Leslie Allen

@cozywitch.bsky.social

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Author of SAILS OF BLACK AND BLOOD: THE REVENGE OF CAPTAIN VESSIA, out NOW! Punk witch of a trans lady. Librarian. Union Leader. Autistic. I write murder gays on boats. Unceded Mi'kma'ki. She/her |🍁| Fuck off with your A/I https://leslieallen.com/

A card alter of Inspirit, Flagship Vessel from the MTG trading card game. It's been painted to look like the mothership from Homeworld. The alter is by @whitecrowarchon
A slide form CPL's library in review presentation in April. It says: What we have cut/reduced to save money in 2026-27 (so far) Elimination of Hoopla 38,400$ Reduced Full-time HQ staff hours by 10% 47,231$ Reduced Library material Spending 36,662$ Reduced programs 13,000$ Subtotal of reductions 135,293$
Funding for Public LIbraries in Nova Scotia, from a presentation Cumberland Public Libraries gave in April. It says "16.9 million from the province to support 79 public libraries and outreach services. Based on population with base amounts for operating and collections. It equals out to Less than $16 per person in NS per year. The same since 2020. AVRL gets 11.7% CBRL gets 12.5% CEHPL gets 9.1% CPL gets 4.7% ECRL gets 5.6% HPL gets 32.2% PARL gets 8.4% WCRL gets 8.1%
An antique hand carved chess set. One side depicts the Kievan Rus while the other depicts the Baltic crusaders
a screenshot of discord's pomo for the 'hangout rooms'. Two phones are on a little counter thing, a screen on one looks to be somehow sliding into the other
a screenshot of the CBC news website, Canada's national public news broadcaster. The top read article is "Breaking down the Bricks & Minifigs Lego scandal involing YouTube's 'Reckless Ben' It's above other serious news stories feauting Donald Trump, the charge of a 19-year old who allegedly shot a cop, the closure of postal delivery to half a million homes by Canada Post, and a multi-car crash in one of the larger cities in the country.
the profile and header of Leslie Allen, author. The header image reads "Fanatical Women Anarchists, With Their Daring Crimes Outstripping Their Red Brothers, Have Become Terror of the World's Police"
A box full of baby ducklings! They're chirping and one gets a little pet
A pile of convention loot from tricon including a forest spirit print by F. Foustall, Natalie Zina Walschots new book, Terra Nova Scotia by the WFNS, a 3D printed sword bookmark by the Crying Cryptid, business cards from Wizards and Spaceships podcast, Cheapo Comics, Rachel A. Rosen, Deanna Foster, and a name tag lanyard
a crudely drawn outline with stick figures for a completed book cover in the following photo.
the O'Brian union meme, from Deep Space Nine, only to be gendered to a woman
The cover of the book The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen, part of the Sails of Black and Blood series. A stoney-eyed woman sits at a long wooden table, her fingers intertwined to cover her mouth. blood drips down her chin and on the table is a goblet which also drips red. Her skin is white, but vampire-pale, and she has long brown-black hair that's braided on one side. On the table is an old-fashioned pistol, a candelabra with four candles, a red runner, and a few charts. The chair she sits in has a wide brim hat hanging on one side and a sword hanging off the other. The light peeks into the dark room through the window and black curtains drape along the back wall. The art for it is by @Sbeep
A list of a 'about me: Video games Favourite game: Brutal Legend Best Story: Cyberpunk 2077 Favourite Art Style: Pacific Drive Biggest Personal Impact: Brutal Legend Best Combat: Hollow Knight Silksong Overhated: Dragon Age II Underrated: Age of Wonders 4 Overrated: Total Warhammer III Needs a Remake: The Secret World Criminally Overlooked: Cabernet Favourite Protagonist: Dragon Age: Origins Favourite Antagonist: The Dark Queen of Morthholme Best Soundtrack: Final Fantasy XIV Best Multiplayer: Halo Reach Not Usually My thing, but... : Beat Saber Turn My Brain Off: Stellaris Best With Friends: Civilization V Best Retro Game: Need For Speed II Nostalgic Childhood game: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Game Everyone Should Play: Inscryption
a screenshot of the steam page of Cyberpunk 2077 showing 100% achievement completion
The cover of the book The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen, part of the Sails of Black and Blood series. A stoney-eyed woman sits at a long wooden table, her fingers intertwined to cover her mouth. blood drips down her chin and on the table is a goblet which also drips red. Her skin is white, but vampire-pale, and she has long brown-black hair that's braided on one side. On the table is an old-fashioned pistol, a candelabra with four candles, a red runner, and a few charts. The chair she sits in has a wide brim hat hanging on one side and a sword hanging off the other. The light peeks into the dark room through the window and black curtains drape along the back wall.
A bumper sticker that says "I wish this car was a high-speed trans-continental rail system"
A 'victory' screen on Slay the Spire II
A booksirens DNF review of the Revenge of Captain Vessia, where the reason for DNF is listed as "I must confess the range of Violence in this book was too much for me."
The why is always thinking meme, with the cat yelling at the brain, but it's been replaced with a email icon with 9,999 unread emails. The text reads "Why is it always never empty even when I respond to emails all day"
An achievement for Hollow Knight: Silksong. It's the one for 100% game completion, meaning this bitch beat everything, and it sucked, but she's also proud of it
A small pile of magic the gathering cards. Ghost ship, the belligerent, becket brass, unsinkable, and throne of the grim captain
a picture of a sword made by Fableblades, showing an ethereal, almost decayed looking sword.
The "Jason figured it out?" meme from the Good Place, but replaced with Mitt Romney
a mtg card called 'Divinity of Pride" which costs five white/black mana. It's a 4/4 Spirit Avatar creature, with 4 power and 4 toughness, flying and lifelink, and gets +4/+4 as long as you have 25 or more life. It has text that says "She spoke of mystery and portent, of such unfathomable things that my mind screamed for pity." - The Seer's Parables" The card art shows an giant winged reaper made of shadowy clouds, holding a sword aloft to the sky.
A pile of magic the gathering cards, one labeled Rendmaw, Creaking Nest. They makes birds that attack everyone but the controlling player. The rest of the cards are custom prints of Cannuck the Crow holding a knife, labeled Stabby Birb Friend
The cover of the book The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen, part of the Sails of Black and Blood series. A stoney-eyed woman sits at a long wooden table, her fingers intertwined to cover her mouth. blood drips down her chin and on the table is a goblet which also drips red. Her skin is white, but vampire-pale, and she has long brown-black hair that's braided on one side. On the table is an old-fashioned pistol, a candelabra with four candles, a red runner, and a few charts. The chair she sits in has a wide brim hat hanging on one side and a sword hanging off the other. The light peeks into the dark room through the window and black curtains drape along the back wall.
the distracted girlfriend meme, with the new DLC for Age of Wonders 4: Thrones of Blood and Clair Obscure: Expedition 33
The authors Leslie Allen and Cat Rector at their booth at Halcon
The authors Leslie Allen and Cat Rector at their booth at Hal-con!
The author Leslie Allen at her booth at Halcon, the table is covered in pride flags and pirate/undead stuff
a picture of Leslie Allen in a graveyard. She is very cold, despite the smile and great hair. Her picture is surrounded by a "Find me at Hal-Con" border. The border states that she'll be at Hal-Con on November 7th to 9th. Find out more at hal-com.com
A snippet tease of the cover of Leslie Allen's next book "On Stranger Shores" It features a muddy brown background with a girl with red hair in the bottom corner.
The cover of the book The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen, part of the Sails of Black and Blood series. A stoney-eyed woman sits at a long wooden table, her fingers intertwined to cover her mouth. blood drips down her chin and on the table is a goblet which also drips red. Her skin is white, but vampire-pale, and she has long brown-black hair that's braided on one side. On the table is an old-fashioned pistol, a candelabra with four candles, a red runner, and a few charts. The chair she sits in has a wide brim hat hanging on one side and a sword hanging off the other. The light peeks into the dark room through the window and black curtains drape along the back wall.
The last scene of the "Pull the lever Kronk!" with Yzma coming back into the room with the alligator chewing on her. The alligator is labelled "Suffering awkward questions about scenes from betas as a result" and the text labelled "We do we even think meme references in books are funny"
The pull the lever Konk! meme, where the text is labelled "Put the meme reference in the fantasy book!" with the lever labelled "no one gets it"
A up close photo of the sign showing the woman from "the what?" Meme on a deep clean ad
A video showing the back of a grocery store parking lot, where a sign depicts the woman from the "the what?" Meme on a deep cleaning
A graphic with 24 covers with text "Narratess Indie Book Sale August 2025. Fantasy Bundle #1” Prophecy Trilogy: New Moon by Liz Bullard Usurper by J. M. Rose The Moss Dragon of Brittlekeep by Ashley Capes Petition by Delilah Waan Trick by Cara Nox The Living Sword by Pemry Janes Of All the Stars by Kris Madigan Thief, Acolyte, Consort by James Robert Paige The Hand That Feeds by Sass Everett Skin Deep by Marie Blanchet Mercy by Ian Haramaki The Sunset Sovereign: A Dragon’s Memoir by Laura Huie The Dream Haunters: A Metaphysical Mystery of Magick by Megan Mary Merchants of Light and Bone by Erika McCorkle The Shifter: Legends of Pern Coen by Hannah E. Carey Tales of Lunis Aquaria by Tessa Hastjarjanto Birthright by M. A. Vice Witch Test by Katie L. Carroll The Selkie and the Minstrel by Elis Madsen Speak The Ocean by Rebecca Enzor Whispers in the Dark by Niranjan The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen Song of the Wolf by T.C. Smith Gift of Snow by C.L. Carhart
a picture of the cover for The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen. The cover shows the man character, Claire Vessia, a pirate captain sitting in her cabin, drinking from a bloody chalice. There's a pistol and charts on the desk, a candleabra to the side, and dark shades covering a bright day outside. In the midst of a sale graphic for the Indie Book Sale by Narratess from Aug 23 to 25. The blurb for the book is as follows: An undead pirate is after revenge, only to have the perfect opportunity show up in her maker's only daughter.
The "Oh! They got this all screwed up!" meme from the simpsons. The first card showing: "Mostly tired, little boy" with the corrected card showing: "Mostly tired little bi"
A screenshot of a steam purchase history, showing five purchases from 2011 to 2013
A picture from the San Juan islands on the crossing inbetween Victoria and Vancouver. The sun is illuminated as a small white dot in the wildfire smoke
The car drifting onto an exit meme, with one lane labeled "working on advertising my books" and the lane the car labeled "me" is drifting onto labeled as "starting the first few chapters of a new manuscript"
A convention table featuring novels from Leslie Allen and Cat Rector. There are six novels in total, the Goddess of Nothing at All, Epilogues for Lost Gods, Threads of Uncommon Fate, This Too Shall Burn, Coal Gets in Your Veins, and the Revenge of Captain Vessia. There are prominent pride flags on the display and little joke items, like tissues for readers tears, chocolate gold coins, and many many bookmarks, and a giant pirate flag
The cover of the book The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen, part of the Sails of Black and Blood series. A stoney-eyed woman sits at a long wooden table, her fingers intertwined to cover her mouth. blood drips down her chin and on the table is a goblet which also drips red. Her skin is white, but vampire-pale, and she has long brown-black hair that's braided on one side. On the table is an old-fashioned pistol, a candelabra with four candles, a red runner, and a few charts. The chair she sits in has a wide brim hat hanging on one side and a sword hanging off the other. The light peeks into the dark room through the window and black curtains drape along the back wall.
win for the alt text folks: it's a stainless steel blueberry rake
A picture of an American Robin sitting atop an obelisk style gravestone with a worm. The grave is surrounded by green trees and sunlight.
A picture of Leslie Allen, sitting in a forested graveyard (she is very tired)
The "Always has been there" meme, with the planet listed as "doomed by the narrative" the first astronaut labelled as saying "you mean I've been playing into my inescapable fate this whole time?" with the second astronaut with the gun labelled as saying "Your struggle against your fate has only made it more inevitable"
A photo of the 2nd draft of the sequel to the Sails of Black and Blood series, now completed at 165k words, with a can of monster energy in the foreground
An antique chess set, with handmade pieces, one side made to look like Baltic crusaders and the other Kievan Rus
The cover of the book The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen, part of the Sails of Black and Blood series. A stoney-eyed woman sits at a long wooden table, her fingers intertwined to cover her mouth. blood drips down her chin and on the table is a goblet which also drips red. Her skin is white, but vampire-pale, and she has long brown-black hair that's braided on one side. On the table is an old-fashioned pistol, a candelabra with four candles, a red runner, and a few charts. The chair she sits in has a wide brim hat hanging on one side and a sword hanging off the other. The light peeks into the dark room through the window and black curtains drape along the back wall.
The "you guys are getting paid" meme with the following text in order: "I only write from my office in my three bedroom house that I bought in 1987 for two dollars" "Well I only write on my four monitor 4000$ desktop in my condo" "I write best in my garage that's converted into my office on an antique chik typewriter" "You guys aren't writing on cheap 200$ laptops on your dad's couch?"
A commissioned artwork, showing the character Captain Claire Vessia, from the Sails of Black and Blood series.
A graphic for the Itch.io Narratess indie book sale
The cover of the book The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen, part of the Sails of Black and Blood series. A stoney-eyed woman sits at a long wooden table, her fingers intertwined to cover her mouth. blood drips down her chin and on the table is a goblet which also drips red. Her skin is white, but vampire-pale, and she has long brown-black hair that's braided on one side. On the table is an old-fashioned pistol, a candelabra with four candles, a red runner, and a few charts. The chair she sits in has a wide brim hat hanging on one side and a sword hanging off the other. The light peeks into the dark room through the window and black curtains drape along the back wall.
The "That's the neat thing you don't" meme, where the top panel is listed as: "Claire and the crew of the Wraith" asking "So when do we get revenge on everyone who's wronged us again?" The bottom panel listed as 'me, the author' saying: "That's the neat thing. You don't."
The cover of the book The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen, part of the Sails of Black and Blood series. A stoney-eyed woman sits at a long wooden table, her fingers intertwined to cover her mouth. blood drips down her chin and on the table is a goblet which also drips red. Her skin is white, but vampire-pale, and she has long brown-black hair that's braided on one side. On the table is an old-fashioned pistol, a candelabra with four candles, a red runner, and a few charts. The chair she sits in has a wide brim hat hanging on one side and a sword hanging off the other. The light peeks into the dark room through the window and black curtains drape along the back wall.
A picture of two coyotes at the edge of a treeline. One has a brighter orangish coat, the other a darker grey. They're looking over a field of disturbed snow with many deer tracks.