CJ Beshara

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they/them | author of LUCIANUS, out now from Space Wizard Science Fantasy! | reader and writer extraordinaire | chronically unserious poster https://linktr.ee/cjbeshara

A screenshot showing a closeup of a metal panel in the original trailer for Bethesda’s game Starfield. On this panel there is a weird scribbly scratch mark encircled and compared to the map of the Tamrielic provinces of High Rock and Hammerfell. The scratch mark looks almost exactly like this region.
A screenshot of a 2022 Starfield Direct from Bethesda Softworks. It’s the character creation screen, and the employee number, seemingly random, is highlighted. This number is zoom-enhanced and reads: 160514-2009140512. The OP has divided this number into pairs: 16 05 14 20 09 14 05 12. They have tied each pair to its corresponding letter in the alphabet, and it reads SENTINEL, a major city in eastern Tamriel and a long-speculated title for The Elder Scrolls VI.
A tweet from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, saying: “Live playthrough of The Elder Scrolls VI: ******** this morning. The scale and grandeur are incredible. The story is even greater.”
A purple mountainous landscape background, on which is a quote from Nicole on Goodreads: “Despite the direction of the plot being clearly stated in the blurb, this book still manages to surprise me, with one reveal that hit me like a chair to the face…that revelation was so cool.”
An email proclaiming “CJ, your book is missing from 150 million readers” followed by many paragraphs of cobbled-together smoke-blowing and marketing claims.
Hardcovers of the first two entries in Janny Wurts’ Wars of Light and Shadow, hardcover of the Verner Vinge book club edition duology “Across Realtime”, and hardcover of Robert Silverberg’s “Starborne.”
Goodreads infographic spraying confetti and proclaiming that I have met my 2026 reading challenge goal by reading 40 books.
An image of four guys standing around, beneath a title that says “Days since your children’s media franchise published a book with the N-word in it:” The three guys labeled Sesame Street, Barney, and Bob the Builder are saying “What?” while the one guy labeled Thomas and Friends says “27,342 days.”
A stack of books on the floor 22 books high, too many to list all titles/authors, sorry.
A picture of the book “Lucianus” by CJ Beshara, with a graphic that says “out now!” above it. All around the book are various blurbs about the contents. “D&D inspired magic!” “A feared wizard brought back to life for one more task!” “Allies to enemies to…friends? Maybe more?” “A modern take on a classic fantasy adventure!” “Queernormative worldbuilding!” “Character-driven narration!” “It’s not REALLY about defeating the big bad…”
A closeup of a leafy green bush sprouting spires of white flowers, and a pollen-laden bumblebee is mid-leap between two clusters.
The cover of LUCIANUS on a purple nighttime landscape with various blurbs written around it. “D&D inspired magic!” “A feared wizard brought back to life for one more task!” “Allies to enemies to…friends? Maybe more?” “A modern take on a classic fantasy adventure!” “Queernormative worldbuilding!” “Character-driven narration!” “It’s not REALLY about defeating the big bad…”
The cover of “Lucianus” by CJ Beshara, bearing a sticker that says “Out July 14th!”
A stack of books, from top to bottom: None But Man by Gordon R. Dickson, High Sorcery by Andre Norton, A Fish Dinner in Memison by E.R. Eddison, The Mezentian Gate by E.R. Eddison, High Deryni by Katherine Kurtz, The Tyranny of the Night by Glen Cook, Lord of the Silent Kingdom by Glen Cook, Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts, All the Murmuring Bones by A. G. Slatter, Priest of Bones by Peter McLean, Human Being by Christopher Morley, The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells, The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune, The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe, The Man Who Made Friends With Himself by Christopher Morley, The Impossible Factory by Josh Dean, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.
A bumblebee poking around the edge of a bright pink coneflower.
The cover of “Lucianus” by C.J. Beshara.
The cover of “Lucianus” by C.J. Beshara.
A sunny rock surface, upon which sits a silver-spotted skipper butterfly.
A pile of vintage paperbacks on a table. Starting from top left: The Rainbow Annals by Grania Davis, Lord of the Silent Kingdom by Glen Cook, Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts, None But Man by Gordon R. Dickson, High Sorcery by Andre Norton, and all three Chronicles of the Deryni by Katherine Kurtz.
The cover of “Lucianus” which features a red-robed wizard grasping a man in armor as golden magic spills from his upraised hand.
Okay I know this looks like a fairly ordinary eastern yellowjacket but trust me ours are fat as fuck for some reason. Definitely huge yellowjacket standing on some mulch at the base of a stone wall, investigating the rock with its shitty little hands.
The cover of my upcoming novel “Lucianus” which features a wizard in a red robe casting golden magic over a blue-purple background, whist clutching a man in leather armor.
An area of woodland understory with drifts of blooming mountain laurel illuminated by a patch of sunlight.
The cover of “Lucianus” by CJ Beshara, a blue-purple and gold scene featuring a robed man clutching an armored man holding a knife.
A collection of ten recently acquired books strewn across the carpet. Titles and authors on next slide.
An adult fox wrestles with several of its children in an overgrown lawn.
The cover of Don Pfeil’s “Look Back To Earth,” which features a sandy landscape beneath a clear cyan sky. An orange machine that kind of looks like an airplane but has tracks like a bulldozer is plowing through the sand, pursued aerially by some sort of shiny sphere with tripod legs and two half-spherical ear things. In the foreground there’s a human skull on a rock?
A screenshot from Goodreads showing that I have read 21 of my goal of 40 books so far in 2026.
A sunny spot in the garden. Centered is a fancy, many-layered daffodil blooming in cream and yellow, hovering over a pair of shorter tulips in apricot pink.
A freshly bloomed tulip with peachy-pink petals and bright green leaves.
A hand holding a glass jar full of blooming peach blossom branches and a few ruffly yellow daffodils.
Amazon listings for Initial D Omnibus 10 and 11, showing releases for June 2nd and September 1st respectively.
A set of strawberry-themed ceramics, namely a cream pitcher and salt and pepper shakers, on the shelf at a department store.
A window with green curtains hanging on either side, and a narrow windowsill upon which a lynx point siamese cat balances, looking out.
My “want to read” shelf on Goodreads, currently sitting in the dangerous position of 94 books.
The cover of A.G. Slatter’s “A Forest, Darkly” which features an illustrated black, twisted tree over a background of a golden hill, a bright red house, and a bright red female silhouette.
A zooming, blurred image of Oprah with her hands on her head looking aghast.
A fiery orange and yellow maple leaf held before the camera by a fair-skinned hand, amidst a sunny autumn forest.
Reaction image of a blurred black man in a yellow hoodie and black durag, grinning as he puts on a pair of cunty golden glasses.
The top of a bookcase, where sits omnibus’ 1-10 of Berserk in a threatening black and red wall.
A screenshot from the thesaurus entry for “exhausted”. Circled are the words “fagged”, “drained”, and “busted”.
The cover of Mistress of Mistresses by E.R. Eddison. It features a pink and lavender draconic wyrm encircling a scene of pale greyhounds, a circle of orange chairs on a pastel teal hill, and a gleaming white city in the distance beneath a deep purple sky.
A selfie of an individual with medium-fair skin, short brown hair, and brown eyes, wearing round gold-rimmed glasses and an indigo sweater.
The paperback cover of The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison. It depicts in watercolor a great draconic worm of purple, red, and orange winding around a landscape of purple, green, and orange hills, black silhouettes, and a pastel sky with a golden moon.
Four vintage paperbacks by E.R. Edison with colorful ink-and-watercolor illustrated covers.
A screenshot from the anime Berserk (1997) in which Guts sits shirtless and battered beneath a tree, overlooking a night sky full of stars. Casca leans against the tree, silently watching him.
The cover of the SFBC edition of The Elric Saga, part one. It features an illustration of a pale, elfin man with fiery eyes and a mane of white hair, holding a sheathed sword against himself, with a hawk perched on his shoulder.
A Lynx point Siamese cat lying mostly on its back, paws folded against its chest, eyes closed as a shaft of sunlight falls across its face.
The second book in R.A. Salvatore’s Dark Elf Trilogy, Exile, in a mass market paperback. One hand holds the yellowed pages open to part 2, with a bookmark inserted between. The bookmark has an illustration of an owlbear on it.
A crew of hand painted skeleton miniatures, each holding a round shield in one hand and a sword overhead in the other.
A green glass mug from the late 1940s, bearing gold accents and the 40s Delta Airlines logo.
The back of the X-Men TEY reissue, showing an ad for the Spider-Man Maximum Carnage Super NES/Gensis game.
A spread of comic issues. Starting top left: The Invincible Iron Man #36 (2000), X-Men: The Early Years #7 (Nov 1994 reissue), X-Men Vol. 1 #17 (Feb 1992). Bottom row is all Batman, issues 474-478 (Feb-May 1992).
A screenshot from “Skyrim” showing a view of the sky, a bit of city below, and surrounding snowy mountains. It’s sunset, and the sky is deep periwinkle blue, scattered with pink and golden clouds.
A snow-laden forest, through which runs a noisy creek.
A selfie of a person in a red puffer, fluffy brown hat, and black sunglasses standing out in a snowy yard beneath a gray sky.
Forecast for the weekend, showing Saturday clear with a high of only 13 F, and then snow Sunday and Monday with highs in the 20s.
A package of multicolored knitting needles with a hand on them for size comparison. The needles are 16 inches long, three or four times longer than the hand’s width.
The title page of “Akallabêth”, the second to last book of the Silmarillion, featuring a colorful square pattern.
A page depicting Tolkien’s watercolor illustration of the river island fortress on Tol Sirion.