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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yes Please With Monsters read Silver Star, Red Dragon (and made me snort laugh) - and here’s their podcast about it: open.spotify.com/episode/3Efr... they also interviewed me and you can find that here: open.spotify.com/episode/67SP... #booksky

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Ep 48: Two soulmates are better than one

Yes Please, With Monsters · Episode

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I made him for US. By “him” I mean a 7’2” buff redhead who scores films, fights for fun, is a pleasure Dom, and has a pain kink. #booksky The Devil’s Feather: a cozy dark romance www.cachaplin.com/links

Image of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Caption says “Romance Authors when some rando who doesn’t even read romance tries to criticize our MMCs” Frank-N-Furter says “I didn’t make him for you!”

COZY DARK ROMANCE
Size Difference
Touch Her & Die
Hurt/ Comtort
He Falls First
Grumpy/Sunshine
C.A. CHAPLIN
THE DEVIL’S FEATHER
SYMPHONY OF SCARS BOOK 1
Can be read as a standalone!
HEA IN BOTH BOOKS
In Kindle Unlimited

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Devil’s Feather: a cozy contemporary dark romance - kinda like if Hozier subbed in for Christian Grey in 50 Shades of Grey, with realistic kink. #booksky www.cachaplin.com/links

Image of hands putting a grippy sock on Cinderella’s foot. Caption says “When she opens up about her history of mental illness, but it only makes him more obsessed with her

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Devil’s Feather Şeytan tüyü: Someone with a mysterious, devilish charm 🪶He’s a 7’2” bisexual, red-haired Turkish musician with rage issues and trauma seeking peace 🪶She’s a 5’8” curvy AuDHD writer in a stifling job, yearning for creative freedom 🪶Cozy Dark Romance #booksky a.co/d/0h2i8V93

COZY DARK ROMANCE
Size Difference
Touch Her & Die
Hurt/ Comfort
He Falls First
Grumpy/Sunshine
C.A. CHAPLIN
THE DEVIL’S FEATHER: SYMPHONY OF SCARS BOOK 1
Can be read as a standalone! HEA in both books
IN KINDLE UNLIMITED

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Next to a 7’2” wall of muscle, just about anyone will feel tiny. The Devil’s Feather comes out tomorrow! A preorder would be so appreciated and costs less than a cappuccino! #booksky a.co/d/0bMhOLz6

How can The Devil’s Feather have a size difference trope if she’s 5’8” and midsize?
Silhouette of a woman labeled “Elaine” next to the cover of “The Devil’s Feather” by C.A. Chaplin

He’s 7’2”
Silhouette of a woman labeled “Elaine” next to the cover of “The Devil’s Feather” by C.A. Chaplin. Behind her is a much larger male silhouette labeled “Rafael”

Cozy Dark Romance
- Size difference
- Touch her & die
- Hurt/comfort
- He falls first
- Grumpy/sunshine
In Kindle Unlimited

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Early readers are raving about The Devil’s Feather, a cozy contemporary dark romance about a traumatized 7’2” composer and the stifled AuDHD author he’s obsessed with! #booksky Preorder now: a.co/d/012uBHrM

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Rafael Nazim is a unique, multifaceted individual… The Devil’s Feather is coming 8.25 - preorder now! #booksky a.co/d/0cUG9QfY

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#booksky When your BFF tells you to leave that giant red flag of a man alone The Devil’s Feather - a cozy dark romance: a.co/d/035qf6PE

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Devil’s Feather - a cozy dark romance with an MMC who knows what he’s about. #booksky

The FMC: Oh no I didn’t shave!
The MMC: (photo of a box that says “Eating Instructions: Open flaps and munch”

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

WWARD W hat W ould A nne R ice D o She’d make the spice weirder, that’s what. #booksky Dark romantic fantasy and contemporary dark romance: www.cachaplin.com/links

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The MMC of the cozy dark romance The Devil’s Feather is a 7’2” bisexual composer who likes to fight, reads smut, and may or may not have been referred to as a “pussy-eating prodigy.” #booksky Preorder: a.co/d/06GwEbJm

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The Devil’s Feather is a “dusk” romance - dark romance for the lovers of the lighter side of dark. #booksky 🖤Hurt/Comfort 🖤Millennial MCs 🖤Chaotic Bi MMC 🖤Found Family 🖤Facing Trauma Together 🖤Weirdos to Lovers Preorder: a.co/d/01mPobNZ

“When he princess-carries her everywhere because he can”
Shirtless male torso with music notes in background

‘And she’s 5’8” and mid-size - But he’s 7’2” ‘
Shirtless male torso with music notes in background

C.A. Chaplin
The Devil’s Feather
Symphony of Scars Book 1
-book cover is a shirtless male torso wrapped with music notes

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Don’t rescue him. He’s right where he wants to be. #bookthreads

Painting of a very muscular man holding a unicorn horn dildo between his pecs. He’s wearing a corset and has bite marks on his skin. From “The Devil’s Feather” by C.A. Chaplin. Art by The Lady Auri

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Silver Star, Red Dragon, the first book in my spicy dark romantic fantasy series, is free today 6/21 until midnight PST! Because it’s my birthday and it makes me happy to give gifts. Even better: it’s part of Indie Stuffed, an even with hundreds of free indie books! #booksky

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🌒 Mx Mary Moon 🌘 @mxmarymoon.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I just don't understand. we're just literally never allowed to get ahead? on top of everything else, the back window of our car was smashed last night. so, if anyone would like a tarot reading or some weird fiber art (commissions available!), now would be a great time! #bsnm #magicalbazaar 🧶

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Mx Mary Moon's Myths

Check out my one-of-a-kind crochet creations (and eventually patterns and other fiber art pieces)

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Men often clutch their pearls and it makes me laugh. So what if I wrote a scene where a man gets chained up, corseted, bruised, and forced to hold a dildo between his big man tiddies? Lemme see your browser history… #booksky Grab an ARC of The Devil’s Feather here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Big tiddy committee, I need your help! If you’re a man or other person with big pecs, can you flex hard enough to hold an object between them? If so, for how long? For science! And also research for my upcoming dark romance 😅

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

“Cynthia, where have you been?” Hyperfocused on writing a shameless AU contemporary dark romance in 11 days where my dragon shifter is reimagined as an eccentric human composer living in SF. I… don’t recommend drafting that fast, but it was fun! And now ARCs are available! #booksky

The Devil’s Feather: A Dark Romance
By C.A. Chaplin
It’s a trope map: hurt/comfort, Kinky AF, Chaos bisexual MMC, Touch Her & Die, Found Family, Xennial MCs, Curvy AuDHD FMC

THE DEVIL'S FEATHER: A DARK ROMANCE
www.cachaplin.com

Elaine Parham is a dreamer, but she landed in a dull tech job like everyone else in the San Francisco Bay Area. To feed her creative soul, she finally published the romantasy she'd always wanted to write. But writing doesn't pay enough for her to escape her boring life, and a string of bad relationships has left her lonely and full of self-doubt.

Rafael Nazim is an eccentric musical genius. A giant of a man with striking red hair and dark desires, he attracts attention everywhere he goes; much to his dismay as a self-proclaimed recluse. Haunted by his horrific childhood and trapped in a cycle of violence and self-destruction, all he wants is to find peace.

When Elaine's writing meets Rafael's music, their worlds collide in ways neither of them could predict. Will the mysterious man with the devil's feather bring the creative joy and freedom Elaine has always wanted and the serenity Rafael seeks, or will his dark past destroy them both?
"The Devil's Feather" is a dusk romance for lovers of the lighter side of dark.
C.A. CHAPLIN| AUTHOR@CACHAPLIN.COM

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🌒 Mx Mary Moon 🌘 @mxmarymoon.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

trying to get some more money for groceries, so just putting it out there that my crochet commissions are open and I've *finally* re-opened tarot readings over on KoFi. #bsnm #tarot #crochet #commissions

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Mx Mary Moon's Readings

Readings Open! Click to see Mx Mary Moon's reading menu.

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💀Deryn Starling - Artist 💀🏳️‍🌈 @derynstarlingart.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Old dragon art of the day. I guess this is old now. lol 2023 Time has flown by the last 3 years. Inked and painted for @cachaplin.bsky.social #dragon #art #fantasy

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Auri did this one for Silver Star, Red Dragon too! One of my faves 😍 There’s a NSFW version too that I occasionally drop into my newsletter 😉 #booksky

A pale, black-haired elf woman wearing a blue dress embraced from behind by a red dragon. Characters from “The Soulbound Song” series by C.A. Chaplin. Art by Auri.

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💀Deryn Starling - Artist 💀🏳️‍🌈 @derynstarlingart.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

#appreciateadragonday Dragons have been one of my obsessions to draw since I was a smol thing. Featuring characters from: Hachuru, Adagio, @cachaplin.bsky.social Last one was a for fun drawing

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

You can absolutely have literary fantasy with immersive worldbuilding *and* high spice. #romantasy a.co/d/2pFx2s6

Cover of the book “Silver Star, Red Dragon: Book 1 of the Soulbound Song” by C.A. Chaplin - two elves embracing in front of a giant tree with a dragon in the sky. Art by ProkaryartsLLC

Trope map for “Silver Star, Red Dragon” by C.A. Chapin: Hurt/Comfort & Whump, Touch Her & Die, Slow & Fast Burn Spice, Teratophilia (Monsterfucking), Soulmates, Morally (Dark) Grey MMC, Why Choose/Love Triangle

Cover of “The Dragon’s Maw: Book Two of ‘The Soulbound Song’” by C.A. Chaplin. A giant red dragon with bright blue eyes holds an elf woman in his teeth while an armored elf looks on. The elves are tiny in comparison. Art by ProkaryartsLLC

Cover of “The Dragon’s Maw” by C.A. Chaplin with microtrope map: hurt/comfort, touch her & die, slow & fast burn spice, Teratophilia, soulmates, morally (dark) grey MMC, why choose

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Do you need someone to lovingly smack your fantasy manuscript about the brow and face until it shapes up? Have you had a hard time finding experienced beta readers? You should hire me. Any subgenre of fantasy, any spice level, pitch black or light and fluffy: I read them all. #author

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Having a hard time finding reliable beta readers for your fantasy or romantasy manuscript? Hi, I offer low-cost, paid beta reads. I leave in-line comments and write up a short summary doc to help you balance the strengths and weaknesses in your writing. #writing www.cachaplin.com/services

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Author Services — Author C. A. Chaplin

Paid beta reading for fantasy authors. Affordably polish your manuscript.

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

What’s your favorite niche trope? Mine is the healer who isn’t at all intimidated by the big scary monster whose life she just saved. Much to his bafflement. #booksky

An angry elf woman pushes against a red-haired dragon man’s muscular chest. From “Silver Star, Red Dragon” by C.A. Chaplin. Art by ProkaryartsLLC

Curvy elf woman with long black hair embraced by a muscular red haired dragon man. Characters from “The Soulbound Song” series by C.A. Chaplin, art by ProkaryartsLLC

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

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Author Services — Author C. A. Chaplin

Paid beta reading for fantasy authors. Affordably polish your manuscript.

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

This is my all time favorite feedback on my writing 💀💀💀 #booksky Read Silver Star, Red Dragon and the sequel, The Dragon’s Maw, to get emotional about fantasy dick. a.co/d/ckFdxXk

Discord text exchange:

Barbosa (they/them)
You're sick and twisted
Making us get emotional about dick, of all things

C.A.Chaplin
Like Anka's comment in the last book about "this was a very touching flaccid penis scene"
Imfaoo

Barbosa (they/them)
I'm a whole ass sapphic and you got me feeling some type of way about a PENIS?? A MAN'S PENIS?! Straight to jail.

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Silver Star, Red Dragon is a finalist in 4 of the 5 Indie Ink Awards categories it was nominated for! I am so grateful to everyone who voted for my spicy dark romantic fantasy 😭🥰 The next stage is judging. If you’d like to check it out for yourself, it’s in KU: a.co/d/2mCp39j #booksky

Finalist: Silver Star, Red Dragon
Best morally grey character
Image of red haired dragon man glaring at viewer

Finalist: Silver Star, Red Dragon
Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation
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Finalist: Silver Star, Red Dragon
Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation
Portraits of four characters from Silver Star, Red Dragon

Finalist: Silver Star, Red Dragon
Writing the Future We Need: Neurodivergent Representation by a Neurodivergent Author
Image of elf woman with black hair smiling at viewer

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

After fighting to what he thought would finally be his death, the last thing the Red Dragon expected was to awaken to the beautiful woman who’d saved him—and she was not intimidated in the slightest. Silver Star, Red Dragon is a spicy dark romantic fantasy #bookthreads a.co/d/5wvNhbD

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I'm currently working on a novel and at the end of an average day, I'm wiped out. The sheer amount of analysis, synthesis, making of connections, layering of prose, deepening of characterization, supplemental research... all the mental work is intense and exhilarating. Which is just to say, fuck AI.

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

As a fantasy author, I don’t want my name in lights. I want it in the liminal spaces. In dreams. In déjà vu tickling the back of your mind. Whispered in the trees. Murmured in the warm fog of a book hangover. Plinking against the glass on the perfect rainy day. #booksky

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Catherine @catandherwips.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

🎁 My best indies list for my 2025 reading year 🎁 Featuring authors @cachaplin.bsky.social @cmrosens.com @clericofthevoid.bsky.social @catrector.com & more! ❄️ What are some indies you loved this year? SHOW ME! (no ai slop) #booksky

Silver Star, Red Dragon & The Dragon's Maw by C. A. Chaplin, Yelen & Yelena by C. M. Rosen, Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis, Holy Wrath by Victoria Mier, & Goddess of Nothing at All by Cat Rector

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Silver Star, Red Dragon was nominated for FIVE Indie Ink Awards! It would mean the world to me if you voted for my dark romantic fantasy. It’s free to make an account #booksky Best morally gray character indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-... Wittiest character indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...

Silver Star, Red Dragon nominated for five Indie Ink Awards categories

Silver Star, Red Dragon nominated for five Indie Ink Awards categories:

Best Morally Grey Character

Wittiest Character

Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation

Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation

Writing the Future We Need: Neurodivergent Representation by a
Neurodivergent author

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Why do so many writers swing from thinking we’re storytelling gods to crying about being the most talentless hacks who’ve ever put pen to paper? I’m currently on the upswing. Check back in tomorrow for the weather change 😂 #booksky

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Catherine @catandherwips.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

My Most Anticipated books list for 2026 - do you share any anticipation for these titles? 💜 Featuring authors @cothillion.bsky.social , @cachaplin.bsky.social , @slhuang.com , @megbontra.bsky.social, & more!

Anticipated reads list - The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang, Besieger by Kalina Mitova, Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo, Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker, Deathly Fates by Tesia Tsai, Soulbound Song #3 by C. A. Chaplin, Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell, The Sea Hides Its Dead by Megan Bontrager, The Book of Fallen Leaves by A. S. Tamaki

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Hey sorry I forget this platform exists sometimes! I was at the Love & Tech Bookfest this past weekend and had a blast 😁 also I uhhh have a blue and purple mohawk now. #booksky

author C.A. Chaplin and her husband making silly faces at her signing table

author C.A. Chaplin posing with several other authors in front of a “Love & Tech” backdrop

Author C.A. Chaplin at her signing table

Author C.A. Chaplin and author N. Cáceres

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Cúraniel is difficult. She lives life completely on her own terms. Quick to anger, impulsive, lacking in self-preservation skills. The only physical activity she doesn’t hate is good sex. She’s also compassionate, loyal, and a powerful healer with 2 soulmates who love her in opposing ways #booksky

An elf woman with very long ears and long black hair with pale skin, wearing a translucent white dress and a red scale around her neck. Cúraniel from “Silver Star, Red Dragon” by C.A. Chaplin. Art by Shade of Stars

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Silver Star, Red Dragon is a spicy dark romantic fantasy about messy immortal soulmates. And yes, yes I am going to use this animation for every possible sound it fits 😂 thank you @axeartifex.bsky.social #booksky Sound up!

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

The Holy Trinity is finally complete: The Dragon Daddy The Babygirl The MakeYouSeeGod Ghost Art by Shade of Stars, characters from Silver Star, Red Dragon a.co/d/aqsPJso

A man with long wavy blood red hair and reptilian blue eyes scowls at the camera. His taloned hands rest on a sword hilt. Rafael from “Silver Star, Red Dragon” by C.A. Chaplin. Art by Shade of Stars.

Cel fancy portrait: An elf man with very long ears twirling his long, silver-streaked black hair and wearing a sparkling blue coat. Celebel from “Silver Star, Red Dragon” by C.A. Chaplin. Art by Shade of Stars

A beautiful elf woman with very long ears, pale skin, and braided black hair wearing a transparent glittering gown smiles at the camera with a crescent moon in the background. Cúraniel from “Silver Star, Red Dragon” by C.A. Chaplin. Art by Shade of Stars

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I found another sound that fits this amazing animation @axeartifex.bsky.social did for me of two of my MCs from Silver Star, Red Dragon 😂😂😂 #animation a.co/d/eKqF1pF

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I should be writing. Or doing laundry. Or literally anything productive. Instead, I’ve been finger painting in the photos app. Pleas enjoy the God of Carnage as a dragon loaf.

A doodle of a red dragon curled up like a cat, by C.A. Chaplin

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Unfortunately, I do love it when the FMC slaps the scary dragon shifter across the face, and it excites him. #booksky www.cachaplin.com/links

An angry elf woman pushes against the chest of a muscular, red-haired dragon man. From “Silver Star, Red Dragon” by C.A. Chaplin. Art by ProkaryartsLLC

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Love my characters or hate them - you’ll remember them: An AUDHD elf healer with outsized confidence & a spicy temper. A shapeshifting, razor-tongued dragon with severe trauma & the morals of a feral cat. An ADHD prettyboy elf king flirting his way out of disaster. #booksky www.cachaplin.com/links

An elf woman with very long ears and long black hair with pale skin, wearing a blue dress and a red scale around her neck. Cúraniel from “Silver Star, Red Dragon” by C.A. Chaplin. Art by Elorviel.

An elf man with very long ears twirling his long, silver-streaked black hair and wearing a sparkling blue coat. Celebel from “Silver Star, Red Dragon” by C.A. Chaplin. Art by Shade of Stars

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Last call for 200+ free fantasy books! Today, OCR 5th, is the last day of Stuff Your Kindle with Fantasy - Free Fall. Grab all the books, including Silver Star, Red Dragon, my dark romantic fantasy about elves & dragons, before the prices go back. #booksky a.co/d/1HaFDFk stuffwithfantasy.com

Stuff with Fantasy - Free Fall! Oct 3-5 www.stuffwithfantasy.com
Silver Star, Red Dragon: Book 1 of The Soulbound Song by C.A. Chaplin

Stuff with Fantasy - Free Fall! Oct 3-5 www.stuffwithfantasy.com
Lots of book covers

Stuff with Fantasy - Free Fall! Oct 3-5 www.stuffwithfantasy.com
Fantasy with Spice
Lots of book covers

Stuff with Fantasy - Free Fall! Oct 3-5 www.stuffwithfantasy.com
Dragon Lovers
Lots of book covers

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Author C.A. Chaplin @cachaplin.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Did you need another reason to get into my series? Silver Star, Red Dragon is book 1, and it’s part of Stuff Your Kindle with Fantasy! These might be my favorite comments ever 😂 #booksky a.co/d/gPfNr6W

Barbosa (they/them) Today at 8:30 PM
You're sick and twisted
Making us get emotional about dick, of all things

C.A.Chaplin Today at 8:31 PM
Like Anka's comment in the last book about
"this was a very touching flaccid penis scene"
Imfaooo

Barbosa (they/them) Today at 8:32 PM
I'm a whole ass sapphic and you got me feeling some type of way about a PENIS?? A MAN'S PENIS?! Straight to jail.

Stuff with Fantasy: Free Fall Oct 3-5 www.stuffwithfantasy.com
Book cover for Silver Star, Red Dragon: Book One of ‘The Soulbound Song’ by C.A. Chaplin

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