Dyrk Ashton
@undyrk.bsky.social
Now: Author of The Paternus Trilogy and Kraken Rider Z, Professor, Uncle, Knucklehead. Then: #SPFBO Finalist, Actor, Filmmaker, Knucklehead.
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Dyrk Ashton
@undyrk.bsky.social
· Sep 23
SURPRISE! The Thunder Kraken (Kraken Rider Z #2) Audiobook has been released!
David Estes and I had expected it in November - but here it is! The adventures of Zee and Jessup now continue for your ears, once again voiced by the fabulous Tim Gerard Reynolds. Link in reply!
@wraithmarked.bsky.social
David Estes and I had expected it in November - but here it is! The adventures of Zee and Jessup now continue for your ears, once again voiced by the fabulous Tim Gerard Reynolds. Link in reply!
@wraithmarked.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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It's tempting to talk about my own books here, but...
Instead, I'd like to highlight the world as seen through the lens of @zzclaybourne.bsky.social in The Brothers Jetstream Universe.
Or that of @undyrk.bsky.social in Paternus.
Both settings draw on old myths and place them in modern times.
Instead, I'd like to highlight the world as seen through the lens of @zzclaybourne.bsky.social in The Brothers Jetstream Universe.
Or that of @undyrk.bsky.social in Paternus.
Both settings draw on old myths and place them in modern times.
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It's tempting to talk about my own books here, but...
Instead, I'd like to highlight the world as seen through the lens of @zzclaybourne.bsky.social in The Brothers Jetstream Universe.
Or that of @undyrk.bsky.social in Paternus.
Both settings draw on old myths and place them in modern times.
Instead, I'd like to highlight the world as seen through the lens of @zzclaybourne.bsky.social in The Brothers Jetstream Universe.
Or that of @undyrk.bsky.social in Paternus.
Both settings draw on old myths and place them in modern times.
And this time I'm headed to Phoenix for a wedding, back Monday. Very happy the flight is not delayed or cancelled. Crossing fingers the flight out of Phoenix is okay.
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
And this time I'm headed to Phoenix for a wedding, back Monday. Very happy the flight is not delayed or cancelled. Crossing fingers the flight out of Phoenix is okay.
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We are literally drowning and need help!
The worst #flooding our area has seen in 60 years submerged our #CatShelter. Keeping the #cats safe was a huge challenge, and the shelter suffered significant damage.
Please watch and share the video or help us directly: www.vietnamcatwelfare.org/support/
The worst #flooding our area has seen in 60 years submerged our #CatShelter. Keeping the #cats safe was a huge challenge, and the shelter suffered significant damage.
Please watch and share the video or help us directly: www.vietnamcatwelfare.org/support/
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We are literally drowning and need help!
The worst #flooding our area has seen in 60 years submerged our #CatShelter. Keeping the #cats safe was a huge challenge, and the shelter suffered significant damage.
Please watch and share the video or help us directly: www.vietnamcatwelfare.org/support/
The worst #flooding our area has seen in 60 years submerged our #CatShelter. Keeping the #cats safe was a huge challenge, and the shelter suffered significant damage.
Please watch and share the video or help us directly: www.vietnamcatwelfare.org/support/
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My ex and I adopted our cats from here, they do wonderful work- please share, or even donate if you can!
We are literally drowning and need help!
The worst #flooding our area has seen in 60 years submerged our #CatShelter. Keeping the #cats safe was a huge challenge, and the shelter suffered significant damage.
Please watch and share the video or help us directly: www.vietnamcatwelfare.org/support/
The worst #flooding our area has seen in 60 years submerged our #CatShelter. Keeping the #cats safe was a huge challenge, and the shelter suffered significant damage.
Please watch and share the video or help us directly: www.vietnamcatwelfare.org/support/
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
My ex and I adopted our cats from here, they do wonderful work- please share, or even donate if you can!
On yet another flight. This time a one night stay in Raleigh for a wake for an old friend. He was only 58. Proves the old adage, anybody, anytime. Hug your friends when you get to see them.
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
On yet another flight. This time a one night stay in Raleigh for a wake for an old friend. He was only 58. Proves the old adage, anybody, anytime. Hug your friends when you get to see them.
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This was a great trilogy - if you haven't read it yet, GO GO GO and get it and make the author's (birth)day!
#BookSky 📚
#WritingCommunity
#BookSky 📚
#WritingCommunity
What's the best present you can give an author with a Halloween birthday?
Trick or treat
Smell my feet
Buy Dyrk's books
Cuz they are neat!
linktr.ee/dyrkashton
Trick or treat
Smell my feet
Buy Dyrk's books
Cuz they are neat!
linktr.ee/dyrkashton
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This was a great trilogy - if you haven't read it yet, GO GO GO and get it and make the author's (birth)day!
#BookSky 📚
#WritingCommunity
#BookSky 📚
#WritingCommunity
What's the best present you can give an author with a Halloween birthday?
Trick or treat
Smell my feet
Buy Dyrk's books
Cuz they are neat!
linktr.ee/dyrkashton
Trick or treat
Smell my feet
Buy Dyrk's books
Cuz they are neat!
linktr.ee/dyrkashton
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
What's the best present you can give an author with a Halloween birthday?
Trick or treat
Smell my feet
Buy Dyrk's books
Cuz they are neat!
linktr.ee/dyrkashton
Trick or treat
Smell my feet
Buy Dyrk's books
Cuz they are neat!
linktr.ee/dyrkashton
Yes, it is my birthday, and yes, it is Halloween.
And here's an amazing Kraken Rider Z birthday sketch from the absolutely fabulous @tomjilesen.bsky.social
Thank you, Tom! You have made my day ☺️🐙😍🐙😍🐙🎂🥳
And here's an amazing Kraken Rider Z birthday sketch from the absolutely fabulous @tomjilesen.bsky.social
Thank you, Tom! You have made my day ☺️🐙😍🐙😍🐙🎂🥳
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Yes, it is my birthday, and yes, it is Halloween.
And here's an amazing Kraken Rider Z birthday sketch from the absolutely fabulous @tomjilesen.bsky.social
Thank you, Tom! You have made my day ☺️🐙😍🐙😍🐙🎂🥳
And here's an amazing Kraken Rider Z birthday sketch from the absolutely fabulous @tomjilesen.bsky.social
Thank you, Tom! You have made my day ☺️🐙😍🐙😍🐙🎂🥳
Proud to be the 19,711th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Dungeon Crawler Carl: CROCODILE graphic novel! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
The Dungeon Crawler Carl: CROCODILE graphic novel
Hello, Crawlers! We're so pleased to invite you to CROCODILE, Dungeon Crawler Carl's first official graphic novel expansion. Now get out there and kill, kill, ki--er, pledge!
www.backerkit.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Proud to be the 19,711th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Dungeon Crawler Carl: CROCODILE graphic novel! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
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My new Kickstarter project for an illustrated hardcover of Society of the Sword got the 'project we love' tag from Kickstarter! Please give it a follow if you can. It's free, and it really helps me out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sot...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sot...
Coming soon: Society of the Sword - Deluxe Illustrated Edition
All three books from Duncan M. Hamilton's Society of the sword trilogy, in a deluxe illustrated collector's edition omnibus.
www.kickstarter.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
My new Kickstarter project for an illustrated hardcover of Society of the Sword got the 'project we love' tag from Kickstarter! Please give it a follow if you can. It's free, and it really helps me out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sot...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sot...
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Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
October 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
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The Kraken returns! THUNDER KRAKEN, Book 2 in @undyrk.bsky.social and David Estes' KRAKEN RIDER Z series, is now available in audio! Narrated by the incredible Tim Gerard Reynolds!
Link in our bio and below!
Art by Daniel Kamarudin
Design by STK Kreations
Link in our bio and below!
