David Hankins
@davidhankins.bsky.social
Award-winning author of Death and the Taxman, 2024 IAN Book of the Year for Outstanding Humor/Comedy.
There isn’t nearly enough humor in the world. I aim to change that, one story at a time.
There isn’t nearly enough humor in the world. I aim to change that, one story at a time.
Pinned
The Grim Reaper, trapped in an IRS agent’s dying body, must regain his powers before he dies and faces judgment for his original sin.
Readers and critics call Death and the Taxman “Wildly fun!” and “Hilarious!” with “Mad Terry Pratchett vibes.”
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#deathandthetaxman
Readers and critics call Death and the Taxman “Wildly fun!” and “Hilarious!” with “Mad Terry Pratchett vibes.”
books2read.com/deathandthet...
#deathandthetaxman
Reposted by David Hankins
BBNYA SEMI-FINALIST SPOTLIGHT: Death and the Taxman by David Hankins @bbnya.bsky.social @davidhankins.bsky.social
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December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
BBNYA SEMI-FINALIST SPOTLIGHT: Death and the Taxman by David Hankins @bbnya.bsky.social @davidhankins.bsky.social
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Reposted by David Hankins
After a woman opens her third eye to fight the demon horde sent to break her, she discovers that inviting her tormentors to tea might at least infuriate Lucifer beyond recovery
go.dfstory.com/darjeeling
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December 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
After a woman opens her third eye to fight the demon horde sent to break her, she discovers that inviting her tormentors to tea might at least infuriate Lucifer beyond recovery
go.dfstory.com/darjeeling
go.dfstory.com/darjeeling
NEW RELEASE! I’m absolutely thrilled that my story “Darjeeling & Demons” is now available on @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social!
dreamforgemagazine.com/story/darjee...
#bookstagram #shortstory #awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #freeread
dreamforgemagazine.com/story/darjee...
#bookstagram #shortstory #awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #freeread
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW RELEASE! I’m absolutely thrilled that my story “Darjeeling & Demons” is now available on @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social!
dreamforgemagazine.com/story/darjee...
#bookstagram #shortstory #awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #freeread
dreamforgemagazine.com/story/darjee...
#bookstagram #shortstory #awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #freeread
Hello, Black Friday! For the second time this month, Amazon overrode my print listings with 3rd party sellers, so I'm bringing Black Friday EXCLUSIVELY to the Lost Bard Webstore.
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#booksky #deathandthetaxman #BlackFriday2025 #supportindieauthors #readingcommunity
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#booksky #deathandthetaxman #BlackFriday2025 #supportindieauthors #readingcommunity
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Hello, Black Friday! For the second time this month, Amazon overrode my print listings with 3rd party sellers, so I'm bringing Black Friday EXCLUSIVELY to the Lost Bard Webstore.
davidhankins.com
#booksky #deathandthetaxman #BlackFriday2025 #supportindieauthors #readingcommunity
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#booksky #deathandthetaxman #BlackFriday2025 #supportindieauthors #readingcommunity
That moment when you realize you raised them right. No electricity? Sounds like family reading night by llama light. ❤️🔥🦙💡
It was a delightful evening. (Power returned 3hrs later)
(Yes, she grabbed one of my books.🥹 Link in bio)
#amreading #raisethemright #readingismagic #readingislife
It was a delightful evening. (Power returned 3hrs later)
(Yes, she grabbed one of my books.🥹 Link in bio)
#amreading #raisethemright #readingismagic #readingislife
October 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
That moment when you realize you raised them right. No electricity? Sounds like family reading night by llama light. ❤️🔥🦙💡
It was a delightful evening. (Power returned 3hrs later)
(Yes, she grabbed one of my books.🥹 Link in bio)
#amreading #raisethemright #readingismagic #readingislife
It was a delightful evening. (Power returned 3hrs later)
(Yes, she grabbed one of my books.🥹 Link in bio)
#amreading #raisethemright #readingismagic #readingislife
Yeah, Cora does have a tendency to steal the scene in any book she’s in. 😁
Thanks @bookmarkedone.bsky.social for adding “Rare Find!” to your list of stylish and sassy senior ladies!
Thanks @bookmarkedone.bsky.social for adding “Rare Find!” to your list of stylish and sassy senior ladies!
Let's hear it for the stylish and sassy senior ladies of #sciencefiction and #fantasy!
Featuring the fiction of @technomistress.bsky.social , @davidhankins.bsky.social , @bekagremikova.bsky.social , @retreasure.bsky.social , and more.
#ShortStories #scifi #WritersOfTheFuture #poetry 💙📚🐉
Featuring the fiction of @technomistress.bsky.social , @davidhankins.bsky.social , @bekagremikova.bsky.social , @retreasure.bsky.social , and more.
#ShortStories #scifi #WritersOfTheFuture #poetry 💙📚🐉
Glorious Grannies: Mature Female Protagonists in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Science fiction and fantasy isn’t always the intrepid young hero on his first voyage to Mars. Or the naïve but strong and independent young woman falling for a magically attractive and dangerous fae lord. Although those protagonists are impressively popular, there are plenty of stories where the heroes aren’t young, fresh-faced, able-bodied, perpetually confused, and conventionally attractive. So please get to your feet and provide some thunderous applause for a look at protagonists with a brush of silver in their hair, joints that sometimes creak, and a fondness for quiet coziness in life:
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September 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Yeah, Cora does have a tendency to steal the scene in any book she’s in. 😁
Thanks @bookmarkedone.bsky.social for adding “Rare Find!” to your list of stylish and sassy senior ladies!
Thanks @bookmarkedone.bsky.social for adding “Rare Find!” to your list of stylish and sassy senior ladies!
I've moved The Lost Bard's Letter to Substack! The Inaugural Substack Edition is an interview with @angeliqueroche.bsky.social with all my Substack questions.
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#authorlife #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authornewsletter #amwriting
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#authorlife #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authornewsletter #amwriting
The Inaugural Substack Edition
The Lost Bard's Letter
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September 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I've moved The Lost Bard's Letter to Substack! The Inaugural Substack Edition is an interview with @angeliqueroche.bsky.social with all my Substack questions.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
#authorlife #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authornewsletter #amwriting
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#authorlife #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authornewsletter #amwriting
Dealing with tax malarkey in mid-August requires a special kind of beer. Thank you Taxman Brewing.
#authorlife #taxessuck #writinglife #adulting #ineedabeer
#authorlife #taxessuck #writinglife #adulting #ineedabeer
August 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Dealing with tax malarkey in mid-August requires a special kind of beer. Thank you Taxman Brewing.
#authorlife #taxessuck #writinglife #adulting #ineedabeer
#authorlife #taxessuck #writinglife #adulting #ineedabeer
I just got the most amazing review on Epic Indie!
www.epicindie.net/bookreviews/...
#booksky #writingcommunity #awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #bookrecommendation
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#booksky #writingcommunity #awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #bookrecommendation
August 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I just got the most amazing review on Epic Indie!
www.epicindie.net/bookreviews/...
#booksky #writingcommunity #awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #bookrecommendation
www.epicindie.net/bookreviews/...
#booksky #writingcommunity #awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #bookrecommendation
Can you spot my Grimsworld books on this AMAZING display? What other authors do you recognize?
I’m so happy right now 😊
At @prairielights.com Bookstore, Iowa City
#shoplocal #indiebookstore #deathandthetaxman #readingcommunity
I’m so happy right now 😊
At @prairielights.com Bookstore, Iowa City
#shoplocal #indiebookstore #deathandthetaxman #readingcommunity
August 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Can you spot my Grimsworld books on this AMAZING display? What other authors do you recognize?
I’m so happy right now 😊
At @prairielights.com Bookstore, Iowa City
#shoplocal #indiebookstore #deathandthetaxman #readingcommunity
I’m so happy right now 😊
At @prairielights.com Bookstore, Iowa City
#shoplocal #indiebookstore #deathandthetaxman #readingcommunity
I’m so thrilled to have my story “Fish Farts: A Love Story” coming soon in Murderfish! Their #Kickstarter is on right now, so if you want to read about fish farts (and other piscine delights 🤣) that’s the place to be.
Link in comments.
#KickstarterReads #readmorebooks #writingcommunity #booksky
Link in comments.
#KickstarterReads #readmorebooks #writingcommunity #booksky
July 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I’m so thrilled to have my story “Fish Farts: A Love Story” coming soon in Murderfish! Their #Kickstarter is on right now, so if you want to read about fish farts (and other piscine delights 🤣) that’s the place to be.
Link in comments.
#KickstarterReads #readmorebooks #writingcommunity #booksky
Link in comments.
#KickstarterReads #readmorebooks #writingcommunity #booksky
This is an awesome book bundle (and not just because it has my book Death and the Taxman). All award-winning authors and editors. You gotta check this one out!
For another 17 days, my short story collection #ChasingNewSuns is part of a #speculativefiction e-book bundle from Arc Manor.
www.arcmanorbooks.com/bundle
🪐📚💙
@robertjsawyer.com, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, @davidhankins.bsky.social, @markleslie.bsky.social.
#iwritespecfic #wotfbundle
www.arcmanorbooks.com/bundle
🪐📚💙
@robertjsawyer.com, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, @davidhankins.bsky.social, @markleslie.bsky.social.
#iwritespecfic #wotfbundle
July 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This is an awesome book bundle (and not just because it has my book Death and the Taxman). All award-winning authors and editors. You gotta check this one out!
Congratulations to Death and the Taxman by @davidhankins.bsky.social
You are through to round 2 of #BBNYA2025!!
You are through to round 2 of #BBNYA2025!!
July 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Bwahaha! This was an absolutely hilarious interview with Amazing Stories, the first and oldest SF magazine. You have got to read it. Link in the comments.
#bookstagram #authorinterview #amazingstories #readmore #authorlife
#bookstagram #authorinterview #amazingstories #readmore #authorlife
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Bwahaha! This was an absolutely hilarious interview with Amazing Stories, the first and oldest SF magazine. You have got to read it. Link in the comments.
#bookstagram #authorinterview #amazingstories #readmore #authorlife
#bookstagram #authorinterview #amazingstories #readmore #authorlife
Contract signed! I’m thrilled to be coming back to Sally Port Magazine for the second time this year!
My story “The Unwilling Clockwork Goddess” is a tale of love, forgiveness, and surviving murderous gnomes.
Coming October 2025!
#authorlife #smallpress #comingsoon
My story “The Unwilling Clockwork Goddess” is a tale of love, forgiveness, and surviving murderous gnomes.
Coming October 2025!
#authorlife #smallpress #comingsoon
June 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Contract signed! I’m thrilled to be coming back to Sally Port Magazine for the second time this year!
My story “The Unwilling Clockwork Goddess” is a tale of love, forgiveness, and surviving murderous gnomes.
Coming October 2025!
#authorlife #smallpress #comingsoon
My story “The Unwilling Clockwork Goddess” is a tale of love, forgiveness, and surviving murderous gnomes.
Coming October 2025!
#authorlife #smallpress #comingsoon
The Grim Reaper, trapped in an IRS agent’s dying body, must regain his powers before he dies and faces judgment for his original sin.
Readers and critics call Death and the Taxman “Wildly fun!” and “Hilarious!” with “Mad Terry Pratchett vibes.”
books2read.com/deathandthet...
#deathandthetaxman
Readers and critics call Death and the Taxman “Wildly fun!” and “Hilarious!” with “Mad Terry Pratchett vibes.”
books2read.com/deathandthet...
#deathandthetaxman
June 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Grim Reaper, trapped in an IRS agent’s dying body, must regain his powers before he dies and faces judgment for his original sin.
Readers and critics call Death and the Taxman “Wildly fun!” and “Hilarious!” with “Mad Terry Pratchett vibes.”
books2read.com/deathandthet...
#deathandthetaxman
Readers and critics call Death and the Taxman “Wildly fun!” and “Hilarious!” with “Mad Terry Pratchett vibes.”
books2read.com/deathandthet...
