Rick Austin (he/him)

@birsy.bsky.social

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Award-winning author of queer fiction living in Portland, Oregon. Hoping to publish my recently-completed ‘Darum’ trilogy, a queer romantasy set in Portland. Married for over 30 years. Fond of little dogs, high places, and a good old-fashioned. [He/him.]

In a public park, an idiot stands in a wooden children’s fort, gesturing about some nonsense or other. He’s wearing a green ballcap. The sky is very blue with a few puffy white clouds behind his head.
Self-portrait of a middle-aged man with a long grey beard. He is wearing a blue shirt wiht a collar.
A screenshot of 5 music player playlists called, in order of presentation on the list: Favorites, sing, rest, move, dine.
A small collection of books on a wooden shelf, with a plaid wall-hanging in the background.
A screenshot of a weather app displaying high temperatures in Celsius: 36 degrees today, 37 degrees tomorrow.
A vivid rainbow over northeast Portland.
Photo of a book on a shelf. Book title is ‘The Little Town Where Time Stood Still,’ by Bohumil Hrabal with translation by James Naughton. Two Alkekengi, both vivid orange, rest atop the book.
A landscape photograph of a grove of old walnut trees with low scrub beneath them and blue sky above.