Art by Daniel Kamarudin
Design by STK Kreations
September 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Kraken returns! THUNDER KRAKEN, Book 2 in @undyrk.bsky.social and David Estes' KRAKEN RIDER Z series, is now available in audio! Narrated by the incredible Tim Gerard Reynolds!
Link in our bio and below!
Art by Daniel Kamarudin
Design by STK Kreations
Link in our bio and below!
Art by Daniel Kamarudin
Design by STK Kreations
SURPRISE! The Thunder Kraken (Kraken Rider Z #2) Audiobook has been released!
David Estes and I had expected it in November - but here it is! The adventures of Zee and Jessup now continue for your ears, once again voiced by the fabulous Tim Gerard Reynolds. Link in reply!
@wraithmarked.bsky.social
David Estes and I had expected it in November - but here it is! The adventures of Zee and Jessup now continue for your ears, once again voiced by the fabulous Tim Gerard Reynolds. Link in reply!
@wraithmarked.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
SURPRISE! The Thunder Kraken (Kraken Rider Z #2) Audiobook has been released!
David Estes and I had expected it in November - but here it is! The adventures of Zee and Jessup now continue for your ears, once again voiced by the fabulous Tim Gerard Reynolds. Link in reply!
@wraithmarked.bsky.social
David Estes and I had expected it in November - but here it is! The adventures of Zee and Jessup now continue for your ears, once again voiced by the fabulous Tim Gerard Reynolds. Link in reply!
@wraithmarked.bsky.social
Brand new Monarch, right out of the chrysalis. #Butterflies
September 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Brand new Monarch, right out of the chrysalis. #Butterflies
Now here's a treasure!
Signed ARC of Outlaw Planet, direct from the master himself. 😊
Thank you, Mike!
Signed ARC of Outlaw Planet, direct from the master himself. 😊
Thank you, Mike!
September 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Now here's a treasure!
Signed ARC of Outlaw Planet, direct from the master himself. 😊
Thank you, Mike!
Signed ARC of Outlaw Planet, direct from the master himself. 😊
Thank you, Mike!
HURRAH! 🐙❤️🐙❤️🐙
This morning I finished Kraken Rider Z by David Estes and @undyrk.bsky.social
It is a highly enjoyable progression fantasy that pulls from the best of both classic and modern inspirations.
It’s fun, heartfelt, and full of action.
Check out the full review below 👇
It is a highly enjoyable progression fantasy that pulls from the best of both classic and modern inspirations.
It’s fun, heartfelt, and full of action.
Check out the full review below 👇
September 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
HURRAH! 🐙❤️🐙❤️🐙
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Game friends, are there any good card games that involve vocabulary or defining words?
September 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Game friends, are there any good card games that involve vocabulary or defining words?
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$140 until our goal is reached! An epic fantasy bundle featuring Children and Land, where Gods and worlds collide, Iceland is rediscovered, a dragon is confused about its newfound identity, and the only sword is used for humorous purposes (you can’t say I haven’t warned you)
itch.io/b/3251/an-ep...
itch.io/b/3251/an-ep...
September 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
$140 until our goal is reached! An epic fantasy bundle featuring Children and Land, where Gods and worlds collide, Iceland is rediscovered, a dragon is confused about its newfound identity, and the only sword is used for humorous purposes (you can’t say I haven’t warned you)
itch.io/b/3251/an-ep...
itch.io/b/3251/an-ep...
I AM OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL!
August 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I AM OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL!
Waiting in line to pick up my WorldCon @seattle2025 badge!
August 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Waiting in line to pick up my WorldCon @seattle2025 badge!
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I met so many great people, including Oriana from Kickstarter, @enkaydotzip.bsky.social and Heather from Wraithmarked, Tatiana Obley, Jen Brozek, and @undyrk.bsky.social. Everyone was so nice and welcoming.
August 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I met so many great people, including Oriana from Kickstarter, @enkaydotzip.bsky.social and Heather from Wraithmarked, Tatiana Obley, Jen Brozek, and @undyrk.bsky.social. Everyone was so nice and welcoming.