Rey N. Ath
@reyanth.bsky.social
Conceptual―Emotional―Subversive
Fiction with a Mission
LGBTQIA+ 🌈
In the House of Tiers, duty eclipses love, pitting grief-stricken Ra'tha against his own heart's desires.
- Heart of the Tiers
Posting about writing journey with feline muse, Kirin.
Fiction with a Mission
LGBTQIA+ 🌈
In the House of Tiers, duty eclipses love, pitting grief-stricken Ra'tha against his own heart's desires.
- Heart of the Tiers
Posting about writing journey with feline muse, Kirin.
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Rey N. Ath
@reyanth.bsky.social
· Jun 28
AVAILABLE NOW: Our newest #SciFanSat issue is now live at scifansat.com! Come visit our worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More!
Many thanks to all who contributed. Every #SFF author and reader participating enriches the magazine!
#AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy
Many thanks to all who contributed. Every #SFF author and reader participating enriches the magazine!
#AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy
Honored to have my short story The Cosmic Lepidoptera (Commonly: Space Butterflies) included in this fantastic edition of #SciFanSat!
Please check it out and give some love to the editorial team and all the contributors along for the voyage!
#WritingCommunity
#ReadingCommunity
#Sci-fi
#Fantasy
Please check it out and give some love to the editorial team and all the contributors along for the voyage!
#WritingCommunity
#ReadingCommunity
#Sci-fi
#Fantasy
Been real quiet lately. Honestly, this summer has just been brutal on my health. Been either scrambling to complete tasks, sleeping, or coughing up my lungs with flu. ><
Hoping to be back in the Bluesky swing come Autumn.
Hoping to be back in the Bluesky swing come Autumn.
September 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Been real quiet lately. Honestly, this summer has just been brutal on my health. Been either scrambling to complete tasks, sleeping, or coughing up my lungs with flu. ><
Hoping to be back in the Bluesky swing come Autumn.
Hoping to be back in the Bluesky swing come Autumn.
#CatsofBluesky when they want to trap you with belly pets to munch on your hand but you're not falling for it.
August 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#CatsofBluesky when they want to trap you with belly pets to munch on your hand but you're not falling for it.
Reposted by Rey N. Ath
AVAILABLE NOW: The latest issue of #SciFanSat is hot off the digital presses at scifansat.com! Come visit our worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More!
Many thanks to all who contributed. Every #SFF author and reader participating enriches the magazine!
#AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy
Many thanks to all who contributed. Every #SFF author and reader participating enriches the magazine!
#AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy
July 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
AVAILABLE NOW: The latest issue of #SciFanSat is hot off the digital presses at scifansat.com! Come visit our worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More!
Many thanks to all who contributed. Every #SFF author and reader participating enriches the magazine!
#AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy
Many thanks to all who contributed. Every #SFF author and reader participating enriches the magazine!
#AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy
The Songbird Sovereign:
In spring come the blossoms, riotous with life and color. Butterflies and bees, lilacs and indigos, dainty gold beetles with spotted wings, sweet teal bellflowers, blushes of pink sakura. Hope. Renewal. Interconnection.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
All the vibes.
In spring come the blossoms, riotous with life and color. Butterflies and bees, lilacs and indigos, dainty gold beetles with spotted wings, sweet teal bellflowers, blushes of pink sakura. Hope. Renewal. Interconnection.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
All the vibes.
August 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The Songbird Sovereign:
In spring come the blossoms, riotous with life and color. Butterflies and bees, lilacs and indigos, dainty gold beetles with spotted wings, sweet teal bellflowers, blushes of pink sakura. Hope. Renewal. Interconnection.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
All the vibes.
In spring come the blossoms, riotous with life and color. Butterflies and bees, lilacs and indigos, dainty gold beetles with spotted wings, sweet teal bellflowers, blushes of pink sakura. Hope. Renewal. Interconnection.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
All the vibes.
Lilein picked up another pin and coated it in the desert rose powder.
“Isn’t that the brush Vessa made? The one she gifted Rami?” Ra’tha peered at the artfully crafted handle of the apparatus with which Lilein dusted the powder on his hairpins. “That was supposed to be for my pigments.”
#WIPsnips
“Isn’t that the brush Vessa made? The one she gifted Rami?” Ra’tha peered at the artfully crafted handle of the apparatus with which Lilein dusted the powder on his hairpins. “That was supposed to be for my pigments.”
#WIPsnips
August 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Lilein picked up another pin and coated it in the desert rose powder.
“Isn’t that the brush Vessa made? The one she gifted Rami?” Ra’tha peered at the artfully crafted handle of the apparatus with which Lilein dusted the powder on his hairpins. “That was supposed to be for my pigments.”
