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Odessa Silver

@odessasilver.bsky.social
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📖 LGBT / Disabled UK Author - www.odessasilver.com 🌸 Writing fantasy stories: mythology, magic, and more! 📚 🔮 🌠 🌸 Check out my linktree for my books and newsletter ✦ linktr.ee/odessasilver

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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just some encouragement for all my peeps drafting and struggling with imposter syndrome. #writesky #writingcomminuty #witchsky
A witch pointing to the sky saying "it's always the muthafuckas with no magic trying to tell you what to do with yours"
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ok there HAS to be kappa that live there. It's just screaming that. Especially the rock in the middle
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I've started a commission for a map for my next book today! I hope people find very useful and I am excited to see what it'll look like. My poor bank account cries, but it'll be worth it 💸
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The gate of Bishamontang, Emissary Santo, Yamashina District, Kyoto City
Framed by a blazing canopy of Japanese maples (momiji), a steep stone pathway (chokushimichi) rises toward a dark wooden gate, its steps completely buried beneath a thick carpet of scarlet foliage. Slender bamboo handrails flank the stone stairs, leading the eye along a dramatic linear perspective toward the imperial messenger gate at the crest of the slope. Overhead, interlocking branches filter the light, casting a warm crimson glow over the damp stone and moss-covered embankments. The scene evokes an intimate sensory atmosphere: the crisp mountain air of a Kyoto morning, the faint scent of damp moss and aged cedar, the soft crunch of fallen leaves underfoot, and the profound, reverent hush of an ancient temple precinct.
Located at Bishamon-do Temple in the Yamashina District of Kyoto, this approach—known as the chokushimichi (Imperial Messenger Path)—is renowned for its late-autumn sando (shrine approach), where fallen leaves form an iconic momiji no jūtan (maple carpet). Originally founded in 703 AD by the monk Gyōki and re-established at its present site in 1665, Bishamon-dō is a distinguished monozeki temple (traditionally presided over by members of the imperial family or high nobility). The Chokushimon Gate at the top of the stairs was reserved for official imperial envoys, reflecting the sanctuary's esteemed lineage. The seamless integration of stone masonry, timber architecture, and natural forest contours reflects the supreme craft of Japanese zōen (landscape architecture) and monozukuri (artisanal mastery), designed to celebrate the subtle shifts of the seasonal calendar.
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ok I'm back again... my health has been nuts dealing with all sorts and I really need to try harder to be more active around here. What's the point of a social media platform if I'm not being social, after all
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
July is nearly over and it's mostly been spent trying to deal with my health issues 🫠 the heatwaves have pushed me from functioning to non most of the time, and then I also had a stupid fall in the garden busting up my right side. I have, however, been playing lots of quizzes which is fun
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Disenfranchised Writers' Voices Inc. @dwritersvoices.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
41% of our goal starting Day 3! Y'all are BLASTING this out of the water! We and the participating authors are thrilled at your support. Can we hit 50% today, everyone? Let's make it happen. 33 books for $20. Support disabled authors. ❤️ itch.io/b/3783/nothi... #Booksky #DisabilityPride
Promotional graphic for the "Nothing About Us Without Us" itch.io bundle. Fifteen book covers are arranged in a grid at the top, representing a collection of works by disabled and chronically ill creators across multiple genres. Below the covers is a large yellow banner reading "Nothing About Us Without Us," with the bundle URL: itch.io/b/3783/nothing-about-us-without-us. A rainbow disability pride flag motif appears behind the title, and a row of colorful disability-inclusive human figures spans the bottom of the image.
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Some days, the writing just does not happen, for various reasons. Sometimes it lasts a bit longer than that. I'm not having a good time right now, but at least I have Phoebe and this picture is so pretty. How can she look so effortlessly cool? Cats surely have the best lives.
Picture is of a bengal cat who has brown and ginger fur with white patches across the whiskers and jaw. She's looking at the camera giving a look of "I'm very cool", because she is.
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Disenfranchised Writers' Voices Inc. @dwritersvoices.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Authors! We're building Nothing About Us Without Us, a Disability Pride Month bundle on itch.io. Your story fits if you're a disabled author (any genre, any subject) or if it centers disabled characters. Submit by July 17th. 👉 tinyurl.com/mr2xvaym #DisabilityPride #BookSky #📚📦 #IndieAuthors #itchio
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Calling Disabled Authors: Join Our Disability Pride Month Bundle
In July for Disability Pride Month, a book bundle titled “Nothing About Us Without Us” seeks stories from disabled authors or works featuring disabled characters. Hosted by Disenfranchi…
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
WIP is being put in author jail cause I'm just not good at sorting a novel out. And now I'm all sad and angry... sadgry? angrad? I wish people wanted short stories more, I can do those, I like those. And novellas feel like that weird aunt you like sometimes, but mostly avoid.
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Amber Siyavus Crying: It's Just Hard!
ALT: Amber Siyavus Crying: It's Just Hard!
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Crazy deadline coming up for editing that I am SO unprepared for, and of course my body decides this is the perfect time to throw at me some random illness or whatever it is. If it was a flare up, I could deal with that, but nooooo Gotta edit so fast my fingers become blurs on my keyboard
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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
As it's pride month, here's a lot of lovely folks to follow if you're looking for queer books or recommendations here (including a lot of my friends!) #BookSky #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Warning to Writers: Marketing Scammers Targeting You #bookmarketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory www.authorstalkingbookish.com...
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Marketing Scams Every Author Should Know
Every author wants their book to reach readers—but in the world of publishing, that dream can make writers vulnerable to marketing scams.
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Exhausted for the past few days and have like a billion things I need to do before friday so my brain is all waah. Who'da thought actually writing down a list of all the things would cut my gut deep anxiety in half? (😒 myself) ADHD brain has gone from "yay pressure we can work" to "waaah too much" 😑
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Yay for more asexual rep in books! This bundle looks awesome
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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 19/05/2026
🌟 I BELONG 🌟 It’s RELEASE DAY! 🎉 Congrats to me and my 11 fantastic peers and our hardworking support team for setting up this stunning anthology! 12 stories that juggle the theme of belonging. Read them now!! 👉 www.karenlykkebo.com/togetherisad... 💙📚
A red, purple, orange, yellow cover. Title in yellow "Together is a Distant Star", a sci-fi and fantasy anthology on belonging. Clouds, trees and hills in the background. Two hands reaching toward each other each with a piece of a broken star.

Promo background: Purple background with flames at the bottom. Two golden trees to the left and right. Broken star and dragon fly in right corner.
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Helping create a books recs list for an instagram post on chronic illness books and/or authors with chronic illness. Does anyone want to be featured on it, or know of any recs? Please let me know if it's the book or the author who has the chronic illness ❤️ #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity
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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The Moonshadow books have it all Women with swords? ✅ Tragic antagonists? ✅ Brooding vampires? ✅ Ancient magic? ✅ Found family? ✅ A proper series ending? ✅ Moonshadow's Guardian: diannagunn.itch.io/moonshadows-... Moonshadow's Champion: diannagunn.itch.io/moonshadows-... #WriterShareWednesday
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Moonshadow's Guardian by DiannaGunn
All Riana has ever wanted is freedom. Unfortunately, that’s the one thing her kind cannot have.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A kimono from the "Symphony of Light" series by the renowned Japanese textile artist Itchiku Kubota. Created in 1981, this specific work is part of a larger, ambitious collection designed to reflect Kubota's deep admiration for nature and the transformative power of changing light. 1 of 5
This vertical image displays a stunning kimono from the "Symphony of Light" series by the renowned Japanese textile artist Itchiku Kubota. Created in 1981, this specific work is part of a larger, ambitious collection designed to reflect Kubota's deep admiration for nature and the transformative power of changing light. Kubota is celebrated for reviving and modernizing tsujigahana, a complex 15th-century dyeing and decorating technique that had been lost for centuries.

The kimono features a luminous, golden landscape that appears to depict a rising or setting sun partially obscured by horizontal cloud formations. The upper portion of the garment is dominated by brilliant, pale gold and silver tones, suggesting high-altitude light, while the lower sections transition into rich ambers, oranges, and deep ochres. The texture of the fabric is highly detailed, showcasing the characteristic pinched and dyed effects of the tsujigahana method, which creates a three-dimensional, almost sculptural quality on the silk surface.

This series was intended to eventually encompass 80 kimonos that, when displayed side-by-side, would form a panoramic "Symphony of Light" across the seasons and hours of the day.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
another masterwork from the "Symphony of Light" series by the renowned Japanese textile artist Itchiku Kubota. 2 of 5
another masterwork from the "Symphony of Light" series by the renowned Japanese textile artist Itchiku Kubota. This creation continues the series' thematic exploration of nature and the shifting qualities of light through the seasons, showcasing Kubota's unique ability to render expansive landscapes across the medium of the kimono. The garment is a prime example of his modernized tsujigahana technique, which combines intricate tie-dyeing, brush painting, and embroidery to achieve a rich, multi-layered texture.

The composition of this kimono depicts a majestic mountain range bathed in a warm, ethereal glow. The upper portion and the sleeves feature vibrant hues of orange, gold, and pale yellow, suggesting the light of a late afternoon or early autumn day. Moving down the garment, the colors transition into cooler, deeper tones of forest green, teal, and a dark, shadowy purple at the very bottom left. These lower sections appear to depict the silhouettes of dense trees and foliage rising from a misty valley, providing a grounded contrast to the luminous peaks above.

Kubota's mastery of light is evident in the way the colors seem to shimmer and blend seamlessly, mimicking the natural atmospheric perspective found in traditional ink wash paintings. The detailed surface texture, created by the labor-intensive tsujigahana process, gives the landscape a tangible depth, as if the mountain slopes and treetops are physically emerging from the silk. This piece serves as a testament to Kubota's vision of creating a grand "symphony" that honors the ever-changing beauty of the Japanese wilderness.
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S. Morgan Burbank the Ankle-Posting Harlot @anotherindiewriter.com · 03/05/2026
Hey. Queer book writers with books on Itch. I made a graphic to entice you to do this. Go submit your books. Deadline is tomorrow. Help me have to do more work because more of you submitted. #PrideBookFair #QueerWriters pridebookfair.carrd.co#itchio
Handwritten text on a black background reading "pride book fair catch teh gay".
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Went to my first comic con at the weekend as a trader. Was my first author event and wow was it something. I'm soooo bad at speaking irl but I managed to make 4 sales at least. Plus some sales of keyrings and a badge
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A performer in a Noh costume, one of Japan's oldest traditional theatrical arts. Noh is a comprehensive art form that combines music, dance, literature, and sculpture through its iconic masks.
This image captures a performer draped in a sumptuously detailed Noh costume, a central element of one of the world's oldest continuous theatrical traditions. The actor wears a deep indigo kariginu (broad-sleeved cloak) adorned with gold-leaf paulownia motifs and vibrant floral sprays, layered over a gold-patterned koshimaki. The ensemble is completed by an iconic Noh mask, which represents a refined sculptural tradition capable of conveying a vast spectrum of emotion through subtle shifts in the actor’s head position and light.
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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 16/04/2026
Fantasy & SciFi Authors Selling Direct, It seems we need direct sales visibility, so I'm setting up a blog (inclu. small press) to share our stores! See the screenshot for eligibility. Q's welcome! If you're not on my Author Discord, I'm happy to DM you the sign up form. It'll be open 3+ months.
Genre  Eligibility 
Genre Requirements & Romance: your central plot needs to be Fantasy or SciFi or a genre mashup which includes Fantasy and or SciFi. 
Books where the central plot is a romance (and the SciFi/ Fantasy elements are mere backdrop to it are, alas not a good fit for this blog.
Books with romantic subplots are ok, so long as there's a Fantasy/ SciFi or subgenre of either main plot. 
Eg. Ready Player One, SciFi with a romance arc where both LI's are also saving the (future) world from a SciFi villain would be fine.

Rep Eligibility
Minimum Rep Requirement: Queer inclusive and normative Fantasy and SciFi. (Meaning at the very least you have queer side characters. And characters in your book do not expect everyone to be cis/ het -your book is not cis-het normative. Cis/ het and queer authors are all welcome.)

Especially welcome: Queer main characters -especially trans- especially written by queer/ trans authors!

Bonus Rep: found family/ friendship group rep. Disability -including neurodivergent- rep, and -if your books is set on Earth- cultural and ethnic diversity.

Categories Eligible: YA and Adult Fiction, short stories, novellas and full length novels.
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A mix of being ill and going on holiday has left me faaaaar behind on all my social media stuff. Can I catch a break yet? Nope.
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Disenfranchised Writers' Voices Inc. @dwritersvoices.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Check out this interview with @odessasilver.bsky.social disenfranchisedwritersvoices89901d577a-yxuac.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/i... #fantasyscifi #writingcommunity
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Interview with Odessa Silver
Interviewed by Tasha H. Do you remember the first story you ever wrote? I have a vague recollection of 3 stories I wrote in my childhood. I think my earliest story was when I was 7 and had twin MCs…
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Had such a horrible cold/illness thing lately, managed to lose my voice for 5 days, and it's still not back 100%. My cat has been really confused cause I haven't talked to her 😆 An unexpected week off has been annoying when I have so much to do...
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Sapling 🌱 @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🏳️‍⚧️ Trans artists with shops #ArtShare 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans people are often unemployed or live in poverty, so let's do a share to support trans artists! 🌸 Trans artists: Share your art & shops/projects/etc. 🌸 Repost/comment on 3+ others! 🌸 Please alt text, flag nsfw No AI/NFT, etc 🌸 Allies: Repost your faves!
A lovely watercolor pinup illustration of a transfemme angel with brown skin, curly brown hair (shaded with purple tones), deep blue wings, and a flat chest. She's reclined on her side, crushing a pink rose with a blue gloved hand and blue stockings, with petals falling between an open translucent robe. Vibrant pink orchids are painted around her, with a blue lace pattern filling the background.
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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This week's blog is about why writers need to stop self-mythologizing in order to game the algorithm on social media, and there are two case studies to show how self-mythologizing leads to an inability to take responsibility. Fun stuff. Check it out below.
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The Problem with Self-mythologizing
All authors are told that they need to be on social media in order to market their books, which is unfortunately not a terrible bit of advice, but something I’ve noticed a lot lately that is …
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
How is it the 13th already?? Where is time disappearing to? Meanwhile: I also want Pokopia so I can play something wholesome and fun and not think about real life stuff 😆 damn the switch 2 being so pricey, I have no moneyyy
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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
March is when we celebrate womanhood. These bundle of books encapsulate the perfect way to celebrate! 📚💙💕🌈📚🖤♿📚🌈📚🪐📚🌈♠️ #booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Share a screenshot of a message you've sent today that summarises how your day is going. I got stuck in one of the machines at the gym this morning 😭 now I'm afraid to use it again but it's also good for my legs Short people problems 😭 (plus my disability got in the way too)
Text that reads: All the machines are set up for the tall guys so I kinda wish it was a girls gym. I got stuck in one of them too.
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Drop someone masked Kuki Shinobu from Genshin Impact, badass and idiot Oni wrangler
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a close up of a cartoon character with green hair and a mask .
ALT: a close up of a cartoon character with green hair and a mask .
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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It's the Sapphic Shelf Explosion sale and OF SOCIALITES & PRIZEFIGHTS is 99c! ✨Butch/femme romance ✨Lesbian awakening ✨1920s London+magic ✨Shapeshifter curse ✨Looking for true love's kiss US: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSC1JHLV UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CSC1JHLV 200+ more #Lesfic books: yearofqueerlit.com
Of Socialites and Prizefights illustrated cover art: two women in silhouette, one butch, short, and white, the femme tall, slender, and brown, dancing in a field of tiger lilies against an orange background.
Sapphic fantasy romance in ebook, paperback, and kindle unlimited!
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Yzabel Ginsberg @yzabelginsberg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
DREAM NO MORE A brother in a coma, a mage child accidentally rescued from a cult, and a monster hunter on the prowl: Dan the vampire is sure he can manage. Except the kid is starting to feel very much like a daughter. And that is not something he knows how to navigate. #WSPit #W #A #PN #LGBT #ND
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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 25/02/2026
SHATTERED SOULS Spicy political fantasy Come for the enemies-to-lovers slow burn; stay for the exploration of culturally situational ethics & thorny issues of both individual and national self-determination. 😊 If that sentence didn't scare you off, you're my target reader. Hi! #WSPit #W #A #F
Shattered Souls
Former rebel Maera Rhiann finds herself investigating a threat involving strange and terrible magic with one of her nation's former imperial overlords, Alestir Lycus, a man she has loathed for years and has tried to kill a definite non-zero number of times. As they chase an ancient secret that could save -- or destroy -- both their peoples, they also cut to the bone of each others' pasts. Rhiann and Lycus have to reckon with finding complexities in each other they had not imagined, amid the ratcheting tension of an attraction she refuses to admit and he refuses to let her ignore. Understanding may not lead to forgiveness -- but the jagged edges of two shattered souls could still be a perfect match.A collage of images featuring mountainous landscapes, medieval weapons, and people in medieval clothing.Get excited if...
You yearn for an enemies-to-lovers story where they’re *actually* enemies.
You like your fantasy with deep worldbuilding and multi-layered political complications.
You’d like a fantasy world that’s queernorm and has no gender hierarchy.
You want to read a romantasy where no one’s a dragon, no one’s a fairy, no one’s a vampire, no one is in fact any kind of immortal, and no one’s a secret heir to a throne, they’re just torn-up mortal humans in their mid-30s.
You want a heroine who can set things on fire with her mind because mood.
You know you shouldn’t be attracted to Magnificent Bastards, but whoops.
You’re weak for battle couples who can pull off the back-to-back badasses routine.
You’d like to see those characters take on a National-Treasure-esque hunt for ancient magic.
You ache for the delicious torment of a slow burn... 
And then you want absolutely explosive fulfillment and a high-spice consummation.A snippet
Lycus had the blade flat against her skin, beneath her jaw, his forearm pushing her shoulder hard against the stone. His other hand seized her wrist before she could do anything with the knife she had managed to retrieve. “My point, Rhiann,” he said, his tone still conversationally languid, “is that I have an interest in your future because my stars and your Rivers appear to be in agreement.”

“Agreement,” she hissed, drawing as shallow a breath as she could manage, “on what?” She tried to raise her wrist, but he gripped hard enough that her fingers loosened involuntarily and she dropped her blade.

He’d gotten the better of her too skillfully. Fury surged in her, but it warred with a leap in her pulse, too like a sudden shock of lightning, that she couldn’t explain.

“I cannot determine.” He gave the handle of the knife at her neck a quick, deft rotation, turning it from flat to point. The sharp tip rested behind the curve of her jaw, beneath her ear, just hard enough not to break skin. “Maybe the stars do favor your bloodthirsty ways, and we’re meant to pursue each other to our pyres, like some doomed heroes out of the age of myth.”
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
When the tempest abates, the sea awaits, and adventure calls. When love isn't really love, just a hollow shell, the call of love will come to you. 🌊Asian inspired world 🏳️‍🌈 F/F, M/M, Bi leads 🌶️ Spicy inc. FFM where MC ISN'T in the middle ☠️ Leaving toxic "love" ❤️ Romantasy 🖊️ WIP #WSPit #W #A #LGBT
Jade coloured background with three photos, one of two people nearly kissing, and the other two of an asian man who looks soft and gentle. On top of all this there are smaller images of a flower branch, a peacock feather, ink washed mountains, and shadows of grasses and a rose
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RJ Webb 🦇🏳️‍🌈 @authorrjwebb.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A Vampire’s Lament 🖤🕯️🦇 Benevolent vampire Ishmael never thought he would love again, until mortal tutor Edric enters his world. Forgetting the past is difficult, but for the first time in centuries, the future seems as bright as the stars. ✨ #WSpit #A #indie #LGBT #CS
A book cover with a dark purple background and moon, with soft moonlight shading a violin surrounded by bats, roses, and moonflowers.
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Jace "Patience" van Kaathoven 🏳️‍⚧️ 🐸 🫜 🐰 @jacevk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE x HOUSE OF LEAVES x CARE BEARS 🌏An existential caper of growth and acceptance through a mysterious world 🗣️Unreliable narrator—MORE unreliable hero 👥Enigmatic friends unite across dying dreamscapes 🐸FROGBO! 🩷Written with LOVE! #WSPit #W #A #NA #YA #F #Hu #Po #LGBT #Dis #ND #In #CS
Official art of Jace's WIP, FROGBO! The title is written "Frogbo" in a mix of green and blue on the bottom-right of the image. On a circular sphere of land, walking down a dirt path between plains of grass is Frogbo; an oval shaped head, two noodly legs, a round belly with a heart mark in the center. Frogbo is walking along, passing by a lit-up series of apartment complexes displayed in a gradient of purple, curving alongside Frogbo's path. Above, the sky is a pitch black, with what looks like... a volcano with a face, fuming far-off? What is that??
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Yamato. A land of lavish forests, surrounded by expansive seas, hiding a harsh reality: Wrathful gods, dangerous yokai, and humans who could end your life with a slice of the sword. 🌸 Mythology & Folklore 🌸 True Friendship 🌸 Human/God/Yokai POV 🌸 Will hit you in the feels #WSpit #P #A #Hi #F #Dis
Image with a light grey background and gold lines to imitate kintsugi, with black ink encroaching from the top and bottom. Black text reads "Allegiance counted for nothing when survival meant everything" and below it is a book cover of Tales of Yamato, which has grey ink, a big vermillion sun and similar vibes to the image
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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Braving the Storm is on sale for only 3 days! Sapphic book with witches, tyrants, and underground rebellions in a secondary world 📚💙💕🌈📚🖤♿📚🌈📚🪐📚🌈♠️ #booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
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Faced with a choice between love and safety, what can she decide?
Hallie has been in love with her best friend, Freya forever. Hallie may be one of the most powerful witches of their generation, but she’s also introverted and afraid to offend anyone. To Hallie, Freya...
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
How is Feb nearly over? Where did it go? I have been to the gym 6 times this month though (I've never been before this month) so that's something. Slowly wrangling my WIP but it's a slippery bugger and doesn't want to be tamed. It's just as bad as my characters 😑
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Still a few days left to grab from free books! #booksky #sff
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Finished A knight of seven kingdoms, it was so so good, I'm really going to miss it. House of the Dragon will be here soon enough though. In the meantime I get to sulk cause I've seen more of pokemon pokopia and it looks so fun. I just don't have £350 for a switch 2... I need to sell more books 😐
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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I'm doing an author event in April and made some cool merch to go alongside my book. Not pictured is badges I made from my book too. What do you think? Would they be something you bought either on their own or as a bundle with a book? #writingcommunity #booksky
Keyring with the figure of a raijuu, a wolf-like animal riding on top of clouds in a Japanese stylePicture of an art print of a japanese stylised scene. A young boy is running through the forest, has lost his sandal, and is being chased by a wolf-like creature--a raijuu.Picture of various badges made with scraps of kimono. Some are shades of blue with a gold pattern, others are light blue, yellow, and red with other types of pattern
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Aurora Hargrave 🐺🌌 @msapawcalypse.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I would never repost a means to keep your ID safe and to give the middle finger to a company ran by the grandson of Mosley. I would also never encourage you guys to spread the word of this method to fill Palantir's servers with Metaverse like avatars to do a bit of trolling (a lot of it) 😇
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ivyteas @ivyteas.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
mansion of the owl moon
barn owl standing at a small window holding an apple branch, as other owls look on. above, the apple is represented as lunar cycle
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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Calling all Aussie & Asia-Pacific authors! I'll be running an itch-io bundle in the second half of March for anyone based in those regions with books on itch-io, sign-ups are open now! 🔗👇 #BookSky 📦📚
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C.M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 18/02/2026
Author Spotlight: Sci-Fi Author Tasha He Meet Sci-Fi author, Tasha He (they/them) IG: @hethe.author , and find out more about their roleplay-inspired Sci-Fi novel, Caenogenesis.
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Author Spotlight: Sci-Fi Author Tasha He
Meet Sci-Fi author, Tasha He (they/them) IG: @hethe.author , and find out more about their roleplay-inspired Sci-Fi novel, Caenogenesis.
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