Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕
@restingdinoface.bsky.social
Bronto-queen, big cat, best-selling and award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, When the Earth Was Green, and Tyrant Lizard Queen (2026). 🔞 she/they/it. Skreeonk. http://rileyblack.net
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🎧 “I had a paper route when I was 12 There were many complaints lodged against myself
'Cause I couldn't focus on the job's demands
Cause I was thinking about the electric guitar that's in my hands
And I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again
I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again”
'Cause I couldn't focus on the job's demands
Cause I was thinking about the electric guitar that's in my hands
And I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again
I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again”
Stupid Jobs
YouTube video by The Dirty Nil - Topic
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February 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
🎧 “I had a paper route when I was 12 There were many complaints lodged against myself
'Cause I couldn't focus on the job's demands
Cause I was thinking about the electric guitar that's in my hands
And I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again
I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again”
'Cause I couldn't focus on the job's demands
Cause I was thinking about the electric guitar that's in my hands
And I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again
I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again”
If I don’t know what to get you for your birthday, I make you cookies.
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
If I don’t know what to get you for your birthday, I make you cookies.
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I feel for the dinosaurs and wrote a little love letter to them a few years back. 🧪
An Ode to the World's Most Average Dinosaurs
They lacked the gargantuan size and spikes of the species museums often celebrate, but these species are how paleontologists learn about the Mesozoic
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I feel for the dinosaurs and wrote a little love letter to them a few years back. 🧪
I intended When the Earth Was Green to be a sweet book, and not just for the nectar.
Tyrant Lizard Queen has its soft parts, too, but also
Tyrant Lizard Queen has its soft parts, too, but also
February 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I intended When the Earth Was Green to be a sweet book, and not just for the nectar.
Tyrant Lizard Queen has its soft parts, too, but also
Tyrant Lizard Queen has its soft parts, too, but also
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10 oz mug for the freaks out there who want a "bigger cup"
February 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
10 oz mug for the freaks out there who want a "bigger cup"
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I am the croc, this is my show, I eat the bug
Watch This Tiny Croc Hunt a Bug!
YouTube video by Africam
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I am the croc, this is my show, I eat the bug
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Trans Werewolf Ladies🐺
#TfTuesday #Werewolf #WerewolfWednesday
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#TfTuesday #Werewolf #WerewolfWednesday
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👩🎨Support my art : www.patreon.com/morniae
🖼️Commission me ! forms.gle/s45sUMyiehgr...
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Trans Werewolf Ladies🐺
#TfTuesday #Werewolf #WerewolfWednesday
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👩🎨Support my art : www.patreon.com/morniae
🖼️Commission me ! forms.gle/s45sUMyiehgr...
#TfTuesday #Werewolf #WerewolfWednesday
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👩🎨Support my art : www.patreon.com/morniae
🖼️Commission me ! forms.gle/s45sUMyiehgr...
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Unusual palaeoart. The trilobite kite was designed by Ma Qinghua, with body measuring 3 meters.
February 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Unusual palaeoart. The trilobite kite was designed by Ma Qinghua, with body measuring 3 meters.
Imagine watching a Chasmosaurus graze and pulp low-growing plants, peaceful. Until they catch your unfamiliar sent. Frill up, horns towards. Run.
February 8, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Imagine watching a Chasmosaurus graze and pulp low-growing plants, peaceful. Until they catch your unfamiliar sent. Frill up, horns towards. Run.
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If you have been wanting to pick up my novels there are a couple of weeks left to get them at their current price! My publisher is being forced to increase costs thanks to The Circumstances
To beat the price change, paperbacks are still £9.99 until Feb 1st.
That’s plenty of time to see how many books you can physically fit into a Proud Reader tote.
All formats are available direct - and eBooks will stay at £3.49 on our site (£3.99 elsewhere). 📚 (www.inspired-quill.com/books)
That’s plenty of time to see how many books you can physically fit into a Proud Reader tote.
All formats are available direct - and eBooks will stay at £3.49 on our site (£3.99 elsewhere). 📚 (www.inspired-quill.com/books)
Buy Books Online | Kindle - eBooks - Paperbacks | Inspired Quill Books
You can buy books online direct from this page. Choose between Paperback (£3 worldwide shipping), ePub or Kindle books. Buy direct and help our non-profit.
www.inspired-quill.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM
If you have been wanting to pick up my novels there are a couple of weeks left to get them at their current price! My publisher is being forced to increase costs thanks to The Circumstances
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I am so panicked that people are going to stop buying books right now. And I don’t just say this because I have a book coming out in April. I am saying this also because indie bookstores are doing a lot of protest support work and need the business. And my friends have books coming out too.
