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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

News: tendinitis sucks. Finding alternatives to typing because it suuuuucks

Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm not always a fan of people watching but BOY did my head snap up at the speed of sound when I heard "we are NOT doing CHIPOTLE at our WEDDING"

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Just hit 100 queries for my zombie novel this week, and I'm also moving across the country to a new home, new job, and new life. Things feel big. I couldn't be more excited.

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Fourteen years before Honor Bound, Vera Novak found herself caught in the crosshairs of the terrifying Stormbeck syndicate… Find her story here: a.co/d/4eJr1PI #booksky #writer #writingcommunity #indieauthor #bookrelease #bookseries #novel

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

"I feel like I exorcised quite a bit of my own traumas as I walked with Vera through hers. At times, the only thing that kept me writing was the reassurance that I had already written her happy ending – I knew she escaped and went on to find her family." #writer #author #honorbound #bookrelease

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Cover reveal for VERA - an Honor Bound prequel story. Get your tissues ready for Vera's emotional, heart-wrenching story. #writer #writingcommunity #bookseries #coverreveal #bookrelease #author

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Vera, a prequel novel of the Honor Bound series, releases on December 19th! Get ready for Vera's emotional backstory. #writingcommunity #bookseries #author #bookrelease #honorbound

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Honor Bound 6 is now available, wrapping up the main series. Find it on Amazon, Bookshop, and Barnes and Noble. Currently available here: a.co/d/0XGmnPk #writer #author #bookseries #booksky #writesky #bookrelease

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I can’t believe my Honor Bound series is finished! Six years! The family has been on such an adventure, and I know I have changed so much in that time as well. I have processed and healed so much through these characters. Now that their story is finally over, I’m ready for what comes next!

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Honor Bound 6 coming on November 4th. Join the family in the last steps of their journey together. #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky #author #bookseries #whump #foundfamily #fantasy #postapocalypse

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Honor Bound Six releases November 4th. What have fans said about the series so far? "rollercoaster of emotions" #honorbound #writer #bookseries #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Honor Bound Six releases November 4th. What have fans said about the series so far? "A Story for the Ages" #honorbound #writer #bookseries #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Cover reveal for Honor Bound 6! Keep an eye out for the link to get your copy on November 4th #writer #booksky #writingcommunity #novelseries #novel #whump

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Honor Bound: Character Songs Isaac Moore and Gavin Uriah: I’ll Be by Edwin McCain #honorbound #writer #author #bookseries #whump #foundfamily

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

It's been 5 years since Honor Bound 2 was published! Come read the whole series and catch up with the family and their perilous adventures: isaacryals.carrd.co #honorbound #writer #author #bookseries #whump #foundfamily

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Meet Kade and Kali in Honor Bound VI, coming soon! Kade is a laid-back tattoo artist with some hard rules he's learned from life, and Kali is a no-nonsense woman who knows how to run her community. #honorbound #writer #author #books #novels #novelseries #foundfamily #whump

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Honor Bound Book 6 is coming soon! Are you all caught up on the found family's trials and tribulations? Are you ready to celebrate with them in their final story? Read the series here: www.goodreads.com/author/list/20177… #author #writer #writingcommunity #novel #novelseries

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

What sacrifice does it take to make the world anew, to make it safe again? Find out in Honor Bound 5! Pick up your copy here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/2097423… #honorbound #author #writer #writingcommunity #novel #novelseries

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

When all the family wants is peace, who could possibly ruin it them? Find out in Book 4! Get your copy here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/6050098… #honorbound #author #writer #novels #writingcommunity

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Need to see more of Gavin and the family? Grab Honor Bound 3. Come see how they all deal with going back to face Colleen Stormbeck. #booksky #author #writer #writingcommunity #fiction #whump #writesky

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Need a part 2 for the found-family, post-apocalyptic adventure story Honor Bound? Here you go. With even more angst, longing, and whump! #writer #fiction #booksky #author #whump #postapocalyptic #novel #novelwriting #writingcommunity

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

If you're looking for a new book to read, try out my Honor Bound series! #writer #whump #writingcommunity #indiewriter #foundfamily

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

5 years since I've published Book 1! I'm so excited to have book six coming out this year. It's been an amazing journey. What are other writers excited about with your stories and journeys? #writingcommunity #booksky #author #indieauthor #writingquestions #transwriters

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

What would your characters do with a new beginning? Is it everything they hoped for or does life prove full of continuous challenges? #writingcommunity #authors #booksky #transwriter #indieauthor

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Happy #internationaltransgenderdayofvisibility to all my trans siblings... including those who can't bear to be visible right now

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Honor Bound 5 is celebrating its one year anniversary today! Want to see how the family is doing? Come read here: shorturl.at/wa5uE #writingcommunity #transauthor #booksky #writers #indieauthor #lgbtqia #fiction #whump

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Editing Honor Bound: VI and thinking back to the earlier books. This found family has been through a lot! #writingcommunity #queerwriters #whump #authors #indiewriter

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Still feeling great after attending a local authors showcase at my public library. Getting to talk books/writing with other authors was wonderful! Support your libraries! #writingcommunity #writer #author #booksky

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

"How many times will I have to try to die for them before I actually keep them safe from something." Honor Bound: Book IV Found-family means everything <3 Can't help putting my characters through the absolute worst to show how much they care for each other. Whump whump. #writingcommunity #booksky

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

A heart is such a delicate thing. "[His] heart felt like a dead thing inside him, heavy and rotting, putrid, pumping filth into his veins." Whose heart you ask? And will that heart be healed? Find out in Honor Bound: Book III. #indieauthor #queerwriters #writingcommunity #writers #booksky

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

"He was lost. He was fractured." - Honor Bound II Dealing with the mental and emotional aftermath of things is hard. It's in the after-events where characters have the most growth (and regression) where amazing stories are found. #writingcommunity #booksky

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

"Carissime Ilya. Fortasse in aliam vitam." [Dearest Ilya. Perhaps in another life.] -Lux in Tenebris: Poena et Salus

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Lux in Tenebris, a novella about angels, demons, whump, torture-and-rescue! Find it here: books2read.com/luxintenebris

Book cover in tan with teal accents. Picture of a hand in a cuff and chains with the words "12 months of Whump. Lux in Tenebris: Poena et Salus. Isaac Ryals" above it.

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Some parallel thoughts from my first book series, Honor Bound: Chapter 9 "...because you know that's all you're good for: dying so someone else doesn't have to." Chapter 35 "Because it's the only way I know to make my family love me."

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Isaac Ryals @isaac-ryals.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Hello Bluesky! I'm Isaac Ryals, a writer of dystopian fiction, poetry, and short fiction. Check out my Honor Bound series (under previous name Athena Ryals) here: www.amazon.com/Honor-Bound-...

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Honor Bound: Book 1

Amazon.com: Honor Bound: Book 1: 9781734680508: Ryals, Athena, Bean, Kylie R: Books

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