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Harper L. Carnes

@harperlcarnes.bsky.social
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Gray-ace & aegosexual lesbian. Coffee addict. Dog, lizard, tarantula, fish, & bunny mom. #Actuallyautistic. Writer of monsters. Survivor of worse. Finding healing through stories. Author of dark romance, horrormance, & romantasy. 🔞 www.harperlcarnes.com

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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#WholesomeWednesday We're resetting the vibes. Share a wholesome story, some good news, some motivation, and/or a pet photo (please add alt text). #Hopecore #Prompt #GoodVibes #Positivity #Wholesome #BeKind
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Barnes & Noble presents
TRAIL OF
NICHIGAN AUTHORS
SEPT 26TH 1-4PM
5275 HARVEY ST
MUSKEGON, MI
30+ Local authors
Fundraiser for the Hackley library
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I will be one of the authors at the Holland Literary Festival this Saturday (the 12th)!
Romance Authors event poster for Holland Literary Festival, featuring author Harper L. Carnes with 'Mage of Shadowed Love' typed next to photo. Shows the cover of her book The Raven Key (a dark, moody image of a young man in a jacket with a raven silhouette) alongside a headshot of Harper smiling, set against a background of stacked books and a heart made of thorny branches. The Holland Literary Festival windmill logo appears in the top right corner.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Damsel has decided this piece of wood in her tank makes a great zero gravity chair. Also, she likes being handled more now than when she was little.
A red-orange bearded dragon draped lazily over driftwood in a terrarium, one leg dangling, giving the camera a relaxed side-eye.A red bearded dragon snuggled against a person’s chest, tiny hand pressed to their ‘BESTIE’ t-shirt.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This was a great one.
DVD cover for Imagine Me & You, starring Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, and Matthew Goode. Against a white background, a bride in a white gown kisses a dark-haired man in a suit while reaching back to secretly hold hands with a red-haired woman in a white top and jeans standing behind her. The red-haired woman is embraced by a second man whose back faces the camera, and she holds a pink lily behind her back. A Cosmopolitan pull quote reads ‘A truly refreshing romantic comedy.’
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If you see this quote the energy you bring to Bluesky
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Teen Wolf: Stiles Stilinski Peeking
Alt: Teen Wolf: Stiles Stilinski Peeking
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I’ve had an awful headache all day. It’s only just now starting to get better.
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Goma Peach: Migraine
Alt: Goma Peach: Migraine
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The point of legislated dehumanization is never just the law itself but the creation of a climate in which institutions become more timid and companies more cautious. Erasure of a people under capitalism arrives first as a thousand risk calculations.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows a stick figure saying, "Everyone has demons."
The second panel shows the same stick figure saying, "And we must FIGHT them!"
The third panel shows Sarah (the protagonist) sitting with one of her inner demons having a tea party.
The fourth panel shows Sarah and the demon looking at each other in panic.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I updated my book nook space.
Wooden desk decorated with bookish items: a candle warmer lamp with a jar candle labeled “This Smells Like Dylan O’Brien,” a small fuzzy blue-and-orange monster figurine, a wooden “Books Read This Year” counter showing 001, an orange butterfly Squishmallow with a flower crown, stacks of paperbacks, a wooden book-shaped keepsake box with a “Nightmare Before Coffee” skeleton coaster on top, and two bookmarks.A bare rectangular plywood panel leaning upright against a brick and wood trim on a tile floor.A white rectangular panel mounted on a tan wall between two striped curtain panels; the edge of a “Book Nook” sign peeks out from behind the left curtain. This is being used as a backing board for the wall studs.A white desk unit lying on a hardwood floor mid-assembly, showing its interior cubby shelves in two rows, in front of a bookshelf filled with fantasy and horror novels and small dragon figurines.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
One of the cats that wanders my neighborhood. None of them let me pet them. They always run away.🥺 I think this one is very pretty. Though they did not seem amused by my photographing them.
A white and grey cat in front of parked car staring at camera.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Who else feels overwhelmed when it’s time to do edits? I’m hitting the middle of this draft and I feel like that’s always the hardest part to get in order.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
CW: SA Thinking back to that time I tried opening up to an ex friend about when I was an 8 year old child and touched inappropriately by a 6 year old. Their response was to tell me I’m gross and it was my responsibility to stop it because I was older. While the ex who SAed me called it hot.
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Nova The CyberMage💜⭐ @cybermagenova.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy 4th of July! Here's an unrelated image!
A screenshot from Fire Emblem with a CG of Lyn on a sunset background saying, "I do not love my country. I love the people in it and want their needs met."
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I just finished watching The Sheep Detectives and I was not prepared for all the emotions I experienced while viewing this film. I highly recommend giving it a watch if you haven’t yet. Oh, and bring tissues.
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The Sheep Detectives | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Summer Solstice captured from Stonehenge yesterday. At first light, the sun climbed up behind the Heel Stone and threaded itself straight through the center of Stonehenge exactly where the builders aimed it nearly 5,000 years ago. Ethereal Earth on FB
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Gonna go be aegosexual and edit some spice scenes.
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Writer Revising Book on Laptop
Alt: Writer Revising Book on Laptop
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 18/11/2024
This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The entire Microsoft 365 lineup runs so unreliably, slows down my computer processes, and frustrates our clients by asking them to log in even when they don't need to. But at least it's also an expensive subscription with poor integrations that also occasionally deletes saved folders for no reason.
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Brandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Omph
okayayecee 21h
&threads
Why do y'all have 2000 revisions for human designers but accept the first piece of trash A.l. spits out?
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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
After Barbie Execs: Toys! More toy movies! Not more women directors & leads. TOYS After Kpop Demon Hunters Execs: Singers! More movies with singers! Not women of color directing & starring. SINGERS After Backrooms Execs: Reddit stories! More Reddit stories! Not young people with new ideas. REDDIT
Barbie MovieKpop Demon Hunters Rumi Zoey Mira HuntrixBackrooms imageMissing the point meme
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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈PRIDE MONTH SALE Get 50% OFF Patreon & Payhip memberships with code: PRIDEMONTH6620 Queer stories, bonus content, spicy extras, and chaos await! patreon.com/ingloriousgi...
50% off LGBT Pride - patreon and payhip membership.
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Maddy "Boo!" Hare @mbhare.eurosky.social · 15/06/2026
Sure, Microsoft may be closing more game studios because they don't know how to run a company. But at least we can expect them to add more AI no one wants to their operating systems that don't work so we can better use their Office suite that runs like hot garbage.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Sometimes writing is giving the truth somewhere safe to go after years of being shown it was dangerous to speak.
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LaurenWalshArt @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I love art. I love painting. I love thinking up ideas knowing I’ll find a way to make it happen.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We don’t usually see each other’s headers. Here’s mine Quote-skeet with yours (if you feel like it)
Screenshot of a Bluesky profile for Harper L. Carnes. The header banner is dark purple and burgundy with gothic romance imagery including roses, smoke, a raven, butterflies, and a sword, with the text “HARPER L. CARNES,” “Dark Romance · Horror Romance · Romantasy,” and “Queer New Adult & Adult Fiction.” The circular profile photo shows a smiling person with red hair.

