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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Got to a massive twist in @natashapulley.bsky.social ‘s The Salt King. This is the third of her books I’ve read and she’s SO good at delivering world-building twists in a way that doesn’t… feel like cheating? It’s like an “ourobouros”-plot, with great, circular reasons for why things are happening

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Rainbow Ouroboros Snake Symbol

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It’s already (self) published! Here are the links: o-a-bhatti.itch.io/the-unlinked... books2read.com/u/49w2lp (Free 7-chapter excerpt if you’re not sure about immediately buying a self-published book by some internet rando: oabhatti.com/82-2/)

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The Unlinked Prince by O. A. Bhatti

Solarpunk Monster Hunter meets H.P. Lovecraft in a tale about international intrigue and revenge.

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That book was The Unlinked Prince! If you like… ⚔️ swashbuckling action 🐙 Lovecraftian horror 🇵🇰 South Asian culture 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 family drama 🦄🧞🤖🦾 sci-fi/fantasy fusion 🐉🦁 giant monsters ☀️and solarpunk, mutual-aid politics, this book is for you! #Booksky 📚💙 #writersky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #sff

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The Unlinked Prince by O. A. Bhatti

Solarpunk Monster Hunter meets H.P. Lovecraft in a tale about international intrigue and revenge.

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Had a terrible nightmare following a middle of the night editing session. I was looking at a page in one of my books in Scrivener… and a scene was written in the wrong POV and I’d left a note for myself: “Bungled this part, need to fix and re-upload” 😱 (opened the book in the morning, it was fine)

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I generally prefer simpler prose, but it can depend. Frankly, I feel it should depend on the moment, as different scenes/moments can benefit from more or less “flourish”

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thanks! Yeah I definitely got lucky. I have so much plotted that hasn’t gotten down yet, so it could have been worse 😅

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I enjoy the work. As much as it’d be nice to get to spend more time with it (come on, agents and publishers, throw us a bone!), it’s nice to remember from time to time how rewarding the work is. Writing is nice.

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So I was 20000 words into a draft, smooth sailing but something felt… off. Realized something crucial was missing and I have to rewrite… and that felt great? Because now I see the shape of the story and can make it better. That was a nice feeling. #Booksky 📚💙 #writersky #writingcommunity #amwriting

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sure Welcome to Elderfield is an awesome game, but y’know what’s really awesome? Listening to the soundtrack as you finish out the clock on a Friday afternoon before going home to play the game. @elderfieldofficial.bsky.social

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Posting this bc The Salt King has me dipping back into my childhood religious Apocalypse hyperfixation and I gotta get it out somehow before I start speaking in ‘tongues’ youtu.be/cyxzOPu_hOk?...

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Iskander D'hul Karnon

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Reading The Salt King by Natasha Pulley, and, though it largely features Catholic stuff, as a former religious person, it HITS. I feel like it needs to be required reading for former religious people. REQUIRED… wait, shit, no…

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The Flash: That's My Bad

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Also, not for nothing, one of the “bad” behaviors the kid does is put lipstick on himself, which I initially took as a sign that the book would have a REALLY positive message at the end. Nope, it was just played for laughs, the book wants you to laugh at a kid for wanting to try lipstick 🙄

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

No joke, this early-reader book in which a cis-coded male character directs violence at people for no reason ends with him violating a woman’s body. It’s fine for a book to “just be funny,” but EVERY story sends a message, especially to kids.

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The lady gets fed up and chastises him, causing the kid to break down crying. Lady feels bad, gives him a cookie. Kid is grateful, and makes to give old lady a kiss as a ‘thank you.’ Lady thinks “oh he’s changed,” comes in to receive the kiss…and the kid tricks the dog into licking her face. The end

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just read the literal worst children’s book I’ve ever encountered. In it, a child-coded, cis-male coded main character terrorizes an old lady and her dog: steals her purse, then spends the rest of the book drawing all over everything with her lipstick.

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Yo Welcome to Elderfield is so freaking good. If only I could get it to work on my handheld so I don’t have to pull out my PC every time 😭

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(Heh, wait till you get to season 2 🔥)

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oh, you think you won’t go insane for it now 😏? (It’s such a good show; actually the first piece of media my S.O. and I bonded over)

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Hannibal Lector & Will Graham: Deep Inhale

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🎉!! But damn, what a fucking saga

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Finally reading Mona Awad’s Bunny. A fantastic mind-melter made even more melty by me rereading The King in Yellow at the same time…

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Watching King

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For the broadcast, maybe instead of a “play by play,” it could be a frantic/garbled “DON’T REPRINT!” emergency message

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Tricky to say. I thought it worked in a world-building and character sense, though I haven’t read Sea of Silence yet, so I don’t know how it transitions into the next book. My gut says that if you’re gonna cut anything, it should just be to tighten up the dialogue, rather than gutting it altogether

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Some would call it unlocking “easy mode.” I call it unlocking maximum aura

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

(If you want something short/sweet, you don’t need to have read Veilrender to enjoy Devilgoode)

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If you like revenge horror and book where ultra-right-wing wackos get some supernatural comeuppance, check out my horror novel, Veilrender, and/or its sequel, the novella, Devilgoode! books2read.com/u/mvENO8 tr.ee/p-Hxje95sY tr.ee/k-6rd2oAX3

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Veilrender by O. A. Bhatti

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

All the stores here in the States already have their Halloween stuff up, so it’s horror time!

