Andy Best
@andybest.bsky.social
Writer and musician. Current thing: fantasy novel Aertelis is live and 'wide', including all library services. UBL: https://books2read.com/u/bz9BOE
Blog: write.as/aertelis/
My stuff is at andrewbest.net
Blog: write.as/aertelis/
My stuff is at andrewbest.net
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Andy Best
@andybest.bsky.social
· Mar 14
Do you want a character-driven adventure echoing classic Sword & Sorcery film and TRPGs, but also the literary style, worldbuilding and themes of the New Wave writers like Moorcock and Le Guin?
I've got you covered. And it's wide + available to libraries.
UBL: books2read.com/u/bz9BOE
#booksky
📚💙
I've got you covered. And it's wide + available to libraries.
UBL: books2read.com/u/bz9BOE
#booksky
📚💙
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this is making such a mockery of the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 12:02 PM
this is making such a mockery of the FIFA peace prize
See also: Trump orders US military to do thing it has done continuously since WW2. They literally have a school for training replacement leaders and would be junta, the former 'School of the Americas.'
January 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
See also: Trump orders US military to do thing it has done continuously since WW2. They literally have a school for training replacement leaders and would be junta, the former 'School of the Americas.'
Finally, Venezuela's oil has been liberated.
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Finally, Venezuela's oil has been liberated.
One unintuitive part of life, which I know as a photosensitive person, is that dark mode is worse for your eyes. The overall darkness opens up your pupils and then the screen text shines bright light into them. I get instant glare and a long text afterimage/pain.
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
One unintuitive part of life, which I know as a photosensitive person, is that dark mode is worse for your eyes. The overall darkness opens up your pupils and then the screen text shines bright light into them. I get instant glare and a long text afterimage/pain.
The nazi's site, home to the nazi's AI, has a current viral use as history's most efficient creator and spreader of CSAM, and tons of you are still like 'but I need to keep my account there,' as well as posting screens from there. It only dies when no one looks at it.
January 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
The nazi's site, home to the nazi's AI, has a current viral use as history's most efficient creator and spreader of CSAM, and tons of you are still like 'but I need to keep my account there,' as well as posting screens from there. It only dies when no one looks at it.
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The Dispossessed by LeGuin.
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The Dispossessed by LeGuin.
Going into 2026. Actually Ratcatcher 2, as portrayed in that one film only, is my most related to superhero character, as she is constantly in need of a nap and she loves animals.
January 2, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Going into 2026. Actually Ratcatcher 2, as portrayed in that one film only, is my most related to superhero character, as she is constantly in need of a nap and she loves animals.
Happy New Year. If you are a writer and you have ever finished that first full length draft and got it to place where it's finished: then you have succeeded, you've made it. So now get creative, craft and enjoy yourself. Everything else is a lottery.
December 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Happy New Year. If you are a writer and you have ever finished that first full length draft and got it to place where it's finished: then you have succeeded, you've made it. So now get creative, craft and enjoy yourself. Everything else is a lottery.
Even 80s B-Fantasy looked better than Netflix slop visuals. Also, follow @dungeonlust.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Even 80s B-Fantasy looked better than Netflix slop visuals. Also, follow @dungeonlust.com
Free SFF books. Discover a new writer, discover Smashwords. Do all the stuff we talk about when annoyed with corpo overlords and platforms, but, you know, actually do it.
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
My entire library of ebooks are COMPLETELY FREE right now for the Smashword sale! That's the first FIVE books in my ongoing scifi/fantasy epic! Don't let this opportunity pass you by! #ebooks #sale #freebooks #bookseries
My entire library of ebooks are COMPLETELY FREE right now for the Smashword sale! That's the first FIVE books in my ongoing scifi/fantasy epic! Don't let this opportunity pass you by! #ebooks #sale #freebooks #bookseries
December 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Free SFF books. Discover a new writer, discover Smashwords. Do all the stuff we talk about when annoyed with corpo overlords and platforms, but, you know, actually do it.
Incredible fantasy artist, incredible artist. When I imagine an animated version of Aertelis, it's like the 3D/2D Arcane style, but with this kind of design. Anyway, follow and support artists here.
Here's my #ArtvsArtist2025 ! 🖤🩸
Genuinely so happy with where my art is going and I can't wait to see what 2026 will bring! I have so many exciting projects for the first few months.
Genuinely so happy with where my art is going and I can't wait to see what 2026 will bring! I have so many exciting projects for the first few months.
December 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Incredible fantasy artist, incredible artist. When I imagine an animated version of Aertelis, it's like the 3D/2D Arcane style, but with this kind of design. Anyway, follow and support artists here.
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I don't need to see you debunk what a fuckwit said on a platform I'm not on. I need you starve them of oxygen, to let them "die."
December 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I don't need to see you debunk what a fuckwit said on a platform I'm not on. I need you starve them of oxygen, to let them "die."
Best film I watched across 2025 was Love Lies Bleeding. Arthouse existentialist film is Gen X nectar. On that topic, Infinity Pool is great also.
