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My second novel, a sword-and-sorcery high fantasy werewolf romance, "Heart of the Forest", is now published & available for purchase!!Lukas Kawika | he/him | pan+poly+open w/
SmolOcelot & we're shopping for more | mid-20sriver otter | striped hyena | nightstalkercommissions closed indefinitelytrades & collabs openrequests closed(but $3+/mo on my subscribestar lets you submit to a suggestion box)I also draw a bit, check out my Telegram channelI use my scraps! If you don't wanna commit to reading a whole-ass story, that's where my short one-off "story sketches" all go!
Hi, I'm Lukas Kawika! Some of y'all might know me by my social face, Shekh the striped hyena. I'm primarily a writer of contemporary romance and high fantasy (but also extreme fetish content: here be piss, feral, incest, sounding, prolapse, etc), and have been published by Fenris Publishing/Bewere Books - find my debut novel A Taste of Something Else at most mainline furcons as well as on their website (link)!
Commissions are currently closed but you can find detailed info over in my full ToS (link). If you have any questions please feel free to message me here or on Telegram @shekhels.
I also love doing trades & collabs, so if that's something that catches your attention, ping me whenever!
Along with Taste I also have a few other finished novels & novellas, currently available in full in this gallery and in my other main gallery over on SoFurry (link). You can find these in my gallery folders here. I'm also on Weasyl (link).
Check me out on Bluesky (link) for misc thoughts & doodles, too.
Keep in mind: my page & gallery are feel-good spaces! A lot of the stuff here borders on Weird and Freaky and Gross, but remember that fantasy is fantasy. Keep it that way!
Also, I have a lot of stuff in my scraps, mainly my short, 1,000-word one-off "story sketches".
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NOTICE- Got a job ~> closing comms
6 months ago
Yip! Hey all! Big news-
I've been writing full-time for a while now (since 2021!) but have found that unfortunately it just isn't cutting it. I'll spare y'all the details, but in short, I've reapplied to traditional employment & landed a new job that I'll be starting next week. It's only part-time, but even that will be enough to make me considerably more than what I get from just writing along, + with the extra added benefit of leaving me enough time to actually continue writing.
And as such, I'll make this formal announcement: Commissions will be closing indefinitely. I've been wanting to shift away from paid writing work for a while now, and turn it back into a fun hobby instead of a job to pay the bills. I really want to focus more on my own personal projects and on doing fun stuff for myself and my friends, & getting more attention over on my SubscribeStar for more passive income.
Oh but, quick followup: trades & collabs are still fair game, and in fact I'm very interested in doing more of these once my schedule frees up!
Along with that, folks currently in my queue will stay there, and I'll work through y'all as you come up - but I can no longer guarantee timeframes on those pieces! It's gonna be weird being able to write without paying attention to a word counter. But also, I can't discount the thought that, chances are, I may still have to take the occasional comm to cover some bases, so if that happens then the first place to get those offers will be my SubscribeStar and my Telegram channel. As of right now, I'm planning to leave my story sketch reward SS slots up (since let's face it, that's where most of that income comes from), and I believe there might still be an open slot for that if anyone's interested.
So.... yeah! Big step, and I'm very excited to see what happens going forward. Feel free to reach out to me here or on Telegram shekhels if y'all've got anything in mind.
I've been writing full-time for a while now (since 2021!) but have found that unfortunately it just isn't cutting it. I'll spare y'all the details, but in short, I've reapplied to traditional employment & landed a new job that I'll be starting next week. It's only part-time, but even that will be enough to make me considerably more than what I get from just writing along, + with the extra added benefit of leaving me enough time to actually continue writing.
And as such, I'll make this formal announcement: Commissions will be closing indefinitely. I've been wanting to shift away from paid writing work for a while now, and turn it back into a fun hobby instead of a job to pay the bills. I really want to focus more on my own personal projects and on doing fun stuff for myself and my friends, & getting more attention over on my SubscribeStar for more passive income.
Oh but, quick followup: trades & collabs are still fair game, and in fact I'm very interested in doing more of these once my schedule frees up!
Along with that, folks currently in my queue will stay there, and I'll work through y'all as you come up - but I can no longer guarantee timeframes on those pieces! It's gonna be weird being able to write without paying attention to a word counter. But also, I can't discount the thought that, chances are, I may still have to take the occasional comm to cover some bases, so if that happens then the first place to get those offers will be my SubscribeStar and my Telegram channel. As of right now, I'm planning to leave my story sketch reward SS slots up (since let's face it, that's where most of that income comes from), and I believe there might still be an open slot for that if anyone's interested.
So.... yeah! Big step, and I'm very excited to see what happens going forward. Feel free to reach out to me here or on Telegram shekhels if y'all've got anything in mind.
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Accepting Trades
Yes Accepting Commissions
Yes Character Species
River Otter, Striped Hyena
Favorite Music
melodeath, power metal, swingjazz
Favorite TV Shows & Movies
phantom of the opera (2004), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Favorite Games
Path of Exile, Dwarf Fortress
Favorite Gaming Platforms
computer
Favorite Animals
African Wild Dog, cheetah, maned wolf
Favorite Foods & Drinks
I like meat and soup
Favorite Quote
Watch out for the floor olives. They're treacherous.
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