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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 16/09/2026

My write-up of my first #dragoncon experiences is in my newsletter, which is FREE if you wanna hear about me walking me into the hotel with blood running down my face... but here is the cutest story from the whole event: The Historical Urban Fantasy panel was bestest...

Author Raven Belasco and service dog Archie. Archie is looking over the audience who is cheering for him, and Raven is smiling in delight at the camera

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 02/06/2026

I'm at my mom's infusion appointment, which means I get my best writing day of the month! Send me good energy to finish chapter 10 today! 💪✍️✨️ #booksky #bskybookclub

Author Raven Belasco at table in hospital, laptop in front of her. She is sitting like a bisexual, in Adidas striped leggings.

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 01/06/2026

Happy #pride from this queer vampire author! 🏳️‍🌈

Author Raven Belasco at San Francisco Pride Parade, holding a bored and overheated small dog who wishes no one was here or queer right now. Rainbow and American flags wave around City Hall in the background, and people hug and celebrate.

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 28/05/2026

From a recent review: "It’s clear a huge amount of thought and research has gone into this, and probably the strongest entry so far. I’m on board with the deep worldbuilding and ancient vampire history, and I think you’ll have a great time." theaudiobookreview.com/blood-eternal/ #booksky #vampire

Image is of drawn freckled woman with curly hair and an explosion lighting her face. Text says, "Noosh's ongoing struggle with what she’s becoming adds a bit more weight beneath all the sex, blood, and banter." Review is of audiobook of Blood Eternal by Raven Belasco.

Image is of photo of women's neck with fingers touching it, with black hair framing it. Text says, "This one leans into the sophisticated and sexy side of vampire life, but also how perilous. There is still plenty of action, tension, vampire-grade violence and gore and of course the steamy parts that seem to get hotter as the series goes on." Review is of audiobook of Blood Eternal by Raven Belasco

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 23/05/2026

The thing I love the most about the cover is how sad Sandu/Dracula looks. I specifically asked for him to be visibly suffering ... and while the rest of him is delicious, I can't take my eyes off his sad, sad face 😂 www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYWZLSY #booksky #bskybookclub

A very sad looking Dracula in a Santa hat, in a sketch-style image, followed by an Amazon review that says: "This is a writer who brings her characters to life so thoroughly you feel like they are in the room telling you the tale themselves.

This short story is full of rich history. There is great torture and sweet revenge. The ironic humor from Vlad about his situation keeps the mood light. Even when some of the torture is perpetrated with jolly Christmas tunes!

Dracula's Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Christmas is a great introduction the this author's colorful world of darkness."

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 12/05/2026

This week's newsletter had a reader asking about how I got into photography You should totally sign up for the free newsletter to see more content like this 👉 newsletter.ravenbelas.co #indieauthor #photography

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 07/05/2026

PRESS RELEASE: Raven Belasco’s That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story Performed In Duet Narration For Audiobook — To celebrate Pride Month with sapphic passion, Immoral Influence Publications (IIP) is releasing its fifth audiobook on June 23 2026 Read the press release: www.issuewire.com/raven-belasc...

Image is of "ISSUE WIRE" at the top, and a pride flag blowing in the wind in a perfect blue sky with clouds. There is the cover of the audiobook of That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story by Raven Belasco Narrated by Carmen Seantel and Hel

Text reads: PRESS RELEASE: Raven Belasco’s That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story Performed In Duet Narration For Audiobook — To celebrate Pride Month with sapphic passion, Immoral Influence Publications (IIP) is releasing its fifth audiobook on June 23 2026. The audiobook for That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story by Raven Belasco will be performed by Award-Winning Voice Artists Carmen Seantel and Hel.

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 05/05/2026

Why I try to promote the Adventures in Bodily Autonomy anthology on *Meta* my views go from thousands to *zero* So please, Bsky readers, share this to help raise money for @reproductivefreedomforall.org in this time of crisis � #reproductivejustice #womensrights #bskybookclub #booksky

Back in 2023 when the Dobbs decision loomed over all of us there was this terrible sense of dread hanging over me and every childbearing person I knew. I wanted to give more than the small amount of money I could afford to donate. Just giving a one-time donation wasn’t going to help me with this huge ache inside me, needing to do something. What finally came to me was that I knew enough writers who were feeling the same way as me; we all wanted to do more, give more. Being writers, most of us didn’t have a bunch of money we could throw at the situation. But we did have words. We had a lot to say, and we could use that to raise more money together than any of us could give alone.

Picture shows introduction-writer Maggie Mayhem counter-protesting at an anti-choice rally

So, thanks to those amazing writers, I was able to pull together
Adventures in Bodily Autonomy: Exploring Reproductive Rights in Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror, which donates 100% of its royalties to https://reproductivefreedomforall.org

Every year since, I've been able to send along a check for much more than I could have donated alone. That feels really good.
Now, a federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone. "This is going to affect patients' access to abortion and miscarriage care in every state in the nation," said Julia Kaye, an ACLU lawyer. "When telemedicine is restricted, rural communities, people with low incomes, people with disabilities, survivors of intimate partner violence and communities of color suffer the most."

Picture shows ebook and paperback of Adventures in Bodily Autonomy

I'd like to take a moment to remind everyone that this anthology is still out there, and Aqueduct Press and I are still donating 100% of the royalties to Reproductive Freedom For All

If you haven't bought a copy for yourself, yet, now's the time. When you're done reading it, hand it to a friend or leave it in a Little Free Library

You can snag your copy on bookshop.org, on Amazon, B&N, or ever better, request a copy from your local bookstore

List of authors in Adventures in Bodily Autonomy:
Nisi Shawl “Queen of Dirt”
Elizabeth Bear “Bullet Point”
Cecilia Tan “Just Killing Time”
Annalee Newitz Section from “Future of Another TImeline”
Jaymee Goh “The Things Melati Learns”
Ellen Klages “Goodnight Moons”
Helena María Viramontes Selection from “And Their Dogs Came with Them”
Kathleen Alcalá “Ten Tips on How to Become a Ghost”
K Ibura “Pod Rendevous”
Sonya Taaffe “As the Tide Came Flowing In”
Tara Campbell “Welcome to Your Final Lifting”
Anya De Niro “The Last Witch of the Ewes”
Cynthia Gralla “The Doctor and the Damsel”
Raven Belasco “Abyssinia”
and introduction by Maggie Mayhem

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 04/05/2026

I was so happy 💃 to talk with Kirkus about my new audiobook Blood Eternal 🤓 www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

Page from Kirkus Reviews, Indie Author Spotlight, featuring Raven Belasco. Belasco has left notes saying "That's me!" and "Ugh, why do I look like an alien, tho???" commenting on her picture on the page

Raven Belasco discusses how working with Amber Benson as a narrator has impacted her characters, including hearing Benson's voice when she writes her character Noosh. There is a black and white image of Benson in the recording studio with a microphone, mid-performance

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 16/04/2026

Thank you librarians, for all you do! You are always the hero in my book! 🤩 This author is here to fight with you to protect our libraries and freedom of information #nationallibrarianday

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 08/04/2026

Wheeee! Here's a piece on me for the "Behind The Story" feature by Publisher's Weekly Booklife 💃 I talk about how Anne Rice gave me the kick in the pants to do the deep worldbuilding my series is known for 👖🦵 booklife.com/authors/04/0... ##booksky #darkfantasy #vampireseries

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 07/04/2026

Why am I eating this cupcake? 🧁 Because the press release for the Blood Eternal audiobook just dropped! 🎉 Read it here: www.issuewire.com/amber-benson... #booksky #darkfantasy

Happy goth author opening her mouth wide for a cupcake with confetti on it. Author Raven Belasco is female, with two-toned hair, a smilie piercing, and wearing a fuzzy grey hoodie

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 23/03/2026

Just a gorgeous review from theaudiobookreview.com/blood-ex-libris/ With the third audiobook in the series poised to drop, if you haven't listened to Amber Benson perform this fresh vampire series, now's the moment to catch up with the story so far...

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 08/03/2026

The world of the am'r is a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated--unless it's an enemy vampire, in which case you do unto them before they do unto you! #IWD2026

Text: Have a kick-ass international women's day!
Overlaid over characters from the Blood & Ancient Scrolls series by Raven Belasco
Leftmost is Astryiah, Noosh is center back, right is Zoraida, and front center is Caaisho

Text over the symbol for women

Get to know the women of the Blood & Ancient Scrolls series

Noosh: librarian, a bit reckless, uses sarcasm as a weapon

Astryiah: ancient am'r (vampire), does not give a fuck what you think

Zoraida: loves computers and showing up right in time for the fight

Sadie the Goat: old school gangster and pirate queen

Caaisho: new to the world of the am'r, not prepared to take any shit

Descriptions of the books in the Blood & Ancient Scrolls series

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 06/03/2026

Just started typing in a question on Google and this popped up 😂 Apparently, this question is asked often? I mean, they say "write what you know" and all, but is this actually a concern for people? #authorlife #vampire #gothproblems

Screenshot of a Google search where Google assures the reader that Raven Belasco is not a vampire, just a vampire author

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 31/01/2026

You should get @ceciliatan.com 's brand spankin' new Bound By The Blood 🩸 I did. And look how happy I am! 🤓😁 It's described as "an Urban Fantasy BDSM Romantic Suspense" so you do probably need to read it 😈

Authors Cecilia Tan and Raven Belasco smile big for the camera. Both have huge glasses and goth fashion sensibilities. Cecilia holds her new book, Bound by the Blood.

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 21/01/2026

There's been a pretty huge life change for me: I'm now moved in with my mom, to provide caregiving while trying to get her to be able to walk again Here's my co-author Archie helping me write today's newsletter on my mom's sofa... #authorlife #booksky

Small terrier curled up adorably beside the author's leg and laptop on a floral sofa

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 01/01/2026

I got this. Let's hope that 2026 pays attention, and I become the "preeminent author" that I desperately want to be. I promise you all I'd work very hard at it, and never pull a Rowling 😁 (Anyway, thank you @merriam-webster.com, that was super fun, at least for this 🤓)

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 01/01/2026

Sent to me by a reader of the Blood & Ancient Scrolls series to make me laugh. I have the best readership! 🥰 If you want to grab yourself the story Kindle Unlimited calls the "Most Obscure Read" www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYWZLSY/ #booksky #bskybookclub #vampire #christmasstory

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 25/12/2025

My best Xmas gift is that glowing reviews are already coming in for my vampire Xmas story 🥰 To grab your holiday read: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYWZLSY/ #booksky #vampire #christmasstory

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 23/12/2025

"Dracula's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Christmas" has just dropped 🎁 Think of it as Die Hard Meets "The Gift of the Magi" 💣🎄 Enjoy! And happy holidays! www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYWZLSY/ #booksky #bskybookclub #vampire #christmasstory #diehardisachristmasmovie

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 20/12/2025

This is how the editing is getting done today 😂 #booksky #bskybookclub #dogsofbsky

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 17/12/2025

Blood Demands won BEST HORROR AUDIOBOOK 2025 🏅 for the action sequences! So burstingly proud 🥰 ravenbelas.co/bd/ #booksky #bskybookclub #vampire #darkfantasy

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 12/12/2025

Dec 14th! 12 PM to 5 PM! I'll bring free hot chocolate & of course my red sharpie for signing your books ✒️ If you're looking to shop local/indie or just need to grab a few more gifts, there'll be unique vendors selling a variety of geeky wares 🎁 See you at Pandemonium Books & Games! ✨ #booksky

