John Bierce
@johnbierce.bsky.social
Fantasy novelist, author of Mage Errant, The Wrack, and More Gods Than Stars. Science and history nerd, some flavor or other of leftist/Marxist/anarchist, can burp the alphabet.
johnbierce.com
johnbierce.com
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "The City That Would Eat the World", my socialist sword and sorcery novel featuring a pseudomedieval megastructure arcology, carnivorous public transit kaiju, and fingernail priests.)
(Here's the opening of "The City That Would Eat the World", my socialist sword and sorcery novel featuring a pseudomedieval megastructure arcology, carnivorous public transit kaiju, and fingernail priests.)
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "The City That Would Eat the World", my socialist sword and sorcery novel featuring a pseudomedieval megastructure arcology, carnivorous public transit kaiju, and fingernail priests.)
(Here's the opening of "The City That Would Eat the World", my socialist sword and sorcery novel featuring a pseudomedieval megastructure arcology, carnivorous public transit kaiju, and fingernail priests.)
My physical library in Portugal so far:
September 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
My physical library in Portugal so far:
There's also a neat art book!
August 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
There's also a neat art book!
So I've been getting more into manga lately.
August 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
So I've been getting more into manga lately.
I got my grubby hands on the pin and bookmark prototypes from the Mage Errant Deluxe Illustrated Omnibus Kickstarter, and they are absolutely gorgeous! Wraithmarked knocked it out of the park with these!
August 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I got my grubby hands on the pin and bookmark prototypes from the Mage Errant Deluxe Illustrated Omnibus Kickstarter, and they are absolutely gorgeous! Wraithmarked knocked it out of the park with these!
Every time Discord says that I'm "playing Scrivener", I am filled with irrational rage, for no discernible reason.
April 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Every time Discord says that I'm "playing Scrivener", I am filled with irrational rage, for no discernible reason.
I need to come to this coffeeshop to work more often.
March 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I need to come to this coffeeshop to work more often.
Decided to switch views for the evening.
March 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Decided to switch views for the evening.
My office view for the day!
(Honestly, the other side of the coffeeshop roof offers an even better view of Hanoi and the big lake, but I was in the mood for this view instead. And that's not a field adjacent to the lake, it's a morning glory farm in the lake.)
(Honestly, the other side of the coffeeshop roof offers an even better view of Hanoi and the big lake, but I was in the mood for this view instead. And that's not a field adjacent to the lake, it's a morning glory farm in the lake.)
March 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
My office view for the day!
(Honestly, the other side of the coffeeshop roof offers an even better view of Hanoi and the big lake, but I was in the mood for this view instead. And that's not a field adjacent to the lake, it's a morning glory farm in the lake.)
(Honestly, the other side of the coffeeshop roof offers an even better view of Hanoi and the big lake, but I was in the mood for this view instead. And that's not a field adjacent to the lake, it's a morning glory farm in the lake.)
They're starting a band
February 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
They're starting a band
The City That Would Eat the World, book one of the More Gods Than Stars Trilogy, is out now in ebook, audio (narrated by the amazing Robin Miles), and paperback!
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
February 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The City That Would Eat the World, book one of the More Gods Than Stars Trilogy, is out now in ebook, audio (narrated by the amazing Robin Miles), and paperback!
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Less than a day left (depending on your time zone) until the launch of my new series, More Gods Than Stars, with The City That Would Eat the World!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLWXZNLK
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLWXZNLK
February 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Less than a day left (depending on your time zone) until the launch of my new series, More Gods Than Stars, with The City That Would Eat the World!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLWXZNLK
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLWXZNLK
So my cat had to go to the vet today, he got a little kidney infection (he's gonna be fine, we caught it early. Just has to take some medicine for a couple weeks.)
But, in good news, the vet agrees that he is a very good boy and extremely polite and well-behaved.
But, in good news, the vet agrees that he is a very good boy and extremely polite and well-behaved.
February 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
So my cat had to go to the vet today, he got a little kidney infection (he's gonna be fine, we caught it early. Just has to take some medicine for a couple weeks.)
But, in good news, the vet agrees that he is a very good boy and extremely polite and well-behaved.
But, in good news, the vet agrees that he is a very good boy and extremely polite and well-behaved.
Is the GIF not moving? The GIF's not moving for me.
Dangit. Alright, video version of the animated cover, let's try that.
Dangit. Alright, video version of the animated cover, let's try that.
February 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Is the GIF not moving? The GIF's not moving for me.
Dangit. Alright, video version of the animated cover, let's try that.
Dangit. Alright, video version of the animated cover, let's try that.
Just five days left until The City That Would Eat the World launches! Pre-order now!
www.amazon.com/City-That-Wo...
www.amazon.com/City-That-Wo...
February 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just five days left until The City That Would Eat the World launches! Pre-order now!
www.amazon.com/City-That-Wo...
www.amazon.com/City-That-Wo...
One week until my new book, The City That Would Eat the World, book one of the More Gods Than Stars Trilogy, launches! The audiobook is narrated by the amazing Robin Miles, who absolutely knocked it out of the park.
#booksky
www.amazon.com/City-That-Wo...
#booksky
www.amazon.com/City-That-Wo...
February 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
One week until my new book, The City That Would Eat the World, book one of the More Gods Than Stars Trilogy, launches! The audiobook is narrated by the amazing Robin Miles, who absolutely knocked it out of the park.
#booksky
www.amazon.com/City-That-Wo...
#booksky
www.amazon.com/City-That-Wo...
Just a reminder that there's only a couple weeks left until my new series, More Gods Than Stars, launches!
January 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Just a reminder that there's only a couple weeks left until my new series, More Gods Than Stars, launches!
My stories feature science-inspired worldbuilding and magic, tons of queer characters, leftist politics, wholesome relationships, and more kaiju than you can (or should) shake a stick at.
January 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
My stories feature science-inspired worldbuilding and magic, tons of queer characters, leftist politics, wholesome relationships, and more kaiju than you can (or should) shake a stick at.