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Brian McNatt, Author
@brianmcnatt.bsky.social
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Howdy. Horror enthusiast. Bookworm. Writer of fantasy, horror, and mysteries. Believes in centering LGBTQ+ in my stories. NSFW on occasion, so minors DNI.

Latest book: Leviathan

Author website: https://brianmcnatt.com/
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The BlueSky mood
Praxis
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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A Stab of Yellow!

A sudden murder shocks an Oklahoma town. A strange sleuth appears to find the truth. Will more bodies drop in the meantime?

⚡📚💙 Murders and mystery
🩸📚 A masked killer!
🔍Investigations and clues
🤔Whodunit?
✒️Can you solve it?

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It is night. A terrible storm full of lightning rages. A woman in retro purple clothes faces away from the viewer, a hand keeping her hat in place as she looks up at a tall apartment building. Bright yellow light shines out from a window near the top, illuminating a figure climbing in or out via the fire escape.
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Leviathan is a bad town. Long days that burn like sin. Horrid, watchful eyes. Long claws reaching from the dark. And for Kristen Singer... a last homecoming to a place of monsters.

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A burned-black skeletal hand against a white brick background.
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Man, got hit in the gut hard by nostalgia today. Was digging around old files and found this rough map of Heraldale I drew way back in 2016. Amusing to see how much of this made it in vs how much changed.
Rough early-installment map of the continent of Heraldale, from the fantasy book series Legends of Heraldale. A lot of it is way out of date.
October 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Me after reading "Steven Hellraiser":
Commissioned art of the main character of A Life Out There, Le Fay, and The Wolf-Lords, all by Brian McNatt, in the infamous Family Guy Death Pose.
October 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Even in the darkest of hours, there can be love and joy if we look for them. On the eve of battle, Princess Galaxy of Heraldale shares a quiet moment with Bifrost the raven-gryphon. Two scarred women finding strength together.

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A red-feathered hippogryph in black armor shares a romantic moment with a raven-gryphon wearing a blue scarf. They sit beneath a night sky filled to bursting with stars.
September 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Five days left on the big half-off sale! Five days left to get in on the war, the romance, the tragedy, and the musical numbers!

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The four covers of the Legends of Heraldale book series. They feature a mix of characters, such as a red-feathered hippogryph, a white-coated unicorn with golden mane and tail, a pink dragon, and an evil-looking wolf in heavy plate armor.
September 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Vibe check on the new novel I'm starting tomorrow. Can't wait for some of y'all to read this one.
A collection of rich people in nice clothing against a beautiful blue sky. There are green tries to the left side and text in the top middle proclaiming "Glass Onion: a Knives Out mystery". The beautiful red-pink poster for the movie My Fair Lady. The cover for the book O Caledonia. A young woman with dark eyes and short hair stares forlornly at us. A black bird stands in profile in front of her, hiding most of her face. One of its eyes is in place of her own.
September 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Shaken by a dire warning from her past, Bevin returns to the Wolf-Lord nations to stop a union of enemies old and new. Meanwhile, Princess Galaxy and friends enact a desperate plan to end the war for Heraldale once and for all...

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#furry #furrywriting #itchio

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The red-feathered hippogryph hovers beside a wolf sorceress, their red wings crossed in solidarity for the coming battle. The wolf has white fur and short red hair. They are both dressed in black, and almost look like they could be twins. Overhead, a white-feathered hippogryph looms menacingly, her eyes and beak red, dangerous red magic sparking off her.
August 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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LORD MORDRED has won.

Dragonkind has fled.

Faith has been broken.

As Brynjar and Owain fight to escape the heart of the Empire, Princess Galaxy seeks new allies to save whatever family she can.

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#furry #furrywriting #indiewriter #itchio

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The red-feathered hippogryph clashes against the evil wolf warrior in a battle amongst flames. In the background there looms a raven-gryphon, clothe wrapped around her head to obscure her eyes.
August 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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War rages across Heraldale!

As Avalon batters the remaining gryphon nations, Princess Galaxy seeks the secrets of her past, unaware of the doom prepared for her.

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#furry #furrywriting #indiewriter #itchio

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A red-feathered hippogryph and a pink dragon fly with looks of worry through dark, storm-ridden skies. A wolf creature with black fur and a unicorn horn smirks evilly.
August 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Thrust into a harrowing quest, fighting to save her gryphon family, Princess Galaxy the hippogryph rekindles war against the evil Avalon Empire.

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#furry #furrywriting #indiewriter #itchio

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A white and gold unicorn clashes magic with a red-feathered hippogryph against a grey and gold backdrop. A villainous unicorn in armor looms overhead.
August 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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I hope Rowling finds her hole.
Image from the horror manga Enigma of Amigara Fault. A group of people look up at a strange cliff face covered in person-shaped holes.
August 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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"You have one hope to save your family from this doom. The Waters of Life. If you can't find them..."

A banished princess.
An impossible quest.
A destiny revealed.

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A white-furred wolf woman dressed in black and green triumphantly holds aloft a long black sword. She has long red hair. Two more white-furred wolves loom menacingly in the background. One of them wears gold armor and the other wears a silvery helmet and has purple star sapphire eyes.
August 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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A hunter from a distant empire. A child cast far from home. A perilous quest. And at the edge of the world, an evil entwined with the destiny of the Wolf-Lords.

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#fantasy #furry #furrywriting #indiewriter #books #fantasybooks #queerbooks #LGBTQIA #itchio

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A white-furred wolf woman dressed in green and black stands against a stormy grey background. She has long red hair and grips a sword agains her chest with both hands.
August 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Fleeing her abusive family, a young wolf finds friends, love, and a life of her own in this daring tale of fantasy and adventure.

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A white-furred wolf woman with long red hair stands contemplatively in a vast field of gold wheat. The sky is bright blue and she has a long black sword at her side.
August 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Okay, hear me out. A remake starring Robert Pattinson in the Karloff role.
Still of Boris Karloff from The Old Dark House. He looks dark and menacing. Still of Robert Pattinson from The Lighthouse. He looks dark and menacing.
August 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Here’s artwork I commissioned of two of my book characters recently to celebrate Pride month. Like all my book covers, the artwork is by the amazing @dillydalleydoodle.bsky.social
A golden eagle-gryphon cuddles a palomino unicorn in a forest full of red-leafed trees. A rainbow arcs overhead through a bright blue sky. The gryphon and unicorn are gay and in love.
August 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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A Stab of Yellow!

A sudden murder shocks an Oklahoma town. A strange sleuth appears to find the truth. Will more bodies drop in the meantime?

⚡📚💙 Murders and mystery
🩸📚 A masked killer!
🔍Investigations and clues
🤔Whodunit?
✒️Can you solve it?

a.co/d/7s4Paud
It is night. A terrible storm full of lightning rages. A woman in retro purple clothes faces away from the viewer, a hand keeping her hat in place as she looks up at a tall apartment building. Bright yellow light shines out from a window near the top, illuminating a figure climbing in or out via the fire escape.
July 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Yeah! Apparently he was a big fan of King Arthur as a kid. He worked on his own adaptation of Mallory's work in the 50s, but never finished it. What he did write was eventually published in the 70s, after his death.
A really beautiful book cover depicting King Arthur knighting someone while Merlin stands with a book to the side and behind.
July 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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I thought the deer thing came from the early 2000s movie Wendigo, huh. Doing a little digging, I'm seeing people say that this art from Algernon Blackwood's story The Wendigo is the first depiction of it with antlers, but I can't actually find confirmation, so take with HUGE grain of salt.
Old-timey book cover art depicting an antlered monster carrying a screaming man away.
July 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Actor Simon Pegg dropping some truth about movies in the Criterion Closet. "Entertainment is an overrated function of art. And I said 'Sometimes being made uncomfortable is the point.'"
July 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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If you see this, quote this post with a game you would instantly buy if it got remastered/remade!
Box cover art of the PS2 video game Way of the Samurai 2.
July 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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The Troop, by Nick Cutter.
A wooded island waits in the fog. Smears of blood write out THE TROOP.
July 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Agatha Christie's And then There Were None, from 1939.
A dark, hilly island looms out of dismal ocean waters. A large white house sits on the island. A skeleton hand points a finger at the house. A small sailing boat heads toward the island. There is text at the top reading AGATHA CHRISTIE and at the bottom reading AND THEN THERE WERE NONE.
July 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM