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Welcome to the Forester Universe, home of Kyell Gold’s stories of foxes, tigers, otters, and more! Follow for updates, fan spotlights, and exciting new releases and project news!

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Here’s @kyellgold.com’s #Patreon schedule this week!

📚🎧 Science Friction audiobook — Parts 5 & 6

🐲 Monster Huggers ongoing serialized novel

🎨 Azure City cover concept sketches by @rukis.bsky.social!

Plus: 🐯🏈 The Game Face print is available through November for all paid tiers!

#Furry #FurryLit
Here's the release schedule for next week: Mon 11/17 – Content-Free Day (open to all)! Tue 11/18 – Writing Stream (open to all), Noon–1:30pm PT (Picarto.tv) Tue 11/18 – Serialized Audiobook: Science Friction (Part 5) — Copper+ Wed 11/19 – Serialized Novel: Monster Huggers (Part 21) — Text+ Thu 11/20 – Art Preview: Azure City cover WIPs (Dangerous Spirits #4) — Base+ Fri 11/21 – Serialized Audiobook: Science Friction (Part 6) — Copper+
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Halfway through November with only 12 days left to snag an archival-quality Game Face print! Joining @kyellgold.com's #Patreon, even at the $1 tier, gets you access to this iconic Out of Position inspired art by Blotch. Higher tiers include discounts.

#Furry #FurryLit

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A male anthropomorphic tiger stands wearing only football shoulder pads and holding a football in his left paw. His crotch is covered by a black censor box with an eggplant on it, implying nudity. He looks at the viewer with a slight smirk, playful and flirtatious. The original painting was done in acrylics, with visible brush strokes and painterly texture. The character is Dev from the Dev & Lee series by Kyell Gold (first book: Out of Position). An uncensored version is available on FurAffinity. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/5829892/ A close-up of a male anthropomorphic tiger’s face. He has orange fur with black stripes, golden eyes, and a confident, flirtatious smirk as he looks directly at the viewer. The image is painted in acrylics, with soft brush strokes visible in the fur and highlights. The character is Dev from the Dev & Lee series by Kyell Gold (first book: Out of Position). An uncensored version is available on FurAffinity.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Excited to announce the first Forester Universe story-inspired merch: an (uncensored) 9"×12" archival quality giclée print of Blotch’s classic painting Game Face, a defining Dev image. Ordering details go out to Kyell’s #Patreon members tomorrow (Nov 1)!

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#Furry #FurryArt
A male anthropomorphic tiger stands wearing only football shoulder pads and holding a football in his left paw. His crotch is covered by a black censor box with an eggplant on it, implying nudity. He looks at the viewer with a slight smirk, playful and flirtatious. The original painting was done in acrylics, with visible brush strokes and painterly texture. The character is Dev from the Dev & Lee series by Kyell Gold (first book: Out of Position). An uncensored version is available on FurAffinity. A close-up of a male anthropomorphic tiger’s face. He has orange fur with black stripes, golden eyes, and a confident, flirtatious smirk as he looks directly at the viewer. The image is painted in acrylics, with soft brush strokes visible in the fur and highlights. The character is Dev from the Dev & Lee series by Kyell Gold (first book: Out of Position). An uncensored version is available on FurAffinity.
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Starting Nov. 3, the updates to @kyellgold.com's #Patreon go live! One big addition: serialized #audiobooks at the Copper tier, with chapters twice a week. First up: the classic sex farce Science Friction, narrated by @arcticaur.bsky.social!

www.patreon.com/kyellgold

#Furry #FurryLit #BookSky
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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📚 10–11: More award-winning titles; Waterways, Losing My Religion, Winter Games, Science Friction, Squeak Thief, Camouflage, The Time He Desires, Bridges, and In the Doghouse of Justice
📚 12: Join Kyell’s Patreon! Big plans coming soon.

www.patreon.com/kyellgold

#ForesterUniverse
Spread featuring stand-alone novels and stories such as Waterways, Losing My Religion, Winter Games, Science Friction, Squeak Thief, Camouflage, The Time He Desires, Bridges, and In the Doghouse of Justice. Closing page with a fox logo holding a book. Lists Patreon rewards such as acknowledgments, early access, audio exclusives, tiered rewards, and character cameos.
September 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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📚 Pgs. 3-4 - The Dev & Lee Collection! (Ty Game sequel in ’26!).
📚 Pgs. 5-6 - The Argaea Collection!
📚 Pgs. 7-9 - Dangerous Spirits, Dude Series, Love Match, and the Whiskered Whodunit books. (Dangerous Spirits and Whiskered Whodunit sequels in '26!)

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Spread highlighting the Dev & Lee sports romance series including Out of Position, Titles, Ty Game, and Tales of the Firebirds. Football field background with award badges, and headphones showing audiobook availability. Fantasy spread with the Argaea novels, including the Volle series, Shadow of the Father, Return from Diviala, and Weasel Presents: Tales from Argaea. Illustrated covers with foxes and weasels. Spread with series including Green Fairy, Red Devil, Black Angel, and Azure City (Dangerous Spirits), Dude, Where’s My Fox? and Pack, the Love Match tennis series, and the mystery A Whiskered Whodunit.
September 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Cover - Kyell icon by @grion.bsky.social.
📚 Pg. 1 - Where to Buy. Keep it in the Furry fandom! (i.e., @furplanet.com, @fenrispublishing.bsky.social, @thebookbadgers.bsky.social, @fusselschwarm.bsky.social)
📚 Pg. 2 - Note from Kyell. Icon by @henrieke.bsky.social.

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Cover of the Forester Universe brochure by Kyell Gold. Features a cartoon fox holding a notepad, surrounded by covers of multiple Kyell Gold books. Opening spread listing where to buy Kyell Gold’s books (bookstores, furry presses, online retailers) and a personal note from the author. Cartoon fox in a fedora shown at bottom right.
September 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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We keep printouts of some of the original sketch work from the video on our wall as a constant inspiration to one day work on another Dev & Lee animation.
A sheet of pencil sketches depicting the anthropomorphic fox head of Lee in various angles and expressive poses. The expressions range from calm and curious to angry and surprised, with a few exaggerated reaction faces and side profile studies. A sheet of blue pencil sketches showing an anthropomorphic tiger character’s head, Dev, in different expressions and angles. The sketches include happy, sad, angry, and confused expressions, along with rough construction lines and crossed-out attempts. Two pages of pencil sketches showing anthropomorphic fox, Lee, in full-body poses. The left page features dynamic action poses and anatomical studies, while the right page has standing and seated poses, some dressed in clothing, exploring posture and gesture. Several sheets pinned on a wall displaying multiple figure sketches of anthropomorphic characters. The top row includes dynamic sports poses, action stances, and interactions between characters, while the bottom left shows red pencil gesture drawings, and the bottom right shows a turnaround view of a smiling anthropomorphic character from the front, side, and back.
August 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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🏈 🔥 The first set of Chevali Firebird team boxes are going out today to new recruits and returning veterans. Just in time to rep the Chevali Firebirds with Dev & Lee as the the football season gets under way! GO FIREBIRDS! 🏳️‍🌈🐯🦊❤️

#Furry #ForesterUniverse #FurryLit
Open cardboard box containing a Chevali Firebirds T-shirt and black water bottle wrapped in plastic. Open Forester Universe-branded box filled with brown crinkle paper and a small envelope with a Chevali Firebird logo, with more branded boxes in the background. Stack of five white Forester Universe-branded cardboard boxes on a patterned carpet, with bookshelves in the background.
August 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Day 2 Comic-Con international is a go! Not only is @kyellgold.com camping out, but @moozua.bsky.social and @transformartive.com have joined us! Shirts, awesome bags, art, pins, and scintillating conversation*!

Booth #1236

*scintillatingness decreases 5% after 3pm.

#SDCC2025 #CCI2025 #Furry
#SDCC
A colorful booth at Comic-Con International displays vibrant button-up shirts, art prints, and accessories. Three patterned shirts hang prominently above the booth—one with sharks, one with foxes, and a bright tropical-themed design. Below are racks of lanyards with cartoon prints, a display of pins, and a “Canids of the World” print. The booth has a white sign reading “Sofawolf Press 1236”. Two pride flags featuring paw prints are hung vertically. The left flag has rainbow stripes behind a black paw print with a white pad, symbolizing LGBTQ+ furry pride. The right flag has the transgender pride colors (blue, pink, and white) behind a black paw print with a cyan pad, symbolizing transgender furry pride. A banner for Kyell Gold’s novel “Unfinished Business” and a Figment dragon backpack are partially visible beside them. A display of drawstring bags and enamel pins on a convention table. The bags feature cute, cartoon-style artwork: the center one depicts characters from the show Bluey, the bottom one shows a green-haired anime-style fox girl with leek bottles, and the right one has a pink creature hugging a baby bottle. Above them are five enamel pins with various designs including a fox, a unicorn, and pop-culture-inspired imagery. An illustrated print titled “Canids of the World” features cartoon-style drawings of various canid species, each labeled with their name. These include the Jackal, Arctic Wolf, Dhole, Tanuki, Red Fox, Fennec Fox, Arctic Fox, Gray Wolf, Coyote, Maned Wolf, Wild Dog, and Dingo. The characters have exaggerated expressions and poses, creating a whimsical and engaging educational illustration.
July 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Hello San Diego! We’ve finished setting up camp and are excited to spend the next 5 days at @sandiegocomic-con.bsky.social! We’ve got words & pictures, badges & lanyards, and backpacks & shirts—everything you need to boost your Furriness by 15%!

Booth #1236.

#SDCC #SDCC2025 #CCI #CCI2025 #Furry
A colorful vendor booth at San Diego Comic-Con featuring the Forester Universe by Tim Susman (Kyell Gold). Prominently displayed are vertical banners for two novels, “Unfinished Business” and “Dead Right,” each featuring anthropomorphic wolf characters. Behind the table hangs a large trans pride flag with a pawprint. The table is covered in orange and blue cloth with the Forester Universe fox-and-book logo, and displays a variety of books, shirts, and signs for eBooks and audiobooks. Two people in patterned shirts sit behind the booth, and adjacent booths are partially visible. Booth number 1236.
July 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Before we launched the Forester Universe channel, we spotted this amazing fan art of Dev & Lee by @patapatadeperro.bsky.social. It made our day then—and still does now. 🐯🦊🏈

📚 = Out of Position, by @kyellgold.com

#FurryLit #Furry #ForesterUniverse #OutOfPosition #DevandLee
A muscular anthropomorphic tiger, Dev Miski, in a dark t-shirt and maroon shorts is depicted in two poses. In the top-left corner, he’s lying on the ground, panting with exhaustion after a workout. In the main image, he’s standing upright, breathing heavily and visibly tired but determined. A speech bubble reads: “YOU’RE REALLY PUSHING YOURSELF TO THE LIMIT FOR YOUR AGE, GRAMPS!!!” An anthropomorphic fox, Lee Farrel, in a light blue shirt and khaki pants is shown in two poses. At the top left, he’s clutching his arm while yelling “NAH!!” defiantly as he chews on the cast. In the top-right, another character (off-screen) shouts, “HEY, YOU’RE GOING TO RUIN THE CAST!!!” Below, the fox sits on the floor typing on a laptop with a cast on his right paw. A caption next to him reads: “HIS PAW ITCHES.”
July 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Sunday Sunday Sunday! Come to the @baycon.org Dealers Room and check out our wares! And by wares we mean books, eBooks, and audiobooks! We also have one slightly used wererat. Stinky, not good at much, attracts cats—but great in the kitchen and only bites a little. Best offer.

#Furry #Baycon2025
A person in a wererat fursuit poses behind a book display at a convention dealer’s room. Behind them are colorful banners featuring anthropomorphic art and the cover of the book Dead Right by Tim Susman. The table and racks are filled with books from the Forester Universe, including Unfinished Business, Dead Right, The Tower and the Fox, and more. Promotional postcards are also visible on the table.
July 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Day 2, @baycon.org! We got your Furry gateway books here! Plenty of time to pickup some great books, learn about Furry, and select your Fursona before @furcon.bsky.social in Jan ‘26. Here today ‘til 8pm PT.

#Furry #FurryLit #Baycon2025
A convention dealer table displays a wide variety of books by Kyell Gold and Tim Susman under the “Forester Universe” brand. Behind the table are two vertical banners: one with the name “Kyell Gold” and illustrated scenes featuring anthropomorphic characters, and the other promoting Tim Susman’s novel Dead Right, depicting a werewolf in a dark urban setting. The tabletop is filled with neatly arranged books, some displayed on racks, including titles like The Time He Desires, Dead Right, Unfinished Business, Losing My Religion, and The Price of Thorns. A black tablecloth features the Forester Universe logo. A sign on the right corner reads “Queer Romance! Adults Only.”
July 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Live in the San Francisco Bay Area and feeling AnthroCon FOMO this weekend? We got ya! Come join us at the areas premier Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention this July 4th weekend in Santa Clara. @baycon.org kicks off in just one day!! Guaranteed to put some wag back in that wagger!

#FurryLit #Baycon2025
Poster for BayCon 2025 (Westercon 77), themed “A Convenient Parallel Dimension,” happening July 4–7 at the Santa Clara Marriott. The background features swirling clouds and a glowing white portal with faint text inside reading “WOULD YOU ENTER?” The event highlights include afrofuturism, anime, artists’ alley, autographs, book launches, dealers’ hall, gaming, ghost hunting, horror, music, paranormal, STEM, and more. Guests of Honor listed are Dr. Lawana Richmond, J.K. Woodward, Spotted Giraffe, Sasha Graham, M.A. Carrick, Catherine Mary Stewart, and Stacy Meyn & Tracy Newby. A QR code and the URL BayCon.org appear at the bottom, along with the tagline: “Society for the Promotion of Speculative Fiction.”
July 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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We’re not on X.com much, so we really appreciate when folks point out amazing Forester Universe fan art. A friend shared this stunning piece by “Domik 도믹” and we had to pass it along! If they’re on Bluesky, let us know!

🎨 = x.com/domikat__

#Furry #ForesterUniverse #Dev&Lee #OutOfPosition #FurryLit
A warm, intimate illustration of two anthropomorphic characters—Dev, a tiger, and Lee, a fox—sharing a joyful embrace in a brightly lit elevator. Outside the elevator in the dim hallway, a shadowed rat character waits, looking slightly annoyed or indifferent. A newspaper inside the elevator shows Dev on the cover with the headline “Homoksi.” The scene is rich with warm tones and expressive body language, capturing a private moment in a public space. The artist’s name, Domik, appears above the elevator sign. The art captures a scene in the second book, Isolation Play, from the Out of Position series by author Kyell Gold.
July 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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More convention prep! This time it’s a set of postcards for @kyellgold.com’s epic fantasy novel 'The Price of Thorns'. @hibbary.bsky.social continues to do an amazing job capturing scenes from the novel. Look for them @baycon.org!