#deathandthetaxman
Two months in a row featured in Publishers Weekly! Book Life is their indie author arm and I was thrilled to get top billing on their HUMOR spotlight!
Link in the comments.
#bookstagram #deathandthetaxman #bestsellingauthor #awardwinningauthor #readmore
Link in the comments.
#bookstagram #deathandthetaxman #bestsellingauthor #awardwinningauthor #readmore
May 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Two months in a row featured in Publishers Weekly! Book Life is their indie author arm and I was thrilled to get top billing on their HUMOR spotlight!
Link in the comments.
#bookstagram #deathandthetaxman #bestsellingauthor #awardwinningauthor #readmore
Link in the comments.
#bookstagram #deathandthetaxman #bestsellingauthor #awardwinningauthor #readmore
This is cool! @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social created an author page of my stories pubbed there! Head over and read some fun (free) fiction!!
(BTW, two of those are award-winning stories 😁. Enjoy!)
dreamforgemagazine.com/tag/david-ha...
#amwritingfantasy #readmore #keepreading #amreading
(BTW, two of those are award-winning stories 😁. Enjoy!)
dreamforgemagazine.com/tag/david-ha...
#amwritingfantasy #readmore #keepreading #amreading
April 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is cool! @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social created an author page of my stories pubbed there! Head over and read some fun (free) fiction!!
(BTW, two of those are award-winning stories 😁. Enjoy!)
dreamforgemagazine.com/tag/david-ha...
#amwritingfantasy #readmore #keepreading #amreading
(BTW, two of those are award-winning stories 😁. Enjoy!)
dreamforgemagazine.com/tag/david-ha...
#amwritingfantasy #readmore #keepreading #amreading
Well, this made my weekend. Three books on the Amazon top 100!!
Books available everywhere and via my webstore.
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#writingcommunity #bestsellingauthor #deathandthetaxman #awardwinningauthor #readingcommunity
Books available everywhere and via my webstore.
davidhankins.com
#writingcommunity #bestsellingauthor #deathandthetaxman #awardwinningauthor #readingcommunity
April 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Well, this made my weekend. Three books on the Amazon top 100!!
Books available everywhere and via my webstore.
davidhankins.com
#writingcommunity #bestsellingauthor #deathandthetaxman #awardwinningauthor #readingcommunity
Books available everywhere and via my webstore.
davidhankins.com
#writingcommunity #bestsellingauthor #deathandthetaxman #awardwinningauthor #readingcommunity
Woohoo! My story “Fish Farts: A Love Story” is coming to the anthology Murderfish.
It’s the prank that overthrew a king, a tale of love, sharks, and piscine flatulence.
This is now my THIRD story in the Unhelpful Encyclopedia series. 😁
#amwritinghumor #readmore #indiepress #awardwinningauthor
It’s the prank that overthrew a king, a tale of love, sharks, and piscine flatulence.
This is now my THIRD story in the Unhelpful Encyclopedia series. 😁
#amwritinghumor #readmore #indiepress #awardwinningauthor
April 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Woohoo! My story “Fish Farts: A Love Story” is coming to the anthology Murderfish.
It’s the prank that overthrew a king, a tale of love, sharks, and piscine flatulence.
This is now my THIRD story in the Unhelpful Encyclopedia series. 😁
#amwritinghumor #readmore #indiepress #awardwinningauthor
It’s the prank that overthrew a king, a tale of love, sharks, and piscine flatulence.
This is now my THIRD story in the Unhelpful Encyclopedia series. 😁
#amwritinghumor #readmore #indiepress #awardwinningauthor
Tax season gotcha down? Escape with the hilarious Death and the Taxman, winner of the 2024 Book of the Year for Outstanding Humor.
Reduced eBook through Tax Day.
books2read.com/deathandthet...
#awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #booksale #TaxDay #taxpreparer
Reduced eBook through Tax Day.
books2read.com/deathandthet...
#awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #booksale #TaxDay #taxpreparer
April 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Tax season gotcha down? Escape with the hilarious Death and the Taxman, winner of the 2024 Book of the Year for Outstanding Humor.
Reduced eBook through Tax Day.
books2read.com/deathandthet...
#awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #booksale #TaxDay #taxpreparer
Reduced eBook through Tax Day.
books2read.com/deathandthet...
#awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #booksale #TaxDay #taxpreparer
Emergency book infusion for an international flight? Done!
Thank you Anthology for Books for introducing my newest super fan to Death and the Taxman and the Grimsworld books.
Get your book infusion at the Lost Bard Webstore.
davidhankins.com
#deathandthetaxman #readersgonnaread #authorlife
Thank you Anthology for Books for introducing my newest super fan to Death and the Taxman and the Grimsworld books.
Get your book infusion at the Lost Bard Webstore.
davidhankins.com
#deathandthetaxman #readersgonnaread #authorlife
April 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Emergency book infusion for an international flight? Done!
Thank you Anthology for Books for introducing my newest super fan to Death and the Taxman and the Grimsworld books.
Get your book infusion at the Lost Bard Webstore.
davidhankins.com
#deathandthetaxman #readersgonnaread #authorlife
Thank you Anthology for Books for introducing my newest super fan to Death and the Taxman and the Grimsworld books.
Get your book infusion at the Lost Bard Webstore.
davidhankins.com
#deathandthetaxman #readersgonnaread #authorlife
Another Orange Tag! THANK YOU!!
Simple Sabotage: Surviving Bureaucracy with Snark and Style is an Amazon #1 New Release, Top 10 New Release in 3 Categories, and ALSO in the Top 100 Best Sellers for the same categories.
amzn.to/3G1WPp6
#1NewRelease #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Simple Sabotage: Surviving Bureaucracy with Snark and Style is an Amazon #1 New Release, Top 10 New Release in 3 Categories, and ALSO in the Top 100 Best Sellers for the same categories.
amzn.to/3G1WPp6
#1NewRelease #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
April 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Another Orange Tag! THANK YOU!!
Simple Sabotage: Surviving Bureaucracy with Snark and Style is an Amazon #1 New Release, Top 10 New Release in 3 Categories, and ALSO in the Top 100 Best Sellers for the same categories.
amzn.to/3G1WPp6
#1NewRelease #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Simple Sabotage: Surviving Bureaucracy with Snark and Style is an Amazon #1 New Release, Top 10 New Release in 3 Categories, and ALSO in the Top 100 Best Sellers for the same categories.
amzn.to/3G1WPp6
#1NewRelease #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Surprise Release! Surviving bureaucracy has never been so fun.
Includes snarky commentary on the 1944 Simple Sabotage Field Manual which outline gloriously Machiavellian methods to fight tyranny.
No, this isn’t a prank 😁
davidhankins.com/simple-sabot...
#readersgonnaread #writingcommunity
Includes snarky commentary on the 1944 Simple Sabotage Field Manual which outline gloriously Machiavellian methods to fight tyranny.
No, this isn’t a prank 😁
davidhankins.com/simple-sabot...
#readersgonnaread #writingcommunity
April 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Surprise Release! Surviving bureaucracy has never been so fun.
Includes snarky commentary on the 1944 Simple Sabotage Field Manual which outline gloriously Machiavellian methods to fight tyranny.
No, this isn’t a prank 😁
davidhankins.com/simple-sabot...
#readersgonnaread #writingcommunity
Includes snarky commentary on the 1944 Simple Sabotage Field Manual which outline gloriously Machiavellian methods to fight tyranny.
No, this isn’t a prank 😁
davidhankins.com/simple-sabot...
#readersgonnaread #writingcommunity
An author first for me: Death and the Taxman is a book club pick! And they’re discussing it on Tax Day. Thank you Anthology for Books!
#bookclubreads #bookclubpick #deathandthetaxman #authorlife
#bookclubreads #bookclubpick #deathandthetaxman #authorlife
March 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
An author first for me: Death and the Taxman is a book club pick! And they’re discussing it on Tax Day. Thank you Anthology for Books!
#bookclubreads #bookclubpick #deathandthetaxman #authorlife
#bookclubreads #bookclubpick #deathandthetaxman #authorlife