Amanda S. Dumky✨🏳️‍🌈

GORG

That’s such great progress🙌

#FastDraftFeb was a total fail for me🤦‍♀️ Here’s to hoping March goes better!

That is way too cute😭

Omg that’s great!!

This is hella weird and I love it

Aahhhh congrats!!

(Very much same lol)

A lost heir, a hunted woman, and a fallen sigilbearer unravel forbidden truths in a world where magic is bound by faith and prophecy. As allegiances shift and ancient forces awaken, they must defy their destiny or be consumed by it.

Genre: Dark Epic Fantasy POV: Tri-Perspective Audience: Adult Subgenres: Political Fantasy Gothic Fantasy Sapphic Romantic Fantasy Mystery Word count: 126k Prose Style: Literary leaning, atmospheric and gothic undertones with heavy subtext. Writing that trusts the reader. Core themes: Love and possession Power Truth and deception Legacy Moral ambiguity

The novel blends the political intrigue and sapphic themes of The Jasmine Throne (2021), the multi-POV complexity of The Shadow of the Gods (2021), and the atmospheric tension and moral ambiguity of Empire of the Vampire (2021).

In a world where magic is bound by doctrine, power, and belief, the ruins of the holy city of Cael’Thorin remain buried beneath ice and time, its secrets long forgotten—until now. Isolde Ridelle has spent her life in the quiet village of Rosewater, far from war and the unseen forces that shape the empire of Delheim. When she is hunted for reasons she does not understand, she is thrust into a world of forbidden magic, shifting allegiances, and a legacy she never asked for. Elara Eastwell, a devoted weaver bound by sacred oaths, uncovers secrets that threaten the very foundation of her order. The deeper she delves, the more she is forced to ask whether upholding her vows is worth the cost—or if breaking them is the only way to protect what truly matters. As Sigilbearer of The Circle, Aleric Belmont is no stranger to power, but the ruins hold more than redemption. When old sins resurface, he must decide whether atonement is within his grasp or if it was never his to claim. As their paths converge, Isolde, Elara, and Aleric become entwined in a divine conflict that will challenge their beliefs, test their loyalties, and unravel long-buried truths.

Threads of Aerythel: Dragonfly is a 126,000-word dark epic fantasy. It is the first in a planned trilogy but stands alone with a complete narrative arc. It is a character-driven tri-perspective novel for an adult audience.
#QuestPit #Q #A #DF #LGBT

A mockup of the book over a watercolor pine forest, with text bubbles around it reading: Fairy tale retelling, Dream-Walker, Secrets, Witches, Sapphic pining, Bisexual protagonist

Carmine, a seasoned huntress, has been protected from wolves by a powerful spell tattooed on her back for years. But one day, the magic fails, and she narrowly escapes a violent encounter with a furious she-wolf that was determined to kill her. As she recovers from her injuries, she experiences eerie dreams of a singing wolf. Though the dreams could be harmless, the singing wolf looks exactly like the she-wolf that almost took her life. Scarier, the dreams remind Carmine of those she had when she was younger, before a talking wolf tricked and almost devoured her in the waking world. Soon Carmine realizes the spell her grandmother put on her back isn’t what it seems to be, and her family knows more about herself than she does. A sapphic and dark retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, Daughters of the Blue Moon is a tale about retaking ownership of your own body and destiny.

Everybody knows the Big Bad Wolf didn't want to eat Carmine. Except her.

🧚‍♀️ Fairy tale retelling
💓 Quick but intense read
🌑 Dark fantasy
🐺 Talking wolves
🧙‍♀️ Witches
✨ Magical tattoos
🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual protagonist
🌹 Sapphic twist

Coming 2/25 at Anuci Press!

#QuestPit #P #A #F #DF #H #LGBT

Illustrated cover with designs of various women in historic cultural dress A gold cover reads: An Agents Guide to: Remarkable Young Women

Illustrated full figures of young women from various cultures accompanied by text briefly describing their significance

Rediscover history’s young, forgotten female heroes in this educational and empowering standalone with series potential.
📜 Diverse histories
📜 Forgotten figures
📜 Inspiring women
#NF #Q #YA #QuestPit

Ok this is such a cool idea??!!

A moodboard in dark tones, featuring a painting of a blond man with chin length hair in a green shirt at the center, with an X drawn across his face through which an xray of his skull can be seen. The images around him are of a university campus with gothic architecture, dark flowers and ferns, chemistry glassware, a ring of sparks, a river delta, machinery, anatomical images, and a smithy. Text on it reads "THE BODY ABHORS A STRAIGHT LINE. FATE DOES NOT STRIKE IN A STRAIGHT LINE."

ARCANE x DON'T LET THE FOREST IN
🧑‍🎓cut-throat postgrad academia w/
⚛️engineering magic
🤌obsessive yearning
🚨unreliable narrator
📻corrupted magic tech
🩺ethical dilemmas
🩻body horror
🏆dangerous magic duels
🛠️blacksmith biceps
🌿strange plants
👤...& the strange man who ❤️s them
#questpit #Q #A #F #SF #H

Obsessive yearning 🙏

Give this to me now. Also the art is gorgeous

Oooooh this sounds so interesting!

On the surface, I smiled. I kept shoving thoughts down into the hollowness that had opened inside me, but the harder I pushed, the more something else cracked. Pretending that everything was fine was choking something vital, something buried deep. But I kept smiling, hoping whatever I was strangling wouldn't suffocate completely.

The enemies-to-lovers of THESE VIOLET DELIGHTS meet the class divide of BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES.
A fiery rebel & a shy aristocrat want freedom. But when rebellion turns to war, they must navigate murderous creatures & hidden magic to find themselves and each other.
#QuestPit #Q #NA #F #R

Fire and blood 79k fantasy

The pitch: when her best friend is taken, Aideen must come to terms with her monstrous lineage and fight against the factions trying to control her powers to save Emily’s life. Except, she didn’t know monsters existed, her supposed powers are sealed away, and the only help she has comes from a psychopathic blood-drinker and neurotic shifter. Comps: city of bones, a good girl’s guide to murder, the cruel prince, darkfever

Tropes and themes: loyalty; betrayal; touch them and die, slow burn friends to lovers, found family, bad ass fight scenes, metal wolves, vampires, only one bed

Excerpt: heart burns just beneath my skin, pinned and begging to be freed. I can see it in my mind, the chain holding my power back. Monster. I want it. I want to show him a monster. I reach for that heat; that flare of power, and it rises to meet me. I pull it to my surface, higher and higher, burning a path as it grows. The chain strains, buckling. “Yes.” I snarl. “Monsters like me.”

Aideen's life has been plagued with death. Now, her best friend has been taken by monsters she didn't know existed. Armed with a psychopathic blood-drinker, a neurotic shifter, and the human boy in love with her, she's ready to become the hunter to save Emily.

#QuestPit #F #Q

My FMC trying to steal documents from my MMCs satchel in a starlit secret passage

🖤MY LADY JANE X HEARTLESS HUNTER🖤

A witch & a thief compete to steal a necklace from an evil inquisitor
A task easily resolved in 20 pages if not for the:
❣️flirting
🗡️bickering
💫glittering balls &
💃DANCING PLAGUE ~slowly but surely~ bewitching everyone in town
#questpit #q

A dancing plague?? Yes please😍

🌿 Emergency commissions!🌿
5 slots open to cover my upcoming medical bills

🔗 & info below!

The aesthetic😍

#FastDraftFeb I was sick basically all of last week, and simultaneously started hyperfixating on worldbuilding, which isn’t the best combo when you’re trying to finish a draft😆 Fingers crossed I can catch up this week

”You’re so funny” thanks I’m autistic which apparently is code word for comedian

GORGEOUS

They’re the absolute WORST and I still have a relatively mild version of them

This is beautiful but what the hell is the bottom right picture??😭

I mean you can always just say you were doing your job🤷‍♀️😆

Gorgeous!!