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@verati404.bsky.social
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Friend of spiders. Raccoon at heart. Bad at hydrating & sitting in a chair. Author and artist of your undiscovered favorite SFF! NO AI. T4T He/They 🏳️‍⚧️ #EchoSight #TaintedFaculties #SingularityHiccup Find Me Elsewhere! www.cianverati.com

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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 9h
If I have hands, I'm writing. If I don't have hands, art's also off the table, & I'll use dictation instead. If I have no voice, no hands, & no tools to replace them, there is no part of me left worth keeping. But on the side, I like drawing, singing, & playing the tin whistle. #WritingCommunity
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 9h
So far, I don't particularly ship Zoe & Dylan in Control: Resonant, but I also get why people do. Maybe I'm too ace. Maybe I'm more interested in m/m generally. Regardless, you do you. Maybe it'll make more sense by the time I see the end, but I'm fine with whatever. ❤️ ^_^
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 9h
Okay this is heckin' adorbs. ❤️❤️❤️
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 10h
PSA reminder that em-dashes are also still used by humans. I won't be relinquishing parts of grammar or dumbing myself down so that I "sound more human." AI fuckheads copy ✨️us✨️ & they'll continue to emulate whatever's trending, so good luck with your misspellings until that's also copied. 🫡
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Jeb 🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @jebdarsh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Basically if I can get one finished then I'm happy. #firstdraftfall #WeeknightWriters
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Emil Bronze - Heart of Oak @tangurple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#SFFChat Outro Good luck with the new position! I’ve got my #BackerKit that I’m always trying to promote. If the 2nd stretch goal is met, every book buyer (digital or print) gets Carrhae Liquidators More book with your book, if you will www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
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Heart of Oak
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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#SFFChat Thank you so much for the questions! This was fun! I have a novella coming out NEXT WEEK! If you want a cozy horror MM fantasy romance, check out The Witch of the Wood! Universal: books2read.com/u/bw6gwP Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/the-witch-of...
The cover of The Witch of the Wood by Alex Larkspur surrounded by trope arrows. 
MM Fantasy Romance
Novella
A Spooky Forest
A Search of a Witch 
Fast Burn 
Breaking a Curse
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ELwolfsblood |Author/Artist| @elwolfsblood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#SFFchat Go read @applesncinnamon.bsky.social Upcoming cozy horror the Witch of the Wood! It’s coming up in just a few days. After that check out The Witch of Eden Hollow by @theeldervampire.bsky.social Also upcoming in just a few days. & then if you have time come check out Thawing the Line 💙
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FenrirKin | ᚛ᚈᚆᚓᚔ ᚈᚆᚓᚋ᚜ @fenrirkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oathsworn: The Nameless is an urban fantasy/folk horror about the Fae, found family, and freedom. New chapters go up every Sunday on my Patreon, and you can read the whole thing (and everything else!) for just £1 a month! www.patreon.com/collection/1... #SFFChat
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Oathsworn: The Nameless | Collection from Winters Tales | 28 posts | Patreon
The first book of my in-progress trilogy. NOTE: Oathsworn is a horror/urban fantasy work intended for adults, and as such will contain themes and scenes…
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey, #SFFChat! I have a Backerkit campaign to bring #EchoSight to print! If you like fungal horror, dragons, phoenix shapeshifters, great pacing & mystery, give it a shot! And if you want a taste before you buy? My author website (in bio) has all my links, including the first 3 chapters on Patreon!
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#SFFChat The actual scariest thing I've ever written no longer exists, but Echo Sight has a few really intense scenes in it that I think all vie for the surviving top vacancy. At least until Scent of Smoke comes out, lol.
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Vampire Tapestry by Suzie McKee Charnas is a quiet novel about power dynamics told through five connected vignettes featuring the vampire Weyland. It's a fascinating, atmospheric read with very different POV characters in each. What little violence there is all serves a purpose. #SFFChat
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#SFFChat Horror is a safe way to engage with what makes you uncomfortable without having to experience it irl. Sometimes it's about catharsis while at other times it's speaking about the nature of people, or society, in a way that no other genre by itself can. There's a lot of inherent metaphor.
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#SFFChat Happy October! I'm Verati, hoarder of bird facts & partially-successful plant keeper. I've got a second-world fantasy series in the works with Book 2 coming out...soon-ish. My favorite horror movie is John Carpenter's The Thing, which is just so good. It's no surprise that it's a classic.
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I really do see a difference in cognitive funtion when I've read longer books for a while vs mostly reading things in passing on the internet. There's so much hidden processing that our brains our doing when we read. It's important if you want to keep mentally fit as you get older.
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Brain, please. I like this shirt. I do not want to rip it off or throw it into a fire just because fabric is touching my stomach or dragging across my back. It's called "fitting correctly." Brain, please. I know we like baggy clothes because of sensory issues, but not even this ONE time?
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c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Btw there's only 3 more pages left in chapter 1. I actually managed to get enough buffer before the evil illness took over to continue on into 1/3rd of chapter 2. Page 72 was where I left off. 💪 so we're in for the long run and im determined to get better before i run out of my buffer
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We all have poetry in our hearts whether we realize it or not. Most people in the US can recite a line of Robert Frost or sing their favorite songs. Keep the art alive & a poet at their pen! Check out these wonderful books & embed them into your core the same way a song never leaves your mind. #TBB
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Very much looking forward to getting this myself!
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Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🎃 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober 🎃 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
Fantasy Indies October prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Free Friday or spooky book/movie/tv show recs
3. Saturday Snippet
4. How do you/your MC define bravery?
5. What would your MC wear to a Halloween party?
6. WIP Villain(s)
7. POV and tense preferences
8. MC Phobias
9. Free Friday or books you hope to read before the end of the year
10. Saturday Snippet
11. What would your MC’s tombstone say?
12. Danger in WIP
13. MC’s favourite treats
14. Favourite paranormal creatures
15. Tricks in WIP
16. Free Friday or share a meme that sums up your MC’s personality
17. Saturday Snippet
18. Monsters in WIP
19. Poem or Flash Fiction featuring fear
20. Would your MC prefer going to a fall festival or a haunted house?
21. How well would the villain of your current movie/tv show work with your WIP villain?
22. Do you have any spooky settings in your WIP?
23. Free Friday or your bookish hot takes
24. Saturday Snippet
25. Costumes in WIP
26. How would your characters react to becoming a monster?
27. MC’s moral compass
28. Underrated tropes
29. MC's worst nightmare
30. Free Friday or Post your pumpkins
31. Monthly Wrap-up
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kiwibean! @kiwibeangirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
together we are strong happy spooktober! and wow!! thank you all for 1500 followers!! it truly means so much to me, i struggle to find the words to show how grateful i am that so many people would like my art!! i will always do my best to show you my vision🖤 #ドット絵 #pixelart #kiwiheart10 #animation
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Chills, Thrills and Kills October Itchio book sale is live!!! Get this amazing deal of October-themed reads that'll last you until next year! 80+ books for just $69! Less than a dollar a book and all the jokes you can make about the price! itch.io/b/3904/chill...
Graphic 2 for the Chills, Thrills & Kills October Itchio Sale. 93 books for $69. A VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.
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Andi Kennedy: Art & Words @andria-kennedy.com · 01/10/2026
Last year was a bust in the writing realm, but I'm starting to feel more like myself. Choosing one idea to work on was hard, but I'm going with #HostageSituation (book 1 of the Hostage Agreement duology). Think Hunger Games meets V For Vendetta with super powers #FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good morning! It's Spooky Month, & what better way to celebrate than scaring your neigh-- I mean, the perfectly normal hobby of supporting your internet cryptids! Join my Backerkit & help me bring my #SFF to print! Xenomorphic fungi, phoenixes, & dragons included! #TBB #💙📚 #🪐📚 #BookBazaar2026
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c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Im so very sorry to be so pushy right now but I really do need a bit of help with medical costs & transport. Things are tight and it's getting very hard to cover everything. Any little bit & sharing helps. I know i ask for a lot and things...keep happening. Im sorry. I really am.
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 01/10/2026
since The Book Bazaar account is still SUSPENDED I have to make unhinged milestone posts here instead we are 33 follows (cumulative - follow any project to add to the total) away from 2k follows. That's INCREDIBLE
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
hell yeah
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Jenn A. Morales 🏳️‍🌈 📚 @bornangelauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Still only 8 of 10 pre orders. I don’t know what more I can do to try to convince you all to pick up these Urban Fantasy chosen one of Buffy X angels of Supernatural x Mortal Instruments plus some Percy Jackson mythological type shenanigans. Full series only $10.50… so how about first lines?
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips #ScentOfSmoke #TaintedFaculties Sometimes you go places & you spend a solid a solid twenty minutes telling a friend how beautiful it is. Sometimes you go places & the best you can do is gape. Enaka's done a bit of both.
"So where are we going?" I asked.

Kain opened the door for us. "Vayneguard," Koume answered. "My home."

"One of the most famous royal palaces in Afredal," Theso replied.

I looked up at the large, military compound looming high over the majority of Raj Akadt, its pink and gold national flags barely perceptible on the sprawling marble, brick and slate buildings set astride the Glittering Falls. I knew it from Dawn Temple history as a place of tragedy; from architecture as a masterpiece; and from the Watchers as a thorn in national pride. Not that I had much national pride in Eiras at that moment.

It wasn't every day that a tunora got to walk into the original capitol of Afredal, current home of the Empress' brother and the two most popular spare heiresses to the Imperial throne.

"Oh," I said.
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Peter Nguyen @dptbirder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A little something to motivate you through the hump day afternoon doldrums Once uncommon, these flycatchers have proliferated all over Orange County Vermilion Flycatcher 📷🌿🪶
Vermilion flycatcher. A red and black bird flying off a perch with wings wide open
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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 30/09/2026
The interesting thing is that it takes a TON of work behind the scenes to make anything *appear* simple & effortless. The easy elegance of a beautiful sentence, lyric, painting belies the truth, so most ppl don't understand &/or can't comprehend why they aren't able to emulate it at the same level
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Woke up this morning at 5am after only 5-ish hours of sleep because I couldn't turn my thoughts down. I'm so tired & can't concentrate on anything. Feeling rambly. Maybe I should try a nap. Historically, they don't help but y'know what they say about trying a thing and expecting different results.
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This beautiful Wednesday I just want everyone to see one of my favorite #paintings because the light and waves in it are GORGEOUS. #art Though, honestly, I need to go back to the Boston Fine Arts museum and show y'all some of those, too. aaaaaaagh (happy) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nin...
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The Ninth Wave - Wikipedia
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Artemis Quinn 🏳️‍⚧️🎨📚 undead & thriving 🦇👻😱 @vampireantihero.com · 30/09/2026
Ooh~ Spooky number for spooky month!
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Linn Foster/Silver 🐺 Follow BYMMS on Backerkit! @linnfoster.com · 30/09/2026
Don't get me wrong, I love the scenes of Bell and Tae together very much, but the chapter where Tae and Key run into each other at a party is definitely my favorite. It's complicated and messy and delicious. I'm excited for people to read it!
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
[evil oppossum noises] My villain(ness') reveal. #WritingPrompt #ScentOfSmoke
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This title made me whole-body ✨guffaw✨ so y'all are getting to see this, too.
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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 30/09/2026
My monthly newsletter will be going out later today! You can follow me for FREE on Patreon to receive it and various other public posts throughout the month direct to your email! Past public posts have included process videos, coloring page downloads, book reviews! www.patreon.com/cw/whistberry
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Jeb 🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @jebdarsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Obviously this is going to be Black Mist. There's a running joke that Shadows would *never* open for BM, and vice versa, but this is a special occasion, so BM is doing them a solid. Thankfully they have their own following so the crowd is excited. This is why Dean and Steph are here. #SunsetChat
Logo for the fictional band Black Mist
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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 29/09/2026
👥 Dual POV 👨‍❤️‍👨 Cis M/M Romance ❤️‍🩹 Hurt / Comfort 🏳️‍🌈 Demi, bi, & pan rep 👧 Precocious, protective kiddo 😰 Introverted mage dealing w/anxiety and CPTSD 😵‍💫 Confused time traveler (also a mage) 💕 Found family with magic on top ✨️ Wide: bit.ly/b2r-WWC Itchio: bit.ly/itchWWC
Man standing against rising fog on an illuminated elevated train station. Where We Converge by A.E. Bross
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Get your 1st-ever-in-print hardcover of my book! I'm so proud of it, & pretty soon I'll have the second one on its way to my editor. Be part of what keeps me going & support your queer indie creators! #BookBazaar2026 #💙📚 #📚🪐 #🩸📚 #TBB #BookBazaar26
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Spooky Pickle 🧚‍♀️Beware the Fairy Seasons🧚‍♂️ @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, here's my post about a post I did for poetry! Check it out. Follow my campaign. Let your heart bleed with mine. In Poetry, we are never alone. The ink sees to that. bsky.app/profile/spoo...
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 29/09/2026
Supporters! Browse all the projects now and follow your favorites! :D
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The Book Bazaar 2026 on BackerKit
[The Book Bazaar: A Crowdfunding Project for authors, Coming October 29th, 2026!] Browse Books by Genre [https://www.backerkit.com/c/collections/the-book-bazaar-2026/flair?tag_id=111][https://www....
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PJC Cahill @pjccahill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Okay folks! Desktop is gonna get boxed up for a WHILE. I'll only have phone, which means I can't do snips or alt text reliably, so my responses will be SIMPLE until we're settled again. I'm losing my mind, so positive vibes/prayers/etc. all appreciated <3 ko-fi.com/pjccahill if you can spare help!
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 29/09/2026
On Oct 29th, come with me on another wild ride for a new novella: The Gone Machine 🤖 Follow depressed cyborg Sylvan as he gets adopted by bots, struggles with regret/grief, gets his dream chance at fashion design, & cements his place in the robot resistance. #TGM #IndieAuthor #TheMachines
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The Gone Machine: Coming October 2026!
From Aimee Cozza Illustration - The Gone Machine: Coming October 2026!
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William C. Tracy @wctracy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's time for Space Wizard Year 5, part 2! Our campaign to fund 8 new queer science fiction and fantasy books starts October 29, as part of The Book Bazaar! Follow for author interviews and more cool stuff! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 5, part 2!
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#💙📚 Do you like nice but wiseass protags? Do you like xenomorphic fungal threats? Do you like a bit of modern social commentary with your mystery/SFF? Buy my book! You'll love Enaka, you'll love the pacing, you'll love the action, you'll love the heart. www.cianverati.com/books for all distros.
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Echo Sight by Cian Verati
Adult SFF/Mystery. Action/Adventure. LGBTQA+ romance. Shapeshifters.
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AdorkaStock @adorkastock.com · 29/09/2026
30 days until we start funding with @the-book-bazaar.com ! I can't wait to make this amazing book with you all and see how many poses we can jam in there. 💜💙 Follow along now to get an awesome bonus reward from me and @nyxnaiastock.bsky.social (👀)! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
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Couples & Romance Pose References

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Oct 29th, 2026!
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is incredibly funny [crying, screaming, gnashing of teeth] how being able to draw can swing between "I have done this masterpiece! Enjoy, dear internet!" to [tears shirt & casts myself into the ocean] the sketches of a newb who just discovered what pencils are. It's...🥲so...🫠funny...💀
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AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers @amaralynn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🧙TIS TIME 🎃 Join us for #LGBTQWriteAThon October 1-31! Answer each day or just the days you like. Have fun & make friends while working on your WIP! Prompts repost daily to @queerwriters.bsky.social (follow & turn on notifications for reminders!)! @rebeccafrostwrites.com #queerwriters #writesky
#LGBTQWRITEATHON
Use the tag and follow the feed on Bluesky! Tag @lgbtqwriteathon in photos on Instagram!

1. Introduce yourself & goal
2. Introduce your WIP moodboard
3. Check in day
4. Line share — foreboding
5. Goals day
6. Bugbears/fears
7. Does your MC wear a mask?
8. Favorite outfit
9. Skeletons in the closet
10. Check in day
11. Line share — mysterious
12. Goals day
13. Share a treat
14. Ghouls/anxieties
15. Never has your MC ever...
16. Thing MC would protect with their life
17. Check in day
18. Line share — creepy
19. Goals day
20. Genre swap!
21. Monsters/antags
22. Tingler your title
23. MC's most embarrassing memory
24. Check in day
25. Line share — terror
26. Goals day
27. Favorite spooky pastime?
28. Favorite fantasy creature
29. Most haunting thing you've written/read?
30. Brain worms — writing songs
31. Was your month a treat or tricky?

Hosts:
Bluesky: @amaralynn, @rebeccafrostwrites.com
Instagram: @lgbtqwriteathon, @amaralynn, @krakengoddess

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