Riley Black - When the Earth Was Green out now 🌱
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Riley Black - When the Earth Was Green out now 🌱
@restingdinoface.bsky.social
Bronto-queen, big cat, best-selling and award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, When the Earth Was Green, and Tyrant Lizard Queen (2026). 🔞 she/they/it. Skreeonk. http://rileyblack.net
Composing these, I was thinking of these September charmers, too.
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A road crew left a track loader running at the curb and I was tempted to reenact the climactic battle from Carnosaur.
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I was camping at Mammoth. Elk wandered by to browse in the evening. I’d brought a waist-high stack of books and read for hours and hours.

I finished the book and when my partner asked how it was, I came out to her. She ignored the fact, but I got here anyway. And that’s why it’s still a good night.
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
She smiles and says “I will always love you”
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Within a day of seeing a ladder for the first time, Strata learned to climb it.
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM