Truant D. Memphis

Truant D. Memphis

@truantmemphis.com

Author. Friend & neighbor. Humorist. Empathetic weirdo. Check out my novels: Littlethumb Sneezed, Daffodil, Post Oh!pocalypto Poppycock, and Saving Maria. Blended genre humor, litfic/specfic. Available all over the internet. www.truantmemphis.com

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10 Year Anniversary Sale! The Littlethumb Sneezed ebook is on sale for $.99 across all platforms. Do you like to read tragic yet funny tales about human nature? Do you like art and foul mouthed villains? Get your copy today 🙂. Wherever you buy books or links in my website: www.truantmemphis.com

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Truant D. Memphis@truantmemphis.com

It’s the 10 year publishing anniversary for Littlethumb Sneezed. Get your copy and celebrate with me and Jojo! #monkey #booksky #litfic #anniversary

What movie needed a sequel but didn’t get one? Believe it or not…CHIPS Dax and Peña were so good/funny together and the script was great comedically. I don’t know about need, but me definitely wanted.

Lauren Stoolfire@sunsoar25.bsky.social

What movie needed a sequel but didn’t get one? I still hope Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will get one - one day!

Watched the Norm Macdonald doc on @netflix.com last night. Made me love him even more. I dig a variety of stand-up comedy styles…but the sideways thinkers like Norm, Mitch, Stephen Wright, Harland Williams, etc., they hold a special place in my brilliant comic pantheon. #norm #standup #comedy

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

Highway to Hell in My Pants Ruin a song by adding “In My Pants.” *not really sure adding in my pants ruins any AC/DC song. Kinda fits the oeuvre…

Mark Sarvas@marksarvas.bsky.social

"I've Just Seen a Face In My Pants" - The Beatles

This is why it is okay to hate. Despite my desire to live a peaceful, hate free life, I have no qualms hating or wishing ill will on the people who contribute to mass death and otherwise actively make life worse for others on a grand scale. Musk is a demon.

22 hours of listening on Audible last month for Littlethumb Sneezed. That’s basically the book being read three times. Not bad for this little piece of literary fiction about a child prodigy painter. #booksky #audiobook The ebook is currently on sale for $.99! -it’s funny…but also sad.

Say what you will about South Park, but its Billionaire Weenies episode was brilliant.

David Roberts@volts.wtf

One widely loathed, ketamine-addicted, white-supremacist billionaire can single-handedly keep a failing political party afloat, through the brute force of money. Excellent system we've set up here.

Woohoo! The Boy Who fell from the Past audiobook got its first 5 Star rating on Hoopla. Thank you anonymous library patron!!! #booksky #library #audiobook #libraries #librarians #litfic #scifi #timetravel

Just got off the phone with one of my closest friends, a lifelong Green Lantern fan (and English Lit teacher) with our post mortem convo about Lanterns. We talked each other off the ledge. Tears. Sadness. Frustration. Hopes dashed so harshly you can’t even remember what the hopes were…😂

Along with the sexy logs, got this antique crate refinished and shined up. Such a cool old thing. No idea where it came from. #art #artsky #woodsky 😂

It’s been a while since I finished any sexy wood pieces. These had been sitting on the porch since last summer…but finally got em stained and polished and shined. #artsky #woodsky

Publishing is so weird. Launched The Boy Who Fell from the Past audiobook. Concurrently running 10 year anniversary sale for Littlethumb Sneezed ebook. Annnnnnd…instead have sales for The Boy in paperback and several downloads of Littlethumb Sneezed audio. Will take it of course but 🤷🏻‍♂️ #booksky

Been an interesting run of sales…I put Littlethumb Sneezed on sale and instead Daffodil and The Boy Who Fell from the Past are moving. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Always happy to move units of course, just a curiosity!

Truant D. Memphis@truantmemphis.com

10 Year Anniversary Sale! The Littlethumb Sneezed ebook is on sale for $.99 across all platforms. Do you like to read tragic yet funny tales about human nature? Do you like art and foul mouthed villains? Get your copy today 🙂. Wherever you buy books or links in my website: www.truantmemphis.com

Another one… #vintagetoys #toys #treasure #treasurechest #batman

Truant D. Memphis@truantmemphis.com

I have failed you bluesky. I forgot to share my last two Treasure Chest Friday posts for five people to see. #vintagetoys #toys #treasure #treasurechest

Are you looking for your next read, fellow skeeters? You might find it on one of my lists on @bookshop.org You can buy one of my books or books from super famous people whose books I’ve read, or if you’re into the indies, check out my indies only list! bookshop.org/shop/truantm... #booksky #read

bookshop.orgSelections from the Filling Station - Truant Memphis' Book Shelf BookshopHello Friend, Thanks for stopping by my shop! I'm Truant, and I've created a list of some of my favorite books. While I've included numerous titles I love by famous authors, I plan to feature independ...

n honor of Labor Day and all the workers, I chose this weekend to release my new audiobook. The Boy Who Fell from the Past is YA blended genre literary fiction. An unusual coming of age story. The audiobook will be available across all platforms and in libraries! #timetravel #scifi #booksky

Don’t wanna be this way but legit get depressed when scrolling booktok. Any literary fiction writers or readers on here and there? Am I just in the wrong space? I’m fine with enjoying fluff, my tv time is garbage, but does anyone on booktok do good literature? Anyone? Anyone? #booksky

Regarding the recent debate about “big words” in literature and dumbing down stories and whatnot… I live with a thesaurus in my lap when drafting a manuscript, if that sort of thing turns you on. #booksky

Jon Adcock@jonadcock.bsky.social

#booksky

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A few years ago, after reading the entire Agenda47 & all 922 pages of Project 2025, I compiled a list of their 10 worst policies for Black Americans Less than 2 years into his presidency, Trump has accomplished every single goal on his anti-Black MAGA checklist

dlvr.itProject 2025 Performance Review: How Trump Achieved Every Goal of the White AgendaIn less than two years, the Trump administration has fulfilled every aspect of the Heritage Foundation’s plan to make America white again.

Rewatching Ted Lasso before watching the new season and it reminds me of how tired I get of morally grey characters, antiheroes, etc. Love having a show with a bunch of loving people who love each other and rarely do petty shit and jesus it’s so damn funny too. My memory didn’t do the show justice.

With all do respect to…I don’t know, the world. I don’t give a fuck about Natalie Harp. Epstein files. War. Cost of living. WAR! EPSTEIN FILES! Ice terrorism. Fucking health care. These things matter. Harp doesn’t.

Odd random post here: I get annoyed with the consistent, casual, basically flippant and accepted use of cocaine in story telling and jokes. I’ve jokingly referenced it myself, but it’s become almost rhetorical, tropey and trite at this point and to be frank, that shit is a demon that destroys lives.

It’s just as ruinous and addictive a substance as heroine, but you rarely see heroine treated with the lighthearted revelry that you do cocaine. While I don’t expect the world to cater to my emotions or triggers, the lighthearted coke stuff in storytelling of all formats kind of sickens me.

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If you want to support your favourite author, but don't have the money to buy their books, most libraries have a Recommend a Purchase" link somewhere on their website. Or a "Notify me if the library purchases this title" option in their catalogue, which tells staff that there is interest.

We’re a nation of upperclass sociopaths.

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

One you might find surprising. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in responding to questions I raise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions. And I have appreciated that. Thank you