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L.C. Fathom (author)

@lcfathom.bsky.social

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I'm a scientist, author, lizard person cryptid (she/they) writing books to jam the gears of fascism and entertain its survivors. Book here: books2read.com/u/m20jRG Blog and merch here: www.lcfathom.com

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PSA: White chocolate is not chocolate

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The cover is coming along nicely and the draft is off to beta readers! Here's a little sneak-sneak peek of the cover for my next book. 👀 ARC sign-ups coming soon! #WriterSky #AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #CosmicHorror #HorrorWriting #ARCreaders #ARC 📚💙

A pastel-hued slit of a bigger picture. A human skull lies on the ground with dried flowers beside it.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is d!sney's Pocahontas problematic and riddled with a blatant disregard for history? Yes. But I refuse to let that distract us from the more important message, a warning, that raccoons were instrumental in helping colonialism in exchange for treats. #It'sAlwaysTheOnesYouMostSuspect #Disney

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Meeko's Messy Crumbs in Pocahontas

Alt: A GIF of Meeko, from Disney's Pocahontas, picking up crumbs of hardtack from a rock after taking a piece from John Smith.

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L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

*deep breath* Stadium country is as country as cheese-whizz is cheese. #TheMoreYouKnow #SkeletorRules

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Masters Of The Universe Skeletor: Until Next Time

Alt: A GIF of Skeletor, from the original He Man, running away down a tunnel of bone holding his staff, captioned "until next time, folks".

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

MONTHS of struggling to get this story finished and I finally did it! 😭 Thank you to all who helped and encouraged me, knowingly or not (I'm looking at you @stevewestenra.bsky.social)! I can finally pass this onto beta reading and ARC won't be far behind! Cover reveal soon too!🥳

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The first draft of my cosmic horror collection is almost complete except for ONE story that is kicking my ass. Maybe the real horror was the writing process itself along the way...? #WriterSky #AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #CosmicHorror #HorrorWriting 📚💙

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

When you're an American writing a futuristic/dystopian sci-fi story and realized you haven't mentioned America once... #WriterSky #AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky 📚💙

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Very Good Sungwon Cho

Alt: Sungwon Cho, an Asian man, looking at the camera and saying "Very good" with a neutral but pleased expression.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Creating is an act of resistance and important for your health. Doesn't matter if it's finger painting on your plate of pasta or making a fresco, go make something today. BE FREE, MY FELLOWS! #Art #HappyFriday #WriterSky #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky 📚💙

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I have made a rule for myself "no more writing next book until you finish this book" and my brain is not happy about it. #WriterSky #AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky 📚💙

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Tantrum Kid on Golf Course

Alt: A toddler throwing a tantrum on a golf course by jumping up and down, falling down, and slamming his feet into the ground as he rolls around on the turf.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Cover art: check. Title: check. Book contents: ...check...like 90%? Time to sit down and really get shit done. #WriterSky #CosmicHorror #AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky 📚💙

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Skeleton Working on Computer

Alt: A super low quality render of a skeleton sitting at a plain desk, in a 70's themed room, as it smacks its hands against the keyboard while kicking its feet.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm thinking about ditching my website to just have a Patreon instead. A website is expensive but flexible, while Patreon is relatively cheap but comes with a demanding schedule. Anyone else feel one or the other is better? #WriterSky #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky 📚💙

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Cat's Math Dilemma: Making Decisions

Alt: The text reads "Me when I'm trying to make a decision" above a picture of a cartoon cat sweating as equations swarm around its head. Cat's Math Dilemma: Making Decisions.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

When you call insurance and the estimate is actually way less than you expected.🥳 Time to go in the claustrophobia magnet tube and see what happens! #ChronicIllness

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Boy's Happy Water Slide Ride

Alt: A GIF of a happy little boy going down a water slide.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sale ends tonight!!! Support your indie authors and pick up a few books for a great price (FREE - 2.99)!!! indiebook.sale

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Banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale. A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text. Ebook covers surround the banner.

