Kate 🍄 @k8writes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA x THE TAINTED CUP | #DVPit #A #F #DF #LGBT A conman grows entangled in a deadly battle of schemes to protect a priest of fungi from the forces seeking to turn him into a mindless puppet—including the mushrooms infesting him. 000
Kate 🍄 @k8writes.bsky.social · 02/07/2026A conman must keep a priest of fungi alive if he wants to escape his deadly mushroom allergies—but when he falls for said mushroom-infested man, he’s torn between love and breathing easy. And the fungi will want far more than his lungs in exchange for its favorite priest. #QueerPit #A #F #DF 221
Kate 🍄 @k8writes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026A conman must keep a priest of fungi alive in order to escape his deadly mushroom allergies and build a crime-free life for himself. 🍄 fungi as friend and foe ❤️🔥 grumpy conman x bratty priest 😈 scheming = love language 😏 can’t physically touch? no problem ⚕️ reproductive autonomy #QueerPit #A #F #DF 121
Kate 🍄 @k8writes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA x THE TAINTED CUP | #QueerPit #A #F #DF A conman grows entangled in a deadly battle of schemes to protect a priest of fungi from the forces seeking to turn him into a mindless puppet—including the mushrooms infesting him. Art by my lovely wife, daintycapybara on IG 136
Kate 🍄 @k8writes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I'm going to be posting a few pitches during QueerPit today for my adult fantasy THE DEATH OF THE LAST FUNGAL PRIEST. All of the art included in my pitches was done by my beautiful and fantastic wife - you can find her as daintycapybara on Instagram. 020
Reposted by Kate 🍄Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 19/06/2026"After three weeks at close quarters, however, the unsociable Jenrry seemed ready to dispense with the wisdom of her wizardly forebears, as Rondin’s constant shenanigans and protestations were becoming too much to bear." “To the Heart of the City” by Desmond Warzelkaleidotrope.net“To the Heart of the City” by Desmond Warzel 022
Kate 🍄 @k8writes.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Wifey finished her watercolor of a scene from the novel I #amquerying It’s so beautiful I’m gonna go frame it now okay BYE (daintycapybara on IG for more of her fantastic art) 020
Reposted by Kate 🍄Vampi Moira Valentine @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Full offense, but we shouldn't have to stop, hold your hand, and say, "That was a sad choice, wasn't it? Can you help think of a better one?" when writing for adults 191497474
Kate 🍄 @k8writes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I have rightfully been called a ”wife gal” in the past but who wouldn’t be when your wife casually whips out brilliant fanart of your manuscript 😭 #amquerying (she is daintycapybara over on insta and she wants it known this is a WIP) 000
Reposted by Kate 🍄Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 03/05/2026every mushroom foraging guidebook: This is Woodland Pot Roast, a tasty little mushroom that adds a delightful flavour to soups and stews. Note that it is often mistaken for Satan’s Fistula, a mushroom that erases the last 9 generations of your family from God’s ledgers. 6473591843
Reposted by Kate 🍄Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 29/04/2026My best craft advice is "Put a giant worm in it." You can never go wrong with a giant worm. Sci-fi: Giant worm on an alien planet Fantasy: Giant worm in mountain sitting on a pile of gold Horror: Giant worm (eats people) Romance: Giant worm causes third-act breakup Mystery: Giant worm investigates 22942451038
Reposted by Kate 🍄Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 23/04/2026In a world where "AI" submissions are a plague, human-written stories are the cure for an editor's breaking heart. Don't let the flood discourage you from sending your work out there. You are better, no what the hype of the moment says. We want your stories. Not the slop-infested noise. 161016329
Kate 🍄 @k8writes.bsky.social · 20/04/2026will I ever learn how to knit something besides a scarf? probably not. let me know if you want a scarf. 010
Kate 🍄 @k8writes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026constantly striving to up my tally of writing friends I point over to Steve Almond’s Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow when they tell me they’re too nervous to write sex scenes 010
![A watercolor illustration of a foggy, rocky beach. Squiggly, worm-like black lines rise from the ocean. A man dressed in red robes stands facing the beach with his arms outstretched.
Text is overlaid that says:
Six widow-wires rose from the beach like garden eels on the sea floor. Wiggling, waving, lashing out to whip at the boulders. Searching for prey. Stefek bunched his limbs into a ball as the one behind him's shadow danced across the orange algae.
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The wires straightened with a snap, half a dozen perfect lines drawn in the fog. They hissed as Lucanus whispered inaudible words. Then all at once, they collapsed, and the waves began to pull the five spirals out to sea—a crab claimed the sixth in its pincers.
Lucanus unburied his feet and smiled. "There. See? I'm nothing to worry about."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:npf44ir4cptkt4u3kccc3u4n/bafkreibtimoqdv7atjysj57jmdzcy5x7xf64gzg65lp3yw464lp3ulhynm)
