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I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...
It's a small detail, but I still like how the outfit designs came out on this one. A 'Love Match' illustration (book is @kyellgold.com) for March Madness!
I still haven't touched Heated Rivalry but I have finished listening to the first 4 audiobooks in @kyellgold.com 's Out of Position series and I think they are peak gay sports drama to be honest. They are so well-written and touching to me as someone who is gay and loves sports culture.
New book review of Red Devil by @kyellgold.com! The second book in the Dangerous Spirits series.
The stakes have risen, and so has the spookiness...
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Cover of Black Angel, a Dangerous Spirits novel by Kyell Gold. A teenage anthropomorphic otter wearing a white baptismal robe floats underwater among the roots of cypress trees. She reaches upward through the water toward a shadowy figure above. Art by Rukis, Cover layout by Christine Foltzer
Cover of Green Fairy by Kyell Gold. In a grand, early-20th-century hall, an anthropomorphic fox in a flowing period dress dances at center. An anthropomorphic goat glances back over their shoulder on the left, while a black wolf on the right meets the reader’s gaze. Shimmering green sparkles drift between the fox and wolf, hinting at something magical.
Cover of Red Devil by Kyell Gold. Two anthropomorphic foxes sit side by side on a riverbank: Alexei, a male fox, and his sister Catarina. Behind them stands a dilapidated wooden cabin, with a modern city skyline rising in the distance. In the river’s reflection appears another fox dressed in old-style military clothing, holding a sword. The rippling water distorts the figure, giving him a ghostly, fractured presence. Art by Rukis. Cover design by Christine Foltzer.
Black Angel re-cover reveal!
@cfoltzer.bsky.social brings the Dangerous Spirits series together with a stunning new look as Meg must face the ghosts of her past in Black Angel.
Next up: Athos’ story in Azure City, March 26.
Pick it up at the @furplanet.com table at TFF.
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Revisiting Black Angel, it finally clicked: it was always Meg. My reading gap between Red Devil and Black Angel kept me from seeing it the first time, but reviewing the trilogy together makes it obvious. Sol and Alexei have their moments, but the first three books are really Meg’s story. Mind blown.
Kyell's Patreon schedule for the week... Mon. 3/9 – Re-Cover Reveal: Black Angel Mon. 3/9 – Newsletter: Writing Excerpts Tue. 3/10 – Serialized Audiobook: The Mysterious Affair of Giles (Part 5) — Copper+ Tue. 3/10 – Serialized Novel: Fast Breaks (Part 23) — Text+ Tue. 3/10 – Writing Stream (open to all), Noon–1:30pm PT (Picarto.tv) Wed. 3/11 – Serialized Novel: Monster Huggers (Part 37) — Text+ Thu. 3/12 – Content-Free Day Fri. 3/13 – Serialized Audiobook: The Mysterious Affair of Giles (Part 6) — Copper+ Thanks, as always, for your support! You make these stories possible.
Here’s @kyellgold.com’s #Patreon schedule for the this week.
🎨 Black Angel re-cover reveal
🏀📚 'Fast Breaks' ongoing novel
🎧📚 The Mysterious Affair of Giles audiobook
🖋️ Newsletter: Writing Excerpts
🐲📚 'Monster Huggers' ongoing novel
Next week, Azure City cover reveal!
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Interesting. What examples from the book support that thesis?
What furry sites have you had the best luck purchasing advertising on?
We'll be helping the @furplanet.com folks at their @furryfiesta.org table for the release of Azure City by @foresteruniverse.com. We'll also be doing some panels and TBA special events.
May even have a casual "pitch night" if time allows, so if you are close to completing "a thing", stay tuned.
Sterjall sitting on a bristlecone pine branch against a backdrop of hazy mountains. His amber eyes look to the left, while his body faces right. His dark fur contrasts against the haze, his tail wraps subtly around a branch. He is holding Leif, his obsidian-bladed dagger, with the point down. He’s wearing a blue tunic, a braided leather belt, leather pants, and a copper bracelet. The bristlecone pine has nearly no leaves, but still manages to look lively.
🐺 Sterjall 🗡️
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Several fursuiters including a brown snake, a blue and white panda, an orange Arcanine canine, a brown and beige character, a white canine, and a black devil emoji shape fursuiter
Attention panelists and event hosts! We will be closing our applications for #Anthrocon 2026 tomorrow evening; don't delay any longer if you want your chance at being considered for an event slot!
Info: www.anthrocon.org/events-panels/
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This applies to ANY skill: writing, crafting, cooking, exercise, business, relationships, meditation...
It also happens to everyone. Wherever you are on the chain there is always someone better than you, but also someone just behind you.
It is the ones just behind you that you can help the most.
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(Excerpt from Green Fairy) The alarm jolted Sol from sleep like a slap across the muzzle. He squirmed, lying on his stomach, then blinked at the clock. He’d forgotten to turn the alarm off. “Fuck,” he murmured into the pillow, and then pressed his hips into the mattress. Swearing, grinding into the sheets, it all felt grownup and adult, like the hard rock on his iPod. He reached up to turn it off. Something soft trailed along his paw, brushed the alarm as his thumb hit the off button. He blinked, focusing on it. A black velvet ribbon was wrapped around his paw. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black-and-white illustration of an anthropomorphic wolf, Sol, seated in his bed, just waking up and looking at a ribbon in his paw that shouldn't exist. Art by Rukis. Story by Kyell Gold.
(Excerpt from Green Fairy) Tanny turned all the way forward to face them, her eyes widening. “Stay the fuck out of this, Ivan.” “My name—” “I don’t give a fuck what your name is.” Around them, some of the other students were watching avidly, others turned away in embarrassment, though even their ears stayed focused on the mounting argument. The fox shrugged, but his grey eyes were narrowed. “Not nice to put garbage on desk, is all.” “Yeah, well, he’s been keeping my brother down for a year now, and my brother is way more talented and finally gets his starting spot, and this faggot wants to steal it back. Is that nice?” “If he is allowed to play, it will be the coach decision.” Sol didn’t quite know what to do. The only times he’d been present for an argument about him in which he wasn’t involved had been at home with his parents. Reflexively, he’d adopted the same posture and attitude, muzzle and ears down, but he realized that he didn’t have to. Tanny started to reply, but he cut her off. “We’ll just let the manager decide who’s more talented,” he said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black-and-white illustration of an anthropomorphic fox, Alexei, standing in front of a high school desk in a classroom and looking back at an anthropomorphic coyote. The classmate, Tanny, has turned to look at Alexei, glaring with disdain. Art by Rukis. Story by Kyell Gold.
(Excerpt from Green Fairy) Sol’s free paw brushed the painting. He looked down at it and then up, across the bed at the mirror on his closet. In the reflection, he saw Carcy moving both hands up and down, saw the desperation in his panicked hazel eyes. He looked trapped. And then he saw the flicker of movement, a shadow behind Carcy. The wolf’s eyes flicked forward, but there was nothing there. He flicked back to the mirror. Definitely, a shape behind the ram, a shifting shadow with a long, flowing tail, whose ears showed in ragged silhouette against the light of the hallway through the open door. Carcy’s eyes closed. He lifted Sol’s paw and pressed it to his bare stomach, forcing it down inside his underwear. Behind the ram, the shadow lifted an arm. It seemed to be waiting. Sol’s fingers brushed something, and he curled them away from it. “Please,” Sol whispered to the shadow. “Sure, Solly,” Carcy said, and moved his fingers to Sol’s waistband. “Y’see? I—” The shadow moved, its arm whipping across Carcy’s muzzle in the reflection. In front of Sol, the ram’s head snapped to one side. He let go of Sol’s paw and pulled his other arm back, eyes open and blazing yellow anger. “What the fuck?” “Sorry!” The word came out cracked in two through Sol’s bone-dry throat. “I’m sorry, I just don’t…I’m not ready…” Carcy cracked him hard across the muzzle, catching him right on the swollen part of his lower lip. “You hit me? Jesus, you’ve got some fucking nerve!” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black-and-white illustration of an anthropomorphic wolf, Sol, sitting back in a bed and being straddled by an aggressive looking anthropomorphic ram. The ram is reaching down to Sol's chest, while behind the rams head a shadowy silhouette of a canine head glares at forward. Art by Rukis. Story by Kyell Gold.
