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Dorian Valentine

@dorianv.bsky.social

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He/They • LGBT+ author • Author of Rosemary & Iron, These Bittersweet Vines & He Who Bleeds

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Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Oct 19

Hello, I am Dorian Valentine, a transmasc (he/they) author writing MM romance and erotica from sometimes foggy New England town. Stick around if you like vampires, demons, dragons and werewolves to see what I have in store for you, dear reader

You can find my books here: dorianvaletine.carrd.co

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Revon M. Castillo 🏳️‍⚧️💖 Writing !! @themythiclibrary.bsky.social · Jun 5

#hotwetpitch #hotwetqueersummer #a #r #e #wip

🌊 DE LA MAR, CON AMOR 🌊

Presenting my project for the #HWQS Jam! This is very close to my heart: a mix of Nicaraguan culture with low fantasy and magic, with mermaids and more! An adult romance erotica low fantasy novel(?) coming soon!

A promotional piece for #HotWetPitch displaying a painted beach and ocean, overlaid with a pixelated book cover. De La Mar, Con Amor sits beside it, and a box overlaid on the beach portion states the following: Xionel's grandmother is dead.
In her will she leaves him everything from her home, her wealth, and makes a final plea to him: return to Nicaragua. The one place, in all his travels as a nature photographer, he never had the heart to return to. Xionel makes the decision to go, called by the ache of missing a home and culture he's never known but always loved, and finds the roots his grandmother buried go deeper than he could ever have imagined."

The same beach and sea painting overlaid with the same book with its pixelated cover saying Work In Progress, now centered, with tropes surrounding it. It includes, from left top and counter clockwise to the right, BIPOC trans MC x Cis(?) mermain LI, latin inspired witchcraft & mythos, mermaids & shapeshifters, hot ritual sex, finding your place & identity, family magic, queer rep, and finally: m/m romance.

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✨Eliza Mares✨ @elizamaresauthor.bsky.social · Jun 5

#hotwetqueersummer #hotwetpitch #r #h #wip

THE HEART YET BLEEDS

A summer storm forces Anne inside the lovely Bellflower House, a country estate owned by the hauntingly beautiful Sabine. But as days pass, dark events unfold, & the rain keeps falling, Anne begins to wonder if she'll ever leave...

A trope map graphic for THE HEART YET BLEEDS. The background features a romantic style painting of a woman in a grassy field. The arrows pointing to the book's cover say:
"week-long storm", "hot vampiress, "sexual tension", "blood! angst!", "spooky mansion on a hill", "all female cast", and "Victorian lesbians"

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jude bennett 🌙 @bookcryptidjude.bsky.social · Jun 5

It’s #hotwetpitch day! I’m so excited to share more about my project for #hotwetqueersummer

Ezra and August have taken up so much real estate in my brain, I hope y’all will love them as much as I do.

Thank you so much @monstermanorbooks for hosting this and for all your support!

Image of a red moon above the dark sea. Title reads “Drag Me Under #hotwetpitch”. Under that the text reads, “Ezra’s whole world changes when his cheating boyfriend washes up dead on the beach. Not that he cares. Everyone thinks a shark did it, but Ezra isn’t so sure. He begins spending more time with August, a boy he used to love who he thought wanted nothing to do with him anymore. Something has changed in August, and Ezra can feel himself being dragged into his orbit. Drag Me Under is queer horror romance with a hefty dose of erotica”.

Background of a red moon above a dark sea. Title reads “Drag Me Under as Tropes”. In the center of the image is a painting of a person jumping out of the waves to try to catch a flying fish. The trope map around it reads “trans masc mc x cis male LI, sirens, seaside horror, omg they were roommates, ambiguous ending, cannibalism as a metaphor for devotion, this is a terrible idea (they’re going to do it anyway), angst and yearning”.

Background of a red moon above a dark sea. Title reads “Drag Me Under as Unhinged AO3 tags”. Underneath are various AO3 tags from the account @ao3struggles.bsky.social reading, “I’ll have you know my characters plot armor works in reverse and actively ruins their lives”, “fellas is it gay to transform and then fuck your roommate”, “‘cannibalism as a metaphor for love’ what if im just really hungry. then what”, “they’re not exes they’re something worse”, “You have no idea how much I love these motherfuckers and want to traumatize them even further”, “Consensual But It Shouldn’t Be”, and “a lot going on and none of it is healthy”.

Background of a red moon above a dark sea. Title reads “Drag Me Under as songs from my writing playlist”. Underneath the song titles read “Crush by Ethel Cain, The Offering by Sleep Token, It Will Come Back by Hozier, Pearl Diver by Mitski, DNA Guarantee by Kodi Rhianne, Will You Love Me When I’m Dead by Amira Elfeky, In My Room by Julia Wolf, and Outside by breakk.away”.

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Marat @maratearendel.bsky.social · Jun 5

A very tentative #hotwetsummerpitch for my WIP.
As a pantser I don't know so much about my story yet, but here are the things I've discovered so far.

#hotwetqueersummer #r #wip

An introduction to a new wip short story tentatively titled the invisible man wip. In the background is a classical paitning and among the text is a colorized image of the invisible man from the 1940s movie. The image is in shades of brown

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Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Jun 5

After experiencing agay awakening while at a wet t-shirt contest, Grey begins a killing spree to get the urge to kiss men out of his system. Unfortunately for him, the process doesn't seem to be working

#hotwetqueersummer

A dark, moody atmosphere featuring muscular men

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Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Apr 17

I hope readers like this older love interest who smells like musk, wood stove smoke and horses on the best days.

Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Apr 17

As much as I love my other male love interests thus far, Cyprian is such a loverboy. I didn't particularly set out to make him so, but for a man who can't say he's in love, he loves so gently it makes me sick. #booksky #queerbook

“You must be the most precious human on yxlir to those in Illustrin,” Cyprian remarked. He placed a kiss on Leto’s knuckles, then turned his hand over, kissing his pulse point. “You’ll make me a religious man at this rate, Leto, and I welcome the change if the gods keep being so kind to you. Ixanimas has my thanks and my prayers. This is cause for celebration, don’t you think?”

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Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Apr 3

Scar riddled hands danced themselves slowly over the tarot cards spread upon a small, rickety table salvaged from the trash of a noble.

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · Apr 3

Share the first line of your book! #WritingPrompt

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Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Apr 3

A little snippet for you 🙂‍↕️

#booksky #queerbooks #wip

“I wish I could ask you to stay in Esulas with me,” Leto said, voice tiny. He didn’t mean to say it, not really.
“I can’t.”
“I know.”
Gods, Leto knew.
Knowing didn’t stop him from
wanting to beg Cyprian to stay.

Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Mar 27

Art by @imsollys.bsky.social 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🫶🖤🖤🖤🖤

Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Mar 27

I'm a fool who forgot to post Cyprian's bio here as well. Would you give him a kiss? Could you fight off Leto for his hand in marriage?

#booksky

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Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Mar 23

Leto art and bio at long last! Beautiful art by @imsollys.bsky.social

#booksky

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Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Mar 13

It took me even longer to realize its a mask and not face paint too

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Mar 10

I know a lot of people are boycotting Amazon, which is great, but it's hurting a lot of trans authors.

Trans authors: Drop links to your NON-AMAZON book listings/storefronts.

Cis people: Repost, boost, and, importantly, buy. Part of boycotting an evil corporation is supporting the alternatives.

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Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Mar 12

Trans & Queer author here!

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Wolfe 🪳 @wolfehorror.itch.io · Mar 9

Non-exhaustive Itchio rec list—and remember that ratings and comments also help immensely on that platform!!

