When Delaney learns vampires are real, he's seduced by the possibility of a life where he can be gay and unafraid - except he completely forgets one important truth along the way: Vampires will always be hunters, not pets. #GhostPit #H

to tht end, it's ESSENTIAL that we untangle sexuality & desire from objectification. things being framed as sexual, sensual, sexy, & desirable is not automatically "the male gaze." the male gaze refers to objectification above all else and the power fantasies of cishet men.

This week's update is up, in which we briefly cover @catvalente.bsky.social's Deathless, @nkjemisin.bsky.social's The Fifth Season and the Academic Equivalent of the Never-Ending To Do List. For this afternoon's achievement, I have decided on taking a little bit of downtime.

Emotional support ghost working late into the night.👻🖤 #art #watercolor #darkart

Heck. Another day, another influx of followers 👋 I hope you're all interested in updates on my exploration into the first in depth literary analysis of contemporary polyamorous literature because, um, that's all I'm working on right now 😅 Below is my latest public post on the process 👇

Today in: Nik attempts to futureproof their essay (and cover their a$$ 😂)

No limits #Fitzloved #RotE #RobinHobb #Art #ArtSky

I’m honored to hear that my essay inspired this! 🍷🕯️🧛‍♀️

New Acespec Polyamory & Autism post is live. In which I put myself in conversation with @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social's insightful essay about asexuality in Interview with the Vampire and take a rabbit hole down vampire stories more generally.

I can’t emphasize enough that on the list of things keeping me going right now, Dead and Breakfast is WAY wayyy up there.

If you're a writer of aspec and have ever wanted to have me as an editor for your work, our submission window is currently open at @phenomenapress.bsky.social !~ #submissioncall #writingcommunity

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When Delaney learns vampires are real, he's seduced by the possibility of a life where he can be gay and unafraid - except he completely forgets one important truth along the way: Vampires will always be hunters, not pets. #DVPit #H

Healing—whatever that is—is a deeply political act Don’t let anyone fool you about this

You guys would let me know if I was going too hard, wouldn't you? 😅

Read it here for freeeeeeee OR support queer horror creators by buying a real life no-foolin' physical ACTUAL book today! Both options are valid, just like you 😘

AN UNCOMMON BETROTHAL is a 1920s erotic romance between a disabled gentleman classicist and his new butler who's fat, sexy, and covered in tattoos. You ever wish Jeeves and Wooster could be broodier and bitchier and spitroast another man between them? johannestevans.co.uk/product/an-u...

Overheard at the cafe/bar: "I just started reading books again. It's pretty good."

✨️Meet our Team✨️ Robin is one half of our fantastic editing team, and you can find her at dragoneditingservices.com #writingcommunity #booksky

7pm and here I am again, staring into the void and wondering, What if I committed serious time to this multi-chapter polyamorous essay I’ve been slowly typing away at?

I am SO stoked to read the third book in this trilogy. It has a vampire having threesomes with his prey, and a chosen one with Gender, plus a tortured gay vampire hunter turned vampire against his will. THIS BABY HAS EVERYTHING.

We are officially open for submissions until October 31st! Send us your long-form fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and your work that transcends the genres! Submit on: lastsyllablelit.com We can’t wait to read your work!! #writing #writingcommunity #fiction #poetry #nonfiction #litjournal #submit

@thatwriterjess.bsky.social and I are curating our first joint anthology - FUTURISTIC QUEER HORROR! Check our website for more info. We're looking forward to your submission!

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated. Tag your post: #whistpr Word for October 1, 2025: #BOX #WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity

When Delaney learns vampires are real, he's seduced by the possibility of a life where he can be gay and unafraid - except he completely forgets one important truth along the way: Vampires will always be hunters, not pets. #PreDV #H

Let's ✨️introduce our team✨️ Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing a little bit about each of our team - starting with the woman of many hats, Meaghan! @megthewriter.bsky.social #writingcommunity #booksky

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE X LOST SOULS MC: Hell if I was a vampire, I would be safe from danger and everything would be roses MC, after becoming a vampire: ... wait #UnhingedPit #amquerying #H #LGBT

As an editor I'll never understand the undeserved hate run-on sentences get. There is a time and place for those. They often do a better job, especially in these bleak Al days. Where every sentence. Is weirdly short. And always interrupted. By full stops. It drives me nuts when people do it too. 🤨

The amount of support we’ve received since starting up our Patreon continues to blow us away. There are 189 of you—both free and paid—and in these times? That means a lot. As a thank you, when we hit 200 patrons we’ll do a giveaway of a 6 month Patreon subscription which gets you our first issue!

Hey! Who wants an ARC of my gay space horror? Its got eruri-coded boys, autism and ptsd rep, blood/guts/gore, and a rescue mission that goes really bad!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#ClassicsTober prompts for October ‘25 #ClassicsTober25

Anyway, big eternal love to all my autistics and trans friends, you all kick ass and deserve better 💚💜✌️

We've put together just a few of the vibes we want to see brought to the anthology! Weird, wacky, wicked, and wonderful - and all of them paranormal in their own ways! 🌈📚🪐

Look! Advance copies of my book arrived! Thank you, @interstellarflight.bsky.social ! (The House of Illusionists officially drops Nov 3, but you can preorder now)

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

Hey guys, do I wanna keep working on the second draft of my so close to *nearly* finished novel Or. Do I want to make a start on this Brand New Idea that suddenly excites me?? #WritingCommunity

Pull out your romantasy without the sex, your aro werewolf alpha of an aspec pack, your vampire who struggles to make other vampires because the act is too sexual. Dust off the best of your paranormal aspec fic and send them into @phenomenapress.bsky.social’s very first #submissioncall!

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

🕯 come on. Good news today and tomorrow please 🕯

This year’s prompts will take you on a journey through the Ancient Greek underworld through its chthonic landscape, inhabitants, and associated deities and creatures, every day of October.

I’ve… never heard of #Classicstober before but boy am I excited for it!!

Been pretty quiet on the pitch front for the past few, but should be available and around for #PreDV near the end of this month. Who’s with me?

IT'S OUT!!!! GO CHECK IT OUT NOW ON THE VIZ APP RIGHT NOW!!! I hope ya'll enjoy it!!! 😭 The Death God is a Viz One-Shot about a young boy simply trying to free the god of death, in an undying world. But at what cost? #viz #vizoneshot #oneshot #shortstory #manga #mangaart #comic

all i want for christmas is mental stability and a million dollars so i can publish all my books without worrying about making back my expenses

I was lucky enough to read an ARC of this and can confirm it is super cute!

I just finished reading An Uncommon Betrothal by @johannestevans.bsky.social and it was so sweet and spicy and delightful. Exactly what I needed right now.

Good things are coming to me. I am attracting success into my life. I am channeling an abundance mindset. Human-faced jellyfish are swarming around my head. Hundreds of tiny ectoplasmic trout are melding to my skin, sending tendrils into my brain. I can't stop enjoying boundless dreams of the sea.

anyway, if you're a trad writer who values indies as part of the publishing ecosystem, please boost our work when you see it! you have so much more visibility than we do