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Ben Galley

@bengalley.bsky.social

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Epic & dark fantasy author: Emaneska Series & Scalussen Chronicles, Chasing Graves, Heart of Stone, Scarlet Star Trilogy, Bloodwood Saga. Archer. HEMA. Mischievous 🇬🇧/🇨🇦 www.linktr.ee/bengalley

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Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · Feb 21

Here be dragons. And dragon riders. And deeply troubled battle mages, for that matter. Oh, and a vampyre. And a whistling gryphon. And I should probably mention the world-ending monsters. And the minotaurs, too. Or the warhammer that steals souls. Damn it. www.amazon.com/dp/B074CC7YQY

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Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 1d

I still can't stop looking at this cover for Demon's Ruin. It's almost unsettlingly epic. Massive thanks to artist YAM and designer Shawn T King!

MAY 2026!

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 2d

Even more art from the Dead Stars: Part Two illustrated hardcover! Witness the showdown in the burning pines and the Naglfar, the ship of Hel made solely from fingernails. Tasty.

Kickstarter launches on October 21!

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 3d

The Dead Stars: Part Two Kickstarter is launching in a few weeks! There will be a limited number of previous books, make sure you get notified when it launches: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ema...

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Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 3d

Another Emaneska tattoo has been completed! I think this makes 6 or 7 now?! I will never not be amazed and humbled that my characters, books and cover art have made it onto people's bodies. Thank you, Darla Ray!

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing better than archery Sunday

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 7d

There's a lot of seafaring and seaquesting in my Emaneska Series, and most of it is in Dead Stars: Part Two. Here's my medieval ironclad the Waveblade + some whales and a gryphon, all illustrated by Denis Kornev and going into the special edition launching very soon!

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 8d

Two more pieces of art that will be in the Dead Stars 2 hardcover! You either have to fight a mage on a ship or jump out of a window. Which do you choose?

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 9d

I have to show off this again because Denis Kornev has done such a good job, but here are two of my favourite pieces of art going into the next Emaneska hardcover. Which is yours, angry dragons or giant wolves?

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Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 14d

I had to make a whole alphabet just to design these dragon challenge coins 😅 if you want one, they’ll be available in the Dead Stars hardcover project

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 15d

If you missed it, the illustrated hardcover for Dead Stars: Part Two is coming soon! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ema...

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Adam Bassett @adamcbassett.com · 16d

A massive thanks to these sci-fi and fantasy authors for contributing to AGSD!

BLADE OF THE WANDERER by @raaymakersauthor.bsky.social
BLOODRUSH by @bengalley.bsky.social
DRAGON THIEF by Blake & Raven Penn
THE ENVOYS OF WAR by @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social
FOGBOUND by NJ Alexander

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Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 17d

More axe practice! This is the clean sweep I've been trying to get for ages: normal throw, underhand, side, backhand, and double. Pick me for your post-apocalyptic zombie squad

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 17d

It's official! The project for the Dead Stars: Part Two Illustrated Cover launches in October. Get notified when it goes live 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/emaneska/dead-stars-part-two-illustrated-hardcover

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 20d

That he certainly is!

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 20d

Look what @mikeshackle.bsky.social made for me! It's based on one of my pics standing on a beach with a sword, but now there's a DRAGON. Thank you so much Mike for this little surprise. Really made my week🤘

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Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 21d

If anyone missed it yesterday, Demon's Run has a cover! The Bloodwood Saga will be 100% complete in May next year

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 22d

Hold onto your eyes, it's COVER REVEAL TIME!

I'm so happy to show off the cover for Demon's Ruin, created by YAM and Shawn King.

Ruin is the final book in the Bloodwood Saga, written by the fantastic @davidestesbooks and me, and it's out in May '26! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FR9PMZ8N

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Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 23d

I’m officially obsessed with this new cyberpunk/tech noir/minority report meets bladerunner/is the AI evil or not/post-post apocalyptic sci-fi I’m writing right now. 65k and counting!

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 24d

This. All the this.

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 26d

New gorget, who dis?

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 28d

Here's every title I've ever published! (minus a graphic novel, special editions, and a self-publishing advice book). A whole mosaic of magic, dragons, ghosts, golems, gryphons, fae, love, death, betrayal, and emotional damage. So enormously proud to see them all together.

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 28d

Alien Earth!!

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Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 28d

Even 15 years after I first published my debut, I still occasionally catch myself and remember OH DAMN, I’m actually an author.

And it wouldn’t be possible without you wonderful readers and reviewers, my fellow authors, and everyone who’s supported me. You = best

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Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · Sep 9

This weekend we had our first ever engagement party! I still can’t believe the one and only @claymorecovers.bsky.social has actually agreed to marry a troublemaker like me.

Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · Sep 5

Do you want some signed books?! The awesome @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social has you covered if you want any of mine signed via a bookplate:
bengalley.com/product-cate...

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