Wrey 🏳️🌈✍️
@wreybies.bsky.social
(He/Him) Secular humanist, polyglot interpreter, veteran, scribbler of stories, maker of maps, deeply aggrieved that I'll never know the true nature of Neanderthal language.
Active on AO3 - https://archiveofourown.org/users/Wreybies
Active on AO3 - https://archiveofourown.org/users/Wreybies
Pinned
Wrey 🏳️🌈✍️
@wreybies.bsky.social
· Apr 18
My avatar image is a rendering of a young Homo heidelbergensis man done by Brazilian Paleo-Artist Julio Lacerda. His work is phenomenal and has been regularly featured in PBS Eons.
Check him out: @lacerdajulio.bsky.social
Check him out: @lacerdajulio.bsky.social
Them: But… I could *see* that you were online. 😕
Me: Yeah, Dave. And you have so many tabs open, it actually makes sense to count them using scientific notation. What are we talking about here??? 😒
Me: Yeah, Dave. And you have so many tabs open, it actually makes sense to count them using scientific notation. What are we talking about here??? 😒
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Them: But… I could *see* that you were online. 😕
Me: Yeah, Dave. And you have so many tabs open, it actually makes sense to count them using scientific notation. What are we talking about here??? 😒
Me: Yeah, Dave. And you have so many tabs open, it actually makes sense to count them using scientific notation. What are we talking about here??? 😒
#Bookvember - Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
Because instead of demanding a seat at the table of inclusion, Kai brings his own table and chairs. He breaks with the obsequiousness worship of Faux Medieval Norther Europe and supplants it with an intoxicating, rich High Fantasy Africa.
Because instead of demanding a seat at the table of inclusion, Kai brings his own table and chairs. He breaks with the obsequiousness worship of Faux Medieval Norther Europe and supplants it with an intoxicating, rich High Fantasy Africa.
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#Bookvember - Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
Because instead of demanding a seat at the table of inclusion, Kai brings his own table and chairs. He breaks with the obsequiousness worship of Faux Medieval Norther Europe and supplants it with an intoxicating, rich High Fantasy Africa.
Because instead of demanding a seat at the table of inclusion, Kai brings his own table and chairs. He breaks with the obsequiousness worship of Faux Medieval Norther Europe and supplants it with an intoxicating, rich High Fantasy Africa.
Reposted by Wrey 🏳️🌈✍️
#NovemberWorldbulders 9. Vonlóc was a prodigal and arrogant sorcerer who, unable to cultivate his Breath past a certain level, looked for ways to bypass that. He eventually forged the Godsbane Staff, absorbed the Breath of a god and, unable to control this magic, caused a series of catastrophes.
Hello, #NovemberWorldbulders! We're talking about morality in our fictional worlds this week. Today's prompt is the opposite of yesterday's: are there any characters in your world's history/lore who are considered evil? Whether ontologically evil or someone who made bad choices. Who were they?
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#NovemberWorldbulders 9. Vonlóc was a prodigal and arrogant sorcerer who, unable to cultivate his Breath past a certain level, looked for ways to bypass that. He eventually forged the Godsbane Staff, absorbed the Breath of a god and, unable to control this magic, caused a series of catastrophes.
#NovemberWorldbulders - Day 9 - The Villains
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#NovemberWorldbulders - Day 9 - The Villains
The rich eventually commission their own guillotines.
The church is forever building its own funeral pyre.
Nations become the villains they fled.
Truth is a trafficked 12 y/o.
The church is forever building its own funeral pyre.
Nations become the villains they fled.
Truth is a trafficked 12 y/o.
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The rich eventually commission their own guillotines.
The church is forever building its own funeral pyre.
Nations become the villains they fled.
Truth is a trafficked 12 y/o.
The church is forever building its own funeral pyre.
Nations become the villains they fled.
Truth is a trafficked 12 y/o.
#NovemberWorldbulders - Past Heroes. There are several, but today we will focus on Rashiné.
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#NovemberWorldbulders - Past Heroes. There are several, but today we will focus on Rashiné.
Born in 1970 in the Americas, I was an early-wave Latchkey Kid. My ENTIRE childhood, including books, was an unsupervised free for all. And there wasn’t really YA in the modern sense back then. Direct into adult titles. My parents had no clue.
#Bookvember Day 7
#Bookvember Day 7
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 7!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Born in 1970 in the Americas, I was an early-wave Latchkey Kid. My ENTIRE childhood, including books, was an unsupervised free for all. And there wasn’t really YA in the modern sense back then. Direct into adult titles. My parents had no clue.
#Bookvember Day 7
#Bookvember Day 7
Me watching normies aggressively run the show into the literal fucking ground, wondering how the fuck neurodivergence was EVER classified as aberrant.
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Me watching normies aggressively run the show into the literal fucking ground, wondering how the fuck neurodivergence was EVER classified as aberrant.
#NovemberWorldbuilders - Black is the color of the ceremonial biface Nikho owns. He is one of a handful of master-knappers able to shape blades with tumpa that activates when you gently flick a finger across the surface.
