K.V. Johansen
@kvjohansen.bsky.social
Author. Epic fantasy: Blackdog, The Leopard, The Lady, Gods of Nabban, & The Last Road (Pyr). New high fantasy, The Wolf and the Wild King, out Nov 2024. Cdn, living on the Bay of Fundy. I also write as Kris Jamison. she/they www.kvj.ca
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K.V. Johansen
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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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Now I'm really going away to write.
Let there be book.
And to be ready for the conclusion of the duology of this high fantasy, you can buy The Wolf and the Wild King at all the usual places, print and ebook, and especially through your favourite indie. www.kvj.ca/wolf.html
Let there be book.
And to be ready for the conclusion of the duology of this high fantasy, you can buy The Wolf and the Wild King at all the usual places, print and ebook, and especially through your favourite indie. www.kvj.ca/wolf.html
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
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Now I'm really going away to write.
Let there be book.
And to be ready for the conclusion of the duology of this high fantasy, you can buy The Wolf and the Wild King at all the usual places, print and ebook, and especially through your favourite indie. www.kvj.ca/wolf.html
Let there be book.
And to be ready for the conclusion of the duology of this high fantasy, you can buy The Wolf and the Wild King at all the usual places, print and ebook, and especially through your favourite indie. www.kvj.ca/wolf.html
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😂🤣 He MAD!😂🤣 DON'T GET MY WAY! #NAFOflorks #NewTeamMember The #Owl knocked down a #RussianDrone in #Ukraine #WaytoGo
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
😂🤣 He MAD!😂🤣 DON'T GET MY WAY! #NAFOflorks #NewTeamMember The #Owl knocked down a #RussianDrone in #Ukraine #WaytoGo
I have some time off from the OFJ and am making a big push to see how close I can get Raven to being finished. 100,000 words and counting, think it's going to hit 130, though possibly not in the next week and a half. Still, doing my best.
See you when I get back from the Forest ...
See you when I get back from the Forest ...
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I have some time off from the OFJ and am making a big push to see how close I can get Raven to being finished. 100,000 words and counting, think it's going to hit 130, though possibly not in the next week and a half. Still, doing my best.
See you when I get back from the Forest ...
See you when I get back from the Forest ...
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Thank you to all National Trust members who voted to support the Trust. The hostile venture capitalist backed ‘Restore’ plc have been defeated for another year. But with a lower turnout this year, it’s not over yet. Expect the same next year.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Thank you to all National Trust members who voted to support the Trust. The hostile venture capitalist backed ‘Restore’ plc have been defeated for another year. But with a lower turnout this year, it’s not over yet. Expect the same next year.
I need a "... days since we had to fix my mother's wifi" sign.
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I need a "... days since we had to fix my mother's wifi" sign.
If you want a nice lighthearted movie made with skill and care and attention to detail, I can recommend Shaun the Sheep: Farmaggeddon. We laughed a lot and also had to keep rewinding to look at, "Wait, no, what?" details. Possibly we should just have watched it twice. Also, watch to the very end.
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If you want a nice lighthearted movie made with skill and care and attention to detail, I can recommend Shaun the Sheep: Farmaggeddon. We laughed a lot and also had to keep rewinding to look at, "Wait, no, what?" details. Possibly we should just have watched it twice. Also, watch to the very end.
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"Overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal.
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"Overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal.
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
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Moon's Artifice is just 99p/$1.49 at the moment because it never found enough readers when it was published so why not?
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Moons-Artifi...
US:
www.amazon.com/Moons-Artifi...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Moons-Artifi...
US:
www.amazon.com/Moons-Artifi...
November 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Moon's Artifice is just 99p/$1.49 at the moment because it never found enough readers when it was published so why not?
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Moons-Artifi...
US:
www.amazon.com/Moons-Artifi...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Moons-Artifi...
US:
www.amazon.com/Moons-Artifi...
Meanwhile, in that fretful state where I don't know what I want to read for my lunch at off-farm-job book. Needs to be either familiar or lightish (or both), for reading under those conditions.
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meanwhile, in that fretful state where I don't know what I want to read for my lunch at off-farm-job book. Needs to be either familiar or lightish (or both), for reading under those conditions.
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Hey if it wasn’t for ideology there’d almost be a lesson here for #canada but I’m not a fucking economist so what do I know
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Hey if it wasn’t for ideology there’d almost be a lesson here for #canada but I’m not a fucking economist so what do I know
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
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We often wonder why we never encounter alien species. Perhaps it's because every species fills their orbit with space junk and imprisons themselves on their planets.
What a nightmare! Chinese astronauts can’t come home because space debris hit their return craft.
The rapidly increasing amount of stuff we launch into space is something everyone should be aware of.
The rapidly increasing amount of stuff we launch into space is something everyone should be aware of.
China Delays Return of Astronauts After Debris May Have Hit Spacecraft
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We often wonder why we never encounter alien species. Perhaps it's because every species fills their orbit with space junk and imprisons themselves on their planets.
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'this was an experience. I feel like I’ve read my way through a fever-dream. I am exhausted and fulfilled and happy'.
Adrian Collins @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social reviews A SWORD OF GOLD AND RUIN
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-a-swo...
Adrian Collins @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social reviews A SWORD OF GOLD AND RUIN
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-a-swo...
REVIEW: A Sword of Gold and Ruin by Anna Smith Spark
To read A Sword of Gold and Ruin by Anna Smith Spark and its predecessor A Sword of Bronze and Ashes is to be transported in time.
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
'this was an experience. I feel like I’ve read my way through a fever-dream. I am exhausted and fulfilled and happy'.
Adrian Collins @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social reviews A SWORD OF GOLD AND RUIN
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-a-swo...
Adrian Collins @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social reviews A SWORD OF GOLD AND RUIN
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-a-swo...
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I don't think I'll ever write a better first chapter than Chapter 1 of Endlords. Read it for free at Grimdark Magazine. www.grimdarkmagazine.com/excerpt-chap... @torbooks.bsky.social @orbitbooksuk.bsky.social @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I don't think I'll ever write a better first chapter than Chapter 1 of Endlords. Read it for free at Grimdark Magazine. www.grimdarkmagazine.com/excerpt-chap... @torbooks.bsky.social @orbitbooksuk.bsky.social @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social
Same thoughts for Canada: not useless, but being wrecked.
Your quick reminder that the reason the NHS is in this state is specifically because of what politicians have done. The NHS isn’t useless. The model isn’t defunct. Politicians have actively under-resourced our public healthcare system. It’s a travesty. 🚨
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Same thoughts for Canada: not useless, but being wrecked.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Your quick reminder that the reason the NHS is in this state is specifically because of what politicians have done. The NHS isn’t useless. The model isn’t defunct. Politicians have actively under-resourced our public healthcare system. It’s a travesty. 🚨
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Your quick reminder that the reason the NHS is in this state is specifically because of what politicians have done. The NHS isn’t useless. The model isn’t defunct. Politicians have actively under-resourced our public healthcare system. It’s a travesty. 🚨
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Where is Raven at right now? Well, a battle is imminent and Mairran and Lannesk are on opposite sides. Also opposite sides of a flooded river, which is making the whole thing rather interesting, logistically.
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Where is Raven at right now? Well, a battle is imminent and Mairran and Lannesk are on opposite sides. Also opposite sides of a flooded river, which is making the whole thing rather interesting, logistically.
A good time to pick up The Wolf and the Wild King, if you'd like mythic high fantasy with a troubled assassin-prince investigating a sacrificial murder and an outlaw fighting in a war against dragon-worshippers. www.kvj.ca/wolf.html
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
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A good time to pick up The Wolf and the Wild King, if you'd like mythic high fantasy with a troubled assassin-prince investigating a sacrificial murder and an outlaw fighting in a war against dragon-worshippers. www.kvj.ca/wolf.html
I've hit that point where suddenly the remainder of the book (sequel to The Wolf and the Wild King) has all come together and it should be a mad downhill run to write it all.
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I've hit that point where suddenly the remainder of the book (sequel to The Wolf and the Wild King) has all come together and it should be a mad downhill run to write it all.
I'm having fewer insomnia nights now; this is really helpful when it comes to writing. Mind seems functional again.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I'm having fewer insomnia nights now; this is really helpful when it comes to writing. Mind seems functional again.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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A reminder: AI is a bad translator--it will give you in a pinch the meaning (if it doesn't get hopelessly confused) , but i will not create something that reads like a book.
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
"Amazon propose une traduction par IA pour les livres Kindle auto-édités"
Bon, je n'en peux plus de soupirer. 🙃
Bon, je n'en peux plus de soupirer. 🙃
Amazon offers AI translation for self-published Kindle books
AI translation is coming to your Kindle.
www.theverge.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A reminder: AI is a bad translator--it will give you in a pinch the meaning (if it doesn't get hopelessly confused) , but i will not create something that reads like a book.
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
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Homo Sapiens emerged about 300,000 years ago.
Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?”
But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth.
You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars.
Capitalism is fucked
Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?”
But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth.
You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars.
Capitalism is fucked
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Homo Sapiens emerged about 300,000 years ago.
Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?”
But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth.
You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars.
Capitalism is fucked
Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?”
But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth.
You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars.
Capitalism is fucked
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today