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AuDHD hazard | tired old bi | British fantasy author | when I was last on Tumblr it was all fields as far as the eye could see | she/they | follow me on reamstories.com/13club-afterdark

[indigoinka]

Two Souls & a Pocket Watch: Looking for ARC Readers

This is my final post today, I promise. I've just been in hiding for so long, trying to get shit done. Nothing like deadlines you set for yourself conspiring to stress you out 😭

So, my next retail release is coming at the end of the month.

It's MM Victorian fantasy romantic suspense set in London. If you'd like an ARC, it's currently up on Booksprout. Click the image if you're interested. Reviews due June 28th.

[indigoinka]

Free Story for Pride

This one is short, sweet, and whimsical. A grieving, autistic widower with psychogenic mutism makes a wish in the fairy garden he built to honour his daughter, and a magical little entourage shows up. Then comes Sunshine Thor.

Tap the pic to read.

[thatskindarough]

HAPPY GAY

[badaziraphaletakes]

Happy gay! ❤️ 🏳️‍🌈

[anotherevencoolerdad]

pick one you bald genderless idiot

[anarchafemme]

[localcircusonline]

[indigoinka]

After a long hiatus, a reminder why I love it here.

[indigoinka]

Furies at the Gate

Book 3 of Tales from the Noctuary is set in London in 1979, and it's probably my favourite of the series so far. It features a whole bunch of immortal crossover characters from my other series, so it's full of call backs and easter eggs, which are my favourite thing ever. Click on the image if this is up your alley.

Read the blurb carefully though, because not everybody will want to read this kind of content.

[indigoinka]

I'm out of hibernation, for like... five minutes.

I'll be posting a few things today just to catch you all up on what I've been doing.

I've been working on my Earth Render serial, though not as much as I'd like. Season 2 will be starting soon. The whole of season 1 is on my subscription. At the moment, until June 10th, all my tiers have a 50% discount for 3 months in honour of my birthday. So, if you want in, here's the code:

INKABIRTHDAY50

The cheapest tier Earth Render is on is the Bloodborn Archive, which is usually $5 (so it'll be $2.50 with the code, which gives you 3 months at the discount). This tier also includes the entire Not the Same River series (6 books). Everything is set in the same storyworld.

Earth Render is MMMMF (not reverse harem, just polyamorous).

I also have stories that are free to followers. More on that in my next post.

[indigoinka]

Finally... an update

The first season of Earth Render is finally finished (the writing that is, still 2 episodes to go live). My five dickheads have made tentative steps towards workable relationships, but mate, they're going about it in a dumbass way. The plot is thickening, the tension is mounting, aaaand... I'm gonna make everyone wait at least a month until I get on with season 2.

Hopefully, it will give me a bit more time to work on Gay Space Bridgerton, which has been sitting on the back burner, getting all sweaty. Need to make it fresh and sparkly again.

These are paid stories, but you can read six free stories here.

[youryurigoddess]

Aziraphale is a keeper of the divine order who instinctively creates clutter and turmoil. Crowley is an agent of chaos who stress cleans like an addict. These two ineffable idiots really are perfect for each other.

[indigoinka]

Furies at the Gate

Established lesbian power couple go a-hunting with their besties to make shitty men cry.

London, 1979. A grumpy, rollerskating demon, a knife-smuggling vampire, a whirlwind-fast nephilim, and a perpetually hungry Scots-Viking vaewolf queen are taking out the trash.

Out on Friday 29th March. Preorder here.

[catsteinbooks]

I Did a Thing Again

We interrupt this Good Omens fan account because I'm actually an author and I have to do that annoying self-promo thing because it's like a job or something and people have to know about my books to buy them? Yeah, it's super weird.

So here goes:

Earth Earls Are Easy releases on Feb. 29th!

Here are some fun graphics to give you an idea of what the book is about!

Things you can find in the book:

The book as AO3 tags:

If you want to find out more, read the book blurb, see the book trailer, and/or read the prologue, you can do that HERE!

And you can pre-order here to get the book to you ASAP!

[midnightprelude]

My debut novel with @oftachancer is more available in paperback and will be available as an ebook and on Kindle Unlimited on March 20th! Check out the link here!

Thanks to @lethendralis-paints for the gorgeous cover art! They were amazing to work with as always!

In addition, you can sign up for my giveaway here to enter to win a signed copy of the novel or an art print!

[indigoinka]

This is from Cadence of Truth, book 6 of Not the Same River, which comes out at the end of next month, though readers on my subscription are getting it right now (3 chapters twice a week).

In this excerpt, Violet’s about to get into it with the Archangel Gabriel (stops before spoilers)…

“I’ve never met any other gods.”

It feels like a blatant lie. It feels like twitching fingers and a compulsion to lower my head. It feels like I’ve met many gods.

“Then you must wait.” Elijah leans forward. “At least you won’t be forced to wear shades.”

Like I needed a reminder that my eyes are fucked. “Is that it?”

“I have said all I intend to.”

Before I can catch my breath, he’s gone, teleported to who knows where.

“Wanker,” I say to nobody.

A deep chuckle rumbles through the door from the dark sitting room I assumed was empty.

***

“What are you doing sitting in the dark?” I ask from the doorway. “I thought Michael had cornered the whole brooding and melancholy market.”

Gabriel downs his drink, the bottle beside him almost empty. “This isn’t an ordinary night.”

“Yeah, I guess not.” He’s not glowing. “Where’s your halo?”

“Be assured I’ll don it when necessary.”

“Please don’t get wankered though. We still need you.”

His head falls back with a thud, and he groans. “I much prefer it when you sharpen your claws on me, Violet. It’s easier to maintain my distance when everyone thinks I’m an insufferable clod. I’m supposed to ride alone, remember?”

[indigoinka]

Just finished proofreading Cadence of Truth, and it made me cry for the millionth time. It’s off to the final proofie tomorrow, then I’ll be formatting. Can’t believe this whole series, which sat in my brain for decades, will be over by the end of February 😭

[febuwhump]

FEBUWHUMP 2024 PROMPT LIST

this year's prompts were chosen through a suggestion poll (in which we recevied 2,281 prompts) and a subsequent vote, where over 1,000 people voted for their favourites. the top 29 make up the core prompts, and a mixture of the next most popular - and this blog's personal favourites - have become the alternates

i’m so excited to see what you all create with these prompts, and hope they’re inspiring enough to trigger a whole month’s worth of creativity for you! if you have any questions, please check out the blog's faq before sending an ask, or check out the previously asked questions on the blog!

please note: this year, notifying the blog of completionist status will happen through a google form that will be released closer to the end of febuwhump.

full write-up of prompts and rules under the cut:

FEBUWHUMP 2024 PROMPTS:

DAY 1: helpless

DAY 2: solitary confinement

DAY 3: "bite down on this"

DAY 4: obedience

DAY 5: rope burns

DAY 6: "you lied to me"

DAY 7: suffering in silence

DAY 8: "why won't it stop?"

DAY 9: bees

DAY 10: killing in self defence

DAY 11: time loop

DAY 12: semi-conscious

DAY 13: "you weren't supposed to get hurt"

DAY 14: blood-stained tiles

DAY 15: "who did this to you?"

DAY 16: came back wrong

DAY 17: hostage situation

DAY 18: too weak to move

DAY 19: "please don't"

DAY 20: truth serum

DAY 21: unresponsive

DAY 22: "you weren't meant to be there"

DAY 23: presumed dead

DAY 24: "i'm doing this because i care about you"

DAY 25: waterboarding

DAY 26: "help them"

DAY 27: left for dead

DAY 28: "no... not like this"

DAY 29: not allowed to die

ALTERNATE PROMPTS:

is there a specific day’s prompt you don’t want to fill? here are ten alternatives you can switch them out for!

ALT 1: human shield

ALT 2: "i love you"

ALT 3: found footage

ALT 4: human weapon

ALT 5: cpr

ALT 6: immortality

ALT 7: last words

ALT 8: killing game

ALT 9: lightning strike

ALT 10: last man standing

RULES:

SOFT RULES:

prompts should be answered in the form of whump

creators can produce whatever kind of media they want

you don’t have to complete all the prompts! you can create however much you want to

you can use the prompts after the event ends and can complete them in tandem with any other event

you can post on any platform you want, however this blog will only be sharing those posted on tumblr

if you want to be featured on the hall of fame then you have until the 3rd of March to inform this blog that you completed all the days

if you have questions consult the faq before asking

HARD RULES: (specifically for being featured on the blog)

when uploading febuwhump content to tumblr, please use the tags:

febuwhump (i’ll also be checking febuwhump2024)

the relevant day’s tag e.g. febuwhumpday1, febuwhumpday2…

nsfw (if relevant)

and any trigger warnings that may be important!

you can also tag the blog, @febuwhump

i cannot guarantee your work will be archived on the blog because I have no idea how many participants there will be. a random selection of works tagged in accordance to the rules above will be reblogged every day of february.

[indigoinka]

So, I won an award this weekend.

I have an award winning subscription.

I am an award winning author.

Winning author award am I.

🤯

[indigoinka]

I had the most brilliant lucid dreams about my characters last night, and I was so full of ideas when I woke up that I outlined two short stories instead of, you know, working on the stories with actual deadlines.

[indigoinka]

I'm an award nominee!

Yesterday, I learned I was nominated for the Best Rainbow Award subscription category in the Ream/Subscriptions for Authors Storyteller Awards.

This is totally a brag post.

I'm only up against Seanan McGuire and Nora Phoenix, so I'm totally gonna win 😆

Even when I'm 90, I'm gonna be like, remember that time I was an award nominee with Seanan McGuire?

And just in time to see my subscription dressed up to make it gayer for Christmas 🌈