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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I'm doing my first read of Jane Eyre and Rochester is deeply unhinged, wow. He really is the final boss of fuckboy vagueposters. Still reading it tho

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Annika @annihowls.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

This book is incredibly cool - a game guide for a retro game that never existed

The grunge gothic cover of Vermis by Plastiboo

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I'm going to be needing ARC readers here soon, would love to hear from other #booksky and 🌶️📚 readers and writers who might be interested!

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Auk @aukkenopsia.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Valentine's day may have passed, but a professional Cupid's job is never over. My character Adel as a muse of love, aiming her bow sharp and true.

A digital illustration in black line art with dark black shadows of an original character. She is standing resolute, pulling back a bow and arrow and aiming it offscreen. Her hair is brick pink, in a ponytail with red roses flowing behind her, and she has big feathery white wings folded out of the way. She is wearing red leather armor on her arm, her hand, a heart shaped bra that pulls back on her breasts to keep them out of the way of the string of the bow. Transparent fabric flows from the bottom of her bra, and transparent pants wrap around her legs in grey to red, adhered to hearts on her bottoms. She has a fat body type, with a round tummy, thighs, arms, and a double chin, with her outfit revealing and supporting her soft shapes. Her eyes are fierce and blue with focus, and her overall energy is ferocious and confident.

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Hi #LateNightWrite ! I'm Umber and I'm working on releasing my first book in April! It's a trans mm monster romance that's kinky, full of heart and about figuring out where you belong when the cards are on the table. My current WIP after that is Red Star, the story of too old wizard's apprentice

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Cupit was so fun y'all! So glad to meet more writers in the genre and i've got my eyes on new projects to be excited for

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Marat's Invisible Man is Alive 🫀 @maratearendel.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

He feels nothing. The vampire feels everything. The castle wants the rest. Frankenstein x Interview with the Vampire March 2026. Pre-orders open. 🩸 Hurt, and bleed, and want, and fear. Fear it all. Feel it all.🩸 www.amazon.com/dp/B0G6V8S6YQ #cupit #gr #lgbt #pr #hor #er #poc

On a red and black background, it says: Astaire Bloom, an unfeeling man devoid of hope, takes a job in a remote castle under a mysterious employer.
As sinister events unfold around him, he starts to feel things he thought himself incapable of.
And the castle is hungry for it.
To uncover the secrets buried within, he must endure more than he ever imagined.

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Isaac ⚔ Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Just me planting a metaphor that will take seven in-book years to fully pay off, for today's #WIPSnips:

“Why aren’t you at University? ‘Twould make it much easier for you to enter an Inn. Your Latin’s not so bad. So why are you stuck here with me and Calver?”
Hunt was still save for the little swaying of his hair and lace in the breeze. His eyes were down again. He was thinking, perhaps, of not telling the truth. But in the end, he answered, “I had some trouble at school, with the boys.”
There was probably nothing else he could have said to so instantly secure Alexander’s regard, for he knew by the tone exactly what sort of trouble it had been. He stared at Hunt a moment, then declared, “Well, ‘twas their loss and my profit, for I’m so glad to have you here.”
Again Hunt smiled. The few threads between them then were braided and would never become unwound.

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RJ Webb 🦇🏳️‍🌈 @authorrjwebb.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

A Vampire’s Lament 🖤🦇🥀 Book One in the Time and Time Again series. Benevolent vampire Ishmael’s carefully balanced life is disrupted when Edric awakens a love he thought lost centuries ago. #Cupit #PR #GR #LGBT #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #queerwriters

A gothic style original painting of a vampire dressed in black holding a man dressed in white linen in a stone corridor, surrounded by candle light and moonflowers.

A pitch card that reads benevolent vampire Ishmael’s carefully balanced life is shattered when Edric, the tutor of his adopted nine-year-old spirit medium son, awakens a love he thought lost centuries ago.

A tropes and themes page that reads: DUAL POV, love after grief, queer love and joy, soft gothic, sentient manor, soft fatherhood, ghosts, awkward vampire and sunshine human, Victorian era, queer normative setting, opera house and music, yearning soulmates, and happily ever after

A snippet page that reads in every world, in every time, I would choose you. You are the song of the stars, and the whisper among the trees. It has been you. It has always been you.

