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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 07/08/2026

Big news, readers: Ebooks are coming! 🎉 We’re excited to share that in the coming months, you’ll be able to enjoy both ebooks and audiobooks on Libro! Every purchase you make will benefit your chosen independent bookshop. What are we most excited about? 🔽

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

If you're going for a slow burn make sure you pack the right kind of fuel, and enough of it. Two people who can hardly keep their hands to themselves from the word go probably don't have a lot of good reasons to keep them apart for say, three to four whole books.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Ok, this is very pleasing to my brain. Thank you cover artists! (Audrey Benjaminsen and Sam Hadley) #SFF #Romantasy 💙📚🪐

Vile lady villains by danai christopoulou next to nemesis mine by amy archer. On the first, two women hold daggers at each others' throats, on the second two men do the same.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

UK publishing generated £7.4 billion in revenue last year. Compare that to: Premier League football: £6.6 billion Home entertainment: £5.6 billion UK film industry: 2.8 billion Now tell me again why authors don't deserve fair contracts and better pay.

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Ossei Odontidae @filitadraws.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

When the human of a vampire-hating werewolf family turns into a vampire, he must hide his new fangs from his nosy sister all while suppressing his hunger for blood and deflecting the suspicion of his sister’s (very hot) 🐺 bodyguard. That and to avoid a 🧛 vs 🐺 war #SEAsianPit #A #PR #Q 🌈 filo mc

moodboard composed of 10 images (left to right) silhouette of a hand with claws, outside restaurant during the evening, vampire red eyes, wolf necklace, random alleyway in Puglia, silhouette of two men staring at each other longingly, golden eyes, a bucket of garlic and herbs, Fangs Out in Italy with a red background. Silhouette of bats going across the moodboard

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Going through my old (like 2015) artworks and found this - shoutout to young Lysander who thought he was gonna make a whole web-comic lol I think my record was about seven pages. Writing novels might not be 'easier' but it's certainly less intensive.

A twinky blonde making the yandere face stands at the centre of the cover over the title 'Bitter Sweet Memenise' behind him is a weird butterfly skull with a proboskis looking thing (your guess is as good as mine) leaking black butterflies, and the face of a smiling demon with long hair and brown skin, glowing blue eyes and similarly glowing blue piercings.

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

#NotQuiteWritePrize Let this be a lesson to all, sometimes that one vote cast in either direction really does make all the difference 😂 Sorry Ed

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Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 04/05/2026

My preferred AI metaphor is actually Asbestos. - Seemingly magical properties - Developed and experimented with to make endless products - Poisoned countless communities in it's creation - Everything it was used for eventually becomes a toxic hazard to mitigate & it's in the fucking walls now

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Does your cat also lie like this? She looks like one of those fancy shell shaped chocolates #catsky

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🫜Prof Emily🫜 @professoremily.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

MORNING BLUESKY! My book THE GODS OF ATALANTIS #1 is out on digital today!!! 🥳🥳🥳 2 teenagers get chosen as the new gods & must learn to work together as they face scheming leaders, fanatical cults & a prophecy of doom for their island! ❤️‍🔥 Slow-burn romance! 💎 Magic crystals! 🌏 Deep worldbuilding!

Cover of THE GODS OF ATALANTIS, designed by me. The bottom half shows a girl with long flowing hair sleeping in a fetal position, wrapped up in flowing cloths; she is painted in shades of light to dark blue, and her flowing hair and cloths are reminiscent of ocean waves. At the top, upside down, a boy with curly hair and a tattoo on his arm is also sleeping in a fetal position, wrapped up in cloths; he is painted in golds and reds, like the sun. The two of them mirror each other almost like yin & yang, with the title written between them in shining reddish-gold letters. A reddish-gold border frames the cover, and each corner features a small symbol: a marigold flower, a phoenix, an orange & blue striped fish, and a wolf. Along the left and right sides of the border, pale bluish-white crystals are growing. Along the bottom the author's name EMILY KLOTZ is written in the same reddish-gold letters.

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Anyone else sick to death of reading about magic herbs in every romantasy? Am I the only one who thinks this is immersion breaking and lowkey boring? Make them use animal bladders. Give the herbs side effects. Contraception isn't free. This message brought to you by post iud cramping.

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I got really excited about all the various words that contain 'disco' and then had a flash of undeniable inspiration and pivoted. What's that one story about the bat switching sides in the war between animals? Is that Aesop? #NotQuiteWritePrize #FlashFiction

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

My piece 'Six Feet Above' made this month's Furious Fiction showcase!! :D I think my favourite is probably 'Mining Echoes' by Rebecca Hefron just for like, sheer creativity and style. #FuriousFiction #flashfiction #writersky www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious...

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

From Mare's perspective to Sebastian's during their first week of working together and then from his back to hers later in the chapter - I thought if these instantly.

By the end of the first week, I’d managed to confirm the validity and usefulness of almost all of the books I’d picked out in advance, as well as several that weren’t listed in the public catalogues.

It left me—perhaps unwisely—wondering if the year wouldn't be so terrible as I’d thought.

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Sebastian Ainsley

Studying was every bit as terrible as the last time I’d tried it. Which was long enough ago that I couldn't put a specific date or memory to the occurrence. Only the certainty that I hated it then as I hated it now.

She scrutinised me for a moment, as if she was actually considering it. “Are you going to take advantage of my good will, purposefully misinterpret my motivations, and spend the whole time flirting with me?”

“Flirting is how I learn.” I shot her a grin, and she rolled her eyes, but this time her smile made its way down from her eyebrows, all the way to the corner of her mouth. Just the barest little upwards twitch.

“I’m beginning to think it’s how you breathe,” she replied. “But alright. I’ll see you at dinner for a lesson on mundane metamorphosis.” Then she went back to reading.

But there was no way I was going to be able to read now. Meadows had agreed to dinner.

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Marigold Meadows

What in the name of God was I thinking?

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Am I too late for #PortfolioDay? I was busy dissolving into a puddle of post-IUD insertion pain-goo. Here's some art anyway lol.

A girl in sensible clothing with a tight bun sits on the lap of a man with long, messy hair. She is trying to read and he is distracting her with kisses.

A tall, armoured man in a fur coat stands opposite a young girl in a flowing dress at the centre of a gazebo overgrown with jasmine vines. Shadowy hands hold the glass dome of the gazebo above, hinting at something sinister watching.

A man in tight leather armour, thigh high leather boots and a cowl is in the middle of doing a backwards kick, whilst wielding a pair of deathly cursed daggers.

A man in loose harelquins mottley sits in the woods beneath a large, mebranous umbrella. The umbrella has a wheel of eyes, and is bleeding body horror all over the ground around him. He is undisturbed.

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Been practicing my Cover Art skills, hoping to build an illustration pholio. What do you think? #illustration #coverart #booksky

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Anyone else on Bluesky participating in this month's #furiousfiction? This is my first one, been a long time since I wrote short stories but the prompt is juicy!

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Sofia Glass @sofiaglass.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

My characters are dramatic as hell, so I had OPTIONS😅 Context: Az sticks her hand in things she shouldn't -Sanctuary, Ch 3 #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy #Romance

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Rachel ~ Is AGENTED📚 @rdohertywrites.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD x LIGHTS OUT X BRIDE 👵 A missing grandmother 🐺A wolf shifter crime boss 🐈‍⬛ A black cat homicide DA 🤌 An offer she can't refuse She's the only one he's ever wanted. He's the one thing she can't resist. And it's her job to put him in prison. #cupit #pr #dr #MfR #BnR #A #RoFa

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Maria Poppy @mariapoppy.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

"You were my undoing, and I am to be yours." MM Romantasy 107k Vengeful courtesan Kresimir Zaheriev has his eyes set on killing the King. The King has plans to make Kresimir one of his secret magic investigators. Both get more than they bargained for. #Cupit #RF #LGBT

"The Iris and the Aconite MM Romantasy" "You were my undoing and I am to be yours" photos on a background of ripped and wrinkled paper. Left to right, top row: a ripped photograph (half shows the ML, half shows the MC), someone holding a crown, a poison vial. Second row: a castle in a round picture frame, two hands reaching for each other, and two people embracing each other. Lastly, a photo of a man on top of another man, choking him

“Aren’t you a wealth of knowledge?” Kresimir crossed his arms. “What does this have to do with anything? Or are you trying to rub it in my face that my parents might’ve been a pair of pyromaniacal cultists?”
The King gave him a tired look, his eyes widening slightly, his brows dipping. “You really believe the worst of me, don’t you, my friend?”
“We’re not friends.”
“We are most definitely something tangential to friendship.”
“I believe those are called allies. Acquaintances.”
“We had drinks together.”
“Because I wanted to kill you, you stubborn fool!” They were close enough to feel each other’s breath now. An inexplicable urge to close the gap surged in Kresimir, potent as his irritation.
“I’m stubborn?” the King asked in disbelief.
The doors to the office creaked open, and they jumped apart, Kresimir’s heart racing from more than vexation.

The text is on a paper texture against a beige background. Illustrated flowers are in the upper left and lower right corners. A locket is in the upper right corner. A kiss mark is in the lower left corner

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Bee 🐝 has a BOOK DEAL! @beemorris.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

💕 KILL ME MAYBE 💕 #Cupit Heather wants to die. Finn can't wait to kill her 🔪♥️ 🫀 dark rom-com thriller 🎭 dual pov 🌶️ unhinged spice 🌦️ black cat x (psychotic) golden retriever 💘 serial killer club ☠️ touch her and die (literally) 🚩 so many red flags 📚 for fans of the Mindf*ck series

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

After the horrific death of his lover, R.M Renfield receives a letter from the mysterious Count Dracula calling him to Romania to help the Count manage his affairs. He didn’t expect to become one. A queer dark romance prequel to Bram Stoker's "Dracula" #CuPit #P #A #R #LGBT

A top down view of an old wooden desk covered in old papers and envelopes and a leather bound book titled “Life Before Blood” featuring a tintype photo in an ornate frame featuring Dracula and Renfield facing each other. Dracula’s hand is around Renfield’s throat as Renfield stares lovingly at the Count.

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Dark Comedy x Faerie Romance The Fool's Maiden For those who like it sweet, salacious and never too serious. The Fool's Maiden has been my side project while querying Lamb's Blood, something light but no less twisted. #Cupit #CFR #RC #MnR

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Snacks Writes @snackswrites.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

GOOFY WEREWOLF/CEO MASHUP. BRING BACK CAMP. Last one for the day, and my personal fave... It tells you so little about my story and so much about me, the author 🤣 Thanks for the love @cupitch.bsky.social! Happy valentines day 💓 #cupit #A #PR #CR #RC #MiR

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

New bookshelf has passed muster and been accepted into the list of tolerable objects. #cat #pet

Closeup of my cats face as she sits on the new bookshelf

My cat peaks out from the shelf she's sitting on

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jules @julesocc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

This is probably my favorite #fantasyromance #romantasy #fanart I’ve come across. It features Jude&Cardan from The Folk of the Air series by #HollyBlack first book is The Cruel Prince #art #bookstory #booksky ❤️’d this series especially Jude-she’s a great FMC& haven’t come across anyone like her yet

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

If it's not one of them- it's the other. I will never be free of them.

A man with black hair stands in a forest of winter oaks, his shirt is wet and you can see his torso through the sheer material. He's wearing black leather gloves and pants, and turning to look over his shoulder at the viewer with a subtle smirk. Snow swirls around him.

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The hold this man has on my life rn. I try to take a break from writing and end up drawing him instead 😭 #romantasy #fantasysky #writers #illustration #mmc

A tall, broad man with tan skin and messy brown hair, smirking down at the viewer. His shirt is unbuttoned exposing his torso, and his leather pants are unbuckled in a suggestive fashion. One hand rests at his hip, the other clutches a leash that is affixed to his own collar.

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L. S. Vervain @lysanderskyw.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

'The Kingdom wept, and the land bled, and from that fetid place crawled all manner of unspeakable things. Divested of their Shepard's protection, its people reached out to other, crueler gods, and they would pay any price for shelter from Her sins.' Gothic Romantasy hoping for a late 2025 release!

The title Lamb's Blood sits over the head of a white lamb, whose face is half covered by mice. The mice at the bottom have their fur slick with blood that is dripping into a puddle below. The title is embellished with jasmine vines. The 's' in Lamb's is stylised as a snake, and the 'o's in Blood are stylised as a rib cage.

Two people stand facing eachother in a sculpted stone gazebo. The man is tall and broad, with wild, tangled hair. He's wearing a large fur coat over leather armour, and his expression is hard to read. The girl is two heads shorter than him, wearing a silk dress that's blowing in the wind, she seems both startled and inquisitive. Jasmine vines wind around behind them. Above, a pair of ghostly black hands hold the glass dome of the gazebo, in an ominous fashion.

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