BD Allen
@bdallenwriter.bsky.social
Newb writer. Lazy reader. Unexpected dog-father.
After many years without social media, I return older, wiser, less of a troll.
Plugging away at my first fantasy novel. Always looking for a home for short stories. Am poor. Somebody pay me for words.
After many years without social media, I return older, wiser, less of a troll.
Plugging away at my first fantasy novel. Always looking for a home for short stories. Am poor. Somebody pay me for words.
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BD Allen
@bdallenwriter.bsky.social
· Jun 19
The Cavalcade Maw | BD Allen | Substack
The Cavalcade Maw eats the world and spits out heroic fantasy. Click to read The Cavalcade Maw, by BD Allen, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
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We're taking sword & sorcery and heroic fantasy to new... different heights. Sometimes cozy, sometimes drenched in neon, always filled with existential dread. Subscribe and get new stories every Friday straight to your email.🪐📚💙
Check out the suburban angst on this one. 🪐📚💙
Sketch: Meno
from "Our Better Wolves."
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July 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Check out the suburban angst on this one. 🪐📚💙
Meet the black sheep of the Scarlet Sarks.🪐📚💙
Sketch: Rizzi
from "Our Better Wolves."
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July 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Meet the black sheep of the Scarlet Sarks.🪐📚💙
The first sketch from Scarlet Sarks has dropped over at Substack. Come meet Magaritte. 🪐📚💙
Sketch: Magaritte
from Our Better Wolves
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July 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The first sketch from Scarlet Sarks has dropped over at Substack. Come meet Magaritte. 🪐📚💙
"A thousand dark corridors he had hunted prey; staggered down crooked stairs and scree of bone in perpetual bellies of darkness; fled his enemy pel mel into the void. And now, Shadowvaster’s hands wrung sweat off the hilt of his old master’s sword."🪐📚💙
Ch.6: The Snow and the Killings
from A Murder in Min'Krinath (6/6)
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July 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"A thousand dark corridors he had hunted prey; staggered down crooked stairs and scree of bone in perpetual bellies of darkness; fled his enemy pel mel into the void. And now, Shadowvaster’s hands wrung sweat off the hilt of his old master’s sword."🪐📚💙
I'm starting a new project on Substack. First post drops this Friday, but check out the scene that started it all. 🪐📚💙
Our Better Wolves
Table of Contents and Preview
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June 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I'm starting a new project on Substack. First post drops this Friday, but check out the scene that started it all. 🪐📚💙
“Desire and love,” Bulrgam replied. “The things we cling to make us to murder. Could we live any other way? Your people are fine. Better than most.”
It was a hard fight, but we’re here at the conclusion to “A Murder in Min’Krinath” the first story from Shadowvaster in Min’Krinath. Check it out. 🪐📚💙
It was a hard fight, but we’re here at the conclusion to “A Murder in Min’Krinath” the first story from Shadowvaster in Min’Krinath. Check it out. 🪐📚💙
Ch.6: The Snow and the Killings
from A Murder in Min'Krinath (6/6)
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June 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“Desire and love,” Bulrgam replied. “The things we cling to make us to murder. Could we live any other way? Your people are fine. Better than most.”
It was a hard fight, but we’re here at the conclusion to “A Murder in Min’Krinath” the first story from Shadowvaster in Min’Krinath. Check it out. 🪐📚💙
It was a hard fight, but we’re here at the conclusion to “A Murder in Min’Krinath” the first story from Shadowvaster in Min’Krinath. Check it out. 🪐📚💙
"Shadowvaster sheathed Black Unicorn and drew the heavy cleaver, Thinstral’s Retribution. Twenty paces."
The end begins in the climax of a "A Murder in Min'krinath." Big swords, big magic, and our hero dies. Check it out. 🪐📚💙
The end begins in the climax of a "A Murder in Min'krinath." Big swords, big magic, and our hero dies. Check it out. 🪐📚💙
Ch.5: The Void and the Well
from A Murder in Min'Krinath (5/6)
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June 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"Shadowvaster sheathed Black Unicorn and drew the heavy cleaver, Thinstral’s Retribution. Twenty paces."
The end begins in the climax of a "A Murder in Min'krinath." Big swords, big magic, and our hero dies. Check it out. 🪐📚💙
The end begins in the climax of a "A Murder in Min'krinath." Big swords, big magic, and our hero dies. Check it out. 🪐📚💙
We're taking sword & sorcery and heroic fantasy to new... different heights. Sometimes cozy, sometimes drenched in neon, always filled with existential dread. Subscribe and get new stories every Friday straight to your email.🪐📚💙
The Cavalcade Maw | BD Allen | Substack
The Cavalcade Maw eats the world and spits out heroic fantasy. Click to read The Cavalcade Maw, by BD Allen, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
bdallen.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We're taking sword & sorcery and heroic fantasy to new... different heights. Sometimes cozy, sometimes drenched in neon, always filled with existential dread. Subscribe and get new stories every Friday straight to your email.🪐📚💙
Need blood and guts for your Friday lunch break? Shadowvaster is here for you. The climax for a "A Murder in Min'Krinath" drops tomorrow at 11:30am. Subscribe and be there when shit goes down. 🪐📚💙
bdallen.substack.com
bdallen.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Need blood and guts for your Friday lunch break? Shadowvaster is here for you. The climax for a "A Murder in Min'Krinath" drops tomorrow at 11:30am. Subscribe and be there when shit goes down. 🪐📚💙
bdallen.substack.com
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"This city is a fine place to not be a killer."
The next chapter A Murder in Min'Krinath just dropped for your weekend read. See the Table of Contents if you want to kill a whole hour. 📚🪐💙 #cozy #sword&sorcery #cozysword&sorcery
The next chapter A Murder in Min'Krinath just dropped for your weekend read. See the Table of Contents if you want to kill a whole hour. 📚🪐💙 #cozy #sword&sorcery #cozysword&sorcery
Ch.4: Beneath Northgate
from A Murder in Min'Krinath (4/6)
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June 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
"This city is a fine place to not be a killer."
The next chapter A Murder in Min'Krinath just dropped for your weekend read. See the Table of Contents if you want to kill a whole hour. 📚🪐💙 #cozy #sword&sorcery #cozysword&sorcery
The next chapter A Murder in Min'Krinath just dropped for your weekend read. See the Table of Contents if you want to kill a whole hour. 📚🪐💙 #cozy #sword&sorcery #cozysword&sorcery
Thanks to that one guy who likes my posts. @tonytravis.com is a man of taste. 💙📚🪐
June 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Thanks to that one guy who likes my posts. @tonytravis.com is a man of taste. 💙📚🪐
“Good enough to fall in with murderers,” Bulrgam rumbled. “Fifteen dead: Kitan Hesh”—he spat on the floor—“a washerwoman, a baker.” He took up the whole doorway, a dark, impassable mountain. “Verayal what looked after you while your mother was away. You joined the man who slaughtered her.” 📚🪐💙
Ch.3: The Tales of Zahaza
from A Murder in Min'Krinath (3/6)
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June 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“Good enough to fall in with murderers,” Bulrgam rumbled. “Fifteen dead: Kitan Hesh”—he spat on the floor—“a washerwoman, a baker.” He took up the whole doorway, a dark, impassable mountain. “Verayal what looked after you while your mother was away. You joined the man who slaughtered her.” 📚🪐💙
Two chapters out for the short story "The Rains of Min'Krinath." You can jump in now and lord it over all the late-comers in a few months. It's gonna be amazing. 📚🪐💙
June 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Two chapters out for the short story "The Rains of Min'Krinath." You can jump in now and lord it over all the late-comers in a few months. It's gonna be amazing. 📚🪐💙
The next chapter in the epic saga of Shadowvaster unfolds like some glossy labialist over at Substack. 📚🪐💙
May 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The next chapter in the epic saga of Shadowvaster unfolds like some glossy labialist over at Substack. 📚🪐💙
📚🪐💙 Looking for your new favorite sub-genre? I'm calling this cozy sword & sorcery. After many horrible adventures in many horrible places, Shadowvaster just wants to settle down. But the murder club won't let him. He can handle them, but will it cost him his place in the community he's found?
Ch.1: The Rains of Min’Krinath
from A Murder in Min'Krinath (1/6)
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May 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
📚🪐💙 Looking for your new favorite sub-genre? I'm calling this cozy sword & sorcery. After many horrible adventures in many horrible places, Shadowvaster just wants to settle down. But the murder club won't let him. He can handle them, but will it cost him his place in the community he's found?
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The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this.
We can't. We need answers.
We can't. We need answers.
April 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
The part we aren’t saying enough is that corpos will use tariffs as an excuse even in industries not reliant on imports. They know their shit is so obtuse the majority will believe their excuses. And there’s no longer a watchdog with a big enough bite to do anything about it.
It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
April 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The part we aren’t saying enough is that corpos will use tariffs as an excuse even in industries not reliant on imports. They know their shit is so obtuse the majority will believe their excuses. And there’s no longer a watchdog with a big enough bite to do anything about it.
My new favorite meme
March 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My new favorite meme
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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It’s a DOGE eat DOGE World
March 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It’s a DOGE eat DOGE World
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Have seen this exact thing in the Irish context, with middle-class middle-aged men and women who have very few actual problems in their lives.
Starting in the mid-2010s, a steady path from "you should listen to Russell Brand's podcast" to "cancel culture has gone too far" to "Ireland is full"
Starting in the mid-2010s, a steady path from "you should listen to Russell Brand's podcast" to "cancel culture has gone too far" to "Ireland is full"
There was a theory about this in the Netherlands, that radicalisation was a kind of hobby for some voters who are very comfortable and somewhat bored
February 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Have seen this exact thing in the Irish context, with middle-class middle-aged men and women who have very few actual problems in their lives.
Starting in the mid-2010s, a steady path from "you should listen to Russell Brand's podcast" to "cancel culture has gone too far" to "Ireland is full"
Starting in the mid-2010s, a steady path from "you should listen to Russell Brand's podcast" to "cancel culture has gone too far" to "Ireland is full"
Don't be an Anakin. Be a Windu. Just don't fall out the window.
Windu: "I am going to end this, once and for all!"
Anakin: "You can't. He must stand trial."
Windu: "He has control of the senate and the courts! He's too dangerous to be left alive."
Anakin: "It's not the Jedi way. He must live!"
Windu: "I am going to end this, once and for all!"
Anakin: "You can't. He must stand trial."
Windu: "He has control of the senate and the courts! He's too dangerous to be left alive."
Anakin: "It's not the Jedi way. He must live!"
a group of people are holding lightsabers in a room
ALT: a group of people are holding lightsabers in a room
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Don't be an Anakin. Be a Windu. Just don't fall out the window.
Windu: "I am going to end this, once and for all!"
Anakin: "You can't. He must stand trial."
Windu: "He has control of the senate and the courts! He's too dangerous to be left alive."
Anakin: "It's not the Jedi way. He must live!"
Windu: "I am going to end this, once and for all!"
Anakin: "You can't. He must stand trial."
Windu: "He has control of the senate and the courts! He's too dangerous to be left alive."
Anakin: "It's not the Jedi way. He must live!"
Well, when you've publicly announced your intent for a Trail of Tears 2.0, you don't want to remind people of the first one. Donald Trump wants to ethnically cleanse the Gaza Strip of millions of people, pushing them into other countries (who have not agreed to such bullshit, fyi).
NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites
"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.
www.404media.co
February 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Well, when you've publicly announced your intent for a Trail of Tears 2.0, you don't want to remind people of the first one. Donald Trump wants to ethnically cleanse the Gaza Strip of millions of people, pushing them into other countries (who have not agreed to such bullshit, fyi).