iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

hiatus | black as diamond OUT NOW 🍉 @nebulouswrites.com · 07/09/2026

You are presented with an empty stage, an elevator door, and a choice. If you decide to read this choose your own existential drama, turn to ergot.press/dolmen/U.M._Agoawike

Promo for the short story titled "Swallow or, Worm In The Throat." Grey theater curtains border the image on both sides and the top.

042

hiatus | black as diamond OUT NOW 🍉 @nebulouswrites.com · 03/03/2026

BLACK AS DIAMOND, my debut novel is OUT NOW! AHHHHHH!!!! go grab a copy of this epic dark fantasy about fate & free will TODAY 🖤💎 it's not fully computing that i'm a published novelist now, hooolyy shitt... #2026debuts

A reader's guide to Black as Diamond by U.M. Agoawike. Adult dark fantasy, March 6 2026, Bindery & Ezeekat

For fans of: Truthwitch, Castlevania, The Unspoken Name, The Rage of Dragons, The Priory of the Orange Tree

The pitch: An inhuman warrior sent to find his brother winds up entangled with a reckless healer practicing dangerous magic. Now inextricably bound together, they must outrun their enemies as they attempt to break a fatal curse—or die trying.

Art by @sil.artss

Featuring: found family, the consequences of reckless curiosity, complicated relationships with mothers, finding & losing yourself, the sins of the father, fate & free will, "your body is not your own", power at a steep price, queernormative world, platonic bonds, unresolved yearning, ritualistic blood magic, original fantasy species, so many sewing metaphors, scandalous hand holding, indecent forehead touches

020

hiatus | black as diamond OUT NOW 🍉 @nebulouswrites.com · 29/01/2026

I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE I HAVE RECEIVED A FINALIZED COPY OF BLACK AS DIAMOND 🖤💎 she's so beautiful i need to fucking CRY & WEEP ashskdldklj!!!!!! THANK YOU @binderybooks.bsky.social #2026debuts

030

hiatus | black as diamond OUT NOW 🍉 @nebulouswrites.com · 25/08/2025

I'M OVER THE MOON TO FINALLY BE HOLDING THE ARC OF BLACK AS DIAMOND IN MY HANDS 😭😭😭 this has been my dream since high school and i'm SO grateful to @binderybooks.bsky.social for this opportunity to soon see BAD on shelves 🖤🤍🖤 (also new newsletter just dropped)

130

hiatus | black as diamond OUT NOW 🍉 @nebulouswrites.com · 02/08/2025

hiii Reactor-formerly-Tor-dot-com: i have an adult dark fantasy releasing march 3, 2026! it's very queer, very Black, and full of yearning 😏

Black as Diamond by U.M. Agoawike. The cover depicts a jagged gem jutting up from the lower right corner on a blue background. The gem has a tree and tower on it. There are two white birds above the tower.

0114

hiatus | black as diamond OUT NOW 🍉 @nebulouswrites.com · 26/07/2025

find a character with a cooler name than MAYA TEN METI MURDER THE GODS AND TOPPLE THEIR THRONES #ksbd

Maya Ten Meti from Kill Six Billion Demons. Maya is a fat, brown skinned woman in black and white robes with locced black hair, a red gem on her forehead, and a nose ring connected to her earrings.

130

hiatus | black as diamond OUT NOW 🍉 @nebulouswrites.com · 27/06/2025

🖤 it's time to reveal the cover of Black As Diamond~! Black As Diamond is a dark fantasy about breaking a curse, finding yourself—and complicated relationships with mothers. learn more here: nebulouswrites.com#books (art by christian chang & design by charlotte strick)

584

hiatus | black as diamond OUT NOW 🍉 @nebulouswrites.com · 10/03/2025

there's something wrong with her: i need her art from starcanist.tumblr.com

An opened heart locket. The left holds an illustration of Ianthe Tridentarius from the Locked Tomb, a pale blonde haired woman with purple eyes. The right holds text reading: ianthe <3

041

hiatus | black as diamond OUT NOW 🍉 @nebulouswrites.com · 10/01/2025

i'm BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS to finally announce that my debut novel (zoinks!) is being published by @binderybooks.bsky.social in 2026!! thanks so much to @emilykaitlin.bsky.social and @ezeekat.bsky.social for allowing me the opportunity to bring this self-indulgent story into the world! (art by me)

Digital art of Asaru and Wren. Text reads Black as Diamond. Asaru is a brown skinned man on the left with braided hair, spotted wings, and a tail, wearing a tunic with black tights. Wren is a brown skinned man on the right with curly black hair, a scarred face, and black arms, wearing a red shirt and blue necklace.

Publisher's marketplace deal report for Black as Diamond by U.M. Agoawike from the imprint Bindery Books. Dated January 7, 2025

1375

hiatus | black as diamond OUT NOW 🍉 @nebulouswrites.com · 06/01/2025

i (re)wrote 127k words in 40 days i am the strongest person alive i shall also be rewarding myself with cake & nosferatu

Man breaking free of chains meme. Top text reads: hahaha bitch. Bottom text reads: dev edits are done!! i'm free!!

000

hiatus | black as diamond OUT NOW 🍉 @nebulouswrites.com · 21/10/2024

#ksbd has probably come the closest to "altering my brain chemistry" as the kids say because i feel like every new story i come up with lately is just MURDER THE GODS AND TOPPLE THEIR THRONES & REACH HEAVEN THROUGH VIOLENCE coded

Allison from Kill Six Billion Demons. She is a woman with a scarred face and short white hair, wearing a chained cloak across her shoulders with a glowing halo behind her head.

010