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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

1982 Daniel Molloy... In... Bunnysuit.... Rashdeakcucuejbskaosbf

Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Big thanks to @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and @vanwinkle.bsky.social for including my work in this anthology! It's surreal to hold my work in a published volume like this. One copy has a place of honor on my shelf and the other now resides at my local public library.

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Periodic reminder that I'm still churning out chapters on this one- ch.23 just posted 🥰 archiveofourown.org/works/736911...

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

But otherwise, this shit was wrecked by writing playlists 100%

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Haven't really been sharing updates on this guy since I've been dropping them almost daily and I don't wanna flood the feed, but just posted ch.16 of my Devil's Minion fic (Don't Fear) The Reaper. It's some edgy gritty toxic fun a la Goodbye Lulu, if you liked that archiveofourown.org/works/73691186

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

A lil snippet from my upcoming Oshamir week story- a Howl's Moving Castle/Magpie shifter AU

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Fun House 2/2 completed. Beware- here be some of the filthiest smut I have ever smutted with a minimum of editing and a maximum of grease archiveofourown.org/works/721618...

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Now we're off anon 💙 this fic absolutely consumed me for a bit and I couldn't be more proud of it In a Kingdom by the Sea E 11k 1/1 🕯️Qimir diary POV 🐚Dark sea witch cultist Osha 🕯️Set in Acadia, lots of Quebecois 🐚Yearning and sex magic 🕯️ Inevitable tragic end 🔗 archiveofourown.org/works/70651876

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I'm normally just a writer, but I've dipped my toes into doing some visual art for my stories too! First one is for What it Becomes, second is for Algharib. Hoping to do more in the future!

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I haven't promo'ed it in a while, especially since I've rewritten it, but When It's Gone by We the Heathens will always be the song for Goodbye Lulu (even tho the fic is named after a different song lol) 🔗https://archiveofourown.org/works/58627417

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Dark academia x DIY punk Determined to have one last great summer after graduation, best friends Kat and Molly must navigate toxic men and the systems that protect them, small town secrets, and the Appalachian gutter punk scene without losing themselves, or each other. #QuestPit #Q #A #LF

On a pale floral background, surrounded by line drawings of flowers and mushrooms, text reads ‘An agent’s guide to This Used To Be Home by Grace E. Ludlow! 94,000 words contemporary literary fiction’. Below on a stained napkin reads ‘Best friends Kat and Molly look forward to one last summer together in their small college town before going their separate ways. Kat works at the town diner and ponders her future while Molly accepts an exclusive internship with a top entomology professor- an opportunity that can kick start her grad school experience. However, when a mysterious man whose handsome face hides a checkered past takes the open line cook position at the diner, the girls’ lives are irrevocably changed. Seduced by his carefree gutter punk lifestyle, the girls must navigate toxic men and the systems that protect them, redefining their identities post-college, and their own complicated relationship to make it through the summer without losing themselves or each other’.

On a white background, a tan piece of paper holds a text block which reads “The town of Charlesburg, Virginia died in the summers.
Well, not really, but like most other towns centered around a major university, about three quarters of the population did leave after graduation weekend. May lay heavy on the town like frosting on a cinnamon roll, the syrupy-sweet heat melting into the valley and running through the streets. The buses, typically so punctual during the semester, ran a limited schedule, leaving Katlyn Fredricks to walk the half mile from the apartment she shared with her roommate Molly to her job at the town’s diner.
It wasn’t too bad, at least if she worked the opening shift. Setting out before six meant she avoided the heat of the sun, amplified by the weighty humidity of southern Virginia. Even in the early morning hours, it curled around Katlyn with sticky fingers, causing her uniform shirt to cling to her skin.
She kicked at a rock on the sidewalk, scrolling through the music downloaded to her phone. Her fingertips caught on the crack that ran through the screen as she selected a song to help her wake up a bit, at least until she could grab a cup of coffee. The sun crested over the blue mist of the mountains that cupped the town like a set of hands, the cicadas quieting from their nighttime serenade. If only she had the time to appreciate her surroundings more, go for a hike or take a lazy day floating on the river like a typical college-aged kid. Unfortunately, the gavel of rent hung over her head, so work took precedence.” The page is titled ‘first page’ and the text is surrounded by a scientific drawing of a butterfly, a few silver studs, a receipt, a ticket, a few colorful leaves, safety pins, and a butterfly-shaped enamel pin.

On a green fern-printed background are four book covers. The page is titled ‘comps’. The first book is Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, along with a note that says ‘Appalachian setting’. The second is Nana by Ai Yazawa with a note that says ‘Homoerotic roommates + punk culture’. The third is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo with a note that says ‘Bisexual friends to lovers’. The last is for the Amazon original Fleabag with a note that says ‘Messy 20-somethings with bad taste in men’. Also in the image are cutouts from a guide about butterflies, some graffiti, studs and safety pins, a dried rose, and a brass pin shaped like a dragonfly.

A cassette tape case sits in the center of the page with words written on the back insert. It reads “ Trope playlist- friends to lovers, love triangle (that’s actually a triangle!), own voices Queer/Neurodiverse rep, open door romance, small town secrets, manic pixie rat man, dark academia x DIY punk, breaking the cycle, coming of age”. At the top left corner is a QR code with a note saying ‘Listen to the Playlist!”. Behind the tape is dark paper with a star pattern. At the bottom left is a pack of cigarettes as well as a cigarette beside it and two safety pins. The bottom right is an illustration of a bee landing on a flower. The top right has a white graduation tassel as well as another bee illustration. At the top center is another image of a butterfly.

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Fuck it, we're making a thread of these. If you wanna read Goodbye Lulu, my Appalachian punk academia AU, better do it asap since I'll have to take it down if the novelized version gets picked up. Dead dove, so read those tags! archiveofourown.org/works/58627417

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I love a good moodboard. Should probably be pushing WIB since it's my current WIP but I still love the board for Algharib. Fun fact- the fem dancer pictured is a pro dancer named Ebony Qualls who's an actual goddess. The dude is some guy from Tiktok 🤭 archiveofourown.org/works/62823781

Moodboard for Algharib Almuqanae by Deafening Unknown

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

My current mental state, courtesy of my Pinterest algorithm

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Better late than never, chapter 8- where things get real What It Becomes 8/28 - E - 23.1k Cyberpunk Pride and Prejudice AU 🧡 Slow burn Oshamir endgame with a lil Maemir and Yordsha 💜 Crime syndicates and corporate espionage 🧡 cyberarchivist Osha, hacker Qimir 🔗 archiveofourown.org/works/667733...

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Today I went to the most magical place- a combo aerospace museum and waterpark- and got to see the Spruce Goose (a massive WW2-era experimental aircraft made of wood!) pictures cannot adequately convey how massive this thing was. Needless to say, my nd lil brain is exhausted but so happy now

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Algharib Almuqanae (my bellydance AU fic) was inspired by my recent return to my second favorite hobby after writing! I started dancing in 2014 at college but had to take a ~6 year hiatus after moving away. I was inspired after watching a performance to make the bbs dance :3 #acolytesummer

Moodboard for Algharib Almuqanae by DeafeningUnknown featuring images of bellydancers on a blue background

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Dark academia x DIY punk Determined to have one last memorable summer after college graduation, best friends Kat and Molly must navigate toxic men, small town secrets, and the Appalachian gutter punk scene without losing themselves, or each other. #BluePit #Q #A #NA #OV #LGBT #BluePit📖

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

A chunky Saturday update, featuring small talk, spice cakes, and spies 👀 What It Becomes 7/28 - E - 19.8k Cyberpunk Pride and Prejudice AU 🧡Slow burn Oshamir endgame 💜Crime syndicates and corporate espionage 🧡Large cast 🔗https://archiveofourown.org/works/66773386/chapters/172941391

Moodboard for What It Becomes by Deafening Unknown A cyberpunk pride and prejudice retelling

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

For #playlistpitch, how about my trope playlist and the QR code to my Spotify playlist? This Used to be Home is a queer adult litfic with romantic elements (not a romance!) that sits at the intersection of dark academia and DIY punk. #A #LGBTQ #Q #amquerying Remember, 💙 and reposts are for agents!

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

In the first draft, I had a dream sequence that I subsequently cut and then much later added back in a totally different spot. Here's a snippet!

Molly’s world had grown to the size of giants.
Rather, she seemed to have shrunk. Standing up, she turned her hands over, examining her limbs with fascination. Stacks of books cluttered the surface of the wooden table she stood on, the gaps between like narrow canyons made of striations of paper and leather. She traversed the open pages of a notebook, the looping handwritten letters as big as her bare feet. Heel to toe, she balanced along the printed lines of the page like a balance beam, her arms outstretched.

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Chapter 6 up now! What It Becomes 6/28 - E - 16k Cyberpunk Pride and Prejudice AU 🧡Slow burn Oshamir endgame 💜Crime syndicates and corporate espionage 🧡Large cast 🔗https://archiveofourown.org/works/66773386/chapters/172941391

Moodboard for What it Becomes by DeafeningUnknown- A cyberpunk Pride and Prejudice reimagining

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

kicking off #unhingedpit with the Content Warnings for This Used to be Home, my adult not-a-romance romantic litfic, coming soon to a query inbox near you #amquerying #lgbtq #Q #A #NA #Lit

white text on a black background reads "sexual abuse, sexism, sexual coercion, recreational drug use, narcotic overdose, hallucinogenic use, side character death, police corruption, implied child abuse, implied domestic violence, compulsory heterosexuality, sexual content, unnegotiated kink, dubious consent, intoxicated sex, alcoholism, general disregard for the law, toxic relationships, physical fights, verbal fights, infidelity, tobacco use, insects, minor suicidal ideation"

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I just finished making my #agentsguide since I #amquerying now so I'll post that! All hand-made collage btw, check the alt text if you can't read my handwriting! #bluepithype

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

What It Becomes 5/28 - E - 13.8k Cyberpunk Pride and Prejudice AU 🧡Slow burn Oshamir endgame 💜Crime syndicates and corporate espionage 🧡Large cast 🔗https://archiveofourown.org/works/66773386/chapters/172941391 And here is some art for our endgame pair! (Don't look too close at the cyberware)

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

In celebration of entering the Query trenches next week, here is my agent's guide to This Used to be Home, my debut novel. Be sure to check to alt text! #amquerying #agentsguide #mswl

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It's Wednesday, y'all know what that means... What It Becomes 4/28 - E - 11.7k Cyberpunk Pride and Prejudice AU 🧡Slow burn Oshamir endgame 💜Crime syndicates and corporate espionage 🧡Large cast 🔗https://archiveofourown.org/works/66773386/chapters/172941391

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I'm trying to write and this little fucker will not stop trying to steal a hand (with claws!) but also he's precious and I love him

A black and white tuxedo cat looking a little sad

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Back to prompts this month as I start querying This Used to be Home, my queer adult literary fic book with romantic elements set between academia and the gutter punk scene in late 2010s Appalachia. Coming soon to the trenches!

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

What It Becomes 3/28 - E - 8.7k Cyberpunk Pride and Prejudice AU 🧡Slow burn Oshamir endgame 💜Crime syndicates and corporate espionage 🧡Large cast 🔗https://archiveofourown.org/works/66773386/chapters/172941391 Where the Aniseyas make new acquaintances

Magenta and blue moodboard for What it Becomes- a cyberpunk pride and prejudice retelling by DeafeningUnknown

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

What It Becomes 2/28 - E - 5.5k Cyberpunk Pride and Prejudice AU 💜 Slow burn Oshamir endgame 🧡 Crime syndicates and corporate espionage 💜 Large cast Posting ch.2 a little early since it's ready!

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Possibly my last regular visit to my favourite writing spot and they have a new fancy drink on the menu- an Ube basil tea latte. Crazy it's almost been a year.

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

What It Becomes A cyberpunk Pride and Prejudice inspired Oshamir story E - 1/28 Slow burn Megacorps and crime syndicates Large cast archiveofourown.org/works/667733...

Moodboard in blue and purple for What It Becomes- a cyberpunk pride and prejudice retelling by DeafeningUnknown featuring images of Amadla Stenburg, Manny Jacinto, and Charlie Barnett among cityscapes

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Partner finally found my boi so I can have the otp in Funko form. I'm not usually a big Funko person, but gotta buy merch to let the big Mouse know we want more #RenewTheAcolyte #AcolyteSummer

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Went to a lovely rose garden today, someone convince me not to rewrite my cyberpunk pride and prejudice retelling as Oshamir fic, it's half done and over 50k words already

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Just a wee snippet from Run, Baby, Run, my current MaeMir WIP that I'll hopefully finish the second half of soon #RenewTheAcolyte #AcolyteSummer

This was a challenge, a competition. If she could get away, she won. She’d have a new victory to hold over Qimir’s head, always a treat, and if she lost…
If she lost she still won.

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Working on a special lil project for next month 👀

An array of collage materials like pictures of butterflies and a tape case

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

What a gorgeous day to write some smut

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

A surprisingly painful reality of losing continuance of my job is that I probably won't be able to frequent the bar/coffee shop I've patronized through the writing of my book the same way as I've been. So many words written here, so many London fogs, I'll miss it dearly

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Finally actually writing out this fun lil spooky maemir one shot I've been sitting on. It's been hard to write recently given *gestures broadly at everything* but still we soldier on. Smut waits for nobody and nothing

An open journal, pen, and white coffee cup on a wood table

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

A lot of my story has references to folk punk songs, such as this line which is in reference to the Days n Daze song Crustfall open.spotify.com/track/4AdjQ1... which on its own is a reference to the Rising Sun Armchair and associated Ben Franklin quote

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Library conference for work today, picked up this neat pin. Remember- Libraries are essential in the defence against fascism, that's why they want us gone. Call your lawmakers and donate to support! Or just get a card, it's free!

Pin that reads Censorship is so 1984 Read for your rights

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

A beautiful day for my weekly fruity drink and draft

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I think this interaction really sets the tone for where Kat And Molly start off

Text "A flick of her wrist completed the towering spiral of whipped cream atop Molly’s drink and Kat slid the mug across the counter. Her friend’s pale blue eyes lit up as she grabbed it with both hands. Immediately, she slurped up most of the topping, a smear of white festooning the pert upturn of her nose. The corner of Kat’s mouth turned up.
“You got a little shmutz…” she leaned over, attacking the whipped cream with a napkin from her apron pocket.
“Hey!” Molly flailed her arms in front of her, leaning back as far as she could before teetering on the stool. She snatched the napkin from Kat’s fingers and turned to wipe at her face, glaring at her friend.
“All better, Mom?” she pouted."

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Currently working on final revisions of my RevPit piece This Used to be Home (coming soon to query inboxes!) and drafting my next big project- White Line Fever!

Moodboard for white line fever featuring pictures of roads, hotel rooms, cars, and moody women

Moodboard for this used to be home featuring sepia toned Polaroids of two girls, butterflies, a diner, and punks

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Notebook rant time- I was a moleskine purist for close to a decade but recently switched to leuchtturm bc the paper quality was going down. Need a new notebook and I cannot find a black, lined, hardcover leuchtturm so I'm gonna have to use dotted for the foreseeable future. A minor problem but ugh

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Grace E. Ludlow @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Like, just look at him! Look at my sweet baby space redneck! My blue alien wrangling math nerd!

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