kellen graves

queer indie author of the ROWAN BLOOD series | transmasc they/them

[skellygraves]

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link hub for author kellen graves

[dappermouth]

At night, you hear it in the trees — a snapping branch, a sigh.

[skellygraves]

trying to resurrect my account so here's a softball post (it's all my favorite book covers) (they're mine)

[skellygraves]

logging in for the first time in months and wondering who tf this little green haired bottom is

[marsadler]

Hello! I wrote a book and I think y'all will like it. It's for fans of Good Omens, Hannibal, Angels Before Man, and all the queer people who deserve financial compensation from the catholic church.

I present to you:

FIRST CREATION, a high heat queer horror novella with a trans angel MC and a queer demon LI!

FIRST CREATION is a love letter to fallen angels, to finding your place in the world, to connecting to religion in a way that works for you. To touch and peaches, and surviving horrible things, to finding a place to be holy if God won't give it to you. (it's also nasty, and about cannibalism and shame and guilt, too)

It's a 22k word (98 page) novella that you can read in one (or two, or three) sittings.

You can find it on Amazon and itch.io here to read more about it, and also find content warnings at the bottom of my website: (I definitely encourage you to read them before you buy!)

Mars Adler

queer speculative fiction author

Here's also some unhinged ao3 tags for fun

[rainingnight]

[ancientsstudies]

A Thorn Amidst Roses by James Sant.

[expressions-of-nature]

Richmond Park, London by Andrew Robertson

[skellygraves]

Hii Kellen 💕💕

May I ask if you have ever thought about releasing your books also in other languages ​​in the future?? I would love to read Prince of the Sorrows and Lord of Silver Ashes in spanish for example 😭💗

Me and my boyfriend LOVE your books! (and your drawings) we are so excited to read The Fox and the Dryad <3

I hope you doing well ♡︎♡︎♡︎

Yes!! I think about this a lot, and the ways that would be best to pursue translation. There are so many options for self pub authors like me (doing it individually, working with a foreign publisher, etc) so right now I'm just researching the options for each route so I can determine which I want to take!

[skellygraves]

the same goes for audiobooks-- high on my priority list, with so many options available. It really comes down to me wanting to take the route I'm most comfortable with in terms of creative control, collaboration opportunity, paying people what they deserve for their work, ensuring the quality I want out of them, etc. I also really REALLY want to work directly with other queer creators in their fields, which adds an additional bump to work through on my wishlist. But I promise things are happening behind the scenes!

[skellygraves]

Hii Kellen 💕💕

May I ask if you have ever thought about releasing your books also in other languages ​​in the future?? I would love to read Prince of the Sorrows and Lord of Silver Ashes in spanish for example 😭💗

Me and my boyfriend LOVE your books! (and your drawings) we are so excited to read The Fox and the Dryad <3

I hope you doing well ♡︎♡︎♡︎

Yes!! I think about this a lot, and the ways that would be best to pursue translation. There are so many options for self pub authors like me (doing it individually, working with a foreign publisher, etc) so right now I'm just researching the options for each route so I can determine which I want to take!

[skellygraves]

A fey lord who refused to dance.

A human tricked into replacing him.

THE FOX AND THE DRYAD is an mm contemporary fantasy-romance coming 02/24/2023 💘🩰🦊

Add it on Goodreads: bit.ly/3PznTgq

eBook preorder: amzn.to/3uUNU02

(paperbacks coming on release day!)

[skellygraves]

three days of final review 🫶

[skellygraves]

He would give that human anything. Anything at all. A witch who used their body to enchant, compel, steal the hearts and words of every single magical thing that witnessed them. In all of his wealth and power and affluence, would Malric ever have enough to own them? 🩰

THE FOX AND THE DRYAD | 2.24.23

[theartistichuman]

I love you violence I love you descent into madness I love you transformations into an unrecognizable self I love you monsters who were human I love you questioning if I’ve changed or been like this all along I love you being scared I love you secrets I love you twisted coming of age stories

[strawberrydykke]

yes all my favorite characters are desperate to be loved. no i don’t think that says anything about me

[skellygraves]

merry christmas! today through the end of the year, both PRINCE OF THE SORROWS and LORD OF SILVER ASHES are 1.99 on kndle 🎄❄️🕯💕🥂

✨️POTS: amzn.to/3Lq1GxK

✨️LOSA: amzn.to/3Q8Q3h3

[skellygraves]

merry christmas and belated yule! feat a poem by @freydismoon 🎄❄️🕯