Oliver Darkshire
@deathbybadger.bsky.social
dire homosexual 🏳️🌈 - ONCE UPON A TOME [2022] 📚 - ISABELLA NAGG AND THE POT OF BASIL [2025] 🪴- THE DEVIL AND MRS GOOCH [2026] 😈 - One Page RPGS 🎲 - 🏠 Manchester, UK
https://linktr.ee/oliverdarkshire
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novel release day! The Devil and Mrs Gooch is in bookstores. and under your bed. if you like giant evil businesswomen with the attitude of a snowplough, little furry demon guys, mysteriously french undead concierges, or pigs who can sew, i wrote this for you
📖🔗: wwnorton.com/books/978132...
📖🔗: wwnorton.com/books/978132...
I always think i've grown up and matured but then I play one game of warhammer and I become the salt demon
September 15, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I always think i've grown up and matured but then I play one game of warhammer and I become the salt demon
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ISABELLA NAGG AND THE POT OF BASIL by @deathbybadger.bsky.social is absurd in the best way. Many laugh-out-loud moments interwoven into a whimsical (and at times heavy) story. #booksky #books #reading
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d738...
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d738...
Review by banana_hutch - Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil
Oh, this book was so much fun. Fantastical village pettiness, some dark little twists and turn...
app.thestorygraph.com
September 8, 2026 at 2:43 AM
ISABELLA NAGG AND THE POT OF BASIL by @deathbybadger.bsky.social is absurd in the best way. Many laugh-out-loud moments interwoven into a whimsical (and at times heavy) story. #booksky #books #reading
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d738...
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d738...
being a writer at this specific point in history is sort of like being a 15th century monk/scribe as someone dumps a printing press at the door of the abbey because yes you might be destroying my entire way of life but it somehow feels like it's you lot who are out of your depth
September 5, 2026 at 9:45 AM
being a writer at this specific point in history is sort of like being a 15th century monk/scribe as someone dumps a printing press at the door of the abbey because yes you might be destroying my entire way of life but it somehow feels like it's you lot who are out of your depth
I will prep for D&D night like i sure hope my players enjoy this subtle, intrigue filled drow opera adventure it took me 6 hours to write, and then the paladin will dive on stage (naked, somehow) due to an admirable but ill timed case of acute lesbianism and i crumple up my notes
August 30, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I will prep for D&D night like i sure hope my players enjoy this subtle, intrigue filled drow opera adventure it took me 6 hours to write, and then the paladin will dive on stage (naked, somehow) due to an admirable but ill timed case of acute lesbianism and i crumple up my notes
fell asleep at my desk, woke up and was like where are my glasses so I get up to find them but something crunches underfoot, and let me tell you the words that came out of my mouth could have turned the devil blue at 20 paces
August 27, 2026 at 12:41 PM
fell asleep at my desk, woke up and was like where are my glasses so I get up to find them but something crunches underfoot, and let me tell you the words that came out of my mouth could have turned the devil blue at 20 paces
for some reason I always think of the human lifespan as roughly 100 years but really we're lucky to get 80 aren't we. and yet here I am. posting through it.
August 27, 2026 at 8:03 AM
for some reason I always think of the human lifespan as roughly 100 years but really we're lucky to get 80 aren't we. and yet here I am. posting through it.
I am always like do I really *need* to go to bondage night and then I find a bear to tie up and grind on from behind, and turns out yea that's exactly what I needed
August 21, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I am always like do I really *need* to go to bondage night and then I find a bear to tie up and grind on from behind, and turns out yea that's exactly what I needed
I hope they paid the author a LOT of money to write that astarion book because the 1000-year-old-twink fandom are being extremely normal about it as you can imagine
August 21, 2026 at 11:56 AM
I hope they paid the author a LOT of money to write that astarion book because the 1000-year-old-twink fandom are being extremely normal about it as you can imagine
I prefer the theory that the trait of occasional homosexuality evolved in order to let some of us get art done and do drugs while everyone else passes around screaming pooping fleshlings
Just read a theory that humans evolved the trait of occasional homosexuality in order to offset child rearing duties for biological parents. I’m going to need all gay people to report to my place for your babysitting assignments immediately. My kids are ready. Bring glitter and legos.
August 21, 2026 at 5:30 AM
I prefer the theory that the trait of occasional homosexuality evolved in order to let some of us get art done and do drugs while everyone else passes around screaming pooping fleshlings
at the sti clinic for the routine tests which means its time again to see if I'm masc enough to pass for a top by how much the nurse raises their eyebrows at the information
August 18, 2026 at 5:58 AM
at the sti clinic for the routine tests which means its time again to see if I'm masc enough to pass for a top by how much the nurse raises their eyebrows at the information
"but i would WANT the mutant cure if my x man power was crab genitals/death boobs/toothbrush fingers" okay well this is not a gotcha this sort of nuance is what the x men are about, you are *supposed* to be asking questions about conformity and identity, 10/10 champ well done
August 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM
"but i would WANT the mutant cure if my x man power was crab genitals/death boobs/toothbrush fingers" okay well this is not a gotcha this sort of nuance is what the x men are about, you are *supposed* to be asking questions about conformity and identity, 10/10 champ well done
the dragonlance novels all have this "what if I was sexily negged by an evil wizard who cant or wont have sex with me" thing going on which I always enjoy
what's your favorite 'thinly disguised fetish' moments from authors that you actually like? Lois McMaster Bujold having her (male, heterosexual) hero dressed up as a woman and give another man a mindblowing experience through bondage and edging always makes me laugh. there are PLOT reasons.
August 14, 2026 at 10:05 AM
the dragonlance novels all have this "what if I was sexily negged by an evil wizard who cant or wont have sex with me" thing going on which I always enjoy
making a new friend from outside your usual circles is so fun because you are just sat there nodding through the small talk for weeks waiting for whatever absolutely fucking insane opinions they absolutely have to come bursting out like a hydra with 20 heads
August 13, 2026 at 9:13 AM
making a new friend from outside your usual circles is so fun because you are just sat there nodding through the small talk for weeks waiting for whatever absolutely fucking insane opinions they absolutely have to come bursting out like a hydra with 20 heads
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unfortunately i think one pillar in the temple my sexuality might be that season of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia where mac gets "fat" for like 10 episodes which i gather from context is supposed to be ugly but my eyes stretched out of my head like a looney tunes character
August 12, 2026 at 7:26 AM
unfortunately i think one pillar in the temple my sexuality might be that season of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia where mac gets "fat" for like 10 episodes which i gather from context is supposed to be ugly but my eyes stretched out of my head like a looney tunes character
was out for drinks the other day and this guy was trying to describe a character like the blue woman, its sci fi, shes a blue woman THE BLUE WOMAN and we are like buddy you are going to have to narrow it down
August 11, 2026 at 8:13 AM
was out for drinks the other day and this guy was trying to describe a character like the blue woman, its sci fi, shes a blue woman THE BLUE WOMAN and we are like buddy you are going to have to narrow it down
trying to explain the intricacies of british class politics to an outsider not spawned in the seething swamps of england and boiling it down to: you are born a blood magic vampire or a disgusting mud troll, you can be a rich troll or a poor vampire but you can never switch groups
August 10, 2026 at 7:58 AM
trying to explain the intricacies of british class politics to an outsider not spawned in the seething swamps of england and boiling it down to: you are born a blood magic vampire or a disgusting mud troll, you can be a rich troll or a poor vampire but you can never switch groups
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Sat in Sydney airport, waiting for my flight to Adelaide and starting to read what is quite possibly the *only* copy of @deathbybadger.bsky.social 's new book in the whole of Australia
August 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Sat in Sydney airport, waiting for my flight to Adelaide and starting to read what is quite possibly the *only* copy of @deathbybadger.bsky.social 's new book in the whole of Australia
happy birthday sad space robot
August 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
happy birthday sad space robot
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@deathbybadger.bsky.social that one member of the party who always wants to use “fireball” 😆
August 4, 2026 at 12:59 PM
@deathbybadger.bsky.social that one member of the party who always wants to use “fireball” 😆
fascists will be like The Noble Wisdom of our Ancient Past but then you'll open an actual book and the noble wisdom will be "snakes flee at the sound of the mandolin because they have no spleen, the organ of lust" and "electrum makes you gay"
August 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
fascists will be like The Noble Wisdom of our Ancient Past but then you'll open an actual book and the noble wisdom will be "snakes flee at the sound of the mandolin because they have no spleen, the organ of lust" and "electrum makes you gay"
ALIEN 1: whats that species over there
ALIEN 2: oh thats a human, dont talk to them, they love to domesticate things
HUMAN: (waving a piece of bacon) 😃
ALIEN 1: they do seem friendly
ALIEN 2: i am consumed by an urge to live indoors
ALIEN 2: oh thats a human, dont talk to them, they love to domesticate things
HUMAN: (waving a piece of bacon) 😃
ALIEN 1: they do seem friendly
ALIEN 2: i am consumed by an urge to live indoors
August 2, 2026 at 6:35 AM
ALIEN 1: whats that species over there
ALIEN 2: oh thats a human, dont talk to them, they love to domesticate things
HUMAN: (waving a piece of bacon) 😃
ALIEN 1: they do seem friendly
ALIEN 2: i am consumed by an urge to live indoors
ALIEN 2: oh thats a human, dont talk to them, they love to domesticate things
HUMAN: (waving a piece of bacon) 😃
ALIEN 1: they do seem friendly
ALIEN 2: i am consumed by an urge to live indoors
i actually think that if someone enters my home and I offer them tea only for them to request coffee I should be allowed under the laws of hospitality to strike them
August 1, 2026 at 7:46 AM
i actually think that if someone enters my home and I offer them tea only for them to request coffee I should be allowed under the laws of hospitality to strike them
AI companies (preparing to start up the book-shredder 5000): why does everyone hate us
July 29, 2026 at 9:50 AM
AI companies (preparing to start up the book-shredder 5000): why does everyone hate us
late for dinner at odysseus' palace like omg can't believe you're back, you look great btw, i said to the guys all the time we should totally respect odysseus' wife, yea no I mean its your palace right, if you needed to shoot a few guys its cool what am i the arrow police haha
July 28, 2026 at 8:46 AM
late for dinner at odysseus' palace like omg can't believe you're back, you look great btw, i said to the guys all the time we should totally respect odysseus' wife, yea no I mean its your palace right, if you needed to shoot a few guys its cool what am i the arrow police haha