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Be honest…did you coin the term ‘planesploitation’ so you could write something solely featuring planes?

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

(All kidding aside and IDK if this helps, I only talk about books I’ve read on the internet if I actually liked/loved them. There’s plenty I haven’t raved about)🖖

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yeahhhh, did that like, four times with what ended up NOT being my debut, Veilrender, and I refuse to look at it again outside of continuity reasons. That said, I quite loved A Quiet Universe, so it couldn’t have been that bad!

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Also, not for nothing, she ALSO said “can we just get back to basketball?”

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Currently listening to D20 in the background. I’m, like, a year behind, watching Skyward Ho, and got to the part in episode 18 where Ally makes a bad Heroes reference (“save the girl” instead of “save the cheerleader”), and got hit by a wave of 😭😭. R.I. Freaking P. (Again, I’m a YEAR behind on D20)

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

As a sidenote, I’m considering doing a physical print of that (to start) to try to get the book in people’s hands IRL. I’ve looked into a couple of options, like Ingram Spark, but I’m curious about what’s worked for other indie authors.

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Don’t actually have an audience, but… Hey! Check out my action-packed, utopian SSF debut, The Unlinked Prince! It’s like if Monk and Robot had giant monsters and swords! #indiebooks #Booksky 📚💙 o-a-bhatti.itch.io/the-unlinked... books2read.com/u/49w2lp (Free 7-chapter excerpt: oabhatti.com/82-2/)

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The Unlinked Prince by O. A. Bhatti

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Don’t know if this is your thing, but your apt take reminds me of this song: youtu.be/a65A626Ed20?...

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Bloodywood - Dana Dan (Indian Folk Metal)

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 16/08/2026

The purpose of feminism is not to "fix men". Will feminism help men? Fuck knows, hopefully. But patriarchal politics seek to reduce women to dependents, to hoard politics and economic power in the hands of men and reduce women to property. The purpose of feminism is to free us from that condition.

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

So, all of a sudden, you have characters who can and have felled beasts the size of dinosaurs ducking for cover because someone pulled out a handgun

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It'S Always Sunny In Philadelphia Gun Vs Sword

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Loved that part of UCD. Weaponry limitations are also a really fun way to worldbuild. In Unlinked Prince, the primary setting is a place that has developed highly advanced melee weapons, armor, and ways of covering vast distances. But when the protagonist encounters guns, the dynamics get wild

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Having fun messing with the format of Unlinked Prince (links below) for the sequel. This is going to end up much cozier than the first. Still a lot of breakneck action, though. Just with a nice cup of tea. o-a-bhatti.itch.io/the-unlinked... books2read.com/u/49w2lp Free excerpt: oabhatti.com/82-2/

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

(5) As with any system of control, it pits people against the vulnerable “other.” (And in the process, these people say stupid shit that, show them to be people with a low “opinion” on the concept of human rights)

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

4) But because they subscribe to the patriarchy, they hyperfocus on trans women’s bodies, painfully unaware of how pointless such a focus is given the facts of their own situations. Inthey invent boogeywomen, spectres who haunt women’s locker rooms, who are there to steal women’s success

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

(3) Now to women’s sports, Sofia Cunningham benefits from “biological advantages” over her fellow cis would-be women’s basketball players. Furthermore even if I, a cis male, had trained my whole life like she has, despite her being near my height, she would STILL be better than me.

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

(3) Using men’s sports as an example, if I as a young man had decided to pursue football as a linebacker, I wouldn’t have gotten to the level of, say, Brian Urlacher (someone who’s come to Cunningham’s defense), because he’s 6’4” and can cultivate more muscle mass to do that job better than me

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

(2) These are people who typically have “biological” (to use their words) advantages over others who might be interested in pursuing a career playing the same sport. Advantageous bone structure, greater lung capacity, more muscle tone, these things elevate people who would otherwise just be “good.”

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O. A. Bhatti, Author @oabhatti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Fantastic article that articulates how the right-wing grift machine works to make trans women’s existence into an “issue.” I also think there’s something to be said about how many of the champions of this grift are professional athletes. (1)

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