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Tylor E Kunkle
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✨ Fantasy writer of animals with swords & magic
✏️ Hobbyist artist
🎮 RPG gamer
Gamer tag: EternalMirage
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Tylor E Kunkle @tylorkunkle.bsky.social · Jul 13
KINSHIP OF AEITHALIS

In a land ravaged by war and abandoned by its magical guardians, a fractured company of soldiers 🐲 team up with an old enemy 🐺 to survive. Will they fall to the monstrous Invaders? Or will they tear each other apart first?
#BluePit #📖#W #F #A #LGBT
An aesthetic board for the plot of KINSHIP OF AEITHALIS: Volume 1. Featuring images of: grand stone columns swords crossing in unison warriors standing side by side a forest with a ruined arch a battered warrior holding their sword close interlocked hands with the subtitle "Stay." A dark, misty forest with foreboding shadows in the trees A grand, ruined cathedral overgrown with nature
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🦌Edwin - Doesn't think about it much. Lives life by each day.

🐰Reginald - Constantly. He dreads what awaits him when he inherits his House, seeing what his dad does all day.

🦊Mariette - Avoids thinking about it. 😬
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social Charlie Delta 🦊🐐 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

How much does your character think about the future?

Do they have plans for retirement and a pension set up? A distant dream but no real plans? Do they live each day as it comes and never think about it?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
Reginald was the only one to volunteer to help Edwin save the forest.

Being a wealthy noble heir, Edwin is super sus of Reggie, because his kind don't work for free.

But there's an earnestness to Reggie that starts to soften Edwin's guarded heart. Two lonely souls find connection. 🥺
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social Charlie Delta 🦊🐐 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 3d
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Tell me a bit about the first time your character met someone important to them.

This could be a close friend, love interest, mentor, etc.

Did they like each other right away? Did they warm over time?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
Have you all seen the short film Snow Bear yet? It's such a beautiful, delightful little movie. 🥺
youtu.be/xOXolSQcEb4
SNOW BEAR - A Hand-Drawn Animated Short Film (4K) by Aaron Blaise
YouTube video by The Art of Aaron Blaise
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
Edwin loves ending his day with a hot bowl of vegetable soup and herbal tea by the fireplace. ☺️
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social Charlie Delta 🦊🐐 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 4d
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

I feel like I ask about negative emotions a lot. So today tell me something that makes your character happy!

A small joy, like a sunset, a warm cup of cocoa, a good book, or time with their favorite person!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
"I'm a civil engineer. 😊"
"When are you going to fix the potholes in front of my house?"
🥲
mixedlinguist.bsky.social Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 5d
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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ethanmaldridge.bsky.social
It's Small Business Saturday! And I run a small business! Here's a little rundown of what I've got . . .
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:

- Red fox
- Coyotes
- Bald eagle
- Armadillo
- Black bear
kiraofthewind.com Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 8d
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:

-sea lion
-American bison
-marmots
-fireflies
-cougar
koblbird.bsky.social Kobolds! How do they Yip? @koblbird.bsky.social · 8d
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Deer Deer Deer Just so many DEER! They raid the garden.
Fox
Hedgehog
what I believe is a wild cat
All the Mice and Voels and a Moel once.
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
I guess Edwin leans SLIGHTLY towards outdoorsy.
He's known to walk sometimes in the woods.
He kinda befriends trees.
He occasionally sneezes flowers (not literally).
He only risks life and limb on a quest to save the forest.
He might also live in a sentient tree.
He has a garden.

Yeah I dunno. 🤷‍♂️
An aesthetic board of 9 images in warm, earthy colors. At the center is a portrait of an anthropomorphic deer. Featuring images of: An autumn forest foraging shabby clothing wild magic harmony with nature
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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ethanmaldridge.bsky.social
Hey you
A white stoat wearing an elegant tweed suit with a red vest. He holds a lantern out, autumn leaves swirling at his ankles, while an banner flutters over his head that reads "Unclench your jaw."
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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elizmanderson.com
it's been an artful weekend! this isn't done yet bc I want to add color but need to test it first, but this is a mini comic of a scene from THE LORD OF THE WOOD, my queer cozy horror releasing in July

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
mini comic of a scene from The Lord of the Wood, in five panels, all in black and white. Panel 1: Arthur sits in a forest, with a stag lying before him, its head in his lap and the hilt of a knife in its shoulder. He strokes its neck, saying, "Please. Please remember." Three smaller panels: Arthur kissing the stag's nose, then pressing his forehead to the stag's, then, after a poof between panels, looking up in surprise as a clawed, furry hand is now cupping his face. We zoom out for the final panel to show Ira, a man but with antlers and cervine ears, with his forehead pressed to Arthur's.
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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ethanmaldridge.bsky.social
A mysterious stranger makes his appearance, this week on SABLE: A GHOST STORY sablecomic.com
Comic panels from the webcomic SABLE: A GHOST STORY. Teddy stutters, clearly nervous: "Sorry! I didnt- I'm looking for Martin Sable? I'm his nephew." Opposite him stands a large imposing grey wolf, glaring at him
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
Y'all aren't ready for this book! 🔥🔥🔥
monatewari.com Mona Tewari @monatewari.com · 16d
Please join me in SCREAMING about this incredible artwork from @musethe.bsky.social! I cannot thank Rosario enough for capturing Matanta & Abbakka in the opening scene of BURN THE SEA so perfectly. The dynamic between the 2 of them was so much fun to write, & Matanta is one of my favorite characters
Illustrated picture of a bright green lion with wings glowering from inside a cave at a little girl with curly hair who is wearing a blue lehenga choli at the entrance. Glowing green birds circle above.
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
DeerWizardWIP features an all anthro cast! 🥰

🦌 Edwin is a deer
🐰 Reginald is a hare
🦊 Mariette is a fox
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social Charlie Delta 🦊🐐 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 17d
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Are your characters human?

If not, tell me a little about what they are!

If so, are there any non-human species they interact with regularly? Tell me a bit about them and the type of relationship they have!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
This thread puts words to a lot of feelings of mine. Love it!
kjcharleswriter.com KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 17d
I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
Mariette! While she's quick with a quip and sarcasm, her motherly aura makes it easy for Edwin and Reginald to confide in her. She's highly observant and she will call people out on their BS! 🦊🧡
An aesthetic board of 9 photos for a fox mercenary, Mariette. A photo of a fox is in the center. THe left column has monochrome photos of dueling, fleeing, and a lock and key. The center has rapiers and battle. The right column has warm-colored photos of a fox and her kit, a young girl with a flower basket, and a cozy brick house.
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
Y'all need to check out these books! They're so good!

And that updated Bloody Spade cover??? 👌👌👌
bmwillows.bsky.social Brittany M. Willows 🐝🍁 BUY MY QUEER CATBOY BOOKS @bmwillows.bsky.social · 19d
The Cardplay Duology ebook box set is on sale for $0.99! With the holidays around the corner, it could make a great gift for the YA Urban Fantasy reader in your life (or for yourself 😉✨)

♠️ amazon.com/dp/B0FC6Y3W51
♥️ amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FC6Y3W51

#BookSky #WritingCommunity
Promo graphic that reads "I got a BookBub Featured Deal?! Cardplay Duology Digital Box Set 99 cents on Kindle (US and UK), or get Bloody Spade and Bleeding Heart for 99 cents each (US and International). Image also has a 3D mock-up of a physical box set featuring art of the story's main duo, Ellen and Iori. Ellen is a girl with long white hair and a scythe, Iori is a boy with cat ears and a cat tail. A black ink-like substance swirls around them. A promotional graphic featuring 3D mock-ups of Bloody Spade and Bleeding Heart's, surrounded by a list of tropes/themes that appear in the Cardplay Duology. Text reads: Abundant hurt/comfort, inky body horror, hot-tempered fire wielder, bird girl with plant magic, a celestial deity with a penchant for murder, a budding QPR, returned magic, slow-burn romantic subplot, asexual panic, monsters born from malice, softhearted scythe-wielding girl, snarky cat-eared thief. Bloody Spade's cover depicts a black silhouette of a short-haired cat-eared boy with a glowing purple spade in front of him. Bleeding Heart's depicts a white silhouette of a girl with deer antlers and long flowing hair with a glowing heart in front of her.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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bmwillows.bsky.social
Hey, guess what else: Preorders are officially open for THE HOWLING DARK, my scifi fantasy novel about fugitive werewolf brothers on a perilous journey home across a post-apocalyptic landscape! 🐺🌓

