Kestral Gaian

@kestr.al

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✒️ Best-Selling Author & Writer 📚 The Boy From Elsewhere, Tubelines, and More 🥪 Sandwich Lover 📰 PR/Press: @literallypr.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 Publisher: @reconnectingrainbo.ws

A black and white cat is cuddled by a pasty white human.
An ASCII art depiction of a person wearing a hat. Next to it is the text "Name Namesley in GooseVenture, a game of skill, logic, and goose value."
My book, The Boy From Elsewhere, sits atop a colourful chair. On top of the book sits a very good dog.
A boy in a woolen hat stands smiling next to me, the person making this post.
A screenshot of Microsoft Word for MacOS with an open document that reads "The Reality Quake Saga: Series Bible". The screenshot shows that there are 23 pages in the document.
Kestral Gaian (me) stood next to Hearstopper actor Tobie Donovan, both holding copies of The Boy From Elsewhere, my new book.
A poster which reads "It's okay to have used AI in the past and stop now you realise the harm it does. It's always okay to change your mind. Friends don't let friends use AI." with a web address justsayno.ai
A photograph of me, a blond haired non-binary person, alongside a tower of my new book The Boy From Elsewhere.
A photograph of a book called The Boy From Elsewhere by Kestral Gaian, with text next to it which reads "Press Night & Launch Event, hosted by Heartstopper's Tobie Donovan. Wednesday 11th February 2026, 19:00 - 21:00, The British Library, St.Pancras, London." The book cover contains purple and gold swirling clouds and three mysterious figures stood in the haze.
A black-and-white long-haired cat sits on top of a cardboard box. The box has “who gives a crap” written on the side. It is a box of toilet paper. The cat is looking directly at the camera, as if to say ‘you shouldn’t give a crap either’.
A screenshot of a food ordering app, showing a side dish called “Potato Lettuce” for £3.50 with the description “Lettuce shape seasoned potatoes.”
A video in which the post author says “start 2026 by reading a book that starts with a boy washing up on the beach with no idea how he got there” and the video then pans to the sea, then to the book.
Me, a chubby blond-haired blob, sat in a recording studio with headphones on.
A banner which says "api.title" then "api.copy" and has a button called "api.button".
An illustration of a raised fist, colored in with the trans flag colours.
A steam deck running Phantasy Star IV
A screenshot of the original post that says "bluesky allows fascists but doesn't allow the #faq hashtag. Seems sensible." with a red platform error saying "unacceptable slur in record" at the top.
A black and white long haired cat sits atop a Supernote manta device
An empty auditorium with a screen showing a slide which reads “code is never neutral, why all software is political” with my name under it. Time to give a talk, baby!
A photograph of my eink tablet, on which I’ve written “let’s create software that elevates + supports its users!”
This place is not a place of honor. C:\Windows\System32. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here.
A photograph of a lonely biro pen sat atop the toilet paper dispenser in the stall of a public toilet. The walls are white tile, and the toilet paper dispenser has a blue window showing how much is left inside.
It's a fucking squirrel. This whole time, dave, a motherfucking squirrel.
A graphic which contains the PRIDEWIDE LGBTQIA+ LIBERATION WORLDWIDE organisation logo. Below it there is a photo of three people on stage. Below that is a quote from the person speaking on stage which reads “Amplifying trans and NB voice is so important. Have the hard conversations, but have us in the room to have them with you.” - Kestral Gaian
A Supermarket signpost which shows aisle three contains both “health and wellbeing” and “pickles”.
A video clip from an advert for Birdseye Faggots, a type of meatball popular in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s. A middle-aged man is standing at a kitchen table, over a plate of faggots.
A pixellated baddie from Phantasy Star III. It is a very muscular androgynous silver robot that looks a lot like David Bowie, with red hair and red sinews all over its tight, muscular robot body. It crouches in the sand with a finger raised in the air. I want it.
A video clip of The Jetsons original theme tune from the 1960s. At the point where the theme tune goes "meet George Jetson" a second video of me turning off my Air Fryer is overlaid, and the tune is the same.
A notification from the phone app saying that I have a voicemail. Dad: “Hi Brian, it's dad. Just ringing up to find out how. You are in hell your mother is dying.”
A video clip from a British kids television show called Maid Marrion and her Merry Men. The show aired in the mid 1990s, and this clip features a song about pancake day. Singing is Danny John-Jules, who is also known for playing The Cat in popular British comedy show Red Dwarf.
