Amongst the winter debris Russet and frost-gilded The #turning leaves of autumn Are thawed by golden sunlight And in this dearth of summer My lacewing heart has frozen Each beat a painful strike Will you wrap your arms around me To stave away the cold? #vss365

A cage around her heart Of bones and waspish words A darkening in her soul Where all light ceases to shine A #resolution in her mind Love is not hers to have #vss365

It’s in your smile How your hand softly brushes my skin The warmth in your eyes Poignant desire in every kiss My name whispered in the dark Moments that #prompt my heart To fall deeper for you #vss365

A moment of peaceful #solitude Where barbed words And sharp retorts are left unsaid Not lonely, yet all alone Each quiet second Held gently by my heart And in this calm, still place Inside my head I find my way to you #vss365

It finally arrived! 🥳 Thank you for the lovely inscription, Lucy. 😊 It's now with my other copies*, right next to me, with a gap for the German 'The Hot Henry Effect' due next June. My favourite authors all together! @lucychalice.bsky.social 🥰🥰 *audiobook and Kindle editions not shown 🙂

Each thought grows restless #Propagating like wildfire Twisting, turning A relentless march Wind blown and scattered Until each corner of my mind Is filled only with you #vss365

Is it the way you look at me that inspires my #devotion? Or how my pulse spikes when I hear your voice. Maybe it’s because my smile involuntarily matches yours, or how I simply melt in your arms. It’s all of this and more, something uniquely you that touches my soul. #vss365

I thought I knew the #parameters of my heart: cold, incapable, unworthy. Yet you have lit a fire in me like no one else has. I thought I needed space, solitude, a million years to heal. But all I really needed was you. #vss365

Another sunrise shot. 😍

Watercolour skies over Dartmoor.

When two souls meet And damaged hearts collide When weird minds connect Like long-lost friends And desire slips from whispered tongues A craving burns in mirrored eyes Uncertain love hangs in the air Am I yours, are you mine? There can be no sweeter word than #yes #vss365

Memories of your stolen kisses Derail my #train of thought #vss365

I just reviewed Fundamentals in Flirting by Lucy Chalice. What a great second book in the series! Fierce Hannah & sweet Teddy were perfect together. Out now, go buy it! Looking forward to seeing what's next from @lucychalice.bsky.social ☺️ #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 www.netgalley.com/book/416653/...

Must not #complain Or let them know Splintered thoughts Like broken bones Kept inside Where darkness hides Yet a sweet caress Like balm upon my tortured skin And soothing words Could heal this heart It’s you, just you A spark to warm my withered soul #vss365 #poem #poetry

@lucychalice.bsky.social has written a wonderful second novel - Fundamentals in Flirting - full of humour, poignancy, warmth and a touch of spice. I can't do it justice in a short post so I thought I'd borrow someone's idea and post my Amazon review. Her first book was great, this is better! 🥳💯

Lucy Chalice sure knows how to write a #hotnerd. A cute slow-burn read with an mmc who falls first & an fmc in denial who eventually comes around. Both this and the second book are for sale now! #NetGalleyReviews2024 #BookSky 💙📚 @lucychalice.bsky.social www.netgalley.com/book/309293/...

A heart as drab As rain-washed streets Turns to golden sunlight With every thought of you #vss365 #rain #poem

Someone help Matt out! I’m snowed in on Dartmoor but otherwise would! 👀😬

Snuggles with my favourite ❤️🐴

Snowy snowy snow day on #dartmoor 🥶

Winter Chalice mode installed. A dusting of snow this morning and more due for tomorrow. Feeding the horses in the dark tonight and can’t feel my fingers. #fml 🥶😭

Hello Bluesky, we’re thrilled to be here! Our brand new website is now live, check it out at www.ki-agency.co.uk ✨

I am trying to keep up with all the lovely new follows on here, but tying to manage multiple SM accounts might make by brain go pop, so bear with me. 😬

We are not #lovers Yet I see no one else We dance round our feelings Hurt hidden by smiles Stood alongside you A million miles stretch in between How can I miss What has never been mine? We are not meant for each other Yet I crave only you #vss365

Where #misfits linger And silent screams are heard Each hoarse #protest Lost to the #void A boneless touch Steals stuttered breaths From desperate lungs While sightless eyes Track still shadows Alone at last Her beauty rots Amid the fetid breeze #vss365 #vsshorror @horrorprompt

In the quiet of morning Before the #hustle of the day begins When the cold of night ebbs away And shadows slowly retreat I search my soul for you In the silent places Amid pools of golden light Until your warmth Soothes these aching bones And wakes my wistful heart #vss365

