Wick Welker 🪐
@wickwelker.bsky.social
Author, Dad, Husband, Reader, ICU Doctor, SPSFC4 Winner and finalist x2. SPSFC5 judge.
•DARK THEORY•SAINT ELSPETH•REFRACTION•
DARK PROPHET out May 15th 2025.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00J21FNRI
•DARK THEORY•SAINT ELSPETH•REFRACTION•
DARK PROPHET out May 15th 2025.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00J21FNRI
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Wick Welker 🪐
@wickwelker.bsky.social
· Sep 7
Still can’t believe my book, SAINT ELSPETH, won the SPSFC4. Thank you! Special thanks to @davedobson.bsky.social @spsfc.bsky.social
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#SPFBO Champion "By Blood, By Salt" reaches 500 ratings on goodreads.
It had 47 when it reached the finals and ~10 when it joined the contest.
It's a great example of the contest bringing hidden gems to wider notice 🙂
It had 47 when it reached the finals and ~10 when it joined the contest.
It's a great example of the contest bringing hidden gems to wider notice 🙂
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#SPFBO Champion "By Blood, By Salt" reaches 500 ratings on goodreads.
It had 47 when it reached the finals and ~10 when it joined the contest.
It's a great example of the contest bringing hidden gems to wider notice 🙂
It had 47 when it reached the finals and ~10 when it joined the contest.
It's a great example of the contest bringing hidden gems to wider notice 🙂
Dear User,
We are slowly destroying this platform.
Happy reading,
GR Support
We are slowly destroying this platform.
Happy reading,
GR Support
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Dear User,
We are slowly destroying this platform.
Happy reading,
GR Support
We are slowly destroying this platform.
Happy reading,
GR Support
Here’s a sample of some contestants for SPSFC5 on my team of judges. I’ve sampled all five of these thus far. Give these great self published authors a gander. 👇👇👇
davedobsonbooks.com/team-1-21-gi...
davedobsonbooks.com/team-1-21-gi...
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Here’s a sample of some contestants for SPSFC5 on my team of judges. I’ve sampled all five of these thus far. Give these great self published authors a gander. 👇👇👇
davedobsonbooks.com/team-1-21-gi...
davedobsonbooks.com/team-1-21-gi...
I have a sci fantasy epic series out there called DARK LAW. This is the second book. Third and final book is almost done!!
-robot
-thief
-galaxy dying
-quests and grumpiness
-newfangled science
-robot
-thief
-galaxy dying
-quests and grumpiness
-newfangled science
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I have a sci fantasy epic series out there called DARK LAW. This is the second book. Third and final book is almost done!!
-robot
-thief
-galaxy dying
-quests and grumpiness
-newfangled science
-robot
-thief
-galaxy dying
-quests and grumpiness
-newfangled science
They need to keep him on those benzos.
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
They need to keep him on those benzos.
📣 It’s #SPSFC5 time and this time I’m a judge!
Team 1.21 Gigawatts. Here’s the first complement self published books for our team that we’ll be going over for the next few months.
Good luck authors!
Team 1.21 Gigawatts. Here’s the first complement self published books for our team that we’ll be going over for the next few months.
Good luck authors!
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
📣 It’s #SPSFC5 time and this time I’m a judge!
Team 1.21 Gigawatts. Here’s the first complement self published books for our team that we’ll be going over for the next few months.
Good luck authors!
Team 1.21 Gigawatts. Here’s the first complement self published books for our team that we’ll be going over for the next few months.
Good luck authors!
Giving Piranesi vibes.
I need a treehouse office.
I need it now.
I feel a new obsession coming on.
I've got the fuckin trees big enough to support it, too.
Oh lawd.
I need it now.
I feel a new obsession coming on.
I've got the fuckin trees big enough to support it, too.
Oh lawd.
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Giving Piranesi vibes.
In a quaint time before oligarchs consolidated their rule.
A surprising, over decade-old, clip of Tesla CEO Elon Musk showing the then-Lt.
Elon Musk show off Tesla to Gavin Newsom in remarkable unearthed clip
www.irishstar.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
In a quaint time before oligarchs consolidated their rule.
I think this is how the matrix was started.
Facebook, Google, Amazon and other platforms have invested heavily in creating convenience cocoons that make switching to competitors feel like too much of a heavy lift.
Big Tech’s Dominance Depends on Our Laziness
Facebook, Google, Amazon and other platforms have invested heavily in creating convenience cocoons that make switching to competitors feel like too much of a heavy lift.
bloom.bg
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I think this is how the matrix was started.
