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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 2h

so anyway, logging off, watching some animal documentary, and hoping one day I'll have the spoons to market my own little book and craft bizz cause it sure as hell aren't today

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 06/10/2026

👻 One Line Share 👻 "They buried the hearts at low tide." 🌊🖤 Drowned Hearts www.karenlykkebo.com/drownedhearts #booksky

skeleton holding two copies of Drowned Hearts

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 2h

Worked 8hrs, biked 25K, did 45min thai box workout, and I'm somehow still pissed at myself for being tired...

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 3h

That was surprisingly easy and really tasty! Score! New low effort dish in the repertoire

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 4h

We’re gonna try an instagram reel food recipe tonight so like … pray we actually get something edible 🙈

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Now available! 🪾THE WITCH OF THE WOOD🏚️ 📖Novella 🖤MM Fantasy Romance 💀Breaking a Curse 🪾A Spooky Forest ❤️‍🔥Fast Burn 🏚️A Search for a Witch 😟Nervous x Confident Uni: books2read.com/u/bw6gwP Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/the-witch-of... Ko-Fi ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur... Cover by @isthiseva.bsky.social

The cover of The Witch of the Wood by Alex Larkspur. It features two men in a dark and gloomy forest. Milo stands in front, a man with tan skin and short, dark hair. He’s dressed in a cream tunic and a green cloak around his shoulders. He has a bow and arrows. He is clearly afraid as he stares at his left hand. His fingers are blackened due a curse that is spreading across his hand. Another man, Cam, is turned the other way and holding Milo’s right hand. He’s looking over his shoulder and looking at Milo with concern. His clothes are bright, colorful, and patchwork. The gloom of the forest mutes their color. The trees seem to close in around them.

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 7h

I released a book yesterday! In case you didn’t see it, here it is! It’s a spooky little read, perfect for October!

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 11h

PMS is making me feel so heavy today. Would like to just not.

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 14h

Listening to Legends and Lattes on the way to work while I fight my way up the hills on my bike is a strange cozy version of self-torture. What do you MEAN they now serve the most amazingly moist cinnamon rolls with this thick glaze AND a thick frothy latte? Kids I’m craving so hard right now 🙈

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 06/10/2026

work was just really fucking tough today 🥲

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 06/10/2026

👻 One Line Share 👻 "They buried the hearts at low tide." 🌊🖤 Drowned Hearts www.karenlykkebo.com/drownedhearts #booksky

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 06/10/2026

I wish it was an awesome latte it’s just water but she’ll go feral for water from MY glass. Best fucking water ever 😂

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 06/10/2026

I’m a tired patoot today. What are you?

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 06/10/2026

I mentally prepped myself for a terrible bike ride to work in heavy head wind all the way but miscalculated the direction so ended up flying down the bike path and now I really dread having to go home later 🙈

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 05/10/2026

Another evening of being left behind by AI and pursuing other creative endeavors when the words aren’t flowing. Crocheting pumpkins is definitely not procrastination.

Hand holding small crocheted pumpkin. Cat in the background

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 03/10/2026

#WIPSnips ~ Petal ~ This story in Dirt You Shall Become was an unplanned fifth story (I'd settled for four in the anthology). But one morning the deer had once again gotten through my defenses and into my garden. My rage knew no bounds. So I wrote this story as a manifest of my hatred for deer. 🦌🔫

“I looked around but saw no one.
There was nothing.
No movements. No sounds. The garden was empty.
I choked on my breath.
The garden was empty.
Every flowerbed was stripped clean. Flower stems were broken. Red and yellow tulip petals lay scattered about the lawn. The young kale with soft frizzy leaves that had just started growing was completely gone. It was like a hurricane had ripped through the place overnight.
A hurricane of deer.”

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Dirt You Shall Become: Short Horrors from the Garden
Karen Lykkebo
This material may be protected by copyright.

Cover for Dirt You Shall Become. Pink peony on the upper left corner, shovel in dirt in lower right. Title with with font with weeds around it.
Surrounded by flowers.

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 03/10/2026

It is SPOOKY SEASON! And you can get a whole lot of amazing spooky, eerie, chilly books to get you through this (cozy) moody season. Check out this massive bundle full of great reads. 93 books - $69 A goddamn steal! itch.io/b/3904/chill... 📚💙

promo banner for itchio bundle chills, thrills & kills. Orange theme, little ghosts around a haunted mansion.

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 03/10/2026

#WIPSnips A dented wheelbarrow used to move... things 👀🩸 From "Murder, She Grew" featured in Dirt You Shall Become. (on spooktober sale on itchio now and later this month on all other platforms too ✨)

“Come now, darling,” she said and grabbed him under the shoulders. “Christ Almighty! Perhaps we should have eaten more veggies, huh?” Sweat painted her brow as she dragged him over the rim of the wheelbarrow and managed to get him into the dented container, one arm and both legs dangled over the side. With a curl of her lip, she grabbed the handle of the scissors that poked out of his neck and tugged it free. A splash of blood followed and drained her shirt.”

Excerpt From
Dirt You Shall Become: Short Horrors from the Garden
Karen Lykkebo
This material may be protected by copyright.

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 05/10/2026

let's not all start crying at once yall 🥲

train hitting school bus meme. text on top "me having had a pretty decent monday" text on bottom: pms

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 05/10/2026

I'm so full of energy when I come home, then 30 min later, I'm ready for bed..

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

👻 Spooktober is upon us! 👻 Get my spooky short stories extra cheap this month! In a bundle on itch or individually on my webshop (sale goes wide in a week) -> itch.io/s/202134/spo... -> www.karenlykkebo.com/category/all...

Promo picture for three horror books by Karen Lykkebo.
Left: Now and the Hour of Death. Cover illustration: skull lifting a finger as if silencing someone. Text under: Five short stories with a theme of the curse/blessing of death
Right:: Drowned Hearts. Hands reaching up towards the surface. Text: A novelette featuring a dark, cunning ocean and kids out of their depth...
Middle: Dirt you shall become. Trowel and pink peony. Text: Five short stories from creepy gardens and eerie flowerbeds

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 05/10/2026

Biked home through rain, wind, and Fall Weather™️ and when I got home, tired, cold, and wet, the bf magical said: “How about we make a cup of hot cocoa before dinner?!” This one’s a keeper that for sure ♥️

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

Wait what's this? 👀 Spooky sale on spooky jewelry?? Up to 20% off 💸 www.karenlykkebo.com/category/spo...

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Spooky Vibes | lykkebo

Books and creations with a bit of a spooky vibe.

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

My main goal for Spooktober is to *finally* break even, maybe even EARN on Dirt You Shall Become. I'm something like $4 away from this. As it'll be on sale most of the month, maybe it'll be even harder to reach, but kids... FOUR FREAKING DOLLARBABES! 🤎🪱

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

🎃🌟 Spooky Sunday Spotlight 🌟🎃 Someone Else's Horror Story by @bookspotlight.bsky.social. An almost wholesome horror short story. Cleverly crafted and wonderfully eerie with light spook factor and no gore. www.karenlykkebo.com/post/someoneel… 📚💙

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Someone Else's Horror Story

Engaging, relatable, and with a wholesomely (is that a thing?) eerie ending!

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 05/10/2026

I just have this Monday then 2 more and then there won’t be shitty Monday’s for me for a loooong while as I’m changing my work schedule to get Monday’s off! 🥳🥳

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oh I’m going to need some of these. They are perfect for work!

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 05/10/2026

Thank you 🥰 they’ll be up on my shop hopefully soon!

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 05/10/2026

I’ve started listening to Legends and Latte on my way to work and an unexpected downside of this is the intense craving for a damn good cup of coffee I’m left with. *cheers in cooperate coffee* happy Monday

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

Got feedback from my beta reader on my rat WIP and yall... you're gonna be in for such a treat in about a year when this bad girl will publish 🐀 Pitched as "woman uses her newfound rat-ness to steal from the rich, save a bakery from bankruptcy, and leave her no-good husband in the ditch."

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

I did a few things today and actually got a little off my ever-long to do list! 🙌 I also started some new projects but 🤫 You know what they say.. 1 step forward 5 steps back

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

Just realized it’s been a long time since I actually finished a project (got about a million on the burner) so took the time to actually finish these dragon scale phone bags. Soon to come on the shop! Next color, orange and yellows I think.

Crocheted bags in green blue and red. Pattern looks like scales

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

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Someone Else's Horror Story

Engaging, relatable, and with a wholesomely (is that a thing?) eerie ending!

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

Just me, a basic bitch, enjoying my homemade pumpkin spice latte, while considering what spooky or cozy things I should create today. Crochet some plants or pumpkins? Make some skull jewelry? Decisions decision 🖤🍂✨

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

Wait what's this? 👀 Spooky sale on spooky jewelry?? Up to 20% off 💸 www.karenlykkebo.com/category/spo...

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Spooky Vibes | lykkebo

Books and creations with a bit of a spooky vibe.

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

Yep they're all ok with stuff on them. But they could've been even better 😅

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Ellie Lieberman @ellielieberman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

2- #FantasyIndiesSpooktober- Spooky reads I highly recommend... Cry on Hallow's Eve by Evangeline Duran Fuentes The Neglected by @rebeccaamissauthor.bsky.social Drowned Hearts by @karenlykkebo.com Rotten Roots by @sharkiatwrites.bsky.social

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

Happy Sunday peeps ☀️ I'm annoyed which is not my favorite feeling on a Sunday morning. Might do a little mindfulness session to put things behind me and look at what the day can bring instead. 🙏

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 04/10/2026

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

There's still plenty of room for more Trans authors in this SciFi & Fantasy bundle. Also, I forgot to say in the criteria below; Romance and NSFW which also has a SciFi/ Fantasy plot is welcome.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Check these out for something spooky or magical to read this October! 🎃👻🕷️🐈‍⬛

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Author C B Lansdell @cblansdell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A special bundle is on Itchio now! 93 spooky books for 69 USD 🎃 itch.io/b/3904/chill...

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 03/10/2026

This does make sense! And yeah I muted all the channels first thing, ha. Only have notifs on one that I *do* try to keep taps on. But it's a good point. A chat room more than forum. I need to just overcome the social anxiety of being perceived. I'm not the best at talking in big group conversations

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