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Lorian Merriman @ m/m novel kickstarter!!!!

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they/them · transmasc comics doer and author (YA and Adult) MAELSTROM: A PRINCE OF EVIL is available now! repped by Jennifer Azantian webcomics/etc: The Otherknown, Fall Until Summer, For a Horse and Horseman longlostlorian.com

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Hey Americans, if this passes you'll be uploading your ID to every social media and website to access it.

04.08.2025 14:39 — 👍 5583    🔁 5808    💬 18    📌 75

Energy vampires! It is Monday and we crawl into the windows of payment processors to feed! Don't go hungry today 🩸

04.08.2025 16:22 — 👍 332    🔁 216    💬 1    📌 0

YAY book!!! :D tysm again Han (and thank you for the photo!), I'm so glad everything reached you!! (and that you like my Orn LOL I wanted to get NK in there too but planning issues were made, he's there in spirit!!)

04.08.2025 16:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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showing off all my goodies from @lorian.bsky.social YAY!!!!!!!

04.08.2025 04:38 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

I've been meaning to read this one for ages! I'll bump it up on my list

03.08.2025 18:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The Witch

02.08.2025 15:35 — 👍 111    🔁 41    💬 2    📌 0

Protest movements that stop as soon as they start seeing results fail.

Protest movements that keep going until your whole squad is across the finish line win.

01.08.2025 20:47 — 👍 6012    🔁 3977    💬 13    📌 19
One of those book advertising graphics with the arrows pointing to the cover. The cover says the title "Trivial Meet-cute" and has a skeleton with a fedora wrestling a man to the ground. The arrows read as follows:

1) Poly endgame FtM x M x M
2) You get to help me afford being alive
3) Lovable losers
4) 8.8k words
5) Death and dying yay
6) I think I'm funny

One of those book advertising graphics with the arrows pointing to the cover. The cover says the title "Trivial Meet-cute" and has a skeleton with a fedora wrestling a man to the ground. The arrows read as follows: 1) Poly endgame FtM x M x M 2) You get to help me afford being alive 3) Lovable losers 4) 8.8k words 5) Death and dying yay 6) I think I'm funny

One of those book advertising graphics with the arrows pointing to the cover. At the top it reads "It's not as clean in here as it should be." The cover says the title "Negative Resist" and is of a depressed-looking dude in a cleanroom suit and surgical mask with a red bite mark on his neck. The arrows read as follows:

1) NTR
2) 9k short story
3) semiconductors and sex
4) noncon
5) age gap
6) alpha x omega

One of those book advertising graphics with the arrows pointing to the cover. At the top it reads "It's not as clean in here as it should be." The cover says the title "Negative Resist" and is of a depressed-looking dude in a cleanroom suit and surgical mask with a red bite mark on his neck. The arrows read as follows: 1) NTR 2) 9k short story 3) semiconductors and sex 4) noncon 5) age gap 6) alpha x omega

my neocities is still WIP, but my short stories are available on smashwords!

✨Trivial Meet-cute www.smashwords.com/books/1820883 (50% off til Sept)
✨Negative Resist www.smashwords.com/books/1821055

new formatted edition of RTTW in the works 👉 sign up for my newsletter for updates piamo.beehiiv.com

03.08.2025 04:40 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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K already got a tip so I'm here to relay it to you: Cryptid Kids: Moby Duck releases in just TEN DAYS on August 12th!!

Preview/links to preorder are here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

02.08.2025 16:27 — 👍 24    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

yayy I really love your yaoi!! (and these are very nice panel selections~ the soft/subtle color scheme is lovely too)

02.08.2025 17:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

WAH! So cool!!! the colors and perspective are just incredible

02.08.2025 17:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Osmund and Cemil from FAHAH, Oz in the background is looking at Cemil in the foreground, who is turned to the side away from him. The narration reads "I dreamed last night you were there by my side, but my eyes were fixed on the horizon, and I did not see you"

Osmund and Cemil from FAHAH, Oz in the background is looking at Cemil in the foreground, who is turned to the side away from him. The narration reads "I dreamed last night you were there by my side, but my eyes were fixed on the horizon, and I did not see you"

Cemil on his horse Anaya charging somewhere surrounded by fire, narration reads, "Instead, while I chased the intangible, so convinced I was facing the right direction,"

