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Solomon "Nasty Evil Mean" Skalozub

@sollizyy.bsky.social

Writer, editor and artist for Phosphor Press (and independent work). Transmasc lit enthusiast. He/Him. email: solomonskalozub@gmail.com Community: Stoat: https://stt.gg/q15P0AXq Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1185554920406485

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.uk · 4d ago

And to promote Rescue Dogs as a new novel, you can get the novella that immediately precedes it, King's Sentence, for FREE via my website or on Smashwords with code 58BY7! johannestevans.co.uk/product/king...

KING'S SENTENCE by johannes t evans

Cecil Hobbes, a man disgraced, has a new stalker. At his age, it's almost a compliment.

Valorous King, recently discharged from his time serving as a king's man at the pleasure of Myrddin Wyllt, has returned home to Lashton, and also to his relentless pursuit of his old PE teacher, Cecil Hobbes.

Dark humour, crime, and complex characters in Lashton Town.

FREE until August 31st with coupon code 58BY7 on www.JohannesTEvans.co.uk/shop or Smashwords

Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.uk · 4d ago

NEW RELEASE: Rescue Dogs, available from wherever you get your eBooks, as well as from my website direct. Rescue Dogs is a fucked-up dark contemporary fantasy with M/M romance - what happens to the magical child hero when he grows up and isn't a hero any more? johannestevans.co.uk/product/resc...

Rescue Dogs by Johannes T. Evans

£5.99. Valorous King was your typical YA hero - a knight of the realm, child of destiny, favourite of the king, all that.

Now he's nearly 30, riddled with PTSD, back in his home town, and stalking his old PE teacher, who tricks him into going to therapy.

At least he's got the dog.

- age gap m/m romance
- trauma and mental illness
- dark humour
- fucked-up people trying to have healthy relationships
- therapy
- csa recovery
- ocd
- a very good dog!

liztism™ 🍉 ليز @lizardry.bsky.social · 7h ago

🚨🚨 I have appealed to you with all the pain and hope in my heart; will my plea find its way to your compassionate hearts?😔 My child Omar is very sick; he has lost weight due to malnutrition. Every time he tried to walk, he fell to the ground😭 I need $100 to buy food.😭🙏🏼👇 tinyurl.com/4rdnwyzx

Omar sitting in a bucket of water as Suad feeds him crackers. It says "🚨URGENT 🚨 Please read ❤️ Help Soad and Omar" in black text.

Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social · 2h ago

Here's a Women in Translation Month event with me, at Oldspeak in Boise Idaho, the bookstore bar with the Beowulf wallpaper in the bathroom! It's August 19, and it's going to be fabulous. Come!

Colorful medieval illumination graphics surround a picture of the ever fabulous cover of my Beowulf translation, a red B, a serpenty dragon, a graphic yellow crown, along with the announcement of an event at OldSpeak bar in Boise Idaho, August 19 at 7, a reading by me and a conversation with me and Alanna Love, about Beowulf.

This photo reads:

Wednesday, Aug 19, 7pm
{literary}
BEOWULF: Reading & Conversation with Acclaimed Author & Translator, Maria Dahvana
Headley
Join us for Women in Translation month for a very special event featuring the acclaimed author and translator, Maria Dahvana Headley in conversation with friend of the Lit Room, Alanna Love. Step into the world of Beowulf with translator Maria Headley & discover why this thousand-plus-year-old epic is anything but ancient history. Join us in the mead hall at Oldspeak and find out what all the hwæt is about.

Support Women in Translation

A photo of me - short black hair shaved on the sides but curling around my face, big smile, red lipstick, pointing at the bathroom wall of Oldspeak Books in Boise, Idaho, which is papered with pages from my Beowulf Translation.

Insatiable Antifa Slut @insatiableone.bsky.social · 6h ago

I Scream everyday for help,but No answer! 💔 My child Ibrahim is dying,suffocating from acute pneumonia&severe dehydration. Is his innocent life worth nothing to you?! 🚨Just €200 for life-saving medicine.Please,don’t look away this time before it's too late! Save Ibrahim😭😭 chuffed.org/project/191450

Handwritten medical document titled "Patient Register," featuring Arabic text, numerical data entries, and a diagnosis noting upper respiratory tract infection and dehydration.

Baraa gently examines the abdomen of her son Ibrahim lying on a medical examination couch. A sign on the wall behind them reads "SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES PALESTINE".
A white watermark of the camera at the bottom reads "shot on POWER P55"

Solomon "Nasty Evil Mean" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 2h ago

Om Jameel still needs our support, please do what you can to help her!

Memento Mori Povich 🇵🇸❤️‍🔥@paradis3gained.bsky.social · 24h ago

Om jameel:My heart, which suffers from a heart valve prolapse, is almost stopping from beating because of the severe pain in my shoulder, which is affected by a tear&joint inflammation.I cannot buy the injections that cost 200$ I left my 5 kids hungry Don't let us die🙏😭🥹 chuffed.org/project/1839...

Solomon "Nasty Evil Mean" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 6h ago

This is essentially THE CROW X CASTLEVANIA reply with a number between 1-257 and I'll share a quote from that page!

Solomon "Nasty Evil Mean" Skalozub@sollizyy.bsky.social · 14h ago

ANYWAY, IT'S RELEASE WEEK (I will add to this thread with purchase and reading links as they come!)

a promo poster of The Value of a Heartbeat by Solomon Skalozub, it shows the cover and has the text around it "You can only run from your demons for so long", "Gory violence", "Pyromancer necromancer swordfighter MC", "An action scene in nearly every chapter", "73 pages of full colour art", "In depth conlang", "Buy in eBook, print, or read for free"

Bramble ~ Sci-fi and Fantasy Author @thebrambler13.bsky.social · 6h ago

Hi #WriterShareWednesday! I recently released a new Raven & Bear video, titled The Lake Hopper. It's a fun story featuring a mushroom town, polyamorous trans people, a knight on a quest and a stoat! youtu.be/7yHz8lHZRYY Go enjoy it. #Raven+Bear #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #lgbtq #Cymru #audiobook

The Lake Hopper

YouTube video by Bramble

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Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 8h ago

Good morning! It's #WriterShareWednesday ! Share a pitch for your WIP or one of your published works (including links if you have them) and we'll give it a boost! Please use alt text in your images for accessibility & note that AI "work" will not be shared

Photo of a sunny beach overlaid with the words "Good morning! It's #WriterShareWednesday! Share a pitch for your WIP or something you've recently published and be sure to include links if you have them!"

Leti (she/they/meow)@letiuchiha.bsky.social · 10h ago

Mohammed: "To everyone seeing this post, please, I desperately need $120 to buy life-saving antibiotics. I'm struggling to afford the treatment; please don't let me lose my fingers. Please save my life before it's too late. 🙏💔😭 I hope you will share this post". chuffed.org/project/moh01.

A young man (Mohammed) shows that two of his fingers in his left hand are fully bandaged. He's inside a tent and has a serious expression on his face.

A right hand with two of its fingers bandaged.

Aluino #ProtectJho @aluino.selfhosted.social · 18h ago

People don’t hate ai enough imo.

Solomon "Nasty Evil Mean" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 3h ago

Mahmoud urgently needs medical care and his children need food, please do what you can to help!

Insatiable Antifa Slut@insatiableone.bsky.social · 7h ago

🚨 Please help save Mahmoud’s life. 💔 🦵 He urgently needs surgery to save his life and legs. 💊 He also needs medicine, bandages & tests. 👧 His three daughters are hungry and need food & medicine. 🙏🏻😭 Your share could help save us. ❤️ We desperately need help. PLEASE!! 😭🔁 chuffed.org/project/omsham

A photo of Mahmoud with his three daughters, Sham, Hanan, and Aryam, alongside images of his injuries and medical scans showing his condition, highlighting his urgent need for treatment, medication, and medical tests.

Cåråbine à Citron 🍋@carabinacitron.eurosky.social · 5h ago

Don’t leave them alone in Gaza. Hammam is a volunteer nurse caring for the wounded daily. his family is homeless, hungry & has lost everything.His brother is ill with epilepsy & needs urgent treatment Any donation can help get food & medical care. Don’t ignore them. 🙏❤️ chuffed.org/project/1844...

Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 11h ago

I'm broken and desperate. Everyone in Gaza has failed us, and you're our only remaining hope. My sweet son Elias is going blind, and time is running out fast. Please don't abandon us. Help save his eyes before it's too late! Verified by: molly shah✅ chuffed.org/project/1624...

Elias on his father's knees at the doctor's for an eye examination.

Solomon "Nasty Evil Mean" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 3h ago

I wanted to share the TVoaH cover spread, I spent so so so so long on the artwork for this. For any covers I make I firmly believe that it needs to help tell the story, you will not see generic cover designs from me, I think they are boring.

the cover spread for The Value of a Heartbeat by Solomon Skalozub, the front cover shows the whole cast, the villains in the sky, and Reilyn standing in front of his friends protectively with a city at night behind him. The spine shows flames climbing up it while the title cuts downward, and the back shows Reilyn joyfully dancing on a tavern table with is found family behind him watching with varying reactions. The book back text says:

"You can only run from your demons for so long.

Reilyn Lu Telnur is a young Dark Elf trying to escape from a past that’s haunting him. He stumbles upon a town that gives him hope for a new life. He finds peaceful work at a tavern by befriending a stranger. Only for a chance encounter with a group of soldiers to force him on a mission that leads him back to the monster he ran from–a monster that seeks to sink her teeth into him yet again.

“Fast paced, intense, action packed fantasy! A cathartic tale of vengeance, mixed with letting the past go (and forgiving oneself).” - T.C. Rasch, author of Come Hell or High Water

“The Value of a Heartbeat is a gorgeous tale of love, revenge, and healing. It explores what it truly means to be a monster versus a caring being with a conscience, showing that the outer packaging means nothing when making such a determination. Plus, it has a cute undead squirrel. What’s not to love?” - Opalin Hubay Pickens, author of Amped Up!"

Gabriel Hargrave (he/him)@ghargravewrites.bsky.social · 4h ago

I’m still looking to book. My phone is due today, and my rent is overdue because I haven’t gotten any takers yet. I really don’t want to have to rely on the GFM every month. Get in touch with me ASAP if you need an editor.

Gabriel Hargrave (he/him)@ghargravewrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm looking to book clients for the rest of 2026 and the beginning of 2027. I'd love to help bring your book baby to the world, so DM me today to snag a slot!

Looking for an editor?

I have openings, and I want to edit your short story, novella, or novel!

DM me for more information!

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦@diannalgunn.bsky.social · 4h ago

I turn 33 this month so it would be REALLY COOL to get 33 sales of Woman of Sorrow and Blood this month 👀 Help me get there? It's a good way to celebrate #IndieAugust too!

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦@diannalgunn.bsky.social · yesterday

If you love stories with: Cults Vampires Slow-burn horror Sapphic romance Doomed lovers You’ll love Woman of Sorrow and Blood, available NOW on Itch: diannagunn.itch.io/wosab And elsewhere: books2read.com/u/m0p0kW #BookSky #HorrorSky #IndieAugust

Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 5h ago

Just 30 days are left until I need to pay for top surgery! Insurance & credit BS has left me without coverage or other options. Please send a few dollars to help close this gap, so that I can access necessary healthcare ⛰️⛰️ To all who spread the word and donate, I thank you 💙 buff.ly/m4LeXn4

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Solomon "Nasty Evil Mean" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 4h ago

so I am in the process of updating all the archives TVoaH is on, and getting it on Royal Road! You'll have a ton of free reading options: a03, AFF, Wattpad, RR, and Tapas. (I probably won't post anything else to Tapas but the rest will have most of my work, RR will only have longform).

Solomon "Nasty Evil Mean" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 5h ago

Some of you play devil's advocate so hard that you diminish and/or deny real trans people’s stories when they decide to speak out. The devil has enough advocates, why are you giving him another?

Ronove (aka S. Jean)@earlronove.bsky.social · 20h ago

Did you check out my birthday week sale yet? I have many different genres, so you might find something you like! We have many flavors of fantasy (dark, cozy, adventure), some horror (teen paranormal, angelic), and even some sci fi (adventure with vampires, space horror)! itch.io/s/196184/bir...

Ronove (aka S. Jean)@earlronove.bsky.social · 3d ago

This week contains my birthday (August 7th!) so to celebrate another cycle around the sun, why not a sale? 🎈 Get all of my books 25% off on itchio (even my newest release!) or get all 13 of my releases for $25 USD! So much for basically the price of one hardcover! 🎈 itch.io/s/196184/bir...