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Kiltedfrog
@kiltedfrog.bsky.social
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Tuning fork for a sentient magical talking skull from another universe that forces me to write under the name B. T. Skull.

Also I write short stories from time to time. Many of them found on patreon.com/Kiltedfrog

For free.
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So I got some 'fan art' in the form of a killer new cover. Sure beats the hell of that jank I'd slapped together myself, and it was made by a real person, No AI. (We chatted before they just sent it to me, Thanks Pedro!)

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...
Mortal Protection Services
The Earth wakes up to find itself surrounded by completely different stars. An announcement rings out across the planet: "We at Mortal Protection Services have relocated you to a foster system tempora...
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January 26, 2026 at 6:29 PM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1470...

I made some dude reading this cry with only the first five chapters. There's 6 chapters available now, and the 7th will be out this afternoon.
January 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
So There's a contest going on Royal Road to write a story about Space Dragons. So here's the start of mine.

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1470...

Anyone... know an affordable cover artist?
SPACE WIZARDS: The Return of Space Dragons
For long, hard centuries has the galaxy endured an ebb in the flows of magic. The Great Ones, the makers of Dragons, the creators of faster than light travel, the sages of the ages past... All dead; l...
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January 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

Put the last chapter out today. #freeBook

Enjoy. Paperback version next year. sometime. But... you'll have to pay for that. It'll be an actual physical good.
Mortal Protection Services
The Earth wakes up to find itself surrounded by completely different stars. An announcement rings out across the planet: "We at Mortal Protection Services have relocated you to a foster system tempora...
www.royalroad.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

The latest chapter is called Dilt Biff City, and if you wanna know why, you'll just have to read this #freebook.

Free sci-fi for your xmas break. Read it!
Mortal Protection Services
The Earth wakes up to find itself surrounded by completely different stars. An announcement rings out across the planet: "We at Mortal Protection Services have relocated you to a foster system tempora...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
Disgusted with #SFWA ? Want to read some REAL HUMAN-MADE SLOP? No AI at all, not for the editing(what editing?), not the cover art, nothing. Weird Sci-fi. Comedy/horror. Pure human madness.

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

Last chapter on the 24th.
Mortal Protection Services
The Earth wakes up to find itself surrounded by completely different stars. An announcement rings out across the planet: "We at Mortal Protection Services have relocated you to a foster system tempora...
www.royalroad.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
Annoyed by the #nebula news? Want to read some weird shit that is definitely made by 100% human-brain. FOR FREE? Even the cover art is my own, shitty art skills slightly improved on by a real human friend with slightly less shitty art skills.

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

Last chapter on 24th
Mortal Protection Services
The Earth wakes up to find itself surrounded by completely different stars. An announcement rings out across the planet: "We at Mortal Protection Services have relocated you to a foster system tempora...
www.royalroad.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

In the latest chapter, galactic cancer gets a tummy ache.

#FreeBook #WriteSky #ReadSky #Sky-fi #ScifiLit #ComedyLit #HorrorLit #HyperspaceCat #MortalProtectionServices
Mortal Protection Services
The Earth wakes up to find itself surrounded by completely different stars. An announcement rings out across the planet: "We at Mortal Protection Services have relocated you to a foster system tempora...
www.royalroad.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

The last couple chapters I've posted have really been earning that horror tag.

Free book. Comedy, horror, sci-fi.

Arthur C Clarke meets Douglas Adams.

#freebook #writesky #booksky #comdeylit #horrorlit #scifilit #MortalProtectionServices
Mortal Protection Services
The Earth wakes up to find itself surrounded by completely different stars. An announcement rings out across the planet: "We at Mortal Protection Services have relocated you to a foster system tempora...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

The latest chapter of my FREE book that you can you read right now, has space ships shaped like dinosaurs, and they totally kick ass. It is definitely NOT a kids book, but your inner child might like it.

