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Leanbh Pearson (Any)
@leanbhpearson.bsky.social
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LGBTQ & Disability Author | Horror & Dark Fantasy | Inspired by history, myths, folklore, fairytales | 🏳️‍🌈🌻📚| https://linktr.ee/leanbhpearson
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Finished the draft of my current short story wip- dark fantasy, vampires and queens! A lake of eternal life & darkness
#wip #darkfantasy #vampires #shortstory
September 22, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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The end boss of correct opinions:
Nelson Mandela: "Be a life long student, read as many books as possible."
September 19, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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I #review I, MEDUSA by @ayanagray.bsky.social a fresh retelling of the familiar Medusa figure with vivid world building and great character development. Medusa as you have never known her.

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#bookreview #fantasy #greekmyth #bookstoread
I, Medusa
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Description Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else’s story. Out of place next to her beautiful, immortal sisters and her parents—both gods, albeit minor ones—she drea…
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September 19, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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Excited this appeared on my kindle today. Started reading dark academia novel BODIES OF MAGIC by @freyamarske.bsky.social - Can’t wait to delve deeper into this new work!
#amreading #darkacademia #fantasy #gothic
September 15, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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📣📣 Due to illness, I won’t be at ConSYDeration 📣📣
You can still buy BLUEBELLS my alternate history at the event or order 🖤🧛🏻🪦🌻🏳️‍🌈⬇️
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@sydneyspeculativescribes @westwordsws #event #speculativefiction #sydneyfringe #australianwriters
September 6, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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I’ll be at ConSYDeration, 11-13 September 2026 at Old Government House in Parramatta Park for 3 days of speculative fiction talk, workshops & community
Panel: “Using and abusing history” G Lucian Lax (m), Stephanie Russo, Gillian Polack, 13th, 2pm Marquee
Tickets 👉🏻: sydneyfringe.com/events/consy...
August 28, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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My first Australian Fairy Tale Society meeting in Melbourne #events #fairytales #witches #magic
August 16, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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This weekend I’m with Australian Fairytale Society in Melbourne on panel “The Witch: Power, Perception and Possibility” with Camille Booker, Kathryn Gossow and Leanbh Pearson; Chair Emma Woods
Come join us to chat witches & possibilities & enduring power of the Witch in fiction & art forms
August 11, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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LOVE LIES BLEEDING from @pspublishinguk - cover art Greg Chapman. From French Revolution to dystopian WW1. A tale of love, betrayal & hope in the twisted garden of the Devil’s reimagining.
🧛🏻🧛🏻🖤🏳️‍🌈⚔️⬇️
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#newrelease #gothichorror #lgbtq #alternatehistory
August 6, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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Inspiration for my new dark fairytale mashup of vampires and the Snow Queen. A dark lake, an unquenchable thirst, a queen undying.
#amwriting #shortstories #fairytales #vampires
July 23, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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PREORDER: The dark siblings BLUEBELLS & LOVE LIES BLEEDING from @pspublishinguk cover art Greg Chapman.
🧛🏻🧛🏻🖤🏳️‍🌈⚔️⬇️
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#preorder #bundle #gothichorror #lgbtq #alternatehistory
Bluebells & Love Lies Bleeding [2 hardcovers] by Leanbh Pearson
TWO NOVELLAS by Leanbh Pearson CATEGORY Alternate History / Gothic Horror COVER ART Greg Chapman PAGES BLUEBELLS 110, LOVE LIES BLEEDING. 98 In the
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July 17, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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Very soon Love Lies Bleeding breaks into this world and Bluebells will have a dark sibling
@pspublishinguk
#comingsoon #gothichorror #alternatehistory #lgbtq #disability
July 16, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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There’s a whisper on the wind….keep a watch for news of BLUEBELLS, vampires, alternate history & a wicked world
PS Publishing UK
#horror #alternatehistory #vampires #lgbtq #comingsoon
July 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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I’m feeling inspired by dark bewitchings and wicked characters

#anwriting #fairytales #bewitching #inspiration
July 14, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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Devoured my first comic from Indigiverse creators by Scott Wilson. Dark Heart #1 is my gateway to this new addiction of First Nations comics!

#comics #FirstNations #amreading #mustreads
June 24, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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Supanova Sydney! Come say hi at @ifwgpublishing.bsky.social at Artist’s Alley stall 37! Loki! Dark fairy tales, folklore, witchcraft, gothic horror! Vampires! LGBTQIA & Disability!
#events #darkfantasy #horror #disability #lgbtqbooks
June 19, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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I’m at @Supanova Sydney 19-21 June! Stall 37 with @ifwgpublishing.bsky.social Come chat folklore, fairytales, myth & gothic horror! LGBTQ & Disability themes! Come say Hi

#events #darkfantasy #horror #lgbtqia #disability
June 18, 2026 at 7:05 AM
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I’m currently reading I, MEDUSA by @ayanagray.bsky.social _ - a beautifully written and historical fantasy and mythic retelling of Medusa. Medusa rocks! (Pun intended)

#amreading #fantasy #retelling #greekmyth #bookstoread
June 14, 2026 at 7:37 AM
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Hey Supanova 2026 - Sydney

Want to chat LGBTQIA & disability fantasy & horror? Like Norse myths & Loki? Vampires with bite? I’ll be at stall 37 in Artists Alley with @ifwgpublishing.bsky.social & IPI Comics

- Mystery random winner prize! Book Signings!

www.supanova.com.au/guests/leanb...
June 13, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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My recommended reads for Pride Month! Check out this variety of queer fantasy, horror, science fiction!
Highly recommended reads! 🏳️‍🌈📚

#lgbt #bookstoread #pridemonth #horror #fantasy
June 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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I review THE UNICORN HUNTERS by Katherine Arden - A magical historical fantasy full of enchantment. A must read!
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#bookreview #historicalfantasy #magic #bookstoread
The Unicorn Hunters
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description Anne of Brittany was a child when France invaded and drove her royal father to his death. Now she is a young woman, sovereign duche…
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June 13, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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Thrilled to have been a finalist in the Ditmar Awards again. A HUGE congratulations to the winners. Wish I was there to celebrate!
Jack Sparrow Rum Cheers
ALT: Jack Sparrow Rum Cheers
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June 12, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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I review THE BEWITCHING by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - A fantastic modern gothic horror with truly scary witches & beautifully crafted. Highly Recommended!

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#bookreview #horror #gothic #witchcraft #bookstoread
The Bewitching
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description “Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches”: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her gre…
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June 11, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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I’ll be sweeping into Supanova Comic Con & Gaming Sydney on June 19-21. Come along, chat Norse Tricksters, Dark fairy tales and folklore, queer & LGBQT fantasy and horror @ifwgpublishing.bsky.social @ipicomics.bsky.social
Book tickets now ⤵️
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June 11, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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The next project: A portal fantasy, Welsh & Irish myth, warring Fae and Witchhunters.

#amwriting #lgbtq #fantasy #magic #witchcraft
June 6, 2026 at 10:06 AM