Text: Indie Book Sale

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Fantasy, Sci FI & Horror

29 - 31 August

Banner designed by Arden Powell

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

America needs a giant plague sign for our borders, like they had back in the day. "Stay out. Black plague inside." But replace black with "fascist" and stay out with "RUN". #Murica #Fascism

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Enter At Your Own Risk Warning Sign

Alt: A light flashes like lightning across a sign that says "Enter At Your Own Risk" hung across a large gate.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sometimes. You sit in the writing for too long. And it marinates your brain with the contents. And those contents may or may not be good... Which is to say, I have a headache. #WriterSky #CosmicHorror #AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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Ryan Gosling Drinks Water During Interview

Alt: Ryan Gosling trying to drink water while on an interview show but his hands are shaking, spilling the glass of water everywhere.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Sitting down this morning to take a serious look at my WIP cosmic horror book and decide if I should aim for a Halloween release date or New Years. I'll keep you posted so you know when ARC copies are coming! #WriterSky #CosmicHorror #AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #ARC 📚💙

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Li Shang: Let's Get Down To Business

Alt: Li Shang from Mulan saying "Let's Get Down To Business" at the start of his musical number.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

With the autistic perfectionism of a French chef picking a wheel of cheese. I keep a detailed account of the tone, accent, background, preferred vocabulary, etc. of each character to keep their personality consistent and distinct from the others. It helps a lot! #SFFChat #WriterSky

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I'm not even done with my first cosmic horror book but already thinking about my second (and third). There are just so many awesome topics out there! I want to do a "feminist horror" one, AKA a book of stories in which equality wins every time, horrifying those who don't like it. 😀 💙📚 #WriterSky

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Met a fellow ADHDer today who'd previously thought it was just anxiety. I said it's probably both because it's pretty hard NOT to develop anxiety after a lifetime running into glass doors everyone ELSE can see but you. You're bound to develop a "flinch" response. She felt validated. #ADHDlife

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L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

When you look at you current book and wonder "Can I *just* make this deadline OR do I have to set a new one?" And who's responsible for making that call? Oh, right, it's me. 🥴 #AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #BookSky #Books

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to BlueSky

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Spencer Reid's Awkward Moment (Criminal Minds)

Alt: Spencer Reid awkwardly raising his hand as if to wave instead of shaking a man's hand like he was expected to (GIF from Criminal Minds).

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

So sick of Microsnot Windows that I'm lurking around Linux, wondering if the switch is worth it... It looks like it has its own version(s) of Word. Any other writers using Linux and liking it? #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #Linux

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Do Not Press Priest

Alt: A man in a priest uniform is anxiously looking at a big red button on the wall that says "DO NOT PRESS", struggling to decide if he should press it or not.

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I’m calling everyone out.

A SpongeBob meme

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Is it fall yet? Is it spooky season? I want to touch a blanket without combusting; I'm running out of fingers man... #TooDamnHot

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Alt: A giant, human-sized, yellow smiley face is slowly melting in the middle of a black and white woods.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The most unique thing about humans? *Our fears.* We worry about things like aliens, supernatural forces, gods, and the effects of our actions through time. Why not explore your fears a little and find some answers? You might be a little less scared afterwards. Maybe. #📖 #A #NA #H #SF #W #BluePit

An excerpt from a short story titled "The Something" by L.C. Fathom. It reads as follows:
There’s something about a human that doesn’t love a silence
Something that flinches encountering the dark spaces
A young human reaching for a teddy bear
A grown human reaching for a lover
An old human reaching for a faith
A lonely human calling into the cosmos for a response saying
“You are not alone”

A skeleton at a table contemplating a skull sitting in front of it. Picture is "Secunda ossium tabula [Human skeleton inspecting a skull and in deep thinking]" from The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1545.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

When an all-American conservative man lands in jail for committing a hate crime, he's forced to face his greatest enemy in therapy; himself. But leaving the past behind isn't easy, especially as other convicts of hate crimes start to mysteriously disappear... #📖 #A #NA #SP #SF #P #TR #LGBT #BluePit

An excerpt from the novel "Utopia Paradox" by L.C. Fathom on an orange background with an image of a man sitting in a prison cell. It reads as follows: I got her point and she was right. I didn’t start this and neither did she. You can’t lose what you never had. No one left alive started it, but we were all perpetuating it by resisting change. I relaxed my shoulders, not realizing I’d been feeling so tense. I frowned in thought.
“It’s hard to change. I feel like this isn’t even America anymore! Like I don’t know who I am without what I’ve been told! I knew who I was and what I was supposed to be, what my thoughts and values were, but now… I feel like I don’t know myself at all.”

The cover for Utopia Paradox by L.C. Fathom. It features a multicolored circle contacting two characters, one black silhouette with its hands bound in red chains against a red background and the other a white silhouette with red chains over its eyes against a blue background.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I AM WHEEZING 😭🤣

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

When someone calls your *very deliberate* artist choice a flaw, ignoring its entire purpose for being there so they can complain without exerting the effort needed to use their atrophying brain. #Art #AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #BookSky #Books

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Sarcastic Smile Kid

Alt: Sarcastic Smile Kid meme. A very disappointed and annoyed boy stares blandly at the camera as he blinks.

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#BluePit is here for summer! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects! #BluePit will be taking place on July 13th, 2026! #BluePitHype starts July 8th! (TOMORROW!) #WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents

#BluePit

A STORYTELLING HYPE/PITCH EVENT

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).

#BluePitHype Q&A Schedule

Limit 3 posts per WIP/Published work
Use appropriate tags (see Tag list)
No AI. images must include ALT text.
Everyone is encouraged to like and repost
Agents, editors, and publishers welcome!
Use #BluePit feeds to find pitches to support!

Questions?
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Join us starting July 8th!

JOIN US JULY 13th 12-12 EST!

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#BluePit TAGS

MEDIA
#💥 - Comics
#🎮 - Game Dev
#🎲 - TTRPGs
#📖 - 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

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

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

GAME SYSTEM
#D20 - D20 based
#D6 - D6 based
#D100 -D100 based
#NAR - Narrative based
#DUN - Dungeon Crawler
#RO - Rogue-Like

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Oh sure, "EVE bit the apple first!" But men committed the first murder. With ZERO benefits or serpentine encouragement might I add! At least Eve got "knowledge" out of the deal. Makes me itch to write a story, if the whole Garden of Eden thing wasn't already overdone... #WritingCommunity #Writing

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Cheryl Hickey's 'Seriously?!' Reaction Meme

Alt: Cheryl Hickey's 'Seriously?!' Reaction Meme. A woman tilts her head irritably as the camera zooms in on her blankly annoyed face.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Me: Hey, can we write today? My brain: Oh, I'm sorry. You want me to write while the climate is currently operating closer to the settings for Satan's sauna than it has since the early Triassic? Me: ...Yes? #AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #BookSky

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Bernie Sanders Says 'I Think I'll Pass'

Alt: Bernie Sanders sitting across from someone at a coffee shop saying "Hmm... I Think I'll Pass"

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Who decides who you are; you or the people around you... And what if you disagree? #CosmicHorror #WIP #AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #BookSky

An image of a story titled "Sentient Dysphoria". The clip reads as follows: "This is not your body, not your home, not your face, and certainly not your life. You don’t know who’s it is or when it became yours. But, here you are now, and you can’t find a way to leave.
You’re at a party when you realize you don’t know anyone or even remember what’s being celebrated. You do your best to play along, stay calm. Someone keeps asking you about kids you don’t have and forcing you to come up with convincing lies as answers. It’s exhausting. You have a spouse that you don’t recognize, but everyone greets them with years-long familiarity and acts like it’s perfectly normal when this stranger wraps their arms around you. You start to feel sickened by this. Your spouse knows you well, sees this change, and you both call it a night early."

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Cade Garza @decayde.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Don't miss your chance to submit to Hazard Pay, a workplace anthology based around supernatural workplace horror! Deadline is September 1st! #writers #writingcommunity #authors #indieauthors forms.gle/zYsi3qW5S1yt...

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Pet peeve #824: people who read a book and leave a bad review to the effect of "I wasn't in the mood" or "I knew I wouldn't like this book but I tried". They're the same people who leave trash reviews on rugs and containers because THEY ordered without reading the dimensions. #BookSky #Books #Review

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Alt: Maurice from Madagascar angrily pointing at the camera and saying "YOU! You did this!"

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I finally read "Someone You Can Build a Nest In" and it was SO so good! I loved the descriptions of how the MC shapeshifter can manipulate her body and views human society. It also has great ace representation! A refreshing read, five stars. #PrideBookFair #Booksky #Books #BookReview

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Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monste...

