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Skylar, 30s, they/he/she
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my writing: whatever snippets and short scenes I post here reading recs: recommendations of my favorite writers and mutuals my pets: babies :)

everything with teeth wip:

ashgrove wip:

  • kris romero (he/him, they/them) - intro
  • tomasz galinski (he/him)
  • nieve o'connell (she/her)
  • lysander swindell (she/her)

unsorted characters:

#doing housekeeping dont mind me
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Traffic roared behind their back, swirling up the stench of gasoline, leather, and fresh bread. Any way Johannes could have spun this, there was only one place left to go. But unfortunately for them, despite the opening hours clearly written on the sign behind the glass door, the place disagreed. Half an hour past ten, the door to Ms. Somoza's office was firmly shut. Handle of their suitcase digging into the palm of their hand and this morning's pit of ragged disappointment deep in their stomach, Johannes leaned their forehead against the cool glass of the front door and heaved a sigh. Of course it couldn't be that easy. Of course. But perhaps at least the hole in their stomach could be filled, preferably with meat and bread. Never had they spent very much time in parts of the city that featured kebab shops, and even back home, before the big move, they had rarely ever seen one face to face. But they were still a piece of the country they left behind, a part of the daily parlance, and where Johannes had never so much as given it a second thought that they'd never eaten a doner kebab until now, now that they were standing in front of the eatery right next to Ms. Somoza's office, they suddenly found that an enormous pity. After fumbling their way through an order, they found themself with an absolutely gigantic Styrofoam box, heavy with bread, meat, and salad, practically dripping with sauce and large enough that they had to clench their suitcase beneath their arm and hold it with both hands. It was terribly delicious.

This has been an advertisement for doner kebab.

#yayyy my terrible friend jan is back <3#also stop making me hungry
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hello fellow non-Black tumblr users. welcome to my saw trap. if you'd like to leave, please name one (1) Black woman author who is not Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, bell hooks, Octavia Butler, or N.K. Jemisin. bonus points if she's published a book in the last five years.

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For my own future reference, and for anyone else who wants it, a list of authors mentioned in the notes. (I cannot promise this is comprehensive, there are a lot of reblogs and I might have missed some.) I've included a link for each author, where possible I've tried to find one that leads you to their books, prioritising own websites/publishers, falling back on wikipedia otherwise.

If you find any mistakes in the links let me know and I'll edit. This post will be in two parts, because I literally broke tumblr with how many authors there were. I think it's about a hundred and fifty.

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And here's part two:

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Mature content

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the coveting // a series masterpost

18+ only!

Mature content: Sexual themes

This post may contain content not suitable for all audiences.

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eye splitter ; a wip intro.

genre(s) // fantasy, horror.

setting // a world known as Tevraneh.

overall goal // full novel, at least 50-60k.

narrative // third person, multiple povs.

content warnings // eye trauma, graphic violence, major character death, abuse & manipulation, religious themes & trauma, cannibalism, referenced violence against sex workers, attempted murder, implied incestuous abuse, implied necrophilia, dissociation, self-harm, hallucinations, unreality, ableism, elements of racism towards fantasy species, potentially more.

a glossary with terms used in this post can be found here.

eye splitter taglist: @space-writes @foxboyclit

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about the wip, as of now.

In the world of Tevraneh, the eyes aren’t just a window to the soul; they are the soul.

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The biggest misconception in public schools is that literary analysis is about proving you can be right or wrong about a book you read

Literary analysis isn’t about the book

It’s not even about being right

It’s about performing an investigation and presenting your case to the jury

It doesn’t matter if your defendant killed that guy or not. If you can convince the jury he didn’t, you’ve won

And the incredible life skill of spinning bulletproof bullshit out your ass with a handful of facts and a prayer is soooooooo much more valuable than anyone’s ever gonna tell you

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Intimacy is not just about sex. It's having heart-to-hearts, staying up all night talking, sharing childhood memories, thoughts, fears, dreams & hopes for the future. It's uncontrollable laughter, direct eye contact and feeling each other without touching - it's exchanging energy

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Pulp sci-fi illustration by Italian artist, Aldo Di Gennaro (b. 1938).

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babyitaliano

This is probably the most culturally important thing I’ll ever seen in my lifetime if I’m being honest. I want this affixed over my mantle, embroidered into my denim, and emblazoned into my flesh so that generations to come may never forget this 1938 gem of an illustration. Put this on my gravestone and name my children after Alfo Di Gennaro. This is what it’s all about.

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Artist was obviously a leg man, but I have never seen a female alien love interest designed as THIS alien before. She’s uniquely hairy, bugged-eyed, lines would indicate at least a partial exoskeleton, she has escaped being saddled with the mammories that a non-mammal being would not have, yet she’s got it bad for Space Force Leatherhead and he is so into her. I can practically hear his prose of her cabochon eyes of nebula violet, glowing with the passion to know and be known, in the starlight. The green of her body turning more vivid as discovery (and carnal knowledge) consume her conscious mind.

To suggest a red-blooded, human man could love Greedo’s cousin? Desire her??

This is fantastic, in every sense. How many lives did this change forever?

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I can’t find publication information - anyone know when and where it appeared (the date is when the artist was born)? I’m thinking Golden Age magazine cover, possibly for Galaxy…

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viscerawrites

alrighty gang, the quest for an up-to-date pinned post is always ongoing <3 i figured i'd put up a new (re)intro bc !! things change a lot lol

about.

  • My name is Cassian but I also accept Viscera as a nickname. My pronouns are he/him and I am rapidly approaching year 22 on this earth.
  • I have been writing since I was 8, so about 14 years now, but am still constantly evolving and learning and developing my skills - like any artist!
  • I've written primarily fanfiction for most of my life, but I have MANY ocs and original wips and I think 2025 is the year of finally focusing on them!
  • For original fiction, I write primarily fantasy, modern with magic, or hidden fantasy settings. I'm also discovering my love for writing erotica and filthy nasty sex, so that's ... what a lot of my wips feature or center around nowadays!
  • You can read my original work on AO3 here, and I am working to build a neocities site to cross-post on.
  • I still write a lot of fanfic, but the majority of it is rpf/band-based and not usually something I'm comfortable sharing here - though you're welcome to ask about it still if that strikes your fancy!
  • Always open to tags, ask games, & literally random asks about anything. I tend to be extremely slow in answering and responding tho, so my apologies for that!
  • I also love music and will probably be talking about it often in relation to my characters & wips .<3
  • My main blog is @autotheophagic , which is where all likes and follows will come from!
  • Again, I have Many wips, but I will be linking the main & ongoing ones on this post as I figure things out.
  • I also have a Ko-fi, where I am hoping to offer writing commissions in the near future.

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current/main wips...

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Do you like found family? Queer romance? Enemies to lovers and an epic space opera setting with fantasy elements?

well I didn't write that. You are fucked out of luck.

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They Colonized Mars

> sci-fi/horror original fiction, 4.8k words

> an exploration of space colonialism, capitalistic exploitation, disability and gender. Or: my strongly worded love letter to the genre

Directory:

> content warnings

> part 1 & 2

> part 3

> part 4

> part 5

> part 6

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Hi hello day crowd it's Finished and I'm So excited for you all to read it in full ! Thank you so much if you've been following along the last few ehhhhh months this draft has been being worked on and/or couple of years I've had the general idea, I really appreciate the support ❤❤

I'm planning on having a downloadable file & looking into hosting on other sites etc etc but that's Later, stay tuned

#reading recs
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