N. Sowers

My super gorgeous supporter copy of Lemon Balm by @vampireantihero.com just arrived!! 🙌🤩 Can't wait to dive in! 📚

Today's story is "Transform" by R.S. Mot.
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros

ratbaglit.substack.com/p/transform

I fucking love dungeons and dragons.

a screenshot of the Query Tracker interface, showing a red frowny face symbolizing a query rejection next to the words "query status." Black text on white background

me rn

I got the chance to be a beta reader for this story, and wow wow WOW it's a good one! Masterful tension, delicious horror, and a cast of characters at its heart that I would die for. One of my favorite reads of the year 🥰

New story up at GNS:

A sly fox proposes marriage to the King, promising to keep his deepest secret in return. Surprising everyone, even himself, the King accepts.

Read “A Good King” by Sarah McGill
giganotosaurus.org/2025/10/01/a-good-king/

A hand holding up a book in front of a bookshelf. The book is called Fractured Magic and the cover illustration is of two figures: one is small and in the foreground holding a lantern aloft, one is larger and in the background and is surrounded by moody green smoke.

A trope map for Fractured Magic that includes: Victorian setting (but with dragons and elves), second chance romance (ex-friends-to-lovers), secret identities, the wronged hero wants revenge, staying kind when the world wants you cold, descents into madness/becoming the monster, spies and assassins, "I thought you were dead"

~FRACTURED MAGIC GIVEAWAY~

I have a few left over after the Kickstarter, so I'm giving away TWO copies of Fractured Magic!!

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Fractured Magic is an M/M gothic fantasy about a pair of estranged friends, a corrupt government, and some dangerous magic.

More info ⬇️

The Sudden Cancellation of Breakfast Plans by Sage Collins Zima's left a message on our room's screen to greet me when I wake up. I don't care where we end up. They say the journey's more important, anyway. That may be true, But as we voyage the stars, At the end, I hope we'll have Waffles for breakfast. For months, we've looked forward to returning home after our endless trek across the galaxy. Every morning, she imagines a new breakfast food we'll enjoy. I dress and join her at the cockpit. She's staring forlornly at the rocks floating where a planet should be. "Guess we're not having waffles today."

Here is my entry for the @augursociety.bsky.social Microfiction contest:

The Sudden Cancellation of Breakfast Plans 🥞💔

#AugurMicros2025

Meme of hand smashing button; top text: FAMILY DYING OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE Bottom text (on button): HOT BANSHEE

What could go wrong?

THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH is a gothic horror about the black sheep of a powerful 14th century Irish family and his doomed love story with the banshee who's haunted his household for generations.

#UnhingedPit #Q #H #R #A #Historical #Gothic

4chan greentext simulator (with sweating pepe pfp) reading: be me f*cking dies gets isekaied signs up onto flying pirate hunting ship just huge caverns everywhere, no more sky what the hell am I going to do now? ship attack pirates rescue blue... alien person my responsibility now they have to deliver a warning message to humanity captain agrees pirates chase us it's a running battle also flying monsters in the way, and the blue person is actually a butterfly??? i've only been here two weeks, how screwed am I?

#UnhingedPit
Cavern Clipper (TREASURE PLANET X JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH)
#A #SF #F #AA (Action Adventure, courtesy of readers opinions) #WIP

Over an aro/ace flag, Melody doesn't know how to be a person, does know how to lockpick, quiet until asked about a special interest, helps Lyra cheat at chess Over a pansexual flag, Lyra legally dead, thinks the Halloween section is house decor, just wants to kiss her girlfriend in peace, will cry if you make her step in a puddle. Over a nonbinary flag Oriel also legally dead, a literal angel, bad at pretending to be a person, commits so many crimes. Over a Sapphic flag, Annie confused but accepting, so ready to steal a car, small but will happily throw the first punch, shoulder everyone cries on.

Melody and Lyra share a body, until Lyra is kidnapped. Melody's entire existence is news to Annie (Lyra's girlfriend) and the existence of angels, especially one willing to kill and steal, is news to everyone. Surely a 3,000 mi road trip together will be fine.

#UnhingedPit #A #F #LGBT #QueryingSoon

Crude drawover of "POV: You're Just a Little Hater" meme. Image 1: Low angle of a very tall, ostentatiously dressed 1660s fop with a huge hat with ostrich feathers, long flowing hair, a lacy falling band, sweeping cloak, short mostly-open doublet, voluminous sleeves, masses of ribbons at the waist, and petticoat breeches. He's got a long face, long nose, droopy eyes with long eyelashes, a curly moustache and goatee, and smallpox scars on his face. He smirks in a smug fashion. Text: POV you're just a little hater. Image 2: High angle of a similarly dressed but very short 1660s fop. His hat features pheasant feathers in addition to ostrich. This figure is baby-faced, beardless, and angry. Text: And?

#UnhingedPit? #UnhingedPit??? Joke's on you, #UnhingedPit. All my pitches are unhinged.

This IS what the story is about.

Follow for more foaming at the mouth re: THE DUEL IN 1660, my #YA(?) #LGBT #historical #swashbuckler #W about being jjust a little hater.

Three Cheers for NPC Revenge by Mike DC Current

"Buried Myself Alive" by The Used x "Decade Under the Influence" by TBS x "I Just Saw a Face" by The Beatles x "Such Great Heights" by Postal Service x "Through the Fire and Flames" by Dragonforce x "Welcome to the Black Parade" by MCR x "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure

#UnhingedPit #Q #SFF #R

Not Yet Corpses but more unhinged. This guy (meme of a mad bunny captioned "Hatred, Malice even") accidentally resurrects this guy (meme of a guy labeled "no one is stupid enough to do this and frankly, I am no one") and they save this kid (meme of a wet raccoon captioned "for the fuckteenth time") and they spend the rest of the book trying not to die and becoming a found family :)

A tragic goth sadboy, the amnesiac corpse he accidentally resurrects, and the nonbinary shadow child they rescue go on an unplanned road trip to the City of Literal Angels. What could go wrong?
#UnhingedPit #YA #F #H #LGBT #InEdits #QueryingSoon

Since Not Yet Corpses is getting close to querying shape again, unhingedpit seems like a good event to bring this spooky scary sad and silly story back from the dead 🧟‍♂️
And gives me an excuse to use all the memes I've collected on Pinterest

Might resurrect this account for writerly things this spooky season 👻

A movie poster edit with the words “Unintended Designs” in huge, slightly glowing purple letters over a photo of a glowing, translucent jellyfish with red spots in dark water. Under the title and jellyfish are the words “Everyone Makes Mistakes” in red capital letters. Below that in a lighter color are the words “Querying Soon to an inbox near you” and “Theodore Snapdragon - Jen Ishii - Jonathan Isengrim - Nao Tanaka - Rose Harken”.

ALIEN X WHAT MOVES THE DEAD
An isolated space station. A mysterious scientist. A trio of inspectors. A “false” distress signal. An ever-present AI. A zoo of animal subjects. What could go wrong?

UNINTENDED DESIGNS
🤐Suspense
🫀Moral dilemma
🔪Betrayal
🏳️‍🌈Queernormativity
#PosterPit #Q #A #SF #H

A poster with a silhouette of hands linking pinkies on a purple background. There is pink text that reads My Sister's Stolen Soul a novel by R. S. Mot Coming soon to an inbox near you

Rules For Ghosting x Conventionally Yours

My Sister's Stolen Soul features:

💚 An aro/ace MC
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 A badass lesbian girlfriend
🏳️‍🌈 Actually, everybody is queer
🪶 A guardian angel willing to commit crimes
👀 The ability to see souls, ghosts, and more
🚗 An epic road trip

#F #A #POSTERPIT #W

A poster in the style of a movie poster showing an empty road. There is text in pink that reads My Sister's Stolen Soul a novel by R. S. Mot "Awh omg I love this" - Beta reader, Weirdest read of the year, "Fucking sexy" - my husband Complicated relationships, #ownvoice queer rep, moral ambiguity, epic road trip A contemporary fantasy novel Featuring an aromantic and asexual main character, agender angels, mystery and secrets, romance tropes but make them platonic, 3,000 miles of road trip, and more Coming to an inbox near you

What's Left of Me x Alice Isn't Dead

Melody and Lyra have secretly inhabited the same body since childhood. When Lyra is abducted, Melody is left alone in her skin for the first time in 20+ years and she'll stop at nothing to get her sister's soul back.

#F #A #POSTERPIT #W

A movie poster edited in Canva. It features the title “AUGUST OUT OF TIME” in large, pale text around an hourglass with bright green sand. In smaller white text are the words “A Novel by Theodore Snapdragon” and “NOW QUERYING”. It’s over a grainy textured background with a gradient from green to black.

THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR X THE CURSEWORKERS #PosterPit #Q #A #F #M #SPF

When he’s shot in his own office, August Lloyd can use his limited time-shifting abilities to escape. But who wants him dead?
🌇 Sunshine Noir LA
♂️ M/M romance
❤️‍🩹 Messy bi MC
🔮 Magical mysteries
🏳️‍🌈 #OwnVoices queer Rep

For those of you who read GigaNotoSaurus magazine, we will be putting a pause on publishing for the months of August and September. We will reopen in October.

giganotosaurus.org/2025/07/14/g...

oh my god I love this one! Can confirm the book goes exactly like this and you should all read it

An alignment chart. The x-axis is labeled “covered in tears” on the left and “covered in blood” on the right. The y-axis is labeled “theirs” on the top and “someone else’s” on the bottom. In the top left quadrant is Serena and Fergus, in the top right is August, on the bottom left is Jenni and Peridot, and on the bottom right is Gerald, Coyote, and Mina.

BACK TO THE FUTURE meets CHINATOWN meets THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER meets THE CURSE WORKERS meets- fine, I’ll stop!

August Lloyd, LA PI, is polite and not hard-boiled. He will use his limited time shifting powers to be a bi disaster, unfuck women, and maybe not die. #UnhingedPit #A #F #M #Q

Add this to the growing list of stories that have gotten me right in the heart 🥹

New story up at GNS:

Amenau survives a space-wreck, but wakes on a strange planet, tended to by a frond-covered gold and blue creature. Surely this is a concussion. Surely.

Read “Water to a Goose” by Sonia Focke @soniafocke.bsky.social

giganotosaurus.org/2025/07/01/water-to-a-goose/

My Sister's Stolen Soul five photos in a rectangle with the purple text in the center with gray angel wings behind it. A car mirror at sunset, an eye with a purple iris, an angel statue, hands with linked pinkies at sunset, a dark snowy road lit by streetlights.

Rules For Ghosting x Conventionally Yours

This book features:
💚 An aro/ace MC
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 A badass lesbian girlfriend
🏳️‍🌈 Actually, everybody is queer
🪶A guardian angel willing to commit crimes
👀 The ability to see souls, ghosts, and more
🚗 An epic road trip

#F #Con #Spec #Own #LGBT #A #WIPpit

New story up at GNS:

Fox and Troll are back, tasked with rescuing the famous chef Master Barozki from a witch—and facing one of their greatest challenges yet.

Read “Fox and Troll Bake a Cake” by Jeffery Reynolds @trollbreath.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2025/02/01/fox-and-troll-bake-a-cake/

Rules For Ghosting x Conventionally Yours

My Sister's Stolen Soul features:

💚 An aro/ace MC
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 A badass lesbian girlfriend
🏳️‍🌈 Actually, everybody is queer
🪶 A guardian angel willing to commit crimes
👀 The ability to see souls, ghosts, and more
🚗 An epic road trip

#YouDeservepIt #WIP #A #F

What's Left of Me x Alice Isn't Dead

Melody and Lyra have secretly inhabited the same body since childhood. When Lyra is abducted, Melody is left alone in her skin for the first time in over 20 years and she'll stop at nothing to get her sister's soul back.

#YouDeservepIt #WIP #A #F

This is at the TOP of my not-pubbed-yet TBR! Love me some family bonds, soul shenanigans, and haunting mysteries 👻