Nine Writes Worlds

If you enjoy queer speculative fiction, worldbuilding, bionic pigeons and hope against all odds... ... WELCOME HOME.

[ninewritesworlds]

Welcome 🍪

Are you lost? Awesome. Let's be lost together.

I'm Adelaide — Nine for my kindred spirits. My head's full of too many worlds, and I'd love to share them with you. I write (and draw!!!) queer speculative fiction. This is a place where hope grows in the ruins, your great-great-grandfather's skull has a terrible sense of humor, and AIs are just as confused about their feelings as the rest of us.

Also, we love pigeons around here.

More about the brainicle behind this whole operation here.

🌌 Current project: MORITURI

A queer cyberpunk novel set in a war-torn future ruled by mega-corporations.

“Morituri” is Latin for “those who are about to die.” This story is about what happens when they refuse to go quietly.

🔮 Other projects (in the works):

a necromancer and a thief try to stop a zombie apocalypse... with an egg.

the cursed prince has been called back home after thirteen years of exile, and he really misses growing turnips.

esteemed necromancy professor and insufferable talking skull unite to stop the return of an ancient evil.

💬 On this blog you’ll find:

snippets and WIPs

original art & character sketches

worldbuilding notes, playlists, excited ramblings and self-deprecating humor

everything gay under the sun

🗂 Tags to follow:

#morituri — cyberpunk WIP

#my writing — original fiction

#my art, #original art — illustration & concepts

#oc: ash , #oc: milo, etc. — for characters

#writing thoughts, #process, #inspired ramblings — behind the scenes

🖤 Lurkers welcome. Ridiculously excited about reblogs.

If you’re into queer comfort stories that take you on an emotional rollercoaster, then come aboard. You're in for a ride. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions — or even just to say hi. I'm a writer, I don't normally socialize.

Love you, have a cookie! 🍪

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Danica

Architect of control. Eyes like scalpels. Voice like polished chrome. She builds the human of tomorrow.

"I don’t break. I perfect."

from Morituri, a queer cyberpunk story about shame, ambition, and what it means to be human.

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Milo

Botanist, fugitive, gentle giant. He talks to plants like they talk back — and maybe they do. The world tried to burn him down. He bloomed anyway.

"People will be quick to call you a pest if you grow where they don't want you to. Resilience is inconvenient."

from Morituri, a queer cyberpunk story about betrayal, rebellion, and the softness we carry like knives.

[nixscriptum]

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Mary Lambert, Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across

[mournfulroses]

Sylvia Plath, from a letter featured in The Letters of Sylvia Plath Vol. 1: 1940-1956

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— virginia woolf , carlyle's house and other sketches (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

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Ash moodboard 💙

Ash Dornfeld.

Former soldier. Metal in his flesh, and ghosts in his soul. The kind of quiet that only comes after screaming one's throat raw.

“Don’t trust the silence. It’s never empty.”

from Morituri, a queer cyberpunk story about loneliness, violence, and the things we survive.

[leeyring]

Most questions I see from young writers isn't how to become a better writer, it’s about how to write “correctly.”

What's the most popular story to write? How do I make a character no one will hate? How can I tell this story with inoffensive and sanitized language? Which tools should I use to make my writing sound better than it is?

It’s discouraging. You can’t become a better artist by hobbling yourself out the gate. You’re going to make mistakes. You’re going to fuck up and start over. You need to.

The solution to this stagnation is to read as much as you can, write as much as you can, and learn from other authors. Treating writing as a minefield will only harm your confidence and kill your creativity.

If your goal is never piss anyone off, never receive a mean comment, never screw up and do it wrong, then let me tell you, you're in the wrong profession.

[hatterpillar-author]

"i am a writer" i whisper as i use the word 'abhorrent' in a petty text to describe my dismay at seeing a speck of dirt on the carpet

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✨ Writing update ✨

MORITURI — Chapter 1 is now officially underway.

This is it. This is the moment the story cracks open. I’ve been carrying these words inside me for months, and now they’re finally on the page — jagged, heavy, inevitable.

Ash is here. And so it begins, this grand tale of ruin and indomitable hope.

I'll be sharing more soon — snippets, sketches, playlists and so much more.

Thank you for being here. 🖤