Nick Wenderski
@nickwenderski.bsky.social
What are you willing to sacrifice for your goals?
Southern Gothic & Supernatural Horror
Querying THIRTEEN YEARS
Southern Gothic & Supernatural Horror
Querying THIRTEEN YEARS
It’s cold out, so naturally I decided snickerdoodles felt like the correct fall cookie choice.
Small problem: I’m apparently not a snickerdoodle fan.
Now I just have 12 cookies.
#FallVibes #Snickerdoodles #CookieProblems #AutumnMood
Small problem: I’m apparently not a snickerdoodle fan.
Now I just have 12 cookies.
#FallVibes #Snickerdoodles #CookieProblems #AutumnMood
Raccoon Says Yuck Gross
ALT: Raccoon Says Yuck Gross
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September 27, 2026 at 5:51 PM
It’s cold out, so naturally I decided snickerdoodles felt like the correct fall cookie choice.
Small problem: I’m apparently not a snickerdoodle fan.
Now I just have 12 cookies.
#FallVibes #Snickerdoodles #CookieProblems #AutumnMood
Small problem: I’m apparently not a snickerdoodle fan.
Now I just have 12 cookies.
#FallVibes #Snickerdoodles #CookieProblems #AutumnMood
Milo joined a supernatural dating show for $500,000.
Griff joined expecting fate to hand him his soulmate.
Neither planned on falling for each other. 🐺💙
#AmWriting #RomanceWriter #ParanormalRomance #MMRomance #QueerRomance
Griff joined expecting fate to hand him his soulmate.
Neither planned on falling for each other. 🐺💙
#AmWriting #RomanceWriter #ParanormalRomance #MMRomance #QueerRomance
September 23, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Milo joined a supernatural dating show for $500,000.
Griff joined expecting fate to hand him his soulmate.
Neither planned on falling for each other. 🐺💙
#AmWriting #RomanceWriter #ParanormalRomance #MMRomance #QueerRomance
Griff joined expecting fate to hand him his soulmate.
Neither planned on falling for each other. 🐺💙
#AmWriting #RomanceWriter #ParanormalRomance #MMRomance #QueerRomance
Today’s job description: putting out fires I did not start, solving problems I did not create, and somehow remaining ✨professional✨ through all of it.
Corporate America, baby. 🔥🧯
#CorporateLife #SalesLife #TechLife #WorkHumor #FridayMood
Corporate America, baby. 🔥🧯
#CorporateLife #SalesLife #TechLife #WorkHumor #FridayMood
Kawaii Dumpster Fire
ALT: Kawaii Dumpster Fire
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August 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Today’s job description: putting out fires I did not start, solving problems I did not create, and somehow remaining ✨professional✨ through all of it.
Corporate America, baby. 🔥🧯
#CorporateLife #SalesLife #TechLife #WorkHumor #FridayMood
Corporate America, baby. 🔥🧯
#CorporateLife #SalesLife #TechLife #WorkHumor #FridayMood
Some people cope with stress by journaling.
I apparently cope by giving a tattoo artist money and saying, “Yeah, put that permanently on my body.” I just added FOUR more tattoos, and I’m running out of skin before bad ideas
#Tattoo #TattooedWriter #WriterLife #QueerWriter #AmWriting
I apparently cope by giving a tattoo artist money and saying, “Yeah, put that permanently on my body.” I just added FOUR more tattoos, and I’m running out of skin before bad ideas
#Tattoo #TattooedWriter #WriterLife #QueerWriter #AmWriting
August 22, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Some people cope with stress by journaling.
I apparently cope by giving a tattoo artist money and saying, “Yeah, put that permanently on my body.” I just added FOUR more tattoos, and I’m running out of skin before bad ideas
#Tattoo #TattooedWriter #WriterLife #QueerWriter #AmWriting
I apparently cope by giving a tattoo artist money and saying, “Yeah, put that permanently on my body.” I just added FOUR more tattoos, and I’m running out of skin before bad ideas
#Tattoo #TattooedWriter #WriterLife #QueerWriter #AmWriting
Querying has taught me to celebrate the wins when they happen. Today an agent reading my full told me my writing is “all encompassing” and the atmosphere “has scooped me in.”
Anyway, I’ll be completely normal about this. 🖤
(I will not be normal about this.)
#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity
Anyway, I’ll be completely normal about this. 🖤
(I will not be normal about this.)
#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity
Excited Geese: I'M SO EXCITED!
ALT: Excited Geese: I'M SO EXCITED!
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August 20, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Querying has taught me to celebrate the wins when they happen. Today an agent reading my full told me my writing is “all encompassing” and the atmosphere “has scooped me in.”
Anyway, I’ll be completely normal about this. 🖤
(I will not be normal about this.)
#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity
Anyway, I’ll be completely normal about this. 🖤
(I will not be normal about this.)
#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity
Apparently today’s plot twist was opening the mail and finding an $800 class-action settlement check I had completely forgotten about. 😂
Anyway, my $400 tattoo on Friday has officially been sponsored by the American legal system. ⚖️💀
#Tattoo #UnexpectedMoney
Anyway, my $400 tattoo on Friday has officially been sponsored by the American legal system. ⚖️💀
#Tattoo #UnexpectedMoney
Man Making It Rain with Money
ALT: Man Making It Rain with Money
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August 18, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Apparently today’s plot twist was opening the mail and finding an $800 class-action settlement check I had completely forgotten about. 😂
Anyway, my $400 tattoo on Friday has officially been sponsored by the American legal system. ⚖️💀
#Tattoo #UnexpectedMoney
Anyway, my $400 tattoo on Friday has officially been sponsored by the American legal system. ⚖️💀
#Tattoo #UnexpectedMoney
After more than a year in the query trenches, today I received my first internal referral to a literary agent. 🥹
No idea where it’ll lead, but after all the queries, rejections, fulls, and waiting, this feels pretty damn cool.
#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters
No idea where it’ll lead, but after all the queries, rejections, fulls, and waiting, this feels pretty damn cool.
#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters
Shocked Cat's Surprised Reaction
ALT: Shocked Cat's Surprised Reaction
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August 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
After more than a year in the query trenches, today I received my first internal referral to a literary agent. 🥹
No idea where it’ll lead, but after all the queries, rejections, fulls, and waiting, this feels pretty damn cool.
#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters
No idea where it’ll lead, but after all the queries, rejections, fulls, and waiting, this feels pretty damn cool.
#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters
Trying to write a rom-com for the first time and I was NOT prepared for some of these scenes to give ME butterflies like I’m the one saying the lines 😂 I’m used to demons, horror, and terrible decisions. What is this cute shit?? I kinda like it. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #QueerFiction #RomCom
Yogita Bachani's Shy & Playful Smile
ALT: Yogita Bachani's Shy & Playful Smile
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August 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Trying to write a rom-com for the first time and I was NOT prepared for some of these scenes to give ME butterflies like I’m the one saying the lines 😂 I’m used to demons, horror, and terrible decisions. What is this cute shit?? I kinda like it. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #QueerFiction #RomCom
My day job is in strategic tech sales, and it’s funny how quickly you become desensitized to huge numbers.
Someone mentions a $30M opportunity, and my brain thinks, “Sounds about right.”
Then I remember that’s an unbelievable amount of money.
#TechSales #WritingCommunity #BookSky
Someone mentions a $30M opportunity, and my brain thinks, “Sounds about right.”
Then I remember that’s an unbelievable amount of money.
#TechSales #WritingCommunity #BookSky
Simpsons Skinner
ALT: Simpsons Skinner
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August 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
My day job is in strategic tech sales, and it’s funny how quickly you become desensitized to huge numbers.
Someone mentions a $30M opportunity, and my brain thinks, “Sounds about right.”
Then I remember that’s an unbelievable amount of money.
#TechSales #WritingCommunity #BookSky
Someone mentions a $30M opportunity, and my brain thinks, “Sounds about right.”
Then I remember that’s an unbelievable amount of money.
#TechSales #WritingCommunity #BookSky
You ever notice how the villains always think they’re the heroes?
Maybe that’s why the most interesting characters aren’t the ones trying to save the world.
They’re the ones trying to justify what they’re willing to sacrifice.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting
Maybe that’s why the most interesting characters aren’t the ones trying to save the world.
They’re the ones trying to justify what they’re willing to sacrifice.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting
Jigsaw Villain: Would You Like to Play a Game?
ALT: Jigsaw Villain: Would You Like to Play a Game?
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August 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
You ever notice how the villains always think they’re the heroes?
Maybe that’s why the most interesting characters aren’t the ones trying to save the world.
They’re the ones trying to justify what they’re willing to sacrifice.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting
Maybe that’s why the most interesting characters aren’t the ones trying to save the world.
They’re the ones trying to justify what they’re willing to sacrifice.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting
My writing process:
10% talent
90% wondering if another cup of coffee will finally unlock the perfect sentence.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
10% talent
90% wondering if another cup of coffee will finally unlock the perfect sentence.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
July 18, 2026 at 9:57 PM
My writing process:
10% talent
90% wondering if another cup of coffee will finally unlock the perfect sentence.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
10% talent
90% wondering if another cup of coffee will finally unlock the perfect sentence.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
What’s the moment your characters called you out?
I’ll start:
“I realized I would always come second to your ambition. And I finally stopped asking you to choose me.”
I’ve had that line said to me once or twice in my life.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
I’ll start:
“I realized I would always come second to your ambition. And I finally stopped asking you to choose me.”
I’ve had that line said to me once or twice in my life.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
July 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
What’s the moment your characters called you out?
I’ll start:
“I realized I would always come second to your ambition. And I finally stopped asking you to choose me.”
I’ve had that line said to me once or twice in my life.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
I’ll start:
“I realized I would always come second to your ambition. And I finally stopped asking you to choose me.”
I’ve had that line said to me once or twice in my life.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
Finished writing Lady Luck Takes All.
You’d think I’d be celebrating.
Instead, I’m staring at the submit query button like it’s about to personally ruin my life.
Turns out finishing the book was only Phase One of the emotional damage.
#WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #AuthorLife
You’d think I’d be celebrating.
Instead, I’m staring at the submit query button like it’s about to personally ruin my life.
Turns out finishing the book was only Phase One of the emotional damage.
#WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #AuthorLife
Woman Deep in Thought, Pondering
Alt: Woman Deep in Thought, Pondering
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July 14, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Finished writing Lady Luck Takes All.
You’d think I’d be celebrating.
Instead, I’m staring at the submit query button like it’s about to personally ruin my life.
Turns out finishing the book was only Phase One of the emotional damage.
#WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #AuthorLife
You’d think I’d be celebrating.
Instead, I’m staring at the submit query button like it’s about to personally ruin my life.
Turns out finishing the book was only Phase One of the emotional damage.
#WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #AuthorLife
Last night I finished writing Lady Luck Takes All.
I expected to cry over the ending.
Instead, I cried over a breakup scene because somewhere along the way, I stopped writing Josh and started writing parts of myself.
Sometimes the story finishes you first.
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfBluesky
I expected to cry over the ending.
Instead, I cried over a breakup scene because somewhere along the way, I stopped writing Josh and started writing parts of myself.
Sometimes the story finishes you first.
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfBluesky
Dog Meme Meme Dog
ALT: Dog Meme Meme Dog
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July 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Last night I finished writing Lady Luck Takes All.
I expected to cry over the ending.
Instead, I cried over a breakup scene because somewhere along the way, I stopped writing Josh and started writing parts of myself.
Sometimes the story finishes you first.
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfBluesky
I expected to cry over the ending.
Instead, I cried over a breakup scene because somewhere along the way, I stopped writing Josh and started writing parts of myself.
Sometimes the story finishes you first.
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfBluesky
My search history says “how long does guilt last?”
Relax.
I’m writing a novel.
Probably.
#WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #HorrorWriter #AmWriting #DarkHumor
Relax.
I’m writing a novel.
Probably.
#WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #HorrorWriter #AmWriting #DarkHumor
July 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
My search history says “how long does guilt last?”
Relax.
I’m writing a novel.
Probably.
#WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #HorrorWriter #AmWriting #DarkHumor
Relax.
I’m writing a novel.
Probably.
#WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #HorrorWriter #AmWriting #DarkHumor
Writing horror is a strange hobby.
You spend three hours researching decomposition, folklore, and obscure legal procedures… then panic when someone texts, “Can I ask you a quick question?”
Who’s really scary here?
#HorrorCommunity #HorrorWriters #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #BookSky
You spend three hours researching decomposition, folklore, and obscure legal procedures… then panic when someone texts, “Can I ask you a quick question?”
Who’s really scary here?
#HorrorCommunity #HorrorWriters #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #BookSky
Jane The Virgin Jane Villanueva
Alt: Jane The Virgin Jane Villanueva
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July 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Writing horror is a strange hobby.
You spend three hours researching decomposition, folklore, and obscure legal procedures… then panic when someone texts, “Can I ask you a quick question?”
Who’s really scary here?
#HorrorCommunity #HorrorWriters #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #BookSky
You spend three hours researching decomposition, folklore, and obscure legal procedures… then panic when someone texts, “Can I ask you a quick question?”
Who’s really scary here?
#HorrorCommunity #HorrorWriters #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #BookSky
My toxic trait is thinking one productive day has completely turned my life around.
Then tomorrow shows up like, “That was adorable.”
#WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #Humor #Coffee #tea #whatsthetea
Then tomorrow shows up like, “That was adorable.”
#WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #Humor #Coffee #tea #whatsthetea
Morticia Addams Sips Tea
ALT: Morticia Addams Sips Tea
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July 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
My toxic trait is thinking one productive day has completely turned my life around.
Then tomorrow shows up like, “That was adorable.”
#WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #Humor #Coffee #tea #whatsthetea
Then tomorrow shows up like, “That was adorable.”
#WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #Humor #Coffee #tea #whatsthetea
Reposted by Nick Wenderski
Hey
Hey you
Have you backed up your novel (AND YOUR NOTES) recently?
Hey you
Have you backed up your novel (AND YOUR NOTES) recently?
July 8, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Hey
Hey you
Have you backed up your novel (AND YOUR NOTES) recently?
Hey you
Have you backed up your novel (AND YOUR NOTES) recently?
Beautiful view.
Zero bars of service.
The universe almost got me to self-reflect.
Turns out hiking Deception Pass was a life choice I strongly disagree with. I’m still out here huffing and puffing. 🌲😮💨
#DeceptionPass #PNW #Hiking #Nature #WritersOfBluesky #Humor
Zero bars of service.
The universe almost got me to self-reflect.
Turns out hiking Deception Pass was a life choice I strongly disagree with. I’m still out here huffing and puffing. 🌲😮💨
#DeceptionPass #PNW #Hiking #Nature #WritersOfBluesky #Humor
July 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Beautiful view.
Zero bars of service.
The universe almost got me to self-reflect.
Turns out hiking Deception Pass was a life choice I strongly disagree with. I’m still out here huffing and puffing. 🌲😮💨
#DeceptionPass #PNW #Hiking #Nature #WritersOfBluesky #Humor
Zero bars of service.
The universe almost got me to self-reflect.
Turns out hiking Deception Pass was a life choice I strongly disagree with. I’m still out here huffing and puffing. 🌲😮💨
#DeceptionPass #PNW #Hiking #Nature #WritersOfBluesky #Humor
Every horror writer has that one moment where they stop asking:
“Would someone actually do this?”
…and start asking:
“Okay… but what would make them do it anyway?”
That’s when the story gets interesting.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Horror #SouthernGothic
“Would someone actually do this?”
…and start asking:
“Okay… but what would make them do it anyway?”
That’s when the story gets interesting.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Horror #SouthernGothic
Charlie Day Conspiracy: Pepe Silvia
Alt: Charlie Day frantically pointing at a conspiracy board covered in notes and red string, used to represent a writer overthinking a character’s motivations.
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July 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Every horror writer has that one moment where they stop asking:
“Would someone actually do this?”
…and start asking:
“Okay… but what would make them do it anyway?”
That’s when the story gets interesting.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Horror #SouthernGothic
“Would someone actually do this?”
…and start asking:
“Okay… but what would make them do it anyway?”
That’s when the story gets interesting.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Horror #SouthernGothic
I’d survive the haunted house.
Not because I’m brave.
Because I’d spend three hours interviewing the ghost about the afterlife until it got uncomfortable and left.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #Horror #AmQuerying #Ghosts
Not because I’m brave.
Because I’d spend three hours interviewing the ghost about the afterlife until it got uncomfortable and left.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #Horror #AmQuerying #Ghosts
Mickey Mouse and the Dancing Skeletons
ALT: Mickey Mouse and the Dancing Skeletons
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July 6, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I’d survive the haunted house.
Not because I’m brave.
Because I’d spend three hours interviewing the ghost about the afterlife until it got uncomfortable and left.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #Horror #AmQuerying #Ghosts
Not because I’m brave.
Because I’d spend three hours interviewing the ghost about the afterlife until it got uncomfortable and left.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #Horror #AmQuerying #Ghosts
I don't want immortality.
I just want someone in 200 years to pick up one of my books, whisper, "What the hell did I just read?"... and immediately recommend it to a friend.
That's enough haunting for me.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #Horror #AmQuerying #WritingLife
I just want someone in 200 years to pick up one of my books, whisper, "What the hell did I just read?"... and immediately recommend it to a friend.
That's enough haunting for me.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #Horror #AmQuerying #WritingLife
Amy Lee of Evanescence: I'm So Tired
ALT: Amy Lee of Evanescence: I'm So Tired
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July 5, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I don't want immortality.
I just want someone in 200 years to pick up one of my books, whisper, "What the hell did I just read?"... and immediately recommend it to a friend.
That's enough haunting for me.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #Horror #AmQuerying #WritingLife
I just want someone in 200 years to pick up one of my books, whisper, "What the hell did I just read?"... and immediately recommend it to a friend.
That's enough haunting for me.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #Horror #AmQuerying #WritingLife
As a horror writer, I’m collecting fears.
Not spiders or heights.
The oddly specific ones.
What’s something that makes your brain go, “Absolutely not,” even if it’s probably harmless?
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Horror
Not spiders or heights.
The oddly specific ones.
What’s something that makes your brain go, “Absolutely not,” even if it’s probably harmless?
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Horror
Barry Weiss: The Collector from Storage Wars
Alt: Barry Weiss: The Collector from Storage Wars
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July 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
As a horror writer, I’m collecting fears.
Not spiders or heights.
The oddly specific ones.
What’s something that makes your brain go, “Absolutely not,” even if it’s probably harmless?
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Horror
Not spiders or heights.
The oddly specific ones.
What’s something that makes your brain go, “Absolutely not,” even if it’s probably harmless?
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Horror
Happy Fourth of July. 🇺🇸
May your Diet Dr Pepper Zero stay cold, your cold brew stay strong, your hot dogs stay unburnt, and your fingers stay attached.
I’ll be over here, judging everyone’s pyrotechnic decisions from a safe distance. 🎆😅
#FourthOfJuly #BookSky #WritingCommunity
May your Diet Dr Pepper Zero stay cold, your cold brew stay strong, your hot dogs stay unburnt, and your fingers stay attached.
I’ll be over here, judging everyone’s pyrotechnic decisions from a safe distance. 🎆😅
#FourthOfJuly #BookSky #WritingCommunity
Greasestain Peeking Through Blinds
Alt: Greasestain Peeking Through Blinds
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July 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Happy Fourth of July. 🇺🇸
May your Diet Dr Pepper Zero stay cold, your cold brew stay strong, your hot dogs stay unburnt, and your fingers stay attached.
I’ll be over here, judging everyone’s pyrotechnic decisions from a safe distance. 🎆😅
#FourthOfJuly #BookSky #WritingCommunity
May your Diet Dr Pepper Zero stay cold, your cold brew stay strong, your hot dogs stay unburnt, and your fingers stay attached.
I’ll be over here, judging everyone’s pyrotechnic decisions from a safe distance. 🎆😅
#FourthOfJuly #BookSky #WritingCommunity
Reposted by Nick Wenderski
WHAT THRIVES IN DARKNESS, a 88,000-word LGBTQ+ YA myth-inspired fantasy about charting your own course—even when those who love you would rather own you.
🌿 queer Hades/Persephone
🌿 slow burn
🌿 grumpy/sunshine
🌿 found family
🌿 “touch him and die”
🌿 a ghost corgi
#queerpit #q #yafantasy #amquerying
🌿 queer Hades/Persephone
🌿 slow burn
🌿 grumpy/sunshine
🌿 found family
🌿 “touch him and die”
🌿 a ghost corgi
#queerpit #q #yafantasy #amquerying
July 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
WHAT THRIVES IN DARKNESS, a 88,000-word LGBTQ+ YA myth-inspired fantasy about charting your own course—even when those who love you would rather own you.
🌿 queer Hades/Persephone
🌿 slow burn
🌿 grumpy/sunshine
🌿 found family
🌿 “touch him and die”
🌿 a ghost corgi
#queerpit #q #yafantasy #amquerying
🌿 queer Hades/Persephone
🌿 slow burn
🌿 grumpy/sunshine
🌿 found family
🌿 “touch him and die”
🌿 a ghost corgi
#queerpit #q #yafantasy #amquerying