Profile name: Harper L. Carnes. Handle: @harperlcarnes.bsky.social. The profile shows 1.6K followers, 925 following, and 475 posts.

Bio reads: “Gray-ace & aegosexual lesbian. Coffee addict. Dog, lizard, tarantula, fish, & bunny mom. #Actuallyautistic. Writer of monsters. Survivor of worse. Finding healing through stories. Author of dark romance, horrormance, & romantasy.” A no AI symbol appears after the genre line.

Website listed: www.harperlcarnes.com.
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🍂 Jo (a swarm of) Bee(s) 🦇 @jobeeart.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
thank you for this thread! i had an off-the-cuff comic turned into a meme and it's such a weird feeling that my art is just being spread out there without any credit here's a version with my name on it, im fine with people using that one :)
Six panel comic. In the first panel, a guy says, "I don't like thing". Then, a heavenly light shines on him and an angel descends. The angel hands him a note and flies away again. In the last panel, we see the note just says, "OK".
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pottetto ✷ fiona @pottetto.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶!”
Two mermaids in water peer up at an injured girl. One of them holds her face in their hands. The caption says "Darling, we found you!"
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Aubo 🏳️‍⚧️ @aubryjoi.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Red PANda 🩷💛💙 [ #cuteart #traditionalart #pride ]
A paint pen doodle of a red panda in a sketchbook. The panda is colored pink, blue, and yellow like the pansexual flag. Its tail is striped this way too. It’s laying on its belly with its front legs stretched out, a happy expression on its face and its tongue sticking out.
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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A dark gray bunny sits on a beige carpet with a rainbow prism reflecting on the floor.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I feel like I’m ranking my coping mechanisms. 😅 They even have the homoerotic cannibalism. 👀 But also, I’m not surprised by these results at all. nulienna.tumblr.com/sorter
Results for FIC TROPE SORTER (SICKO EDITION)

Where you pick which trope you like better in each battle to get an accurate list of your favorites.
Ranking is listed as:

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dubious consent
1
hurt/comfort
1
age/experience gap
1
monsterfucking
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sexual repression
5
soulbonding but it's a horror concept
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unhealthy relationships
7
codependency
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transactional sex
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incestuous relationships
10
their love language is murder
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homoerotic cannibalism
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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
So, readers who don't read prologues or epigraphs, who only read dialogue, who only read under the 2nd full moon of the year on a Tuesday... Listen, the book you picked up? The author wrote all those words. The words ARE the book. Only reading some words is a great way to not read the whole book.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
There’s no perfect sentence that will make someone understand you when they need you to be wrong.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Rape is a life sentence against those that have done absolutely nothing wrong.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Been awhile since I had a trauma day. Guess I was due for one. 🫩😞
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Proloe 🌙🧚‍♀️ Very Fairy Vtuber @proloe.gay · 28/02/2026
I do not like this gen AI I do not like what it implies I do not want it in my art I do not think it makes you smart I do not want it in my games I do not like its goals and aims I do not want it in my books I do not like the way it looks I do not like it, I don't care I do not want it anywhere
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Dominique Vassie @niqvassie.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
a little tiny microscopic dragon, rotifers passing by. I've spent a lot of time peering down a microscope in the last few years, enjoyed taking inspiration from the real tiny organisms to make one of my own.
Watercolour and pencil illustration of a microscopic dragon sitting on a plant root. It's body is transparent and it has two rounded wings covered in beating cilia hairs. It has a long neck and blunt snout with long whiskers. Inside its neck, large jaws are visible and it has tiny black eyes.

The dragon has large claws on its feet, like a water bear, and a long segmented tail hangs down and splitting into a fork at the end. From the root, golden diatoms are growing, and sun animalcules creep along it as a group of rotifers swims past.
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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Aloy, Despite the Nora 🏹 Horizon Zero Dawn fanart, 2023
Aloy from the videogame Horizon Zero Dawn, illustrated by Eleonor Piteira. Aloy is in profile holding a bow with 6 arrows. Light blue circles are coming out of the focus on her ear, framing her face.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I’ll join in. 1 like = 1 thing I'm Super Normal About Actually
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Project Hail Mary. Loved it from start to finish.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I think I finally figured out the sizing for my new Bluesky header. I’ve missed doing little art projects like this.
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I think it’s time to channel current feelings into working on a sex scene.
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Rubhands Deer
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Dani Finn 🐙 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Since Sex Scene Discourse™️ is making the rounds again, I’d like to note that I’ve never read a bad sex scene in an indie trans book. Some are better than others, but they always mean something. Usually a *lot*
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B'alith Tia is progging FFXIV Write again @inmyleylines.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Yes, sex is part of the human experience for many, and it can be a powerful tool for character study (how they fuck matters!). But, like, sometimes a sex scene's sole purpose is to titillate or arouse and *that is also fine and good, actually*. Porn is one of the oldest expressions of art we have!
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This is a very well done video.
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Dark Romance vs Booktok's Culture: who's really to blame here?
YouTube video by Meredith Novaco
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I updated my bio awhile ago so I lost space for my pronouns and found a pronoun labeler today, but didn’t realize it had a she/they option so now I have three labels instead of just the she/they I’d want. 🫣
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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This is still going!! Come getcha vampire books 🦇
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You
Alt: Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
What a cool idea! Keep the pressure! @redactedreadingroom put all 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files bound together in 3,437 volumes of books, on display in a new exhibit in Tribeca. David Garrett, one of the organizers, says the goal is to push for the release of all of the files. #Pinks
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Harper L. Carnes @harperlcarnes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The best kind of therapy.
Person lying outdoors on a hanging lounge chair, reading an open paperback with one hand while a tan-and-white dog in an orange collar rests against them, looking away toward the yard.
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