August V. Owen is a writer
@augustvowenwrites.bsky.social
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.
He/they. Atheist. Anti-Tr*mp. Anti-AI.
Pinned
Esteemed comrades, I have made the decision to no longer write under my real name and will instead be utilizing the following pen name moving forward.
Get used to seeing August V. Owen around these here parts, and follow for updates on my writings.
We are so back!
Get used to seeing August V. Owen around these here parts, and follow for updates on my writings.
We are so back!
I regret to report that I think my mental illness and suicidality is finally getting the better of me
Love
Love
October 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I regret to report that I think my mental illness and suicidality is finally getting the better of me
Love
Love
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Israeli Airstrike Against Lebanon Kills 5 People, Including 3 Children
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 ...
www.democracynow.org
September 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Israeli Airstrike Against Lebanon Kills 5 People, Including 3 Children
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
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
September 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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
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
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
It's getting harder and harder not to fold
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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
It's getting harder and harder not to fold
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
The United States is a fascist nation ran by a Pedo in Chief
September 18, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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
The United States is a fascist nation ran by a Pedo in Chief
Remember comrades, dialogue is only useful if your opponent doesn't already wish you dead
September 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Remember comrades, dialogue is only useful if your opponent doesn't already wish you dead
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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
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
September 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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
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
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...
Check out my full thoughts here!
thenwothm.com/2025/09/08/r...
Review: Aquilla “Sentinels 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…
thenwothm.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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...
Check out my full thoughts here!
thenwothm.com/2025/09/08/r...
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.
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.
Death Note GIF
ALT: Death Note GIF
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September 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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.
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.
I forgot how conservative Facebook was🙄
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
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
September 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I forgot how conservative Facebook was🙄
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
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
All power to our brothers and sisters in Nepal, for protesting against censorship and government corruption.
One struggle, one people✊️
One struggle, one people✊️
September 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
All power to our brothers and sisters in Nepal, for protesting against censorship and government corruption.
One struggle, one people✊️
One struggle, one people✊️
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“There 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.
September 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“There 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.
Nah, he aint getting no sympathy from me
He's a monster
He's a monster
September 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Nah, he aint getting no sympathy from me
He's a monster
He's a monster
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
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
September 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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
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
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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 review👀)
Please note my books are WEIRD
The other? Well, you could buy my books, read my books, or leave a review👀)
Please note my books are WEIRD
August 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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 review👀)
Please note my books are WEIRD
The other? Well, you could buy my books, read my books, or leave a review👀)
Please note my books are WEIRD
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
Censor every swear word and any word that could possibly carry a negative connotation so you dont offend our puritan overlords
August 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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
Censor every swear word and any word that could possibly carry a negative connotation so you dont offend our puritan overlords
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
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
August 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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
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
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
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
❤️ #WritingLifeMonthly August Day 26❤️
Do you like the old love triangle, or would you rather see that particular trope die a slow and painful death? What other tropes make you swoon or groan?
#WritingCommunity #romancewriters #romantasy #romanceauthors #writersofbsky
Do you like the old love triangle, or would you rather see that particular trope die a slow and painful death? What other tropes make you swoon or groan?
#WritingCommunity #romancewriters #romantasy #romanceauthors #writersofbsky
August 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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
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
Back on my writing bullshit*
*Asking randoms on Reddit for validation, because im thinking of quitting haha
*Asking randoms on Reddit for validation, because im thinking of quitting haha
August 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Back on my writing bullshit*
*Asking randoms on Reddit for validation, because im thinking of quitting haha
*Asking randoms on Reddit for validation, because im thinking of quitting haha
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.
I am taking a stand against censorship, and announce proudly that my DEATH SPIRAL novel series will be unapologetically Adult.
August 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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.
I am taking a stand against censorship, and announce proudly that my DEATH SPIRAL novel series will be unapologetically Adult.
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...
Trust me when I say that you are *not* prepared for this dude's entrance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Zs...
Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack The Ripper (live 1964)
YouTube video by sambda
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August 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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...
Trust me when I say that you are *not* prepared for this dude's entrance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Zs...
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
August 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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
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
This is in addition to writing related posts. This account will soon be much more active.
Stay tuned
August 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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
This is in addition to writing related posts. This account will soon be much more active.
Stay tuned
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
Ask me Anything about them!
Art by @jennimil.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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
Ask me Anything about them!
Art by @jennimil.bsky.social
No idea what to post on here
I've forgotten how to social media
Beans
I've forgotten how to social media
Beans
July 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
No idea what to post on here
I've forgotten how to social media
Beans
I've forgotten how to social media
Beans