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I was already looking forward to Halloween and that's when it hit me; why don't we have a SPOOKY pride flag? How would that work with all the colors? I don't know man, but I think we owe it to ourselves to try. #Halloween #Pride #PrideFlag #Art 🏳️‍🌈

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Theodoros Painting a Landscape

Alt: Bob Ross painting a dark landscape.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Was having a lovely conversation with someone recently who dejectedly told me her professor declared "Hermonie is OBVIOUSLY Black; she has frizzy hair!" I am now rage-writing a blog post to process my feelings... #HarryPotter #BoycottJKRowling #JKRowlingSucks

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Tim Curry in Home Alone 2: I'm Afraid You're Mistaken

Alt: Tim Curry in Home Alone 2, dressed in a suit, saying "I'm terribly sorry sir, but... I'm Afraid You're Mistaken."

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L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

For yucks and giggles I looked up rainbow roof tiles... Nothing. So if any queer roofing business owners are out there, boy howdy do I have a sales pitch for you. 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #HomeImprovement

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Just started reading "The Tragedy of Heterosexuality" and it's already so good but making my brain so mad. Guys, seriously, we do not have to live like this as a society... #BookSky #Reading #PrideReading #AreTheStraightsOk

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Tom Gets Furious While Reading a Book

Alt: Tom, from Tom and Jerry, Getting red-faced Furious While Reading a Book.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

In case you missed it! 💫

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I've started noticing that I won't read academic books older than ~2000-2015 because they're already outdated or the information has been incorporated into newer books with important updates. Does anyone else do this? #BookSky #AcademicSky #Books

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

When it finally comes time to sort through your long, long, long-ass list of "cool books" you wrote down and finally pick out which ones are worth reading. #BookSky #Books

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Rogers Tale: Man Crying Intensely

Alt: A close up of Will Ferrel in a suit sobbing angrily.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I struggle not to be furious about this every day. It's pure selfishness and brainrot at its core. If you have enough sympathy to understand why someone's stubbed toe isn't yours, you can understand someone's tastes not being yours and choose to be silent. #BookSky #Writing #Authors

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

And even books that have objectively terrible craft have other merits

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Complained to husband that I couldn't find a good summary book of magical principals and history. He turned to me, looked me dead in the eyes, and said "you must write the book", making me break out in a cold sweat. No research writing for me thanks! #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Writing

A classic meme from the r/bald subreddit of two bald men comforting a third who's back is to the camera.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Hissing at people is a highly underrated defense that requires zero skill and carries no legal consequences. I highly recommend it! #PissOff

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Jurassic Park Dilophosaurus Roar

Alt: A GIF of the Jurassic Park Dilophosaurus hissing and roaring as it flares its hood.

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Give your characters voices. Better yet, read the words out loud using those voices and watch your writing become more dynamic (and entertaining). It's the writer equivalent of an artist making That Face while drawing That Face. #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Art

L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Imagine if you told someone you have allergies and they said "That sucks! Don't you wish you could try peanut butter just once?" ...but you're allergic to strawberries... That's what it's like telling someone you're autistic. It's one word, not one symptom. #Autism #Neurodivergent

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L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Not a gay bar (haven't been) but my first queer social experience was a drag show my college friends took me too. I had no idea what a drag show was. I thought it would be about fashion or something boring... It was NOT boring. I had the time of my little, budding-queer life! #HappyPride #Drag

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Chris Pratt's Surprised Reaction in Parks and Recreation

Alt: Chris Pratt's Surprised Reaction in Parks and Recreation

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L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Satan is not an actual, canon person in Christian theology, BUT I couldn't resist indulging in that lore to write a blasphemous little tale... #CosmicHorror #WIP #AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #BookSky

A screenshot from a Word document titled "The Devil's Deal", a short story. The text is as follows: The Devil’s Deal
“This is ridiculous! You’re asking humans to make an unwitting choice between eternal life and death without any empirical proof to guide their understanding? Leaving an entire species of corrupt beings, that YOU made, alone to discover the wonders of the universe through faith? Do you even hear yourself?!”
God confirmed this, revealing no discomfort at this accusation. “They do not need a guide. The path to life is already written in their very bones and souls. Inescapable and true. A beacon that cannot be unseen.”