Freya Pickard
@freyapickard.bsky.social
Author of grim dark fantasy The Kaerling & Vampirical Verse
Curator at https://purehaiku.wordpress.com
Blogger at https://nirunen.wordpress.com and https://freyanrites.wordpress.com
Listens to heavy metal & hard rock
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Curator at https://purehaiku.wordpress.com
Blogger at https://nirunen.wordpress.com and https://freyanrites.wordpress.com
Listens to heavy metal & hard rock
No DMs, Chat or Politics
Pinned
#GrimDark #Fantasy #Tale
EARTHSON by @freyapickard.bsky.social
“Great world-building, clean and tight prose, and I really loved the sexual culture of the Kaerlings.” Chris S
Available at
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY3KPQJ...
and
books2read.com/u/bz721Z
#PleaseShare #preorder #epicseries #YNBR
EARTHSON by @freyapickard.bsky.social
“Great world-building, clean and tight prose, and I really loved the sexual culture of the Kaerlings.” Chris S
Available at
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY3KPQJ...
and
books2read.com/u/bz721Z
#PleaseShare #preorder #epicseries #YNBR
Stop Press – November 2025
Two new books to tell you about this month! Dawn and Merril are both contributors here at Pure Haiku, and each of them have brought out a new publication this year. Dawn Pisturino brought out an incredible, impactful collection of poems about Ancient Egypt in May this…
Two new books to tell you about this month! Dawn and Merril are both contributors here at Pure Haiku, and each of them have brought out a new publication this year. Dawn Pisturino brought out an incredible, impactful collection of poems about Ancient Egypt in May this…
Stop Press – November 2025
Two new books to tell you about this month! Dawn and Merril are both contributors here at Pure Haiku, and each of them have brought out a new publication this year. Dawn Pisturino brought out an incredible, impactful collection of poems about Ancient Egypt in May this year. You can find my review about Ancient Voices HERE. Merril D Smith…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Stop Press – November 2025
Two new books to tell you about this month! Dawn and Merril are both contributors here at Pure Haiku, and each of them have brought out a new publication this year. Dawn Pisturino brought out an incredible, impactful collection of poems about Ancient Egypt in May this…
Two new books to tell you about this month! Dawn and Merril are both contributors here at Pure Haiku, and each of them have brought out a new publication this year. Dawn Pisturino brought out an incredible, impactful collection of poems about Ancient Egypt in May this…
Hollowness – Verse 6
Here is verse six of my Freyan Verse - Hollowness. fissureswithin strong mindreflect darknessrevolting emotionsblank outliving death - brittleCopyright © by Freya Pickard 2025 Verse six links to verses one, two and four. The last line of verse six is the first line of verse…
Here is verse six of my Freyan Verse - Hollowness. fissureswithin strong mindreflect darknessrevolting emotionsblank outliving death - brittleCopyright © by Freya Pickard 2025 Verse six links to verses one, two and four. The last line of verse six is the first line of verse…
Hollowness – Verse 6
Here is verse six of my Freyan Verse - Hollowness. fissureswithin strong mindreflect darknessrevolting emotionsblank outliving death - brittleCopyright © by Freya Pickard 2025 Verse six links to verses one, two and four. The last line of verse six is the first line of verse one. You can now start to see that you could read the poem from left to right as well as in three columns, or individual verses.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hollowness – Verse 6
Here is verse six of my Freyan Verse - Hollowness. fissureswithin strong mindreflect darknessrevolting emotionsblank outliving death - brittleCopyright © by Freya Pickard 2025 Verse six links to verses one, two and four. The last line of verse six is the first line of verse…
Here is verse six of my Freyan Verse - Hollowness. fissureswithin strong mindreflect darknessrevolting emotionsblank outliving death - brittleCopyright © by Freya Pickard 2025 Verse six links to verses one, two and four. The last line of verse six is the first line of verse…
The Official Book Trailer is up on YouTube at youtu.be/IlfuzFiu7Qo for Earthson by @freyapickard.bsky.social
#grimdark #darkfantasy #TheKaerling #WatchNow #PleaseShare #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #BYNR #BlueSkyAuthors
#grimdark #darkfantasy #TheKaerling #WatchNow #PleaseShare #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #BYNR #BlueSkyAuthors
Earthson
YouTube video by Freya Pickard
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November 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The Official Book Trailer is up on YouTube at youtu.be/IlfuzFiu7Qo for Earthson by @freyapickard.bsky.social
#grimdark #darkfantasy #TheKaerling #WatchNow #PleaseShare #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #BYNR #BlueSkyAuthors
#grimdark #darkfantasy #TheKaerling #WatchNow #PleaseShare #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #BYNR #BlueSkyAuthors
Reposted by Freya Pickard
Delighted to have two haiku accepted by Pure Haiku for the Encircling. I started writing haiku to cure my waffling, to make every word earn its place. Still a work in progress, but 17 syllables is a good start.
@freyapickard.bsky.social
Encircling - Results purehaiku.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/e...
@freyapickard.bsky.social
Encircling - Results purehaiku.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/e...
Encircling – Results
The results are in and the haiku for the theme of Encircling have been selected! Rejection and Results emails were sent out on 8th November. Acceptance emails were sent out on 18th November. The Ar…
purehaiku.wordpress.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Delighted to have two haiku accepted by Pure Haiku for the Encircling. I started writing haiku to cure my waffling, to make every word earn its place. Still a work in progress, but 17 syllables is a good start.
@freyapickard.bsky.social
Encircling - Results purehaiku.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/e...
@freyapickard.bsky.social
Encircling - Results purehaiku.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/e...
In The Shadows by @freyapickard.bsky.social is available as a #freeread at www.wattpad.com/story/375372...
Take a trip into the Belira Mines in the world of Nirunen and discover the dwarrows who briefly appear in Belira and Air Brother ...
#PleaseShare #PleaseRead #readingcommunity #grimdark
Take a trip into the Belira Mines in the world of Nirunen and discover the dwarrows who briefly appear in Belira and Air Brother ...
#PleaseShare #PleaseRead #readingcommunity #grimdark
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
In The Shadows by @freyapickard.bsky.social is available as a #freeread at www.wattpad.com/story/375372...
Take a trip into the Belira Mines in the world of Nirunen and discover the dwarrows who briefly appear in Belira and Air Brother ...
#PleaseShare #PleaseRead #readingcommunity #grimdark
Take a trip into the Belira Mines in the world of Nirunen and discover the dwarrows who briefly appear in Belira and Air Brother ...
#PleaseShare #PleaseRead #readingcommunity #grimdark
Reposted by Freya Pickard
Yesterday I had the extreme honour & privilege to meet & hangout with legendary Game Developer David Fox @davidbfox.com of LucasArts renown: #ZakMckracken, #ManiacMansion, #MonkeyIsland, #IndianaJones & the talented Annie Fox @anniefox.com in Helmond, NL
Thank you for making my childhood magical!♥️🥰
Thank you for making my childhood magical!♥️🥰
August 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Yesterday I had the extreme honour & privilege to meet & hangout with legendary Game Developer David Fox @davidbfox.com of LucasArts renown: #ZakMckracken, #ManiacMansion, #MonkeyIsland, #IndianaJones & the talented Annie Fox @anniefox.com in Helmond, NL
Thank you for making my childhood magical!♥️🥰
Thank you for making my childhood magical!♥️🥰
Reposted by Freya Pickard
I would like to thank everyone who took the time to attend our Cultureel Tankstation #meetup in Enschede. I was so glad to see so many new faces! ❤️🥰 A lovely evening all around! I hope to see you again next month (& meet EVEN MORE interesting creatives) 👍🏻
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I would like to thank everyone who took the time to attend our Cultureel Tankstation #meetup in Enschede. I was so glad to see so many new faces! ❤️🥰 A lovely evening all around! I hope to see you again next month (& meet EVEN MORE interesting creatives) 👍🏻
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‘But in eternity nothing moves into the past: all is present.’ St Augustine; Confessions, Book XI: 11
The Blue Horse - a tale about time.
Ebook from: amazon.com/s?k=the%20re....
Only $0.99 & FREE on K U.
Goodreads: goodreads.com/.../14872399....
Website: lesliegarland.com
The Blue Horse - a tale about time.
Ebook from: amazon.com/s?k=the%20re....
Only $0.99 & FREE on K U.
Goodreads: goodreads.com/.../14872399....
Website: lesliegarland.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
‘But in eternity nothing moves into the past: all is present.’ St Augustine; Confessions, Book XI: 11
The Blue Horse - a tale about time.
Ebook from: amazon.com/s?k=the%20re....
Only $0.99 & FREE on K U.
Goodreads: goodreads.com/.../14872399....
Website: lesliegarland.com
The Blue Horse - a tale about time.
Ebook from: amazon.com/s?k=the%20re....
Only $0.99 & FREE on K U.
Goodreads: goodreads.com/.../14872399....
Website: lesliegarland.com
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Many folks are already planning where to spend their Thanksgiving Holiday, but Jennifer Kovich will be mysteriously transported back to her past in the 70s. #timetravel #timetravelromance #scifi #BookSky #darkromance #darkfiction www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3QSKRBX
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Many folks are already planning where to spend their Thanksgiving Holiday, but Jennifer Kovich will be mysteriously transported back to her past in the 70s. #timetravel #timetravelromance #scifi #BookSky #darkromance #darkfiction www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3QSKRBX
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#FREE 11/21-11/25!
Who's in the mood for a Beauty and the Beast retelling for adults with a surprising twist?
Check out Handsome and the Yeti!
Will Bellamy fall for the cute Yeti girl keeping him captive?
www.amazon.com/dp/B07BZS6G41
#paranormalromance #fantasy #Booksky
Cover Art by Leah Keeler
Who's in the mood for a Beauty and the Beast retelling for adults with a surprising twist?
Check out Handsome and the Yeti!
Will Bellamy fall for the cute Yeti girl keeping him captive?
www.amazon.com/dp/B07BZS6G41
#paranormalromance #fantasy #Booksky
Cover Art by Leah Keeler
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#FREE 11/21-11/25!
Who's in the mood for a Beauty and the Beast retelling for adults with a surprising twist?
Check out Handsome and the Yeti!
Will Bellamy fall for the cute Yeti girl keeping him captive?
www.amazon.com/dp/B07BZS6G41
#paranormalromance #fantasy #Booksky
Cover Art by Leah Keeler
Who's in the mood for a Beauty and the Beast retelling for adults with a surprising twist?
Check out Handsome and the Yeti!
Will Bellamy fall for the cute Yeti girl keeping him captive?
www.amazon.com/dp/B07BZS6G41
#paranormalromance #fantasy #Booksky
Cover Art by Leah Keeler
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Start the award-winning STAGE 3 series with a FREE BOOK!
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"A rip-roaring, flesh-tearing, #zombie apocalypse series!"
Read STAGE 3 today!
The end begins here...
Also on #audiobook
#Free #zombies #audible #TheWalkingDead #stage3series #horror #audiobooks
📚💙
shorturl.at/paLcT
"A rip-roaring, flesh-tearing, #zombie apocalypse series!"
Read STAGE 3 today!
The end begins here...
Also on #audiobook
#Free #zombies #audible #TheWalkingDead #stage3series #horror #audiobooks
📚💙
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Start the award-winning STAGE 3 series with a FREE BOOK!
shorturl.at/paLcT
"A rip-roaring, flesh-tearing, #zombie apocalypse series!"
Read STAGE 3 today!
The end begins here...
Also on #audiobook
#Free #zombies #audible #TheWalkingDead #stage3series #horror #audiobooks
📚💙
shorturl.at/paLcT
"A rip-roaring, flesh-tearing, #zombie apocalypse series!"
Read STAGE 3 today!
The end begins here...
Also on #audiobook
#Free #zombies #audible #TheWalkingDead #stage3series #horror #audiobooks
📚💙
#haiku #results #pleaseshare #blueskypoets
Encircling - Results purehaiku.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/e...
Encircling - Results purehaiku.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/e...
Encircling – Results
The results are in and the haiku for the theme of Encircling have been selected! Rejection and Results emails were sent out on 8th November. Acceptance emails were sent out on 18th November. The Ar…
purehaiku.wordpress.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
#haiku #results #pleaseshare #blueskypoets
Encircling - Results purehaiku.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/e...
Encircling - Results purehaiku.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/e...
#Christmas #Glow #Horse #Sculpture #PleaseShare #Photography #PleaseVisit
Horse Light jonathonbhoyt.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/h...
Horse Light jonathonbhoyt.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/h...
Horse Light
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November 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
#amnotreading at the moment
Shock! Horror! Why?
#amwriting the last 3 volumes of The Kaerling series!
Catch up now at www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPH1HDP... and www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BL1PBSL...
#grimdark #darkfantasy #fantasy #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #pleaseshare #BYNR #BlueSkyAuthors
Shock! Horror! Why?
#amwriting the last 3 volumes of The Kaerling series!
Catch up now at www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPH1HDP... and www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BL1PBSL...
#grimdark #darkfantasy #fantasy #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #pleaseshare #BYNR #BlueSkyAuthors
The Kaerling Boxsets
Visit Amazon's The Kaerling Boxsets page and shop for all The Kaerling Boxsets books. Check out pictures, author information and reviews of The Kaerling Boxsets
www.amazon.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
#amnotreading at the moment
Shock! Horror! Why?
#amwriting the last 3 volumes of The Kaerling series!
Catch up now at www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPH1HDP... and www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BL1PBSL...
#grimdark #darkfantasy #fantasy #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #pleaseshare #BYNR #BlueSkyAuthors
Shock! Horror! Why?
#amwriting the last 3 volumes of The Kaerling series!
Catch up now at www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPH1HDP... and www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BL1PBSL...
#grimdark #darkfantasy #fantasy #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #pleaseshare #BYNR #BlueSkyAuthors
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August 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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✨️☁️💙☁️✨️
clouds tangle
gazing up I like
being small
#BlueSkyArtShow #Small
#EastCoastKin
#WildWalkPrompt Tangle
#haiku #俳句 #Freeverse #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography #clouds
clouds tangle
gazing up I like
being small
#BlueSkyArtShow #Small
#EastCoastKin
#WildWalkPrompt Tangle
#haiku #俳句 #Freeverse #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography #clouds
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
✨️☁️💙☁️✨️
clouds tangle
gazing up I like
being small
#BlueSkyArtShow #Small
#EastCoastKin
#WildWalkPrompt Tangle
#haiku #俳句 #Freeverse #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography #clouds
clouds tangle
gazing up I like
being small
#BlueSkyArtShow #Small
#EastCoastKin
#WildWalkPrompt Tangle
#haiku #俳句 #Freeverse #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography #clouds
Reposted by Freya Pickard
So glad to be submitting again and extremely pleased to feature in Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2025 with a plethora of incredibly talented poets. #haiku #poetry #micropoetry @waleshaiku.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
So glad to be submitting again and extremely pleased to feature in Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2025 with a plethora of incredibly talented poets. #haiku #poetry #micropoetry @waleshaiku.bsky.social
Reposted by Freya Pickard
Our first video feedback haiku course!
Video & audio combined is a great way for Alan Summers to comment on your haiku poems, for him to hone in really clearly on specific lines and words in real time.
www.callofthepage.org/courses/haik...
#haiku #callofthepage #course #courses #writing #poetry
Video & audio combined is a great way for Alan Summers to comment on your haiku poems, for him to hone in really clearly on specific lines and words in real time.
www.callofthepage.org/courses/haik...
#haiku #callofthepage #course #courses #writing #poetry
Call of the Page - Haiku Playback
New page
www.callofthepage.org
September 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Our first video feedback haiku course!
Video & audio combined is a great way for Alan Summers to comment on your haiku poems, for him to hone in really clearly on specific lines and words in real time.
www.callofthepage.org/courses/haik...
#haiku #callofthepage #course #courses #writing #poetry
Video & audio combined is a great way for Alan Summers to comment on your haiku poems, for him to hone in really clearly on specific lines and words in real time.
www.callofthepage.org/courses/haik...
#haiku #callofthepage #course #courses #writing #poetry
#freeread #novelexcerpt #grimdark #fantasy #pleaseshare
This could be awkward ... nirunen.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
This could be awkward ... nirunen.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
This could be awkward …
Rusi felt his lips twitch in a smile. It didn’t matter that they hated him; he was used to that. What he wasn’t used to, was his canine leaping on one of the slaves. The Shamirite hound brushed his…
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November 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#freeread #novelexcerpt #grimdark #fantasy #pleaseshare
This could be awkward ... nirunen.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
This could be awkward ... nirunen.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
#freebook #freedownload
Fair Wind by @freyapickard.bsky.social is currently a #freebie at
mybookcave.com/direct/fair-...
#grimdark #darkfantasy #mustread #voyage #quest #pleaseshare #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Fair Wind by @freyapickard.bsky.social is currently a #freebie at
mybookcave.com/direct/fair-...
#grimdark #darkfantasy #mustread #voyage #quest #pleaseshare #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Download Fair Wind - Book Cave
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November 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Reposted by Freya Pickard
I’ve been away, but I’m back and did these today…
West Penwith, Cornwall
Drawings in watercolour and pencils
#landscapeart #landscape #drawing #sketch #art #cornishart #abstractlandscape #womenartists #landscapepainting #watercolour #gouache #mixedmedia #art #westpenwith #cornwall
West Penwith, Cornwall
Drawings in watercolour and pencils
#landscapeart #landscape #drawing #sketch #art #cornishart #abstractlandscape #womenartists #landscapepainting #watercolour #gouache #mixedmedia #art #westpenwith #cornwall
September 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’ve been away, but I’m back and did these today…
West Penwith, Cornwall
Drawings in watercolour and pencils
#landscapeart #landscape #drawing #sketch #art #cornishart #abstractlandscape #womenartists #landscapepainting #watercolour #gouache #mixedmedia #art #westpenwith #cornwall
West Penwith, Cornwall
Drawings in watercolour and pencils
#landscapeart #landscape #drawing #sketch #art #cornishart #abstractlandscape #womenartists #landscapepainting #watercolour #gouache #mixedmedia #art #westpenwith #cornwall
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Radish bunch, watercolor.
ART - deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/red...
#buyintort #ayearforart #foodart #giftideas #gardening
ART - deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/red...
#buyintort #ayearforart #foodart #giftideas #gardening
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Radish bunch, watercolor.
ART - deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/red...
#buyintort #ayearforart #foodart #giftideas #gardening
ART - deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/red...
#buyintort #ayearforart #foodart #giftideas #gardening