Award-winning author of Death and the Taxman, 2024 IAN Book of the Year for Outstanding Humor/Comedy. There isn’t nearly enough humor in the world. I aim to change that, one story at a time.https://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3mj7uq6cl6c26D3ath always finds a way… The hilarious conclusion to the Grimsworld trilogy launches on KS May 12th! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidhankins/death-and-the-immortal?ref=2wdqxd #booksky #deathandthetaxman #CompletedSeries #kickstarterreads #awardwinningauthor11 Apr 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7uq6cl6c26https://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3m6wcgrxoas2eNEW RELEASE! I’m absolutely thrilled that my story “Darjeeling & Demons” is now available on @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social! https://dreamforgemagazine.com/story/darjeeling-and-demons/ #bookstagram #shortstory #awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #freeread01 Dec 2025 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wcgrxoas2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3m6klvodqsc2tHello, Black Friday! For the second time this month, Amazon overrode my print listings with 3rd party sellers, so I'm bringing Black Friday EXCLUSIVELY to the Lost Bard Webstore. davidhankins.com #booksky #deathandthetaxman #BlackFriday2025 #supportindieauthors #readingcommunity26 Nov 2025 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6klvodqsc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3m27gr5z56225That moment when you realize you raised them right. No electricity? Sounds like family reading night by llama light. ❤️‍🔥🦙💡 It was a delightful evening. (Power returned 3hrs later) (Yes, she grabbed one of my books.🥹 Link in bio) #amreading #raisethemright #readingismagic #readingislife02 Oct 2025 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27gr5z56225https://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lznwfh6v6s2cYeah, Cora does have a tendency to steal the scene in any book she’s in. 😁 Thanks @bookmarkedone.bsky.social for adding “Rare Find!” to your list of stylish and sassy senior ladies! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2025 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lznwfh6v6s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lyuspnds5c23I've moved The Lost Bard's Letter to Substack! The Inaugural Substack Edition is an interview with @angeliqueroche.bsky.social with all my Substack questions. https://substack.com/home/post/p-173390542 #authorlife #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authornewsletter #amwriting15 Sep 2025 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyuspnds5c23https://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lwpg7ewvtk2fDealing with tax malarkey in mid-August requires a special kind of beer. Thank you Taxman Brewing. #authorlife #taxessuck #writinglife #adulting #ineedabeer18 Aug 2025 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwpg7ewvtk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lvvqnaiiik2eI just got the most amazing review on Epic Indie! https://www.epicindie.net/bookreviews/book-review-death-and-the-taxman-by-david-hankins #booksky #writingcommunity #awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #bookrecommendation08 Aug 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvvqnaiiik2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lvtb6dnqcs2iCan you spot my Grimsworld books on this AMAZING display? What other authors do you recognize? I’m so happy right now 😊 At @prairielights.com Bookstore, Iowa City #shoplocal #indiebookstore #deathandthetaxman #readingcommunity07 Aug 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtb6dnqcs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lv3timje6c2jI’m so thrilled to have my story “Fish Farts: A Love Story” coming soon in Murderfish! Their #Kickstarter is on right now, so if you want to read about fish farts (and other piscine delights 🤣) that’s the place to be. Link in comments. #KickstarterReads #readmorebooks #writingcommunity #booksky29 Jul 2025 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv3timje6c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lutgxgmifk2gThis is an awesome book bundle (and not just because it has my book Death and the Taxman). All award-winning authors and editors. You gotta check this one out! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2025 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lutgxgmifk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lurznj7bbg24So excited to be in the @bbnya.bsky.social Semifinals! #bbnya25 #writingcommunity #authorlife [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jul 2025 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lurznj7bbg24https://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3ltfaeiojr22dBwahaha! This was an absolutely hilarious interview with Amazing Stories, the first and oldest SF magazine. You have got to read it. Link in the comments. #bookstagram #authorinterview #amazingstories #readmore #authorlife07 Jul 2025 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltfaeiojr22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3ls2h64c3uk2vContract signed! I’m thrilled to be coming back to Sally Port Magazine for the second time this year! My story “The Unwilling Clockwork Goddess” is a tale of love, forgiveness, and surviving murderous gnomes. Coming October 2025! #authorlife #smallpress #comingsoon20 Jun 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2h64c3uk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lqsajh2rv22fThe Grim Reaper, trapped in an IRS agent’s dying body, must regain his powers before he dies and faces judgment for his original sin. Readers and critics call Death and the Taxman “Wildly fun!” and “Hilarious!” with “Mad Terry Pratchett vibes.” https://books2read.com/deathandthetaxman #deathandthetaxman04 Jun 2025 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqsajh2rv22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lo7655tf4s2bTwo months in a row featured in Publishers Weekly! Book Life is their indie author arm and I was thrilled to get top billing on their HUMOR spotlight! Link in the comments. #bookstagram #deathandthetaxman #bestsellingauthor #awardwinningauthor #readmore02 May 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7655tf4s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lnfyy6p7ak2qThis is cool! @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social created an author page of my stories pubbed there! Head over and read some fun (free) fiction!! (BTW, two of those are award-winning stories 😁. Enjoy!) https://dreamforgemagazine.com/tag/david-hankins/ #amwritingfantasy #readmore #keepreading #amreading22 Apr 2025 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnfyy6p7ak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lndk7nvazk2aWell, this made my weekend. Three books on the Amazon top 100!! Books available everywhere and via my webstore. davidhankins.com #writingcommunity #bestsellingauthor #deathandthetaxman #awardwinningauthor #readingcommunity21 Apr 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndk7nvazk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lmkgxj7n2s24Woohoo! My story “Fish Farts: A Love Story” is coming to the anthology Murderfish. It’s the prank that overthrew a king, a tale of love, sharks, and piscine flatulence. This is now my THIRD story in the Unhelpful Encyclopedia series. 😁 #amwritinghumor #readmore #indiepress #awardwinningauthor11 Apr 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkgxj7n2s24https://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lmf3jest5s2kTax season gotcha down? Escape with the hilarious Death and the Taxman, winner of the 2024 Book of the Year for Outstanding Humor. Reduced eBook through Tax Day. https://books2read.com/deathandthetaxman #awardwinningauthor #deathandthetaxman #booksale #TaxDay #taxpreparer09 Apr 2025 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmf3jest5s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lmcnp7fosk23Emergency book infusion for an international flight? Done! Thank you Anthology for Books for introducing my newest super fan to Death and the Taxman and the Grimsworld books. Get your book infusion at the Lost Bard Webstore. davidhankins.com #deathandthetaxman #readersgonnaread #authorlife08 Apr 2025 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcnp7fosk23https://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lltgx4qurk2yAnother Orange Tag! THANK YOU!! Simple Sabotage: Surviving Bureaucracy with Snark and Style is an Amazon #1 New Release, Top 10 New Release in 3 Categories, and ALSO in the Top 100 Best Sellers for the same categories. amzn.to/3G1WPp6 #1NewRelease #writingcommunity #readingcommunity02 Apr 2025 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltgx4qurk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3llr2s2wgh22rSurprise Release! Surviving bureaucracy has never been so fun. Includes snarky commentary on the 1944 Simple Sabotage Field Manual which outline gloriously Machiavellian methods to fight tyranny. No, this isn’t a prank 😁 https://davidhankins.com/simple-sabotage/ #readersgonnaread #writingcommunity01 Apr 2025 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3llr2s2wgh22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3llf2romdjk2vAn author first for me: Death and the Taxman is a book club pick! And they’re discussing it on Tax Day. Thank you Anthology for Books! #bookclubreads #bookclubpick #deathandthetaxman #authorlife27 Mar 2025 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3llf2romdjk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lkt5gqrvyk24This was a truly fantastic interview with Guild Master Gaming! We ranged all over from the Taxman's origin story to Battle Ducks to exploring why Hell is actually a bureaucracy (and so much more). https://youtube.com/watch?v=EUq9zb3QqyM #bookstagram #writingcommunity #deathandthetaxman #AuthorLife20 Mar 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkt5gqrvyk24https://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lkr67g6ud22nThanks @publisherswkly.bsky.social for the fabulous review! Death and the Taxman is “Good fun” and “Sure to entertain!” www.publishersweekly.com/9781962740012 Death and the Taxman is available everywhere including my webstore (link in the comments) #WritingCommunity #bookreview #ReadMoreBooks19 Mar 2025 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkr67g6ud22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lkoi6xsfss26Thanks @bbnya.bsky.social! Looking forward to all the great books in this year’s competition! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2025 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkoi6xsfss26https://bsky.app/profile/davidhankins.bsky.social/post/3lknntm66u22iDuckies on vacation in Hawaii while I live the cubicle life. Not jealous at all 😆 Travelogue of The Lost Bard’s Duckies. Waikiki, Hawaii. #bookstagram #lostbardsduckies #neverstopexploring #traveltheworld #cubiclelife18 Mar 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:curdv6pp6c7k3kd42twn2vul/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknntm66u22i