#writing #scifiLit #comedyLit #galactichorrorLit #FREEBOOK
Mortal Protection Services
The Earth wakes up to find itself surrounded by completely different stars. An announcement rings out across the planet: "We at Mortal Protection Services have relocated you to a foster system tempora...
www.royalroad.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

FREE book. Just go there and read it.

Latest chapter has 2 sea shanties, and the word Thagomizer.
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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If you're an author being published by small and tiny presses, please shamelessly promote your work, however much your temperament might militate against it. I've seen many wonderful authors at this level so quickly forgotten when they die, you deserve all the readers you can get while you're alive.
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

I know you aren't supposed to obsess over reviews, but this part of a recent one has me feeling the artificial grav is acting up. I'm floating.

If it sounds like your jam, give it a read. It's free.

#scifi #scifiLit #author #writing #comedyLit #Freebook #read
The story has a very Arthur C. Clarke or Issac Asimov feel to it. It reminded a lot of "Childhood's End" but only in the first chapters. (It's a lot more lighthearted than that story.) There's also a "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" flavor to the prose, as well as a few dashes of Star Trek TNG in there. Jim is very Q like, though nicer. 😇
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

Free book. There is a hyperspace cat in the book. Even has a pov chapter. There's a robo cat that hasn't had a pov chapter yet. And this is my real cat Minerva. She is baby.
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

This is not just a cat picture, but an advertisement for a free book. If you looked at the cat and enjoyed her cute little face, maybe look at the book link.

It doesn't cost anything, and I'd sure appreciate the algorithmic boost of more readers.
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

Posts with cats in them do much better than pure advertising.

There's a cat or two as characters in that book I linked. It's free, you should read it.

Also look at my kitten Minerva, isn't she just cute as heck?
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
This is likely, my finest shitpost, and also a massive reveal chapter. It's the smartest, dumbest thing I've ever written, and I couldn't be happier with it.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/0/mo...

#Freebook #MPS #MortalProtectionServices #scifi #scifiLit #ComedyLit #galacticHorrorLit #lit #reading #book
X.RR: ♪ We're no strangers to love ♫ - Mortal Protection Services
Grandpa Abstainer had manifested us a couple of big bean bag chairs. I was half devoured in mine watching some primitive sentient equine-types discover fire, and Leia was working on her letter of expl...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

I think this is one of my best chapters yet.

#MortalProtectionServices #scifi #scifiLit #FREEbook #weirdLit #horrorLit #HyperspaceCat #OC #Authors #writingcommunity #fiction #writing #books #cats #AllHumanMade #Lit #Literature #IHaveNoAdBudgetSoHereIAmHawking
IX.BA: Bifferent Autopsy - Mortal Protection Services
"What the fuck do you mean, my children vanished when the planetoid imploded into a black hole!?" "Singularity bomb got'em," Jimmi muttered, looking down at her feet. She couldn't face my gaze. "We tr...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
Make sure you get out there and Vote in the real life elections in your area. Lots of important local elections going on.

Also make sure you vote at the end of chapter 1 of my free book. www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

It's weird comedy sci-fi, with a touch of galactic horror. #vote #scifiLit
Mortal Protection Services
The Earth wakes up to find itself surrounded by completely different stars. An announcement rings out across the planet: "We at Mortal Protection Services have relocated you to a foster system tempora...
www.royalroad.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
kiltedfrog.bsky.social
Friends, I got 20 dollars. I posted this chapter yesterday, from the POV of a hyperspace cat.

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1355...

Woke up to my first tip on this free book.

FREE Book so good people are still paying me for it.

#Freebook #scifiLIT #ComedyLIT #MortalProtectionServices #weirdLit
IX.CEV: Cat's Eye View - Mortal Protection Services
"ALL WEAPONS, FREE! The shuttles are SCOURGE compromised!" Jimantha shouted. "Lockdown shuttle bay one, open the ablative folds, and get us angled so the Amish Papacies main gun can hit it cleanly. Br...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM