Livia J. Elliot ~ Author & Podcaster
@liviajelliot.com
Literary speculative fiction author, fusing political theory, psychological depth, and philosophical horror. I write for readers who read to solve.
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A philosophical fantasy of Thucydidean politics, eldritch beings, and psychological horror woven into fractured timelines.
⚔️THE OMENS OF WAR: A LITERARY SPECULATIVE FANTASY ⚔️
Coming February 2026! 🔗👇🏻
⚔️THE OMENS OF WAR: A LITERARY SPECULATIVE FANTASY ⚔️
Coming February 2026! 🔗👇🏻
THE OMENS OF WAR.
Eldritch. Dark. Hopeless.
I designed the paperback myself as an echo of the story's tone. Let me show you 👇🏻 (1/6)
Eldritch. Dark. Hopeless.
I designed the paperback myself as an echo of the story's tone. Let me show you 👇🏻 (1/6)
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
THE OMENS OF WAR.
Eldritch. Dark. Hopeless.
I designed the paperback myself as an echo of the story's tone. Let me show you 👇🏻 (1/6)
Eldritch. Dark. Hopeless.
I designed the paperback myself as an echo of the story's tone. Let me show you 👇🏻 (1/6)
Ursula K. Le Guin said one of science fiction's virtuosities is the invention of "box-words."
Neology.
Those made-up words that speculative fiction writers love to play with. (1/4)
Neology.
Those made-up words that speculative fiction writers love to play with. (1/4)
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Ursula K. Le Guin said one of science fiction's virtuosities is the invention of "box-words."
Neology.
Those made-up words that speculative fiction writers love to play with. (1/4)
Neology.
Those made-up words that speculative fiction writers love to play with. (1/4)
One thing psychological horror understands better than realism is this:
the mind does not experience time linearly under threat (1/3)
the mind does not experience time linearly under threat (1/3)
January 20, 2026 at 6:42 PM
One thing psychological horror understands better than realism is this:
the mind does not experience time linearly under threat (1/3)
the mind does not experience time linearly under threat (1/3)
THE OMENS OF WAR. "Unorthodox. Niche. Esoteric."
See what early readers are saying 👇🏻 (1/2)
See what early readers are saying 👇🏻 (1/2)
January 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
THE OMENS OF WAR. "Unorthodox. Niche. Esoteric."
See what early readers are saying 👇🏻 (1/2)
See what early readers are saying 👇🏻 (1/2)
"He had seen that expression before; always in soldiers and always in that fragment of a heartbeat that preceded death to usher the realisation of its inevitability. Abject terror." (1/2)
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"He had seen that expression before; always in soldiers and always in that fragment of a heartbeat that preceded death to usher the realisation of its inevitability. Abject terror." (1/2)
Satires. Such an old concept, always in vogue, yet always complex.
As Carl Hiaasen said, "A good satire [...] aims to provoke thought, reform, or change by highlighting problems or absurdities."
Let's chat 👇🏻 (1/4)
As Carl Hiaasen said, "A good satire [...] aims to provoke thought, reform, or change by highlighting problems or absurdities."
Let's chat 👇🏻 (1/4)
January 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Satires. Such an old concept, always in vogue, yet always complex.
As Carl Hiaasen said, "A good satire [...] aims to provoke thought, reform, or change by highlighting problems or absurdities."
Let's chat 👇🏻 (1/4)
As Carl Hiaasen said, "A good satire [...] aims to provoke thought, reform, or change by highlighting problems or absurdities."
Let's chat 👇🏻 (1/4)
The land of THE OMENS OF WAR.
A setting with two silver suns, of silver-lilac skies and impossibly long dusks.
A world driven to a political stalemate by two nations too powerful to warre one another.
Let me tell you about it. (1/4)
A setting with two silver suns, of silver-lilac skies and impossibly long dusks.
A world driven to a political stalemate by two nations too powerful to warre one another.
Let me tell you about it. (1/4)
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The land of THE OMENS OF WAR.
A setting with two silver suns, of silver-lilac skies and impossibly long dusks.
A world driven to a political stalemate by two nations too powerful to warre one another.
Let me tell you about it. (1/4)
A setting with two silver suns, of silver-lilac skies and impossibly long dusks.
A world driven to a political stalemate by two nations too powerful to warre one another.
Let me tell you about it. (1/4)
I shaped Firard and Sestel as long-term mirror adversaries.
Not because it's dramatic, but because in political theory, stable rivalries often create the most fragile peace.
Their symmetry is intentional.
Their imbalance is what breaks the world (1/2).
Not because it's dramatic, but because in political theory, stable rivalries often create the most fragile peace.
Their symmetry is intentional.
Their imbalance is what breaks the world (1/2).
January 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I shaped Firard and Sestel as long-term mirror adversaries.
Not because it's dramatic, but because in political theory, stable rivalries often create the most fragile peace.
Their symmetry is intentional.
Their imbalance is what breaks the world (1/2).
Not because it's dramatic, but because in political theory, stable rivalries often create the most fragile peace.
Their symmetry is intentional.
