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JS Groves
@satyrmagos.bsky.social
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author * artist * sorcerer * madman
pronouns = xie/xir
Magical jeweler and occult blogger. Novelist and photographer.
Some of my art is naked, all of it is queer.

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Chapter 38 of The Prince's Fighters is out!

* Sao`ashan hospitality
* Rennin is returned from the healers
* Orland's funeral
* Khanaarre is deeply unsettled by this whole situation

princesfighters.jsgroves.com/chapter-thir...

#Dathl'lyr 🌈🚀💫
A digital illustration, the current draft of the Prince's Fighters novel cover. Derrek, Khanaarre, and Elana stand against a backdrop of a map of the world. Derrek, on the left, is the tallest of the three: a soft faced, pale human man, with golden brown hair and green eyes, dressed in bronze poofy pants, a white poet shirt, and a blue doublet. Khanaarre, on the right and almost as tall, is an elf woman with red-brown skin, dark hair and eyes, dressed in tight fitting green coat and trews. Standing between them, much shorter than either, is Elana, a bronze-skinned human woman with short dark hair, dressed in a light blue chiton and bright red chlamys, holding a rapier at her side. Behind them stand Rennin, a bronze-skinned human man with a shaved head, dressed in gold-colored hoplite’s harmor and a red chlamys cloak, and Orland, a tall pale red-headed man in a steel bell cuirass with jointed pauldrons. They are flanked by neoClassical columns and Art Nouveau lotuses, with the title The Prince's Fighters above and my byline below, all in black and white.
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Dr. Watson sez, "Don't write! Attention me!"
photo of a tabby cat physically interposing himself between the writer and xir laptop
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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from last weekend's self-portrait shoot

#QueerArtist #Photography #SelfPortrait
red tinted photograph of the artist, a bald and bearded enby almost in silhouette, against the backdrop of a candlelit altar with a dramatically burnt book inscribed with a triangle and circle and magical characters at the center
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Also, I snuck in the newest cover draft last week but didn't actually show off the full Lord Sir Orland Borgon character art!

The shield is the terrible and apotropaic face of the storm god Tal Thannuu
Color digital illustration of Lord Sir Orland Borgon: a large, pale and ruddy man with red hair and beard, streaked with white. He is dressed in a bell cuirass with Roman-esque pauldrons and armored kilt and fantasy grieves and bracers, and a shield with a Greek Key motif and a terrible face that looks half like Medusa and half like an east-asian demon. The background is red and gray black on white line art digital illustration of Lord Sir Orland Borgon gray and gold color digital illustration, a detail drawing of Sir Orland's shield: a snarling three-eyed face with six lighting and dagger-like motifs radiating outward, all contained within a ring of Greek Keys
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Chapter 36 of The Prince's Fighters, my queer epic fantasy novel!

* Khanaarre and Elana are separated from Derrek and Rennin
* They try to figure out who their captors are
* “I suspect and I fear. I know nothing.”

princesfighters.jsgroves.com/chapter-thir...
#Dathl'lyr 🌈🚀💫
A digital illustration, the current draft of the Prince's Fighters novel cover. Derrek, Khanaarre, and Elana stand against a backdrop of a map of the world. Derrek, on the left, is the tallest of the three: a soft faced, pale human man, with golden brown hair and green eyes, dressed in bronze poofy pants, a white poet shirt, and a blue doublet. Khanaarre, on the right and almost as tall, is an elf woman with red-brown skin, dark hair and eyes, dressed in tight fitting green coat and trews. Standing between them, much shorter than either, is Elana, a bronze-skinned human woman with short dark hair, dressed in a light blue chiton and bright red chlamys, holding a rapier at her side. Behind them stand Rennin, a bronze-skinned human man with a shaved head, dressed in gold-colored hoplite’s harmor and a red chlamys cloak, and Orland, a tall pale red-headed man in a steel bell cuirass with jointed pauldrons. They are flanked by neoClassical columns and Art Nouveau lotuses, with the title The Prince's Fighters above and my byline below, all in black and white.
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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new pfp from Friday's spooky self portrait session

#Photography #Art #QueerArtist #SelfPortrait #OccultArt #OccultSky
darkly lit and green toned photograph of the artist, a bald and bearded enby, making offerings at xir altar. photo is shot from the left and a little bit behind.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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I have found a solution by which i can have both lapcat and laptop!
Photo of a cat wedged into the artists lap berween xir torso and a wooden lapdesk with a laptop on top
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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still another late-posted #MonsterTober illustration: i rolled the dice, got "unicorn" and "fuzzy", and this was the extremely amusing to me result
pencil drawing of an only vaguely horse-like fuzzy unicorn
November 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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another belated #MonsterTober image: prompts were "Sphinx" and "book"
this is a first sketch of a possible character for a possible future project, so i'm going to go ahead and tag it for #OCSky
he probably won't have thumbs anymore when you see him again
#Art #QueerArtist
pencil drawing of a sphinks with exceptionally human hands laying on his side and reading a book. He has cat ears, a mohawk, and a giant black poof at the end of his tail
November 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Now the other one is taking a turn

Hashtag cats against literacy
Photo very much like the first except it's the other cat forcing himself between the artist and xir keyboard
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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It is very difficult to write this way
Photo of the artists hand and laptop, with a cat wedged between xir and the computer using xir hand as a pillow
November 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Chapter 35 of The Prince's Fighters!