Cemil on his horse Anaya charging somewhere surrounded by fire, narration reads, "Instead, while I chased the intangible, so convinced I was facing the right direction,"

A human skull lies discarded and partially crumbled on the ground. At the bottom of the page, Cemil kneeling while dirt or ash filters from his hands. Narration reads "Everything I loved turned to ash in my hands"

A human skull lies discarded and partially crumbled on the ground. At the bottom of the page, Cemil kneeling while dirt or ash filters from his hands. Narration reads "Everything I loved turned to ash in my hands"

happy yaoi day (and southern hemisphere horse birthday). yesterday I drew a comic about my boys #fahah

Aftermath of a Strange Dream (1/4)

01.08.2025 22:02 — 👍 41    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0
An ad for the novel, The Fall of the Rose Princess!

An ad for the novel, The Fall of the Rose Princess!

"The Fall of the Rose Princess" is a transhet erotica novella about betrayal and lust! We're hoping to release Chapter 1 publicly sometime within the next few months and we really hope you'll join us for the full book too!

This an exciting and very personal project to me! Please spread the word!

01.08.2025 22:27 — 👍 215    🔁 87    💬 10    📌 5

I have two fiction-writing wolves in my mind which demand I either put fictional guys (gender neutral) in a gauntlet of nightmares or make them kiss and get married sweetly it's really a toss-up which one you'll get on any given day

02.08.2025 00:34 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I'M gonna cry!! thank you so much, it means so much to me that you enjoy the characters and story enough to feel moved by them 😭😭 (and the Situations I continually put them in) ❤️❤️

Sakina's opinions are too real in this one hehe. Thankfully the boys both know what the other appreciates!!

02.08.2025 00:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

❤️ ❤️ thank you!!

02.08.2025 00:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

so concludes my alt text odyssey lol. if it turns out i made a mistake i will cry

01.08.2025 22:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Oz continues scrolling and says "Oh, you posted something too? That's rare-"
Then, in the second panel, he stares down at the phone, clearly shocked and rendered speechless

Oz continues scrolling and says "Oh, you posted something too? That's rare-" Then, in the second panel, he stares down at the phone, clearly shocked and rendered speechless

Social media post from Cemil of Oz asleep facing the early morning window, apparently the photo Cemil took before. It's captioned "the love of my life. Wish me luck." With a ring emoji. It's got 28,492 likes (damn)

Social media post from Cemil of Oz asleep facing the early morning window, apparently the photo Cemil took before. It's captioned "the love of my life. Wish me luck." With a ring emoji. It's got 28,492 likes (damn)

Oz and Cemil embrace and kiss. Cemil is holding a ring. Narration says, "From now until time parts us, I want to keep both eyes open, facing you, and let the world bear witness to my love."

Later in a gag panel Sakina says, clearly with a bit of The Ick, "you took a picture of him asleep in bed and posted him without asking? AND you told the whole internet you were going to propose? Cemil..." Oz says, while showing off the ring, "It was romantic!" Cemil just says "Don't argue with results" THE END lol

Oz and Cemil embrace and kiss. Cemil is holding a ring. Narration says, "From now until time parts us, I want to keep both eyes open, facing you, and let the world bear witness to my love." Later in a gag panel Sakina says, clearly with a bit of The Ick, "you took a picture of him asleep in bed and posted him without asking? AND you told the whole internet you were going to propose? Cemil..." Oz says, while showing off the ring, "It was romantic!" Cemil just says "Don't argue with results" THE END lol

Aftermath of a Strange Dream (4/4)

(thank you for reading!)

01.08.2025 22:20 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
at the top, we see three images from Cemil's social media, which are very professional and look curated. "New post" is highlighted. Cemil sits on the bed beside Oz in the same scene from before and types on his phone. Narration reads "I should have realized you would misunderstand me. I'm still learning how to face the world without a mask."

at the top, we see three images from Cemil's social media, which are very professional and look curated. "New post" is highlighted. Cemil sits on the bed beside Oz in the same scene from before and types on his phone. Narration reads "I should have realized you would misunderstand me. I'm still learning how to face the world without a mask."

Oz sees light from the hall and begins to stir. Outside, Cemil walks through the early morning streets. Their text conversation reads:
Oz: Going for a walk?
Cemil: yes. (thumbs up emoji) Go back to bed. Love you.
Narration reads: "But you, who trusts the world with everything. You make it all beautiful. Mistakes, in-between moments, and the rest."

Oz sees light from the hall and begins to stir. Outside, Cemil walks through the early morning streets. Their text conversation reads: Oz: Going for a walk? Cemil: yes. (thumbs up emoji) Go back to bed. Love you. Narration reads: "But you, who trusts the world with everything. You make it all beautiful. Mistakes, in-between moments, and the rest."

Later. It's bright, suggesting late morning or noon. Oz finally wakes up for real. Narration reads: "Today, I tried to do as you do. To be vulnerable, and share the beauty in my life." 

In the second panel, Oz sits up excitedly seeing that Cemil has brought some kind of baked goods. He says "Ah, that's where you went!"
Narration continues: "And it was so simple."

In the third panel, Oz happily scrolls social media while Cemil sits facing the window. Oz says "Oh! Sakina's posted some reels from her trip!"
Narration continues, "Even so, I was amazed that you couldn't hear my heart thundering in my chest"

Later. It's bright, suggesting late morning or noon. Oz finally wakes up for real. Narration reads: "Today, I tried to do as you do. To be vulnerable, and share the beauty in my life." In the second panel, Oz sits up excitedly seeing that Cemil has brought some kind of baked goods. He says "Ah, that's where you went!" Narration continues: "And it was so simple." In the third panel, Oz happily scrolls social media while Cemil sits facing the window. Oz says "Oh! Sakina's posted some reels from her trip!" Narration continues, "Even so, I was amazed that you couldn't hear my heart thundering in my chest"

Aftermath of a Strange Dream (3/4)

01.08.2025 22:14 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
scene change. Cemil and Oz lying in bed in the dark. We can see that it's the modern day (and not the original setting fantasy scenes from before), Oz is lying next to his charging phone and is asleep. Cemil lies awake, looking disturbed with a tear in his eye. He thinks "A dream... it felt real". In the second panel he sits up to look at Oz who is still asleep

scene change. Cemil and Oz lying in bed in the dark. We can see that it's the modern day (and not the original setting fantasy scenes from before), Oz is lying next to his charging phone and is asleep. Cemil lies awake, looking disturbed with a tear in his eye. He thinks "A dream... it felt real". In the second panel he sits up to look at Oz who is still asleep

Cemil takes up his phone and then takes a picture of Oz in the foreground. Narration reads, "I'm not like you, Osmund..."

Cemil takes up his phone and then takes a picture of Oz in the foreground. Narration reads, "I'm not like you, Osmund..."

a scene of them regarding some sort of failed baking experiment. Oz is excitedly taking a photo while Cemil suggests starting from scratch. Narration reads "I don't like sharing my mistakes, or in the in-between moments of my life with the world". In the bottom right, a social media post showing a fancy drink is posted by Oz, who's captioned it "stuck at the airport :P"

a scene of them regarding some sort of failed baking experiment. Oz is excitedly taking a photo while Cemil suggests starting from scratch. Narration reads "I don't like sharing my mistakes, or in the in-between moments of my life with the world". In the bottom right, a social media post showing a fancy drink is posted by Oz, who's captioned it "stuck at the airport :P"

Oz and Cemil dry dishes together. Narration reads "when I said this to you once, you replied..." as Osmund says, "I'm not sure why you like me, then! That's what most of my life was, before you." Narration continues, "You made a joke of it, but I could tell it bothered you. Just like when I asked you not to post my face, and you thought I was ashamed." We see a social media post of their hands intertwined which Oz has captioned "2 years" with heart emojis

Oz and Cemil dry dishes together. Narration reads "when I said this to you once, you replied..." as Osmund says, "I'm not sure why you like me, then! That's what most of my life was, before you." Narration continues, "You made a joke of it, but I could tell it bothered you. Just like when I asked you not to post my face, and you thought I was ashamed." We see a social media post of their hands intertwined which Oz has captioned "2 years" with heart emojis

Aftermath of a Strange Dream (2/4)

01.08.2025 22:09 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Osmund and Cemil from FAHAH, Oz in the background is looking at Cemil in the foreground, who is turned to the side away from him. The narration reads "I dreamed last night you were there by my side, but my eyes were fixed on the horizon, and I did not see you"

Osmund and Cemil from FAHAH, Oz in the background is looking at Cemil in the foreground, who is turned to the side away from him. The narration reads "I dreamed last night you were there by my side, but my eyes were fixed on the horizon, and I did not see you"

Cemil on his horse Anaya charging somewhere surrounded by fire, narration reads, "Instead, while I chased the intangible, so convinced I was facing the right direction,"

Cemil on his horse Anaya charging somewhere surrounded by fire, narration reads, "Instead, while I chased the intangible, so convinced I was facing the right direction,"

A human skull lies discarded and partially crumbled on the ground. At the bottom of the page, Cemil kneeling while dirt or ash filters from his hands. Narration reads "Everything I loved turned to ash in my hands"

A human skull lies discarded and partially crumbled on the ground. At the bottom of the page, Cemil kneeling while dirt or ash filters from his hands. Narration reads "Everything I loved turned to ash in my hands"

happy yaoi day (and southern hemisphere horse birthday). yesterday I drew a comic about my boys #fahah

Aftermath of a Strange Dream (1/4)

01.08.2025 22:02 — 👍 41    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0

let's gooooo!!! 🔥🔥🔥 so hyped for the full story!

01.08.2025 17:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
cover for Ladies of the Living Princess. two seated women holding hands in front, with grey, veiled women standing behind them, and in the very back a (sort of 15th c style) beaded portrait of a woman with a crown

cover for Ladies of the Living Princess. two seated women holding hands in front, with grey, veiled women standing behind them, and in the very back a (sort of 15th c style) beaded portrait of a woman with a crown

The Queen of the Underworld is dead, the dead spill vengefully upon the living. A medieval haunted-house fairytale about weird girls winning.
GL, 170 pages, SBCF ‘25

01.08.2025 17:12 — 👍 1465    🔁 366    💬 31    📌 3

I want to pet one so baaaad

01.08.2025 17:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Here's a starter pack for all the Yaoi Bundle Artists and Developers. These folks deserve so much of your love and support and could really use some boosts on their posts! Thanks everyone, please share this!

go.bsky.app/Fkos7Kg

30.07.2025 22:47 — 👍 209    🔁 134    💬 4    📌 6

the muses spoke true!! your vision is perfect 🔥

01.08.2025 07:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

thank you soo much!! ❤️ I'm so happy to be back!

01.08.2025 05:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

WOWOWOW these are so cool... I loooove all your designs for them (especially Lancelot!!)

01.08.2025 05:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Collage preview of Arthurian concepts I have sketched mostly focused on Lancelot/Vulgate cycle. 

Starting 1st row on the left: Bust previews of an infant Galehaut held by his mother the Fair Giantess, Galehaut, Lancelot, and Lady of the Lake with infant Lancelot.

Middle row: Draft of "The Love of Lancelot" ft. Galehaut, Lancelot and Queen Guinevere embracing under a night sky.

Bottom row: Bust shots of Guinevere, Lancelot & Galehaut embracing, Lady of the Lake, and King Arthur.

Collage preview of Arthurian concepts I have sketched mostly focused on Lancelot/Vulgate cycle. Starting 1st row on the left: Bust previews of an infant Galehaut held by his mother the Fair Giantess, Galehaut, Lancelot, and Lady of the Lake with infant Lancelot. Middle row: Draft of "The Love of Lancelot" ft. Galehaut, Lancelot and Queen Guinevere embracing under a night sky. Bottom row: Bust shots of Guinevere, Lancelot & Galehaut embracing, Lady of the Lake, and King Arthur.

A peek at some Arthurian concepts I've been drawing since the weekend.

Mostly focused on the love between Galehaut, Lancelot and Guinevere in the Vulgate Cycle.📖

✨Click ALT for further description✨

#Arthurian #VulgateCycle #LancelotGrailCycle

01.08.2025 05:10 — 👍 48    🔁 10    💬 3    📌 1
THE OTHERKNOWN chapter 6 page 01 update teaser image featuring a blue parrotlike bird and a house in the background of a forested area

THE OTHERKNOWN chapter 6 page 01 update teaser image featuring a blue parrotlike bird and a house in the background of a forested area

ch6p01 - journalism!! (and bird buds) #otkupdate

✨NEW PAGE:
www.otherknown.com/comic/ch6-p01/

✨BEGIN READING:
www.otherknown.com/comic/the-ot...

30.07.2025 18:46 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

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