(Excerpt from Green Fairy) He sets his bag of groceries down to shake himself, picks it up again, and climbs the stairs. “Henri,” he says cheerfully as he pushes the door open, “you were right, dorogoï—” The smell is what he notices first, the wrongness of it; even though the window is partly open and the rain is coming through, it cannot completely clear out the smell. Niki knows it from his childhood in western Siberia, from the time the plague ran through their town and everyone remained indoors, but there is no plague here, no plague save for the thin cord knotted at one end around a rafter in the ceiling and at the other around the neck of the black rat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black-and-white illustration of an anthropomorphic fox looking into a mostly empty apartment, his muzzle open in shock. In the middle of the room a three legged stole rests, while broken picture frame leans against a wall. Art by Rukis. Story by Kyell Gold.
Before we reveal the new Azure City artwork from @rukis.bsky.social, we're continuing our revisit of the art from Green Fairy.
Sol's dreams are haunted by the cabaret dancer Niki as he struggles to tell illusion from reality in this quiet horror supernatural coming-of-age story.
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A black & White drawing of the head and shoulders of an anthropomorphic weasel, Ellie Stone. Art by Caribou.
“Weasel Under the Sun”! A cozy murder mystery following Ellie Stone, a weasel assistant cook turned private investigator, previously seen solving murders in "The Mysterious Affair of Giles".
The image of Ellie Stone is from the first book, and drawn by @cariboops.bsky.social.
Come join @kyellgold.com and the @sofawolf.com team! We’ll have lots of classic books, plus a brand new Kyell title being published by our friends at @furplanet.com, arriving just in time for the convention. Stay tuned for a cover reveal in April!
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Cover of Green Fairy by Kyell Gold. In a grand, early-20th-century hall, an anthropomorphic fox in a flowing period dress dances at center. An anthropomorphic goat glances back over their shoulder on the left, while a black wolf on the right meets the reader’s gaze. Shimmering green sparkles drift between the fox and wolf, hinting at something magical.
Cover of Red Devil by Kyell Gold. Two anthropomorphic foxes sit side by side on a riverbank: Alexei, a male fox, and his sister Catarina. Behind them stands a dilapidated wooden cabin, with a modern city skyline rising in the distance. In the river’s reflection appears another fox dressed in old-style military clothing, holding a sword. The rippling water distorts the figure, giving him a ghostly, fractured presence. Art by Rukis. Cover design by Christine Foltzer.
Dangerous Spirits re-cover reveal for Red Devil!
Love seeing the new layout work by @cfoltzer.bsky.social side by side. Black Angel next week, leading to Azure City cover reveal on March 16!
Azure City releases March 26. Grab your copy at the @furplanet.com table at TFF.
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Ready for a shindig at Furlandia this year?
The applications for DJs close on March 6th.
Get your info in lickety-split!
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Cover of Green Fairy by Kyell Gold. In a grand, early-20th-century hall, an anthropomorphic fox in a flowing period dress dances at center. An anthropomorphic goat glances back over their shoulder on the left, while a black wolf on the right meets the reader’s gaze. Shimmering green sparkles drift between the fox and wolf, hinting at something magical.
Cover of Red Devil by Kyell Gold. Two anthropomorphic foxes sit side by side on a riverbank: Alexei, a male fox, and his sister Catarina. Behind them stands a dilapidated wooden cabin, with a modern city skyline rising in the distance. In the river’s reflection appears another fox dressed in old-style military clothing, holding a sword. The rippling water distorts the figure, giving him a ghostly, fractured presence. Art by Rukis. Cover design by Christine Foltzer.
Dangerous Spirits re-cover reveal for Red Devil!
Love seeing the new layout work by @cfoltzer.bsky.social side by side. Black Angel next week, leading to Azure City cover reveal on March 16!
Azure City releases March 26. Grab your copy at the @furplanet.com table at TFF.
#Furry #FurryLit #BookSky
Image shows Kyell Gold's Patreon release schedule for the week of March 2-6th. On Monday, we reveal the refreshed cover for Red Devil, the second re-cover in the Dangerous Spirits collection. (Kit still says this one gave him actual shivers — something about Alexei and his ghost.) We also continue the serialized audiobook of The Mysterious Affair of Giles, and on Wednesday, Monster Huggers drops a brand-new chapter. Here’s the full schedule: Mon. 3/2 – Re-Cover Reveal: Red Devil Mon. 3/2 – Newsletter: March Dispatch Tue. 3/3 – Serialized Audiobook: The Mysterious Affair of Giles (Part 3) — Copper+ Tue. 3/3 – Writing Stream (open to all), Noon–1:30pm PT (Picarto.tv) Wed. 3/4 – Serialized Novel: Monster Huggers (Part 36) — Text+ Thu. 3/5 – Content-Free Day Fri. 3/6 – Serialized Audiobook: The Mysterious Affair of Giles (Part 4) — Copper+
Happy March, everyone! Here’s @kyellgold.com ’s #Patreon schedule for the first week.
🎧📚 The Mysterious Affair of Giles, a cozy murder mystery, continues. Plus...
🎨 Red Devil re-cover reveal!
🖋️ Newsletter: March 2026 Dispatch
🐲📚 'Monster Huggers' ongoing novel.
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Have you been thinking of volunteering for Furlandia, but don't know where to start?
We're hosting an official volunteer meeting this March 7th at the North Portland Library. It'll be from 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM at the North Portland Library.
📍512 N Killingsworth St, Portland, OR 97217
Last day to order your Bright & Night t-shirts and grab some New Tibet books! Order form closes at Midnight, PT. Available for in person pickup at @furryfiesta.org as well.
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Last day to order your Bright & Night t-shirts and grab some New Tibet books! Order form closes at Midnight, PT. Available for in person pickup at @furryfiesta.org as well.
#FurryLit #BookSky #Furry
(Excerpt from Green Fairy) "His mother said something first. “Sol, take your steak before it gets cold.” He swallowed. It would be easy here to just eat the steak, to put off becoming vegetarian until tomorrow. Only Carcy had been so helpful, and Sol had wanted to do this for weeks. Courage was easier to find when he knew his father was going to end the meal angry anyway. So he stared down at the round green peas and square orange carrots, and moved them around with his fork. “I’m—not having any.” “What do you mean?” His father laughed. “Never seen you not hungry for steak.” “I mean—I’m not having any, anymore. Ever.” The room grew cold and still. His father set down his silverware. “No steak?” “No meat.” His mother said, softly, “Are you not feeling well?” “I’m fine, I just—I’m not interested in eating it anymore.” “Not interested? Not interested?” His father leaned forward, glowering. “You’re an athlete. You need your protein. Your brother recorded the second-most tackles in Richfield High history, and you know how he did it? Eating steak. How are you going to turn double plays without steak?” Then he had to blurt it out, to deliver the other half of the bad news. The hope that his father’s rage at the combined news would be more bearable than going through this twice was fading fast. “I’m not starting anymore!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black-and-white illustration of three anthropomorphic wolves seated around a dinner table. Sol has just announced that he wants to become a vegetarian, creating visible tension. His father, an imposing, traditionally masculine wolf, reacts with clear disapproval as a meat-heavy meal sits between them. The scene captures a charged family moment. Art by Rukis. Story by Kyell Gold.
