Gritty Fantasy/Grimdark Author. Foundry Worker. Former butcher, carpenter, roofer, coffee roaster. Used to yell into mics for punk bands. Fuck AI. (He/Him)
Joined September 2019
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Behold! A book trailer for A Payday and a Pint.
Made by me: a working class schlub with little free time, no video making skills, and even less money.
And no fucking AI.
Is it great? Probably not.
Does it work? Sure.
Was it fun to make? For the first hour.
Clickers Down!👇🍻
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Thomas J Devens-The Revolting Peasant of Grimdark retweeted
Closing this up by end of next week. Many thanks to all those who applied - you should have the ebook in your inbox by now. If not, please check your spam once and get in touch with me.
This has, by far, received the greatest number of ARC applications of all my books... 🧵
e-ARCs available for a short novella (~100 pages) dropping on July 1st.
Bleak ambiance, nihilistic plot, gruesome body horror, character-driven narrative.
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Shiver me timbers we’re heading to the sky for a pirate adventure
Come join @emilyinkpen , @daneatscatfood @TomBookbeard and I for a Bookpocalypse adventure
9pm UK, 4pm EST & 6am Sun (Aust)
Link below
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Who's ready to write? We're back with a live write-a-long, hosted by the marvellous Alex S.Bradshaw this weekend, join us this Sunday for a fun, no pressure writing sprint session. Link to follow!
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Backwards hat ✅
Cubs gear ✅
Bookish thoughts ✅
Must be @NoahsBrisk right??? Nahhhh, just me with my weekly bookish update!
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As many of you have heard by now, I was recently laid off from my day job. Excited to share that today I’m starting a Patreon!
- Free access to short stories
- Early-access to chapters of my new series
❤️ In the age of AI, support human creators ❤️
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I've got a lot of reading to catch up on, but these sure do look good together! @liviajelliot
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Grab this, especially for the massive spiders!
Its been a while since Ive posted about my actual books! If youve not got around to reading Residuum yet it will be free to download from friday! Teenage angst, robot genocide and space pirates await! Warning: contains massive spiders!
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Thomas J Devens-The Revolting Peasant of Grimdark retweeted
Have you checked out our latest Spotlight Library short story? It's by the wonderfully talented and delightfully beardy Tom Bookbeard! You can check it out right now:
youtu.be/vI6fiEkn3ds
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Thomas J Devens-The Revolting Peasant of Grimdark retweeted
In THE PAWN you'll hear grim tales around makeshift tables.
Starvation. Desperation. Hopeful recollections of rebellion. Plans for a future. Worries of damnation.
And you'll have to decide: which story becomes yours?
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Behold! A book trailer for A Payday and a Pint.
Made by me: a working class schlub with little free time, no video making skills, and even less money.
And no fucking AI.
Is it great? Probably not.
Does it work? Sure.
Was it fun to make? For the first hour.
Clickers Down!👇🍻
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Revolting Peasant Press:
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Bog Wizard:
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I've found myself in possession of several indie grimdark novellas to review and spend pretty much half a day leisure reading... Figured I might as well clump them together. Feast your eyes and enjoy the Lightning Round Review by yours truly.
Review Links👇🏻
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What a day! Another heartwarming review of Inquisitors by @SoullessEddie - Captures the black heart and reeking soul of my little novella brilliantly.
Thank you for taking the time to read and share your thoughts.
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Thomas J Devens-The Revolting Peasant of Grimdark retweeted
Jun 5
Did you know you can grab an eBook box set of the complete Dragon Spirits Trilogy? 😍😍😍
llmacrae.com/shop/ebooks
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The complete trilogy is multi-POV adult epic fantasy with underdogs, found family, talking war griffins, ancient artefacts, and basically marries my love of dragons and classic fantasy adventure with Studio Ghibli vibes and less conventional characters 🔥
llmacrae.com/dragonspiritstr…
ALT A box set image of the complete Dragon Spirits Trilogy - The Iron Crown, The Shadow Gate, The Broken Sword With the review quote: "A love letter to both epic fantasy and even more so... to dragons." www.llmacrae.com
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Thomas J Devens-The Revolting Peasant of Grimdark retweeted
Hey hey hey, indie book fans!
Here today to recap the indie books I read in May. A gamut of genres and styles. Check them all out, they were great and these are excellent indie author people too!
Link to YouTube video below ⬇
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My author copies have arrived!
I was supposed to have these on the 19th, but thanks to some shipping issues, I didn't get them until today. But they're here, and they're beautiful!
books2read.com/DistantStar
ALT The Together is a Distant Star anthology sitting on a wooden table with a backdrop of the Colorado foothills, a tree, and a partly clouded sky.
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The Shattered Line is getting an audiobook! Let’s fucking GO!
reddit.com/r/GrimDarkEpicFan…
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Thomas J Devens-The Revolting Peasant of Grimdark retweeted
MIEN’s narrator is not human… and neither reliable.
They carry biases and prejudices from their past life as a human.
Those biases surface in the Faker and Revenge choice modes… and their consequences are far reaching 👀
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I'm quite happy with this review of The Scroungers, always brightens my day to see someone enjoy my bleak books!
New book review: Scroungers by @StoneandShield
Dark, gritty, multi-pov exploration of the messy aftermath of war.
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Thomas J Devens-The Revolting Peasant of Grimdark retweeted
Not joined our Patreon yet? Not only does it help us continue our indie author events, it gives you access to awesome workshops - like our upcoming June workshop hosted by the amazing @llmacrae.bsky.social
Come join us and get all the good stuff!
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