Where can you find DANCE WITH ME? So far, it’s been pretty limited, but things are changing 👀 1/3

I write two series. Each explores identity in a different way. Both ask the same question from different angles: What does it cost to remain yourself when the world demands you break? 1/7

Paragraphs are not *just* structural dividers. They control the narrative flow, and can be a tool to *show* what the prose cannot. 1/4

RECORDS OF THE ORDERS is now everywhere! THE GENESIS OF CHANGE (the philosophical prelude) and THE OMENS OF WAR (book 1) are both available wide across Kobo, Apple Books, Everand, libraries, and more. Two entry points. One world. Now accessible to all. 1/2

THE GENESIS OF CHANGE The philosophical, eldritch prequel to The Omens of War. I revamped the paperback to match the style of Omens, and of the series itself. 1/4

Paragraph breaks can do more than organise a story. They showcase the narrator's mental state, control reading speed, and involve the reader in the character's mind. 1/4

To the Alchemists of The Orders the pursuit of knowledge is not an obsession. It's their purpose. Their reason to exist. 1/2

More than a book, THE ROAD (by Cormac McCarthy) is a philosophical discussion on meaning, purpose, and the true nature of humankind. My full review: www.booksundone.com/p/book-revi...

Intellect without morals. That’s what makes the Alchemists of The Orders terrifying. 1/3

Is free will possible if you can see the future? If the present has been pre-arranged? That's one of the many topics we discussed in the latest Guests Talk of #BooksUndone with @afictionalescapist.bsky.social @skbalstrup.bsky.social and Henry Nielsen. 👇🏻 1/4

In THE OMENS OF WAR, the most respected political strategist is a woman. The ruthless military strategist who single-handedly stopped an invasion is a man. The most renowned physician is a woman. In this world, competence is the only currency that matters. 1/6

What if you could read the mind of an #eldritch being? Not react to them. Not fear them from the outside. But think *with* them, and realise their reasoning is sound, even if it horrifies you. You may find that in THE OMENS OF WAR. 1/5

THE OMENS OF WAR is now wide: Kobo, Apple Books, Everand, and even libraries! Thank you for the feedback that made this possible. The community response has been incredible, and I wanted to make sure the book could reach you wherever you read. If you're ready to dive in 🔗👇🏻 1/3

Fear never belongs to one mind. It spreads. The alchemists of The Orders have watched this happen. Across ages. Across worlds. 1/2

I wrote a character inspired by Otto von #Bismark. This character a woman, and in my world, she’s made history. Let me tell you about her 👇🏻 1/8

Writers talk a lot about sentences and scenes. But we talk much less about paragraphs... so the question is: when do you start a new paragraph, and why? Let's chat 👀👇🏻 1/5

You've asked where else you can find THE OMENS OF WAR. So far, that’s been a single place: Amazon… But I heard you, and I have an announcement coming soon 👇🏻 1/3

TENDER IS THE FLESH is a complex, layered dystopian novel that examines language as a tool for the normalisation of horror, and the biased and uneven moral standards applied to our surroundings. Thematically, it is a goldmine. My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show...

You can survive something and still not leave it behind. Sometimes all it takes is a spark, and the memories return. #LiteraryFantasy 1/2

Sometimes, it is easy to confuse what a book is critiquing with what it may (or may not) be endorsing. That manner of collapsing depiction into endorsement is a barrier to #CriticalReading. 👇🏻(1/3)

I’m thrilled to share that my novella, DANCE WITH ME, has won Best Novella 2026 award at the Indies Today Awards. As an indie author, that means more than I can say. Here’s why this one feels especially meaningful 👇🏻 1/4

It’s been three days since I finished "The Shape of the Sword", an eight-pages-long short story by #JorgesLuisBorges. I have not been able to stop mulling over it. That, though, is the magnificence of his writing. Maybe I should podcast about it. Will see.

THE OMENS OF WAR is a genre-blender: military strategy, Thucydidean politics, eldritch intellects in a philosophical quest, and human minds under pressure. So why this blend? Because I love exploring what fiction does with ideas. 👇🏻 1/7

Most people think Dune is about destiny, prophecy, or "the chosen one." It isn't. Dune critiques how *engineered prophecy* can legitimise political authority, and the systemic danger this poses to everyone else. Let's talk 👇🏻 (1/7)

The #eldritch intellects in my series don't exist to terrify. They exist to question. To force humanity to confront the limits of its knowledge. The alchemists are not monsters, but something else. (1/2)

THE OMENS OF WAR released yesterday. To everyone who preordered, who engaged with the threads, who followed my #philosophical and theoretical tangents: thank you. I can't wait to see what you discover.

THE OMENS OF WAR is now out. A #PhilosophicalFantasy of Thucydidean politics, eldritch intellects, and #PsychologicalHorror woven into fractured timelines. For readers who read to solve. For those who dare.

⚔️ RECORDS OF THE ORDERS. ⚔️ An unusual #LiteraryFantasy series: philosophical, psychological, political, nonlinear. Here's what readers are saying about it 👇🏻 (1/5)

THE OMENS OF WAR, my upcoming #LiteraryFantasy is a multi-pov book... but not every point-of-view is a *human* narrator 👀 Let me introduce you to the four protagonists. 👇🏻 (1/6)

My TBR has been crashed by the most insanely low-priced thrift so far. Only $1.70 AUD. Of course I had to get it. It's a bit grimy, and it has a dog-ear somewhat around a third of it, but I've been meaning to read this one for a long time.

"I can't relate to the characters" often represents a genuine and honest reaction. But it also limits what literature can be. Let's talk why 👇🏻(1/5)

Memory is not always recall. Sometimes it is an invasion. (1/2)

Comparative politics. Game theory. The causes of war. These are some of my favourite non-fiction topics—and the #NashEquilibrium shaped the state of the world at the beginning of my book. Here's how 👇🏻 (1/8)

According to the early readers, THE OMENS OF WAR: “Explores the inconceivable by diving straight into the eldritch psyche — yet still remains unknowable.” (1/2)

I built an age of controlled war because real-world history shows something curious: The most disciplined periods often hide the deepest tensions. (1/4)

Borges once described some of his most famous short stories as "clumsily executed." 🤯 (1/6)

THE OMENS OF WAR. Eldritch. Dark. Hopeless. I designed the paperback myself as an echo of the story's tone. Let me show you 👇🏻 (1/6)

Ursula K. Le Guin said one of science fiction's virtuosities is the invention of "box-words." Neology. Those made-up words that speculative fiction writers love to play with. (1/4)

One thing psychological horror understands better than realism is this: the mind does not experience time linearly under threat (1/3)

THE OMENS OF WAR. "Unorthodox. Niche. Esoteric." See what early readers are saying 👇🏻 (1/2)

"He had seen that expression before; always in soldiers and always in that fragment of a heartbeat that preceded death to usher the realisation of its inevitability. Abject terror." (1/2)

Satires. Such an old concept, always in vogue, yet always complex. As Carl Hiaasen said, "A good satire [...] aims to provoke thought, reform, or change by highlighting problems or absurdities." Let's chat 👇🏻 (1/4)

The land of THE OMENS OF WAR. A setting with two silver suns, of silver-lilac skies and impossibly long dusks. A world driven to a political stalemate by two nations too powerful to warre one another. Let me tell you about it. (1/4)

I shaped Firard and Sestel as long-term mirror adversaries. Not because it's dramatic, but because in political theory, stable rivalries often create the most fragile peace. Their symmetry is intentional. Their imbalance is what breaks the world (1/2).

Embassytown is one of the strangest, most brilliant linguistic experiments in science fiction. A novel where the plot is the language—and language is the weapon, the limit, the prison, and the liberation. Let's talk about it 👇🏻 (1/7)

#Philosophy sits at the core of my series, RECORDS OF THE ORDERS. In the first book, the characters are searching for something known as the Meridian of Existence. But what is it? It begins with #Aristotle's Golden Mean. 👇🏻 (1/9)

Welcome to 2026: the year the world of The Omens of War finally unfolds. If you're new here, or returning after the holidays, here's what you can expect from my corner of the internet (1/7) 👇🏻

Dune is often read as a power fantasy. I think it's closer to a cautionary tale about what happens when myth, monopoly, and religion converge around one 'chosen' man. (1/3)

What a lovely way to start the weekend 🙌🏻 A reader recently discovered THE GENESIS OF CHANGE through YouTube, read it, and then reached out to talk with me about its ideas (1/3).

Rereading a book you read 20+ years ago in a translation is a risky business... especially if you’ve remembered it fondly. Memory often lies. It smooths problems. Yet somehow, #Dune is even better than I remembered.