James Downe

A double Aurora win for @ympang.bsky.social, who just won a second Aurora (Best Short Story) for her work “Blood and Desert Dreams“!! Congrats!

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BEST POEM/SONG goes to…“Cthulhu on the Shores of Osaka“, Y.M. Pang, Invitation: A One-shot Anthology of Speculative Fiction

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Congrats to @ympang.bsky.social for winning an Aurora award for her poem "Cthulhu on the Shores of Osaka"!!!

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Isn't this the plot of Gone In 60 Seconds? Oh wait, no... cars. I'm thinking cars...

Read it!

A book cover, Sisters of Jade, is in the centre. 'Action & Adventure', 'Strong Female Characters', 'No Romance', 'Sword Fights', 'Werehyena', 'Found Family', 'Daring Rescues', and 'Greedy Politicians', are written around the cover.

4 infamous adventurers sail across a dangerous strait to rescue the daughter of an old friend.

The Witcher X Pirates of the Caribbean.

www.amazon.com/Sisters-Lega...

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Gargoyles!!!

quote with a fantasy being that’s NOT a vampire or werewolf

fucking monsters

to be fair, this is how the rest of the world sees the states

Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded by red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.

✨ NEW RELEASE ✨

🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🪾 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Your trip looks like so much fun. Jealous!!

Two men (me and my friend Peter) sitting at a table with hot wings and microphones. The one on the right (me) is holding up a book called THE GORGON COURT.

Two men (me and my friend Peter) sitting in a pub at a table with hot wings. They are talking into microphones.

Two men (me and my friend Peter) sitting in a pub at a table with hot wings. There are microphones, and they are cheersing their hot wings.

A man (me) sitting at a table with books arranged before him.

THE GORGON COURT has been out a little bit, but we made it official with a Hot Ones' style book launch at the Imperial Pub, hosted by the impeccable Peter Reynolds. The wings were a complete surprise, and it was an epic afternoon I will never forget!

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It was great to see you and chat about writing! Thanks for coming out!

At @james-downe-author.bsky.social’s book launch for THE GORGON COURT. Ft spicy wings gauntlet.

#fantasybooks #fantasytrilogy #epicfantasy #grimdarkfantasy

A lot of blueberries on a bush, ready to be picked.

My wife and I drove 2 hrs to pick blueberries and then got ice cream on the way home. Totally worth it.

If you see this, post a #castle 🏰

Last 18 hours for DEAD MONEY!

18 hours left to end the campaign for DEAD MONEY issue #1, co-written by me & Devinder Thiara, with amazing art by veteran illustrator Tomás Aira, production and lettering by Mishka De Caro, and graphic production by Adam Jury-Last

LNK in bio!

Dead Money: A Western Horror Comic Book A black-and-white, classic Western limited series shrouded in cosmic dread.

I just backed Dead Money: A Western Horror Comic Book on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

Book Launch - THE GORGON COURT (Sisters of Jade Trilogy, Book 3) by James Downe, Sun, Aug 3, 2025, 1:00 PM | Meetup Haul up the anchor and raise the main sail! It's time to set course for the book launch of **THE GORGON COURT** by **James Downe.** **The Sisters of Jade Have Been Broken!

Only 4 days until my official book launch for THE GORGON COURT!!

Sunday, August 3
1 pm - 3 pm
The Imperial Pub, 54 Dundas St. E, Toronto

meetu.ps/e/P5nDJ/MD84...

#IndieBooks #IndieAuthor #BookSky

This was a blast! We chatted with @stevevansam.bsky.social and @8bitalchemy.bsky.social on Retro-Ridoctopus about how we got into the business, differences & similarities between ttrpgs and video gamess, and working on DEAD MONEY.

retro-ridoctopus.pinecast.co/episode/55ae...

This is my fighting style...

a man in a superman costume stands with his arms up Alt: Superman stands with his arms up, stopping a giant monster foot from squashing stuff

Just got back from watching Superman and I couldn't be happier. Krypto! Mr. Terrific! Lois is fantastic, and Supes is absolutely perfect.

If I had to choose a favourite in this series (and that's a hard choice) it would be this one. Despite that thing that happens. @james-downe-author.bsky.social you know what you did 😾

Sailing into the depths of adventure with the Sisters of Jade was a thrilling escape! Their fight against necromancers reminded me of the strength found in friendship. It lifted my spirits and sparked my imagination! #BookSky #FantasyBook

Sorrow & Shroud (The Sisters of Jade Trilogy Book 2) Amazon.com: Sorrow & Shroud (The Sisters of Jade Trilogy Book 2) eBook : Downe, James: Kindle Store

Pursued by bounty hunters from Mgen Riy, the Sisters of Jade sail for the unholy shores of Kilaon.

In this sequel to 'Sisters of Jade', the Sisters take on a cabal of necromancers intent of plunging the world into an undead war.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW3JDS3B

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Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books:

Terry Brooks
James Barclay
Steven Erikson
Ian Cameron Esslemont
Anne Rice
David Gemmell
Joe Abercrombie
Glen Cook
Robert Jordan
GRR Martin

A swallowtail butterfly (mostly black with yellow spots down the sides of the wings and a few blue spots at the bottom) sits on my hand.

Nice surprise when I came home. One of the caterpillars we found had changed into a lovely swallowtail butterfly. This little guy stayed with me about 10 min before flying off.

The Swords & Sapphics Podcast is hosting a Disability Pride bundle, which includes 12 LGBTQ+ books & games featuring disabled characters for $15: a girl's guide to college experimentation by aurora light Cursed in Love by Bryony Rosehurst Dandelion by Merlina Garance Just Stu by Merlina Garance (achillean; scoliosis) An Unexpected Invitation by Ceillie Simkiss Chai and Cat-tales by Lynn Strong Dice Dragons by Helios Marzocca Higanbana by Jake Vanguard Shades and Silver by Dax Murray Tales of Yamato by Odessa Silver eyetooth by mars adler My Lord by L.B. Shimaira

It's Disability Pride / Disability Awareness Month and the @swords-andsapphics.bsky.social podcast has a bundle full of both Disability Rep AND Queer Rep!

Included in it is one of my favorite vampire books-- My Lord by @shimaira.com , with a bi protagonist!

itch.io/b/3134/sword...