Their imbalance is what breaks the world (1/2).
Embassytown is one of the strangest, most brilliant linguistic experiments in science fiction.
A novel where the plot is the language—and language is the weapon, the limit, the prison, and the liberation.
Let's talk about it 👇🏻 (1/7)
A novel where the plot is the language—and language is the weapon, the limit, the prison, and the liberation.
Let's talk about it 👇🏻 (1/7)
January 7, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Embassytown is one of the strangest, most brilliant linguistic experiments in science fiction.
A novel where the plot is the language—and language is the weapon, the limit, the prison, and the liberation.
Let's talk about it 👇🏻 (1/7)
A novel where the plot is the language—and language is the weapon, the limit, the prison, and the liberation.
Let's talk about it 👇🏻 (1/7)
#Philosophy sits at the core of my series, RECORDS OF THE ORDERS.
In the first book, the characters are searching for something known as the Meridian of Existence.
But what is it?
It begins with #Aristotle's Golden Mean. 👇🏻 (1/9)
In the first book, the characters are searching for something known as the Meridian of Existence.
But what is it?
It begins with #Aristotle's Golden Mean. 👇🏻 (1/9)
January 6, 2026 at 6:48 PM
#Philosophy sits at the core of my series, RECORDS OF THE ORDERS.
In the first book, the characters are searching for something known as the Meridian of Existence.
But what is it?
It begins with #Aristotle's Golden Mean. 👇🏻 (1/9)
In the first book, the characters are searching for something known as the Meridian of Existence.
But what is it?
It begins with #Aristotle's Golden Mean. 👇🏻 (1/9)
Welcome to 2026: the year the world of The Omens of War finally unfolds.
If you're new here, or returning after the holidays, here's what you can expect from my corner of the internet (1/7) 👇🏻
If you're new here, or returning after the holidays, here's what you can expect from my corner of the internet (1/7) 👇🏻
January 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Welcome to 2026: the year the world of The Omens of War finally unfolds.
If you're new here, or returning after the holidays, here's what you can expect from my corner of the internet (1/7) 👇🏻
If you're new here, or returning after the holidays, here's what you can expect from my corner of the internet (1/7) 👇🏻
Dune is often read as a power fantasy.
I think it's closer to a cautionary tale about what happens when myth, monopoly, and religion converge around one 'chosen' man. (1/3)
I think it's closer to a cautionary tale about what happens when myth, monopoly, and religion converge around one 'chosen' man. (1/3)
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Dune is often read as a power fantasy.
I think it's closer to a cautionary tale about what happens when myth, monopoly, and religion converge around one 'chosen' man. (1/3)
I think it's closer to a cautionary tale about what happens when myth, monopoly, and religion converge around one 'chosen' man. (1/3)
What a lovely way to start the weekend 🙌🏻
A reader recently discovered THE GENESIS OF CHANGE through YouTube, read it, and then reached out to talk with me about its ideas (1/3).
A reader recently discovered THE GENESIS OF CHANGE through YouTube, read it, and then reached out to talk with me about its ideas (1/3).
January 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
What a lovely way to start the weekend 🙌🏻
A reader recently discovered THE GENESIS OF CHANGE through YouTube, read it, and then reached out to talk with me about its ideas (1/3).
A reader recently discovered THE GENESIS OF CHANGE through YouTube, read it, and then reached out to talk with me about its ideas (1/3).
Rereading a book you read 20+ years ago in a translation is a risky business... especially if you’ve remembered it fondly.
Memory often lies. It smooths problems.
Yet somehow, #Dune is even better than I remembered.
Memory often lies. It smooths problems.
Yet somehow, #Dune is even better than I remembered.
January 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Rereading a book you read 20+ years ago in a translation is a risky business... especially if you’ve remembered it fondly.
Memory often lies. It smooths problems.
Yet somehow, #Dune is even better than I remembered.
Memory often lies. It smooths problems.
Yet somehow, #Dune is even better than I remembered.
December 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In Far Removed, @cblansdell featured a group of knyads—the humanoids of her setting—that are forced to wear a mask.
In its a fascinating social group, and just a few days ago, I realised something else about them.
Let's talk about them 👇🏻 (1/6)
In its a fascinating social group, and just a few days ago, I realised something else about them.
Let's talk about them 👇🏻 (1/6)
December 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In Far Removed, @cblansdell featured a group of knyads—the humanoids of her setting—that are forced to wear a mask.
In its a fascinating social group, and just a few days ago, I realised something else about them.
Let's talk about them 👇🏻 (1/6)
In its a fascinating social group, and just a few days ago, I realised something else about them.
Let's talk about them 👇🏻 (1/6)
Wishing you a wonderful holiday season!
May you discover a book so good you can’t stop thinking about it. 🎄✨
May you discover a book so good you can’t stop thinking about it. 🎄✨
December 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Wishing you a wonderful holiday season!
May you discover a book so good you can’t stop thinking about it. 🎄✨
May you discover a book so good you can’t stop thinking about it. 🎄✨
AUTHORITY, by Jeff Vandermeer.