Where daydreams soar And skilful fingers glide You linger here, a welcome ghost Just out of reach Yet real to me Each soft-spoken word And #poignant phrase Forever etched onto my heart #vss365 #amwritingromance #amwritingfiction

Have I just boshed the difficult development edit I’ve been stressing all Christmas about? And made myself laugh at my own hilarity? And felt a bit swoony at the lovely, sexy hero I have written? I sure ding dang doodle did. 💪🏻😌 Book 2 (Fundamentals in Flirting) is a go. 🥳

I remember it clearly. When the first rays of sun appeared after the rain, and the whole world turned to liquid gold, that was when I made his #acquaintance. I was sad and lost, yet his smile filled me with hope, a gentle kind of belonging that touched my aching soul. #vss365

Bedtime for me - so here’s a bouncy hair selfie to end 2023. It’s been a year of incredible highs and lows for me, loss and new friends. Here’s to the next adventure and the year I become a published author. I hope 2024 is a corker for all of you and the internet loons bloody well bugger off. 😬❤️

Christmas Day and a new bobble hat. Good times. 🎅🏻😍 Hope you’re all merrily being merry and all that festive shizzle, love from the Chalices. X❤️

My heart is full #Yet it breaks every day My thoughts are boundless Yet I’m locked in my head My eyes see clearly Yet are dulled by dark clouds I appear to be perfect Yet inside only doubt #vss365

As someone who works alone and has my own business, do I miss the work Christmas party shenanigans with drunk work colleagues? Nope. 👀😬 I do miss putting on a nice dress and dancing in my heels, but I might just do that in my kitchen anyway. 🤷‍♀️

In winter’s cruel grasp Her beauty glows Golden Like fingers of sunlight Warming his heart Set free from the cold She seeks only shadows A skilful #manoeuvre To pour sparks on his soul #vss365

In free fall Lurching, aching Missing a beat Whisked along On love’s soft breeze My #volant heart Chose you #vss365

Each whispered breath And ray of sun Such sparkling mornings wake When grey clouds part And blue #galvanises winter skies My hopeful heart yearns eagerly For the touch of tender love #vss365

Exciting news, my second book, Fundamentals in Flirting, out in November, has a beautiful cover now too! 🥰🥹❤️🥳 We get to meet Hot Henry’s charismatic brother Teddy, and Hannah, the rather grumpy vet. There is a homage to the Mr Darcy lake scene, that’s all I’m saying. 👀🫠🥳

Like the stars that brand the sky Your brightness lights my heart And in these moments alone with you I am the #optimist that quells the dark #vss365

The anxiety is real today. 😬

Her golden light #Transforms this frost-bitten ‘scape Highlighting tendrils of breath And easing fingers that ache with cold Bathed in soft warmth Snow-covered branches drip ‘Til crystals turn to liquid glass Released from his icy touch #vss365

Crystal stars Pinprick the #violet sky Twilight and frozen Until vivid colours dance Painted against the night But all I watch is you The shimmer of love Reflected in your eyes #vss365

Little robin bobs A flash of red this cold day Loved ones close at hand #haiku

At the first fall of snow Flaming autumn colours now silver gilt And bitter sunshine Hidden amidst long shadows I wait for my #denouement Wrapped in ice Yet sparked with fire My fate thrown to the winter wind #vss365

A Stomach Of Fluttering Stuttering Butterflies Does The Thought Of Me #Evoke The Same Response In You? #vss365

So this little book is in its final stages before publication, and will be going out to some other authors to read for early endorsements. 👀 And book 2 cover reveal coming soon. 👀👀 Feeling all the things right now. 😬😳😱🥳🤢💀❤️😁🧐🥹🫠🤯🫣

Evasive In your every word Mistrust In your slight of hand Love-bombed Ghosted Whispered sonnets Deception slides like #escargot In your orbit I spin in circles Teetering precariously Drawn into you against my will A darkened dance with no reprieve #vss365

In fetid air Thick with rot Wasting flesh slips from bones And hollow eyes Behind long lashes stare Trapped inside her aching head Alone and riddled with decay Such rare beauty forever lost #Emaciated, swallowed up Devoured by malignancy #vsshorror #horrorprompt

Even as soft sunlight Bursts through graphite clouds And light spills in To chase away the gloom It cannot brighten Darkened hearts Nor wake me from this #nightmare For such tender bruises linger Now that you are gone #vss365

Amid winter’s grip I dream of #lavender fields Drenched in warm sunshine #vss365 #haiku

Throwback to when the Smallest Chalice was really, really small, my hair was long, and my sunglasses enormous. Time with her will always be precious. Happy #weekend everyone. #vss365