K.V. Johansen
@kvjohansen.bsky.social
Author. Epic fantasy: Blackdog, The Leopard, The Lady, Gods of Nabban, & The Last Road (Pyr). High fantasy: The Wolf and the Wild King (Mystique). Spring 2026: Breath and Bone, new sword & sorcery from Candlemark & Gleam. Cdn, Bay of Fundy. www.kvj.ca
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K.V. Johansen
@kvjohansen.bsky.social
· Jan 12
K.V. Johansen | The Wolf and the Wild King
About The Wolf and the Wild King, book one of The Forest high fantasy duology, by K.V. Johansen
www.kvj.ca
Hello, new people! I write literary epic fantasy (and a bunch of other things too). You're most likely here for THE WOLF AND THE WILD KING, book I of a new darkish high fantasy duology. A troubled assassin, an outlaw, human sacrifice and dragons in a winter forest. www.kvj.ca/wolf.html
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So beautiful and sweet - I hope they are laughing it up now that the are back together 🥰 @deadder.bsky.social always knows what we need.
February 1, 2026 at 2:39 PM
So beautiful and sweet - I hope they are laughing it up now that the are back together 🥰 @deadder.bsky.social always knows what we need.
It's fine to eat pumpkin pie for breakfast. I shall go and do so, and then get to work.
February 1, 2026 at 11:57 AM
It's fine to eat pumpkin pie for breakfast. I shall go and do so, and then get to work.
What is this "Raven"? It's the conclusion to the Forest Duology begun in THE WOLF AND THE WILD KING. www.kvj.ca/wolf.html
February 1, 2026 at 11:56 AM
What is this "Raven"? It's the conclusion to the Forest Duology begun in THE WOLF AND THE WILD KING. www.kvj.ca/wolf.html
Finished writing Raven yesterday. Now to read the end and see if it's right, before starting a last pass through. I revise as I go, so it's all gone through many, many revisions, except this very last ending part. Probably it (I) should rest a little before I work through from the beginning again.
February 1, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Finished writing Raven yesterday. Now to read the end and see if it's right, before starting a last pass through. I revise as I go, so it's all gone through many, many revisions, except this very last ending part. Probably it (I) should rest a little before I work through from the beginning again.
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I don't think people appreciate enough the fact that, at a time where global warming was approaching an inflection point yet renewable energy was finally becoming economically viable, we decided to squander that opportunity because literal death cultists decided we needed Infinite Bullshit Machines.
January 31, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I don't think people appreciate enough the fact that, at a time where global warming was approaching an inflection point yet renewable energy was finally becoming economically viable, we decided to squander that opportunity because literal death cultists decided we needed Infinite Bullshit Machines.
Snow today, snow tomorrow ... just flurries, at least. I have no energy for shovelling.
February 1, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Snow today, snow tomorrow ... just flurries, at least. I have no energy for shovelling.
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📣📣 One week to go until our Winter Holiday chat! 📣📣
There’s still time to (re) read the book if you’d like to join us.
I’ll be posting the zoom link later in the week, along with some prompt questions to get us thinking.
It will all be very relaxed and pressure free!
#SwallowsAndAmazons
There’s still time to (re) read the book if you’d like to join us.
I’ll be posting the zoom link later in the week, along with some prompt questions to get us thinking.
It will all be very relaxed and pressure free!
#SwallowsAndAmazons
📣❄️ You are warmly invited to our Winter Holiday chat! ❄️📣
When? Sun 8th Feb, 7.00pm UK time
Where? Zoom - link nearer time
What? A relaxed chat about Winter Holiday. I’ll share a few questions beforehand to help us.
Important Prep: cosy reading, nice rations, Susanish tea 🫖🍫
#SwallowsAndAmazons
When? Sun 8th Feb, 7.00pm UK time
Where? Zoom - link nearer time
What? A relaxed chat about Winter Holiday. I’ll share a few questions beforehand to help us.
Important Prep: cosy reading, nice rations, Susanish tea 🫖🍫
#SwallowsAndAmazons
February 1, 2026 at 9:06 AM
📣📣 One week to go until our Winter Holiday chat! 📣📣
There’s still time to (re) read the book if you’d like to join us.
I’ll be posting the zoom link later in the week, along with some prompt questions to get us thinking.
It will all be very relaxed and pressure free!
#SwallowsAndAmazons
There’s still time to (re) read the book if you’d like to join us.
I’ll be posting the zoom link later in the week, along with some prompt questions to get us thinking.
It will all be very relaxed and pressure free!
#SwallowsAndAmazons
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🇺🇸🇨🇦🇨🇳 Trump on Canada:
We don’t want China to take over Canada. And if they make the deal that he’s looking to make, China will take over Canada.
And the first thing they’re going to do — end ice hockey. 🏒
We don’t want China to take over Canada. And if they make the deal that he’s looking to make, China will take over Canada.
And the first thing they’re going to do — end ice hockey. 🏒
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 AM
🇺🇸🇨🇦🇨🇳 Trump on Canada:
We don’t want China to take over Canada. And if they make the deal that he’s looking to make, China will take over Canada.
And the first thing they’re going to do — end ice hockey. 🏒
We don’t want China to take over Canada. And if they make the deal that he’s looking to make, China will take over Canada.
And the first thing they’re going to do — end ice hockey. 🏒
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'Surviving The Elements'
July 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
'Surviving The Elements'
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Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
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It‘s been in the back of my mind for a while that we’re building the equivalent of viruses and bacteria - lots of information and direction, no self - and tripping over the fact that we made their component parts out of our languages, so they look purposive.
February 1, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It‘s been in the back of my mind for a while that we’re building the equivalent of viruses and bacteria - lots of information and direction, no self - and tripping over the fact that we made their component parts out of our languages, so they look purposive.
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February in the Village
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February 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM
February in the Village
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"Wōdnesbeorg" cloaked in shadow (Woden's Barrow/Adam's Grave) lorded over by the Alton Barnes White Horse on Milk Hill. The colours yet to come in wonderful #Wiltshire
February 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
"Wōdnesbeorg" cloaked in shadow (Woden's Barrow/Adam's Grave) lorded over by the Alton Barnes White Horse on Milk Hill. The colours yet to come in wonderful #Wiltshire
Just seen Mystic Pizza for the first time. (Reasons why I missed it back in the day too complicated for a post.) One to add to the list I'm mentally compiling of fictions to teach the 20-somethings how to be human.
February 1, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Just seen Mystic Pizza for the first time. (Reasons why I missed it back in the day too complicated for a post.) One to add to the list I'm mentally compiling of fictions to teach the 20-somethings how to be human.
I really want to put together a reading and movie list of "how to be human" fiction for those indoctrinated entirely in business & programming who seem to have lost their way and their foundation in the real world, but how to get them to make the time to read and watch?
January 31, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I really want to put together a reading and movie list of "how to be human" fiction for those indoctrinated entirely in business & programming who seem to have lost their way and their foundation in the real world, but how to get them to make the time to read and watch?
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Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
January 29, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
FINIS[?] I have written. That's Raven.
128,232 words.
Not really sure about the end.
Well. Let it sit for a few days to settle.
Better go cook food for people.
(The end of @jameslatimer.bsky.social's awaiting the sequel to THE WOLF AND THE WILD KING is at least a bit closer ...)
128,232 words.
Not really sure about the end.
Well. Let it sit for a few days to settle.
Better go cook food for people.
(The end of @jameslatimer.bsky.social's awaiting the sequel to THE WOLF AND THE WILD KING is at least a bit closer ...)
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 PM
FINIS[?] I have written. That's Raven.
128,232 words.
Not really sure about the end.
Well. Let it sit for a few days to settle.
Better go cook food for people.
(The end of @jameslatimer.bsky.social's awaiting the sequel to THE WOLF AND THE WILD KING is at least a bit closer ...)
128,232 words.
Not really sure about the end.
Well. Let it sit for a few days to settle.
Better go cook food for people.
(The end of @jameslatimer.bsky.social's awaiting the sequel to THE WOLF AND THE WILD KING is at least a bit closer ...)
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perhaps you'll say: was it really necessary for this to be a four hour episode? to which I say: look forward to at LEAST another hour of Hexwood Time in this season's Q&A. Happy Hexwood Day, everyone!
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Hexwood by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh
This wood is like human memory. It does not need to take events in their correct order. Do you wish to go to an earlier time and start from there?
It's a portal fantasy! It's a space opera! It's an ...
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January 31, 2026 at 1:26 PM
perhaps you'll say: was it really necessary for this to be a four hour episode? to which I say: look forward to at LEAST another hour of Hexwood Time in this season's Q&A. Happy Hexwood Day, everyone!
zencastr.com/z/Y9k1q1AZ
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Yes, this, so much.
I find myself nostalgic for the days when evil people had to pretend not to be evil, because being evil was considered socially unacceptable.
January 31, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Yes, this, so much.
Bother. Hungry. Can't write and eat porridge.
January 31, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Bother. Hungry. Can't write and eat porridge.
Book is on fire. This is good. Can I finish it before I need to cook something for people?
January 31, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Book is on fire. This is good. Can I finish it before I need to cook something for people?
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Maybe a similar case would be medieval salt marsh extraction in North Frisia, which increased vulnerability to flooding, e.g. the Great Mandränke Flood, which led to the sinking of Rungholt.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rungholt
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rungholt
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
Scientists map medieval town that's been buried beneath the sea for 661 years | CBC Radio
Rungholt was once a booming trade town where residents reaped profits from the land’s bountiful natural resources — until a changing climate and rising sea levels ripped it all away.
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Maybe a similar case would be medieval salt marsh extraction in North Frisia, which increased vulnerability to flooding, e.g. the Great Mandränke Flood, which led to the sinking of Rungholt.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rungholt
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rungholt
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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In case we thought that ecological disasters were a special talent of modernity, let’s talk about how the 13th-century peat trade of Norfolk made it permanently vulnerable to flooding, including 3 catastrophic floods just since 2013.
#medievalstorytime
#medievalstorytime
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
In case we thought that ecological disasters were a special talent of modernity, let’s talk about how the 13th-century peat trade of Norfolk made it permanently vulnerable to flooding, including 3 catastrophic floods just since 2013.
#medievalstorytime
#medievalstorytime