PREORDER: amazon.com/dp/B0G1KFVKVM
ADD ON GR/SG: thehowlingdark.carrd.co
Kindle pre-order promo graphic for THE HOWLING DARK, coming mid or late 2026. Centered in the graphic is the placeholder cover for the book, featuring the protagonist looking with a neutral expression into the camera, holding a spear. He's backlit and framed by leafless branches. He is a 22-year-old white man with long black and white hair, one brown eye and one blue, and a scar over his left eye. He's wearing a parka with a fur-lined hood over a tan sweater. Sylvain is an eclipse-born werewolf who knows neither his bestial form nor the post-nuclear wilds his kind hail from. Raised on the orbital research station Zodiac, he’s grown accustomed to a life of peaceful predictability. Though fantasies of visiting his birthplace may be out of reach due to medical restrictions, he has a loving boyfriend and all of his essential needs are met. What more could he want?In the opinion of his elder brother, the answer is: everything.Believing them abducted as children, Illia has always sworn to someday return with his brother to the mountains they were taken from. And when a peculiar turn in Sylvain’s health brings to light an ugly truth, someday becomes now—whether Sylvain is ready for it or not.Soon enough, the brothers find themselves fugitives on the planet’s surface, pursued by the government and bloodthirsty huntsmen, and under the unexpected guidance of the rebel Sundogs. All that lies between them and home is miles of unfamiliar countryside, toxic wastelands, a parasitic garden of death . . . and the question of how much they’re willing to risk in order to get there.
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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anotherindiewriter.com
It's my birthday. Please preorder my novella today.

Thread celebrating friend books later today.

Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTWJ89VC
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/guitar-con...
A banner with happy birthday to me written on it and "please preorder my novella to celebrate" below. There is a cake with orange icing as well as a river of what looks to be orange, light green, and dark green water. In the bottom right is the cover of Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina. It is a beige/off-white cover with the book's title in gray-blue text. At the top is the text "A novella in three movements" and at the bottom is the author's name, S. Morgan Burbank.
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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danogambler.bsky.social
Kinda nervous about putting this up, because it's been hanging over me for some time now.

We've never considered a GFM before, but we're in a situation that has pushed us into looking at every thinkable angle.

Please consider reading, supporting, sharing... anything.

link ⬇️
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
A friend of mine is at risk of losing his home! If you can spare anything, or share this campaign around, it would help a lot!

gofund.me/2ac63a1a2
Donate to Help us save our home, organized by Twitch Wennerholm
[TLDR at the bottom] A little backstory about the house. It belongs to an acquaintance, an… Twitch Wennerholm needs your support for Help us save our home
gofund.me
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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rammygoldfinch.bsky.social
reminder that Gw2 says fuck fascists
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
Hi I've been away from social media for the past few days due to a family emergency. (It's fine now)

What'd I miss?
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
That's my son all shocked and confused!! 🥰🥰🥰
natsuakai.bsky.social Natsuakai @natsuakai.bsky.social · Nov 6
Kofi heads round 2!
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
Very early, as I'm planning it my head.

I have 2 sequels planned for Kinship, and I have a pretty detailed plan for how each book ends. 😁
ddwardiswriting.bsky.social Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · Nov 5
Ok #WritingCommunity

When in the process do you know what your ending is going to be?

I know by the end of writing the first chapter. Normally I know before that.
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
tylorkunkle.bsky.social
While I don't live in NYC, yesterday made me happy to be a New Yorker. 😊
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM