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BD Allen
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Newb writer. Lazy reader. Unexpected dog-father. After many years without social media, I return older, wiser, less of a troll. Plugging away at my first fantasy novel. Always looking for a home for short stories. Am poor. Somebody pay me for words.
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jun 19
We're taking sword & sorcery and heroic fantasy to new... different heights. Sometimes cozy, sometimes drenched in neon, always filled with existential dread. Subscribe and get new stories every Friday straight to your email.🪐📚💙
The Cavalcade Maw | BD Allen | Substack
The Cavalcade Maw eats the world and spits out heroic fantasy. Click to read The Cavalcade Maw, by BD Allen, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Aug 4
I view Ressurection as a spin-off. It is not canon. But it is also the dumbest fun.
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jul 21
Check out the suburban angst on this one. 🪐📚💙
Sketch: Meno
from "Our Better Wolves."
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jul 12
Meet the black sheep of the Scarlet Sarks.🪐📚💙
Sketch: Rizzi
from "Our Better Wolves."
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jul 7
In the original scene, they were about to eat a smaller orc they'd just killed. I think that context would be appropriate here. And just go ahead and put one in a blonde wig.
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jul 4
The first sketch from Scarlet Sarks has dropped over at Substack. Come meet Magaritte. 🪐📚💙
Sketch: Magaritte
from Our Better Wolves
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jul 1
"A thousand dark corridors he had hunted prey; staggered down crooked stairs and scree of bone in perpetual bellies of darkness; fled his enemy pel mel into the void. And now, Shadowvaster’s hands wrung sweat off the hilt of his old master’s sword."🪐📚💙
Ch.6: The Snow and the Killings
from A Murder in Min'Krinath (6/6)
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jun 30
I'm starting a new project on Substack. First post drops this Friday, but check out the scene that started it all. 🪐📚💙
Our Better Wolves
Table of Contents and Preview
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jun 27
“Desire and love,” Bulrgam replied. “The things we cling to make us to murder. Could we live any other way? Your people are fine. Better than most.”

It was a hard fight, but we’re here at the conclusion to “A Murder in Min’Krinath” the first story from Shadowvaster in Min’Krinath. Check it out. 🪐📚💙
Ch.6: The Snow and the Killings
from A Murder in Min'Krinath (6/6)
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jun 23
"Shadowvaster sheathed Black Unicorn and drew the heavy cleaver, Thinstral’s Retribution. Twenty paces."

The end begins in the climax of a "A Murder in Min'krinath." Big swords, big magic, and our hero dies. Check it out. 🪐📚💙
Ch.5: The Void and the Well
from A Murder in Min'Krinath (5/6)
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jun 19
We're taking sword & sorcery and heroic fantasy to new... different heights. Sometimes cozy, sometimes drenched in neon, always filled with existential dread. Subscribe and get new stories every Friday straight to your email.🪐📚💙
The Cavalcade Maw | BD Allen | Substack
The Cavalcade Maw eats the world and spits out heroic fantasy. Click to read The Cavalcade Maw, by BD Allen, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
bdallen.substack.com
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jun 19
Need blood and guts for your Friday lunch break? Shadowvaster is here for you. The climax for a "A Murder in Min'Krinath" drops tomorrow at 11:30am. Subscribe and be there when shit goes down. 🪐📚💙
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jun 13
"This city is a fine place to not be a killer."

The next chapter A Murder in Min'Krinath just dropped for your weekend read. See the Table of Contents if you want to kill a whole hour. 📚🪐💙 #cozy #sword&sorcery #cozysword&sorcery
Ch.4: Beneath Northgate
from A Murder in Min'Krinath (4/6)
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jun 11
Calling this a Hobbit book insults Jemison and Tolkien at the same time. But you do you I guess.
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jun 11
Thanks to that one guy who likes my posts. @tonytravis.com is a man of taste. 💙📚🪐
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jun 7
“Good enough to fall in with murderers,” Bulrgam rumbled. “Fifteen dead: Kitan Hesh”—he spat on the floor—“a washerwoman, a baker.” He took up the whole doorway, a dark, impassable mountain. “Verayal what looked after you while your mother was away. You joined the man who slaughtered her.” 📚🪐💙
Ch.3: The Tales of Zahaza
from A Murder in Min'Krinath (3/6)
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Jun 3
Two chapters out for the short story "The Rains of Min'Krinath." You can jump in now and lord it over all the late-comers in a few months. It's gonna be amazing. 📚🪐💙
Colorful abstract image with text reading: Table of Contents for Shadowvaster in Min'Krinath, or How the Demon Came to Town.
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · May 29
The next chapter in the epic saga of Shadowvaster unfolds like some glossy labialist over at Substack. 📚🪐💙
Abstracted background with words: Ch2: The Four Swords of Shadowvaster. From A Murder in Min'Krinath (2/6). Recap: They thought they had gotten rid of the Murder Club Seven Years ago. BDAllen.substack.com
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · May 22
One day, Trump is going to start arguing with himself on and then we're going to realize that Donald Trump was just a bunch of chatbots the whole time.
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · May 22
i can see the pepperoni
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · May 20
📚🪐💙 Looking for your new favorite sub-genre? I'm calling this cozy sword & sorcery. After many horrible adventures in many horrible places, Shadowvaster just wants to settle down. But the murder club won't let him. He can handle them, but will it cost him his place in the community he's found?
Ch.1: The Rains of Min’Krinath
from A Murder in Min'Krinath (1/6)
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Apr 25
i won't ruin it for them that follow.
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Apr 22
I genuinely think Disney heard about the Poe/Finn ships and told the writers/directors to keep them apart at all costs. Thus, we got Rose and Cantobyte.
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Apr 22
There was no "supposed to." There was no plan. But, picking up from TLJ (what i remember), I'd say it set Kylo up as the final boss with a fat question over his redemption arc. The death of Luke could spark all sorts of questions from Rey about the future of the Jedi. Just examples.
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Apr 18
I still hold that if Abrams had just followed Johnsons lead for the final movie, we'd feel a lot better about the sequel trilogy as a whole. Not great, but better.
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BD Allen @bdallenwriter.bsky.social · Apr 18
White Lotus vibes. Which one gets it at the end?