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Freya Pickard
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Author of grim dark fantasy The Kaerling & Vampirical Verse
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Blogger at https://nirunen.wordpress.com and https://freyanrites.wordpress.com
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Last Samhain

a #poem by @freyapickard.bsky.social

is available to view/listen to at youtu.be/KiljSX_WU9E

Celtic Goddesses at war ...

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Hollowness – Verse 4

Here is verse four of my Freyan Verse - Hollowness. desirestotal removalsubmits willinglyclinical sharpnessopens to revealsudden devastationinsideCopyright © by Freya Pickard 2025 Verse four links to verses one and two. The last line, inside, will be the first line of verse…
Hollowness – Verse 4
Here is verse four of my Freyan Verse - Hollowness. desirestotal removalsubmits willinglyclinical sharpnessopens to revealsudden devastationinsideCopyright © by Freya Pickard 2025 Verse four links to verses one and two. The last line, inside, will be the first line of verse five. The last line also creates an almost-sentence when read across the page "innards exposed / reveals hollowness / inside".
freyanrites.wordpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#bookreview

Vivian Amberville - The Weaver of Odds by @louiseblackwick.com

5/5 A complex plot which is easy to delve into due to the author’s incredible descriptive skills and unique style of writing. www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1F1L...

#Fantasybooks #PleaseShare #Books #writerslift
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Letting Go Into Perfect Love by Gwen M Plano 5/5

This is perhaps the best written biography I have ever read.

www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2HM4...

#Books #BooksWorthReading #PleaseShare #writerslift
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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I Was a Teenage Ghost Hunter review: “This novel has everything: suspense, adventure, humour, horror, all mixed together perfectly. It goes from moments of tension to hilarious dialogues.” amzn.to/1gwPt3U #halloween #spookyseason #fiction #spooky #paranormal #ya #booksky
I Was a Teenage Ghost Hunter
Amazon.com: I Was a Teenage Ghost Hunter eBook : Henry, Brian K.: Kindle Store
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October 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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A brooding duke. A haunted tower. A bride whose name will echo through history. Duke Rhime of the Spire is available now: amzn.to/4ltAXlV

#DarkFantasy #GothicFantasy #FantasyBooks
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Very few new tv shows or films seem to catch my eye - feeling this way for about 5 years now, lol.

Is this because I have too much history in both mediums to catch up on? Is it too much fun to watch my favourites? Am I too busy... or something else XD
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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#Novmemeber 9

Here it comes, a terrible stick figure of Raven.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember 8

Saturday snippet!

It's not exactly from the beginning, but part of the first scene - Cyn's everyday life.

#ChasingWildDreams

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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November rain cloud over Hart Crag, Cumbria. Memory of a saturated walk from my studio this week.

Watercolour and acrylic glaze
on Two Rivers paper 750x575mm
#ArtYear #Landscapepainting #Cumbria #Lakedistrict #Landscape
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I was captivated!

Orosturbe “Orosturbe is book 18 in Pickard’s The Kaerling fantasy series. It’s more fun if you read the series in order, but you could read Orosturbe on its own because Pickard does a short recap in the front matter. Otta and Lored, the two unlikely but true friends from the last…
I was captivated!
Orosturbe “Orosturbe is book 18 in Pickard’s The Kaerling fantasy series. It’s more fun if you read the series in order, but you could read Orosturbe on its own because Pickard does a short recap in the front matter. Otta and Lored, the two unlikely but true friends from the last book are separated, and Otta can’t help Lored in the condition she’s in (no spoilers, but I’m sad for Otta and frustrated for Lored).
nirunen.wordpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hollowness – Verse 3

Here is verse three of my Freyan Verse - Hollowness. eviscerationinnards exposedscooped updrawn out toeliminate ideasof greydemiseCopyright © by Freya Pickard 2025 Verse three links to verses one and two. The first line, evisceration, is the last line of verse two. You can…
Hollowness – Verse 3
Here is verse three of my Freyan Verse - Hollowness. eviscerationinnards exposedscooped updrawn out toeliminate ideasof greydemiseCopyright © by Freya Pickard 2025 Verse three links to verses one and two. The first line, evisceration, is the last line of verse two. You can read verses two and three as one poem, if you wish!
freyanrites.wordpress.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Last Samhain
No ghost king did I see
With crown on fire, pale with frost.
No silent hordes, cold eyes gleaming
Spears like thickets rimed in ice ...

Listen/watch me read the entire poem, Last Samhain at

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

#spokenword #poetry #Celts #christian #samhain #pleaseshare
Last Samhain
YouTube video by Freya Pickard
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November 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#bookreview

Freer of Souls; Quest for the Ark (Vampires and Spies Book 1) by Taggart Rehnn 5/5

A tense thriller with vampires!

www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2BT5...

#Fantasybooks #PleaseShare #Books #writerslift
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Grand Reveal! Tyrant (previously named Beyond the Tyrant’s Reach), is expected to be released April 8th, 2026. I know it’s a bit far out, but that gives me time to fully perfect its quality and edits! I made this using ibisPaint and Canva! (That line on head was from my phone 😅)
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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How would you like AN ARCANE INHERITANCE a month early and just in time for your first holiday gift card purchase?

Yes, that's right, the on-sale date is changing (again!!!) to DECEMBER 30, 2025 😂

Preorder, plz: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-arcane-...
July 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Brilliant series! Looking forward to book 2!
Explore a new dark fantasy world, where reality itself can be altered & history can be rewritten!

Journey beyond the fabric of reality. Discover what it really takes to reshape your destiny! 💙📚

Don't miss out! Add it to your reading collection: www.vivianamberville.com

#vivianamberville #booksky
November 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Five out of six books are now published! I'm hip deep in editing Book 6 for release in early 2026...

◾️Gods coming of age
◾️Transformations
◾️ Betrayals
◾️ Everything will be on the line

#epicfantasybooks #Sordaneon
May 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Ever wonder what a river journey designed by Salvador Dalí and directed by Rod Serling would feel like? The rules of reality? They've checked out. Your only anchor is a sentient houseboat navigating a world where art, memory, and people simply vanish.

#SciFiMystery

Link:
shorturl.at/Zgt8Y
October 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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▪️THE GHOST PRINCESS▪️
⚔️ fantasy adventure
✖️ multi-POV
💔 failed chosen one
🏴‍☠️ unwilling outlaw
🔪 serial killer
💀 immortal juggernaut
🌲 haunted forest
☄️ misleading prophecy
😈 demons & monsters

LINKS: www.books2read.com/ghostprincess
also: m-walshwrites.itch.io/the-ghost-pr...

#BookSky 📚💙 #ReadSky
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM