Keygan S. S. McClellan

Makin' a little intro post for the novel I'm currently working on for anyone curious: A renegade blood mage joins a burgeoning workers' revolution in the halls of a malevolent, organic palace. Think Gideon the Ninth x the Avalanche team from FFVII.

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The literal entire ending of this WRETCHED, BEAUTIFUL game (Journey) which made me sob

It is late. Please see the attached image for an unhinged list of potential audiences for THE TOWER'S BLOOD, my (querying soon) science fantasy about a fugitive blood mage who helps start a workers' revolution with the power of Heart and Bad Jokes (and flesh manipulation). #QuestPit #Q #A #SFF

Everything from this zone in Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker. iykyk 😭

A fugitive blood mage, trying to lay low, finds a new home (an organic, malevolent palace where the world's corrupt rulers dwell) and a new family (the four young revolutionaries infiltrating it). His power could be the revolution's salvation. His secrets could be its downfall. #QuestPit #Q #A #SFF

o.o "The longer he peers at the old map, the more unsettled he feels. There is a symbol he doesn’t recognize marking the Palace’s plateau, which isn’t that weird, but there’s also an identical symbol in the surrounding mountains. What could that mean?" #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #ScavengerHunt

Near the end, some Things happen. Horror-adjacent Things. #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #MoodboardTwist

Once, the world was fuller. Creatures roamed all the land, and vast forests and grasslands grew. People built great cities and knew luxuries we must only imagine. Then, the Maws came. As they spread, they swallowed everything, except when they spat out monsters. #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #CampMyth

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Foreground antagonists: this unprecedented disaster was a tragedy for diplomatic relations between the city-states Background antagonists: our plan for procuring a new, sustainable energy source is going really well, actually #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #VillainVoices

Earth Day is a reminder that we only have one planet. Sometimes, it takes seeing Earth from space to truly grasp how precious it is. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

I hoist my pack, the embers of my campfire extinguished. I'm at the edge of a clearing. Ahead, the Forest of Editing seems brighter, the brambles less tangling, the path clearer. I might finally reach the other side. I might finally reach the Sea of Querying and set sail. #CampMap #CampRevPit

I'll be working on some light edits of my first pages and query for my science fantasy, working title The Tower's Blood, about a blood mage who joins a burgeoning workers' revolution in a malevolent, organic palace. Think Gideon the Ninth x the Avalanche team from FFVII.

Spring is here!!!! 🌱🌸🌿 Featuring the sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)

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✨ Bird protocol. Take a bird, leave a bird. Bird. ✨

Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

This is great! There are plenty of locally native mason bees (Osmia species) around the United States. A movement focused on incorporating them into our food production systems could also bolster efforts to preserve and create bee habitat!

NAUSICAA X IF WE WERE VILLAINS ‘Ari waited until the groundskeeper turned around the bend of the carriageway to break the window.’ #1stLinePit #A #F #WIP

PROLOGUE: The shovel was old enough to be an heirloom, the hands gripping it trembling enough to be a child’s. Jim hadn’t been a child in a very long time. A forge exhaled into his left ear, eddies of heat forming words. *Be of use.* And then— —nothing. #1stlinepit #Q #A #F #SF

Kaveh moved through the forest in silence, his dark eyes trained upon the barely visible silhouette of his quarry. He froze as a pale flicker of light sprung to life, illuminating the face of his prey. Hovering above the man’s palm was a small blue orb. A Stitcher. #1stLinePit #A #F #WIP

#1stlinepit #YA #F #LGBT #WIP

Dolphins have more in common with humans than most of us realize. Their social structure is complex; they travel in tight-knit groups—called pods—but they form other relationships outside of them. #1stLinePit #WIP #A #R #CON 👇 Blurb, small Josie & Will profile, continued opening.

The Fork in the Road: "I've lost Bette’s scent. I close my eyes to focus and adapt. My nose itches as it flattens, tan fur growing over the skin and scratching my browbone. It’s dark and the street’s quiet; no one will see the change. " #1stLinePit #WIP #A #F #UF #writingcommunity

Another Dreamer was dying. Perched on her tufted velvet window bench, Auriene Cadieux glared at the faint rainbow looming over the chateau grounds, her lip curling into a sneer. #1stLinePit #RF #A #OS

LEGENDBORN X AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER The wind has only spoken to me once in my life. #Q #YA #F #Jewish #1stLinePit

"Heat beats me down to a sweaty pulp, the sun ablaze and unforgiving like it’s trying to set the world on fire." - To Ruin the Sky ⚡️ #1stLinePit #q #RF #NA #UF #OwnVoices

Mick Martin was halfway through writing the words “coq au vin” when an eight-foot-tall rock golem rampaged after a rooster down the street just beyond the terrace of his family’s café. #1stLinePit #WIP #NA #F #R

Kass harbored no illusions that the sun rose and set on her; she had nearly fifty-two years of experiential evidence that proved otherwise. Every moment the planet faced the sun and each rotation around it, she had to fight for her position. #1stLinePit #Q #A #LF #COM #WF

Mexican Gothic x Belladonna X ODW “Inadequacy is a quiet thing. A shadow curling beneath the ribs, a whisper woven into the fabric of a life. Tayah Wellworth wore it well, had worn it for so long it felt like a second skin.” #amquerying soon #1stlinepit #rf #a #na #c

"Fuck me, Troy." “That’s a bit inappropriate, Dave, considering the situation.” #1stlinepit #A co(s)mic #Horror #WIP Query ready this summer at approx. 75k words!

“Whenever I started to believe I truly was divine, I reminded myself of one irrefutable fact: real goddesses didn’t need binoculars to spy on their worshipers.” ✨TANGLED x WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL✨ #1stLinePit #YA #F #Q

Here we go! Joining the #WritingCommunity on BlueSky and participating in #1stLinePit! “Rain cleanses both the pious and the wicked.” - Dark Fantasy - Paranormal - Buried Truth - Rewritten History - Dying Magic - Folklore Inspired - Found Family - Unwanted Bonds #WIP #F #R #P #NA #RF #CMe

"There are places where the skin of the world is thin. Where the atmosphere grows teeth: space can unfurl, convulse, or split like a frost-cracked tree; ghosts gather like mold. Visiting a place like that isn’t something you do unless you’re desperate or have a death wish." #1stLinePit #F #A #Q soon

Okay, so one of my hobbies is watching storm tracker/stormchaser livestreams. I watched this happen live two days ago, and lemme tell you I was FROZEN in my seat - no thoughts, just pure awe and dread. There is so much raw kinetic power visible in this thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ispu...

A little late, but I wanted to share just for fun! I have a vibe songs, not theme songs. These are some: Opening: Cave Spellcaster - Fortress of Eternal Cold then Voices from the Fuselage - Destitute Closing: Starset - Something Wicked This Way Comes then bitcrush - 270 Degrees

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

It could fix society if we switched ourselves to being protostomes.

When your first major assertion of self-identity is also your first major act of rebellion 😄 (also some world-building, all from my science fantasy manuscript) #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky