Adam Bassett
@adamcbassett.com
🍁 Based in Vermont.
🎨 UX/UI designer.
📘 Author & map illustrator.
📚 Occasional book reviews.
👋 He/Him.
🎨 UX/UI designer.
📘 Author & map illustrator.
📚 Occasional book reviews.
👋 He/Him.
Few things hit like an unexpected "I bought it on a whim from a small bookstore, and really enjoyed it."
Grateful to everyone who has given DIGITAL EXTREMITIES a shot. I published this collection expecting it to be my least read, most divisive book, and it's been the complete opposite. 💙📚 🥹
Grateful to everyone who has given DIGITAL EXTREMITIES a shot. I published this collection expecting it to be my least read, most divisive book, and it's been the complete opposite. 💙📚 🥹
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Few things hit like an unexpected "I bought it on a whim from a small bookstore, and really enjoyed it."
Grateful to everyone who has given DIGITAL EXTREMITIES a shot. I published this collection expecting it to be my least read, most divisive book, and it's been the complete opposite. 💙📚 🥹
Grateful to everyone who has given DIGITAL EXTREMITIES a shot. I published this collection expecting it to be my least read, most divisive book, and it's been the complete opposite. 💙📚 🥹
At @theshaggyshepherd.bsky.social's suggestion, I've finally gotten my books set up on Indie Story Geek, which means they're eligible for the Indie Ink Awards!
If you've read and enjoyed my cyberpunk books, I would really appreciate a nomination. 🙏 Thank you! 💙📚
indiestorygeek.com/search?q=ada...
If you've read and enjoyed my cyberpunk books, I would really appreciate a nomination. 🙏 Thank you! 💙📚
indiestorygeek.com/search?q=ada...
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
At @theshaggyshepherd.bsky.social's suggestion, I've finally gotten my books set up on Indie Story Geek, which means they're eligible for the Indie Ink Awards!
If you've read and enjoyed my cyberpunk books, I would really appreciate a nomination. 🙏 Thank you! 💙📚
indiestorygeek.com/search?q=ada...
If you've read and enjoyed my cyberpunk books, I would really appreciate a nomination. 🙏 Thank you! 💙📚
indiestorygeek.com/search?q=ada...
Coming in 2026, but available for pre-order now! Get your copy of AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN from The Crafty Bookstore and you can add golden sprayed edges!
www.thecraftybookstore.com/product-page...
(Other options will be available later, but TCB is the only place for these edges!)💙📚🪐
www.thecraftybookstore.com/product-page...
(Other options will be available later, but TCB is the only place for these edges!)💙📚🪐
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Coming in 2026, but available for pre-order now! Get your copy of AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN from The Crafty Bookstore and you can add golden sprayed edges!
www.thecraftybookstore.com/product-page...
(Other options will be available later, but TCB is the only place for these edges!)💙📚🪐
www.thecraftybookstore.com/product-page...
(Other options will be available later, but TCB is the only place for these edges!)💙📚🪐
DIGITAL RAVENS by S.K. Putt reads like a loveletter to cyberpunk. If you're a fan of the genre, you'll feel right at home in the neon cities and iconic action scenes. 🪐📚💙
Full book review: fanfiaddict.com/review-digit...
Full book review: fanfiaddict.com/review-digit...
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
DIGITAL RAVENS by S.K. Putt reads like a loveletter to cyberpunk. If you're a fan of the genre, you'll feel right at home in the neon cities and iconic action scenes. 🪐📚💙
Full book review: fanfiaddict.com/review-digit...
Full book review: fanfiaddict.com/review-digit...
The early reviews for COPPER SKIN, OAKEN LUNGS are starting to roll in! A massive thanks to Molly and Kate for reading and reviewing it 🙏
Want to reserve your copy now? 🪐📚💙 Pre-order the eBook and get 40% off! Available wherever you read eBooks.
www.adamcbassett.com/copper-ash
Want to reserve your copy now? 🪐📚💙 Pre-order the eBook and get 40% off! Available wherever you read eBooks.
www.adamcbassett.com/copper-ash
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The early reviews for COPPER SKIN, OAKEN LUNGS are starting to roll in! A massive thanks to Molly and Kate for reading and reviewing it 🙏
Want to reserve your copy now? 🪐📚💙 Pre-order the eBook and get 40% off! Available wherever you read eBooks.
www.adamcbassett.com/copper-ash
Want to reserve your copy now? 🪐📚💙 Pre-order the eBook and get 40% off! Available wherever you read eBooks.
www.adamcbassett.com/copper-ash
A reading roundup for October 2025. 📚💙
I read EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social in one sitting, at a nature park in Vermont. A really lovely novella.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS was an effort to read something unusual for me, and it was a pretty fun time. Not my favorite but a good change of pace.
I read EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social in one sitting, at a nature park in Vermont. A really lovely novella.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS was an effort to read something unusual for me, and it was a pretty fun time. Not my favorite but a good change of pace.
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A reading roundup for October 2025. 📚💙
I read EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social in one sitting, at a nature park in Vermont. A really lovely novella.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS was an effort to read something unusual for me, and it was a pretty fun time. Not my favorite but a good change of pace.
I read EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social in one sitting, at a nature park in Vermont. A really lovely novella.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS was an effort to read something unusual for me, and it was a pretty fun time. Not my favorite but a good change of pace.
BOOK REVIEW! I loved @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social's original entry into this series, and THE PAWNS OF HAVOC simply delivers more of it.
If you're looking for a quick and fun fantasy novella, you can't do much better than this.
🔗 fanfiaddict.com/review-the-p... 💙📚🪐 #BookReview
If you're looking for a quick and fun fantasy novella, you can't do much better than this.
🔗 fanfiaddict.com/review-the-p... 💙📚🪐 #BookReview
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
BOOK REVIEW! I loved @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social's original entry into this series, and THE PAWNS OF HAVOC simply delivers more of it.
If you're looking for a quick and fun fantasy novella, you can't do much better than this.
🔗 fanfiaddict.com/review-the-p... 💙📚🪐 #BookReview
If you're looking for a quick and fun fantasy novella, you can't do much better than this.
🔗 fanfiaddict.com/review-the-p... 💙📚🪐 #BookReview
🗺️ Map commissions are open for 2026!
You can browse my portfolio here to see all of the maps I've illustrated for my own science fiction and fantasy stories—as well as many of the maps I've made for other authors. :)
www.adamcbassett.com/map-design 📚💙
You can browse my portfolio here to see all of the maps I've illustrated for my own science fiction and fantasy stories—as well as many of the maps I've made for other authors. :)
www.adamcbassett.com/map-design 📚💙
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🗺️ Map commissions are open for 2026!
You can browse my portfolio here to see all of the maps I've illustrated for my own science fiction and fantasy stories—as well as many of the maps I've made for other authors. :)
www.adamcbassett.com/map-design 📚💙
You can browse my portfolio here to see all of the maps I've illustrated for my own science fiction and fantasy stories—as well as many of the maps I've made for other authors. :)
www.adamcbassett.com/map-design 📚💙
Makin' bookmarks with @gorchart.bsky.social's amazing cover illustration for this book. 💙
October 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Makin' bookmarks with @gorchart.bsky.social's amazing cover illustration for this book. 💙
#BookReview THE RIVER HAS ROOTS blends prose, poetry, and music, and in the audiobook especially it all comes together in this stunning display of artistry.
This won't be for everyone, but I adored this novella. 💙📚
Full review:
🔗 fanfiaddict.com/book-review-...
This won't be for everyone, but I adored this novella. 💙📚
Full review:
🔗 fanfiaddict.com/book-review-...
October 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#BookReview THE RIVER HAS ROOTS blends prose, poetry, and music, and in the audiobook especially it all comes together in this stunning display of artistry.
This won't be for everyone, but I adored this novella. 💙📚
Full review:
🔗 fanfiaddict.com/book-review-...