#WIPsnips
“Isn’t that the brush Vessa made? The one she gifted Rami?” Ra’tha peered at the artfully crafted handle of the apparatus with which Lilein dusted the powder on his hairpins. “That was supposed to be for my pigments.”
#WIPsnips
The audacity of people trying to sell me fanart commissions for work I write free for the enjoyment of others.
What happened to people asking permission to draw something just because they were inspired?
Tempted to troll these people with my own commission table for the honor of drawing my work.
What happened to people asking permission to draw something just because they were inspired?
Tempted to troll these people with my own commission table for the honor of drawing my work.
July 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The audacity of people trying to sell me fanart commissions for work I write free for the enjoyment of others.
What happened to people asking permission to draw something just because they were inspired?
Tempted to troll these people with my own commission table for the honor of drawing my work.
What happened to people asking permission to draw something just because they were inspired?
Tempted to troll these people with my own commission table for the honor of drawing my work.
July 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Reposted by Rey N. Ath
I always felt the "rule" of eliminating adverbs and adjectives was stylistic, but there is a reason.
The brain "chunks" information and the chunk limit for working memory is 4.
A lot of paragraphs are 4 sentences for a reason.
So tons adverbs and adjectives use up chunk memory and slow reading.
The brain "chunks" information and the chunk limit for working memory is 4.
A lot of paragraphs are 4 sentences for a reason.
So tons adverbs and adjectives use up chunk memory and slow reading.
So, I'm reading a neuroscience/writing book and it's really good so far.
The fact reading produces dopamine never occurred to me.
My ADHD breaks the reward system so, as a kid, I read constantly.
Because it was *literally* rewarding, and one of the only things that was.
The fact reading produces dopamine never occurred to me.
My ADHD breaks the reward system so, as a kid, I read constantly.
Because it was *literally* rewarding, and one of the only things that was.
July 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I always felt the "rule" of eliminating adverbs and adjectives was stylistic, but there is a reason.
The brain "chunks" information and the chunk limit for working memory is 4.
A lot of paragraphs are 4 sentences for a reason.
So tons adverbs and adjectives use up chunk memory and slow reading.
The brain "chunks" information and the chunk limit for working memory is 4.
A lot of paragraphs are 4 sentences for a reason.
So tons adverbs and adjectives use up chunk memory and slow reading.
July 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I swear, there's good reason for the indulgence of this description. 🤣
TSS:
No matter the silken glory of his onyx dark hair, straight as a bamboo forest and lustrous as the starry curtain of night. No matter the delicate, ethereal sheen of his moon-kissed amber skin or the carmine of his lips and the dusky hue above his lashes.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
No matter the silken glory of his onyx dark hair, straight as a bamboo forest and lustrous as the starry curtain of night. No matter the delicate, ethereal sheen of his moon-kissed amber skin or the carmine of his lips and the dusky hue above his lashes.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
July 21, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I swear, there's good reason for the indulgence of this description. 🤣
TSS:
No matter the silken glory of his onyx dark hair, straight as a bamboo forest and lustrous as the starry curtain of night. No matter the delicate, ethereal sheen of his moon-kissed amber skin or the carmine of his lips and the dusky hue above his lashes.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
No matter the silken glory of his onyx dark hair, straight as a bamboo forest and lustrous as the starry curtain of night. No matter the delicate, ethereal sheen of his moon-kissed amber skin or the carmine of his lips and the dusky hue above his lashes.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
July 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
TSS:
No matter the silken glory of his onyx dark hair, straight as a bamboo forest and lustrous as the starry curtain of night. No matter the delicate, ethereal sheen of his moon-kissed amber skin or the carmine of his lips and the dusky hue above his lashes.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
No matter the silken glory of his onyx dark hair, straight as a bamboo forest and lustrous as the starry curtain of night. No matter the delicate, ethereal sheen of his moon-kissed amber skin or the carmine of his lips and the dusky hue above his lashes.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
Lilein is a character after my own heart. She struggles with self-confidence even after coming to love herself, and pours love into her hair as a way to reclaim it. It's ok to have doubts. She's gorgeous inside and out, and when she forgets that, Amadice and Ra'tha are there with gentle reminders.
Tell me about your plus size characters! What are they like? What do they mean to you? #WritingPrompt
July 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Lilein is a character after my own heart. She struggles with self-confidence even after coming to love herself, and pours love into her hair as a way to reclaim it. It's ok to have doubts. She's gorgeous inside and out, and when she forgets that, Amadice and Ra'tha are there with gentle reminders.
