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Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦
@michaelastackpole.bsky.social
Award-winning writer and game designer. Author of the New York Times bestselling Rogue Squadron and I, Jedi (among 60+ others). https://ko-fi.com/michaelastackpole and
https://linktr.ee/michaelastackpole
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I don't often plug stuff here, but...

1) I do have to eat
2) I'm really proud of a set of stories and characters I started with *brand new* at the beginning of the year.

This is the first story: ko-fi.com/s/ef5a7b7880
The Mad King - Michael A Stackpole's Ko-fi Shop
The Mad King is a sword & sorcery fantasy novella featuring Neryon, a warlock whose life is governed by the whims of fate. In this first story he enco...
ko-fi.com
Just ran across a Reddit discussion of where I got the word Stravag; and tying it to vulgar Russian.

I took it from an archaic English dictionary...
January 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Lady Maria vs Malenia ( new art ! )
Who will win this fight huh ? Bleed or Rot ?
HD WALLPAPER IN COMMENT
January 15, 2026 at 4:37 PM
So it would be:
Sane
Americans
Loathing
Trump?

Did I do that right, SALT?
January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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I am *occasionally called on to draw unusual things.
*mostly, thank gods.
January 15, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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" ... who received a uniform and believed they were the master race."

#Pinks
#ProudBlue
January 15, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you! 🌙🗡
#art
January 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Mirror universe Samuel Clemens goes by the name of Dark Twain
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Today is Arisia Truck Day! Logistic volunteers are currently loading all the things we need to make the con go onto trucks and driving to the hotel today. Did you know that load-in and break-down volunteer hours count double toward volunteer rewards like t-shirts and memberships to Arisia 2028?
January 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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And here is the companion piece for the previous issue! A golden skull and an ominous labyrinth...

Please check them out, so many great stories!

Oil pastels and digital colour

#art #fantasy
January 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscope slide. 🫧🐻🧪
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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🤩 Yep, a FREE Sword and Sorcery story by @malcolm-north.bsky.social dropped on Chain Story Project. (I hope Mr. North won't care if I rename my heart "Icehenge.")
January 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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Oh hey, it's the cover art for issue 8! Painted by @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social!

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January 15, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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*opens drapes this morning*
Oh look honey a fresh layer of batshit
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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San Diego Comic-Con will no longer allow AI 'art' to be displayed at their event

"Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show"

This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted
January 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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My new story is out! –"Terror Above Icehenge"– Check out the Chain Story Project of this and other #FreeFiction
January 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The Chain Story Project has just released its latest: Terror Above Icehenge by Malcolm T. North!

Please enjoy, like and, especially, repost. It really helps. Thank you.

www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fiction-for-deep-winter
Free Fiction for Deep Winter — The Chain Story
As the winter digs in, the Chain Story Project is happy to bring you Terror Above Icehenge by Malcolm T. North. It is the latest in his series of stories in The Adventures of the Threefold Cord. It’...
www.chainstorycore.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Happy New Year 2026!
The year of the Horse 🔥
I imagine him as the bringer of spring. Just perhaps not a very gentle one…

I look forward to another year, I love you all! #art
December 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Soon be seen in our DCU animated show, based on the 12-issue comic book series from Tom King and Mitch Gerads.
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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EMPIRE'S HORIZON (1989)

Acrylic on canvas - 36" x 24"



John Brizzolara's novel is about a confrontation between extraterrestrials and humans, and humankind's attempt at domination. 1/4
January 14, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Gamers! My pal Ross Isaacs — who worked for Alderac Entertainment Group, Chaosium Inc., and HDI, and was the line developer for Last Unicorn Games/Decipher's Star Trek: The Next Generation RPG back in the day — could really use your help.

gofund.me/bd1e91de7
Donate to Support Ross Isaacs' Recovery and Living Expenses, organized by John Kasab
Hi, I'm John Kasab and I'm organizing a new fundraiser for Ross Isaacs to… John Kasab needs your support for Support Ross Isaacs' Recovery and Living Expenses
gofund.me
January 14, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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🧙‍♂️ Hello #PortfolioDay

I'm Saša, fantasy concept artist and illustrator from Croatia.

I am looking for work on book or album covers, ttrpgs, video games etc.

🔌🌍 My web place: studionubium.hr
January 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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I’ve seen several accounts suggest that Trump is obsessed with the size of Greenland due to the Mercator map.
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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cowpybara
January 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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Don’t eat at Chipotle!

The guy who owns it just gave $10000 to the man who killed Renee Good…

Let’s boycott this restaurant.

#BoycottChipolte 😎✨
January 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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Who could forget such Dilbert classic moments as...
...uh
...um

...nope
January 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM