BD Allen
@bdallenwriter.bsky.social
Newb writer. Lazy reader. Unexpected dog-father.
After many years without social media, I return older, wiser, less of a troll.
Plugging away at my first fantasy novel. Always looking for a home for short stories. Am poor. Somebody pay me for words.
After many years without social media, I return older, wiser, less of a troll.
Plugging away at my first fantasy novel. Always looking for a home for short stories. Am poor. Somebody pay me for words.
Need blood and guts for your Friday lunch break? Shadowvaster is here for you. The climax for a "A Murder in Min'Krinath" drops tomorrow at 11:30am. Subscribe and be there when shit goes down. 🪐📚💙
bdallen.substack.com
bdallen.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Need blood and guts for your Friday lunch break? Shadowvaster is here for you. The climax for a "A Murder in Min'Krinath" drops tomorrow at 11:30am. Subscribe and be there when shit goes down. 🪐📚💙
bdallen.substack.com
bdallen.substack.com
Two chapters out for the short story "The Rains of Min'Krinath." You can jump in now and lord it over all the late-comers in a few months. It's gonna be amazing. 📚🪐💙
June 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Two chapters out for the short story "The Rains of Min'Krinath." You can jump in now and lord it over all the late-comers in a few months. It's gonna be amazing. 📚🪐💙
The next chapter in the epic saga of Shadowvaster unfolds like some glossy labialist over at Substack. 📚🪐💙
May 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The next chapter in the epic saga of Shadowvaster unfolds like some glossy labialist over at Substack. 📚🪐💙
My new favorite meme
March 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My new favorite meme
Recognizing prejudice is a beginning, I guess. And as the other points out, the narcissistic male has become the new orc.You can push unqualified hatred into them without worrying about nuance, origin, or interiority.
January 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Recognizing prejudice is a beginning, I guess. And as the other points out, the narcissistic male has become the new orc.You can push unqualified hatred into them without worrying about nuance, origin, or interiority.
#skeletoncrew put me in a mood to revisit my one and only foray into fanfic. It’s not even trying to be canon or connected. I ain’t got time for all that.
#starwars #sci-fantasy #wip 💜🧙♂️⚔️
#starwars #sci-fantasy #wip 💜🧙♂️⚔️
January 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
#skeletoncrew put me in a mood to revisit my one and only foray into fanfic. It’s not even trying to be canon or connected. I ain’t got time for all that.
#starwars #sci-fantasy #wip 💜🧙♂️⚔️
#starwars #sci-fantasy #wip 💜🧙♂️⚔️
Day 15 of #januaryworldbuilding
A hard one since, like our own world, nations are making moves, causing chain reactions. Large parts of the northwestern map are at peace because I haven’t written anything there.
#fantasy #wip 🪐📚💙
A hard one since, like our own world, nations are making moves, causing chain reactions. Large parts of the northwestern map are at peace because I haven’t written anything there.
#fantasy #wip 🪐📚💙
January 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Day 15 of #januaryworldbuilding
A hard one since, like our own world, nations are making moves, causing chain reactions. Large parts of the northwestern map are at peace because I haven’t written anything there.
#fantasy #wip 🪐📚💙
A hard one since, like our own world, nations are making moves, causing chain reactions. Large parts of the northwestern map are at peace because I haven’t written anything there.
#fantasy #wip 🪐📚💙
Day 14 of #worldbuildingjanuary Snippet: past/historical
In which Magaritte imagines herself descending into the necropolis where history is written on the walls and the bones of dead soldiers lay.
#wip #fantasy 🪐📚💙
In which Magaritte imagines herself descending into the necropolis where history is written on the walls and the bones of dead soldiers lay.
#wip #fantasy 🪐📚💙
January 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Day 14 of #worldbuildingjanuary Snippet: past/historical
In which Magaritte imagines herself descending into the necropolis where history is written on the walls and the bones of dead soldiers lay.
#wip #fantasy 🪐📚💙
In which Magaritte imagines herself descending into the necropolis where history is written on the walls and the bones of dead soldiers lay.