The Songbird Sovereign:
Beneath the soft blanket of Yanagi Kodama's pleasant mood, Jinshi's uncertainty began to surface, taking him back to the strange dream that haunted his thoughts. His own face―aged by pain and weighted with melancholy―was vivid in his memory.
#WIPSnips
#WIP
#WritingCommunity
Beneath the soft blanket of Yanagi Kodama's pleasant mood, Jinshi's uncertainty began to surface, taking him back to the strange dream that haunted his thoughts. His own face―aged by pain and weighted with melancholy―was vivid in his memory.
#WIPSnips
#WIP
#WritingCommunity
🎶 Midnight... not a sound from the pavement... has the moon lost her memory? 🎶
You all had to know that's where my earworm was gonna go today...
The #WIPSnips word for July 16 is "memory"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
You all had to know that's where my earworm was gonna go today...
The #WIPSnips word for July 16 is "memory"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
July 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Songbird Sovereign:
Beneath the soft blanket of Yanagi Kodama's pleasant mood, Jinshi's uncertainty began to surface, taking him back to the strange dream that haunted his thoughts. His own face―aged by pain and weighted with melancholy―was vivid in his memory.
#WIPSnips
#WIP
#WritingCommunity
Beneath the soft blanket of Yanagi Kodama's pleasant mood, Jinshi's uncertainty began to surface, taking him back to the strange dream that haunted his thoughts. His own face―aged by pain and weighted with melancholy―was vivid in his memory.
#WIPSnips
#WIP
#WritingCommunity
Catching up with Kirin!
He's been cuddling with me in bed a lot lately while I recover from nights of mental overstimulation. Such a sweet boy.
#CatsofBluesky
He's been cuddling with me in bed a lot lately while I recover from nights of mental overstimulation. Such a sweet boy.
#CatsofBluesky
July 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Catching up with Kirin!
He's been cuddling with me in bed a lot lately while I recover from nights of mental overstimulation. Such a sweet boy.
#CatsofBluesky
He's been cuddling with me in bed a lot lately while I recover from nights of mental overstimulation. Such a sweet boy.
#CatsofBluesky
The Songbird Sovereign (vibes):
(Yanagi Kodama) was a captive audience. Jinshi's music was a gift to him, soothing his restlessness even as he granted Jinshi peace beneath the cascade of his long, slender leaves.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
(Yanagi Kodama) was a captive audience. Jinshi's music was a gift to him, soothing his restlessness even as he granted Jinshi peace beneath the cascade of his long, slender leaves.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
July 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Songbird Sovereign (vibes):
(Yanagi Kodama) was a captive audience. Jinshi's music was a gift to him, soothing his restlessness even as he granted Jinshi peace beneath the cascade of his long, slender leaves.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
(Yanagi Kodama) was a captive audience. Jinshi's music was a gift to him, soothing his restlessness even as he granted Jinshi peace beneath the cascade of his long, slender leaves.
#WIP
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
Heart of the Tiers:
“That doesn’t mean you’re not angry, or hurt,” Sandhrin observed. “You should be.” He hesitated. “I would be, in your place.”
“And in yours, I might scream.”
“That’s not a bad idea,” Sandhrin replied.
#AmQuerying
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
yell → scream
“That doesn’t mean you’re not angry, or hurt,” Sandhrin observed. “You should be.” He hesitated. “I would be, in your place.”
“And in yours, I might scream.”
“That’s not a bad idea,” Sandhrin replied.
#AmQuerying
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
yell → scream
July 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Heart of the Tiers:
“That doesn’t mean you’re not angry, or hurt,” Sandhrin observed. “You should be.” He hesitated. “I would be, in your place.”
“And in yours, I might scream.”
“That’s not a bad idea,” Sandhrin replied.
#AmQuerying
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
yell → scream
“That doesn’t mean you’re not angry, or hurt,” Sandhrin observed. “You should be.” He hesitated. “I would be, in your place.”
“And in yours, I might scream.”
“That’s not a bad idea,” Sandhrin replied.
#AmQuerying
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
yell → scream
July 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
HotT
Ra’tha’s favored mount was comparatively mild-mannered for zarath’mai of lighter hue. Her coat was a sleek, sandy brown with inverted stripes of pale cream. She was one of the rarer lineages, a breed designed for a combination of durability and speed that had a fiercely loyal streak.
#WIPSnips
Ra’tha’s favored mount was comparatively mild-mannered for zarath’mai of lighter hue. Her coat was a sleek, sandy brown with inverted stripes of pale cream. She was one of the rarer lineages, a breed designed for a combination of durability and speed that had a fiercely loyal streak.
