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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 23m

explain your username:

Name of my first book written, second book released. 🙃🙃🙃

I just loved the title so much I made it my moniker.

Mitch Miller ☆ 📼 @astramachina.bsky.social · 24m

explain your username:

I was gonna be an astrophysicist. 😂 The second half used to be a reference to the wizard book but then I changed it to machina bcs I fucking love robots and keeps with the Latin.

I've been going by Astra for over a decade now. 👍🏽

vert ⚡️🪶 open to work @subvertebra.bsky.social · 35m

explain your username:

2009 lj captcha. roommate and i went Oh shit that's sick. bon appetit.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 51m

Convincing you to read The Backwards Knight with three words:

Quack quack, princess.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 4h

Maybe one day. 🙃

Meme image. Top text reads "When you get a VR and everyone around you is jealous."

Bottom image is of a power strip with one socket containing something plugged in. Making it look like it's wearing a VR headset, and all the other empty sockets appear to be looking over in jealousy.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 12h

I'm tired. Tomorrow's another day. Goodnight, friends.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 23h

Follow me for more pro life tips.

Meme image, text reads: My signature move is writing "please see attached" and then confidently hitting send with absolutely nothing attached.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d

A snippet from The Forgotten Princess.

#WIPSnips #safe #BookSky

Snippet image of dark background with white text, with the word safe highlighted. Entirety of text reads:

Ignoring her, Orn put everything into a pile. Cold gripped him, the sweat and water and chill making itself known quickly. He shivered, shuddered, and looked back at her. “Make a fire.”

“And what am I going to do? Wait up here for your corpse to bubble back up to the surface? Neither of us are going down there.” The sharpness of her glare gave him pause, and she looked almost ready to stomp her foot. Except, she’d never and he knew that now.

She’d stab him to keep him safe.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d

These books are widely available both physically and digitally, so you can find them damn near anywhere.

You can also ask your local library to order them!

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Find books by Matthew Siadak at your favorite digital store!

Books by Matthew Siadak

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d

It's spooky time, so lets get lost in some novels!

The Backwards Knight and The Dark Side of Super, while not directly horror, have some elements of it to them. Available almost everywhere books are sold, or directly through me!

backwardsknight.bigcartel.com

#BookSky #BookTok

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d

Edits are going good, scarily so. I've been plotting and laying down some threads that might take some time to play out, but...

The Forgotten Princess and more are coming. Eventually.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d

4.1k. 🙃

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d

Trying to get back, and stay, on track with drafting/editing every night as much as I can. The Forgotten Princess is almost ready to hand off to my editor, even if it did jump off the rails in the last 25%.

Nearly there.

Screenshot of Scrivener, showing Project Targets for The Forgotten Princess.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d

Character art!

Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 4d

Corrected sketch for Orn and Laela, from @fallenlights.net. The other one was rough and this one is worlds better. 🙃

These two goofs are from The Backwards Knight.

#BookSky #CharacterArt #thgink

Laura Siadak's art Orn and Laela from The Backwards Knigh. Orn stands facing away from the camera, holding his sword, blood dripping from his hand. A blue spiral pattern marks his left bicep. Laela stares at the camera, back to Orn, holding a bow and arrow.

Watermark reads fallenlights.net.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d

I cannot adequately tell you how good this book is. You need to experience it for yourself.

Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 1d

263 more books to go to hit 1,000 distributed. It's a BIG stretch but there's a month to go so who knows what could happen? 🤖

If you like sci-fi, specifically gay robots, you should check out muh book

#Scifi #Booksky #IndieAuthor

The Warm Machine: A sci-fi novella about robot love

A brand new novella! When a laborbot first sees an angular, sleek prototype military robot slink onto his worksite, it's love at first sight.

www.thewarmmachine.com

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d

DO THE THING

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 1d

We're 13 followers away from NINE HUNDRED for our collection??? That's wild! 900 people interested in all our indie author's stories! Have you subbed for any of them yet? If so, which?

#IndieAuthor #SmallPress #IndiePub #Writesky #Booksky

The Book Bazaar 2025 on BackerKit

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Belinda Crawford @belindacrawford.bsky.social · 1d

I'm following ALL of them... but you know.. I'm not biased or anything 'cause I have a book in the event 🤪

#IndieAuthor #SmallPress #WriteSky #BookSky

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 1d

We're 13 followers away from NINE HUNDRED for our collection??? That's wild! 900 people interested in all our indie author's stories! Have you subbed for any of them yet? If so, which?

#IndieAuthor #SmallPress #IndiePub #Writesky #Booksky

The Book Bazaar 2025 on BackerKit

Browse by Genre [https://www.backerkit.com/c/collections/book-bazaar-2025/flair?tag_id=115][https://www.backerkit.com/c/collections/book-bazaar-2025/flair?tag_id=46][https://www.backerkit.com/c/co...

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d

If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood...

Meme image of a blue and white carton of Goats Butter, adorn with an illustration of a goat, sitting on a store shelf. Hand-written on the carton in sharpie are the words "Who you gonna call"

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 1d

Birb

Bic pen & white gel pen. Halloween sketch for a patron.

Black ink scribble drawing of a raven in flight. It has many white eyes in its wing. Paper is brown

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 2d

Wish I May - 2013, watercolor
I don't normally use this many colors in a single painting, but I'd been using up 2 different pallets of paint.

prints are here > fallenlights.net

#repostober

Bright watercolor painting of a girl standing on a rock in a dress (white, but the lights make it yellow and teal). There are stars glowing all around her in spiral shapes. Purple, reds, blues, bright yellows.

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S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 2d

My novella of trans self-discovery is now up for pre-order! You can get Guitar Concerto in C Flat Minor, Op. 12: Lucina (short name Opus) for preorder now. Release date December 12,2025. Ebook $3. Paperback $8.

Thread time.
Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb

Guitar Concerto in C Flat Minor, Op. 12: Lucina by S. Morgan Burbank

anotherindiewriter.itch.io

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 4d

Corrected sketch for Orn and Laela, from @fallenlights.net. The other one was rough and this one is worlds better. 🙃

These two goofs are from The Backwards Knight.

#BookSky #CharacterArt #thgink

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Jennifer(Eine Togi) @einetogi.bsky.social · 3d

His books are delightfully dark and sadistically realistic, but the best part, PUMPKIN SQUIRREL SEASON!

But also, check out his books and stories!

Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 3d

Halloween is nearly here, and you're going to need some spooky books to read. Do yourself a favor and check out both The Dark Side of Super and The Backwards Knight!

Available almost everywhere books are sold. Or signed copies w/swag from me!

backwardsknight.bigcartel.com

#BookSky #BookTok

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 2d

🫶🫶🫶🫶

I haven't forgotten your story either, I'm hoping to get some downtime to read today. This last week got Real™️.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 3d

Halloween is nearly here, and you're going to need some spooky books to read. Do yourself a favor and check out both The Dark Side of Super and The Backwards Knight!

Available almost everywhere books are sold. Or signed copies w/swag from me!

backwardsknight.bigcartel.com

#BookSky #BookTok

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 3d

It's a short that hasn't quite found a home yet. It's a character I made up with my daughter.

Sir Solomon the Red Panda paladin travels the forest helping those in need.

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Valiant 🏳️‍⚧️ | Follow BOOM Goes the Bride on Backerkit! @valwrites.ca · 3d

*waving a pocket watch back and forth* follow the boombride campaign... follow the campaiiiiignnnn. Follooooowwwwwww and enjoyyyyyy

#tbbchat

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