Brian Peter Falk
@brianpeterfalk.bsky.social
Long-time filmmaker. First-time fantasy novelist. Collector of esoterica. Lover of fancy words like esoterica. #booksky #writersky #amquerying #sff
WKND READ REC 23
Loved the first book so much, burned through this in days - not a sequel but in the same twisted world. Magic system here is completely unique. #writer #amquerying #sff #houseofopenwounds
Loved the first book so much, burned through this in days - not a sequel but in the same twisted world. Magic system here is completely unique. #writer #amquerying #sff #houseofopenwounds
November 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
WKND READ REC 23
Loved the first book so much, burned through this in days - not a sequel but in the same twisted world. Magic system here is completely unique. #writer #amquerying #sff #houseofopenwounds
Loved the first book so much, burned through this in days - not a sequel but in the same twisted world. Magic system here is completely unique. #writer #amquerying #sff #houseofopenwounds
WKND READ REC 21
Just burned through this trilogy in record time. What a ride. Super rich without being complicated. Kissen is a wonder. There are a lot of “gods” books out there, but this one breaks the mold. Definitely worth a go. #fallengods #hannahkaner #writersky #booksky #amquerying
Just burned through this trilogy in record time. What a ride. Super rich without being complicated. Kissen is a wonder. There are a lot of “gods” books out there, but this one breaks the mold. Definitely worth a go. #fallengods #hannahkaner #writersky #booksky #amquerying
September 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
WKND READ REC 21
Just burned through this trilogy in record time. What a ride. Super rich without being complicated. Kissen is a wonder. There are a lot of “gods” books out there, but this one breaks the mold. Definitely worth a go. #fallengods #hannahkaner #writersky #booksky #amquerying
Just burned through this trilogy in record time. What a ride. Super rich without being complicated. Kissen is a wonder. There are a lot of “gods” books out there, but this one breaks the mold. Definitely worth a go. #fallengods #hannahkaner #writersky #booksky #amquerying
WKND READ REC 20
really enjoyed this book. Thoroughly immersive world building, exposition delivered in small droplets, a web of overlapping characters, magic and rebels and monsters. #booksky #writersky #amquerying #sff
really enjoyed this book. Thoroughly immersive world building, exposition delivered in small droplets, a web of overlapping characters, magic and rebels and monsters. #booksky #writersky #amquerying #sff
August 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
WKND READ REC 20
really enjoyed this book. Thoroughly immersive world building, exposition delivered in small droplets, a web of overlapping characters, magic and rebels and monsters. #booksky #writersky #amquerying #sff
really enjoyed this book. Thoroughly immersive world building, exposition delivered in small droplets, a web of overlapping characters, magic and rebels and monsters. #booksky #writersky #amquerying #sff
WKND READ REC 19
Still in a renewed Philip K. Dick phase. While this is another example of a book title missing the mark (not always his strong suit) this is a Martian colony unlike any other — and an early use of his “precogs” concept. So much fun to read. #writersky #booksky #amquerying #scifi
Still in a renewed Philip K. Dick phase. While this is another example of a book title missing the mark (not always his strong suit) this is a Martian colony unlike any other — and an early use of his “precogs” concept. So much fun to read. #writersky #booksky #amquerying #scifi
July 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
WKND READ REC 19
Still in a renewed Philip K. Dick phase. While this is another example of a book title missing the mark (not always his strong suit) this is a Martian colony unlike any other — and an early use of his “precogs” concept. So much fun to read. #writersky #booksky #amquerying #scifi
Still in a renewed Philip K. Dick phase. While this is another example of a book title missing the mark (not always his strong suit) this is a Martian colony unlike any other — and an early use of his “precogs” concept. So much fun to read. #writersky #booksky #amquerying #scifi
WKND READ REC 18
In my last rec, I featured a Sanderson door stopper. This book is, in important ways, the exact opposite. Quick, light, a pamphlet by comparison. But a study in immersive world building and relatable characters. Funny how more isn’t always more. #booksky #writersky #amquerying
In my last rec, I featured a Sanderson door stopper. This book is, in important ways, the exact opposite. Quick, light, a pamphlet by comparison. But a study in immersive world building and relatable characters. Funny how more isn’t always more. #booksky #writersky #amquerying
June 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
WKND READ REC 18
In my last rec, I featured a Sanderson door stopper. This book is, in important ways, the exact opposite. Quick, light, a pamphlet by comparison. But a study in immersive world building and relatable characters. Funny how more isn’t always more. #booksky #writersky #amquerying
In my last rec, I featured a Sanderson door stopper. This book is, in important ways, the exact opposite. Quick, light, a pamphlet by comparison. But a study in immersive world building and relatable characters. Funny how more isn’t always more. #booksky #writersky #amquerying
WKND READ REC 17
This is an engaging read. As a #sff writer trying to sell a book it also raises a conundrum about world building and complexity. It’s wonderfully detailed, but at 1K pages, probably only Sanderson and GRRM get to still write a door stopper. Agree or disagree? #amquerying #writersky
This is an engaging read. As a #sff writer trying to sell a book it also raises a conundrum about world building and complexity. It’s wonderfully detailed, but at 1K pages, probably only Sanderson and GRRM get to still write a door stopper. Agree or disagree? #amquerying #writersky
May 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
WKND READ REC 17
This is an engaging read. As a #sff writer trying to sell a book it also raises a conundrum about world building and complexity. It’s wonderfully detailed, but at 1K pages, probably only Sanderson and GRRM get to still write a door stopper. Agree or disagree? #amquerying #writersky
This is an engaging read. As a #sff writer trying to sell a book it also raises a conundrum about world building and complexity. It’s wonderfully detailed, but at 1K pages, probably only Sanderson and GRRM get to still write a door stopper. Agree or disagree? #amquerying #writersky
WKND READ REC 16
This book captures Upstate New York coming-of-age in a way that few others have, speaking as someone who came of age in Upstate New York. Distilled, raw, and revelatory. If you haven't read Banks, get this on your list. #writersky #booksky #amquerying
This book captures Upstate New York coming-of-age in a way that few others have, speaking as someone who came of age in Upstate New York. Distilled, raw, and revelatory. If you haven't read Banks, get this on your list. #writersky #booksky #amquerying
April 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
WKND READ REC 16
This book captures Upstate New York coming-of-age in a way that few others have, speaking as someone who came of age in Upstate New York. Distilled, raw, and revelatory. If you haven't read Banks, get this on your list. #writersky #booksky #amquerying
This book captures Upstate New York coming-of-age in a way that few others have, speaking as someone who came of age in Upstate New York. Distilled, raw, and revelatory. If you haven't read Banks, get this on your list. #writersky #booksky #amquerying
WKND READ REC 15
I cracked this open recently for the first time in years (first American edition, 1977). This is the backstory from whence all the rest of it came. It’s thick and abstruse, but agents often ask for “intricate world building” and it doesn’t get more intricate than this. #tolkien #sff
I cracked this open recently for the first time in years (first American edition, 1977). This is the backstory from whence all the rest of it came. It’s thick and abstruse, but agents often ask for “intricate world building” and it doesn’t get more intricate than this. #tolkien #sff
April 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Another character study for "Orphans of Rift," which I'm currently querying. This is "The Colonel," a failed rebel who is driven to try again after the murder of his son. If saving the city of Rift from authoritarianism wasn't enough motivation, maybe revenge will be. #writersky #booksky #amquerying
March 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Another character study for "Orphans of Rift," which I'm currently querying. This is "The Colonel," a failed rebel who is driven to try again after the murder of his son. If saving the city of Rift from authoritarianism wasn't enough motivation, maybe revenge will be. #writersky #booksky #amquerying
Biking around town, running errands, with my absolutely cracking backpack. #writersky #booksky #dnd #amquerying #dungeonsanddragons.
March 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Biking around town, running errands, with my absolutely cracking backpack. #writersky #booksky #dnd #amquerying #dungeonsanddragons.
WKND READ REC 14
I’ve been on a bit of a Philip K. Dick kick (got a box set for Xmas). This book is a fun read, wonderfully layered, and happily bonkers. Is it me, or did he sometimes struggle with book titles? #writersky #booksky #amquerying #sff
I’ve been on a bit of a Philip K. Dick kick (got a box set for Xmas). This book is a fun read, wonderfully layered, and happily bonkers. Is it me, or did he sometimes struggle with book titles? #writersky #booksky #amquerying #sff
March 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
WKND READ REC 14
I’ve been on a bit of a Philip K. Dick kick (got a box set for Xmas). This book is a fun read, wonderfully layered, and happily bonkers. Is it me, or did he sometimes struggle with book titles? #writersky #booksky #amquerying #sff
I’ve been on a bit of a Philip K. Dick kick (got a box set for Xmas). This book is a fun read, wonderfully layered, and happily bonkers. Is it me, or did he sometimes struggle with book titles? #writersky #booksky #amquerying #sff
A character study for "Orphans of Rift" -- Vess Rutoka, a light weaver and scientist. Or at least she's trying to be a scientist, which is a job normally reserved for men. But Vess hates things that are "normally" something. Nobody became great at anything by being normal. #booksky #sff #amquerying
March 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A character study for "Orphans of Rift" -- Vess Rutoka, a light weaver and scientist. Or at least she's trying to be a scientist, which is a job normally reserved for men. But Vess hates things that are "normally" something. Nobody became great at anything by being normal. #booksky #sff #amquerying
WKND READ REC 13
I’m trying so hard to keep my #bluesky account focused solely on books and reading and querying my own #fantasy book, Orphans of Rift. But if you don’t own a copy of this one, the #ACLU will hook you up. A must read. #booksky #writersky #amquerying #democracy
I’m trying so hard to keep my #bluesky account focused solely on books and reading and querying my own #fantasy book, Orphans of Rift. But if you don’t own a copy of this one, the #ACLU will hook you up. A must read. #booksky #writersky #amquerying #democracy
March 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
WKND READ REC 13
I’m trying so hard to keep my #bluesky account focused solely on books and reading and querying my own #fantasy book, Orphans of Rift. But if you don’t own a copy of this one, the #ACLU will hook you up. A must read. #booksky #writersky #amquerying #democracy
I’m trying so hard to keep my #bluesky account focused solely on books and reading and querying my own #fantasy book, Orphans of Rift. But if you don’t own a copy of this one, the #ACLU will hook you up. A must read. #booksky #writersky #amquerying #democracy
WKND READ REC 12
There’s dystopia and then there’s Philip K. Dick dystopia. Getting closer to non-fiction with each passing day. Worth a re-read if it’s been awhile. #booksky #writersky #sff
There’s dystopia and then there’s Philip K. Dick dystopia. Getting closer to non-fiction with each passing day. Worth a re-read if it’s been awhile. #booksky #writersky #sff
February 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
WKND READ REC 12
There’s dystopia and then there’s Philip K. Dick dystopia. Getting closer to non-fiction with each passing day. Worth a re-read if it’s been awhile. #booksky #writersky #sff
There’s dystopia and then there’s Philip K. Dick dystopia. Getting closer to non-fiction with each passing day. Worth a re-read if it’s been awhile. #booksky #writersky #sff
Character study for Orphans of Rift: High Councilor Rudd Lorrik - a former stage actor and mutinous rebel. He controls the city of Rift, but a malevolent force is controlling his mind. My prompt for AI was sorta like this, but not that close. Still, it's pretty cool. #booksky #writersky #amquerying
February 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Character study for Orphans of Rift: High Councilor Rudd Lorrik - a former stage actor and mutinous rebel. He controls the city of Rift, but a malevolent force is controlling his mind. My prompt for AI was sorta like this, but not that close. Still, it's pretty cool. #booksky #writersky #amquerying
Another character study for my book, Orphans of Rift. This is a version of Wren Harlo, pictured with 3 things she absolutely loathes: her restrictive nurse's uniform, the forbidding city of Rift, and the discovery that she is a fire witch, just like her mother. #booksky #writersky #amquerying
February 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Another character study for my book, Orphans of Rift. This is a version of Wren Harlo, pictured with 3 things she absolutely loathes: her restrictive nurse's uniform, the forbidding city of Rift, and the discovery that she is a fire witch, just like her mother. #booksky #writersky #amquerying
WKND READ REC 11
one of the greatest set ups in sci-fi: what happens after aliens have come and gone. It’s also a prescient peek at the perils of a gig economy, long before that was a thing. #booksky #writersky #alliteration
one of the greatest set ups in sci-fi: what happens after aliens have come and gone. It’s also a prescient peek at the perils of a gig economy, long before that was a thing. #booksky #writersky #alliteration
February 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
WKND READ REC 11
one of the greatest set ups in sci-fi: what happens after aliens have come and gone. It’s also a prescient peek at the perils of a gig economy, long before that was a thing. #booksky #writersky #alliteration
one of the greatest set ups in sci-fi: what happens after aliens have come and gone. It’s also a prescient peek at the perils of a gig economy, long before that was a thing. #booksky #writersky #alliteration
Character study for my manuscript, Orphans of Rift: the half-giant Adander Ginn. But everyone calls him "Dandy." #booksky #writerskky #amquerying
February 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Character study for my manuscript, Orphans of Rift: the half-giant Adander Ginn. But everyone calls him "Dandy." #booksky #writerskky #amquerying
I see people making AI mood boards for their books, so I thought I would take a minute to make an image for mine. Nearly an hour later, after lots of 7-fingered hands, random things inexplicably on fire, and many "I ran into issues..." oopsies from ChatGPT, it spat out this. #booksky #writersky
February 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I see people making AI mood boards for their books, so I thought I would take a minute to make an image for mine. Nearly an hour later, after lots of 7-fingered hands, random things inexplicably on fire, and many "I ran into issues..." oopsies from ChatGPT, it spat out this. #booksky #writersky
WKND READ REC 10
The minutely detailed world building and intricately drawn characters are what elevate this high fantasy whodunnit into a must read for #sff lovers. I also love it when an author doesn’t spoon feed everything up front, and instead allows the reader some mystery. #booksky #writersky
The minutely detailed world building and intricately drawn characters are what elevate this high fantasy whodunnit into a must read for #sff lovers. I also love it when an author doesn’t spoon feed everything up front, and instead allows the reader some mystery. #booksky #writersky
February 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
WKND READ REC 10
The minutely detailed world building and intricately drawn characters are what elevate this high fantasy whodunnit into a must read for #sff lovers. I also love it when an author doesn’t spoon feed everything up front, and instead allows the reader some mystery. #booksky #writersky
The minutely detailed world building and intricately drawn characters are what elevate this high fantasy whodunnit into a must read for #sff lovers. I also love it when an author doesn’t spoon feed everything up front, and instead allows the reader some mystery. #booksky #writersky
Flying out of LAX this morning. Every time I walk past the airport book store I think of this famous Simpsons episode. Makes me smile every time. #booksky #writersky #amquerying.
February 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Flying out of LAX this morning. Every time I walk past the airport book store I think of this famous Simpsons episode. Makes me smile every time. #booksky #writersky #amquerying.