Phil Keeling
@philmakesmonsters.bsky.social
Writer. Author of JUICE. BE NOT AFRAID releasing in 2026!
Work in Uncharted, Coffin Bell, Cleaver, The Pinch, The Devil Take You.
Co-host of the Pixel Lit podcast. Dollar store Orson Welles. he/him
PhilMakesMonsters.com
Work in Uncharted, Coffin Bell, Cleaver, The Pinch, The Devil Take You.
Co-host of the Pixel Lit podcast. Dollar store Orson Welles. he/him
PhilMakesMonsters.com
Working on heat staining for my flamers (as I mentioned during the latest episode of Pixel Lit). Next I’ll learn how to take a picture worth a damn. 🔥
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Working on heat staining for my flamers (as I mentioned during the latest episode of Pixel Lit). Next I’ll learn how to take a picture worth a damn. 🔥
Just got done with ALL THE STARS DIE by John F.D. Taff and I highly recommend it. Cosmic horror novellas by a truly skilled author. A page turner, to boot. Damn. @badhandbooks.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just got done with ALL THE STARS DIE by John F.D. Taff and I highly recommend it. Cosmic horror novellas by a truly skilled author. A page turner, to boot. Damn. @badhandbooks.bsky.social
I’m reading the first Ravenloft module for AD&D and I think the funniest aspect of it is there’s always a chance Strahd will just show up, start a fight, and then run away.
He’s basically Jason in the Friday the 13th NES game.
He’s basically Jason in the Friday the 13th NES game.
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I’m reading the first Ravenloft module for AD&D and I think the funniest aspect of it is there’s always a chance Strahd will just show up, start a fight, and then run away.
He’s basically Jason in the Friday the 13th NES game.
He’s basically Jason in the Friday the 13th NES game.
Went to the grocery store and some good ‘ole boy looks at me with a big grin. “Got something for ya,” he said before handing me this. “Chinese currency,” he said, then explained he got a boxful on TEMU for half the price of Amazon—he was very proud of that detail. There’s a lot to unpack here.
October 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Went to the grocery store and some good ‘ole boy looks at me with a big grin. “Got something for ya,” he said before handing me this. “Chinese currency,” he said, then explained he got a boxful on TEMU for half the price of Amazon—he was very proud of that detail. There’s a lot to unpack here.
When you drop by the clinic to have your sore throat looked over and they start hooking you up to an IV. Delightful.
October 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
When you drop by the clinic to have your sore throat looked over and they start hooking you up to an IV. Delightful.
Having a very grimdark birfday, thankyouverymuch. 🎁
October 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Having a very grimdark birfday, thankyouverymuch. 🎁
Enjoying this collection from @frombeyondpress.bsky.social, but “Honeydew and Cloves” by @bitterkarella.bsky.social alone was worth the price of admission.
October 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Enjoying this collection from @frombeyondpress.bsky.social, but “Honeydew and Cloves” by @bitterkarella.bsky.social alone was worth the price of admission.
Using speed paints a lot, so I’m getting creative with how I know what they look like dry.
October 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Using speed paints a lot, so I’m getting creative with how I know what they look like dry.
Thanks to Gmail’s AI, which gives me the option of replying to book rejections like a ninja turtle.
September 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Thanks to Gmail’s AI, which gives me the option of replying to book rejections like a ninja turtle.
I was an extra on the set of the Redford-directed film “The Conspirator.” If you’ve never done film work, it’s a ton of hurry up and wait. So, dressed in Civil War era garb, me and a friend, with ten feet between us, began making faces at each other. 1/3
September 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I was an extra on the set of the Redford-directed film “The Conspirator.” If you’ve never done film work, it’s a ton of hurry up and wait. So, dressed in Civil War era garb, me and a friend, with ten feet between us, began making faces at each other. 1/3
That’s a wrap on my new book. I’m going to give it a few weeks and go over it with a razor and boiling oil.
Then we’ll work on getting it sold.
Then we’ll work on getting it sold.
September 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
That’s a wrap on my new book. I’m going to give it a few weeks and go over it with a razor and boiling oil.
Then we’ll work on getting it sold.
Then we’ll work on getting it sold.
Moving my family to the country this weekend, and I think the suburbs I live in are taking it personally.
“Oh you want nature?? I’ll give you nature! Have a Copperhead you traitor!!!”
“Oh you want nature?? I’ll give you nature! Have a Copperhead you traitor!!!”
September 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Moving my family to the country this weekend, and I think the suburbs I live in are taking it personally.
“Oh you want nature?? I’ll give you nature! Have a Copperhead you traitor!!!”
“Oh you want nature?? I’ll give you nature! Have a Copperhead you traitor!!!”
Trying to make friends with scammers. It’s not working.
September 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Trying to make friends with scammers. It’s not working.
We have to keep ourselves entertained.
August 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
We have to keep ourselves entertained.
My first try at Caldo Verde and got DAMN. The Portuguese know what they’re doing. 🍲
August 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My first try at Caldo Verde and got DAMN. The Portuguese know what they’re doing. 🍲
I’ve been toying with the idea of building model ships. And then I did the research and I think 40K will do a better job of keeping my family out of the poor house.
August 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I’ve been toying with the idea of building model ships. And then I did the research and I think 40K will do a better job of keeping my family out of the poor house.
Some mussels with a sun-dried tomato sourdough Emily baked up.
August 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Some mussels with a sun-dried tomato sourdough Emily baked up.
“Come on down to Lowe’s! You betcher ass we’ve got pig hunting spears!!!”
August 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“Come on down to Lowe’s! You betcher ass we’ve got pig hunting spears!!!”
Still of footage of a hawk that killed the shit out of a squirrel in my backyard.
Not pictured: the five deer the hawk harassed because it was convinced they were out to steal his kill, apparently.
Not pictured: the five deer the hawk harassed because it was convinced they were out to steal his kill, apparently.
July 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Still of footage of a hawk that killed the shit out of a squirrel in my backyard.
Not pictured: the five deer the hawk harassed because it was convinced they were out to steal his kill, apparently.
Not pictured: the five deer the hawk harassed because it was convinced they were out to steal his kill, apparently.
A kind and encouraging rejection from a lit agent. After saying she just didn’t know who she could pitch my novella to, she said this:
July 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A kind and encouraging rejection from a lit agent. After saying she just didn’t know who she could pitch my novella to, she said this:
I am Alpharius.
July 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I am Alpharius.
When some rando asks me if I’m interested in a social media internship that just opened up.
July 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
When some rando asks me if I’m interested in a social media internship that just opened up.
A before and after cause he’s just durn cute.
June 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A before and after cause he’s just durn cute.
Here comes a big stompy boi for my Death Korps.
June 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Here comes a big stompy boi for my Death Korps.
Sunday morning breakfast is biscuits and gravy, you buncha beautiful heathens. Dig in.
June 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Sunday morning breakfast is biscuits and gravy, you buncha beautiful heathens. Dig in.