#WIPSnips
Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips
The word for July 7 is "stripe"
#WriteSky #WritingCommuntiy #WritingPrompts
The word for July 7 is "stripe"
#WriteSky #WritingCommuntiy #WritingPrompts
July 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
HotT
Ra’tha’s favored mount was comparatively mild-mannered for zarath’mai of lighter hue. Her coat was a sleek, sandy brown with inverted stripes of pale cream. She was one of the rarer lineages, a breed designed for a combination of durability and speed that had a fiercely loyal streak.
#WIPSnips
Ra’tha’s favored mount was comparatively mild-mannered for zarath’mai of lighter hue. Her coat was a sleek, sandy brown with inverted stripes of pale cream. She was one of the rarer lineages, a breed designed for a combination of durability and speed that had a fiercely loyal streak.
#WIPSnips
The Wheel of Time Fans Ramp Up Renewal Efforts as Petition to Save the Show Nears 200K Signatures share.google/MkqaKpbxsZgn...
#SaveWOT (or else!)
#SaveWOT (or else!)
The Wheel of Time Fans Ramp Up Renewal Efforts as Petition to Save the Show Nears 200K Signatures
Over a month after the show's cancelation, fans are still trying to get Prime Video to reconsider.
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July 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Wheel of Time Fans Ramp Up Renewal Efforts as Petition to Save the Show Nears 200K Signatures share.google/MkqaKpbxsZgn...
#SaveWOT (or else!)
#SaveWOT (or else!)
In color.
Heart of the Tiers is set in a heavily binary society, but the MC begins to equate personality traits with colors seen in people's auras. It becomes clear that biological gender does not define who one is because each person is an entire spectrum unique to them alone.
#Amquerying
Heart of the Tiers is set in a heavily binary society, but the MC begins to equate personality traits with colors seen in people's auras. It becomes clear that biological gender does not define who one is because each person is an entire spectrum unique to them alone.
#Amquerying
#QueerPrompts July 6: Omnisexual Visibility Day: How does your story approach sexuality and gender?
July 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
In color.
Heart of the Tiers is set in a heavily binary society, but the MC begins to equate personality traits with colors seen in people's auras. It becomes clear that biological gender does not define who one is because each person is an entire spectrum unique to them alone.
#Amquerying
Heart of the Tiers is set in a heavily binary society, but the MC begins to equate personality traits with colors seen in people's auras. It becomes clear that biological gender does not define who one is because each person is an entire spectrum unique to them alone.
#Amquerying
HotT
Extending a hand without releasing Stomp’s mane or averting his eyes, he gestured. Interpreting correctly, someone tipped a cup of grain into his palm, and though some spilled, he offered the small mound to Stomp, who lipped it and gave a pleased snort.
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
some'one'
Extending a hand without releasing Stomp’s mane or averting his eyes, he gestured. Interpreting correctly, someone tipped a cup of grain into his palm, and though some spilled, he offered the small mound to Stomp, who lipped it and gave a pleased snort.
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
some'one'
July 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
HotT
Extending a hand without releasing Stomp’s mane or averting his eyes, he gestured. Interpreting correctly, someone tipped a cup of grain into his palm, and though some spilled, he offered the small mound to Stomp, who lipped it and gave a pleased snort.
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
some'one'
Extending a hand without releasing Stomp’s mane or averting his eyes, he gestured. Interpreting correctly, someone tipped a cup of grain into his palm, and though some spilled, he offered the small mound to Stomp, who lipped it and gave a pleased snort.
#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
some'one'
TSS
With an alarming pop of mingled agony and release that blinded him for an instant, Jinshi doubled over, panting. His vision bled back slowly, the excess heat seeping from his skin into the faintly shimmering air.
#WIP
#WIPsnips
#WritingCommunity
(Yall can't guess what's going on in this snip.)
With an alarming pop of mingled agony and release that blinded him for an instant, Jinshi doubled over, panting. His vision bled back slowly, the excess heat seeping from his skin into the faintly shimmering air.
#WIP
#WIPsnips
#WritingCommunity
(Yall can't guess what's going on in this snip.)
July 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
TSS
With an alarming pop of mingled agony and release that blinded him for an instant, Jinshi doubled over, panting. His vision bled back slowly, the excess heat seeping from his skin into the faintly shimmering air.
#WIP
#WIPsnips
#WritingCommunity
(Yall can't guess what's going on in this snip.)
With an alarming pop of mingled agony and release that blinded him for an instant, Jinshi doubled over, panting. His vision bled back slowly, the excess heat seeping from his skin into the faintly shimmering air.
#WIP
#WIPsnips
#WritingCommunity
(Yall can't guess what's going on in this snip.)