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Ashley Capes

Ashley Capes

@ashcapes.bsky.social

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Australian writer of fantasy fiction, free verse poetry, haiku and other stuff. See more at his website below: www.ashleycapes.com

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Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · Dec 27

Pinned posts are here! Here's a pic with most of my 'Never' books: epic fantasy, adventure and sarcasm :D

Start with the free prequel story linked below!

books2read.com/u/3RBg9Y

Collection of novellas and novels from 'The Book of Never' series - featuring an (winged) adventurer in various poses across 8 images

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Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 2d

(One of these will end up on special, and one will get a new cover, possibly in time for this Halloween)

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 2d

8 more - and maybe 8 more tomorrow, also, hahahaha

- Strapping Young Lad
- Black Sabbath
- Sheena Ringo
- Ani DiFranco
- The Tea Party
- The Cure
- Al Di Meola
- Bill Evans

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 2d

Unrelated to my stuff, but vaguely Halloween-related, at least XD

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Children Of The Grave

YouTube video by White Zombie - Topic

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Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 2d

(One of these will end up on special, and one will get a new cover, possibly in time for this Halloween)

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 2d

Got to do something about Halloween promo AND I need to finish a new novel in time for 31 October 2026 XD

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 3d

I've been keeping busy XD

Thanks again, great to have been featured in a giveaway again :)

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 3d

Now to Wayne Shorter for a bit:

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Wayne Shorter - Juju

YouTube video by JazzTuna

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Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight:

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Horace Silver – The Cape Verdean Blues

YouTube video by 3rd Street Jazz

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Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing, thanks, Sean :)

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 4d

I already love lists - but the difficulty of this is so fun XD

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 4d

(Ruining everything now by making the 8 become 16 XD):

- Elvis Costello
- Marvin Gaye
- Led Zeppelin
- Deftones
- Dio
- Freddie Hubbard
- Dir En Grey
- Lucio Battisti

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 4d

Will give this a shot!

Define (or maybe 'outline' XD) your music taste with 8 artists:

- Acid Bath
- The Doors
- Herbie Hancock
- Spiritbox
- Sepultura
- Bjork
- Faith No More
- Prince

I could do another of these, I think - limiting myself to 8 is difficult, but that's the fun part, ofc

Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 5d

Define your music taste with 8 artists:

- SOAD
- Linkin Park
- The Hu
- BlackPink
- LiSA
- Stray Kids
- Steve Aoki
- Nobou Uematsu

MilkPork @milkpork.bsky.social · 5d

Define your music taste with 8 artists:

- Paleface Swiss
- Modest Mouse
- Tech N9ne
- Pink Floyd
- The Flaming Lips
- Slipknot
- Lorna Shore
- Alien Ant Farm

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 5d

1000%! XD

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 5d

Hoping I can announce the release of this - sometime next year :D

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 5d

I know XD

It's the music and the visuals that I love.

To a lesser extent, also the tension that I'd feel when moving around the place, especially before getting a hold of that Wreath of Purity.

Although, I LOATHED the Groal runback, hahaha

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 6d

Somehow, Bilewater might just be my fav area XD

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Mitch Miller ☆ 📼 @astramachina.bsky.social · 6d

Jumping on the "fauxflix" #TheBookBazaar25 promo bandwagon.

Since I was already working on a 'little' something for MonAct, figured I'd get flashy with it.

tinyurl.com/monitoredactivity

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Aimee Steinberger @aimeekitty.bsky.social · 7d

super sad about Drew Struzan. He was excellent at capturing likeness but never made illustrations that felt stiff. He made whatever he illustrated look cooler. His use of light ❤️❤️. His collages never felt thrown together. Rest in peace. Thankyou for the inspiration. No one can touch you.

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 7d

Backed this earlier - looks ace :D

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

Ghost Vanguard - Dark Fantasy Roguelike Beat’em Up

Battle your way through a nightmare-forged dungeon with weapons, spells & relics to create powerful builds and devastating combos.

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Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you! I still haven't figured out the flowers, just yet XD

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 8d

Visited a park in the city today - don’t know the name of the flowers, though, otherwise I'd mention them XD

A close up mix of green leaves and purple flowers on a hillside, with trees and budding leaves above. A glimpse of blue sky is visible at the top of the frame.

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 11d

Yes, I have a YA fantasy out!

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#YAfantasy #sapphic #swords

The promo graphic/banner for the Fire Heart duology. Cover art is by Yasu Matsuoka.

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 9d

GenAI tech really pushing hard to supplant artists with slot machines, to reduce the art industry and opportunities, and to put those slot machines in the place of artists - and thereafter, charge everyone rent to use their slot (slop) machines.

Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 11d

They cover a few metal sub-genres across the first track, awesome

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For the Love of Pain

YouTube video by Testament - Topic

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Ashley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 12d

Just topping up my debt by purchasing some printer ink XD