertisement for decaffeinated Kicking Horse coffee.
Book cover of Pale Grey Dot by Don Miasek.
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A small airplane on the YXE tarmac at sunrise.
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Screenshot of a ChatGPT text response to the question "What is the Johannine Logos of Bluesky?".
Character So Mi, aka Songbird, from the Phantom Liberty expansion to Cyberpunk 2077. She is standing on the top balcony in a luxurious ballroom.
Cover of the novel Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.
Character V from the video game Cyberpunk 2077 looks out over the night lights of Night City.
Amazon listing for cyberpunk novel Gods of a New World by author Ryan Melsom, which includes an indicator that it is ranked #94.
Text from a work in progress by cyberpunk author Ryan Melsom. The passage describes Marci, a woman who has been transformed into a squidlike creature through extensive cybernetic implants.
Promotion poster for Book Bale’s book of the week sale featuring Gods of a New World by Ryan Melsom.
Page of text from an unnamed manuscript by author Ryan Melsom.
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Character from Cyberpunk 2077 in a futuristic business plaza
Text from a Word document, shared as part of a daily work in progress hashtag.
Imgaes of new and trending book covers on a bookseller website. the one on the farthest right is about 50% cut off, but it's clear it's Gods of a New World.
Hippopotamus at the Calgary Zoo.
An open box with two neat stack of books inside wrapped in shipping paper. The book title is Gods of a New World.
A screenshot of text for the daily #WIPSnips. The word "damage" is highlighted in the sentence "It is not too late, however, to reverse the damage that has been done."