WELCOME TO HOOKTOWN

I have decided to write a queer (mlm) gothic mystery-comedy. Wish me luck!

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WELCOME TO HOOKTOWN

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𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 Sooo, what is Hooktown?

Hooktown is a book that I'm writing (my first). It's about a river village with a fishy mystery, a noble family with secrets, and a romance that goes boy meets boy, boy hates boy, boy falls anyway, all while they are stuck solving the mystery together whether they like it or not.

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 Tone check?

Gothic meets gay, with dark humor, a meta narrator, and third-person storytelling. I’ve been inspired by Tim Burton and Lemony Snicket since I was very little, so, think of their love child?

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 Is it adult themed?

Yes, because there will be smut in this. Gay, beautiful smut. Or perhaps I will tease fluff for this book and if there’s a second… hmm. Still deciding whether it’ll be explicit or a little more “tastefully covered"... either way, it’s not a bedtime story.

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 What's the status?

Currently drafting: 5,104 words (25 pages) Goal: ~20,000 words

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 Who is the author?

Me! 👋 Hello! I’m Mickey. I’m 28, and a Canadian immigrant. Any pronouns are fine. I’m gay, married, I do art sometimes, play piano a bit, and I’m a cat parent.

MEET THE CHARACTERS

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This pinned post is a WIP...

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Hooktown Update:

Posted two new pages on Wattpad! That's a wrap on Chapter 1.

Read it here.

[shipperofthenineseas]

I actually ADORE it when a character crashes out. Let them YELL let them SCREAM let them HURT THOSE AROUND THEM with or without meaning to. I need to see more crash outs

[itssjanedoe]

[s-h-a-s-e]

[goodfriendo]

i wonder what they're gossiping about

[jmawork]

had to draw them

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

there was a time when social media just didn’t have ads and no one had to pay for ad-free service by the way

[neverniko101]

WHAT KINDA CAT ARE YOUR MUTUALS

I REALLY WANNA SIT HERE AMD GO THROUGH TAGGING EVERYONE BUT I HAVE TO GO TO BED NOW SO I’LL DO SO TOMORROW!!!

[hugging-blavingad]

@make-me-president orange

@autistobrat tux

@bellabookworm skrunkly

@ghostlybluetrain smol

@sockssketchingshack cloud

Sorry if i forgot you, you are still awesome <3

[do-not-u-dare]

Skrunkly and cloud :Ddd

[crypticgoose3]

yo imma do this for once cause i'm really bad at talking to my moots even tho i love them :D

@crowsndbugs - skrunkly + orange + little shit (/silly /hj)

@solarexe - little shit

@catbrain42 - shorthair + loaf

@witchwithwords2115 - witch (obviously lol) + shorthair

@bellabookworm - all of them somehow? (specifically tux + orange + cloud + skrunkly + loaf + void + shorthair)

@asher-cherryblossom - skrunkly + smol + liquid + creature

@gaybitch67 - void + little shit + creature + liquid

@redcat-anomaly - little shit + liquid

@off-the-record13 - shorthair + liquid

@lavendertortoise12 - shorthair + loaf

@toomuchtodooml - loaf + tux + creature

@grim-crypt - tux + cloud

(sorry if you don't want to be tagged i'm just remembering i have moots to appreciate lol)

[sillylime]

@crypticgoose2854 - witch and sckrunkly

@crowsndbugs - void nd loaf

@kobieatsfeet - ornge and void

@redcat-anomaly - scrunkly and void

@solarexe - liquid and witch

@shinycr0w - smol and cloud

@ultidreamer104 - liquid andvoid

[ultimatedreamer-official]

@sillylime Cloud and loaf🫵

@shinycr0w is totally smol and cloud but also short hair

@confetti39x tux and Orange combined lol

[shinycr0w]

ajdbdjsbdjd omg u guys r so right ajndksndkss

@ultidreamer104 ur so definitely liquid and void yea

@tokkibean TUX AKDNDJS and loaf liquid skrunkly

@ilovehashbrowns1 tux creature little shit

@crowshapedfae LITTLE SHIT but smol

@rustmorris cloud loaf !!!!

@chr0nically-b0red orange creature

@enlightenedfeline tux witch loaf!!!

@writingisartdarling short hair witch tux

<333

[writingisartdarling]

First of all, biggest compliment ever @shinycr0w !!! (be careful, I'm coolly planning something sinister...but you can have your hug first, *hugs cutely*)

@shinycr0w you are definitely smol skrunkly, always up to something goofy and I love that :)

@caitlin-elias my little witch loaf...you probably were a witch in another life? Alsoooo, definitely my emotional support mutual across the world <3

@hooktown your assigned cat is tux because you're very cool and we haven't even been mutuals for that long!

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@writingisartdarling you are Cloud because you just very kind and have really good vibes! ☁️

[cult-ofcrows]

This fish filet crochet tapestry I made for my wall

[imgonnacryalltheusersaretaken]

But what if i sat in bed all day reading gay ass fanfiction

[crypticgoose3]

But what if i sat in bed all day writing gay ass fanfiction

[infectiouspiss]

2026

FUCK HARD

FUCK FAST

FUCK BADLY

NEVER USE GENERATIVE AI

CREATE JOY

MUSIC ALWAYS

PSPSPSPS AT KITTIES ON THE STREET

YUMMY SOUP

go see the doctor about that thing

BE TRANSGENDER

KISS YOUR FRIENDS

EAT CHEESE

NEVER KILL YOURSELF

THRIVE

[hooktown]

I hate being sick. 😞

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It’s official: my first MLM novel, Hooktown, just hit #514 in Wattpad’s Boy x Boy rankings. 🐟🖤

Yeah, it’s way down the list, but it’s still a real ranking, and that means it’s an accomplishment and a start! I’m over the moon.

If you’re reading/voting/commenting or even just lurking supportively: thank you!

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🎣

I wanna know…

❝ “No one here likes me, you know.” It was the sort of arbitrarily timed statement Wink made as if liking were a measurable substance, like flour, and she had somehow failed to purchase enough. She never seemed quite certain what it meant to be liked, or to like, or to be tolerated in a respectable quantity. Platonic, romantic—there were too many kinds, and Wink kept trying to sort them all into neat piles. ❞

— Hooktown (excerpt), Chapter 1

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First ever fanart of my boys, Austein and Danner, from my original mlm gothic mystery, Hooktown.

candlemaker x aristocrat - forced proximity + bad history

🕯🐟 read it HERE on wattpad

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✦ HOOKTOWN IS LIVE ✦

🐟 Hooktown is officially live on Wattpad—the first ten pages are up right now!

✧ READ HERE ✧

╭─ ✧ WHAT IS IT? ✧ ─╮

Genre: Gothic / Mystery / Dark comedy

Rating: Mature

Romance: MLM, slow-burn tension, past enemies because of miscommunication in the past-to-lovers, eventual (surprising) smut

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— Hooktown is my GAY gothic mystery book (my very first) with a meta narrator and two men, with a complicated past, forced into the same problem.

✎ Follow for updates: @hooktown + #hooktown + #hooktownthebook

✎ Want a ping for updates? Comment below with “🐟” and I’ll tag you in the next drop!

[kittyflanders]

sometimes first drafts look like this

and that's okay

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[a dash of frotting here] ✨

[𝖺 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾] ✨

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✦ HOOKTOWN UPDATE ✦

THE FIRST PAGES ARE SURFACING SOON... 🐟

— Hooktown is my GAY gothic mystery book (my very first) with a meta narrator and two men (see above) forced into the same problem (unfortunate for them, excellent for you lucky readers).

╭─ ✧ WHAT IS IT? ✧ ─╮ Genre: Gothic / Mystery / Dark comedy Rating: Mature Romance: MLM, slow-burn tension, past enemies because of miscommunication in the past-to-lovers, eventual (surprising) smut ╰─ ✧ ─────────── ✧ ─╯

☔ MORE ON THE UPDATE: The first few pages are bubbling to the surface. They may bite this week… or next. Depends on the weather. 🌧️

✎ Read it here: COMING SOON ✎ Follow for updates: @hooktown + #hooktown + #hooktownthebook ✎ Want a ping for updates? Comment below with “🐟” and I’ll tag you in the next drop!

✦ Stay nibbling. 🐟🖤 ✦