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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 5h

I cleared five chapters of UNTETHERED yesterday, including one of my favorite chapters of the first half of the book. I'm about a quarter of the way through which is great for my personal timeline

Deirdre watched the seconds hand move around the clock face. Tick, tick, tick. The minute followed every sixty inching ticks. She was vaguely aware of the others coming back, and Amber setting down a can of Cheerwine, but Deirdre couldn't pull her eyes from the passage of time. An hour stretched and pulled like sticky, sweet taffy. Deirdre stretched along with it; an imperfect vessel unspooled and wound around the clock in a perfect spiral. No end. No beginning. Just neverending existence.

Until she blinked, and the minute hand stopped one tick away from midnight.

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I love that Pagebound let's me generate a reading wrapped for every month. I had an Aveda Vice awakening last month

A reading wrapped for September 2026 with Feed by Aveda Vice, Yours, Insatiably by Aveda Vice, A Taste for the Peculiar by Aveda Vice, and From the Library of Jurgen Leitner by Premee Mohamed and Jonathon Sims

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Hurricane Isaias decided to dump rain on us the day before it was supposed to, so our local renfaire was canceled. Guess I'll stay home and get some more work done on UNTETHERED instead

He stayed exactly where Deirdre had left him, waiting until Deirdre returned with damp hair, before he stretched and humped over to the small bookshelf underneath the window. One of her old sketchbooks fell out of place as he did. She sighed.

“Bit of a chunky boy, aren’t you?” Deirdre crouched down to pick up the book, and felt a light smack on the top of his head.

She glared up at the cat who licked the paw he had smacked her with, and tucked the sketchbook back amongst her other old books, and well-worn copies of Nancy Drew and Richie Tankersley Cusick books she loved as a teenager, and sometimes reread as an adult. As she stood, she noticed a flash of white outside of her window. She froze. Eyes darting around the dark expanse of trees. They waited at the window together, but Deirdre didn’t see anything out there.

“I usually close these,” she said, reaching to close the curtains, but Mr. Pinkus fixed her with another glare. “Or I can leave them open, I guess.”

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I've finished three chapters, added some new details, and reworked some passages. I'll be getting as much of chapter four done today as I can since I have a date tomorrow :3 Word Count: 9738/120,000(?) Here's a little snippet

Come.

The command whispered in her ear as if by a lover. Trees swayed into a dance he didn’t know no matter how many times he had witnessed. Her hair whipped around her face in wind that wasn’t truly wind. Strands lashed his cheeks until blood welled from the tiny cuts. Deirdre felt no pain.

The forest quivered; an animal shaking as it caught the scent of prey.

Icy cold touched her skin. Traced the wounds of her face like an old lover. Unseen fingers cradled her chin. Nails dug into her cheeks. Deirdre couldn’t move. Almost didn’t want to move. Part of him wanted to sink into the touch, but a voice that was not his own screamed at him to wake up. To run.

Come, o’Death, and release me from my torment.

Freezing lips touched hers and—

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My supurrvisor is displeased. She was promised a nap

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A little dense, could have probably used a bit more flour, but nice and cinnamony. Tastes like fall

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Some days you have a not so great day. And some days, you get surprise book mail that makes the day a little better. Behold! @morgandante.bsky.social 🧛‍♀️🧛‍♀️🧛‍♀️

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Time for the annual Smashwords Summer/Winter sale! All of my books are half-off for the entire month of July. Whether you're looking for sweltering Southern Gothic, sweet and smutty romance, or fantasy that gets darker with each installment, I got you! linktr.ee/wickedwitchw...

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

She also just tried to steal my underwear as I was changing into my pajamas and when I wouldn't let her, she chased her sister around the upstairs. She contains ✨️multitudes✨️

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I have been informed that everytime I leave the house, Emmy constantly checks the kitchen for when I come back, and sometimes she just sits in there waiting for me. Excuse me while I 😭

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

It's Pride Month which means you get to be Gay and support your Queer authors. Get 38 Queer books for $40 in the bundle linked below. My bi4bi fantasy romance THE DRAGON'S KEEPER is included and now's the perfect time to nab it while I'm working on the sequel! itch.io/b/3678/pride...