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 02/12/2025

How's the vampire Xmas story going? Oh, just researching shackles for plot reasons... 🧛‍♀️🎄🤓😁

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 25/11/2025

Just a picture of me and the prettiest little Viking (and bestest Service Animal!) at 100 Minutes War, on a belated birthday weekend with good friends and good whisky and (later) a perfect hot tub under the stars 💝

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 25/11/2025

There's a *new feature* in my newsletter: The Raw View 🥩 — snippets of my work in progress I know it's not a new concept...but I hate sharing my rough work! My readers wanted to peek behind the scenes tho Not one of my newsletter readers yet? Really easy to fix that! ⬇️ ancientscrolls.beehiiv.com

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 19/11/2025

I'm in the flow and can't stop now, so pushing ahead on the story at the salon today ✍️ (Yes, still writing the torture scene, and no one around me has the slightest idea what's going on right next to them 😂)

Author Raven Belasco with bleach in her hair, looking at the camera with her laptop beside her at the hair salon

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 11/11/2025

Here's a page from the first novel (science fiction🚀) I tried to write 📝 How that led to my current vampire🧛‍♀️ series is the topic of today's newsletter. Go sign up to get the full story (& the best swag & discounts) ancientscrolls.beehiiv.com #booksky #bskybookclub

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 29/10/2025

The Horror Writers Association featured a #halloween post by *me* today! 🎃 horror.org/halloween-ha... #booksky #bskybookclub

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 27/10/2025

Do what he says or he'll bark at you to walk the plank! 🏴‍☠️🐺 These are the final days of sale on That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story & we're not doing this sale again, so get that plunder before it's gone! Also, isn't Archie the Goodest Boy and cutest pirate ever⁉️ #booksky #bskybookclub #halloween

Cute terrier dressed as pirate in a wooden pirate ship, with a pile of books beside him. Text reads: "The Dread Pirate Archibald commands you get That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story while it's on sale only 99 cents" with a cute jack o' lantern

Stack of books by Raven Belasco titled That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story in a wooden room with an old fashioned candelabra on the wall. Text reads "Shiver me timbers! Get it! Only 99 cents! Halloween sale" with a cute jack o' lantern

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 08/10/2025

What 3 #bannedbooks influenced me? Care to hazard a guess...? (I'll post the answer tomorrow) #booksky #bskybookclub

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 06/10/2025

It's that time of year! The annual punkin buying extravaganza 🎃 My favorite farm stand is right near to one of Archie's & my favorite places to have a long hike, so I combine a nice long walkies with my favorite holiday shopping 🍂🧡 Have you bought your #pumpkin yet? #goth #halloween

Author Raven Belasco in goth makeup and big glasses hugging a pile of pumpkins

Author Raven Belasco in goth makeup and big glasses buying of pumpkins in a pumpkin patch

Author Raven Belasco in a flowy goth dress and leather boots on a stone wall in the woods with her small terrier Archie on leash, looking out as the sunset light turns everything golden

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 06/10/2025

Both! I just did the Historic Lesbian Motif Podcast (audio, although I got a clip of vid for promotion) and closer to Halloween I'll be doing an IG live with the amazing Paulette Kennedy

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 04/10/2025

A snippet from The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 323: On the Shelf for September 2025, Heather Rose Jones interviews Raven Belasco about That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story Full episode: youtu.be/CivDgBGJXdc?... More about book: ravenbelas.co/lesbian-vamp... #booksky #bskybookclub

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 03/10/2025

Reviews like this make every hard part of being an #indieauthor worth it 🥰 To grab your own copy: ravenbelas.co/lesbian-vamp... #bskybookclub #booksky #queerbooks

Book titled That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story" is overlaid over a ship's steering wheel, underneath is a glowing review from Amazon

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 29/09/2025

Amber Benson (Tara from #buffythevampireslayer ) and me in conversation about #vampires and #writing and #audiobook at Hellmouth Con 25 🥰 #bskybookclub #booksky

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 22/09/2025

I had an amazing time at Vampfangs Salem Vampire Market on Saturday. My best sales day ever, and the people buying books were so kind and supportive - they actually *thanked me* for writing 🥰 I feel spoiled! Very happy indie author ☺️ #booksky #bskybookclub #vampire #darkfantasy

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 18/09/2025

Unbox my new #stickers with me! Message me to find out how to get yours 📩 #booksky #bskybookclub #librarian

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 08/09/2025

Everyone who drinks #tea with milk has the *exact right shade of brown* the tea turns when your correct amount of milk has been added. Tea drinkers - post your shade of "perfect cuppa tea" (This is PG Tips brewed strong with soy milk and sugar - "no cow builder's" 😉) #authorlife #teadrinker

White mug of tea with enough milk in it to make it light brown

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 03/09/2025

Want to enjoy all that Salem has to offer without the hassle of finding & paying for parking? Dark Forest Oddities Expo is your home for everything Halloween! 📍Marriott Hotel Peabody MA 🗓️Saturday September 6th ⏰11am to 6pm 🎟️Tickets at the door only $10 🅿️FREE PARKING #booksky #bskybookclub

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 15/08/2025

This is kinda my gooiest, lovey-doviest one. But if any character deserves to find love again, it's absolutely Zoraida, who did not have long enough with the "patar" who made her into a vampire, and she lived for so long with the pain of that loss ravenbelas.co/b3/ #booksky #bskybookclub #queer

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 11/08/2025

My most recent piece for Booklife just dropped: "The Funny Business of Sex Scenes" (yes, of course puns weren't optional!) www.digitalpwselect.com/pwselect/lib... #booksky #bskybookclub #indiewriters

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 09/08/2025

#nationalbookloversday Bookworms party! 📚🪱🎉 Celebrate all weekend with a sale on Blood Ex Libris: The ebook is dropped down to ONLY 99¢💥 a.co/d/iwbe13N Or head over to ravenbelas.co for a signed paperback ONLY $6.99💥 Grab your copy before this sale is GONE‼️ #booksky #bskybookclub

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 05/08/2025

I’m sure you all have world maps up on your walls and are moving the pushpin every time I post one of these, so get to it! 📌 Noosh is finally leaving Tangier and making her way to the next part of the adventure in Book IV, Blood Depths #wip #booksky #bskybookclub

"Where in the world is Noosh?" and "Writing today: 05 Aug '25" and "Western Sahara" is over an ancient map graphic and the character Noosh's face on the far right. Under that is a map of Western Sahara overlaid over a shot of a motorcyclist traveling along the Atlantic coast of Africa, dessert beside the ocean

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 04/08/2025

New interview up about That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story 🏴‍☠️ There’s some great questions, including what the perfume for the book would smell like & “What song does your character put on to start your book launch party?“ Go check it out: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/07/31/a... #booksky #bskybookclub

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 30/07/2025

I had put on makeup on this hot-ass day so you lot better appreciate it! Also, here are all the ways to get your hands on That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story ravenbelas.co/lesbian-vamp... #booksky #bskybookclub

Author Raven Belasco in make-up and a punk jacket and big rings on her fingers , laughing, her smiley and tongue piercings showing, holding a copy of her book That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story in front of a bookshelf. Text says "Grab a signed copy directly from the author: www.ravenbelas.co"

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 29/07/2025

Well then. I now have one person in this world who I know definitively I am NOT writing books for. Thanks for making that clear, buddy 👍 #booksky #bskybookclub #diversebooks #inclusion

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 21/07/2025

Well, this author is a barely functional puddle after #readercon34 - but only in body! In mind & spirit, I'm recharged by all the great conversations with both dear friends & exciting new friends! I'll be back at #readercon35 next July I hope you will be there!

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Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co · 17/07/2025

Sometimes, prepping for a convention looks like this 😂 See you all at #readercon34 — hopefully with all my stuff held together 😁 #authorlife #booksky #bskybookclub

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