@danielnick
Author, traveler, teacher, artist. Author of The Hound of the Gods Contemporary Fantasy series. Oh yeah - created the worlds only fully inclusive and adapted martial arts program. ADHD Jack-of-All-Etc. www.danielnick.com
Got tropes on my mind today. Not the usual suspects though. I'm down the rabbit hole of mythology. Divine birth to gaining Object of doom to Rebirth to Scourge of God is awesome. (Some of you fans of War Dog might agree)
#booksky #author #fantasy #urbanfantasy
Yesterday my first novel, War Dog, was released. I sold five copies across the various platforms. I'm pretty sure this means I'm getting the next Nobel Peace Prize. I'll need to sell a few more before they consider me for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Time for a little NIN.
#NIN #moodycenter #headlikeahole
My book just went live today, but Kevin takes the time to support my - and many others - posts, and he's offering his book for just .99, so maybe check it out?
It's live!
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#booksky #Contemporaryfantasy #proudpapa #enjoy
Sick of Urban Fantasies with gritty, witty druids winning the day? Me too.
So I wrote War Dog - Hound of the Gods book One.
Druids suck. Available everywhere March 1st, 2026.
"If you like Iron Druid Chronicles and Monster Hunter International, then this is your next great novel."
#booksky #druids
‘War Dog’ is intense, brutal, imaginative, emotionally layered, & disturbingly addictive... But for readers who love dark supernatural military fiction—where mythology is weaponized, trauma is real, & the stakes feel cosmic—this book will hit like a hammer."
Kinda like this one. #booksky #ARC
"If you like Iron Druid Chronicles and Monster Hunter International, then this is your next great novel, complex world, with questions around every corner." - ARC reader for War Dog
#irondruid #monsterhunterinternational #urbanfantasy #booksky
Available March 1st, 2026
"I would strongly recommend it to readers who enjoy gritty military thrillers, dark mythology & gods-as-horror, supernatural warfare, morally complex protagonists & stories that refuse to comfort you with easy answers."
ARC reader of War Dog For - sale everywhere March 1st
#booksky #urbanfantasy
One of those books that does not ask for your attention politely—it drags you by the collar into its world & forces you to stay there until you finish...wondering whether you’ve just read a military thriller, a supernatural fantasy, a mythology-infused horror novel or all three at once. - War Dog
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Releasing March 1st, I'm looking for ARC readers. Let me know if interested!
I added the word "antifascist" to my TikTok bio and dropped to zero views for 48 hours. I removed it and views started again 8 hours later. Its not just posts, it's pure suppression.
Do we think it's a coincidence that when I changed my bio on tiktok to include antifascist and ally that I suddenly got zero views on all my posts? Zero. Views.
Almost 30k into the third novel in the series. #booksky #author #contemporaryfantasy #houndofthegods
And none of it matters because Maye isn't beating Seattle. Probably not the Rams either, but...Seattle...
Firmly in the "Surprising nobody but me" category - Twelve Months forcibly reminds me how much my writing of Hounds of the Gods is influenced by Butcher's world building. #booksky #urbanfantasyOG #dresdenfiles
I got 1900 words done on book 3 today. Time to dive into Twelve Months now. #dresdenfiles #booksky #authors
Twelve Months is here! Time to reaffirm my imposter Syndrome! What monster talked this fool into writing a nine book contemporary fantasy series while this guy is still cranking out Dresden Novels? The audacity!
#dresdenfiles #authors #booksky #jimbutcher #alwaysandforeverteammurphy
OK - I had the night to process, so Congrats to the refs for knocking BOTH of the top AFC teams out of the superbowl in one game. That was a catch, not an interception, and now Bo is out with a broken ankle. Bills deserved that win, and now neither team is going to the big game. #refsruingames
That was the most unsatisfying overtime playoff game I've ever seen in my life. What garbage.
Sportsball post.
Dear Buffalo, please win. Denver is the best AFC team left. I have decided that I want a Bills vs anyone except the Seahawks superbowl.
Pretty please.
Chapter three drops in one hour - free Contemporary fantasy novel being given away at the rate of 2 chapters a week. Just for fun.
www.patreon.com/cw/DanielNick
Kind of like saying the NRA was never anti-tyranny, they just wanted to pick the tyrants
Slightly diminish a band.
Metallickers
But hey - the third chapter drops today if anyone has the emotional bandwidth to process. I'm not sure I do.
Kinda seems weird to be out shouting "Hey I've got a free book you can read!" while the gestapo is literally shooting people in the face and violating the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, probably 7th, and 8th amendments...
I hope that when it's read, the care and handling of the subject matter is considered compassionate and accurate.
It often is poorly used in fiction. Luckily for me, I'm well trained in working with Children and Adults with PTSD and know what I'm writing about. No spoilers, but yes, my character has it.
My project will attract readers of The Sixth World Series by Rebecca Roanhorse, The Magicium series by T.N. Baldwin, and The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko (and yes, I have evil Druids, so somebody is going to mention the Iron Druid and Harry Dresden series).
