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Today I was asked to come out and model for a super fast shoot for O'Riginals Trading Co . These are the first few shots I just got back. You can get the shades here if you like
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One of the short stories I want to write for my Patreon patrons is an Ouroboros Cycle short depicting Basileios and his followers.
Set in the 1920s, this is a dinner scene where Basileios and his followers are meeting in Paris for a sumptuous dinner. Some of the followers are his original students from before the exile. Others are Shashavani who have been sent into exile or abandoned the order, and were recruited by Basileios later on. The division between the original students and these new converts is very clear, and it clouds their interactions, although everyone must be polite and keep protocol lest they anger their master. The star of the evening is, of course, Edith the Saxon, Basileios’s favorite, who has recently opened an art gallery to showcase modern, postwar art. She is especially interested in showcasing the works of former soldiers, in particular those suffering from shell shock and other psychological trauma. Basileios is very supportive, but some of the other followers resent Edith’s privileged position. Jane Fairfax is present as well, quietly chafing under the yoke of her new servitude. The Basilisks do not share the Shasahvani’s respect for those still living in the shadow of death, and it is becoming clear to Fairfax that Basileios’s followers regard her as a servant rather than an equal. This position does not suit her, and she intends to change it as soon as the time is right. Meanwhile, the other Basilisks scheme in the shadows. They dare not offend Basileios with their plots, but they are more than happy to conspire against one another. In the end, all that matters is their master’s favor and their own bloodthirsty ambitions.
It is 1921, the Great War is over, the old world is dead, and Paris is a wilderness of tigers.
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I am trying to have this reach what it needs to hit so that I can create more art for you. I have a lot of writing I want to give you
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Legacy, written by G. D. Falksen with art by Marc Hempel.
Can you name all the historic figures in this comic? Marc did a wonderful job depicting all of them based on the source material I sent him.
You should preorder a copy here
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Coming into a fandom late
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Coming into a fandom early and watching it become an angry clusterfuck
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Being in a dormant fandom that suddenly comes alive again after a new book/movie
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Don’t forget about those who come in the midst of a fandom war.
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Accuracy at its best
Being in a fandom and not even knowing there’s a war going on…
all of this shit…lol
When You’re Not In The Fandom But You’re Nosy AF
When you get into a fandom only to discover it’s dead
This gets better every time I see it.
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Being in a dead fandom…
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Or being in such a tiny fandom that it feels like youre the only one
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The accuracy hurts.
Being in a fandom that had a shit ending.
When you’ve been fangirling long enough, you’ve experienced all of the above.
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Being in a fandom meant for kids.
This just gets better..
When you realize that joining the fandom has ruined you
Fandom hell in general
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Yes.
This^^^ just… ALL OF THIS.
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Being in so many fandoms that you don’t even know what’s going on
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SassCon 2018
- https://www.facebook.com/events/2003178756636298/
- June 1-3 2018
- New Haven, CT, USA
- https://www.newhavenct.gov/
- Free to attend
- Guys, pick a hotel from here and all book together. It will be cheaper. goo.gl/beCVPg
Do bring an umbrella and camera. For fans of G. D. Falksen’s “The Ouroboros Cycle” book series. All the info on the book series and where to get the book is here:
- Book one goo.gl/UCVmc0
- Book two goo.gl/kPq6xA
- Book three goo.gl/H9bnYQ
- Book four goo.gl/ndoY9o
- Book five goo.gl/nCWhHn
What is SassCon? It is a weekend long series of events open to everyone who would like to come. Things you have to look forward to:
- *Free tour of Historic Downtown New Haven
- *Free tour of Yale campus
- *Free trip to The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/
- *Free trip to historic Grove Street Cemetery http://www.grovestreetcemetery.org/
- *Free tour of the Yale University Art Gallery https://artgallery.yale.edu/
- *Free tour of the Yale Center for British Art
- https://britishart.yale.edu/
- *Sass Picnic on the historic green of New Haven https://www.nps.gov/places/new-haven-green.htm
- *Sunday Ivy Wok Dinner with G. D. Falksen https://www.yelp.com/biz/ivy-wok-new-haven
- *Clothing swap
- *Book signing
- *Tea swap
- *Tattoo party
- *Sushi with G. D. Falksen at Sushi Palace http://www.sushipalace.us/menu/menu.htm (This place is all you can eat or a la carte. They have tons of non-sushi type food as well.)
- *Room parties
- *Free Sasscon 2018 patches for all who come
- *Fun madness that can only happen when a group of people who know one another from online meet
Look back often for updates, including the address and info on where and when you can join us. You can do everything with us or a la carte (where you come and do a few things with us and then go off and do your own thing). The choice is yours. G. D. Falksen http://www.gdfalksen.com/ will be able to come with us on most of the trips so that will be fun. Note that every spot we are meeting at and doing things at can be gotten to via car or bus https://www.cttransit.com/schedules ^This is the website for all the info on how to get around on the bus, which is amazing, cheap, and easy. Parking help in New Haven https://parknewhaven.com/deal/dine-downtown-park-free/ https://parknewhaven.com/ https://www.bestparking.com/new-haven-parking/ https://en.parkopedia.com/ If you need maps go here https://www.google.com/maps The hashtag to use on all social media (such as twitter and instagram) for the weekend is #Sasscon . This can be super useful on things like twitter if you are trying to find the group or other people you might not have their phone number or email. Do during the weekend check that hashtag for updates and where the roving group is. This is the type of event where we are going to move around the sights and museums a lot and if you come later you will be able to find us. We need you all to work out what is the best hotel for you. You do not have to all stay at the same place but it can make life easier and more fun. The New Haven area has a ton of hotels at all different price ranges and do not forget the towns around the city also have hotels and are a super fast drive into the city thanks to the major highways. Use this event page to sort out the hotel you will want to stay at and hopefully roomshare and all that fun. If you need someone to room with jump on the group https://www.facebook.com/groups/OuroborosCycleGroup/ and start talking to people about room shares and carpools. Things you can do https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g33851-Activities-New_Haven_Connecticut.html Things also in CT https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g28928-Connecticut-Vacations.html Thursday May 31st, 2018 Anyone early meets up and has fun once a hotel is settled on. More detail about what can be done in the area will be put here. Friday June 1, 2018 This is how you get around if you do not have a car or someone to carpool with https://www.cttransit.com/schedules
- *2pm to 2:30pm: Meet up at the New Haven Green by the fountain https://www.nps.gov/places/new-haven-green.htm
- *2:30pm to 4:00pm: Free tour of the https://artgallery.yale.edu/hours-and-directions Yale University Art Gallery
- *4pm to 5:30pm: Free walking tour of downtown New Have
- *6pm to 9:30pm: Dinner with G. D. Falksen At Sushi Palace 1473 Dixwell Ave, Hamden, CT http://www.sushipalace.us/menu/menu.htm
- This place is amazing. It has all you can eat or you can order from the menu meals and a la carte items. So you can eat tons of fresh great sushi or have teriyaki steak. This is their regular menu. I highly suggest carpooling to this as it’s not in New Haven but about a 10 minute drive into Hamden. But it is worth it and so good.
- *10pm to ?: Clothing swap and Shenanigans at the hotel. Have clothing you do not want anymore? Bring it along for the swap. Rules for the clothing swap. Bring clothing and put it down in the pile of other clothing. However many pieces of clothing you brought for the swap is the number you can pick up. People who brought stuff go first. Then once they have their new stuff, everyone can grab from the pile. Give someone that thing in the closet you’re not wearing and get something sweet.
Saturday June 2, 2018
- *12pm: Lunch at Louis’ Lunch http://louislunch.com/ This is the place that invented the hamburger. They have not changes the way it has been made in over 100 years. The hamburgers are amazing. It’s worth going to and getting one to experience the history, and also get a great lunch. They always have a line so I suggest showing up a littler early but really do try to get a burger from here. It’s super good and you are getting to eat history.
- 1pm to 3:30pm: At 1pm meet at the Egyptian gates of THE GROVE STREET CEMETERY http://www.grovestreetcemetery.org/ This is one of the oldest cemeteries in the country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove_Street_Cemetery It is full of all sorts of famous dead people. It’s also right across from the skull and bones so we can see that after.
- 3:30pm to 4:30: Free Tour of the The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/
- *4:30pm to 6pm: Free Walking tour of the historic Yale campus https://www.yale.edu/ Bring a camera. It is super pretty and huge. Everything is an easy walk one after the other. We might not get to everything, but this is the order. Do check the #Sasscon hash tag to find us.
- *Tattoo party. Talk about people wanting to get a tattoo. Use this event page to set that up. Here is a list of the places in New Haven. Talk with Nikki https://www.facebook.com/NikkiALyka?fref=ufi as she is setting this up. Most people are getting the logo of the book series as a tattoo but you can get whatever you like if you would like to get something. Nikki is the one setting the whole thing up.
- Use the Twitter hashtag to find out where we are #Sasscon if you come later or want to pop in and out.
- *8pm to ?: Dinner. Where we should all eat is still up in the air. People, make suggestions. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g33851-New_Haven_Connecticut.html New Haven has a ton of great places to eat.