Please buy books that are coming out this year.
Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
February 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I am so panicked that people are going to stop buying books right now. And I don’t just say this because I have a book coming out in April. I am saying this also because indie bookstores are doing a lot of protest support work and need the business. And my friends have books coming out too.
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Loot that drops after defeating me:
February 6, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
Who’s the better dinosaur, T. rex or Triceratops?
I make the case for the tyrant lizard and EONS’ Kallie Moore takes Triceratops in this episode of Smash Boom Best. 🦖
I make the case for the tyrant lizard and EONS’ Kallie Moore takes Triceratops in this episode of Smash Boom Best. 🦖
Tyranosaurus Rex vs Triceratops — BRAINS ON!
brainson.org
February 8, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Who’s the better dinosaur, T. rex or Triceratops?
I make the case for the tyrant lizard and EONS’ Kallie Moore takes Triceratops in this episode of Smash Boom Best. 🦖
I make the case for the tyrant lizard and EONS’ Kallie Moore takes Triceratops in this episode of Smash Boom Best. 🦖
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The Snake King. This is the last one from this short series, hope you enjoyed xx
December 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The Snake King. This is the last one from this short series, hope you enjoyed xx
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dah boids are back
February 8, 2026 at 11:43 AM
dah boids are back
I’ve had more than one therapist tell me I’m too patient but it’s all been practice to get through this fucking winter.
February 8, 2026 at 11:48 AM
I’ve had more than one therapist tell me I’m too patient but it’s all been practice to get through this fucking winter.
Goo morning, monsters.
Claws are such good friends.
No matter how far they spread,
pulling through the soft and red,
they always draw together in the end.
Claws are such good friends.
No matter how far they spread,
pulling through the soft and red,
they always draw together in the end.
February 8, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Goo morning, monsters.
Claws are such good friends.
No matter how far they spread,
pulling through the soft and red,
they always draw together in the end.
Claws are such good friends.
No matter how far they spread,
pulling through the soft and red,
they always draw together in the end.
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I encourage you to stop on in to the 'Shale and Well Met' for a pint of.. well, I'm not sure what. But boy is the company great!
February 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM
I encourage you to stop on in to the 'Shale and Well Met' for a pint of.. well, I'm not sure what. But boy is the company great!
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February 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Here’s some sketches exploring one of my ideas for the creature from “The Terror” by Dan Simmons, and how I imagined it could work as a supernatural element while still able to be mistaken for a polar bear at a glance or in the distance~
February 8, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Here’s some sketches exploring one of my ideas for the creature from “The Terror” by Dan Simmons, and how I imagined it could work as a supernatural element while still able to be mistaken for a polar bear at a glance or in the distance~
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Some variants I made on how the creature from Dan Simmons’ book “The Terror” could look like, it was a lot of fun imagining different versions and how they might work on film~
Huge thanks to the great @guydavisart.bsky.social for ever so generously sharing his knowledge and invaluable feedback!
Huge thanks to the great @guydavisart.bsky.social for ever so generously sharing his knowledge and invaluable feedback!
February 8, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Some variants I made on how the creature from Dan Simmons’ book “The Terror” could look like, it was a lot of fun imagining different versions and how they might work on film~
Huge thanks to the great @guydavisart.bsky.social for ever so generously sharing his knowledge and invaluable feedback!
Huge thanks to the great @guydavisart.bsky.social for ever so generously sharing his knowledge and invaluable feedback!
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Every Thursday night I live stream nail art. For my first stream of Black History Month I asked chat to choose between 4 Black scientists I’d pre-selected. Chat, in their usual fashion, said “all 4, please”. Hence: Margaret Collins, Kathrine Johnson, Sophie Lutterlough, and Charles Henry Turner.
February 8, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Every Thursday night I live stream nail art. For my first stream of Black History Month I asked chat to choose between 4 Black scientists I’d pre-selected. Chat, in their usual fashion, said “all 4, please”. Hence: Margaret Collins, Kathrine Johnson, Sophie Lutterlough, and Charles Henry Turner.
Brown hyenas always make me think of David Lee Roth
Return of the Brown Hyena — Night Visit at Namibiacam’s Namib Desert Waterhole
YouTube video by NamibiaCam
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February 8, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Brown hyenas always make me think of David Lee Roth