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Turns out grand destinies are not all they're cracked up to be, and sexier than you might expect. Join Rafael Sterling as he solves a centuries-long problem and the sexy Demon Daddy that comes along with it. #Cupit #POC #LGBT #CFR #BlR

Reader's Guide: Demon in Basement "For Lovers of Lily Mayne, but with a bit more bite"

blurb:What do you do when the skeleton in the family closet turns out to be sexy?
That’s the question I’ve been asking myself lately. And running from at full speed. I was brought into the Sterling family secret as a kid. What is it? Well, just the fact that our small town of Monument holds a gate that connects with other planes and we’re keeping a demon hostage to keep it closed. The Demon used to scare me, haunted my dreams, but as I’ve reached adulthood, there’s been a change.

I see him in my dreams, and the Demon Daddy is ruining my chances with men.

He’s made me crave things I’m embarrassed to name. I see yellow eyes, lightning strikes, and those leathery wings when I’m awake and when I’m dreaming. I feel the shadow of his claws caressing and teasing me. Vezroth is the source of every break-up and he didn’t even lift a finger. He wants to hurt me, but it’s not anything I wouldn’t beg for. That power alone, paired with a family responsibility I didn’t want has kept me running for years.

But all roads end eventually, and even the prodigal son has to return home

A Lively Cozy-adjacent setting
somewhere in New England
Dual POVs
BDSM Dynamics
Gay Black Trans MC
Fun sassy dialogue
Open Door
LGBTQIA Cast
big feels, lots of them

The amulet always pulsed the strongest during thunderstorms. Tonight it was particularly insistent, a warm throb against my chest that matched the flash and rumble outside the shop's windows. I was supposed to be doing inventory, but instead I stared at a new shipment of crystals, wondering if any of them were actually real. Most weren’t—working at the Forest Grove for the last year had taught me the difference between true power and the stuff we’d sell to college kids looking to manifest their best life.

The irony wasn’t lost on me. Here I was, surrounded by people desperately seeking magic while I had spent thirteen years running from the real thing. But there was something comforting about the fake stuff—the rose quartz that was just painted glass, the mass-produced tarot decks, the ‘ancient’ grimoires printed last year. It was safe. Contained.

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Lots of writing, rest and resetting. And so much reading! Has been super instrumental for figuring out what comes next in the process. Also hella tabletop games man ✨

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Revon @ commissions open!! @themythicbunny.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

‼️ URGENT MUTUAL AID REQUEST ‼️ Please help me move out safely. I'm being kicked out of my current living space. I need to be out by April 1st. The details are in the post. I need a min.of 2000 CAD. Ko-fi link here: ko-fi.com/themythicbun... #mutualaid #trans #disabled #helpsky #disabledcrowdfund

Revon, a disabled man wearing his brace and using his cane, stands under a spotlight with the words in large letters: HELP ME LEAVE MY ABUSIVE HOUSE! aka, my abusive mother is kicking me out. Please. HELP.

Revon, a disabled man wearing his brace and using his cane, stands under a spotlight with the words detailing his request with some words emphasized: I'm making a mutual aid request. I need help.
My mother has issued me an eviction notice. I have to leave by April 1st, or she will kick me out with police force. She has threatened to do this a couple times. This time, I know she means it.
I will be moving in with @CryptAesthetics, who has been made aware of every step of her abuse since it began. We're aiming to move out by the end of March, and I need assistance raising money to pay for first & last month's rent, plus movers for myself since most of my friends do not drive, but can help pack. Whatever else we make will help me puchase house essentials & mobility assistance, and help pay part of @CryptAesthetics first/last, too.
We are looking to raise a minimum of 2000 CAD. 1500 for first/last on my part, 300 for movers, & 200 for a new mattress for myself.
If you can help, please donate to my ko-fi: ko-fi.com/themythicbunny or my paypal, linked in the replies of this post.
In the following image, I will be detailing the situation as it's unfolded, with the added notion that I do not have steady access to the kitchen, and thus haven't been able to keep or have food steadily since August, and must constantly order food, putting myself in debt to feed myself. I've saved up 200 the last two months by limiting food.

Revon, a disabled man wearing his brace and using his cane, stands under a spotlight with the words detailing his situation, with some words emphasized with different colour: In December 2023, I re-connected with my abusive mother who claimed to have changed and was 'doing better'. After a couple of months, I thought this change was permanent, and she made the offer to move in with her in April 2024, in my childhood home.
This was my mistake. I trusted her, and put faith in her, hoping that the change she displayed was permanent. It was not.
For the past two years, her treatment towards me has worsened significantly, especially these last several months. It turns out, just because someone doesn't beat you anymore, doesn't mean they've stopped being abusive altogether. She has completely iced me out while removing access to essentials such as access to the bathroom on the same floor my room is (I am disabled. I can't be constantly going up and down stairs. She forces me to do this anyways by locking the door every night), removed toilet paper handles, taken away essentials I helped purchase with my own money, financially abused and harassed me, gaslit me, has weaponized, discriminated, and mocked my mental and physical disabilities, because they 'made her life worse', threatened to keep me hostage in her house until I paid her back money that I owed her, and turned every single one of these situations into her being the victim. Now, she's misgendering me and actively insulting me and my siblings loudly on the phone and to friends, slamming doors, cussing and cursing about me when I'm home, and doing everything she can to scare me.
It's working. I'm scared. And I need out.

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Get more serious about social media and get Demon in my Basement done and dusted!

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AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers @amaralynn.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

#queerwriters Monday: Goals Day! What do you hope to accomplish this week? Can be anything, big or small! Let us know so we can cheer you on! #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters

Background: a plain background with colored pencils along the bottom half.
Text:
#Queerwriters
What are your goals this week?

Monday, Saturday, Sunday
All LGBTQIAP writers welcome

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🌜Sara Kipin🌛 🔜 LBX Table #629 @sarakipin.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The Harbinger and The Hunter 🦇 Happy year of the horse! #darkfantasy #vampire #illustration

A vampire rider astride a vampiric horse. The atmosphere is dark and rainy, the perfect time for a hunt.

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Hey there #WritingCommunity, how's the drafting going? I'm 80 percent done with the FINAL draft of Demon in My Basement. *confetti, horn noises, screeching* and now it's all the other stuff. Covers! blurbs! Marketing? #WriteSky

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I've been reading the most unhinged shit lately to cleanse the palate. What do you mean this man likes being under the bed and it's his kink? And it's one of the sweetest things I've read recently? Plzz

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Skylar Patridge @skyepatridge.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

repost to give those 2 or 3 followers who always like your weird posts a little forehead kiss & a grilled cheese cut diagonally

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🦇 Count Nikula 🦇 @bhcrafts.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

do you know how much horror and lewd art is made by ace people. I'll tell you how much. a lot

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Yo why is my boy's hat so big? This is *hilarious* Mr. Malcolm's List is goofy

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I just described this movie as John Tucker must die: regency period and it's becoming more accurate by the moment

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky listen, I need to do big boy author things now. How does creating a newsletter even work?

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

#BluePit is ready to kick off 2026! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects! #BluePit will be taking place on Jan 13th, 2026! And #BluePitHype starts January 8th! #WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents

#BluePit
A Storytelling Hype/Pitch Event

What It Is:
An event designed to uplift storytellers of any media. All works are welcome, regardless of the stage (e.g., Drafting, Editing, Querying, On Submission, or Published).

When:
Jan 13, 2026 (24 Hours)

#BluePit Rules:
Limit 3 posts per WIP; multiple works allowed.
Include correct emojis to appear in media specific feeds
Use appropriate tags (see Tag list)
All images must include ALT text. No AI.
Everyone is encouraged to like and repost
Use the #BluePit feeds to find and support others.
Agents, editors, and publishers are welcome to participate and can also use #BluePit feeds without a BlueSky account

Emojis
Writing (e.g. “#bluepit 📖”)
Game Dev (e.g. “#bluepit 🎮”)
Comics (e.g. “#bluepit 💥”)
TTRPGS (e.g. “#bluepit 🎲”)

Questions?
BluePit.Carrd.Co
@BluePit.Bsky.Social
@ZProspero.bsky.social

#BluePit Tags

MEDIA:
#BluePit 💥 - Comics
#BluePit 🎮 - Game Dev
#BluePit 🎲 - TTRPGs
#BluePit 📖 - Writers

STAGE:
#W - Work In Progress
#Q - Querying
#OS - On Submission
#P - Published

AUDIENCE:
#PB - Picture Book
#MG - Middle Grade
#YA - Young Adult
#A - Adult
#NA - New Adult

REPRESENTATION:
#OV - Own Voices
#LGBT- LGBTQIA+
#DIS - Disabled Creators
#WF - Women's Fiction
#POC - Person of Color
#ND - Neurodivergent
#TR - Transgender

GENRE
#F - Fantasy
#R - Romance
#H - Horror
#SF - Sci-Fi
#M - Mystery
#PN - Paranormal
#C - Crime
#HS - Historical
#SP - Speculative
#PO - Poetry
#NF - Non-Fiction

GAME SYSTEM:
#D20 - 20-sided die based
#D6 - 6-sided die based
#D100 - 100-sided die based
#NAR - Narrative based
#DUN - Dungeon Crawler
#RO - Rogue-Like

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Listen. if your WIP has clobber in it I am so impressed. Please send it to me so I can enjoy it because i'm assuming it's some 1930s mobster type beat? Yeah. #WIPsnips #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

11 years old and your uncle is on some bullshit. Wouldn't be a fantasy story otherwise, really. #wipsnips #booksky #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

An older man has silver scars on his hands that have silvered with age. He is taking his nephew into the basement to show him his birthright.

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

And We're Back! Demon in my Basement has come and gone, and returned to her final spa date. The book cover? She's close, gang. Real Real Close. Gonna start posting Teasers. #WritingCommunity #smutsky #booksky #MMromance

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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 18/12/2025

New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..." Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.

A propaganda poster in a painterly style. At the top there is a Nazi soldier in a faded grey with his hands raised at the point of a bayonet. Above him it says "We beat 'em before.." Below him in darker grey is an ICE agent in the same posture, with a hand pushing back at him, its palm out in a "stop" gesture. Below it says "We'll beat 'em again!"

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Rey Rider | YES, CAPTAIN OUT NOW 🏴‍☠️🔞 @reyrider.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

snippet from my upcoming project 🏴‍☠️ Yes, Captain 🏴‍☠️ that I recently shared on insta but apparently never on bsky whoops

screenshot of a writing software reading
"Let me hear you," Bellamy coos. "Let me hear what I'm doing to you."
The command appears to do the trick. Nyx releases another whimper. His hips rise, and as if something is pushing from the inside, a vertical slit opens a few inches below the line where skin turns into scales.

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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time

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otava heikkilä @claystorks.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

home by the rotting sea won an ignatz! the comic is 30% off for the next two days to celebrate! check it out...!! :) <3 claystorks.itch.io/home-by-the-...

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vert ⚡️🪶 MELT: REFRAIN OUT NOW @subvertebra.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

hey! i have a week to make $850 so i can pay our bills on time. you can: ⚡ book me for self-pub services ⚡ hire me for stream/website graphics and writing comms ⚡ toss me a few dollars on kofi i also have a patreon if you want to support me monthly! likes + reposts appreciated! wado, thank you! 💜

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Will This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Spotlight: African Translation Project We'd like to shine a light on an initiative dedicated to translating modern fiction from non-colonial African languages into English. Projects like these ensure that our stories are shared, celebrated and read by readers globally. 🧵

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PomPoison @ Comic Signing at Velvet Vows Bookstore! @pompoison.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

It’s Titty Tuesday! BOYS WITH TITS is a queer porn digital anthology on sale until September 30th 2025! naumin.itch.io/bwt

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BWT by nauma

An 18+ digital anthology - LIMITED sale period ends Sept 30th!

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Umber Hall (They/He) - Monster and Gay Smooching Book Writer @gaydadappreciator.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Moved to a new writing software, Ellipsus! I'm loving it so far, going to also invite beta readers to use it as well for drafts

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