* The giant soldiers lead the party into a living city
* Derrek is separated from the party and interviewed by a xian g`ul servant of the city archons
* Also, Orland is on the work-in-progress cover, now!

princesfighters.jsgroves.com/chapter-thir...
🌈🚀💫
A digital illustration, the current draft of the Prince's Fighters novel cover. Derrek, Khanaarre, and Elana stand against a backdrop of a map of the world. Derrek, on the left, is the tallest of the three: a soft faced, pale human man, with golden brown hair and green eyes, dressed in bronze poofy pants, a white poet shirt, and a blue doublet. Khanaarre, on the right and almost as tall, is an elf woman with red-brown skin, dark hair and eyes, dressed in tight fitting green coat and trews. Standing between them, much shorter than either, is Elana, a bronze-skinned human woman with short dark hair, dressed in a light blue chiton and bright red chlamys, holding a rapier at her side. Behind them stand Rennin, a bronze-skinned human man with a shaved head, dressed in gold-colored hoplite’s harmor and a red chlamys cloak, and Orland, a tall pale red-headed man in a steel bell cuirass with jointed pauldrons. They are flanked by neoClassical columns and Art Nouveau lotuses, with the title The Prince's Fighters above and my byline below, all in black and white.
November 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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very belatedly sharing my #MonsterTober sketches

this one is prompted by "witch", "blind", and "scars"

she fits better in my Mundus Occultus stories than in Dathl'lyr
pencil drawing of a witch in a long skirt, pointy shoes and hat, and a kimono shirt worn open to show the scars on her chest. she also has scars on her face half hidden by round dark glasses. her hair is tied back in a braid and she is carrying a stang
November 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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We've had one set come to the door and one other set drive by
Hopefully more will stop
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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#witchcraftaesthetic with Katarina from October 2021
#OccultSky #Art #QueerArtist #Photography
black and white photo of katarina, a skinny white woman, sitting cross-legged on the ground in the woods, hidden behind a black lace veil and her own long dark hair, wearing an antler crown and holding prayer beads
October 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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#witchcraftaesthetic with Katarina from October 2021
#OccultSky #Art #QueerArtist #Photography
stylized and creepy portrait photo of a skinny white woman with dark hair, face hidden by a black lace veil and wearing an antler crown
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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From my October 2023 Sabbat Fire shoot.
#OccultSky #Photography #OccultArt #QueerArt #Art
highly stylized photo with light aberrations showing five women posing around a campfire
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Fall aesthetic furball
My cat Alfred washing her paws on a table with a decorative display of gourds
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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this self portrait from March obviously wasn't shot for spooky season, but ...

it sure works,doesn't it?

#Photography #SelfPortrait #OccultSky #Art #QueerArtist
black and white photo with color aberrations. self portrait of the artist showing xir hairy arms and shoulder tatttoos, but with xir face hidden under a ritual veil
October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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From my October 2023 Sabbat Fire shoot.
#OccultSky #Photography #OccultArt #QueerArt #Art
#kansas city model #queer artist #queer photographer #wormwood groves photography #occult art #witchcraft aesthetic
three women in black dance around a fire at night in a dark forest
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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From my October 2023 Sabbat Fire shoot.
#OccultSky #Photography #OccultArt #QueerArt #Art
photo of women in black dresses dancing around a roaring fire. in the background, candles burn on an altar in a dark forest
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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From my October 2023 Sabbat Fire shoot.
#OccultSky #Photography #OccultArt #QueerArt #Art
clover, a femme presenting enby in a black dress, stands by a roaring campfire, framed by torches burning in the background
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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From my November 2019 #witchcraftaesthetic shoot with Jacen Valkrie
#Photography #QueerArtist #Art #Pagan #WitchSky
jacen, a skinny white enby dressed in all black, is dramatically lit by the fire pit
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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From my November 2019 #witchcraftaesthetic shoot with Jacen Valkrie
#Photography #QueerArtist #Art #Pagan #WitchSky
jacen, a tiny white enby, sits in front of a candlelit altar wearing horns, a collar, and a black robe
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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month-end reminder that it's just about time for my monthly patreon report and email newsletter

sign up for patreon at patreon.com/jsgroves
sign up for the Hidden Worlds Newsletter at jsgroves.com
"Hidden Worlds" and "JS Groves" in black and white serif text over a degraded photo of a suburban sunset
October 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM