Eyes sharper than an owl’s. Paws stronger than steel. Quicker than a darting hare. You glide between the trees, until you reach their tipped crowns. Bark cracks under your grip. You shriek at the Moon, and it mimics your visage. A new path awaits you… next week. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat It again is dependent on the character, for me. A lot of my characters are either starting out as supernatural, but others are transitioning from human to supernatural. The transformation comes with physical changes that are pretty obvious.

#HorrorWritersChat This tends to depend on the character and what they've gone through. Most times, it's something that no longer serves them, but even those things can be hard to let go. Sometimes, it's a piece of themself. Figuratively or literally, I'll let you decide ;)

#HorrorWritersChat Typically, my characters go through a "meeting of a mirror" situation where they have to fight the darkest part of themself in another person or memory. Greed, grief, a past abuser that just won't die... the transformation is realizing they're bigger than their vices.

#HorrorWritersChat Hello hello, fancy finding all of you here in the forest. I'm Artemis Quinn, I write dark fantasy and supernatural horror. The part of myself that I'd be most scared to give up is my creativity.

2026 is upon us, #HorrorWritersChat! And it is my privilege to start our new, weekly tradition for this year! And what better horror to explore, than the horror of the self's transformation... through new beginnings. Tonight!

#LoreOutLoud This is an interesting question, I don't think I've ever thought about that. I think I feel it the most in my head; a kind of excited buzzing that keeps me flying through. Not sure how to invoke it, though.

#JanuaryWorldbuilders I can't pinpoint when the actual worldbuilding began, but the series started as a joke. My best friend @lyfeisgr8.bsky.social messaged me one day at lunch like, "What if a werewolf stumbled upon his vampire friend sipping from a bloodbag like a capri sun, like, 'sup'?" (1/2)

#Critterary 7 - The Night Garden series is about vampires, werewolves, and witches! Cypress is the other main character of the series (I talked about Acanthus and the kingdom of the Four previously.) Our wolves are both werewolves and wolf shifters; in their lore, a wolf had so much will that he -

#Critterary 6- I don't really have any dogs in my writing, woops!

#LoreOutLoud My husband and two best friends are giving me life, as well as some lovely friends in my discord and a small art group that I'm a part of. I've been a bit quiet in both my writing and art circles, but I'm trying to get back to talking in these places.

#JanuaryWorldbuilders The Night Garden paths! They're a series of paths that are more metaphor than real, but they were made by a group of Witches and Vampires to get people out of bad situations. One of the founders is one of the MCs, and they need to use the paths to escape a murderous Werewolf.

#LoreOutLoud Using timers to remind myself to take breaks. I have a hard time stepping away because I'm having fun and get excited about what I'm working on, so I need reminders to take five minutes and do something else.

#JanuaryWorldbuilders In The Night Garden, the start of the larger storyline about the World of Shadows is essentially after the Wolves have won the last war and control their government, which is a shadow presence lying beneath the human world in secret from humans. Acanthus is one of the(1/2)

#Critterary I think I'll talk about my Chiara vampires, since they're more of a creature that's vampire-adjacent than they are traditional vampires. I talked a little bit about these on day two, but here's a bit more: - They sparkle like galaxies in the dark because their bodies emit sunlight. 1/3

That I can't do any of it. I've proven to myself that I can. #LoreOutLoud

#Critterary The Night Garden is real-world adjacent, so a lot of the cryptids that exist are actually because of the World of Shadows. My fave is Mothman, who is actually a Nosferatu vampire that liked to fly in partial transition to a bat.

#JanuaryWorldbuilders Ooh, good question. One of the scariest things in The Night Garden is the loss of control that vampires have when it comes to frenzied. They will kill anything in their path until they're tired or they are killed, which is notoriously hard in this world.

#QueerWriters check in day: I didn't set any goals last week, really. But, I did get a decent amount done, despite that, and I'm happy about it. I'm slowly working on some projects and getting back in the swing of things!

#Critterary I don't really have cats mentioned in The Night Garden, but in Such Sweet Sorrow the cat acts as a protective ward for Rebecca. He keeps the spirits away.

#JanuaryWorldbuilders Since the Night Garden's entire purpose is to be hidden, most of it is unassuming or blending in with other elements. But, there is a monastery that has been repurposed into a hub for one of the path branches. The outside is an unassuming brick building, but the interior -(1/4)

#PretendPanel My earlier writing tried to divorce itself entirely from real world problems (it didn't work very well). I think I've gotten better at grounding issues so that they feel real, and creating believable settings in both real-world and alternate world scenarios.

#JanuaryWorldbuilders Probably some of the Witches' abilities. Not all of them are important or relevant to the story.

#PretendPanel I want so badly for this to be a career, in conjunction with my art practice. But, it doesn't feel remotely close to a career yet. If you mean the first thing I did writing-wise that made money, then Lemon Balm releasing last year was the start of my writing career.

#Critterary My username is vampireantihero for a reason 🤣 Most of my stories feature vampires in some capacity. I have my own origin structure for the vampires in Tales From The Night Garden, the series I'm co-writing with @lyfeisgr8.bsky.social :) If anyone is interested in the origin story: 1/9

#LoreOutLoud I'm a writer with one published book in a series, the second of the series in middle stages of development, a few novellas in various stages of completion, a standalone novel that's still in first draft. I have a lot of irons in the fire, and a lot of hope. That feels really positive.

#LoreOutLoud The compulsion to be louder about my stories and to make more of them. Most of my characters are queer in some capacity. I think it's important to be loud about our existence when people try to deny it.

Happy New Year 🥳 #pretendpanel calendar for January just dropped. I'm thinking about Changes, Growth and Evolution this month. How has your relationship with writing changed over time? Looking forward to finding out ✌️

#Critterary This is an awesome idea, thanks for hosting! Hello there, I'm Artemis Quinn and I write mostly dark fantasy and horror. A lot of my creatures are shifters, or humanoid cryptids like vampires, dryads, nymphs, etc. Sometimes I'll use creatures as a symbol for something.

A novella called Yule Parlay! It's a sapphic vampire pirate story set around Christmas, stuck at port.

#JanuaryWorldbuilders hello hello! I'm Artemis Quinn, and I write dark fantasy and horror! My biggest project is Tales From the Bight Garden, co-written with @lyfeisgr8.bsky.social . It's a supernatural world existing in secret underlying the human world. It focuses on a secret organization of - 1/2

(Tags: #art #TFTNG #QueerWriters ) Happy new year, friends! Aces are new beginnings in the #tarot suits, and throughout December I finished out the Ace cards in The Healed Thorn and Cursed Thorn tarot decks! Here's the set. Healed:

Wishing my fellow artists lots of fun and weird projects in 2026! May all your clients know what they want. May you always paint on the right layer. May your human creativity shine bright! Basically : Make things. Be weird. Happy New Year! 🤝

Happy New Year, friends! Anyone have any goals or resolutions for the year? Tell me about it! Here are mine, and a reflection of the last year -- www.vampireantihero.com/blog/happy-n... #Newsletter

Hey, everyone, check out some of the awesome things in this thread! The people in the Horror Writers' Chat are good people and they're working on some pretty cool things!

#HorrorWritersChat Something they assumed was a part of them is refused passage. Left at the threshold is their heart, still beating with a desperate rhythm, trying to reach the core of the person that left it behind.

#HorrorWritersChat Does a backpack full of art work for a payment? Because that's what I've got.

#HorrorWritersChat Definitely the past. I have done a ton of growing through my life, and have put a lot of hurt and sadness behind me.

Hey #HorrorWritersChat ! I'm Artemis, I write dark fantasy and supernatural horror. If I was bound to a threshold, I'd probably be forced to haunt my husband. Death couldn't keep me away ;)

Artists! Post your favorite illustration of 2025 ✨ I've had a lot of bangers this year but honestly? Probably a tie between these two. Very different styles, both uniquely challenging.

#LoreOutLoud With my head held high, a clear set of goals in mind, and a positive outlook.

#LoreOutLoud That I can do anything I put my mind to, so long as I'm willing to do the work for it.

Hey, do you know I’ve posted over 20,000 words of Mage By Blood? Royal Road helpfully calculates that out to about 74 pages. A good chunk of story up and ready to be read! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1453... #fantasy #fantasynovel #fantasybook #arcanepunk #transmc #transwriters #ownvoices #writersky

#QueerPrompts Oh yeah, 100%. Imposter syndrome is a killer, it's so much better if you can just set it aside and do what you want to do anyway. Also, you have limits. It's better to listen to when you're overwhelmed and give yourself a minute to breathe, than it is to push through to burnout.

#LoreOutLoud Oooh this is a good question. As a queer writer, I think I'm finally ready to own the in-between spaces. Up until fairly recently I always tried to go to extremes to make a point. It's fine to exist in the gray spaces, and that makes the extremes shine more intensely when needed.

Morning, #QueerWriters ! This week-- 🫀Write my mammoth newsletter going through last year, planning next year, and the Good/Bad/Ugly of December 🫀Finish the Ace cards for both tarot decks 🫀Kick off the Crush Quarter 1 challenge in my discord 🫀Start putting in apps to places for a job again

Why not? I also have personal and business plans. 1 like = 1 plan for 2026

#FantasyIndiesDecember 28 - I actually got a lot done in 2025. Wrote a lot, published a book, made new friends, started a large art project, and connected with an amazing, diverse community that is uplifting and wonderful. ♡

#QueerPrompts I think Acanthus and Cypress would be pretty horrified by how they dance around each other on most issues. Rebecca wouldn't read hers, it's set in one of the worst moments of her life.