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Joachim Heijndermans

@jheijndermans.bsky.social

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Writer, artist, filmmaker, designer, comic book letterer, SFWA member and collector of toys. He/him. https://linktr.ee/jheijndermans. http://www.joachimheijndermans.com

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · Apr 30

Presenting: the Beautiful Beasts imprint, a series of erotic horror, science fiction and fantasy novellas by author Joachim Heijndermans. Each a self contained story of lust with monsters ranging from the fantastical, the macabre and the eldritch.
Books 1, 2 and 3 are out now!
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Cover to return the rose, the first Beautiful Beasts book. Colored in monochrome purple, a large beast with a lion-like face and stag antlers embraces a partially undressed woman with long flowing hair. She clutches onto his antlers, wistfully looking at her lover, the beast.

Cover to Cove of the Fisherman's wife. Colored in monochrome blue, a Japanese woman looks upon the encroaching octopus arms. Her yukata is partially removed, as a lone tear runs down her cheek.

Cover to Beautiful Beasts 3, The Nightstalker’s Mark, by Joahim Heijndermans. Two women coated in a red colored hue hold each other in embrace, looking at one another. One a short haired blind woman with a tank top. The other is a vampiric creature who is nude, her ears pointed and the pupils in her eyes are narrow slits like those of a serpent. Her open mouth reveals a set of fangs, her intent implied to be nefarious.
The title of the book is colored with a yellow gradient, with the ‘M’ in Mark similar to a set of fangs. Small dots of Braille writing repeat the title, a reference to the one woman’s blindness.

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 1m

God, I remembered when I had fun there the other day (and even then, there was skeevy shit going on in that mid-2000's way)

Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 55m

Hmm, in the novel, there IS some stuff going on…but not sure if talking about them would spoil the novel.

Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 56m

I think it's healthy not to consider people who've done work you enjoy as paragons of 'good'. They're human, they're most likely faulty, and you should be able to walk away if their deeds and opinions don't align with your morals.

Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 1h

Its okay. Right before the news broke, our family suffered a terrible loss I tried to cope with a brief little mini comic featuring Death. The news dropped a week after I finished the art.

If I ever redo it, I'll use sir Terry's Death. But that was a wound that kept bleeding.

Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 1h

The Gaiman thing feels seared into my skin. So many recommendations of his work to others, so many instances of my crediting life choices to reading his books, even dealing through SA through some stories, feeling understood.

But NOPE! Smoke and mirrors, even telegraphic his deeds between the lines

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Lane! Draws! Comics! @lanedraws.bsky.social · 5h

Boy oh boy, if anyone has jobs or commissions they need done, I'd be very happy to do them

Lane! Draws! Comics! @lanedraws.bsky.social · 4d

Things aren't looking super great right now, so if you have any art you need done, I'm very available. I've worked with Ahoy, IDW, Legendary, Oni, Image, and plenty of amazing indie writers. My portfolio is down below.

Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 1h

DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE
(But if I gotta, mewtwo because I painted that psycho kitten)

The Pokemon mew two painted in a monochromatic purple, looking angrily over his shoulder.

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 4h

Oooh, Sanda is out.
Christmas weirdness and violence? My jam!!!

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Simon Wolfe @sgwolfeauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Kranlian Rendezvous is part of the Underrated Bundle too. It’s a #spicy #scifi novel.

Ellie Lieberman @ellielieberman.bsky.social · 1d

Water's Edge is part of the Underrated Bundle on Itch! 63 books for $38!!!

itch.io/b/3305/under...

#booksky 📚💙 #readersky

Collage of 21 covers, including Water's Edge, of the 63 books available in the Under-rated bundle on itch.io

Center has 5 gold stars on top and bottom. Reads itch.io, Under-rated bundle, October 9th-13th, Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 4h

Or worse...a DATING SHOW!!

a cartoon character with a mustache and glasses is screaming

Alt: a cartoon character with a mustache and glasses is screaming

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 9h

It's quite a display of stupid arrogance to have Adobe Firefly advertise with the ugliest looking parrot to hawk their GenAi, when real parrots are beautiful.

Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 9h

ADHD Awareness month is still going strong, as is the Itch bundle of books by ADHD authors and featuring ADHD characters. My book, Rage from a Cage, is in there too.