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#FurryLit #Baycon25
A traditional media illustration of an underwater scene featuring a weasel, Nivvy, with a bubble helmet swimming toward a skeletal figure upon whose lap is rests an ornate crown. Signed “hibbary” in the corner. A grayscale illustration of a confident woman in a medieval gown standing in front of a looming, ghostly figure with sharp features and flames in its hair. The woman stands tall with one hand on her hip, while the spirit looms protectively or ominously behind her. Signed “hibbary.” A dramatic illustration of a weasel, Nivvy, desperately clinging to the leg of a large bird of prey, Zein, mid-flight in a rainstorm. The bird appears to be in pain and distress as an arrow pierces its wing. Signed “hibbary.” Promotional postcard for The Price of Thorns by Tim Susman, featuring the cover of the novel alongside a featured excerpt from the short story "The Story of Clever Jorl." A banner across the top reads “FREE AUDIO SHORT STORY.” The card includes a quote from the book, a review from BlueInk Reviews, and logos for Argyll Productions and Forester Universe. A QR code for accessing the story is in the lower right corner.
June 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Busy prepping promo postcards for our next con, @baycon.org! Excited to see how a non-furry crowd connects with @kyellgold.com's Wolftown series. Think 'The Maltese Falcon' meets 'Hellboy'. 🕵️‍♂️🐺🔥

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#FurryLit #Baycon25
A dramatic urban scene showing a werewolf in torn shorts confronting a tense-looking man and woman in a desolate street. Tall buildings surround them, with graffiti, a streetlight, and a sidewalk billboard bearing a poster of the werewolf. Review quotes praise the series as “a remarkable urban fantasy debut” and “the werewolf-teenage ghost-activism novel you didn’t know you needed.” Cover art is credited to Ilya Royz and cover design to Christine Foltzer. A promotional postcard for the Wolftown Series by Tim Susman, featuring the book covers of Unfinished Business and Dead Right. The tagline reads “Queer Urban Fantasy,” with the subhead Action, heart, and just the right amount of bite. A synopsis describes paranormal PI Jae Kim’s adventures in walled-off cities where supernatural “extras” live segregated from humans. The Forester Universe logo, a QR code, and book titles are included.
June 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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The Dealer’s Room is open at Galactic Camp! Come by the table to grab your summer reading and learn how to join the Firebirds!

#GalacticCamp #FurryLit #ForesterUniverse #GC2025
A vendor table at Galactic Camp is set up in front of a vintage Navy aircraft. The table features books from Kyell Gold and Tim Susman, including titles like Unfinished Business, The Price of Thorns, and Dead Right. A banner reading “Forester Universe” with a fox holding a book hangs on the front. Firebirds-themed merch like hats and jerseys are on display, alongside an info sheet for joining the team. The setting is inside an aircraft carrier, with visible ship signage and aviation equipment in the background.
May 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Con special only! The Firebirds are recruiting new Coaches and Players, grab a bundle box and show the world who you play for!
Chevali Firebird: Player Box Price: $175 Includes: • The Dev & Lee Series (Audio & eBook Bundle) Includes: Out of Position, Isolation Play, Divisions, Uncovered, Overtime Formats: eBook and Audiobook • Unisex T-Shirt Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL Colors: Black, Red, Navy, True Royal, Athletic Heather, White • Stainless Steel Wide-Mouth Insulated Bottle 22 oz Colors: Black or Red • Snapback Cap One size Color combos: Black/Red/Red, Gold/Black/Black, Black/Gray/Gray, Orange/Black/Black • Vinyl Stickers Quantity: 2 3” die-cut Firebird logo • Fox Pride Pin 1” enamel pin • Tiger Pride Pin 1” enamel pin Chevali Firebird: Coach Box Price: $275 Includes: • The Dev & Lee Series (Audio & eBook Bundle) Includes: Out of Position, Isolation Play, Divisions, Uncovered, Overtime Formats: eBook and Audiobook • Unisex T-Shirt Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL Colors: Black, Red, Navy, True Royal, Athletic Heather, White • Stainless Steel Wide-Mouth Insulated Bottle 22 oz Colors: Black or Red • Under Armour® Coach Hat One size Colors: Black, Gray, Navy, White • Vinyl Stickers Quantity: 2 3” die-cut Firebird logo • Fox Pride Pin 1” enamel pin • Tiger Pride Pin 1” enamel pin • Coach Whistle Approximately 2” x 1” x 3/4”
May 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Swing by our booth at @galacticcamp.bsky.social this weekend! How often do you get to buy amazing Furry merch in front of an F-8 Crusader, on a real aircraft carrier?!

#FurryLit #GalacticCamp #Firebirds #ForesterUniverse
Table covered with books, t-shirts, and hats branded with the Firebird logo. Table covered with books, t-shirts, and hats branded with the Firebird logo. Closer of t-shirts. Table covered with books, t-shirts, and hats branded with the Firebird logo. Close-up of hats. Cockpit of a decommissioned F8-Crusader aircraft.
May 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The Love Match series by @kyellgold.com is about coming of age, chasing dreams, and finding your place. It’s also a love story. It’s also about tennis. The prologue to Book 1 drops you right into the heart of it.

🎧 Love Match 2 Coming Soon!

🎧 Love Match 1 Available: www.audible.com/pd/B08BLVWY4...
Pg. 1 - PROLOGUE SEPTEMBER 2015 Let’s assume you’ve got a job. Okay, you’re a call center employee or a concession stand worker or a guy who makes tennis balls in a factory or a system administrator. That’s a real thing, right? My agent was talking to one when she was getting my website up. Whatever it is, you’ve got this job. Now suppose that every weekend—or every week in your case because you have weekends off, right?—every week, the way you do your job is compared to a hundred other people. Sometimes as many as two hundred if it’s a big week. Understand, you’re not only being evaluated against people at your company. This is across the world. All the best tennis ball factory workers, all the best concession stand workers, all the best system administrators. And your salary is determined by how you do that week. If you come out on top, if you make the best tennis balls the fastest, or whip out hot dogs without an error or…administer the systems the best: big raise. Huge. You might be able to coast for a few months on that, or a year or two if it’s a big week. If you finish in the middle, you keep plugging along. If you finish last, well, you can still do the job, but they stop paying you so much, or at all. Pg. 2 - On top of that, every week some central office ranks you against all these other people. There are listings people can read in the paper that show that you are the 198th best system administrator in the world, or the 48th best call center employee. Your life starts to revolve around those numbers. Maybe if you’re top-100, you can move to a better company. Maybe if you’re top-50, you can get major endorsements. I guess you don’t get endorsements, but maybe you would, like maybe some hot dog company would pay you to wear their logo while you serve hot dogs. And it’s a pretty amazing thing, to be in the top 100 of all concession stand workers worldwide. Top 100, out of like 6 billion people! But all you can think about are those 80–90 guys ahead of you. Welcome to professional tennis. I can tell you without fail what my ranking was at the end of each of my years as a professional (I’m currently in my fourth). I can tell you what it was for each of the last ten weeks. I can tell you what I was seeded at every major tournament I’ve entered (ha ha, that is a trick; I have only been seeded in two major tournaments ever). And I can tell you the names of the top ten players and my record against each one of them (2 wins, 8 losses, in the aggregate, because until this year I didn’t get to play top ten players very much). I remember the date I first beat a top-100 player (July 18, 2012 at the Cuyahoga Open. It was overcast. Grigor Markov, a pine marten with a below-average serve and a wicked forehand, was ranked #75 in the world. I blew one service game and lost the first set 4–6, then figured out how to return his serve and took the next two 6–3, 6–2. He smiled at the net, shook my paw, and complimented me on my return game. The next time we played, he was #94 and I was #81 and I beat him 6–0, 6–1. We didn’t speak at the net.) and the date I first beat a top-50 player (December 18, one week before Christmas 2012. Keiran Lubovic, a tall fennec thinner than I Pg. 3 - was with a great sense of humor. He joked on every changeover and had a great net game. I beat him in straight sets 6–4, 7–6, and at the net he asked for my autograph on a tennis ball.) and the date I first beat a top ten player (earlier this year, the wolf Dubro Bielovic, #9 in the world, 7–6, 6–7, 7–6. He shook my paw at the net and told me seriously that he would see me in a Major final one day). And here I am in the final of the 2015 States Open, only six months later. There are four Majors a year, tournaments the world watches with off-the-charts prize money where everyone competes to get in. Just being in a Major final puts you in an elite club, and I’m in that one now. Right, the clubs. They’re not formal, like, there’s not a building you can go into if you’re in the “top ten” club (people who have been ranked in the top ten in the world—after this tournament I’ll be #12 at least, maybe #10 if I win). It’s more like a class of player: you get lumped in with all the guys who have made it to that level and no farther. If you’ve made it to at least one Major final, that’s a more exclusive club. Winning a Major final is another club, the first one that most casual tennis fans are aware of, and then after that you’ve got to do something crazy to make it into the last club, the “all time greats.” You could win seventeen Major finals, the current record, or you could win each of the four Majors once (a “career Slam”), or you could win them all in the same year. When I say “you,” here, I mean, obviously, not you, unless you’re one of the three best tennis players who’s ever lived. Winning all four majors in a year is called a “Grand Slam,” and only three people in the modern history of tennis have done it. That’s what the guy across the net from me is chasing. Braden Longacre is a cross fox currently ranked #1 in the world, which is a thing that will happen when you’ve won the last three Majors. He Pg. 4 - lost here in the finals last year and then came back in January in great shape, improving his backhand and seeing the court better than ever. He’s also got a better record in five-set matches than anyone else in the top ten (maybe the top 100 for all I know) because even when he loses the first two, he’s analyzing his opponent, figuring out their weakness, and often that’s enough for him to win the last three and therefore the match. I’m not even sure I can take one set from him, let alone two, but I didn’t get this far by doubting myself. Still, I know that he is the whole package for a tennis player: smart, in his prime (he’ll be 26 in two weeks), and ridiculously talented. He’s also kind of a jerk.
May 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Braden and Rocky toast the end of Love Match 2, a quiet pause to reflect on a year that taught Rocky this: being the best takes everything, every day, on and off the court.

🎧 Love Match 2 audiobook available soon!

🎨: @rukis.bsky.social
🎧 Love Match 1: www.audible.com/pd/B08BLVWY4...

#FurryLit
Rocky, an anthropomorphic jackal, and Brandon, an anthropomorphic gray fox, sit across from each other at a round table in a warmly lit room, sharing a toast. Rocky, wearing a light T-shirt, smiles as he raises his glass. Brandon, in a darker shirt, returns the gesture with a calm, confident look. A geometric light fixture above them casts a soft glow, adding to the cozy, intimate atmosphere.
May 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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"Spot me, bromigo."
"Quid pro bro: I'll help you smash reps, you help me smash forehands."
"That’s why you’re my doubles Bro Jackson."
"Bro…"
"…bro."

Rocky and Aliq. Peak bromance. Love Match 2 audiobook available soon!

🎨 @rukis.bsky.social
🎧 Love Match 1 www.audible.com/pd/B08BLVWY4...

#FurryLit
Rocky, a lean, athletic anthro jackal, spots Aliq, a muscular arctic fox, as he lifts weights in a gym. Both wear workout gear and share an intense but playful focus. From Love Match 2, book by Kyell Gold.
May 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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All the training in the world never prepares you for some news.

The audiobook version of Love Match 2 by @kyellgold.com out soon! Narrated by @savrindrake.bsky.social. Love Match 1 available now.

🎨 = @rukis.bsky.social
🎧 Love Match 1 = www.audible.com/pd/B08BLVWY4...

#FurryLit #ForesterUniverse
Rocky, an anthropomorphic jackal in a sleeveless shirt and track pants stands alone in a tiled room, holding a phone in one hand and covering his mouth with the other. A tear runs down his muzzle, his ears are angled back and his expression is heavy, capturing a quiet, emotional moment. The image is in grayscale.
May 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM