Promotional image for the dark fantasy book Blood Runner by JD Stanley: background is a washed-out wallpaper of bunches of garlic, an image of the book cover appears on a mobile phone on the right, on the left a quote from the book in white lettering: "What's with the garlic, anyway? I mean truly. I thought everyone knew that only works for rubbing onto the tips of the silver bullets used to shoot werewolves. Or not. Never had the pleasure to test that one myself, actually, but I have it on good authority."

He’s not mentoring you.

He doesn’t want your company.

And gods help you if you track in idealism with your boots.

⭐ Blood Runner ⭐
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#Immortal #ReluctantHero #FantasyWithBite #DarkFantasy #MythBasedBooks #AntiHero #Sumer #MythBasedFantasy #magic

Statue of a man staring mournfully into the sky. (Photo by @createdbyrcw)

Most #characters would rather suffer an eternity of pain than risk a moment of hurt.

This is why change is typically forced & over ever reluctantly embraced.

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Another excerpt for you from CH 5

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What's a book trope you thought you'd hate but ended up loving?

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For next year's #Thanksgiving episode, could we see...Puddin' Head?!?!? #MoviePitch #ReluctantHero #Tradition #Family #Together #comedy #podcast

Part of the message that was on the note that yesterday's excerpt mentioned...

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Revelations beginning in this excerpt from CH 5...

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How are you liking these excerpts? Please, tell me what you think so far!

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Here's your excerpt for the day!

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Another excerpt from CH 5 of my book #ofsilverbloodandfire 

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Here come the juicy excerpts! CH 5, here we go!

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The chosen one is actually two chosen ones. In Kalani: Shadows of Destiny. In this scifi fantasy dystopian ya series, Desiree emerges as a reluctant hero. She was destined to be the light. If she will take on the mantle…. #heroine #reluctanthero #dystopian #christianbooks #yafantasy

Here's another excerpt for you...

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Let me know what you think of these excerpts so far! Do you like seeing them?

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Another excerpt from CH 4...

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Remember these excerpts are early peeks at my writing BEFORE edits!

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Another excerpt from CH 3 of my new book Of Silver Blood & Fire...

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Today's chapter 3 excerpt...

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Book excerpt...

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TALISMAN - Subterfuge: A Reluctant Hero Vigilante Thriller TALISMAN - Subterfuge: A Reluctant Hero Vigilante Thriller - Kindle edition by Ryan, Aaron. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading TALISMAN - Subterfuge: A Reluctant Hero Vigilante Thriller.

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Follow-up excerpt from yesterday's post.

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If you liked Dissonance, you're going to LOVE Talisman: Subterfuge. Preordering now available at lnkd.in/gYkyf2x5 !

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How are you liking these little excerpts?

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Have you been catching these excerpts?

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Captain Link Araki and the Harbinger of Destiny - Chapter 18: A Tri-Force Hero’s Riskiest Con

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WIP Wednesday! Captain Link Araki and the Harbinger of Destiny

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Radom ass doodle dump
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A comic by StarBoyWebcomics posted on August 27, 2025. Frame 1: Star Boy is preparing to eat an apple. Frame 2: Star Boy is distracted from eating his apple as an armed, screaming mob chases another armed, screaming mob. Frame 3: Star Boy ignores them and tries to eat his apple again. Frame 4: Star Boy sighs in frustration as the mobs chase each other past again, interrupting him before he has taken a bite of his apple. Frame 5: Multicoloured clouds of dust filled with the sounds of fighting. Frame 6: Star Boy sits on top of a pile of heads, munching his apple. Someone says, "Thank you, Star Boy!" to which Star Boy replies, "I was in the neighbourhood."

Ep. 2 of Star Boy

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The Rider of the Fractured Sky - coming to you in 2026.

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#FantasyCommunity
#FantasyAddict
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#ReluctantHero
#FoundFamily
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#LoyalDog

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Harbinger of Destiny update! I forgot to post here!

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#pirateau #reluctanthero #ohcaptainmycaptain