Wolfe 🪳 @wolfehorror.itch.io · Feb 28

Some Itchio recs
(more in replies)
All you need to do is type in the username followed by “.itch.io”
I’m pretty sure these are all queer and most are trans! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

The-venomhound abiwatson traumbooks starsirius radhakaizan jcorvine marsadler airicfern lee-erin cadavertrial ninawolverina ladzwriting vincentlore juniperlake seraquim cometkins

shadydh tfauthor noahhawthorne wilffaeriecaps kyleskeleton akavaileewrites feral-royal mortalityplays itsnero claudehamesh morgandante thorneyverse articulatedreams aimeedonnellan fscare claystorks

visceralhit auroralightwriting dyrewrites earlronove lysander-arden porpentine aubreyennis lottieflocks starshinepub flameswallower darkchibishadow sexmckenna weeminia muepin moniker-ersatx
Aafairview

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Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Mar 5

Vibes only. Idk what the fuck I'm doing ever 🖤

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · Mar 5

Where did you really learn to write? Did you go through a BFA program? The school of fanfiction? Tell me where you really started to hone your craft! #WritingPrompt

Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Mar 4

Aurélien x Celio is just toxic Dark Urge x Astarion and I won't apologize for that

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · Mar 4

Does your book involve romance? Comp your romantic pair/polycule to existing ships! #WritingPrompt

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Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Feb 25

Dr Viktor Frankenstein is serving looks already.

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Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Feb 18

The fact I'm about to adopt a tiktok famous cat is actually hilarious to me

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🐣 Migi ➡️ SKIAMAKHIA drops 10/31! @tdcloud.bsky.social · Feb 17

2nd #sludgepit offering is MALISM, a #wip.

🥀 Rebecca x Triangle
🥀 Demons, Ghosts, Witches, Exorcists
🥀 Masked Despot x Maligned Witchboy
🥀 Gothic, Tragic, No HEA
🥀 What do you do when you learn you are the worst you in the universe?
🥀 What do you do when someone wants you anyway?

#H #DR #F #Spn

Dark red and black mood board with the text MALISM, #sludgepit, and T.D. Cloud.

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✨️ mars 🪽 is writing @marsadler.bsky.social · Feb 17

Hannibal x Her Soul to Take x Alice Isn't Dead

A courier with a troubled past picks up an odd box on his route, only to attract the attention of something old, deadly, and out for revenge.

✨️ gunplay
💀 unreliable narrator
💔 heart meat
👁 fever dreams
🥀 folk horror

#sludgepit #HR #WIP

A dark themed moodboard with 5 images:

A taxidermy deerhead on fire, a close up of Aspen tree trunks, a drawing of an anatomical heart with the words "God will forgive my gun" superimposed over it in a light text and handwritten cursive font, two hands palm up side by side and covered in dort and bound in twine, and the main image is a white man sitting in a bathtub, with one hand hanging over the side and the other holding a lit lighter to his mouth, where there's a cigarette. His face is turned away. Superimposed over his head is a gun scope.

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Wolfe 🪳 @wolfehorror.itch.io · Feb 17

LOVELY ASTRAL CHARMING GIRL BROADCAST

You bring home a mysterious radio that introduces you to the world of Magical Girls.

✨ Second person short story
📻 mysterious broadcasts
💖 OCD rep
🔪 haunted appliances
📡 You want to be good, don’t you?

OUT SOON

Cover by @advalentinus.bsky.social
#SLUDGEPIT

A 12 photo collage of red and pink images: a red sky, a red moon above a city, a silhouette of a person, red light reflected on wet concrete, power lines in the night sky, up close of radio knobs, a persons eye in red lighting, a glowing pink window, a pink silhouette of a hand holding a rose, a person tuning a radio, a glowing pink chest, pink hearts. The most important image is the cover in the middle of a painting of Madonna washed in pink, with drawings of tears in here eyes and lightening bolts coming from her head.

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EN Laurier #1 Verrus Wayrun Fan @acureforliving.bsky.social · Feb 17

Let me pitch The Priest and the Adders to you!

•priest/fallen angel/fallen angel
•confession booth 🌶️
•xenobiology
•transformation
•m/m/m
•1990s setting
•b/d/s/m dynamics

#sludgepit #r #h #p
#monsterromance #whychooseromance #gayromancebooks #gaymonsterromance #darkromance

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Dorian Valentine @dorianv.bsky.social · Feb 17

I hit 38k on The Oracle of Xuil, with any luck I can bring this low stakes romantasy to summer 2025! I hope you like longing ✨

#sludgepit

A purple collage reading The Oracle of Xuil

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