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#NovemberWorldbuilders - Black is the color of the ceremonial biface Nikho owns. He is one of a handful of master-knappers able to shape blades with tumpa that activates when you gently flick a finger across the surface.
Reposted by Wrey 🏳️🌈✍️
Here are your #NovemberWorldbuilder prompts!
It has come to my attention that I am not annoying enough about these and some of my worldbuilder friends don't see them😭
Therefore, I am going to be EXTRA annoying and post these every day next month.
I am not sorry
It has come to my attention that I am not annoying enough about these and some of my worldbuilder friends don't see them😭
Therefore, I am going to be EXTRA annoying and post these every day next month.
I am not sorry
October 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here are your #NovemberWorldbuilder prompts!
It has come to my attention that I am not annoying enough about these and some of my worldbuilder friends don't see them😭
Therefore, I am going to be EXTRA annoying and post these every day next month.
I am not sorry
It has come to my attention that I am not annoying enough about these and some of my worldbuilder friends don't see them😭
Therefore, I am going to be EXTRA annoying and post these every day next month.
I am not sorry
In the Enclosure, ball fruit trees are deep purple with black trunks. They have a motile, larval phase and engage in non-oxygenic photosynthesis, absorbing in the 520-565 nm range. The fruit is the primary vehicle for enclosure nanites.
#NovemberWorldbuilders #WriteSky
#NovemberWorldbuilders #WriteSky
#NovemberWorldbuilders
This week's theme is COLORS! Tell me about something in your world that's PURPLE. Do you use it symbolically? Do you have anything special in your worldbuilding that's purple? Maybe an animal, jewels, a garment, a flower, or something more strange and magical?
This week's theme is COLORS! Tell me about something in your world that's PURPLE. Do you use it symbolically? Do you have anything special in your worldbuilding that's purple? Maybe an animal, jewels, a garment, a flower, or something more strange and magical?
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In the Enclosure, ball fruit trees are deep purple with black trunks. They have a motile, larval phase and engage in non-oxygenic photosynthesis, absorbing in the 520-565 nm range. The fruit is the primary vehicle for enclosure nanites.
#NovemberWorldbuilders #WriteSky
#NovemberWorldbuilders #WriteSky
White is the color of the enclosure wall, a gargantuan, naked-eye structure with a baffle at its southernmost end. The northernmost island within its confines is roughly the size of Borneo. The wall is to scale. There are 39 others besides the one dedicated to Earthly life.
#NovemberWorldbuilders
#NovemberWorldbuilders
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
White is the color of the enclosure wall, a gargantuan, naked-eye structure with a baffle at its southernmost end. The northernmost island within its confines is roughly the size of Borneo. The wall is to scale. There are 39 others besides the one dedicated to Earthly life.
#NovemberWorldbuilders
#NovemberWorldbuilders
It is very often the first thing I know, even before I know who the MC will be from this ensemble of hooligans that has coalesced in my mind. It is the star on the horizon toward which I sail through otherwise open, occasionally treacherous waters.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Ok #WritingCommunity
When in the process do you know what your ending is going to be?
I know by the end of writing the first chapter. Normally I know before that.
When in the process do you know what your ending is going to be?
I know by the end of writing the first chapter. Normally I know before that.
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It is very often the first thing I know, even before I know who the MC will be from this ensemble of hooligans that has coalesced in my mind. It is the star on the horizon toward which I sail through otherwise open, occasionally treacherous waters.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
#QueerPrompts #WriteSky - 100% depends on what you've got marked on your bingo card. A future where different hominins get a second chance to work together? Then it’s a 15. A future where only Homo sapiens rule? Probably a zero.
#QueerPrompts November 6: On a scale of 1 to 10, how hopeful is your story?
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#QueerPrompts #WriteSky - 100% depends on what you've got marked on your bingo card. A future where different hominins get a second chance to work together? Then it’s a 15. A future where only Homo sapiens rule? Probably a zero.
Check on your establishment democrat friends today. They're not okay, and it's a riot. 😂
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Check on your establishment democrat friends today. They're not okay, and it's a riot. 😂
Ketos WIP
Blue is the color of the forbidden sea within which live modified Dunkleosteus that serve as a living fence between the three landmasses.
#NovemberWorldbuilders #WriteSky
Blue is the color of the forbidden sea within which live modified Dunkleosteus that serve as a living fence between the three landmasses.
#NovemberWorldbuilders #WriteSky
Heya #NovemberWorldbuilders!
Continuing with COLORS! Tell me about something in your world that's BLUE. Do you use it symbolically? Do you have anything special in your worldbuilding that's blue? Maybe an important object symbolic of the sea or sky? Tell me about your blues!
Continuing with COLORS! Tell me about something in your world that's BLUE. Do you use it symbolically? Do you have anything special in your worldbuilding that's blue? Maybe an important object symbolic of the sea or sky? Tell me about your blues!
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Ketos WIP
Blue is the color of the forbidden sea within which live modified Dunkleosteus that serve as a living fence between the three landmasses.
#NovemberWorldbuilders #WriteSky
Blue is the color of the forbidden sea within which live modified Dunkleosteus that serve as a living fence between the three landmasses.
#NovemberWorldbuilders #WriteSky
#NovemberWorldbuilders - Ketos WIP
Roan red is the color of the sapak’s fur. She is Sayan’s amphicyon companion. A huge Miocene carnivore the size of the largest modern bears.
Roan red is the color of the sapak’s fur. She is Sayan’s amphicyon companion. A huge Miocene carnivore the size of the largest modern bears.
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#NovemberWorldbuilders - Ketos WIP
Roan red is the color of the sapak’s fur. She is Sayan’s amphicyon companion. A huge Miocene carnivore the size of the largest modern bears.
Roan red is the color of the sapak’s fur. She is Sayan’s amphicyon companion. A huge Miocene carnivore the size of the largest modern bears.
archiveofourown.org/works/729476... - Chapter 3 of Timmor Lord of Bronzegate, part of Ser Podrick the Round and Timmor the Red.
Please click image for full AO3 metadata.
#fanfic #WriteSky #GameofThrones #PodrickPayne #BrienneofTarth #SansaStark #GendryBaratheon #TyrionLannister
Please click image for full AO3 metadata.
#fanfic #WriteSky #GameofThrones #PodrickPayne #BrienneofTarth #SansaStark #GendryBaratheon #TyrionLannister
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
archiveofourown.org/works/729476... - Chapter 3 of Timmor Lord of Bronzegate, part of Ser Podrick the Round and Timmor the Red.
Please click image for full AO3 metadata.
#fanfic #WriteSky #GameofThrones #PodrickPayne #BrienneofTarth #SansaStark #GendryBaratheon #TyrionLannister
Please click image for full AO3 metadata.
#fanfic #WriteSky #GameofThrones #PodrickPayne #BrienneofTarth #SansaStark #GendryBaratheon #TyrionLannister
"I bought my wig at the Diana Shops with a purse to match!"
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"I bought my wig at the Diana Shops with a purse to match!"
Reposted by Wrey 🏳️🌈✍️
#WIPSnips "Steel" from FotF book 6, currently untitled
Had lots of instances of steel inasmuch as "this thing is made of steel", but this was a more fun descriptive one. AL talks to someone who they do not get along with at all!
Yes of course they need to do things together. XD
Had lots of instances of steel inasmuch as "this thing is made of steel", but this was a more fun descriptive one. AL talks to someone who they do not get along with at all!
Yes of course they need to do things together. XD
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#WIPSnips "Steel" from FotF book 6, currently untitled
Had lots of instances of steel inasmuch as "this thing is made of steel", but this was a more fun descriptive one. AL talks to someone who they do not get along with at all!
Yes of course they need to do things together. XD
Had lots of instances of steel inasmuch as "this thing is made of steel", but this was a more fun descriptive one. AL talks to someone who they do not get along with at all!
Yes of course they need to do things together. XD
Reposted by Wrey 🏳️🌈✍️
"He was tall, with neatly parted dark hair and steel-colored eyes. The man gave me a slight smile and something about it made me feel ill."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 14: Robotic Hearts
I had a few good ones for this, but opted for a later chapter.
#wipsnips #yabookssky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 14: Robotic Hearts
I had a few good ones for this, but opted for a later chapter.
#wipsnips #yabookssky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"He was tall, with neatly parted dark hair and steel-colored eyes. The man gave me a slight smile and something about it made me feel ill."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 14: Robotic Hearts
I had a few good ones for this, but opted for a later chapter.
#wipsnips #yabookssky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 14: Robotic Hearts
I had a few good ones for this, but opted for a later chapter.
#wipsnips #yabookssky #booksky #writingcommunity
Reposted by Wrey 🏳️🌈✍️
"Hullaboo, hullaboo, I see you! Hullaboo, hullaboo." Then, softer, "Well, if you don't like it, I don't know if I should keep going." The voice was carefree. Its speaker was still shaded.
Cora gasped audibly, and Lissie and Riley looked steely-eyed at each other.
#wipsnips #writingcommunity
Cora gasped audibly, and Lissie and Riley looked steely-eyed at each other.
#wipsnips #writingcommunity
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"Hullaboo, hullaboo, I see you! Hullaboo, hullaboo." Then, softer, "Well, if you don't like it, I don't know if I should keep going." The voice was carefree. Its speaker was still shaded.
Cora gasped audibly, and Lissie and Riley looked steely-eyed at each other.
#wipsnips #writingcommunity
Cora gasped audibly, and Lissie and Riley looked steely-eyed at each other.
#wipsnips #writingcommunity
Reposted by Wrey 🏳️🌈✍️
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #amquerying #writesky #epicfantasy 💙📚 🪐📚
A Demon’s Bargain where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.
An accusation of magery can lead to death. Vetal must choose between a saint and his liege lord.
A Demon’s Bargain where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.
An accusation of magery can lead to death. Vetal must choose between a saint and his liege lord.
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #amquerying #writesky #epicfantasy 💙📚 🪐📚
A Demon’s Bargain where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.
An accusation of magery can lead to death. Vetal must choose between a saint and his liege lord.
A Demon’s Bargain where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.
An accusation of magery can lead to death. Vetal must choose between a saint and his liege lord.