Queer Dark Fantasy & Gothic Lit Writer

World of Wordcraft Virtual Writing Conference - March 19-22 - Featuring Bryan Young - Michael A Stackpole - Chantelle Aimee Osman - hosted by 22 Literary

I'm going to be teaching at a writing workshop alongside @michaelastackpole.bsky.social and @suspensesiren.bsky.social next month. It's space limited, so the workshops will be small and there's opportunities for one-on-one coaching and critique. It's going to be great! 22literary.com/workshops

Starry black sky and mountains as a background. Overlaid with a book partially hidden. Text says: They Swallowed the Sun. Cover reveal March 1st.

A group of Black authors got together and asked, what happens if we allow the world to burn?

Cover reveal coming March 1st.

Thank you!

Mama Said book cover. Mother on her knees in front of her young daughter as demons chase them in the background. Subtle: An Angels of darkness anthology

The Kickstarter is 81 dollars away from being fully funded! Please share. Let's back this horror Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jvs...

This!

Is a dice goblin someone who holds dice? If so, I'm ready to make it my entire personality. 😂

Oooh, good advice. I'm currently fighting for my life 😂

Distraught, enraged, and tired. An author cc’d @fiyahlitmag on an email to The Writing Atlas, a site dedicated to “cataloging short stories.” There are 130 FIYAH stories listed with (presumably) AI summaries. Some have LINKS to a Dropbox folder. Our issues aren’t publicly available for scraping.

What!!!!!! This is terrible 😔

I joined my first DnD Campaign! Any tips? I'm nervous 😭

Proud to be here for another Black History Month! Show some love to the Black creators who've been a part of FIYAH for the past decade:
go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p

I can't stress this enough. Don't just record ICE, live stream them!!!!

Stand With Minnesota A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation

www.standwithminnesota.com

ICE continues to stop, harass, and detain people regardless of their citizenship status. Normal life in Minnesota has been interrupted, as schools have been forced to close or go virtual, as people live in fear of leaving their homes or going to work.
This is how you can support👇🏿

Gentle Reminder: Your Library card fights fascism.

Get one.

This journal entry feels like I wrote this myself. Someone as brilliant as she is still had doubts, fears, and self worth issues. Even across decades, she made me feel less alone, heard,& seen. As if the world isn't fighting against me. That there are people on my side who understand.💜

"I am too alone, too slow, too lazy, too undisciplined, too little in my big body. I talk too much—and too little—saying too often the wrong thing." —Octavia Butler's November 23,1983 journal entry.

E.A. Noble 2025 Fiction Award Eligibility, "The Time Grandma Jumped into a Lake and Transformed into a Kung Fu Warrior." FIYAH LIT MAG ISSUE #35.

This is my only qualifying story for 2025 nominations from @fiyahlitmag and I'm so proud! This story means so much to me and is dedicated to my wonderful grandmothers who have always believed in me and supported me. So, as you're nominating your Locus, Hugo, etc, please think of my issue. 💜

How do I determine my success as an author?
When I check my library app, pull up my books, and see the wait time simply says: Several Months 😭 acquired 13 more copies.

What about you?

Rest easy friends, especially with the holidays around the corner...don't forget to rest.

Rest shouldn't be revolutionary.
It shouldn't be rebellion.
But living in a capitalistic society, the very idea of rest is political. And the act is protest.

When Blood Meets Earth special addition book box from Satisfiction. January book reveal. Art depicts end pages with flame color leaves.

When Blood Meets Earth special addition book box from Satisfiction. January book reveal. Shows green book cases with axe wrapped in gilded flowers.

When Blood Meets Earth special addition book box from Satisfiction. January book reveal.

Can y'all celebrate with me on this special bookbox for my debut novel? I'm so excited about this and I'm sooo grateful!

I know it’s hard to create when the world is burning. But art has always been the people’s rebellion, and it still is. Don’t stop creating.

Other than “bury your gays,” the trope I loathe is “last-minute gay.”
The reveal tossed in at the end, oh, surprise, they’ve been Queer all along!

That’s why I write stories where Queer people never have to wonder, “Is this character Queer?” They are. In my books, Queer is normal from the start.

Screenshot: Random, but thank you girl for getting me into reading fantasy. Like I literally only started because of your books and they've introduced me to a new joy I've literally been missing out on!! 💜

It's messages like these that remind me why I write. Why I study the craft daily. If I can convince one person to read more fantasy, fall in love with reading, I've done my job. 🤎 Thank you for sending me this lovely message.

I lost 15 friends in 48 hours and gained over 1,000 more across platforms. Let me be clear: I stand with Black folks, Queer folks, They/Thems, Trans folks, and every marginalized community fighting to exist. Community is about trust, truth, and solidarity. Build the one you believe in.

politicians preach political violence is wrong because it means they could be executed by vigilante justice. And one thing politicians do not want, rather it be Republicans, Democrats, conservatives or liberals, is for the people to rise up and take matters into their own hands.

I'm done.

I don't mourn racist, bigots, or homophobes. I hope they 🪦 exactly how they lived.

In his words, "I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage."

No empathy here.
#charliekirk

Hahaha! You're a real one! Ty!

I fixed it. Instead of vulgure... it's now VULGRRR! Am I doing tew much? Maybe, but I love it. Hashtag, #Vulgrrrwomen
Happy Reading 😎

#illustration #sapphic