December 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Best film I watched across 2025 was Love Lies Bleeding. Arthouse existentialist film is Gen X nectar. On that topic, Infinity Pool is great also.
We can love books, and also significantly split our time between other pursuits. If we're going to write convincingly, I would say it's essential.
December 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We can love books, and also significantly split our time between other pursuits. If we're going to write convincingly, I would say it's essential.
Inspired by @ashcapes.bsky.social 's post just now. Here's the opening paragraph of my WIP. Don't be afraid of taking your time with prose, rhythm and image in #fantasy never mind online 101 writing tips: express yourself, play, build.
December 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Inspired by @ashcapes.bsky.social 's post just now. Here's the opening paragraph of my WIP. Don't be afraid of taking your time with prose, rhythm and image in #fantasy never mind online 101 writing tips: express yourself, play, build.
I there is one thing for 2026 that could improve Bsky the most, it's continuing to ween ourselves off the bad Twitter behavior which underlies all the other bad stuff. Like, stop quote dunking. It gives air to something that would otherwise have died, and it's playground dynamics.
December 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I there is one thing for 2026 that could improve Bsky the most, it's continuing to ween ourselves off the bad Twitter behavior which underlies all the other bad stuff. Like, stop quote dunking. It gives air to something that would otherwise have died, and it's playground dynamics.
Wait, my Steam app knows I'm watching a PTA film?
December 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wait, my Steam app knows I'm watching a PTA film?
Watching One Battle After Another, ah, I think I will clean my brain afterwards by watching something for real, like Athena (2022)
December 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Watching One Battle After Another, ah, I think I will clean my brain afterwards by watching something for real, like Athena (2022)
First published from 1989-1992, these are still great in every sense.
December 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
First published from 1989-1992, these are still great in every sense.
You can escape the exhausting 'Is Diehard a Christmas Movie?' convo correctly and quickly by making your first response, 'what is your criteria for a Christmas Movie?' Then based on their criteria you can easily answer yes or no and satisfy their pre-decided correct answer.
December 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
You can escape the exhausting 'Is Diehard a Christmas Movie?' convo correctly and quickly by making your first response, 'what is your criteria for a Christmas Movie?' Then based on their criteria you can easily answer yes or no and satisfy their pre-decided correct answer.
Christmas re-read, the collected @2000ad.bsky.social Indigo Prime stories. The first one came out in 1989, which I read while not revising for GCSEs.
December 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Christmas re-read, the collected @2000ad.bsky.social Indigo Prime stories. The first one came out in 1989, which I read while not revising for GCSEs.
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Me at the family function
December 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Me at the family function
2025 internet: furious about historical accuracy of film they've seen less than two mins of, a gonzo fantasy fiction of unknown date of setting, passed down for ages, written up by multiple authors, attributed to author of unknown life dates.
Also, no one mentions white casting of Ancient Greeks.
Also, no one mentions white casting of Ancient Greeks.
December 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
2025 internet: furious about historical accuracy of film they've seen less than two mins of, a gonzo fantasy fiction of unknown date of setting, passed down for ages, written up by multiple authors, attributed to author of unknown life dates.
Also, no one mentions white casting of Ancient Greeks.
Also, no one mentions white casting of Ancient Greeks.
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And I remember Cold Steel is published this year, completing the Fire Heart duology. You won't find them on S'pore's shelves because censorship.
And Wolf's Path can be found at Kino and online bookstores.
I did achieve things this year!
Indie bookstores, it you are interested...
And Wolf's Path can be found at Kino and online bookstores.
I did achieve things this year!
Indie bookstores, it you are interested...
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
And I remember Cold Steel is published this year, completing the Fire Heart duology. You won't find them on S'pore's shelves because censorship.
And Wolf's Path can be found at Kino and online bookstores.
I did achieve things this year!
Indie bookstores, it you are interested...
And Wolf's Path can be found at Kino and online bookstores.
I did achieve things this year!
Indie bookstores, it you are interested...
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Readers loving Shesheshen and Homily has filled my life with brightness.
But the truth is, a lot of really honkin' good books never get published. Wrong day, wrong editor, wrong mood, wrong breakfast. The lack of virtue in the system is why it's so important to lift up writers who touch your soul.
But the truth is, a lot of really honkin' good books never get published. Wrong day, wrong editor, wrong mood, wrong breakfast. The lack of virtue in the system is why it's so important to lift up writers who touch your soul.
I mean, it helps that it’s really fuckin’ good.
December 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Readers loving Shesheshen and Homily has filled my life with brightness.
But the truth is, a lot of really honkin' good books never get published. Wrong day, wrong editor, wrong mood, wrong breakfast. The lack of virtue in the system is why it's so important to lift up writers who touch your soul.
But the truth is, a lot of really honkin' good books never get published. Wrong day, wrong editor, wrong mood, wrong breakfast. The lack of virtue in the system is why it's so important to lift up writers who touch your soul.