- *10:00pm to?: Shenanigans at the hotel room. Number to be announced later.
Sunday June 3rd, 2018
- *1:00pm to 2:00pm: Sass Picnic with G. D. Falksen plus Tea Swap on the New Haven Green https://www.nps.gov/places/new-haven-green.htm
- . Pack a picnic basket and lunch with everyone on the historic New Haven Green. Bring along packaged tea to take part in the swap. Give something to get something and acquire more loved tea if you wish.
- 2:pm to 4:30pm: Free tour of the Yale Center for British Art https://britishart.yale.edu/
- 5:pm to 7pm: Dinner at the Ivy Wok, 316 Elm St New Haven, CT 06511 https://www.yelp.com/biz/ivy-wok-new-haven This is a staple of New Haven eating. Good noodles at good prices.
- 8pm Saying good bye ;-( To anyone staying over at the hotel Sunday night, bonus hotel shenanigans.
- Keep looking back for updates and other helpful things that will make your weekend easy and fun.
- We will do it in 2019 once more.
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Books that I’ve spent years writing just for you
You get fun things and I get to eat. https://www.patreon.com/gdfalksen
The Ouroboros Cycle on going series
You can get all five books in the series so far on ebooks for less than twenty dollars, but if you are someone who needs the physical book it’s also available.
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book 1: A Monster’s Coming of Age Story
How far would you go to avenge the one you love? Would you go beyond death? Born into the stifling confines of French upper society, Babette Varanus never thought that she would have to answer that question. Surrounded by wealth yet ostracized by her peers, Babette had little interest in love until she met Korbinian, a scandalous German baron with the audacity to regard her as his equal. But when the intrigues of her grandfather’s enemies conspire to tear them apart, Varanus will embark upon a journey of vengeance, love, and redemption that will take her beyond the limitations of mortality and reveal to her the dark forces that command humanity from the shadows. Faced with madness, murder, hidden cults, and erudite vampires, does she have the strength to withstand the storm that rises against her?
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book Two: A Cautionary Tale for Young Vampires
The year is 1888 and a madman is terrorizing the East End of London. But Doctor Varanus Shashavani has far more pressing concerns to worry about than a lunatic in Whitechapel. Her charitable hospital is under siege by gang lords, her English cousins are threatening to steal her inheritance, and her best friend has become obsessed with Gothic novels. To make matters worse, her son Friedrich is associating with an American who talks endlessly of wellness and yoghurt, while her bodyguard is pestering her to return home to Georgia, half a world away. It seems that everyone–friends, enemies, and “Saucy Jack” alike–have conspired to interrupt her work.
But Varanus did not obtain immortality just to have mad killers and distant relations get in the way of scientific progress. Though supernatural conspiracies and all-too-human monsters confront her at every turn, Varanus will stand firm against all odds. After all, she is accustomed to fighting for what is rightfully hers.
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book Three: A Long-Awaited Treachery
For a thousand years, the immortal Shashavani have hidden from the world in the halls of their mountain fortress, amassing great stores of knowledge in a haven of academic tranquility. And while Doctor Varanus has never found tranquility much to her taste, even she cannot deny that the peace and quiet make for a pleasant diversion following the chaos of her recent adventures in London. Having left the horrors of bloodshed and wellness behind her, Varanus has thrown herself headlong into the study of the Shashavani condition, determined to learn the secrets of their undying power.
But all is not as it seems in the House of Shashava. As winter snow covers the Shashavani valley and chokes the mountain passes, sinister events are unfolding in the shadows. Whispers of conspiracy echo through the halls. Soon loyalties will be tested and friendships betrayed. Blood will flow. For upon the frozen steppe, an ancient evil stirs and turns its gaze toward the House of Shashava, hungering for power and revenge.
As darkness descends, one question remains:
Do you serve the Winter King?
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book 4: A Sojourn in Bohemia
It is 1899, and Doctor Varanus is in Prague with her mentor Iosef, both still recovering from the scars of the Shashavani civil war. Iosef has found a reprieve from grief in the study of the so-called “Black Goat” cults, aided by a charming Prussian nobleman and a mysterious bookseller. Under other circumstances, Varanus might regard Iosef’s fascination with occult philosophies as troublingly superstitious, but she has greater concerns. Her wayward son Friedrich has taken up residence in Prague as well, and in the company of artists, revolutionaries, and other such rabble-rousers.
As Varanus endeavors to carry on her research and drag Friedrich back into respectable society, she discovers something sinister may be at work in the Kingdom of Bohemia. Could there be more to Iosef’s occult studies than he or his new friends realize?
Truth or fantasy, a shadow looms over Prague, threatening to drag Varanus and all she holds dear into the darkness of an unending night …
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book 5: House of the Far Earth
For the past year, Doctor Varanus has languished in the desert, tormented by heat and inactivity, while her mentor Iosef searches for evidence of his so-called “Black Goat cults” in the ruins of Sumeria, aided by an ambitious banker and an incompetent archaeologist. Their purpose: to unearth the lost city of Ekizu, a place only whispered of amid tales of blood sacrifice and dark gods.
But as Varanus’s patience wears thin, intrigues within the camp begin to surface, threatening everything she holds dear. An evil watches from the desert, eager to claim Ekizu for itself, while old enemies lurk in the darkness, plotting revenge. And as the great temple is uncovered, they will learn too late the truth behind an ancient warning.
Better that dead things had been left buried, lest all the world fall under the shadow of the Far Earth.
The Transatlantic Conspiracy
At the dawn of a reimagined 20th century, one girl must become the reluctant symbol of a new world. The year is 1908. Seventeen-year-old Rosalind Wallace’s blissful stay in England with her best friend, Cecily de Vere, ends abruptly when her father books Rosalind on the maiden voyage of his fabulous Transatlantic Express, the world’s first railroad to travel under the sea. Rosalind is furious. But lucky for her, Cecily and her handsome older brother, Charles, volunteer to accompany her home. But when Charles disappears and Cecily and her housemaid, Doris, are found stabbed to death in their state room, Rosalind finds herself trapped undersea, in a deadly fight to clear herself of her friend’s murder and to thwart a sinister enemy.
The Hellfire Chronicles: Blood in the Skies
In 1908, the world ended in fire.
Humanity, always bad at following orders, refused to die. Now, two hundred years later, what remains is divided between civilized order and lawless frontier. For the citizens of the Commonwealth, the brave pilots of the Air Force are all that stand between them and the dreaded pirate lords of the Badlands. For generations, the two forces have struggled back and forth in an endless cycle of invasion and reprisal. Now that is about to change, and flying ace Elizabeth Steele is about to find herself dragged into a web of intrigue aimed at the downfall of the civilized world.
Nothing that a clever girl with a trusty aeroplane and a charming spy at her side can’t handle.
The first book of The Hellfire Chronicles, Blood In The Skies by G. D. Falksen is a fast-paced and gorgeously illustrated steampunk adventure story set in a world of excitement, danger, and aviation. Join Wing Commander Steele of the Commonwealth Air Force as she battles mysterious assassins and bloodthirsty pirates bent on delivering a doomsday weapon into the hands of a madman.
A Cats Steampunk Alphabet
A is for Airship, for flying is keen. B is for Boiler, turning water to steam. A Cats Steampunk Alphabet is for the velocipede lover in all of us … seen through cunning feline eyes!
Short Stories
Cthulhu Fhtagn!
The Curious Death of Sir Arthur Turnbridge, by G. D. Falksen
Eternal Frankenstein
The New Soviet Man, by G. D. Falksen
The Steampunk Modern and Classic Steampunk Stories
THE CASE OF THE PECULIAR SAFECRACKER, by G. D. Falksen
Altered States Of The Union
Red Harbor, by G. D. Falksen
Mine! : a comics collection to benefit Planned Parenthood
Legacy by G.D.Falksen art of Marc Hempel
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I am proud to announce that I have a collaboration with the legendary artist Marc Hempel appearing in the comic book anthology Mine! to support Planned Parenthood, which is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Our piece, titled “Legacy”,is written by G.D. Falksen (me) and illustrated by Marc Hempel. I hope that you will all join us in making Mine! a reality and helping Planned Parenthood.
Some other artist in Mine! include the likes of Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way, Yuri Lowenthal, Amber Benson, Gabby Rivera, Becky Cloonan and many more.
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So I did a thing people keep asking me to do.
A bunch of people have asked me to get on Patreon, so I’ve decided to give it a try. I know that Patreon is more for graphic artists and podcasters than for authors, but I do think that trying to be a writer on Patreon is a worthwhile experiment. I’m curious as to how it’s going to turn out, and maybe you are too. It’s an adventure that we’ll all get to go on together.But if the Patreon experiment proves successful, it will allow me to be more publicly available, and most importantly it will allow me to keep writing and to write more: more short stories, more books, and who knows what else.
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Cosplay of Doctor Varanus by MR Graham From G.D. Falksen’s The Ouroboros Cycle.
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Cosplay of Doctor Varanus by MR Graham From G.D. Falksen’s The Ouroboros Cycle.
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