Courtney M. Privett
@courtneyprivett.bsky.social
Author of genre-blended speculative fiction, parent of teenage gremlins, feral cottage witch, salty and prickly
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I am a SpecFic writer, mostly genre-blended 2nd world fantasy. I have two completed series and am working on a follow-up series to The Bacra Chronicles. I also have my favorite book, the stand-alone cosmic-mythic-gothic(ish) horror, Not Bees.
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With the simultaneous release of Starlight and Dark Dreams and Weavers of the Light, my cosmic fantasy quartet, Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra, is complete!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
With the simultaneous release of Starlight and Dark Dreams and Weavers of the Light, my cosmic fantasy quartet, Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra, is complete!
I did it! Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra is now my third completed series! I sent both Starlight and Dark Dreams and Weavers of the Light into the review limbos earlier, so they'll escape into the various wilds over the next couple days.
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I did it! Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra is now my third completed series! I sent both Starlight and Dark Dreams and Weavers of the Light into the review limbos earlier, so they'll escape into the various wilds over the next couple days.
I have tangible proofs of my newest babies. Starlight and Dark Dreams and Weavers of the Light make up the second half of the Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra quartet. Once I proofread and format an ebook version, I can release my third completed series into the wild.
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I have tangible proofs of my newest babies. Starlight and Dark Dreams and Weavers of the Light make up the second half of the Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra quartet. Once I proofread and format an ebook version, I can release my third completed series into the wild.
Court of Sharts
This was inspired by a 1890 illustration by John Tenniel in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
#politicalcartoon
This was inspired by a 1890 illustration by John Tenniel in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
#politicalcartoon
October 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Court of Sharts
This was inspired by a 1890 illustration by John Tenniel in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
#politicalcartoon
This was inspired by a 1890 illustration by John Tenniel in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
#politicalcartoon
If you are unfamiliar with these two things, I highly recommend learning about them: weaponized niceness and dominionism.
September 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
If you are unfamiliar with these two things, I highly recommend learning about them: weaponized niceness and dominionism.
If an em dash = AI, then I've been AI since 2003. I'm advanced enough to cheat the "I am not a robot" tests.
It's super easy to type an em dash when you set up replace shortcuts. I also set up replace to turn << into « and use it frequently in the Bacra books.
It's super easy to type an em dash when you set up replace shortcuts. I also set up replace to turn << into « and use it frequently in the Bacra books.
May 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If an em dash = AI, then I've been AI since 2003. I'm advanced enough to cheat the "I am not a robot" tests.
It's super easy to type an em dash when you set up replace shortcuts. I also set up replace to turn << into « and use it frequently in the Bacra books.
It's super easy to type an em dash when you set up replace shortcuts. I also set up replace to turn << into « and use it frequently in the Bacra books.
I found a fairy portal. Who's in?
May 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I found a fairy portal. Who's in?
Series finished, brain powering down.
This draft will be split later into Volumes 3 and 4 of Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra.
This draft will be split later into Volumes 3 and 4 of Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra.
May 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Series finished, brain powering down.
This draft will be split later into Volumes 3 and 4 of Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra.
This draft will be split later into Volumes 3 and 4 of Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra.
Ever feel like you're one of those ghosts who can only be seen by three people while some mad scientist uses your brain and nerves in a quest to reanimate an amalgamation of illicitly-exhumed bodies?
Is one of my three mediums willing to tell Vic to go back and dig up a different shoulder?
Is one of my three mediums willing to tell Vic to go back and dig up a different shoulder?
May 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Ever feel like you're one of those ghosts who can only be seen by three people while some mad scientist uses your brain and nerves in a quest to reanimate an amalgamation of illicitly-exhumed bodies?
Is one of my three mediums willing to tell Vic to go back and dig up a different shoulder?
Is one of my three mediums willing to tell Vic to go back and dig up a different shoulder?
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Be careful answering your door on this Bealtaine’s Eve night, especially if the rain is lashing and the salted air is unseasonably, unreasonably cold. The veil is thin on these days and you might find yourself in the company of someone unexpected. Someone you lost. Someone who has no memory of you.
May 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Be careful answering your door on this Bealtaine’s Eve night, especially if the rain is lashing and the salted air is unseasonably, unreasonably cold. The veil is thin on these days and you might find yourself in the company of someone unexpected. Someone you lost. Someone who has no memory of you.
Which Freya are you today?
April 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Which Freya are you today?
Some men's response to the man vs. bear debate is to wall off the land, shoot the bear, and raze the forest. Then they'll have the women all to themselves, trapped with nowhere to hide.
Don't let that happen. It's time to raise your claws, sharpen your teeth, and become a bulletproof bear.
Don't let that happen. It's time to raise your claws, sharpen your teeth, and become a bulletproof bear.
April 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Some men's response to the man vs. bear debate is to wall off the land, shoot the bear, and raze the forest. Then they'll have the women all to themselves, trapped with nowhere to hide.
Don't let that happen. It's time to raise your claws, sharpen your teeth, and become a bulletproof bear.
Don't let that happen. It's time to raise your claws, sharpen your teeth, and become a bulletproof bear.
When does my paid protester cash get here? I need that penny for my swear jar.
April 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When does my paid protester cash get here? I need that penny for my swear jar.
I made a second poster and here is the first one in a little bit better light. I'm on Pacific time, but don't have time to make a third.
April 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I made a second poster and here is the first one in a little bit better light. I'm on Pacific time, but don't have time to make a third.
I made a sign.
April 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I made a sign.
I was at an antique store earlier and found this book. The spine says "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin ", but the book itself is Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. The binding is old, so whoever changed the cover did it a long time ago. Wondering why gives me ideas. Must finish writing this book first...
March 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I was at an antique store earlier and found this book. The spine says "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin ", but the book itself is Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. The binding is old, so whoever changed the cover did it a long time ago. Wondering why gives me ideas. Must finish writing this book first...
I spent all day fighting with document formatting only to come back to... wtf?
March 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I spent all day fighting with document formatting only to come back to... wtf?
I spent too much of today fighting with my formatting on Sand into Glass. It got messed up when my software updated and looked terrible when I uploaded for wide distribution. Anyway I figured it out. Malora 1-5, 6, and 8 are now in wide release or in processing limbo. #7 can't join them until May.
March 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I spent too much of today fighting with my formatting on Sand into Glass. It got messed up when my software updated and looked terrible when I uploaded for wide distribution. Anyway I figured it out. Malora 1-5, 6, and 8 are now in wide release or in processing limbo. #7 can't join them until May.
My cat (maybe), Arya.
March 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
My cat (maybe), Arya.
This is from 8 years ago so the number has changed. I would draw it a little differently now (maybe some stronger language and little additions), but yeah...
I was definitely being dramatic and overreacting 😐
I was definitely being dramatic and overreacting 😐
March 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is from 8 years ago so the number has changed. I would draw it a little differently now (maybe some stronger language and little additions), but yeah...
I was definitely being dramatic and overreacting 😐
I was definitely being dramatic and overreacting 😐
Slava Ukraini
February 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Slava Ukraini
I found out this morning that my ten year old has been befriending neighborhood crows. Good, child, build those alliances. Crows teach their children which people are friends and which deserve grudges. Stay in their favor and they will reward you with shinies and an interesting reputation.
February 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I found out this morning that my ten year old has been befriending neighborhood crows. Good, child, build those alliances. Crows teach their children which people are friends and which deserve grudges. Stay in their favor and they will reward you with shinies and an interesting reputation.
The first 5 books of The Malora Octet have been released widely and are no longer on KU. I'm using up my free days, so Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra is free for a couple days this week. Only 2 books out so far, but I'm working on book 4 to finish the series. www.amazon.com/Sparrows-Gui...
Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra
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February 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The first 5 books of The Malora Octet have been released widely and are no longer on KU. I'm using up my free days, so Sparrow's Guide to Arcane Bacra is free for a couple days this week. Only 2 books out so far, but I'm working on book 4 to finish the series. www.amazon.com/Sparrows-Gui...
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Civil disobedience is a great way to show widespread, coalition support to open other people's eyes (and the goverment's).
It works when:
1. The scale is large enough to overwhelm incarceration systems.
2. People who are arrested include people the goverment would prefer not to arrest.
It works when:
1. The scale is large enough to overwhelm incarceration systems.
2. People who are arrested include people the goverment would prefer not to arrest.
February 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Civil disobedience is a great way to show widespread, coalition support to open other people's eyes (and the goverment's).
It works when:
1. The scale is large enough to overwhelm incarceration systems.
2. People who are arrested include people the goverment would prefer not to arrest.
It works when:
1. The scale is large enough to overwhelm incarceration systems.
2. People who are arrested include people the goverment would prefer not to arrest.