Joshua Bayard Author
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Joshua Bayard Author
@joshuabayard.bsky.social
Fabulist. Dad. Ex-lawyer. I aim to write stories for a living. My first series, Apocryphon of the Unstar, is available in KU on Amazon.

https://www.joshuabayard.com
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My series, Apocryphon of the Unstar, is available on Amazon! It’s got, witches, cultists, demons, faeries, chases, escapes, intrigue, revolution…
www.amazon.com/dp/B09KZFGDMG
The Warplands: Apocryphon of the Unstar Volume I
The Warplands: Apocryphon of the Unstar Volume I - Kindle edition by Bayard, Joshua. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Warplands: Apocryphon of the Unstar Volume I.
www.amazon.com
I started a substack about learning languages for the unusual purpose of playing a TTRPG as a polyglot--3 years from now...
#TTRPG #WHFRP #learninglanguages
joshuabayard.substack.com/p/words-and-...
Words and games!
(A ridiculous idea...)
joshuabayard.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Cat Returns is my new favorite movie
December 27, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Hey, I’m finishing up a dark fantasy series on Amazon/KU, and thinking about starting a LitRPG on Royal Road. I have an extensive TTRPG background and I play Elden Ring, would a LitRPG with a Soulsborne slant be popular? #LitRPG #Gamelit
December 21, 2024 at 3:39 AM
I’m in the middle of day 3 running AMZ to my first book. (I understand it takes months to optimize ad campaigns to be profitable). It sure is nerve wracking. I’m paranoid about screwing something up out of the gate.
December 18, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Man, it’ll be a time crunch to have my book ready for the pre-order deadline. I’m not too anxious though because I don’t perceive the future very well. (Pros and cons of undiagnosed ADHD I guess 🤷🏼‍♂️)
December 17, 2024 at 4:11 PM
My series, Apocryphon of the Unstar, is available on Amazon! It’s got, witches, cultists, demons, faeries, chases, escapes, intrigue, revolution…
www.amazon.com/dp/B09KZFGDMG
The Warplands: Apocryphon of the Unstar Volume I
The Warplands: Apocryphon of the Unstar Volume I - Kindle edition by Bayard, Joshua. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Warplands: Apocryphon of the Unstar Volume I.
www.amazon.com
December 15, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Just set up my first ad campaigns for my books on Amazon. Scary and exciting. Feels like I’m betting on myself. 🤞
December 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Aww, man! I don’t even want to watch QE now. @bobbyberk.bsky.social was the best part of that show!
December 12, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Another episode into season 2 of Vinland Saga. This show is unflinching about the consequences of violence on both a national scale and a personal scale. Brave choice following season 1’s revenge fueled plot. I’m impressed.
December 10, 2024 at 1:44 PM
I’m new here. Looking to trade follows with people who are interested in the following:

- Fantasy books/media (dark fantasy, new wave, new weird, litRPG, classics, space opera)
- General literature
- History
- Tennis
- Mandolin
- Menswear
- Games (TTRPGs, Gloomhaven, Elden Ring)
- Movies/shows
December 9, 2024 at 6:03 PM
I was thinking that a book is really just a media recording format like a record or a tape or a DVD, but the device you use to play it is your brain.
December 8, 2024 at 6:47 PM
I’ve been reading Moby Dick for months now (mostly during my kid’s piano lessons). I love it, but I can only handle small doses. I feel the same way about egg nog.
December 8, 2024 at 12:03 PM
fantasy author 🧙‍♂️⚔️

I’m 11 episodes into season two of the Vinland Saga. It’s a good lesson in pacing. Characters might spend a whole episode acquiring a horse. I want to let my plots breathe more.
December 7, 2024 at 5:28 PM