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thepersistnetwork.bsky.social
Last night we gathered.

This is not the time to retreat — it’s the time to keep fighting and to write a new playbook, together.

Stay tuned for more. #WeGather #WePersist
August 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
thepersistnetwork.bsky.social
1/2 Today marks 4 months since we launched PERSIST. as a 501(c)(4).

From a Signal thread → to a 50,000-strong force.

✅ 4 Big Wins
✅ 4 Things Ahead
✅ 4 Ways to Celebrate

Save. Share. Tag 4 friends.
#WePersist #WeGather #ToChangeTheGame
July 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
#SFFChat outro

Since I chose to pitch We for your sadistic one-line task, I will point out to all that it's currently part of an epic bundle of epics on itch!

itch.io/b/3251/an-ep...
books2read.com/WeGather
An awesome gray and red dragon on a white background. Text reads: itch.io Epic fantasy bundle, 22 books for $20. September 4-th - 8th.
September 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.

🪐📚💙 🌈📚 #Booksky
Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
Against a starry night sky, the covers of 5 books: We Gather, We Battle, We Shatter, We Alter, We Rise. The reads: In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together... the complete fantasy epic.
April 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.

Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
🪐📚💙🌈 #Booksky
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Protagonist inspired by Achilles; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic
January 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
rayleengale.bsky.social
I read some posts about fears about Trump with no guard rails- then another will say, no worries, settle down.
But Trump is an impulsive and ego driven old man.
He’s got nuts all around him.
It’s not a good situation.
But I trust that Dems will not go quietly.
#WeGather
#Resist
#Vigilance
November 22, 2024 at 6:21 AM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.

✨BIG magic
🍃an empire in a jungle
😡surly gay hero (with swords)
🦑battle a kraken!
🗡️beat the hell out of oligarchs
🔺pyramids!
🪐📚💙 🌈📚 #Booksky
Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
Against a starry nighttime sky, 5 book covers. We Gather, We Battle, We Shatter, We Alter, We Rise, by MC Burnell. Text reads: In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together... the complete fantasy epic.
July 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
On this note: We is about a group of heroes(ish) who beat the hell out of a cabal of would-be oligarchs, long after the rich dicks were sure they had this civilization on its knees, kind of incidentally while dealing with more important shit.

books2read.com/WeGather
February 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
The deuter-antagonists are a cabal of oligarchs. Don't you want to watch a hot gay guy in a short skirt beat the hell out of them?

#indieapril 🪐📚💙 🌈📚 #Booksky
Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather

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The background is a desert sky at night. Text reads: In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together. The Complete epic fantasy. The covers of five books called We Gather, We Battle, We Shatter, We Alter, We Rise, each depicting corroded ancient statuary.
April 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.

🪐📚💙 🌈📚
Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
books2read.com/We-Omnibus-a...
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather that is a stone sculpture of a jaguar with a mane of feathers sticking outs its tongue, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Hot, sullen, angsty, uncommunicative MC; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic.
September 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together…
🪐📚💙 🌈📚 #Booksky

Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Hot, sullen, angsty, uncommunicative MC; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic A collage of images: A massive tree growing from the roof of a moss-covered ruin/ a bead of water/ an eye, the skin around it dusted in gold/ a collection of knives/ an overgrown woodland path/ a starry night sky/ a stone gateway/ a bas relief of human images. In one corner, text says: When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.
March 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
Hey thanks!

When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.

Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Protagonist inspired by Achilles; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic
February 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together…

✨BIG magic
🍃an empire in a jungle
😡surly gay hero (with swords)
🦑battle a kraken!
🗡️beat the hell out of oligarchs
🔺pyramids!
🪐📚💙 🌈📚 #Booksky
Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather that is a stone sculpture of a jaguar with a mane of feathers sticking outs its tongue, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Hot, sullen, angsty, uncommunicative MC; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic.
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
Oligarchs get the shit kicked out of them. That's it, that's the ad. Yeah, it's an epic, other things are happening, do you want to stand here belaboring the marginalia?

books2read.com/WeGather
Against a starry nighttime sky, the covers of 5 books: We Gather, We Battle, We Shatter, We Alter, We Rise. Text reads: In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together...
February 25, 2026 at 3:45 AM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together…
🪐📚💙 🌈📚 #Booksky

Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
the complete 5-books series books2read.com/We-Omnibus-a...
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Protagonist inspired by Achilles; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic A collage of images: A massive tree growing from the roof of a moss-covered ruin/ a bead of water/ an eye, the skin around it dusted in gold/ a collection of knives/ an overgrown woodland path/ a starry night sky/ a stone gateway/ a bas relief of human images. In one corner, text says: When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.
March 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
Thanks for hosting!

On the topic of perspectives, I have a story where a bunch of people who don't like each other are forced to live one another memories! (That's what the shadow bear is from.)

books2read.com/WeGather
To the west of a long stretch of coastline, a place titled Barracheh. There are several ranges of mountains within its territories. Multiple large rivers. Many cities, the majority of which have a pyramid next to them. Off the coast, an archipelago titled The Vardecian Isles. Beyond Barracheh to the north, a collection of comparatively tiny territories labeled The Northlands. The bulk of Barracheh appears to be a massive jungle.
March 13, 2026 at 2:18 PM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together…
🪐📚💙 🌈📚 #Booksky

Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Hot, sullen, angsty, uncommunicative MC; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic A collage of images: A massive tree growing from the roof of a moss-covered ruin/ a bead of water/ an eye, the skin around it dusted in gold/ a collection of knives/ an overgrown woodland path/ a starry night sky/ a stone gateway/ a bas relief of human images. In one corner, text says: When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.
March 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together…

🪐📚💙🌈📚 #Booksky
Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Protagonist inspired by Achilles; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic. A collage of images: A massive tree growing from the roof of a moss-covered ruin/ a bead of water/ an eye, the skin around it dusted in gold/ a collection of knives/ an overgrown woodland path/ a starry night sky/ a stone gateway/ a bas relief of human images. In one corner, text says: When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.
February 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together…

🪐📚💙🌈📚
Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Protagonist inspired by Achilles; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic A collage of images: A massive tree growing from the roof of a moss-covered ruin/ a bead of water/ an eye, the skin around it dusted in gold/ a collection of knives/ an overgrown woodland path/ a starry night sky/ a stone gateway/ a bas relief of human images. In one corner, text says: When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.
February 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together…

🪐📚💙 🌈📚 #Booksky

Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Protagonist inspired by Achilles; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic. A collage of images: A massive tree growing from the roof of a moss-covered ruin/ a bead of water/ an eye, the skin around it dusted in gold/ a collection of knives/ an overgrown woodland path/ a starry night sky/ a stone gateway/ a bas relief of human images. In one corner, text says: When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.
March 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
Okay, this one. I'm tickled to have someone react with enthusiasm to the 'empire in a jungle' angle. To me, that's one of the big draws - obs it's why I wrote the damned thing - but people's eyes tend to go out of focus when I talk about how much I love this world 🤷‍♂️
books2read.com/WeGather
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather that is a stone sculpture of a jaguar with a mane of feathers sticking outs its tongue, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Hot, sullen, angsty, uncommunicative MC; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic.
July 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together…

🪐📚💙 🌈📚 #Booksky
Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather that is a stone sculpture of a jaguar with a mane of feathers sticking outs its tongue, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Hot, sullen, angsty, uncommunicative MC; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic. A collage of images: A massive tree growing from the roof of a moss-covered ruin/ a bead of water/ an eye, the skin around it dusted in gold/ a collection of knives/ an overgrown woodland path/ a starry night sky/ a stone gateway/ a bas relief of human images. In one corner, text says: When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.
April 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together…

✨BIG magic
🍃an empire in a jungle
😡surly gay hero (with swords)
🦑battle a kraken!
🗡️beat the hell out of oligarchs
🔺pyramids!
🪐📚💙 🌈📚 #Booksky
books2read.com/WeGather
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather that is a stone sculpture of a jaguar with a mane of feathers sticking outs its tongue, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Hot, sullen, angsty, uncommunicative MC; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic. A collage of images: A massive tree growing from the roof of a moss-covered ruin/ a bead of water/ an eye, the skin around it dusted in gold/ a collection of knives/ an overgrown woodland path/ a starry night sky/ a stone gateway/ a bas relief of human images. In one corner, text says: When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
I would be thrilled if any of these series strike you as worth diving into:
We (5/5 epic s&s) books2read.com/WeGather
The Foreign Sorcerer (4/4 uf) books2read.com/The-Three-Fa...
The Tipping World (4/9) books2read.com/PathofEndles...
Available now at your favorite digital store!
A Path of Endless Crossroads by M.C. Burnell
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April 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
In the dream of a desert, a witch brings them together…

🪐📚💙🌈📚 #Booksky
Start the epic at books2read.com/WeGather
Picture of a book cover, titled We Gather, author M.C. Burnell. Arrows point from the book to the words: Protagonist inspired by Achilles; Complete 5-book epic; epic lady general; an empire in a jungle; everyone's gods are real; so much sword fights; the hero's horse lives; twins dueling for one throne; battle a kraken!; colossal magic A collage of images: A massive tree growing from the roof of a moss-covered ruin/ a bead of water/ an eye, the skin around it dusted in gold/ a collection of knives/ an overgrown woodland path/ a starry night sky/ a stone gateway/ a bas relief of human images. In one corner, text says: When the world looks like coming to an end, your enemies may be your only friends.
February 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM