Barbara Truelove 🚀🌈
@barbaratruelove.bsky.social
I write about werewolves, spaceships, and sometimes other things.
Was going through my photos and found some old pics of me playing in steam. I was 30 in these pics, but I've always loved playing in steam. Best part of going to railway museums: the steam.
September 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Was going through my photos and found some old pics of me playing in steam. I was 30 in these pics, but I've always loved playing in steam. Best part of going to railway museums: the steam.
YOOOO!!!! Of Monsters and Mainframes is #4 on Libro.fm's audiobook bestseller list!!!!
August 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
YOOOO!!!! Of Monsters and Mainframes is #4 on Libro.fm's audiobook bestseller list!!!!
I've been waiting talk about this for so long!! (not actually that long, but it feels like a long time. Einstein says only gravity warps time, but I reckon excitement does too). If you've ever read my writing before you'll know exactly what to expect (monsters, lesbians, overuse of the word 'fuck').
August 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I've been waiting talk about this for so long!! (not actually that long, but it feels like a long time. Einstein says only gravity warps time, but I reckon excitement does too). If you've ever read my writing before you'll know exactly what to expect (monsters, lesbians, overuse of the word 'fuck').
Reposting something I wrote on Tumblr because people have been asking and I don't want my whacky wee spaceship vs Dracula story to make people think my stance on this is different than it is.
June 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Reposting something I wrote on Tumblr because people have been asking and I don't want my whacky wee spaceship vs Dracula story to make people think my stance on this is different than it is.
Sharin' some photos I stole of Of Monsters and Mainframes' book launch. 🚀🧛♂️🐺👽🐙😈🌈
June 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Sharin' some photos I stole of Of Monsters and Mainframes' book launch. 🚀🧛♂️🐺👽🐙😈🌈
YOOO!!+ Of Monsters and Mainframes comes out in less than 3 weeks!!
May 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
YOOO!!+ Of Monsters and Mainframes comes out in less than 3 weeks!!
THESE MARGINS THOUGH! A couple of well organised bookclubs could've swayed this election.
May 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
THESE MARGINS THOUGH! A couple of well organised bookclubs could've swayed this election.
LET'S FREAKING GO!!!
May 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
LET'S FREAKING GO!!!
In the new remaster they've given Armand a beard to try and hide it and yet he looks even more like the poster than before.
April 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
In the new remaster they've given Armand a beard to try and hide it and yet he looks even more like the poster than before.
But then the 'actual' Grey Fox shows up and it's just this poncy, frilly, fop with a cursed hood who hangs out on the other side at the map, doesn't actually care about the thieves, beggars, or the poor, is actually just being a creep to his ex.
No.
I refused to accept it.
I still refuse.
No.
I refused to accept it.
I still refuse.
April 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
But then the 'actual' Grey Fox shows up and it's just this poncy, frilly, fop with a cursed hood who hangs out on the other side at the map, doesn't actually care about the thieves, beggars, or the poor, is actually just being a creep to his ex.
No.
I refused to accept it.
I still refuse.
No.
I refused to accept it.
I still refuse.
Mostly, this was because of the dialogue around who humiliated Hieronymus Lex years ago.
People around town, when you ask about Lex, say it was the Grey Fox who humiliated him. Armand was there, but crucially he wasn't the one who did the humiliating. en.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivio...
People around town, when you ask about Lex, say it was the Grey Fox who humiliated him. Armand was there, but crucially he wasn't the one who did the humiliating. en.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivio...
April 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Mostly, this was because of the dialogue around who humiliated Hieronymus Lex years ago.
People around town, when you ask about Lex, say it was the Grey Fox who humiliated him. Armand was there, but crucially he wasn't the one who did the humiliating. en.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivio...
People around town, when you ask about Lex, say it was the Grey Fox who humiliated him. Armand was there, but crucially he wasn't the one who did the humiliating. en.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivio...
As a kid I was convinced Armand Christophe (the thief that brings you into the thieves guild) was the Grey Fox.
April 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
As a kid I was convinced Armand Christophe (the thief that brings you into the thieves guild) was the Grey Fox.
I told my friends that I wrote this and they said 'we can tell'. Good thing? I think so! 😅
March 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I told my friends that I wrote this and they said 'we can tell'. Good thing? I think so! 😅
Some more normalish photos of Of Monsters and Mainframes' book box.
March 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Some more normalish photos of Of Monsters and Mainframes' book box.
My book box for Of Monsters and Mainframes came in the mail today and my friend took the best pictures of me waiting at the post office and ripping open the box on the scrubby grass next to the parking lot.
March 21, 2025 at 5:08 AM
My book box for Of Monsters and Mainframes came in the mail today and my friend took the best pictures of me waiting at the post office and ripping open the box on the scrubby grass next to the parking lot.
Adding this screenshot for posterity.
March 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Adding this screenshot for posterity.
Look what arrived in the mail today!
(It's a box of ARCs, pictured here with my cardboard skull, King Harold).
(It's a box of ARCs, pictured here with my cardboard skull, King Harold).
March 12, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Look what arrived in the mail today!
(It's a box of ARCs, pictured here with my cardboard skull, King Harold).
(It's a box of ARCs, pictured here with my cardboard skull, King Harold).
Trying to find a bit of prose I KNOW I've already written by hand. Unfortunately, I am allergic to numbering/dating/organising things and I have a very particular taste in notebooks.
February 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Trying to find a bit of prose I KNOW I've already written by hand. Unfortunately, I am allergic to numbering/dating/organising things and I have a very particular taste in notebooks.
It's one of those days. 😅
February 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
It's one of those days. 😅
Look what came in the mail today! I didn't think it'd be hard cover. It was only $17. I was expecting something scruffy and second hand.
February 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Look what came in the mail today! I didn't think it'd be hard cover. It was only $17. I was expecting something scruffy and second hand.
Got this ask on tumblr today. It may be the best thing a reader has ever sent me.
![A tumblr message sent by anonymous reading: 'HELLO HI HOW ARE YOU?! FUCK YOU???? MY HEART DROPPED WHEN [REDACTED] AND... YOU KNOW?!?!?!?!? I IMMEDIATELY CLOSED THE GAME. I DIDN'T EVEN WANNA SEE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iwh74ov7gg5ocrzrzywyu7hl/bafkreifwscfj4fzjv2ng6lp5jdbeykpbjjihgdapmnljsjrqcorzuqwoni@jpeg)
January 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Got this ask on tumblr today. It may be the best thing a reader has ever sent me.
Whenever I'm on a beach I always take a moment to make my own wee country.
January 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Whenever I'm on a beach I always take a moment to make my own wee country.
Had a magical long weekend. Went to the beach, listened to triple j hottest 100, and did something evil in the game I'm writing. I'm sorry tumblr.
January 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Had a magical long weekend. Went to the beach, listened to triple j hottest 100, and did something evil in the game I'm writing. I'm sorry tumblr.