Find the bundle here:

itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

Adhd Awareness Month Fiction.
By mostly ADHD authors, most with 1+ significant ADHD character(s)
22 Book. Oct 1st-15th

Covers:
The Lady and the List, Elizabeth Briars
Side Tracked, S.K. Kelly
The Harmony of Falling Snow, Andora Brokaw
Bestiary Beas
The Players Act 1, Amy Sparks
The Weight of Her Gaze, RJ Martin
He of the Trees, Rob Macwolf
Song of the Wolf, T.C. Smith
Tales of Yamato, Odessa Silver
The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle, Steve Hugh Westenra
Manipulator's War, Elise Carlson
A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger
Heart of Stone, Johannes T. Evans
Lantern, Burgundy Athena Pendragon
Wizard's Debt, Niranjan
Blood, D.C. Hart
Ancient as the Stars, Maya Darjani
A Dark Hole Darly, Drew Melbourne
Translucent, Wayward Spark
War of the Space Dargons, L'Poni Baldwin
Ants Waking, R.J. Huneke
Rage in a Cage, Joachim Heijndermans

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · Jul 31

Buy my books!

NOVELS

books2read.com/ExitGhost

authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/learn-to-h...

NOVELLAS!
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...

books2read.com/DrownedHeir

books2read.com/BetweentheBl...

Books by Jennifer R. Donohue
Novels (with pictures of book covers): Exit Ghost, Learn to Howl, Baying the Moon, The Company of Wolves

Novellas (with pictures of book covers): The Drowned Heir, Between the Blood and the Sun, all 7 Run With the Hunted covers together in a grid

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 9h

Reading about the friendship between Sammy Davis Jr and Anton LaVey kind of highlighted how everyone (including so-called friends) treated Sammy like shit, so no duh did he finally find a community in 70's trie-hard satanists/proto-goths.

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Inside Sammy Davis Jr.'s Secret Satanic Past

How a TV pilot called Poor Devil begat a friendship between the performer and Anton Szandor LaVey, founder and high priest of the Church of Satan

www.rollingstone.com

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 9h

Oooh snap! My Hero Academia is back!!

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R.J. Huneke @rj.rjhuneke.com · 1d

Neuro Spicy Time! October is #ADHD Awareness Month! Shout it to the world! And also get in on a limited SALE with this #book bundle! itch.io/b/3300/adhd-... #booksky #neurodivergent

October is #ADHD Awareness Month! Shout it to the world! And also get in on a limited SALE with this #book bundle! https://itch.io/b/3300/adhd-awareness-month-fiction #booksky #neurodivergent

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 11h

That tracking shot on the stairs in the Spanish version is so good.

Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 11h

One more day! Get in on that bundle!!!

Janina Franck - "Old Ghosts" out now 📕🔥💅! @xilaya.bsky.social · 12h

Just one more day for you to get these under-rated books on your radar 😁

68 books for only $38 - and there's some real gems in there!

Any reviews for any of these books will be super appreciated, too ❤️

#itchbundle #books #indiebooks #booksky #writersky

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 11h

I am screaming.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

www.theguardian.com

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 12h

The Under-Rated book sale on Itch is ending in little over a day. Did you want to get a hold of a slew of books for a low price of $38? Then don't miss out.
Find the bundle in the link below.

itch.io/b/3305/under...

Banner that reads itch.io under rated bundle oct 9th -13th bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of. A plethora of books surround the title

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 13h

Frank Herbert's 'Dune' themed restaurant.

'Fear is the mind griller: grill and BBQ'

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 13h

Years ago, my wife was in a theather and the trailer for Tron Legacy was in it, and young people went "the hell is Tron?"

We were in the movies a but ago, and the trailer for this one played, and young people went "the hell is Tron?"

I imagine tron 4 will get the same reaction 20 years from now.

Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 13h

I haven't seen the film, but what Ive gathered is they have the Tron people enter the real world. But taking the fantastical and sending it to the real world always feel so...cheap and uninspired.

Its a very expensive Beastmaster 2...

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 14h

In the novel, one of them is. She learned by a lot of trial and error.

Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 14h

They already have monster high M3gan