Xavier McClean
@freshandsomcclean.bsky.social
🇺🇸🇧🇧
Archaeologist (in training). Independent Author of historical fiction and more! Check out: https://linktr.ee/novelnexus
Archaeologist (in training). Independent Author of historical fiction and more! Check out: https://linktr.ee/novelnexus
Christmas brunch is gonna go crazy
December 25, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Christmas brunch is gonna go crazy
Some lovely pictures of my freshly arrived proof of Khelkid: Second Earth!
November 16, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Some lovely pictures of my freshly arrived proof of Khelkid: Second Earth!
Some new drawings of paleofauna made by Julio Lacerda for the book: The Beasts of Jih's Journey! Coming soon! #paleoart #prehistoric #bestiary
August 31, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Some new drawings of paleofauna made by Julio Lacerda for the book: The Beasts of Jih's Journey! Coming soon! #paleoart #prehistoric #bestiary
Some amazing stickers for NEVADA made by @lysssum, coming soon!
August 31, 2024 at 6:14 AM
Some amazing stickers for NEVADA made by @lysssum, coming soon!
One more fun surprise this year. I'm here to tease something I've been working on for a little while. A #solarpunk themed sci-fi set in the year 2090 called NEVADA! Gripping political intrigue, social activism, climate change, robotics, and more are the name of the game. #booktwt #novel #author 📚🌞
April 23, 2024 at 12:23 PM
One more fun surprise this year. I'm here to tease something I've been working on for a little while. A #solarpunk themed sci-fi set in the year 2090 called NEVADA! Gripping political intrigue, social activism, climate change, robotics, and more are the name of the game. #booktwt #novel #author 📚🌞
Hello old and new people of Bluesky! I'm happy to announce my newest work in progress, Khelkid! It follows the adventures of 20-year-old Rose, a young black woman career changes from housekeeper to monster hunter. Far from just classic cryptids, encounter a whole menagerie of unsettling foes! 📚👻
February 7, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Hello old and new people of Bluesky! I'm happy to announce my newest work in progress, Khelkid! It follows the adventures of 20-year-old Rose, a young black woman career changes from housekeeper to monster hunter. Far from just classic cryptids, encounter a whole menagerie of unsettling foes! 📚👻
I had a great launch event for my book last Friday. Was great to see people engaged with the material. What a wonderful time! 📚🏺
November 15, 2023 at 5:31 PM
I had a great launch event for my book last Friday. Was great to see people engaged with the material. What a wonderful time! 📚🏺
Rolling skating after so long is really fun, can't wait to go back
October 11, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Rolling skating after so long is really fun, can't wait to go back
Forgetting to charge my headphones before going to the gym is like losing a superpower
September 27, 2023 at 4:24 PM
Forgetting to charge my headphones before going to the gym is like losing a superpower
Screaming into the void, the profit motive and grandstanding for ego has us completely cooked as a profession, absolutely embarassing
My latest for Live Science is on the decision to send hominin fossils into near-space — and scientists’ swift condemnation of it as a stunt. 🧪
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
'I am horrified': Archaeologists are fuming over ancient human relative remains sent to edge of spac...
Scientists are calling the Virgin Galactic mission that carried the bones of Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi to the edge of space a major ethical breach.
www.livescience.com
September 13, 2023 at 1:10 PM
Screaming into the void, the profit motive and grandstanding for ego has us completely cooked as a profession, absolutely embarassing
You can find many more creatures like this once you pick up Jih's Journey! My zooarchaeology friends and animal lovers...this one is for you!🏺
I haven't enjoyed an art piece quite like I'm enjoying this one for a long, long time.
It's Equus sivalensis, a zebra relative found in India till about 14,000 years ago 😁
Art done for @freshandsomcclean.bsky.social 's novel Jih's Journey!
It's Equus sivalensis, a zebra relative found in India till about 14,000 years ago 😁
Art done for @freshandsomcclean.bsky.social 's novel Jih's Journey!
September 13, 2023 at 1:03 PM
You can find many more creatures like this once you pick up Jih's Journey! My zooarchaeology friends and animal lovers...this one is for you!🏺
I'm finally going to start my drawing journey this week, been way too long ✏️
August 27, 2023 at 3:46 PM
I'm finally going to start my drawing journey this week, been way too long ✏️
Watching the American empire fall apart as I once again search for Pink Lemonade Snapples at my walmart
August 25, 2023 at 4:48 PM
Watching the American empire fall apart as I once again search for Pink Lemonade Snapples at my walmart
Hi all, here's a little something I and @anthroandrew.bsky.social made that's coming soon! The Beasts of Jih's Journey! A look at all sorts of creatures that existed 120,000 years ago and how they interacted with ancestral humans!🏺
The Beasts of Jih's Journey Trailer
This book is a companion text to the novel known as Jih's Journey. While Jih and friends embark on their expedition to find the power rock, use this handy gu...
youtu.be
August 23, 2023 at 4:57 PM
Hi all, here's a little something I and @anthroandrew.bsky.social made that's coming soon! The Beasts of Jih's Journey! A look at all sorts of creatures that existed 120,000 years ago and how they interacted with ancestral humans!🏺
Another semester to go, crawling to the finish line of grad school 😀
August 18, 2023 at 7:31 PM
Another semester to go, crawling to the finish line of grad school 😀
Did some light reading and this guy joined me
August 10, 2023 at 1:53 PM
Did some light reading and this guy joined me
Reposted by Xavier McClean
*gotta go fast*
August 10, 2023 at 1:36 AM
*gotta go fast*
For those interested in my creative endeavors, look no further than the trailer for Jih's Journey! For fans of historical fiction, this is for you. A fresh setting of the Paleolithic, Jih's Journey offers a new perspective into the lives of ancestral humans and cool animals on the way!
Jih's Journey Trailer
Jih. Sadal. Narro. Trekkal. Four names that would be impacted forever after one fateful event, 120,000 years ago. Set in a long forgotten time, Jih's Journey...
youtu.be
August 8, 2023 at 2:34 PM
For those interested in my creative endeavors, look no further than the trailer for Jih's Journey! For fans of historical fiction, this is for you. A fresh setting of the Paleolithic, Jih's Journey offers a new perspective into the lives of ancestral humans and cool animals on the way!
Hi everyone! I'm Xavier and very new to Bluesky! I'm an archaeologist working on a PhD studying the origins of political power among the Classic Period Maya and now I'm also a published author! Glad to be here ☺️
August 6, 2023 at 3:03 PM
Hi everyone! I'm Xavier and very new to Bluesky! I'm an archaeologist working on a PhD studying the origins of political power among the Classic Period Maya and now I'm also a published author! Glad to be here ☺️