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August V. Owen is a writer

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Epic fantasy novelist and supporter of human rights. Lover of heavy metal and rock music. Part-time gamer, full-time menace. He/they. Atheist. Anti-Tr*mp. Anti-AI.

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I regret to report that I think my mental illness and suicidality is finally getting the better of me

Love

01.10.2025 04:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Israeli Airstrike Against Lebanon Kills 5 People, Including 3 Children An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed five people Sunday, including three children from the same family along with their father. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam decried the attack as a ...

Israeli Airstrike Against Lebanon Kills 5 People, Including 3 Children

22.09.2025 18:14 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

Recent advances in weaponry, including the gatling and iron ships, and travel, such as the colossi of the air- the zeppelin, have accelerated the march of time on the continent

With technology advancing rapidly continent, and war brewing, many of these beasts risk extinction

Map by Dewi Hargreaves

22.09.2025 06:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the underused and underdiscussed folklore and myths of the many Indigenous peoples who call the Americas home.

You will see no dragons, or any other overdone beast from myth or yore, instead you'll encounter the jackalope, the Chaffee spider, the hodag, the tribal Frogmen, and many more 2/3

22.09.2025 06:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Friends, allow me to introduce you to the world map for The Death Spiral novel series, the unnamed continent.

Too often does fantasy rely on tropes and motifs from only 3 of our own continents (Europe, Asia, Africa). But here, the world takes from US, MEX, CAN, folklores, as well as from 1/3

22.09.2025 06:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool thing about being a man, queer, Atheist, approaching 30, and having a mental illness with a very high suicide rate, is that the cards are very much stacked against me everyday

It's getting harder and harder not to fold

18.09.2025 06:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Giving a white supremacist piece of garbage a moment of silence at football games, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and removing any media that dares speak remotely ill of Daddy Trump (seriously, Kimmel's comment was so grade school).

The United States is a fascist nation ran by a Pedo in Chief

18.09.2025 06:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember comrades, dialogue is only useful if your opponent doesn't already wish you dead

18.09.2025 00:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The thing I did.
Listen - I can explain, my friends were pondering possible pride skin ideas for Marvel Rivals, and then they proceeded to beg me to draw the Thing in leather daddy gear... I couldn't refuse them.

I'm praying a modder sees it and makes it a mod skin for pc lmao #MarvelRivals

17.09.2025 19:48 πŸ‘ 619 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 8
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Review: Aquilla β€œSentinels of New Dawn” Release date: 31 October, 2025 AQUILLA are a promising new band from Poland, mixing elements of the NWOBHM with traditional speed metal to forge their own brand of lethal outer space metal. The fir…

The new record from Aquilla is a bonafide album of the year contender full-stop. From the awesome cover art to the final note of the last track, you're treated to heavy metal goodness.

Check out my full thoughts here!

thenwothm.com/2025/09/08/r...

15.09.2025 22:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I... have started writing again.

It's the first time in nearly a year that I've actually felt inspired enough to write something of substance.

I have something pretty gosh-darn nifty to share with you all soon.

We back up.

15.09.2025 08:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Like damn, it's even just regular people that I work with.

Had no idea how many people were closeted racists

13.09.2025 05:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I forgot how conservative Facebook wasπŸ™„

I've had people crying over a fascist for two days now. They compared him to Jesus Christ (which seems blasphemous to me idk).

Sucks I hate using social media, or I'd just completely migrate here

13.09.2025 05:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
An image of a dark skinned South Asian man screaming in triumph in front of a burning motorcycle, with more protesters further in the background.

White text is overlaid atop the bottom of the image that reads "Gen-Z led protests erupt in Nepal following social media ban, which prompted the resignation of Nepal's Prime Minister".

An image of a dark skinned South Asian man screaming in triumph in front of a burning motorcycle, with more protesters further in the background. White text is overlaid atop the bottom of the image that reads "Gen-Z led protests erupt in Nepal following social media ban, which prompted the resignation of Nepal's Prime Minister".

All power to our brothers and sisters in Nepal, for protesting against censorship and government corruption.

One struggle, one people✊️

12.09.2025 08:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThere is no place for political violence in this country” say the politicians using legislation and rhetoric to attack trans people, immigrants, women and BIPOC daily. Just because it’s done with a pen and not a gun doesn’t mean it’s not political violence. Hypocrites. Not that they care.

10.09.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 1863 πŸ” 512 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 7

Nah, he aint getting no sympathy from me

He's a monster

10.09.2025 19:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Authors should NOT stay out of politics

Authors in politics is partly the reason why the atrocities of the Congo Free State became widely known. The efforts of Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, etc, helped to shed light on the brutality of treatment the Congolese people underwent.

Never stay silent

04.09.2025 02:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Pentagonal Dominion 
Dark and Epic Fantasy Novels
Venn diagram of the books currently published
One circle is "Dark and Spicy content:="
Another is "Epic Worldbuilding"
The other is "Queer, Anti-authoritarian, Anti-capitalist"
Authormccorkle.com
Books by Erika McCorkle
Kira of the Wind on social media

On the top left is the logo of the Pentagonal Dominion
Top right is my author picture
Bottom left is Merchants of Knowledge and Magic
Bottom right is Merchants of Light and Bone

The Pentagonal Dominion Dark and Epic Fantasy Novels Venn diagram of the books currently published One circle is "Dark and Spicy content:=" Another is "Epic Worldbuilding" The other is "Queer, Anti-authoritarian, Anti-capitalist" Authormccorkle.com Books by Erika McCorkle Kira of the Wind on social media On the top left is the logo of the Pentagonal Dominion Top right is my author picture Bottom left is Merchants of Knowledge and Magic Bottom right is Merchants of Light and Bone

My birthday is a week from today and there's literally only one thing I want. Okay, TWO things. One of them is out of your control. We just gotta hope it happens (if it hasn't already).

The other? Well, you could buy my books, read my books, or leave a reviewπŸ‘€)

Please note my books are WEIRD

30.08.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

When you write friends, keep in mind our current climate

Censor every swear word and any word that could possibly carry a negative connotation so you dont offend our puritan overlords

28.08.2025 02:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fake profiles and bots have always been bad, but now they're so ubiquitous with social media that it makes it a chore to use.

Dictating what words I use in each post to ensure that the bots dont pick it up, which also hides it from the real people who I want to see it

28.08.2025 01:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Theyre fine, but a lot of them aren't really triangles in my viewpoint

Person A loves Person B
Person B loves Person C
Person C loves Person A

Proper love triangle would be A loves B and C, B loves A and C, and C loves A and B

27.08.2025 03:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Back on my writing bullshit*

*Asking randoms on Reddit for validation, because im thinking of quitting haha

20.08.2025 02:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The uptick in censorship within the United States is worrying and horrifying

I am taking a stand against censorship, and announce proudly that my DEATH SPIRAL novel series will be unapologetically Adult.

19.08.2025 01:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack The Ripper (live 1964)
Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack The Ripper (live 1964) YouTube video by sambda

There would be no heavy metal without the early shock rockers like these guys and Screamin' Jay Hawkins.

Trust me when I say that you are *not* prepared for this dude's entrance

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Zs...

17.08.2025 07:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd like to be more politically active on Bsky, but i have no filter and will post my legitimate opinions and feelings on the current administration, and probably get arrested by his secret police in the process.

Sic Semper Tyrannis

15.08.2025 04:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just trying to write my anti-fascist, anti-racist, anti-capitalist book series while a fascist, racist, hyper-capitalist regime takes charge in my country

15.08.2025 04:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As my novel series takes somewhat heavily from the World Wars, metal/rock music, and left-wing ideals, expect postings pertaining to those in the future.

This is in addition to writing related posts. This account will soon be much more active.

Stay tuned

11.08.2025 04:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Im trying to come up with as much original, or close to it, stuff as possible☺️

They're omnivorous, but have a particular tendency to eat fish.

07.08.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

#DigitalArt #lookingforcommission #lookingforartist #customart #oc #artwork #artpiece #drawme #refsheet #referencesheet #mycharacter #fanart #illustration #characterdesign #PersonalizedArt #FantasyNovel #WritersofBsky

07.08.2025 05:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A reference sheet of an anime styled humanoid feline creature with brown fur, and a dark brown mane.

A reference sheet of an anime styled humanoid feline creature with brown fur, and a dark brown mane.

Friends, allow me to introduce you to the Ketzyn, the dominant people on the Continent in my forthcoming DEATH SPIRAL novel series (there's no Humans, no Elves, no Dwarves, or any other established fantasy "race").

Ask me Anything about them!

Art by @jennimil.bsky.social

07.08.2025 05:40 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0