Peter Vaughn | Indie Fantasy + Scifi Author | jacket. Synthwave
@iamjacket.bsky.social
I'm an indie author and electronic music producer living in Centennial, CO w/ my wife, daughter, and 2 cats. I write stories about humans surrounded by the inhuman, and make music that lets you take a break from reality so you can imagine your own.
Currently reading Some You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiesel. It’s gross, and funny, and dark, and I’m loving it. It has tons of heart.
#reading #darkfantasy
#reading #darkfantasy
September 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Currently reading Some You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiesel. It’s gross, and funny, and dark, and I’m loving it. It has tons of heart.
#reading #darkfantasy
#reading #darkfantasy
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2nd draft progress on my standalone horror/space fantasy is going…slow lol but it’s going. What are you all working on? #indieauthor #fantasy #horror
August 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
2nd draft progress on my standalone horror/space fantasy is going…slow lol but it’s going. What are you all working on? #indieauthor #fantasy #horror
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What do you listen to when you write? For the most part, I keep things eerie, oddly beautiful, and instrumental. Any sort of lyrics are just distracting. This is the playlist I made a while back, one of a few I come back to:
open.spotify.com/playlist/2bg...
#indieauthor #fantasy #horror
open.spotify.com/playlist/2bg...
#indieauthor #fantasy #horror
Book Vibes
open.spotify.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
What do you listen to when you write? For the most part, I keep things eerie, oddly beautiful, and instrumental. Any sort of lyrics are just distracting. This is the playlist I made a while back, one of a few I come back to:
open.spotify.com/playlist/2bg...
#indieauthor #fantasy #horror
open.spotify.com/playlist/2bg...
#indieauthor #fantasy #horror
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My music and stories are here to help you escape for a while. Sit, listen. // #synthwave #cyberpunk #fantasy
September 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My music and stories are here to help you escape for a while. Sit, listen. // #synthwave #cyberpunk #fantasy
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The new White House TikTok comparing immigrants to Pokémon, set to the official Pokémon theme, is one of the most revolting things I've seen from the Trump administration. It may look trivial, but "gamifying" I.C.E. is putrid. It turns real human suffering into entertainment.
I'm done with 2025.
I'm done with 2025.
September 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The new White House TikTok comparing immigrants to Pokémon, set to the official Pokémon theme, is one of the most revolting things I've seen from the Trump administration. It may look trivial, but "gamifying" I.C.E. is putrid. It turns real human suffering into entertainment.
I'm done with 2025.
I'm done with 2025.
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Am I the only one that thinks that necromancers and their whole aesthetic/schtick are just badass? Probably why I love Gideon the Ninth so much, and Emmrich in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
I should probably do something with that, at some point.
I should probably do something with that, at some point.
a video game character with a skull on his head and a crown on his head
ALT: a video game character with a skull on his head and a crown on his head
media.tenor.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Am I the only one that thinks that necromancers and their whole aesthetic/schtick are just badass? Probably why I love Gideon the Ninth so much, and Emmrich in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
I should probably do something with that, at some point.
I should probably do something with that, at some point.
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Aesthetic/world inspiration for my current #darkfantasy novel
September 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Aesthetic/world inspiration for my current #darkfantasy novel
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What do you think? Check out my song “Mountain” on all streaming platforms now // #synthwave #progressivehouse #edm #fall #crispy
September 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
What do you think? Check out my song “Mountain” on all streaming platforms now // #synthwave #progressivehouse #edm #fall #crispy
Posting the first few passages of my prologue, because why not. Want to read more? #indieauthor #darkfantast
September 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Posting the first few passages of my prologue, because why not. Want to read more? #indieauthor #darkfantast
I’ve had this story idea floating around, and the more I thought about it, the more it started to make sense to combine it with another concept I’ve been cooking as well. Now it feels like a pretty unique idea, and I’m stoked!
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I’ve had this story idea floating around, and the more I thought about it, the more it started to make sense to combine it with another concept I’ve been cooking as well. Now it feels like a pretty unique idea, and I’m stoked!
What do you think? Check out my song “Mountain” on all streaming platforms now // #synthwave #progressivehouse #edm #fall #crispy
September 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
What do you think? Check out my song “Mountain” on all streaming platforms now // #synthwave #progressivehouse #edm #fall #crispy
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Remembering Jim Henson, born on this day in 1936, with a double feature of his fantasy epics THE DARK CRYSTAL and LABYRINTH starting at 8pm ET on Pluto TV Fantastic: pluto.tv/us/live-tv/5...
September 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Remembering Jim Henson, born on this day in 1936, with a double feature of his fantasy epics THE DARK CRYSTAL and LABYRINTH starting at 8pm ET on Pluto TV Fantastic: pluto.tv/us/live-tv/5...
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Tonight's 61 DAYS OF HORROR dark fantasy horror double feature: Oz Perkins' GRETEL & HANSEL (2020) and Tim Burton's SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999).
September 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Tonight's 61 DAYS OF HORROR dark fantasy horror double feature: Oz Perkins' GRETEL & HANSEL (2020) and Tim Burton's SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999).
Aesthetic/world inspiration for my current #darkfantasy novel
September 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Aesthetic/world inspiration for my current #darkfantasy novel
Am I the only one that thinks that necromancers and their whole aesthetic/schtick are just badass? Probably why I love Gideon the Ninth so much, and Emmrich in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
I should probably do something with that, at some point.
I should probably do something with that, at some point.
a video game character with a skull on his head and a crown on his head
ALT: a video game character with a skull on his head and a crown on his head
media.tenor.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Am I the only one that thinks that necromancers and their whole aesthetic/schtick are just badass? Probably why I love Gideon the Ninth so much, and Emmrich in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
I should probably do something with that, at some point.
I should probably do something with that, at some point.
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“The Esper & The Aurum”
A new dark fantasy aurapunk novel by me
Coming 2026
#darkfantasy #indieauthor #fantasy
A new dark fantasy aurapunk novel by me
Coming 2026
#darkfantasy #indieauthor #fantasy
September 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“The Esper & The Aurum”
A new dark fantasy aurapunk novel by me
Coming 2026
#darkfantasy #indieauthor #fantasy
A new dark fantasy aurapunk novel by me
Coming 2026
#darkfantasy #indieauthor #fantasy
“The Esper & The Aurum”
A new dark fantasy aurapunk novel by me
Coming 2026
#darkfantasy #indieauthor #fantasy
A new dark fantasy aurapunk novel by me
Coming 2026
#darkfantasy #indieauthor #fantasy
September 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“The Esper & The Aurum”
A new dark fantasy aurapunk novel by me
Coming 2026
#darkfantasy #indieauthor #fantasy
A new dark fantasy aurapunk novel by me
Coming 2026
#darkfantasy #indieauthor #fantasy
I write YA for adults.
September 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I write YA for adults.
What do you like to listen to when you write/create? For me, video game OSTs hit the spot. Recently I keep coming back to the TUNIC OST. It’s gorgeous.
open.spotify.com/album/5I7kCz...
open.spotify.com/album/5I7kCz...
Tunic (Original Game Soundtrack)
open.spotify.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
What do you like to listen to when you write/create? For me, video game OSTs hit the spot. Recently I keep coming back to the TUNIC OST. It’s gorgeous.
open.spotify.com/album/5I7kCz...
open.spotify.com/album/5I7kCz...
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September 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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When the authoritarian government decides what is on TV you’re not watching entertainment you’re watching propaganda.
September 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
When the authoritarian government decides what is on TV you’re not watching entertainment you’re watching propaganda.
Authors: am I the only one who gets nervous opening up edits from an editor? Procrastinates doing it? Obviously it needs to be done, but damn it’s hard to accept that your creation is gonna have a lot of red ink on it. That you’ll have to face it, take it in, implement it.
September 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Authors: am I the only one who gets nervous opening up edits from an editor? Procrastinates doing it? Obviously it needs to be done, but damn it’s hard to accept that your creation is gonna have a lot of red ink on it. That you’ll have to face it, take it in, implement it.
Get in the car and drive into those misty mountains // #synthwave #progressivehouse #aesthetic #twinpeaks #alanwake
September 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Get in the car and drive into those misty mountains // #synthwave #progressivehouse #aesthetic #twinpeaks #alanwake
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Writing update: Esper Book 1, my dark fantasy multi-volume, is with my copyeditor. Void Song, my sci-fi/fantasy/horror standalone, is in the 2nd draft trenches and it is...going slow lol
Music update: My new single "Mountain" drops this Friday. More house than synthwave, but I'm very proud of it.
Music update: My new single "Mountain" drops this Friday. More house than synthwave, but I'm very proud of it.
August 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Writing update: Esper Book 1, my dark fantasy multi-volume, is with my copyeditor. Void Song, my sci-fi/fantasy/horror standalone, is in the 2nd draft trenches and it is...going slow lol
Music update: My new single "Mountain" drops this Friday. More house than synthwave, but I'm very proud of it.
Music update: My new single "Mountain" drops this Friday. More house than synthwave, but I'm very proud of it.
jacket. don’t quit it’s how it’s dun dun dun
September 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
jacket. don’t quit it’s how it’s dun dun dun