Arden Powell 🎄❄️✨
@ardenpowell.bsky.social
Queer SFF author + artist, they/them 🇨🇦 Flos Magicae, The Carnelian King, Faerie Hounds, The Bayou. March 2025: Flesh & Bone
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Hello! I'm a queer indie author of fantasy, romance, and gothic horror. I write the Flos Magicae series, my new release is a short story collection #TheCarnelianKing and I publish a sword & sorcery serial on Patreon #TheBlackKnightSaga
✨Books: shorturl.at/KHuF3
✨Patreon: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell
✨Books: shorturl.at/KHuF3
✨Patreon: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell
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It is Indie Ink Awards season, and I had a hell of a time voting for my favorites. In doing so, I found a ton of new indies I want to read, and some old favorites.
Vote for your indies, and find some new reads for your TBR!
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Vote for your indies, and find some new reads for your TBR!
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December 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It is Indie Ink Awards season, and I had a hell of a time voting for my favorites. In doing so, I found a ton of new indies I want to read, and some old favorites.
Vote for your indies, and find some new reads for your TBR!
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
(1/3)
Vote for your indies, and find some new reads for your TBR!
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
(1/3)
Off it goes! Now to forget about it entirely for a few months. Good luck, little guy.
Polishing up a short piece about prehistoric cannibalism this weekend. May it find a home in the new year ✨
December 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Off it goes! Now to forget about it entirely for a few months. Good luck, little guy.
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『 let's overcome loneliness together 🎐』 ─ ✧˖°
December 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
『 let's overcome loneliness together 🎐』 ─ ✧˖°
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Finally hit 5000 words on my holiday romance short! I'm not aiming for a particular wordcount, just whatever gets it done, but I stalled out over the weekend with this headache. Now it's on the way to being finished.
December 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Finally hit 5000 words on my holiday romance short! I'm not aiming for a particular wordcount, just whatever gets it done, but I stalled out over the weekend with this headache. Now it's on the way to being finished.
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Post your most popular art from Twitter
I was floored ppl saw this and still do..! Very much did not expect it⚔️
I was floored ppl saw this and still do..! Very much did not expect it⚔️
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Post your most popular art from Twitter
I was floored ppl saw this and still do..! Very much did not expect it⚔️
I was floored ppl saw this and still do..! Very much did not expect it⚔️
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Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
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December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
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There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
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It's me! On Jan 12th I'll be attending a virtual Q&A to chat about FLESH AND BONE, my queer gothic-western horror-romance novella! It's free to join, come talk about monsters and gay cowboys with us.
We also have a book group and occasional author visits!
On Monday 12th January at 7pm GMT, we're joined by Arden Powell to talk about their novella 'Flesh and Bone'
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On Monday 12th January at 7pm GMT, we're joined by Arden Powell to talk about their novella 'Flesh and Bone'
www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
Select tickets – Book Discussion and Author Visit: Arden Powell - Flesh and Bone – Zoom
Book Discussion and Author Visit: Arden Powell - Flesh and Bone – Zoom, Mon 12 Jan 2026 - Come and join us in meeting the author Arden Powell. They will be joining us for the first 30-45 minutes of th...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's me! On Jan 12th I'll be attending a virtual Q&A to chat about FLESH AND BONE, my queer gothic-western horror-romance novella! It's free to join, come talk about monsters and gay cowboys with us.
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Stranded Time Travelers
December 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Stranded Time Travelers
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This is one of the weirdest things when people are quoting Shakespeare. Practically every line Shakespeare ever wrote is being said by a character who has his own motivations, context, meaning. the lines by themselves are like saying lama sabachthani without, you know, the Cross
*a character in Shakespeare said this in a dramatic context that frames its meaning
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This is one of the weirdest things when people are quoting Shakespeare. Practically every line Shakespeare ever wrote is being said by a character who has his own motivations, context, meaning. the lines by themselves are like saying lama sabachthani without, you know, the Cross
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You'll ALSO get my current cozy holiday fantasy romance short later this month! It's gay and there's magic, kissing, swordfighting, swordcrossing...✨❄️⚔️
End of year membership push! Starting at $4 CAD/month paid members get:
✨56 chs of my epic fantasy serial (hiatus)
✨17 Swordtember stories (fantasy knights)
✨7 Knightly Forecast stories (meditations of a wandering knight)
✨6 queer SFF stories
✨whatever I do in 2026
✨to support a queer indie author
✨56 chs of my epic fantasy serial (hiatus)
✨17 Swordtember stories (fantasy knights)
✨7 Knightly Forecast stories (meditations of a wandering knight)
✨6 queer SFF stories
✨whatever I do in 2026
✨to support a queer indie author
Arden Powell | Patreon
Creating fantasy fiction and strange imaginings
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December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
You'll ALSO get my current cozy holiday fantasy romance short later this month! It's gay and there's magic, kissing, swordfighting, swordcrossing...✨❄️⚔️
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“It’s just that the night’s still young, and we’re not allowed to be proper enemies anymore, and a bit of kissing seems as good a way to pass the time as anything else."
—M/M fantasy romance holiday WIP
—M/M fantasy romance holiday WIP
Share the last line you wrote in your wip! #WritingPrompt
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“It’s just that the night’s still young, and we’re not allowed to be proper enemies anymore, and a bit of kissing seems as good a way to pass the time as anything else."
—M/M fantasy romance holiday WIP
—M/M fantasy romance holiday WIP
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I have 5 books in Smashwords' big End of Year Sale! Queer horror, fantasy, and romance $2.99 or less all month 🎄✨
THE BAYOU and OBSIDIAN ISLAND - $2.99
THE CARNELIAN KING - $1.99
FLESH AND BONE and IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH - $1.49
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THE BAYOU and OBSIDIAN ISLAND - $2.99
THE CARNELIAN KING - $1.99
FLESH AND BONE and IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH - $1.49
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December 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I have 5 books in Smashwords' big End of Year Sale! Queer horror, fantasy, and romance $2.99 or less all month 🎄✨
THE BAYOU and OBSIDIAN ISLAND - $2.99
THE CARNELIAN KING - $1.99
FLESH AND BONE and IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH - $1.49
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
THE BAYOU and OBSIDIAN ISLAND - $2.99
THE CARNELIAN KING - $1.99
FLESH AND BONE and IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH - $1.49
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
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🪸 Coral Gardens 🎨 Mixed media artworks with beaded glass corals 🪸
#ArtYear #Art #Coral #ArtGallery #MarineLife #Invertebrates #InverteFest #ArtAdventCalendar 🦑🐡
#ArtYear #Art #Coral #ArtGallery #MarineLife #Invertebrates #InverteFest #ArtAdventCalendar 🦑🐡
December 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🪸 Coral Gardens 🎨 Mixed media artworks with beaded glass corals 🪸
#ArtYear #Art #Coral #ArtGallery #MarineLife #Invertebrates #InverteFest #ArtAdventCalendar 🦑🐡
#ArtYear #Art #Coral #ArtGallery #MarineLife #Invertebrates #InverteFest #ArtAdventCalendar 🦑🐡
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The day dawns in a gentle snowfall, flakes as small as eyelashes, so you gather your midwinter gifts and spend the day delivering them. Brandy cakes to the family of hobs in your garden, crocheted stars to hang on the Birchling dryad, and a dripping wet haunch for the black beast deep in the woods.
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The day dawns in a gentle snowfall, flakes as small as eyelashes, so you gather your midwinter gifts and spend the day delivering them. Brandy cakes to the family of hobs in your garden, crocheted stars to hang on the Birchling dryad, and a dripping wet haunch for the black beast deep in the woods.
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The little joys ❄️
December 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The little joys ❄️
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
I need to finish my holiday short this week! It's a rivals-to-lovers fantasy romance (romantasy??) set at the North Pole and it's 4500 words right now. It needs another 1 or 2000 words and some moderate-to-heavy revisions. Want to publish Monday 22nd at the latest.
Good morning! #FirstDraftFall may be over, but the writing goes on!
What are you working on this week?
What are you working on this week?
December 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I need to finish my holiday short this week! It's a rivals-to-lovers fantasy romance (romantasy??) set at the North Pole and it's 4500 words right now. It needs another 1 or 2000 words and some moderate-to-heavy revisions. Want to publish Monday 22nd at the latest.
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How about a little Monday #artshare? :)
The usual rules apply:
- post your own art, introduce yourself a bit
- be nice, interact with others and support them!
- no NFTs, no AI
- Share this post for visibility (optional)
The usual rules apply:
- post your own art, introduce yourself a bit
- be nice, interact with others and support them!
- no NFTs, no AI
- Share this post for visibility (optional)
December 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
How about a little Monday #artshare? :)
The usual rules apply:
- post your own art, introduce yourself a bit
- be nice, interact with others and support them!
- no NFTs, no AI
- Share this post for visibility (optional)
The usual rules apply:
- post your own art, introduce yourself a bit
- be nice, interact with others and support them!
- no NFTs, no AI
- Share this post for visibility (optional)
I'm on day four of this headache and I didn't sleep well last night, but I have a deadline to hit and work to be done, so hopefully now that our winter storm has mostly passed my head will fix too and I can get on with things.
December 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I'm on day four of this headache and I didn't sleep well last night, but I have a deadline to hit and work to be done, so hopefully now that our winter storm has mostly passed my head will fix too and I can get on with things.
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These stone formations were photographed along the coast of Northern Norway this summer.
Layers shaped by time, water, and movement — a truly fascinating and rewarding place to explore with a camera.
#nature
Layers shaped by time, water, and movement — a truly fascinating and rewarding place to explore with a camera.
#nature
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
These stone formations were photographed along the coast of Northern Norway this summer.
Layers shaped by time, water, and movement — a truly fascinating and rewarding place to explore with a camera.
#nature
Layers shaped by time, water, and movement — a truly fascinating and rewarding place to explore with a camera.
#nature
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Snowy days are my absolute favorite type of magic. My heart literally beat faster with wonder several times today
December 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Snowy days are my absolute favorite type of magic. My heart literally beat faster with wonder several times today
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christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 13 is A Limber Landing; some shots are the result of serendipity or fortune and others are the fruit of careful planning; noticing an angle that catches the light in the marsh just so, knowing where they like to sing at you from. 🎶🪶📸 rhenyard.darkroom.com/products/lig...
December 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 13 is A Limber Landing; some shots are the result of serendipity or fortune and others are the fruit of careful planning; noticing an angle that catches the light in the marsh just so, knowing where they like to sing at you from. 🎶🪶📸 rhenyard.darkroom.com/products/lig...