Xavier McClean

The first draft of NEVADA has been completed! NEVADA is a science fiction novel that depicts a solarpunk future in the year 2090. Gripping political intrigue, climate change, social activism, and more! #writing #novel #scifi 📚

Christmas brunch is gonna go crazy

Thank you! Enjoy it as well 😎👋🏾

Just found my people 😎👌🏾 #BlackSky

Image of a woman with gray cloak and purple eyes.

Image of two angel-appearing beings, but they are aliens.

Some lovely pictures of my freshly arrived proof of Khelkid: Second Earth!

Looks awesome! Necromancers are underrated :)

Some new drawings of paleofauna made by Julio Lacerda for the book: The Beasts of Jih's Journey! Coming soon! #paleoart #prehistoric #bestiary

Some amazing stickers for NEVADA made by @lysssum, coming soon!

One more fun surprise this year. I'm here to tease something I've been working on for a little while. A #solarpunk themed sci-fi set in the year 2090 called NEVADA! Gripping political intrigue, social activism, climate change, robotics, and more are the name of the game. #booktwt #novel #author 📚🌞

Hello old and new people of Bluesky! I'm happy to announce my newest work in progress, Khelkid! It follows the adventures of 20-year-old Rose, a young black woman career changes from housekeeper to monster hunter. Far from just classic cryptids, encounter a whole menagerie of unsettling foes! 📚👻

I had a great launch event for my book last Friday. Was great to see people engaged with the material. What a wonderful time! 📚🏺

Slight update, I've recently changed interests to the Carribean! If anyone's up to date with Bajan archaeology, I'd be more than grateful.🏺

Rolling skating after so long is really fun, can't wait to go back

This sounds amazing!

Forgetting to charge my headphones before going to the gym is like losing a superpower

Screaming into the void, the profit motive and grandstanding for ego has us completely cooked as a profession, absolutely embarassing

You can find many more creatures like this once you pick up Jih's Journey! My zooarchaeology friends and animal lovers...this one is for you!🏺

Assorted electronics on kitchen table, makeshift art studio.

I'm finally going to start my drawing journey this week, been way too long ✏️

Watching the American empire fall apart as I once again search for Pink Lemonade Snapples at my walmart

This book is a companion text to the novel known as Jih's Journey. While Jih and friends embark on their expedition to find the power rock, use this handy gu... The Beasts of Jih's Journey Trailer

Hi all, here's a little something I and @anthroandrew.bsky.social made that's coming soon! The Beasts of Jih's Journey! A look at all sorts of creatures that existed 120,000 years ago and how they interacted with ancestral humans!🏺

Another semester to go, crawling to the finish line of grad school 😀

Some sort of butterfly attached to white mesh.

Did some light reading and this guy joined me

*gotta go fast*

Can't wait to listen!

Jih. Sadal. Narro. Trekkal. Four names that would be impacted forever after one fateful event, 120,000 years ago. Set in a long forgotten time, Jih's Journey... Jih's Journey Trailer

For those interested in my creative endeavors, look no further than the trailer for Jih's Journey! For fans of historical fiction, this is for you. A fresh setting of the Paleolithic, Jih's Journey offers a new perspective into the lives of ancestral humans and cool animals on the way!

That's a fresh and much appreciated perspective!

Great photos! What kind of camera do you use for capturing!?

People squatting in front of mural painted for community in Dominica.

Multiple people in a row posing for picture.

Man with beard doing two fingers up in small cave.

Man holding blue colored book called "Jih's Journey".

Hi everyone! I'm Xavier and very new to Bluesky! I'm an archaeologist working on a PhD studying the origins of political power among the Classic Period Maya and now I'm also a published author! Glad to be here ☺️