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Crooked Smiles

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If you like Victorian London, supernatural beings, and repressed queer men? Boy do I have the book for you~🦇🖤🐺 Written by H.L.Holmwood / @Nahnahbanoonoo on twitter , Art by Kit Buss / @anemonetea on twitter

GOTHIC & DARK ACADEMIA ENTHUSIASTS!

DARLINGS! Just noticed the double-volume revised edition of STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL via @torbooks is on super-eBook-sale right now. 684 pages! For only $3.99! Via Kindle, Kobo & Apple Books! Includes THE STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL TALE OF MISS PERCY PARKER and THE DARKLY LUMINOUS FIGHT FOR PERSEPHONE PARKER + extra scenes & content.

This book of my heart is: GOTHIC. It's Jane-Eyre-Meets-Dark-Academia+Hot-For-Teacher+GHOSTS+Greek-Mythology+Jack-the-Ripper+Found-Family

YES, there is a paperback omnibus edition, available via Bookshop.org (my favorite link to send folks to, it supports local bookstores!), B&N and any physical store can order it in. It's on sale too!

Please share? Thank you!

NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!

• 70+ PAGES of art and comics!

• Physical + PDF copies available!

• BONUS GOODIES! Double sided prints, stickers, patches and MORE! Even more extras unlocked throughout the campaign!

70+ pages with +12 additional pages, patches, stickers n more through unlocks!!

Crooked Smiles is a 2-part LGBTQIA+ supernatural horror romance series written by H.L. Holmwood, largely presented as novels, which will include insert comic pages within chapters.

Supplementary zines— a mixture of prose and comic— will be published alongside to expand on characters and plot points; the artwork for these is being created by the amazingly talented Kit Buss / @anemonetea

Set in Victorian London, the series follows Kostya, a working class werewolf, and Ivan, a back-alley vampire doctor, as they battle a threat to both themselves and to the unsuspecting humans living alongside their kind.

Kostya is a cocky northern bloke with a chip on his shoulder. Ivan is a bookish, introspective Czech smartarse with lofty goals. Both characters are queer and have physical disabilities.

Be sure to follow for more updates as the project progresses! Volume 1 Kickstarter to be announced...

Writers should NOT feel guilty about:

  • Skipping a day of writing.
  • Not having a perfect first draft.
  • Partaking in sinister, arcane rituals for inspiration.
  • Working at their own pace.
  • Enlisting demons and/or helpful spirits to aid them with editing.

you should feel guilty if you use chatgpt though

As it's been Patreon exclusive for a little bit now, happy to publicly share that AHollowHymn is kindly providing the design for the in-world pin worn to identify the members of Aristocratic Congregation of the Eternal, which will be included as a physical item in the KS bundle for Volume 1!

I absolutely adore enamel pins and creating one people who enjoy Crooked Smiles and its atmosphere can wear to feel part of the world...? I couldn't resist!!

Swordcrossed by Freya Marske is an enemies-to-lovers romance that's both cozy and a scorching hot bodyguard fantasy. Think sexy fencing lessons, corporate espionage, and secret identities.

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

Mattinesh Jay is the chronically responsible eldest son and dutiful heir striving to keep his family’s business running. Luca Piere is a menace of a con artist desperately trying to escape his past by taking up the blade. When the pair meet, swords clash, and sparks fly. Soon, they’re entangled in a conspiracy that may bring Matti’s house to ruin if they don’t work together.

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