It approaches Area X through a bureaucratic, problem-to-contain lens, simultaneously diluting the uncanny and reframing it until the incomprehensible becomes a human institution meant to protect citizens. (1/3)
It approaches Area X through a bureaucratic, problem-to-contain lens, simultaneously diluting the uncanny and reframing it until the incomprehensible becomes a human institution meant to protect citizens. (1/3)
December 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
AUTHORITY, by Jeff Vandermeer.
It approaches Area X through a bureaucratic, problem-to-contain lens, simultaneously diluting the uncanny and reframing it until the incomprehensible becomes a human institution meant to protect citizens. (1/3)
It approaches Area X through a bureaucratic, problem-to-contain lens, simultaneously diluting the uncanny and reframing it until the incomprehensible becomes a human institution meant to protect citizens. (1/3)
In Shadow of the Torturer, Gene Wolfe has Severian consistently refer to those sentenced to torture—sometimes for life—as 'clients.'
It is just one word, but it carries a lot of weight.
Let’s talk 👇 (1/4)
It is just one word, but it carries a lot of weight.
Let’s talk 👇 (1/4)
December 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
In Shadow of the Torturer, Gene Wolfe has Severian consistently refer to those sentenced to torture—sometimes for life—as 'clients.'
It is just one word, but it carries a lot of weight.
Let’s talk 👇 (1/4)
It is just one word, but it carries a lot of weight.
Let’s talk 👇 (1/4)
The pursuit of knowledge. The only worthy quest for an endless existence. It's what drives the Alchemists of The Orders.
It all begins at THE GENESIS OF CHANGE, in a place where time and space unfold into one another.
Let me tell you about it 👇🏻 (1/6)
It all begins at THE GENESIS OF CHANGE, in a place where time and space unfold into one another.
Let me tell you about it 👇🏻 (1/6)
December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The pursuit of knowledge. The only worthy quest for an endless existence. It's what drives the Alchemists of The Orders.
It all begins at THE GENESIS OF CHANGE, in a place where time and space unfold into one another.
Let me tell you about it 👇🏻 (1/6)
It all begins at THE GENESIS OF CHANGE, in a place where time and space unfold into one another.
Let me tell you about it 👇🏻 (1/6)
Very excited to share this: a short story set in the universe of my upcoming book—The Omens of War—was just accepted by a magazine and will be out next year 🙌🏻
I’ll share more once I have details about the issue!
I’ll share more once I have details about the issue!
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Very excited to share this: a short story set in the universe of my upcoming book—The Omens of War—was just accepted by a magazine and will be out next year 🙌🏻
I’ll share more once I have details about the issue!
I’ll share more once I have details about the issue!
I've been thinking about the books that found me this year, and wrote a small reflection about what lingered the most. (1/2)
December 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I've been thinking about the books that found me this year, and wrote a small reflection about what lingered the most. (1/2)
THE WORLD-MAKER PARABLE by Luke Tarzian.
A blend of psychological horror and dark fantasy, this novel is told through interwoven points of view that blur reality until existence itself feels unstable. It is literary, non-linear, and decidedly unique.
My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
A blend of psychological horror and dark fantasy, this novel is told through interwoven points of view that blur reality until existence itself feels unstable. It is literary, non-linear, and decidedly unique.
My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Livia Elliot's review of The World-Maker Parable (Adjacent Monsters, #1)
4/5: A blend of psychological horror and dark fantasy, this novel is told through interwoven points of view that blur reality until existence itself feels unstable. It is literary, non-linear, and dec...
www.goodreads.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
THE WORLD-MAKER PARABLE by Luke Tarzian.
A blend of psychological horror and dark fantasy, this novel is told through interwoven points of view that blur reality until existence itself feels unstable. It is literary, non-linear, and decidedly unique.
My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
A blend of psychological horror and dark fantasy, this novel is told through interwoven points of view that blur reality until existence itself feels unstable. It is literary, non-linear, and decidedly unique.
My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Dance With Me was nominated in seven categories to the #IndieInkAwards.
This is genuinely more than I expected, and I’m very grateful for it (1/2).
This is genuinely more than I expected, and I’m very grateful for it (1/2).
December 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Dance With Me was nominated in seven categories to the #IndieInkAwards.
This is genuinely more than I expected, and I’m very grateful for it (1/2).
This is genuinely more than I expected, and I’m very grateful for it (1/2).
Eras. Ages. Moments so world-breaking they shatter everything that came before.
That's what happened in my upcoming book, THE OMENS OF WAR. So violently that its timelines are fractured.
But what does that mean? 🤔 (1/6)
That's what happened in my upcoming book, THE OMENS OF WAR. So violently that its timelines are fractured.
But what does that mean? 🤔 (1/6)
December 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Eras. Ages. Moments so world-breaking they shatter everything that came before.
That's what happened in my upcoming book, THE OMENS OF WAR. So violently that its timelines are fractured.
But what does that mean? 🤔 (1/6)
That's what happened in my upcoming book, THE OMENS OF WAR. So violently that its timelines are fractured.
But what does that mean? 🤔 (1/6)