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
@aptshadow.bsky.social dammit dude stop making cool shit
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
@aptshadow.bsky.social dammit dude stop making cool shit
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The Kickstart for The Book of Spores is now live!!
This is such a cool project, and it's an honor to be part of it. Go check it out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
#booksky
This is such a cool project, and it's an honor to be part of it. Go check it out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
#booksky
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Kickstart for The Book of Spores is now live!!
This is such a cool project, and it's an honor to be part of it. Go check it out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
#booksky
This is such a cool project, and it's an honor to be part of it. Go check it out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
#booksky
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If there's one thing that I've learned from today's news, it's how critical it is to NOT take copious, detailed, digital notes on your overlapping criminal conspiracies.
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If there's one thing that I've learned from today's news, it's how critical it is to NOT take copious, detailed, digital notes on your overlapping criminal conspiracies.
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We are delighted to announce that the theme for our next SF&F book is...
👾 INVADING GAMERS 👾
👾 INVADING GAMERS 👾
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We are delighted to announce that the theme for our next SF&F book is...
👾 INVADING GAMERS 👾
👾 INVADING GAMERS 👾
Convenient that the rule of law is already destroyed.
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Convenient that the rule of law is already destroyed.
UPF (ultra processed foods) are killing you by causing:
-fatty liver disease
-insulin resistance
-gut inflammation
-mitochondrial free radical release
-but wait there’s more!
Great book
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-fatty liver disease
-insulin resistance
-gut inflammation
-mitochondrial free radical release
-but wait there’s more!
Great book
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
UPF (ultra processed foods) are killing you by causing:
-fatty liver disease
-insulin resistance
-gut inflammation
-mitochondrial free radical release
-but wait there’s more!
Great book
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-fatty liver disease
-insulin resistance
-gut inflammation
-mitochondrial free radical release
-but wait there’s more!
Great book
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Would’ve been nice for the truth to come out before we became a post-truth society.
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Would’ve been nice for the truth to come out before we became a post-truth society.
My all time word count across all my works:
955,000 words.
What’s yours?
Saint Elspeth: 100k
Refraction: 130k
Dark Theory: 200k
Dark Kingdom: 35k
Dark Prophet: 120k
Dark WIP: 100k current
Medora: 100k
Medora Wars: 100k
Needle Work: 70k
#writing
955,000 words.
What’s yours?
Saint Elspeth: 100k
Refraction: 130k
Dark Theory: 200k
Dark Kingdom: 35k
Dark Prophet: 120k
Dark WIP: 100k current
Medora: 100k
Medora Wars: 100k
Needle Work: 70k
#writing
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My all time word count across all my works:
955,000 words.
What’s yours?
Saint Elspeth: 100k
Refraction: 130k
Dark Theory: 200k
Dark Kingdom: 35k
Dark Prophet: 120k
Dark WIP: 100k current
Medora: 100k
Medora Wars: 100k
Needle Work: 70k
#writing
955,000 words.
What’s yours?
Saint Elspeth: 100k
Refraction: 130k
Dark Theory: 200k
Dark Kingdom: 35k
Dark Prophet: 120k
Dark WIP: 100k current
Medora: 100k
Medora Wars: 100k
Needle Work: 70k
#writing
Aurora from my house last night.
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Aurora from my house last night.
Aurora from my house last night.
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Aurora from my house last night.
Dark Theory 3 WIP
✅100k words
✅100k words
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Dark Theory 3 WIP
✅100k words
✅100k words
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and ‘A Tide of Black Steel’ in German is ‘Flut aus Schwarzem Stahl’.
Coming in 2026. Published by Hobbit Presse. Translation by Sara Riffel.
#BookSky
Coming in 2026. Published by Hobbit Presse. Translation by Sara Riffel.
#BookSky
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
and ‘A Tide of Black Steel’ in German is ‘Flut aus Schwarzem Stahl’.
Coming in 2026. Published by Hobbit Presse. Translation by Sara Riffel.
#BookSky
Coming in 2026. Published by Hobbit Presse. Translation by Sara Riffel.
#BookSky
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
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Check out the #SPFBO Champions' League table - it's almost full! #SPFBOCL
mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2025/05/afte...
mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2025/05/afte...
SPFBO Champions' League!
After 10 years we have 10 champions. So, the only logical thing to do is to line them up on a board and have a champions' league! All 10 cha...
mark---lawrence.blogspot.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Check out the #SPFBO Champions' League table - it's almost full! #SPFBOCL
mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2025/05/afte...
mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2025/05/afte...