#wip #fantasy 🪐📚💙
Mmm. This whole damn thing needs citation. Here’s Amazon’s donations according to opensecrets.org. They gave more to Kamala and considerably less to Trump. Aside from that, $1M is a drop in the bucket of corporate campaign donations. Lie better.
January 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Mmm. This whole damn thing needs citation. Here’s Amazon’s donations according to opensecrets.org. They gave more to Kamala and considerably less to Trump. Aside from that, $1M is a drop in the bucket of corporate campaign donations. Lie better.
If you see this, post a pet.
January 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If you see this, post a pet.
Day 9 #worldbuildingjanuary Legendary Hero.
Cassiana. She’s an ascendant goddess now after helping bring down the Catha moon, creating the Malthalan Rift and dividing the demon lands from the mortal, ending the Sounding War. She’s worshipped the world over.
#wip #fantasy #booksky 🪐📚💙
Cassiana. She’s an ascendant goddess now after helping bring down the Catha moon, creating the Malthalan Rift and dividing the demon lands from the mortal, ending the Sounding War. She’s worshipped the world over.
#wip #fantasy #booksky 🪐📚💙
January 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Day 9 #worldbuildingjanuary Legendary Hero.
Cassiana. She’s an ascendant goddess now after helping bring down the Catha moon, creating the Malthalan Rift and dividing the demon lands from the mortal, ending the Sounding War. She’s worshipped the world over.
#wip #fantasy #booksky 🪐📚💙
Cassiana. She’s an ascendant goddess now after helping bring down the Catha moon, creating the Malthalan Rift and dividing the demon lands from the mortal, ending the Sounding War. She’s worshipped the world over.
#wip #fantasy #booksky 🪐📚💙
Star Wars fans always classy.
January 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Star Wars fans always classy.
Day 8 #worldbuildingjanuary
There’s Imperator Zino. He fed his political enemies to cats and redistributed their wealth. Then he fed the remaining poor to the cats
as well. Then he launched the plague-ridden cats over the walls of his enemies.
#writingcommunity #booksky
There’s Imperator Zino. He fed his political enemies to cats and redistributed their wealth. Then he fed the remaining poor to the cats
as well. Then he launched the plague-ridden cats over the walls of his enemies.
#writingcommunity #booksky
January 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Day 8 #worldbuildingjanuary
There’s Imperator Zino. He fed his political enemies to cats and redistributed their wealth. Then he fed the remaining poor to the cats
as well. Then he launched the plague-ridden cats over the walls of his enemies.
#writingcommunity #booksky
There’s Imperator Zino. He fed his political enemies to cats and redistributed their wealth. Then he fed the remaining poor to the cats
as well. Then he launched the plague-ridden cats over the walls of his enemies.
#writingcommunity #booksky
I’m hoping the prophecy shit goes out the window. Makes some of the worst tropes, laziest writing, and flaccid ponderings on fate v free will.
January 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I’m hoping the prophecy shit goes out the window. Makes some of the worst tropes, laziest writing, and flaccid ponderings on fate v free will.
Day 7 of #worldbuildingjanuary SNIPPET: beginning/new
This is Ch.1 of "A Murder in Min'Krinath" from the collection Shadowvaster in Min'Krinath. I'm calling this entry cozy sword & sorcerery.
#fantasy #booksky #writingcommunity #wipsnips 🪐📚💙
This is Ch.1 of "A Murder in Min'Krinath" from the collection Shadowvaster in Min'Krinath. I'm calling this entry cozy sword & sorcerery.
#fantasy #booksky #writingcommunity #wipsnips 🪐📚💙
January 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Day 7 of #worldbuildingjanuary SNIPPET: beginning/new
This is Ch.1 of "A Murder in Min'Krinath" from the collection Shadowvaster in Min'Krinath. I'm calling this entry cozy sword & sorcerery.
#fantasy #booksky #writingcommunity #wipsnips 🪐📚💙
This is Ch.1 of "A Murder in Min'Krinath" from the collection Shadowvaster in Min'Krinath. I'm calling this entry cozy sword & sorcerery.
#fantasy #booksky #writingcommunity #wipsnips 🪐📚💙
Definitely not 🤣 i assume the political margins, right or left, will be the stupidest and loudest. I just expected a bit more from what also seems like an older crowd. I’ve seen some reddit-level unhinged takes on here.
And here’s the top feeds for “Trump” this place is not a fan.
And here’s the top feeds for “Trump” this place is not a fan.
January 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Definitely not 🤣 i assume the political margins, right or left, will be the stupidest and loudest. I just expected a bit more from what also seems like an older crowd. I’ve seen some reddit-level unhinged takes on here.
And here’s the top feeds for “Trump” this place is not a fan.
And here’s the top feeds for “Trump” this place is not a fan.
Day the Fif.
One is the product of gods and demons. The others are fully tangled up in the internal politics of the Vericanti Republic.
#juanuaryworldbuilding #writingcommunity #fantasy #booksky 🪐📚💙
One is the product of gods and demons. The others are fully tangled up in the internal politics of the Vericanti Republic.
#juanuaryworldbuilding #writingcommunity #fantasy #booksky 🪐📚💙
January 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Day the Fif.
One is the product of gods and demons. The others are fully tangled up in the internal politics of the Vericanti Republic.
#juanuaryworldbuilding #writingcommunity #fantasy #booksky 🪐📚💙
One is the product of gods and demons. The others are fully tangled up in the internal politics of the Vericanti Republic.
#juanuaryworldbuilding #writingcommunity #fantasy #booksky 🪐📚💙
The Malthalan Rift: a continent spanning chasm, the seas spilling in great cataracts. It might protect the mortal peoples from demons, but who knows what lies in the darkness. Who knows what drinks the world.
#januaryworldbuilding #writingcommunity #fantasy 🪐📚💙
#januaryworldbuilding #writingcommunity #fantasy 🪐📚💙
January 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The Malthalan Rift: a continent spanning chasm, the seas spilling in great cataracts. It might protect the mortal peoples from demons, but who knows what lies in the darkness. Who knows what drinks the world.
#januaryworldbuilding #writingcommunity #fantasy 🪐📚💙
#januaryworldbuilding #writingcommunity #fantasy 🪐📚💙
And some stats on the publishing side.
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January 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
And some stats on the publishing side.
www.leeandlow.com/about/divers...
www.leeandlow.com/about/divers...
Day 3: something majestic.
The Court of the Three Contrivances. Three clockwork towers made of white marble, crystal, silver and gold. In Destero by the ocean. Origins: unknown. Function: astrological prediction (maybe) and house Destero’s bureaucracy.
#januaryworldbuilders #booksky #fantasy 🪐📚💙
The Court of the Three Contrivances. Three clockwork towers made of white marble, crystal, silver and gold. In Destero by the ocean. Origins: unknown. Function: astrological prediction (maybe) and house Destero’s bureaucracy.
#januaryworldbuilders #booksky #fantasy 🪐📚💙
January 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Day 3: something majestic.
The Court of the Three Contrivances. Three clockwork towers made of white marble, crystal, silver and gold. In Destero by the ocean. Origins: unknown. Function: astrological prediction (maybe) and house Destero’s bureaucracy.
#januaryworldbuilders #booksky #fantasy 🪐📚💙
The Court of the Three Contrivances. Three clockwork towers made of white marble, crystal, silver and gold. In Destero by the ocean. Origins: unknown. Function: astrological prediction (maybe) and house Destero’s bureaucracy.
#januaryworldbuilders #booksky #fantasy 🪐📚💙
2025 is already exhausting for Aboleth World Eater, but we have a lot of January reading to do if Her Darkness is to dominate this mortal plane. Behold #BookSky, the #NighstandStack and your doom. 🪐📚💙 #fantasy #literature #nonfiction
January 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
2025 is already exhausting for Aboleth World Eater, but we have a lot of January reading to do if Her Darkness is to dominate this mortal plane. Behold #BookSky, the #NighstandStack and your doom. 🪐📚💙 #fantasy #literature #nonfiction
Plot: that crazy ex from your ho phase comes back to spread the plague.
Rating: 5/5🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️
Rating: 5/5🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️
December 31, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Plot: that crazy ex from your ho phase comes back to spread the plague.
Rating: 5/5🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️
Rating: 5/5🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️🧛♂️