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last time, I bought the mild hot honey. nice, but it was indeed a bit mild. I wanted something with more of a kick. so I bought the hot hot honey today and it blew my brains out 😂

hello #queerwriters 👋🏻 it was a good week! I wrote two chapters, though I didn't work on my WIP every day - I took yesterday as a rest day (I was too ill to get up early) and watched Frankenstein in the evening I volunteered at a nature reserve on Thursday, and did a community litter pick today 💪🏻✨

the honey seller was at the local market again, my weekend has been made 🤤🍯🐝

doing physical labour in nature yesterday was a balm for the soul but boy are my arms feeling it today

I love piggies so much 😭

My new novel HALF THE WORLD AWAY is out early next week! If you are looking for a new LGBTQ+ young adult read, see the below tweet for places to get your copy! Also available from most booksellers worldwide.

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 6th 2025) in less than 12 minutes 🟩🟩🟠🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com this is a record low of hints/guesses for me 😅

update: I was fine whilst working outdoors, but feel terrible again now I'm inside. honestly? I'll take it

why is it, on the one day this week that I'm meant to be volunteering, my cold is the worst than it's been in two weeks?! 😫 I'm still gonna do it, I just hope that the fresh, outdoor air will have restorative powers...

this sounds like pure chaos in the best possible way and I am so here for it 😂

this is right up my alley 👽 sounds so good!

this sounds 🔥🔥🔥

plant magic? trees as doorways to other worlds? MAGICAL BAKING?? sign me up!!!

I love this concept and the art is just 😍

new pinned post 📌✨

hello, I'm Arlen Ren (he/they), writer of otherworldly fiction that lurks beneath the surface of the everyday 👀 if you're interested in YA paranormal, fantasy and/or horror, you can check out my website—or the guides to my current WIPs (🧵) www.arlenren.co.uk ✨🍄🍂✨

and that's a wrap on my QuestPit posts! thank you @hadiyahsama.bsky.social for helping me tweak them (so that they weren't just walls of text lmao) and thank you to everyone who has shown my WIPs love today ❤️ events like this always fill me with fire to WRITE 🔥

Enby teen Sam is supposed to put cryptids & conspiracies behind them. But when bestie Katie starts acting weird, Sam knows the cult on the edge of town is to blame. The only one who'll help them prove it is Casper, who's from the cult himself. Can Sam trust him to save Katie? #QuestPit #YA #W #H

"morally grey girls doing morally grey things" YES 👏🏻 PLEASE 👏🏻

woooaaahh I love this concept 👀 love an alien parasite!

What We Do in the Shadows X Fido = THE RUNNING DEAD When a small town's high school track team turns into zombies, apathetic vampire Fred reluctantly teams up with an inexperienced vampire slayer and a high school teacher to protect his food source - er, his fellow citizens. #QuestPit #W #A #F

this sounds sooooo good, I love mythical fantasy, and the fact it's horror makes it even better 😈

this sounds like such a magical adventure ✨

the stakes! those snippets! everything about this is 🔥🔥🔥

how good does all of this look 🤤

An #AgentsGuide to WAYS TO FOOL ME: ⚔️ total-opposite twins ⚔️ arranged marriages ⚔️ blood magic ⚔️ grumpy x sunshine ⚔️ lovers to enemies #Q #YA #F #RF #Questpit

the end of the first act of this book made me want to chuck my reading device out the window (complimentary) there's so much to love here 🌹

Foundling Finn has a secret: he's terrified of sharks. When raiders attack his shark-loving community, he's the last person who can help. But when a terrifying-looking sand tiger shark shares its bond with him, he must venture across the Aedenic Ocean to reunite his shoal. #QuestPit #YA #W #F 🦈✨

I love a chosen one con!

🔥🔥🔥

cryptiiids my fave, this snippet is 🔥

this all sounds creepy and witchy and excellent but that snippet has just blown me away. the juxtaposition of the hearth magic and the violent imagery is 😘👌🏻✨

I love some dark folklore 🖤 this sounds incredible!

I cannot WAIT to read this book!!!!!

Twins Kyra and Kaden don't talk about what happened over the summer. But as their classmates disappear into the Pines, they have to start facing up to their problems before they're next. The issue is, they don't know who to trust—not even each other. Not even themselves. #QuestPit #YA #W #H

give this to meeeeee 👻

"the reaper doesn't like secrets" is a 🔥🔥🔥 line, I love ALL of this 👀

"too many beds and using none of them" has taken me OUT 😂 this sounds 🔥

this sounds heartbreaking 💔 in the best possible way ❤️‍🩹

I love every element of this 🕯️🖤💀

He's the only thing standing between college students and certain death. Unfortunately, teen monster hunter Daniel is responsible for more civilian deaths than monster kills, and unless he can find the key to a power he doesn't believe in, his new friends will pay the price... #QuestPit #YA #Q #UF

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 430: Read. Read widely. Read what you love, and what you don't. Read what you know, and what you don't yet know. The wider your reading, the better your chance of avoiding the limitations of being influenced by only one author, one genre, one culture, one time.

this sounds stunning 🤩 I'm hooked!

this concept sounds STUNNING 🤩

that last line of the opening 🔥

this sounds so unsettling and so incredible 🔥

cannot WAIT for this book to find its way into my grubby little paws, I am so ready to forgive Sera for her many wrongs 👑

this book honestly has it all: action! adventure! she hates him! a scene that creeped me out soooo badly! 🔥