(Excerpt from Green Fairy) “The Confession of Jean de Giverne” (translated by Holliset Marchand, 1922) Dear père, I know that this is not what you meant when you said you wanted all of Lutèce to speak my name. From the prison window, I hear the scurrilous rumors and whispers, and it pains my heart to think that you may be hearing and believing them. They make me out to be devoid of morals, the exemplar of the bourgeoisie and their contempt for the peasants. They call for the return of the guillotine, for my head to be mounted at Les Halles as assurance to the lower classes that the government has their interests at heart, that it is not an attempt to re-create the monarchy. As if my head could bear all of those meanings! Dearest father, my story is a love story, a story that could be told between farmer and flower-girl, between landowner and minister. That it was told between a senator’s son and a common dancer is incidental to the heart of it, and to the tragic turn it took. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black-and-white illustration of an anthropomorphic chamois wearing torn and dirty clothing sits against a stone wall in a cell while writing into a journal. Art by Rukis. Story by Kyell Gold.
(Excerpt from Green Fairy) “I just feel good.” He sniffed at his empty goblet. “Is there any more?” She laughed. “Not in one night. What do you mean, good?” “Oh.” He put the goblet down on the floor. It wobbled; he had to steady it with a paw. “Just…you know, who cares if I’m on the team or not?” “What about the car?” Car. He’d forgotten about Carcy, how grateful he was to the ram. He took out his phone to type a quick message. **Absinthe is great but not better than you**. Meg made a noise of exasperation and craned her neck to see what he was typing. When she read the words, she slumped back into her chair. “Oh God.” She moaned and turned the desk lamp back on. “It’s making you one of those kind of poets.” Carcy wrote back, **Aww. :)**, and Sol’s heart filled with love. “Maybe I always was,” he said. “Maybe now you can tell me what’s so great about him. Other than that he’s willing to sext you whenever.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black-and-white illustration of two anthropomorphic characters kneeling across from one another. On the left, Sol, a black wolf, raises a goblet to toast Meg, a goth otter, who holds a matching glass. A bottle of absinthe rests on the floor between them, surrounded by candles. Art by Rukis. Story by Kyell Gold.
(Excerpt from Green Fairy) If seeing him across the seats had been intriguing, seeing him up close was enthralling. In the confined space, he swayed his hips, he cupped the air in front of my face with his paws, he bent his muzzle to come closer to mine. His tail swung around to brush my knees from one side, then the other, a darting, quicksilver serpent that had a life of its own. When he had finished, I fumbled for my purse and found it gone, along with the twenty-franc note that I had intended to spend on a new suit for the soirée at the Justines. I seized another of Thierry’s notes and moved my fingers beneath Niki’s skirt. I found the garter and traced it around to the inside of his thigh, and I left the note there, a blue and gold flag planted on that snowy field my eyes had already claimed and my heart longed to hold. Again, he showed no reaction to my daring. He held my eyes a moment longer and then looked up at Thierry. “You may go,” Thierry said. Niki bowed. “Thank you, messieurs. I hope my performance has been agreeable.” “Very much so. Eh, Jean?” I could not disengage my tongue from my mouth to answer. A nod was not sufficient to convey the depth of my longing, but it was all I could coax from my enamored body. And then Niki did a rare and wonderful thing. He smiled, and he reached out to brush my muzzle with a paw. “You are adorable,” he said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black-and-white illustration of two anthropomorphic figures in an intimate cabaret setting. A sharply dressed chamois reclines in a chair, watching a fox perform before him. The fox wears a fitted dress with delicate lingerie and a structured bodice, poised mid-dance with confident, teasing posture. His tail drapes across the chamois’s lap, heightening the tension. Art by Rukis. Story by Kyell Gold.
Before Azure City hits shelves, revisit where Dangerous Spirits began: Green Fairy. Inspired by FWA's Moulin Rouge-themed con & brought to life w/ @rukis.bsky.social art.
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The Furry community is, as is so often the case, ahead of the rest of society on this curve.
We'll continue to elevate each other as we have always done; but it is more crucial than ever that we reach out to others and teach them how to do the same.
I've seen the art @rukis.bsky.social created for @kyellgold.com's upcoming Azure City novel and …
O.O
Like, seriously. The cover. The interior artwork. The one expanded art deco piece! I wish I could unsee it so as to see it again for the first time.
You’re all in for a treat.
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