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

This May I'm gonna be holding my creative feet to the fire and writing every single day. No WC or progress goals. Anything from a sentence to a fuckton of words counts. Gonna be using it to messy draft as much of THE DRAGON'S LOVER as possible and some secret stuff 😉

A purple ghost typing on a laptop on a pink background with the words Write Everyday May amidst sparkles

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I will be giving away 5 physical copies of my Southern Gothic horror WHERE WILLOWS WEEP. Like, follow, and repost to enter. Tag a friend or comment your favorite queer authors/artists for extra entries! Entries will be counted until 11:59 pm EDT 4/28/2026. *the giveaway is U.S. only.

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Happy Narratess Sale! This time my sweltering Southern Gothic horror is on sale for $0.99 on all platforms. Perfect for those who love haunted house stories that makes you feel like you're slowly being digested in the belly of the beast #narratesssale indiebook.sale

The book cover for WHERE WILLOWS WEEP: The title WHERE WILLOWS WEEP is in red on top of a yellowed picture of a weeping willow hanging over a body of water. The author name Luna Fiore looks as if it has been etched into a rock.

The book cover is to the left and on the right there's the title with the tagline: a return to a childhood home reveals long-buried secrets. The price of .99 cents is under that.

At the bottom is a banner for the Narratess Sale taking place between April 11-13 and features horror and SFF indie authors. Books are available at indiebook.sale

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Need some smut in your Easter basket? My queer romance duology is available for free this month! Pick it up today and read about Lettie getting [redacted] and [redacted] by [redacted] while [redacted] #romancelandia books.bookfunnel.com/351z1432ik/9...

An easter basket on top of a background of flowers. The blasted is full of Easter eggs and the books AN ORC AND A GENTLEMAN and FOR THE LOVE OF LETTIE by Moira Carn. A free tag is hanging on the basket.

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Happy Easter! I've got the eggs you need even if they're not the eggs you want. "Hatch" is a short story set in the Hermetic Verses universe and is only a taste of the strange things that happen in Darkwood. Available as PWYW on Itch and Payhip payhip.com/b/290D4

"Love eating eggs for Easter?" Is on a pink background and surrounded by colorful and patterned Easter eggs

"What about sea turtle eggs?" Is on a pink background with a basket full of sea turtle eggs and surrounded by egg nests still in sand

Hatch is written on a shadowy silhouette of a sea turtle, and the shadow is transposed over a clutch of eggs on the beach. At the bottom it says short story by Luna Fiore

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Looking for steamy reads to put in your Easter basket? THE DRAGON'S KEEPER is available for $1.99 all month long! Pick up the first in the duology while I settle in to fist fight the sequel #romancelandia books.bookfunnel.com/bfhostallrom...

Book cover for THE DRAGON'S KEEPER set among yellow and white flowers. A yellow flower is on the top right corner along with a $1.99 sale tag. The title THE DRAGON'S KEEPER is in gold over black leather bordered by gold flakes. The author name Moira Carn is in gold at the bottom

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

It's #transdayofvisibility which means today is the only day you can see me! Don't forget to support Trans authors all year long and fight back against hateful legislation by calling your reps, voting, and protesting when you can!

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Get him, Anna! Also, thinking up the book names throughout this story was easily one of my favorite things to do

“You don’t know anything about me and you don’t get to write me off because of whatever superiority complex you have.” Anna drew herself up as Oran turned to fully face her. “I spent my childhood around magical texts, maintained a 4.0 GPA in Library Sciences with a minor in Arcane Studies, worked in the restricted section of the Citadel Library, and I have noticed that you shelved Sir Gustav’s Lycanthropic Aberrations next to Miller’s Guide to Lycanthropy when they couldn’t stand each other and I’m sure they are counting down the days until you stop paying attention long enough that they can tear each other’s pages out!”

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

One day I'm going to get art of this man and it's gonna be over for you hoes

Anna looked up to match the face with the voice and froze. She had imagined an old cantankerous man, perhaps roaming the library in his dragon form, but she hadn’t imagined someone around her age—at least, he looked to be around her age—with golden eyes and polished black horns protruding from his temples. The horns curved up into an s-shape. A teal silk collared shirt, sleeves rolled up to his forearms, complemented dark russet skin. Gold rings adorned his fingers and hung from his earlobes. Underneath the open collar, she noticed a patch of golden scales trailing down his chest.

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Happy #transrightsreadathon y'all! I'm Witchy, a Genderfluid author who writes queer books under two pen names. Several of my books feature Trans main characters and there are many more to come ( I just have to write them first). Check my books out below! linktr.ee/wickedwitchw...

Trans Rights Readathon on the background of the Transgender flag with a cute character surrounded in hearts reading a book

Luna Fiore is above two books covers. An arrow that says Trans MMC points to UNCOVERED: Luna Fiore is in green lettering on the top. Underneath is a wolf skull sitting on top of an ornate sword with purple wolfsbane flowers in the wolf’s teeth, dripping blood onto the title: UNCOVERED in purple lettering. Another arrow that says Trans FMC points to WHERE WILLOWS WEEP: The title WHERE WILLOWS WEEP is in red on top of a yellowed picture of a weeping willow hanging over a body of water. The author name Luna Fiore looks as if it has been etched into a rock.

Moira Carn is above two book covers: AN ORC AND A GENTLEMAN and FOR THE LOVE OF LETTIE. Surrounded by the covers are the words "Nonbinary Elves, Trans MC, and Genderfluid Succubus."

AN ORC AND A GENTLEMAN cover: The book cover of AN ORC AND A GENTLEMAN by Moira Carn. The title and author are written on a mirror in a font that looks like pink lipstick with a pink lip stain on the surface of the glass. The mirror sits over a background of a teal-colored block of high rise city buildings.

FOR THE LOVE OF LETTIE cover: FOR THE LOVE OF LETTIE by Moira Carn. A pink, snow-covered cabin sits on a background of pink and green fir trees. The title is in thick, almost fluffy, white lettering above the cabin and the author name is in pink at the top

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I'm five chapters away from finishing this draft after almost three years of fighting it. There is a light at the end of the tunnel!

A screenshot of a discord conversation between me (Pepperoni Pizza) and my friend (redacted):

Me: I've also trimmed a chapter off

Them: one step closer. Just trim the rest off. And call it done. XD

Me: XD. The abridged version. The true ending will be a paid DLC

Them: hehehehe

Me: Untethered. Untethered: Trespasser.

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I'm so very excited to say that WHERE WILLOWS WEEP has been nominated for the Indie Ink Awards in three categories: Best Setting Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Rep Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Rep indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...

An image of Where Willows Weep by Luna Fiore with a Writehive Indie Ink Award sticker and nominee written underneath. Nominated for Best Setting, Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Rep, Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Rep

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

It's my birthday! I turn 34 today, though it never really feels like I'm a year older than before, and it's gonna take me awhile to remember I'm not 33. To celebrate, all of my books are PWYW on Payhip for today only! payhip.com/WickedWitchW...

A purple background with crystals hanging above the words "Birthday sale! Pay-what-you-want on Payhip" a black cat is standing on top of books in the bottom left corner, a book with foliage growing out of its cover is in the center, and a ghost reading a pumpkin-cover book is chilling on a stack of books on the bottom right

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Are you ready for strange and grotesque zombie sapphics? You better get ready because CRUSHED PLUMS releases next month. Pre-order from @wolfehorror.itch.io website Wolfehorror.com and get an exclusive scene and a printable bookmark!

A black graphic with halftone plums as he background. Overtop is a cover reveal. The cover is for a book called Crushed Plums by H.S. Wolfe featuring a trans woman with brown hair, bangs, and purple eyes holding a ripe plum. She is front of a plum blossom tree. The bottom text reads “cover art by Harvey Oliver Baxter, text design by Jun T.N.

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Feeling very brain foggy today which means I am once again lying in bed and writing flash fiction on my phone A little snippet from the "infestation" prompt:

The memories came and went. Fleeting glimpses into who she had been before. None of it mattered to her now as she reclined on her altar of dirt and detritus. Nothing mattered except for the rot. It had whispered in her ear. Lured her into loamy soil writhing with life. All of it hers so long as she invited it in. A new life. A new name.

Mother of Filth.

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

So tired of living in the internet censorship times

Several pictures of Ben Affleck smoking and looking absolutely fed up with everything

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Getting my ass beat by cramps so instead of sitting at my desk and working on UNTETHERED, I'm lying in bed and writing a quickie for the next #wolfetober prompt. Enjoy a snippet CW for some mild body horror

The Hound pulled against the chain wrapped tight around her throat. Metal spikes tore the delicate skin open, greedily drinking the crimson rivulets from the wounds. Blood fed the chain, fed the Hunter; starved the Hound. Torn flesh clung to her skull. Hung down like a curtain parted to reveal the canine face lurking under the old one; the once human one. The one whose name she no longer remembered.

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Time for The Grudge 2. Again, not as good as the Japanese version but has some good moments

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Plex has a fuckton of horror movies to watch and we're starting with The Grudge (the U.S. version). Not as good as the Japanese version but it has it's merits

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I finally remembered to do a #saturdark post! Snippet is from UNTETHERED when Deirdre meets the woman of her nightmares 🕷

Long silvery hair, reminding Deirdre of spidersilk, unfurled from a plain black fedora as the customer pulled it from her head and held it in her hands. Cold blue eyes settled on Deirdre, and the woman smiled. A shiver raced down his spine. He gripped the counter and attempted a smile back.

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Turnip prophet don't let me down (there are a lot more of these off screen)

A red-haired animal crossing player character amidst a fuckton of turnips

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

FOR THE LOVE OF LETTIE is finally out on major platforms as well as in my payhip storefront. The sequel to AN ORC AND A GENTLEMAN has been a long time coming and I'm happy it's out into the world. For lovers of modern monster romance, fat babes, and FFMMMNB polycules books2read.com/fortheloveof...

A meme from The Office of a character screaming "oh my god, its happening. Everybody stay calm. Everybody fucking stay calm" on top of a hot pink drink background with "it's release day!!!" Above the meme

FOR THE LOVE OF LETTIE is out not on major platforms as well as my payhip store! Is set above the book cover atop the same hot pink brick background.

Book cover: FOR THE LOVE OF LETTIE by Moira Carn. A pink, snow-covered cabin sits on a background of pink and green fir trees. The title is in thick, almost fluffy, white lettering above the cabin and the author name is in pink at the top

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

The cobbler with some peach ice cream on top. If I could've fit my face into the bowl to lick it clean, I would've

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

One more day until FOR THE LOVE OF LETTIE releases! I'm super excited to wrap up Lettie and Roarke’s story and tie everything up in a neat little bow. FOR THE LOVE OF LETTIE will be available widely and directly from me in my payhip storefront as well! #romance books2read.com/fortheloveof...

On top of pink brick background and different color lip prints is a snippet that reads: “Tomorrow you can have what you want,” they promised, their thumb dragged over her lip, so close to slipping inside of her mouth and she couldn’t move or look away. “But tonight, you’re going to be a good girl and do exactly what you’re told.”

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

UNBOUND is part of the Narratess indie book sale and is available for .99! Perfect for fans of Holly Black's Modern Faerie series and fantasy that gets darker with each installment. Join Alannah on a journey to rid herself of a curse in a realm where nothing is as it seems indiebook.sale

The cover for UNBOUND: The cover is black with a light yellow Gerber daisy dripping blood from its bottom petals and sitting in the middle of large stag antlers. The title UNBOUND sits under the daisy, the top portion of the yellow letters are stained red. Underneath UNBOUND is the subtitle The Underhill Saga in grey letters. The author's name Luna Fiore is in yellow on top of the cover.

The cover is beside the tagline: Half-witch Alannah embarks on a perilous journey to undo a familial curse and gain her freedom

Banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale. A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text.

Text: Indie Book Sale

indiebook.sale

Fantasy, Sci FI & Horror

August 23 - 25

Banner designed by Arden Powell

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

It's Wednesday, which means it's time for another snippet from UNTETHERED 👀 #writingcommunity

Deirdre's pulse fluttered as Selanna walked so close to her. How did she manage to be such a blundering mess? It shouldn't be this difficult to not make a fool of herself just because she had a crush on a very hot, buff woman who looked as if she could crack Deirdre in half.

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

This book cover has been my favorite so far of the ones I've made and I'm so excited to share it! FOR THE LOVE OF LETTIE releases 8/26/25 and is available for pre-order now!!! a.co/d/4M7hRse

The book cover: FOR THE LOVE OF LETTIE by Moira Carn. A pink, snow-covered cabin sits on a background of pink and green fir trees. The title is in thick, almost fluffy, white lettering above the cabin and the author name is in hot pink at the top

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

It's Wednesday which means it's time for another snippet from UNTETHERED for #wipwednesday #writingcommunity

Deirdre stepped into the trees. When he looked at them straight on, everything looked as it should. Solid. But at the edges of his vision, shadows curled like smoke from deeply scored bark. Leaves danced along the branches to music she could not hear. Spider webs stretched between trees. The strings vibrated, a harp plucked by unseen hands. Bugs—at least, she hoped they were bugs—thrashed futilely in the sticky netting.

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Given the upcoming release of the OAG sequel, I decided a refresh of the original cover was long overdue! A cover that shows OAG's more contemporary leanings and free of annoying pixelation I couldn't fix. The cover will be updated this week with the paperback soon to follow! #romancelandia

The book cover of AN ORC AND A GENTLEMAN by Moira Carn. The title and author are written on a mirror in a font that looks like pink lipstick with a pink lip stain on the surface of the glass. The mirror sits over a background of a teal-colored block of high rise city buildings

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

A little WIP snippet for this Wednesday. Taking a break from UNTETHERED to work on some edits and pub stuff but I got a lot of good words last month ##indieauthor #wipwednesday

Sickly green stars glowed above her. She had stuck them up there almost fifteen years ago and they persisted, still giving off a weak glow. They used to make her feel better. Bring the sky down to her and keep her pressed down to earth. Now, she longed for the opposite. To feel expansive. Vast. A night sky stitched with stars in her flesh as she blanketed the planet.

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I might have a cover shaped thing for the AN ORC AND A GENTLEMAN sequel in my newsletter later this week. If you'd like to get sneak peek and maybe even find out when the sequel is releasing before I announce it everywhere else, sign up for my newsletter! moira-carn.beehiiv.com/subscribe

A moodboard with photo consisting of: dark pink lace on a wood background, a snowy cabin in the woods, a fat woman in black lace lingerie holding a bouquet of lillies and sunflowers, pale pink roses, a person with pink hair holding white roses, and person in cozy bed reading a book and leaning against a wood wall framed with fairy lights

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

It's the return of #monmanmoodmon hosted by @monstermanorbooks.bsky.social and in light of Itch.io's deindexing and removal of NSFW works, I'm sharing a board for WHERE WILLOWS WEEP that has been removed with notice after the fact and no response to my appeal.

A moodboard consisting of images of shadowy hands, two women gently clutching each other as they kiss, a shadowy and blurred woman, an open door with broken windows and an old staircase, and a weeping willow hanging over murky water

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I'm gonna leave my phone in another room so I can get some work done. Tell me some nice things 💜💜💜

Leave your Bluesky for an hour and see how many people can reply with a nice and positive thought about you (heart emoji)

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WickedWitchWrites @wickedwitchwrites.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

THE FOG x COLOR OUT OF SPACE Takes place around the same time as my short story "Hatch" and follows a person who works the overnight shift at a lighthouse radio station and witnesses something strange in the dead of night #hotwetpitch ##hotwetqueersummer #h #wip

A mood board with photos of aurora boreal, a glowing on air sign, a yellow moon over water, a person in shorts leaning on a classic yellow car, a shining lighthouse, an eye peeking out, a spiral staircase, a radio, aurora boreal over trees

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