A Member-only story on Medium titled "The Anarchist Information Community" which begins "Free sharing of information across diverse populations is the most vital component of anarchist organization." The rest of the article is then hidden behind a paywall, with the remaining text saying "Create an account to read the full story. The author made this story available to Medium members only. If you're new to Medium, create a new account to read this story on us." Free sharing of information indeed.
A road sign that reads “Businesses open as ususal” which is an interesting way to spell usual.
A black and white long-haired cat sits with a front paw on a laptop from the 1990s. He looks guilty.
A banjo is in pieces, and a person holds a pair of long-nose pliers whilst fixing it.
A photograph of a stash of plushies under a sofa, with one plushie that looks exactly like a long haired black-and-white cat. Or maybe it IS the long haired black-and-white cat? Spoiler alert: it definitely is.
A black-and-white long-haired cat sat on a bannister, looking up into the camera. His face makes you want to give him a big hug, and his eyes tell you that all is ok with the world.
A news anchor stands in a department store in 1994 holding up a giant cellphone. He says: "Of course we're all familiar with cellular phones, but did you ever thing they'd get this small?" As he says the last word, he pulls a much smaller but still very large cellphone from his pocket.
A Toshiba 490XCDT Pentium 2 laptop from the late 1990s, with its screen on, showing Windows 98 setup.
A video from the BBC in 1994. There are graphics on screen that look like a star field. The audio says: "The internet is an international network of switching centers, connected mainly via existing phone lines that allows computer buffs to exchange information. It's an anarchic cooperative with no central authority, effectively owned by its 15 million worldwide users."
An old battery in an old 90s laptop bulging and leaking
A temperature gauge that says -7°C in my current location.
A screenshot from Civilization, the first game in Sid Meier's franchise. It is pixellated text on a white background that reads: "Kestral, you have risen to become leader of the Babylonians. May your reign be long and prosperous. The Babylonians have knowledge of Irrigation, mining, Bronze Working, Pottery, and Roads."
A list of breakfasts from around the world, with today’s date written against Egypt’s national breakfast dish.
A case for a CD-ROM called "Wallace & Gromit Fun Pack" by BBC Multimedia, containing TWO multi-level games, Screensavers and video and sound highlights, and 1-3 Player Trivia Quiz. The tagline says "Bring your PC to life" and features Wallage ad Gromit on the front, smiling.
A sheet of paper (page 1 of 12) containing a list of countries and their associated national breakfast dish.
A photo of a modern computer monitor showing the 1993 classic game Space Quest 4.
A notification showing an email from Who Gives A Crap UK. The subject line is “Order #5131311UK has shipped” and the apple intelligence summary is “Order #5131311UK is in a relationship and has tracking number.”
A black and white long haired cat sits in the foreground looking out into a garden, in which sits another black and white cat, who is sitting looking at a squirrel.
A backlit panel with programmes and posters from 40 years of plays and comedy shows at The Pleasance theatre in London
ChatGPT's odd status updates whilst thinking, like "Framing the challenge" and "Structuring" and "Piecing together a new approach"
A black-and-white long haired cat sticks his head out of a little cat house. His yellow eyes are open wide and he is looking directly at the camera.
A long hair black-and-white cat sits in a cardboard box. He's looking up at the camera with a stern look on his face.
A long-haired black and white cat lays half-asleep on a grey sofa. His paws are outstretched and he’s looking lazily at the camera. He has hidden himself behind a leafy houseplant.
A photograph of the outer sleeve of a vinyl record version of the Agatha All Along soundtrack. The cover features the wording 'Agatha All Along' with a large picture of the main character, Agatha Harkness, and the rest of the ensemble cast. It also has a large triangle with an eye inside it. Additional text reads "Original songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Music by Christophe Beck and Michael Paraskevas. The cover is in a faux-ornate, 1970s style, with phases of the moon either side. At the very top it reads 'Music from Marvel Television'.
A photograph of the back of a burger van that reads “Inbred Sausages”. The van is painted to look like a bun.
A GIF of Kristin Chenoweth, the broadway actress who first played Glinda in Wicked, singing “you’re going to be popular”
A photograph of a long-haired black-and-white cat sitting on top of an open spiral-bound B5 size notepad. He looks like he knows exactly how inconvenient he’s being, but doesn’t care.