folks i’m still massively struggling with the demise of the bird app. my posts there are now just screaming into the void, but all the other apps feel like a scattering of seeds. where are all my sapphics at?? what about readers of bloodthirsty books? cat parents, where are y’all? i’m desperate 💀😂

6 months out from publication, is it time to start shitposting about TVH yet? 🌝 Thora: oh i’m gonna be so good at science i eat all that rules-and-protocol shit uppp Thora: *immediately breaks all the rules of science* Thora: *bad things happen* Thora: o o p s

you guys are actually preordering TVH i could CRY 😭😭 the B&N sales rank has jumped and idk why i was kinda expecting crickets. i feel so loved 🖤

i really did just write a book where i was like ok so they’re lesbians and there’s a poison garden, and what if the lesbians are not only separated by a gate but they literally cannot touch each other?? what then??? 😈

speaking of bloody lil messes, i’m about a third done with my copyedits for TVH and every time i read it i’m struck by how fucking gay it is lol

i don’t wanna be rich i just wanna be able to write books about lesbians committing crimes and getting caught up in horribly bloody lil messes while kissing and stuff whilst also being able to feed my cats 😌

it’s Mex’s first gotcha day!! this picture might be blurry but i think it adequately captures his excitement for his christmas treats. when he came home to us a year ago he was so frightened of everything he wouldn’t even take food from people. now look at him go 🥰

Next year, I’m hoping to find a SF project that could be described as retro futurism or hopepunk. I want space as optimistic adventure, not “this is our last hope.” #mswl

icymi on my other socials, last week @orbitbooks.bsky.social shared the *stunning* cover for my new book THIS VICIOUS HUNGER (released August 2025!) it’s sapphic, gothic, sexy and bloody af and i think y’all might like it 😇 preorder/add to GR links are live now! linktr.ee/franwritesst...

Future Fiction #310 - Cover Reveals & Newly Discovered SFF Books @chelseaconradt.bsky.social @franwritesstuff.bsky.social

I wanted to share the title of my next book, out in October 2025: THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA.

if you like christmas so much why don’t you merry it

I love working retail in the run up to Christmas, everyone is so kind and not in the least rude or aggressive

anyway i'm currently working on a secret project and feeling double fear, so errrr time for blasting musical theatre in the kitchen and screamsinging to relieve all the pressure

is anybody else struggling with the idea of rebuilding a social network over here? don't get me wrong i normally love a blank slate! but it's also scary 😅

Library haul: - Fran Dorricott, THE LOCH - Danielle Valentine, TWO SIDES TO EVERY MURDER - Melissa Landers, THE HALF KING - Elizabeth Hand, A HAUNTING ON THE HILL @franwritesstuff.bsky.social @melissalanders.bsky.social @elizabethhand.bsky.social #BookSky #LibraryHaul

turns out morph is now chonky, healthy 8.3kg tho 😍

i may have made the wise* decision to take four out of five of my pets to the vets today (including three very reluctant cats) and i may need a stiff drink tonight. no there’s no correlation, why do you ask? *very unwise, actually

Morph pulls the best faces. here is his ‘wtf is this cold white shit????’ face

you know how some books have a… a specific Place that seems most effective when working on them? like idk, coffee shops or the lounge vs your study or whatever? well it will never cease to amuse me that this very earthy garden book i’m working on always demands the bath 😅😂

IT'S CALLED THE BOOTS THEORY OF ECONOMICS AND IT WAS MADE UP BY THIS GUY CALLED SAM VIMES WHO THOUGHT THE REASON POOR PEOPLE STAY POOR IS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY THINGS THAT LAST A LONG TIME SO THEY HAVE TO BUY CHEAP THINGS THAT WEAR OUT FASTER MEANING THEY PAY MORE OVER THE SAME PERIOD FOR

they’ve finally announced the release date for yellowjackets season 3 and i am beside myself that we have to wait until february

People joining BlueSky after putting up with two years of Eron Musty’s reign.

hey, uh, so i'd like to do one of those intro posts where people post their pets and info about them/their books but i have five pets and five books soooo how about i do a thread with one pet for each of my published books...? 👀