This won't be for everyone, but I adored this novella. 💙📚
Full review:
🔗 fanfiaddict.com/book-review-...
From the first ARC review of COPPER SKIN, OAKEN LUNGS:
"This intriguing premise is paired with deft attention to worldbuilding details (including some delightful Central European naming influences), and the pace moves along nicely... It's a shorter novel, and if anything that's my only criticism."
"This intriguing premise is paired with deft attention to worldbuilding details (including some delightful Central European naming influences), and the pace moves along nicely... It's a shorter novel, and if anything that's my only criticism."
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
From the first ARC review of COPPER SKIN, OAKEN LUNGS:
"This intriguing premise is paired with deft attention to worldbuilding details (including some delightful Central European naming influences), and the pace moves along nicely... It's a shorter novel, and if anything that's my only criticism."
"This intriguing premise is paired with deft attention to worldbuilding details (including some delightful Central European naming influences), and the pace moves along nicely... It's a shorter novel, and if anything that's my only criticism."
In THE WHISPER THAT REPLACED GOD, Timothy Wolff has crafted one of the most memorable characters I’ve read in some time. This novella is something special, and it is only heightened by Nick Cracknell’s work on the audiobook.
Full review on Before We Go Blog
beforewegoblog.com/review-the-w...
Full review on Before We Go Blog
beforewegoblog.com/review-the-w...
October 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In THE WHISPER THAT REPLACED GOD, Timothy Wolff has crafted one of the most memorable characters I’ve read in some time. This novella is something special, and it is only heightened by Nick Cracknell’s work on the audiobook.
Full review on Before We Go Blog
beforewegoblog.com/review-the-w...
Full review on Before We Go Blog
beforewegoblog.com/review-the-w...
Across dimensions, it creeps and consumes...
Are you ready for your imagination to be infected?
💙📚🪐
Are you ready for your imagination to be infected?
💙📚🪐
October 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Across dimensions, it creeps and consumes...
Are you ready for your imagination to be infected?
💙📚🪐
Are you ready for your imagination to be infected?
💙📚🪐
The Kickstarter for AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN has ended.
I am incredibly humbled by the ~150 of you who backed this, and I am so excited to share the book with you in 2026.
More news to come, but for now, I just want to say THANK YOU! 🎉
I am incredibly humbled by the ~150 of you who backed this, and I am so excited to share the book with you in 2026.
More news to come, but for now, I just want to say THANK YOU! 🎉
October 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Kickstarter for AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN has ended.
I am incredibly humbled by the ~150 of you who backed this, and I am so excited to share the book with you in 2026.
More news to come, but for now, I just want to say THANK YOU! 🎉
I am incredibly humbled by the ~150 of you who backed this, and I am so excited to share the book with you in 2026.
More news to come, but for now, I just want to say THANK YOU! 🎉
Less than 24 hours remain in the AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN Kickstarter!
You'll be able to get the book in 2026 even if you don't back it now, but this is the last chance to get in on the early backer discount! 💙📚🪐 #worldbuilding #cartography #ttrpg
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
You'll be able to get the book in 2026 even if you don't back it now, but this is the last chance to get in on the early backer discount! 💙📚🪐 #worldbuilding #cartography #ttrpg
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Less than 24 hours remain in the AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN Kickstarter!
You'll be able to get the book in 2026 even if you don't back it now, but this is the last chance to get in on the early backer discount! 💙📚🪐 #worldbuilding #cartography #ttrpg
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
You'll be able to get the book in 2026 even if you don't back it now, but this is the last chance to get in on the early backer discount! 💙📚🪐 #worldbuilding #cartography #ttrpg
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
Book review! TOOTHSUCKER by @kadenloveauthor.bsky.social is a truly wild story with a unique mash-up of genres and tropes, with vampires born of cybernetic implants. I’ve never read anything quite like it. 💙📚🪐 #BookReview
Full review on FanFiAddict:
fanfiaddict.com/review-tooth...
Full review on FanFiAddict:
fanfiaddict.com/review-tooth...
October 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Book review! TOOTHSUCKER by @kadenloveauthor.bsky.social is a truly wild story with a unique mash-up of genres and tropes, with vampires born of cybernetic implants. I’ve never read anything quite like it. 💙📚🪐 #BookReview
Full review on FanFiAddict:
fanfiaddict.com/review-tooth...
Full review on FanFiAddict:
fanfiaddict.com/review-tooth...
If you can't back the Kickstarter, or prefer to shop elsewhere, more options will be available in 2026!
While I plan update you all on that here, the best place to keep up with my work is via my (roughly) monthly newsletter, where you're guaranteed to see these updates.
adamcbassett.substack.com
While I plan update you all on that here, the best place to keep up with my work is via my (roughly) monthly newsletter, where you're guaranteed to see these updates.
adamcbassett.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If you can't back the Kickstarter, or prefer to shop elsewhere, more options will be available in 2026!
While I plan update you all on that here, the best place to keep up with my work is via my (roughly) monthly newsletter, where you're guaranteed to see these updates.
adamcbassett.substack.com
While I plan update you all on that here, the best place to keep up with my work is via my (roughly) monthly newsletter, where you're guaranteed to see these updates.
adamcbassett.substack.com
The Kickstarter ends in 3 days! Back AGSD before the end of Oct 21 if you want to reserve your copy and get an early pre-order discount.
And thank you to everyone who has supported this project—we've hit three stretch goals because of you. 💙📚🪐 #ttrpg
🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
And thank you to everyone who has supported this project—we've hit three stretch goals because of you. 💙📚🪐 #ttrpg
🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
![An excerpt from AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN, available on Kickstarter until October. 21, 2025: "Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, likely has an ocean below its icy surface. According to NASA, 'icy water particles and gas gush from the moon’s surface at approximately [400m/s] or 800 mi/hr. The eruptions appear to be continuous, generating an enormous halo of fine ice dust around Enceladus, … most of it falling like snow back to the moon’s surface, helping keep [the moon] bright white.' Reality is weird and inspiring, but sometimes we need to go beyond it to tell our stories and bend the rules—or make up our own."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3szzet5sscw3bkneddblhaz6/bafkreihvgefae4bb66vol436hrnmyfytg3zdx4tawhymulugtidyddtwgi@jpeg)
October 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Kickstarter ends in 3 days! Back AGSD before the end of Oct 21 if you want to reserve your copy and get an early pre-order discount.
And thank you to everyone who has supported this project—we've hit three stretch goals because of you. 💙📚🪐 #ttrpg
🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
And thank you to everyone who has supported this project—we've hit three stretch goals because of you. 💙📚🪐 #ttrpg
🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
Book Review! EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social is a deep and atmospheric eco-apocalyptic novella about two people discovering that the world is not quite what they thought it was. I loved my time with this story.
At <70 pages, it's easy to add to the TBR💙📚🪐
🔗 fanfiaddict.com/review-every...
At <70 pages, it's easy to add to the TBR💙📚🪐
🔗 fanfiaddict.com/review-every...
October 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Book Review! EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social is a deep and atmospheric eco-apocalyptic novella about two people discovering that the world is not quite what they thought it was. I loved my time with this story.
At <70 pages, it's easy to add to the TBR💙📚🪐
🔗 fanfiaddict.com/review-every...
At <70 pages, it's easy to add to the TBR💙📚🪐
🔗 fanfiaddict.com/review-every...
We hit stretch goal #3! @tallshepherd.com will be helping me illustrate another two maps for this book.
Thank you to everyone who has backed this already, and who has shared / shown your support for it. It means the world. 🙏 💙📚🪐
Thank you to everyone who has backed this already, and who has shared / shown your support for it. It means the world. 🙏 💙📚🪐
October 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
We hit stretch goal #3! @tallshepherd.com will be helping me illustrate another two maps for this book.
Thank you to everyone who has backed this already, and who has shared / shown your support for it. It means the world. 🙏 💙📚🪐
Thank you to everyone who has backed this already, and who has shared / shown your support for it. It means the world. 🙏 💙📚🪐
I went to visit Montreal recently. Didn't do much, just enjoyed walking around and seeing the city.
October 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I went to visit Montreal recently. Didn't do much, just enjoyed walking around and seeing the city.
My upcoming post-apoc fantasy novel COPPER SKIN, OAKEN LUNGS is available for pre-order!
📱 eBooks are available wide and discounted 40% OFF if you pre-order.
📙 Paperbacks are available in the US via The Crafty Bookstore (other retailers & 🎧 audio coming soon)
🔗 www.adamcbassett.com/copper-ash 💙📚🪐
📱 eBooks are available wide and discounted 40% OFF if you pre-order.
📙 Paperbacks are available in the US via The Crafty Bookstore (other retailers & 🎧 audio coming soon)
🔗 www.adamcbassett.com/copper-ash 💙📚🪐
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My upcoming post-apoc fantasy novel COPPER SKIN, OAKEN LUNGS is available for pre-order!
📱 eBooks are available wide and discounted 40% OFF if you pre-order.
📙 Paperbacks are available in the US via The Crafty Bookstore (other retailers & 🎧 audio coming soon)
🔗 www.adamcbassett.com/copper-ash 💙📚🪐
📱 eBooks are available wide and discounted 40% OFF if you pre-order.
📙 Paperbacks are available in the US via The Crafty Bookstore (other retailers & 🎧 audio coming soon)
🔗 www.adamcbassett.com/copper-ash 💙📚🪐
The first print proof of COPPER SKIN, OAKEN LUNGS is here! 👀
This new post-apoc fantasy novel comes out Feb. 3rd. Art by @gorchart.bsky.social. pre-orders already available for eBooks & at The Crafty Bookstore. 💙📚🪐
www.adamcbassett.com/copper-ash
This new post-apoc fantasy novel comes out Feb. 3rd. Art by @gorchart.bsky.social. pre-orders already available for eBooks & at The Crafty Bookstore. 💙📚🪐
www.adamcbassett.com/copper-ash
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The first print proof of COPPER SKIN, OAKEN LUNGS is here! 👀
This new post-apoc fantasy novel comes out Feb. 3rd. Art by @gorchart.bsky.social. pre-orders already available for eBooks & at The Crafty Bookstore. 💙📚🪐
www.adamcbassett.com/copper-ash
This new post-apoc fantasy novel comes out Feb. 3rd. Art by @gorchart.bsky.social. pre-orders already available for eBooks & at The Crafty Bookstore. 💙📚🪐
www.adamcbassett.com/copper-ash
The Kickstarter ends Oct. 21! But first, I want to shine a light on a few more cartographers who kindly let me interview them, and who offered a few of their maps to use in the book! A massive THANK YOU to Cartographybird, Misjay Maps, and @tallshepherd.com! 💙📚🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
October 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Kickstarter ends Oct. 21! But first, I want to shine a light on a few more cartographers who kindly let me interview them, and who offered a few of their maps to use in the book! A massive THANK YOU to Cartographybird, Misjay Maps, and @tallshepherd.com! 💙📚🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN is leaving Kickstarter soon!
Back it before Oct 22 to reserve a copy of the digital or hardcover version of this reference book for authors, game masters, and anyone forging new worlds & maps. 🪐📚💙
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
Back it before Oct 22 to reserve a copy of the digital or hardcover version of this reference book for authors, game masters, and anyone forging new worlds & maps. 🪐📚💙
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
October 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO SETTING DESIGN is leaving Kickstarter soon!
Back it before Oct 22 to reserve a copy of the digital or hardcover version of this reference book for authors, game masters, and anyone forging new worlds & maps. 🪐📚💙
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
Back it before Oct 22 to reserve a copy of the digital or hardcover version of this reference book for authors, game masters, and anyone forging new worlds & maps. 🪐📚💙
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...