Franken-Bex 🥀

In TD Ophelia's purpose for some time has been revenge. She's perhaps, unknowingly, lost her taste for it but it has fuelled her survival. Ophelia was satisfied by her initial revenge though. Logan never believed in revenge, but the circles he ran in did, and now he sees the futility of it. #wip

She's also seen as a monster, not only from the pov of humans, but from her own species pov too. Truly a creature torn between worlds, through circumstances not of her own making.

Ophelia in TD is monstrous through her actions, a condition of her species as well as survival, but it's her emotions (both her lack and excess of) that fuel her monstrosities. She's been hurt by humanity before which, alongside her species attitude towards them, also accounts for her actions.

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein was glorious. The details, as always, were impressive and the acting was superb. Not a straight adaptation but a well-loved one, I really enjoyed the homages as well as GDT's own unique spin. The costumes were to die for. Made my love for the novel stronger ❤️‍🩹

Good morning! Here is the full uncropped poster that I did for @realgdt.bsky.social for Frankenstein

In my next untitled wip, concerning Victorian scientists up to unethical experiments, there is a demon involved whom the religous medical student mistakes for Satan. My demon will be monstrous, cunning and will severely test both the faith of the student and his toxic bond with his mentor. 😈

Got my tickets for Frankenstein, I'm so excited to see it on the big screen!! 💀🫀🦴

Ophelia is my beloved Siren in Twice Drowned, her species being more monstrous in appearance than the classic idea of a mermaid (hence me using Siren, as that mythology almost rings truer in describing them). They're callous, cruel, territorial and true predators of the deepest, darkest sea.

Still working at Twice Drowned, here's a little snippet for #Saturdark Fun fact: So far the word 'blood' features 22 times in this wip. 🩸

Love horror but I've only sort of dipped my toes in, especially with Twice Drowned, but it's something I want to incorporate more. But, I do have a gothic horror wip that I'm working on, though I'm trying to both embrace the genre whilst also doing something which I hope is innovative(?) with it!

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in this writing events! Monster Manor has done a couple different style writing prompts over the years, but I think this was by far the most fun and most successful. It would not have been possible without all of you!

In Twice Drowned, it's important to both chars for different reasons. For Ophelia, it's myth but also an ending, there's finality to it. Whilst for Logan it's affirming and yet unwelcome in some ways. For both of them it's like drowning.

Ooh I'm a sucker for writing romance, there's something so fun about it. I don't always intend to include it but it always gets in there! I love playing with its concepts, motifs and varieties. Like it's such a part of me despite never having had a romance myself, and idk it just gives me joy 💕

THE PROMPTS 1-2 moist and slimy 3-4 off the leash 5-6 infestation 7-8 rotted meats 9-10 restrained restricted 11-12 soaked through 13-14 unfulfilled wishes 15-16 sharp gills sharper teeth 17-18 caged hound 19-20 pulp and fungus 21-22 cracked molars 23-24 abducted 25-26 stuck in the drain 27-28 transparent wings 29-30 provoked bite 31 unlucky vending machin

Introducing #wolfetober
Prompts for October for ARTISTS and AUTHORS

I personally plan to use this to practice micro / flash fiction and warm up sketches, I invite anyone who would like to to join me.

💜💙 RULES
- there really aren’t any! Skip, mix and match, and have fun!

So they're at 1950s D*sneyland, Ophelia is making fun of everything but secretly enjoying it whilst Logan is talking her ear off with trivia and celebrity spotting. He's also handing her different treats every five minutes. There's also a lively debate about the Mermaids 🧜🏼‍♀️

Signed! Please UK peeps sign and share!

Currently pushing 15k with my wip and nowhere nearer the halfway point 😓 Veryyy tempted to rework the concept into a short story format but I'm also horribly attached to the behemoth it's become. . .
#wip #HotWetQueerSummer #writing

The moment when Ophelia reveals her monstrous true appearance in a moment of crisis and the aftermath where Logan learns the truth. Its going to be pivotal!

Movie-style poster with a cropped close-up of a painted blonde woman with flowers in her hair (Ophelia by Antoine-Auguste-Ernest Hebert) with a close-up of a painted man with short, dark hair gazing in to the distance (Deportista (Ramon Novarro) by Angel Zarraga). In the background is a darkened close-up of cactuses (Emeralds (Cactus) by Leon Carroll). At the top of the poster italic text reads: "'You think I'm pretty?' She murmured as she traced his lips, her touch so firm he could feel it against his teeth. Grotesque. The word came to him unbidden." Underneath, flanked by leaf-like symbols it reads: Western meets Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Horror Romance. In the bottom-center there is title text: Twice Drowned. Above it reads: A Novel by Bex Edwards. Below the title there is a small paragraph: In the 1950s American West, a tired trans cowboy crosses the path of a killer mermaid on the run. He's been drowned before and she's cursed to always crave what she can't have . . .

NIGHT TIDE X 3:10 TO YUMA X THE LAST UNICORN

Twice Drowned; A trans cowboy, Logan, unwittingly rescues a killer mermaid on-the-run, binding them together on a journey where their pasts come back to haunt them.
#PosterPit #W #HF #R #H #F #A

So I'm 11k in (which I'm honestly so pleased about since I've only ever written that much for dissertation) but I'm no where near halfway yet so 😬 it's not gonna be a novella lol, maybeee 30k depending on how much of a plot thicket I get into? Either way I'm having fun!! #HotWetQueerSummer #wip

A moodboard of images: An old wooden church in a rural landscape, a blonde woman dipping her head underwater, an aged effect photograph of flowers, a blonde water nymph cropped from 'The Fisherman and the Nymph' by Henri Lehmann, a set of sharp pointy teeth on a black background, an abstract watercolour of a dark man in a cowboy hat cropped from 'Cowboy te paard' by Isaac Israels, a blonde woman sat beside a body of water, a close-up of a cactus.

#questpit #W #A #HF #R #H
Twice Drowned; A tired, old, trans cowboy gets caught in the path of a killer mermaid whom he mistakes as a damsel-in-distress. Together they end up on the run (from his past as much as her present) across the arizona desert of the 1950s. The past haunts them along the way

She gripped his shoulders to steady herself, another giddy laugh on her lips.

Technically not their first interaction, but definitely the first time they exchanged words. #HotWetQueerSummer #wip

Another little snippet of my WIP, Twice Drowned, that also serves as an incredibly late #hotwetpitstop ! I'm 6k words in and still nowhere near halfway so yikes~ I'm hoping that I'll make the end of August deadline but if I don't, I've still had a fantastic time!! #HotWetQueerSummer #WIPSnips

My Italian renaissance Borgia adjacent wip! I need to do a lot more reading on the setting and culture before I can accurately portray the adventures of my papal servant, Piero. Like the bones are there but I don't feel comfortable until I've done thorough research.

It's got to be Lord Huron's 'Time's Blur'. A gorgeous instrumental composite of Long Lost that yearns and haunts like I hope Twice Drowned will 💙

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Oooh well Twice Drowned is inspired by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood's Summer Wine but Sweet Dreams by Angel Olsen really brings the vibes!
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