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Anthony Lee Phillips
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Used to be an actor, now I write fantasy. Think Harry Potter, but with Orcs, and emotion magic.
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I'm excited to share the artwork for what will be the first 4 collectible Empire of the Wolf / Great Silence tarot cards! In time I hope to build this out into a full deck; for now marvel at the glorious artwork @doomedsarcoma.bsky.social has created. Details on how to purchase to follow
September 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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A stellar endorsement from Richard Swan 🖤
Speechless!
I stumbled on The Way of Unity a few years ago completely by chance and did not expect it to become one of my favourite fantasy novels ever. Absolutely thrilled to have signed copies of the reissue and its sequel. Get them ordered and on those TBRs!
April 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
NEW CHAPTER!

Back to poetic myths about the Orcish gods.

^,^

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Ch. 40 : The TELLING of the TWINS
From Book 2 of NALA SAGA
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November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I basically write Tolkien for Atheists.
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Brighton looks beautiful in the morning. Hello Thursday.

And hello seagulls.
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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I think Flint wants to stay in bed.
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Galaxy Quest is so good
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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My slack just opened in light mode in a new browser and I almost Died
October 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New chapter is up! The premise is basically...

Which would be worse?
a) Having to fight a ghoul that can't die, or
b) Being in your crush's body while they make out with someone else?

...But make it #orcs.
October 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
@hannadelaney.bsky.social Oh hullo there!

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October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Epic! Also, I just love this art style.

Also ALSO, reaaaally interesting naming conventions, Prof!

How much of book 1 is done already?
#PlotTober 5

LONG THREAD INCOMING!

#Charagma is gonna be a big ensemble cast. But the *main* MCs (at least in Book 1) will be twin sisters Clarity & Remember Blake, aka Clara & Mem.

They're in their early 20s, live in Arx Lucis, graduating college right at the start of the story. Clara is a 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Ch. 17— The Foxes of Wode-Hollow
Just wrote this.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New covers for Trilogy One!

N A L A S A G A is gonna be lit...
September 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Look at that armor detail!

Look at those expressions!

@eriopsis.bsky.social— this is some incredible work.
More curse of strahd stuff I did for the memento mori 2 zine a while back. I just kind of forgot to post it.
September 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Back to Book 2 Releases!

New chapter is up, every Tuesday morning.

This is where we last left off with NALA, ROWAN, PAKA, and KAYE!

I know no one’s really caught up, but that’s okay. Can’t wait to release the twist chapter in this book!!

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September 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Okay, finally giving Royal Road a try!

I'm curious though— anybody on here have xp with royal road? It seems like that's where a lot of fantasy readers are right now...

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1303...
It begins in darkness... - Moonthread [Emotion Magic Fantasy]
thump-THUMP… thump-THUMP… thump— Once upon a Moonful Night, There was a girl Who was an orc. She had gold slitted eyes, and dark gre...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Silence taught me how to sing.

Writing taught me how to dream.

Emptiness knows how to sculpt.

Now is all there is.

How bout you? Who are your favorite teachers in nature?
August 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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No brush, no pencil. Just a typewriter.

Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting.

#art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration
August 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
New 8bit art for Bakura!

Bakura is the character my heart cries for. In Moonthread's midpoint, he meets a demon, who says...

"I can bring your mom back. All you've gotta do is let me borrow your body..."

What do you think he does?

What would YOU do?
August 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Just found vgen.

Pretty sick, as a concept! It wasn't hard to upload some character concepts too, as an author. I feel a little over my head though...

Anybody use this yet? How's it been? Particularly asking artists!
August 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Almost finished outlining the next 4 chapters.
August 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This portrait is soooo good
My charcoal study
August 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
have midi trumpets been invented yet?
August 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Decided I wanted Burrowfolk to be an ancestry.

Then I read this article.

There are now 24 Burrowfolk ancestries in Nala's world.

www.treehugger.com/burrowing-an...

Like, imagine a Stoat Druid? Or a Burrowing Urchin as a region-specific familiar? (For underwater sequences, a la Majora's Mask)....
24 Brilliant Burrowing Animals
Explore the behaviors and resourcefulness of 24 burrowing animals, including birds, sea creatures, and mammals, from the tropics to the Arctic Circle.
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August 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Demoness: "For what reason hast thou summoned me to this plane, mortal woman?"

Summoner: "To buy you dinner, of course!"

Demoness: ". . ."

Summoner: 🥰

Demoness: "Can we get breadsticks?"
August 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM