I'm incredibly excited to share art of David & Lysander from my novel, The Black Parade by www.instagram.com/greenmoonie/... The Black Parade is a queer post-apocalyptic horror romance, the first in a trilogy. If you'd like more info check out the links in my bio or go to my website IlanaMiraL.com

2026 is a great year for #SmallPitch books! Out now: - The Black Parade by @ilanamiral.bsky.social - Mothball Magic by Rena Rocford Out next month: - Death in Sonora by @jibrilstevenson.bsky.social - Freedom to Me by @sidneyquinn.bsky.social More books at smallpitch.org/success-stor...

My book is out! The Black Parade, published by @ninestarpress.bsky.social, is free in the wild. It's a queer post-apocalyptic romance, the first in a trilogy. (Currently number 37 on the UK Amazon chart for LGBTQ+ Science Fiction). Check out my website for more info: ilanamiral.com

Oh, the way this story fills me with delicious anxiety. June has her finger so firmly on the pulse of what makes humans tick. <3

My story is up! Thank you, @mrbullbull.bsky.social (It has potentially upsetting content)

I loved this when I first read it. Spooky and gorgeously written.

This is devastating with not a single wasted word.

My fishies have arrived!! Love to @librelit.bsky.social for publishing this weird, creepy, exposing little story. 🐟

Ahhh! I love this one so much, so thrilled it's been published. Weird and creepy and wonderful 😍

Question: Have you heard of Terry Gilliam? I ask because this weekend I met a man, maybe in his early 30s, very culturally literate, British, who'd never heard of him or any of his films. He knew Monty Python, but that's it. It kind of freaked me out.

Just FYI: If you follow me, and I check your profile out and you've posted a ton of AI product images, I will never follow you back.

Oh, this one is exquisite!

I absolutely love vivid and detailed descriptions of food in fiction.

Which is more depressing? Going to Letterboxd and seeing an objectively awful film with majority positive reviews or seeing a brilliant film with mostly negative reviews?

Just received my final book cover art from Jana Heidersdorf (@checanty.bsky.social) and omg omg omg. I can't share it yet, but I'm giving up my entire morning to just staring at it. 🤩🤩🤩

I’m filling out a giant government form by hand like it’s 1980 and learning that when I write in all caps my handwriting looks like a serial killer’s.

Yoshitomo Nara at The Hayward Gallery

Coming from @ninestarpress.bsky.social is spring of 2026

The idea of read a novel or short story or poem or any creative writing generated by AI makes me feel physically sick. I don't care if it's "good". It would be dead. A dead thing with no energy or ideas behind it. Fiction is communication between humans. AI product is nothing.

The Black Parade by Ilana Lindsey coming from @ninestarpress.bsky.social in spring of 2026 #books #SpeculativeFiction

I absolutely adore this one 😍

Today’s writing task: searching for an aggressive image of a dandelion

The Black Parade by Ilana Lindsey Coming from @ninestarpress.bsky.social in spring 2026

The Black Parade By Ilana Lindsey Coming from @ninestarpress.bsky.social in 2026

Gloriously dark and delicious

The Black Parade coming from @ninestarpress in 2026. They can burn down the world, but they’ll never take your heart. #speculativefiction #lgbtqbooks #postapocalypticfiction #romancebooks

The Black Parade by Ilana Lindsey coming from @ninestarpress.bsky.social in 2026

The Black Parade by Ilana Lindsey coming from Ninestar Press in 2026. They can burn down the world, but they’ll never take your heart.

The Black Parade by Ilana Lindsey, coming from @ninestarpress in 2026

Would you like to read the most harrowing, angry story I ever wrote? (and possibly will ever write) Yes? Okay, well... You were warned. @nightmare-magazine.com

The Black Parade by Ilana Lindsey coming from @ninestarpress.bsky.social in 2026

The Black Parade by Ilana Lindsey, coming from @ninestarpress in 2026.

Question: when you’re reading a novel and the author gives you no description of the protagonist, like zero clues as to what they look like, what do you do? Invent your own image? Curse the author consistently because it’s so frustrating? Toss the book away? #reading #writing

Ooof. When you read a story that digs deep but can't find any of the author's other work. fracturedlit.com/the-uranium-...

IT'S TODAY!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🎉🎉🎉 Seriously, this book is a such delightful experience.

Just been hard core reminded of how much I adore Lily Taylor as an actress.

This is beautifully written and speaks to me very deeply.

1/ 🧵Years & years ago I had insomnia & was up at around 2am watching TV. A show came on Channel 4 theoretically about Alex Garland trying to find a publisher for his next book. As a huge fan of The Beach I was interested. Halfway through, it was revealed that the main character

Meet the Banshee from THE OTHER FACE OF SYMPATHY (available for ebook preorder now here books2read.com/u/mvxDE2; coming out on hard copy Sept 9!) This commission was done by linktr.ee/trapnaster

Partner with a human who peels and cuts up kiwis for you.

If you've heard that Sinners is fantastic, you heard the truth. My god. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a movie this much. THE MUSIC. dfjfd;sajsk;ldjf; (Stay to the very, very end, there are two post credit scenes.)

We need more human beings like Tim Friede who has spent the last 18 years being bitten by snakes and injecting himself with venom in order to help create a universal antivenom. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why do all the female characters in Your Friends and Neighbors look alike?

Black Mirror sure has a lot of power mad/evil neurodivergent characters

Autism is not a disease.