Thomas Asher
@thomasasher.bsky.social
Author of the upcoming paleo-techno-thriller, RIFT.
“Drink, My Loves” Leviathan’s nutrient-dense crop milk varies in coloration depending on her prey. Red is typical, though it may take on a black or blue composition. If you’ve read RIFT, you know the makeup of the slurry pictured here. The spinelings are pleased with this batch.
Another species that didn’t make the cut (& one of my personal favorites from the animals Fred Wierum designed for RIFT).
Hey Sacramento! RIFT is now available at @bloodstonebookshop.bsky.social in paperback. They will also be getting hardcovers in the next couple weeks! Really cool horror and sci-fi themed bookstore. Go check them out!
Hardcover drops next week—and it’s steeply discounted for the holidays from 11/27-12/1 through tomashernovels.com. Oh, and the paperback will be on sale, too, through Amazon. Artwork by the masterful @dirtysketch_
“Kneel.” “But it’s wet, Mamma.” “You’ll know pain if you do not show the vættir respect.” “Blót is for the gods. I want to offer to Freyja.” “Careful, child. Land spirits are ev’ry bit as entitled to offerings as the Æsir.” “I thought you said the vættir are wights.” “Kneel. I’ll not say it again.”
Hey Sacramento! Snag your copy of RIFT at Capital Books on K while stock is available!
RIFT’s bestiary is a useful bonus. Inspired by the Peterson’s Field Guide, it’s meticulously laid out with beautiful artwork by @fredward95 @himarudolf @markwitton & yours truly. The slate palette makes navigation to the back matter a snap as you read. 5/5 on Amazon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.82/5 on Goodreads ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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RIFT’s bestiary is a useful bonus. Inspired by the Peterson’s Field Guide, it’s meticulously laid out with beautiful artwork by @fredward95 @himarudolf @markwitton & yours truly. The slate palette makes navigation to the back matter a snap as you read. 5/5 on Amazon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.82/5 on Goodreads ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hey Garland, TX! Preorder RIFT from B&N at the Wheelhoise Mall and claim your free jötunn sticker!
Sneak peak at the raw (cropped) author photo for RIFT, following a stint in London. @cpdinosaurs #crystalpalace #London #dinosaur #iguanodon
One of my favorite sequences by Ricardo Delgado, from Age of Reptiles: The Journey.
Excited to dive into yet another masterclass in horror by Adam Nevill #horrorhead
Does this one count lol!? I'm not sure how I've almost completely avoided drawing blood lol.
Illustrations done for this month's Texas Highways Magazine. 100% handpainted, really excited about a huge breakthrough with how I paint textural detail. - Alamosaurus - Dimetrodon - Postosuchus - Columbian Mammoth - (arttag)
Apparently it's #drawadinosaurday and as I can't show the ones I'm currently drawing, he's some of my old favourites.
The end is in sight. Updated RIFT word count: 203,346 (+3,707). 4 chapters left to edit. #author #amwriting #horrorfiction #horrorbooks #dinosaurs #paleontology #paleofiction #paleoart
Participating in a medical evaluation of an African lion today. The second one so far. Nothing says “going method” like stepping into your main protagonist’s shoes. So pumped for these opportunities and how they have translated into the novel. Y’all are in for a treat.
Well shoot. Missed ‘200 years of Dinosaurs’ and an opportunity to plug RIFT with an excerpt: “The sprawling reptiles reminded Lotta of the crumbling remains of the Crystal Palace statues she had seen as a child before they were lost. Before London’s boroughs were swallowed by the sea”
