Kevin Carver
@kevincarver.bsky.social
Author + Musician of #TheForbiddenParallel
www.kevincarver.com
www.kevincarver.com
My (Unofficial) Masterclass series continues with Ursula K. Le Guin! Focusing on her world-building craft, I explore:
• Big ideas through tangible truths
• Tension > lore
• Dialectic world building
If you’re a Le Guin fan, this one’s for you. Enjoy!
kcarver.substack.com/p/ursula-k-l...
• Big ideas through tangible truths
• Tension > lore
• Dialectic world building
If you’re a Le Guin fan, this one’s for you. Enjoy!
kcarver.substack.com/p/ursula-k-l...
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
My (Unofficial) Masterclass series continues with Ursula K. Le Guin! Focusing on her world-building craft, I explore:
• Big ideas through tangible truths
• Tension > lore
• Dialectic world building
If you’re a Le Guin fan, this one’s for you. Enjoy!
kcarver.substack.com/p/ursula-k-l...
• Big ideas through tangible truths
• Tension > lore
• Dialectic world building
If you’re a Le Guin fan, this one’s for you. Enjoy!
kcarver.substack.com/p/ursula-k-l...
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I am so happy to announce that my story 'How to get distracted while writing an essay' will be part of the Saturday Mourning Television Anthology by @sliceduppress.bsky.social . Can't wait for it to come out next spring!
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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S'more writing, s'more fun! 🤘
When Pen & Pier writers get together, it's always a fun time. Featuring @bsmbooks.bsky.social , @mdornish.bsky.social , @kevincarver.bsky.social , @journey-on.bsky.social , @katelynsweigart.bsky.social @katherinebonn.bsky.social , among others, & also my awesome @shortwavebooks.bsky.social T-shirt!
September 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
S'more writing, s'more fun! 🤘
Congrats to @cateyepress.bsky.social and fellow #PenandPier writer @uteorgassa.bsky.social on a fantastic new anthology, MODERN MUMMIES! That’s a wrap!
September 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Congrats to @cateyepress.bsky.social and fellow #PenandPier writer @uteorgassa.bsky.social on a fantastic new anthology, MODERN MUMMIES! That’s a wrap!
My BOOK! In a real life BOOKSTORE! IT HAPPENED! I’M NOT SCREAMING! 😭😭😭
August 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
My BOOK! In a real life BOOKSTORE! IT HAPPENED! I’M NOT SCREAMING! 😭😭😭
RIP Ozzy, one of the greatest musical storytellers of our time.
Fun fact: I found these records at a yard sale for $10 and display them every October. Pure nightmare fuel for my kids. 😅
Fun fact: I found these records at a yard sale for $10 and display them every October. Pure nightmare fuel for my kids. 😅
July 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
RIP Ozzy, one of the greatest musical storytellers of our time.
Fun fact: I found these records at a yard sale for $10 and display them every October. Pure nightmare fuel for my kids. 😅
Fun fact: I found these records at a yard sale for $10 and display them every October. Pure nightmare fuel for my kids. 😅
ANTI-PRIME: There's an awesome sale going on at Bookshop.org. It's a great fit for those of you looking to support indie authors but NOT looking to support Amazon. My book, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙡, is currently on sale! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Proceeds benefit indie bookstores. 🤘
Proceeds benefit indie bookstores. 🤘
July 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
ANTI-PRIME: There's an awesome sale going on at Bookshop.org. It's a great fit for those of you looking to support indie authors but NOT looking to support Amazon. My book, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙡, is currently on sale! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Proceeds benefit indie bookstores. 🤘
Proceeds benefit indie bookstores. 🤘
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Hello! I'm a queer author writing sci-fi about queer characters in the not-too-distant future. If you want to read about what it means to be human and what it means to be alive at the frontiers of space, check out the Jovian Madrigals!💙📚🪐
#scifibooks #booksky #authorsky
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#scifibooks #booksky #authorsky
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The Jovian Madrigals
Check out The Jovian Madrigals - <p><strong>At the edge of forever, we will not recognise ourselves.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>It's 2193, almost a century since scientists on Callisto discovered immor...
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July 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Woo hoo! Congrats, @uteorgassa.bsky.social, you modern mummy you
Look at that, I am a highlighted author!
We’re back with more #ModernMummies author highlights. Today, we have @uteorgassa.bsky.social whose short stories have been published by Shortwave Publishing, Haunted Words Press & more. Her Modern Mummies story “Going Home” is an eerie exploration of what happens when you disturb the dead.
July 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Woo hoo! Congrats, @uteorgassa.bsky.social, you modern mummy you
My first radio interview as a published author 😭
We talked oppression, power, anarchy, and music. I also got to read an excerpt. SUPER fun!
We talked oppression, power, anarchy, and music. I also got to read an excerpt. SUPER fun!
July 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My first radio interview as a published author 😭
We talked oppression, power, anarchy, and music. I also got to read an excerpt. SUPER fun!
We talked oppression, power, anarchy, and music. I also got to read an excerpt. SUPER fun!
When millennials start businesses.
May 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When millennials start businesses.
🚨😱👀 COVER REVEAL INCOMING:
Something is stirring in the Parallels.
Secrets. Shadows. A story that's ready to rise.
Every revolution starts with a secret.
The Forbidden Parallel by Kevin Carver.
Published by Provender Press/ @angelagracehere.bsky.social
#comingsoon
Something is stirring in the Parallels.
Secrets. Shadows. A story that's ready to rise.
Every revolution starts with a secret.
The Forbidden Parallel by Kevin Carver.
Published by Provender Press/ @angelagracehere.bsky.social
#comingsoon
April 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🚨😱👀 COVER REVEAL INCOMING:
Something is stirring in the Parallels.
Secrets. Shadows. A story that's ready to rise.
Every revolution starts with a secret.
The Forbidden Parallel by Kevin Carver.
Published by Provender Press/ @angelagracehere.bsky.social
#comingsoon
Something is stirring in the Parallels.
Secrets. Shadows. A story that's ready to rise.
Every revolution starts with a secret.
The Forbidden Parallel by Kevin Carver.
Published by Provender Press/ @angelagracehere.bsky.social
#comingsoon
By name, Pansies have a bad reputation, but it’s the only plant from last year’s garden that survived 🤷♂️
March 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
By name, Pansies have a bad reputation, but it’s the only plant from last year’s garden that survived 🤷♂️
Reposted by Kevin Carver
Fellow author @kevincarver.bsky.social has his first book coming out soon. You can read all about it in the interview that we did with him for Pen & Pier. www.penandpier.com/news-and-art...
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March 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Fellow author @kevincarver.bsky.social has his first book coming out soon. You can read all about it in the interview that we did with him for Pen & Pier. www.penandpier.com/news-and-art...
Reposted by Kevin Carver
I have a new flash story out today. Enjoy!
@uteorgassa.bsky.social is at Punk Noir Magazine today with her vision of Windmills: "Mind the Flour Dust" .... caution, caution... punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/m...
Mind The Flour Dust by Ute Orgassa
Photo by SOO CHUL PARK on Pexels.com Mind The Flour Dust by Ute Orgassa You should have known better, I say to my mangled corpse. Not that it helps anything now, but I am angry at the me from about…
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I have a new flash story out today. Enjoy!
America hasn’t been right for some time. With everything going on, I find myself returning to an unlikely source of solace and inspiration that helps me cut through the darkness: Dystopian fiction.
Finding Hope in the Shadows: How Dystopian Fiction Inspires Resilience
And turning the page on apathy
kcarver.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
America hasn’t been right for some time. With everything going on, I find myself returning to an unlikely source of solace and inspiration that helps me cut through the darkness: Dystopian fiction.