Freya Pickard
@freyapickard.bsky.social
Author of grim dark fantasy The Kaerling & Vampirical Verse Curator at https://purehaiku.wordpress.com Blogs at https://freyanrites.wordpress.com Listens to heavy metal & hard rock No DMs or Politics Unable to Chat - sorry!
"This was the first indie novella I’ve ever read and I was really blown away by the tight and evocative prose." Chris S The Rusalka Ritual & Other Stories by @freyapickard.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Rusalka-Ritu... #cozyfantasy #heroicfantasy #fairytales #readingcommunity
discover #daily #inspiration at Carolyn Haynes website at thelloydhaynesstory.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/c...
CARRYING THE PROMISE
August arrives quietly, carrying the promise of unwritten pages. May this month bring unexpected kindness, small victories worth celebrating, & moments illuminating why hope is always worth hol…
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Spectral Flame freyanrites.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/s... #fractal #haiku #collaboration #pleasevisit #pleasefollow #pleaseshare #poetrycommunity
Spectral Flame
This incredible fractal was created for me by my friend, Troi. This is a unique image, as once Troi had created it and sent it to me, it was then deleted! Troi is currently present on Facebook wher…
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more #poetry from Suzanne Brace at brazannemuse.com/2026/07/12/s...
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – wibble wobble….
I am not posting much on my blog at the moment, and paying sporadic and totally “fate based” visits to others’ blogs (literally on the roll of a dice!). But, today I have read a f…
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astute #poetry from Bartholomew Barker at bartbarkerpoet.com/2026/08/03/d...
Dandelion’s Lament
Poets always gush about the daffodils ignoring my brilliant petals though they’re happy enough to drink my wine. A collaboration with my friends at Mebane Ridge, after we read a bunch of flow…
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Sunflower Tanka is OPEN to submissions ! purehaiku.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/s... #tanka #open #submissions #pleaseshare #poetrycommunity
Sunflower Tanka is OPEN to submissions !
All you Tanka writers out there should enter your work in the Sunflower Tanka Anthology! The submission window is open until 31st August 2026 and the theme is Life’s Simple Pleasures. Robbie …
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Fascinating #darkfantasy history at scottatirrell.com/2026/08/01/e...
Every Wound Has an Ancestry
I have spent some time beating myself up for not finishing Absolution of the Morning Star sooner. The series was moving along nicely. Four books were complete, and only two remained. I knew wh…
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#amreading The Little Dog by @lesliegarland.bsky.social Chilling and compelling to read - how will it end?! www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Dog-s...
#bookreview The Last Hope (The Chosen Book 2) by Marcus Lee 5/5 A quest for the truth, a quest to prove the truth mybookcave.com/mybookrating... #Books #BooksWorthReading #PleaseShare #writerslift
The Last Hope – Book Cave
Against incredible odds, Malina has not only become a Chosen but has found friendship, love, and a home in the Mountain of Souls.
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Summer died on a Sunday - beautiful #poetry from Mike Steeden at mikesteeden.wordpress.com/2026/08/02/w...
WANTING SO MUCH MORE
Summer died on a SaturdayShe was always heading for a fallA rosebud in a cloak of thornsNo fuss, eyes shut, no curtain callThrough the window of addictionA cloudy glass impedimentA crumbling headst…
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M.T. Preston, Jr.@mtprestonjr.bsky.social · 3d agoRead for free if you have #KU #KindleUnlimited or get the ebook for $0.99! a.co/d/09Ru1FzN 👾 Aliens 🧬 Mutations 🚀 Spaceships 🦠 Plagues 🪐Exotic Worlds 👹 Monsters 💥Action! 📖 Short Reads (50 Pages) #scifi #shortstories #sciencefiction #spaceopera #darkscifi #scifibooks #indieauthor
Paul Semel@paulsemel.bsky.social · 4d agoFinished reading Samantha Mills' "Rabbit Test And Other Stories." amzn.to/4sU6e4N 📖🐇 Enjoyed a lot of these #ShortStories, especially the #SciFi ones. #books #reading #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #ShortStory @samtasticbooks.com @tachyonpub.bsky.social #BookSky
Fay Thompson, Author/Artist@faythompsonauthor.bsky.social · last mo.Short stories are cash in the bank. You can re-rent them out to publication endlessly. You can put them up for awards. You can convert them into a play. You can push them out into a novel. They live in your files your entire life. Give birth tomorrow! #writingcommunity #booksky #shortstories
Sunflower Tanka is OPEN to submissions ! All you Tanka writers out there should enter your work in the Sunflower Tanka Anthology! The submission window is open until 31st August 2026 and the theme is Life's Simple Pleasures. Robbie and Colleen tell us "We like to publish tanka and tanka prose,…
Sunflower Tanka is OPEN to submissions !
All you Tanka writers out there should enter your work in the Sunflower Tanka Anthology! The submission window is open until 31st August 2026 and the theme is Life's Simple Pleasures. Robbie and Colleen tell us "We like to publish tanka and tanka prose, from the traditional to the experimental. All poems must be your best & original work.
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Spectral Flame This incredible fractal was created for me by my friend, Troi. This is a unique image, as once Troi had created it and sent it to me, it was then deleted! Troi is currently present on Facebook where you can see more amazing fractals! More of my haiku can be found in my Poetry…
Spectral Flame
This incredible fractal was created for me by my friend, Troi. This is a unique image, as once Troi had created it and sent it to me, it was then deleted! Troi is currently present on Facebook where you can see more amazing fractals! More of my haiku can be found in my Poetry Postcard Collections! Freya Pickard xxx Earth Ripens Day 22
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"The structure of the story works well, with the relatively peaceful opening moving through a series of escalating peaks of tension, culminating in an intense and frightening conclusion." W Thomas Air Brother by @freyapickard.bsky.social www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... #darkfantasy #grimdark
#Freeread when you #signup to my #Newsletter at mybookcave.com/direct/orost... Orosturbe - a tale of betrayal, power and gladiators set in the world of #nirunen Watch the #booktrailer at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo4P... #TheKaerling #Horror #grimdarkfantasy #pleaseshare
Orosturbe Official Book Trailer
YouTube video by Freya Pickard
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@horrorposterguy1.bsky.social · last wk.A writer attempts to save his hometown from vampires in an utterly terrifying TV adaption of Kings book. Expertly woven and creepy as hell. 1979. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam #horror #film
EmilyMegan Art 🌙@emilymeganart.bsky.social · 5d ago👁️🪽 lil weird seraphim chimera thing I designed whilst I was watching Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities! I was super inspired 😆 absolutely love his creations #creaturedesign #digitalart #artist #conceptart #horror #digitalart #sketch #drawing #spooky #chimera
