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Eryn McCee

@erynmccee.bsky.social

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Horror Harridan, Whimsy Witch, Poet, Dragon Writer British immigrant living in Germany - can be lured by Haribo, poetry and excellent music. #HorrorWritersChat co-host https://Linktr.ee/Eryn.mcconnell

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 4h

Someone by the train station I just landed at has a WiFi called Martin Router King.
I need to up my router name game.
(Mine is Routers of Rohan)

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Yay well done to your husband!

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Who the fuck reposts something like this! Assholes.
We're here for you Matt.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 2d

1498 words down on Gallant. If I could just keep up this pace every day, the fucking thing would be finished. Hmpf.

Eliza groaned inwardly at the thought of a ball, her shoulders slumping. "I don't want to go to the ball, not if I can help it. I do need some help, I have no idea where to start here. I'm just wasting my time!"
The rabbit tsked and shook his head, flicking a paw at a book that teetered dangerously before righting itself. He pushed himself off the bed and climbed onto the stack of books, using them almost as a staircase. He paused for a moment, one paw resting on the window sill as he gazed out, tail in perpetual motion. Then he turned back, his whiskers twitching.
"Go into the city, and ask three people a question. Ask directions, ask for where something is. Ask them why the moon is out. Something, anything, to get them talking. Listen to their answers. Go and look at the plants. You can learn a lot from seeing what grows in a city."
He tilted his head, one ear alert, then gestured vaguely with a paw toward the door. "And then you can bring me a coffee."

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A.M. Weald - buy Fimbulvinter's Fires ❤️‍🔥 @amweald.com · 3d

I've had daily sales on the zon since my new release launched. It's still 99c for a few more days if anyone's interested!
🥺👉👈

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FP1SJM96

#IndieAuthor #QueerSFF #SurvivalHorror #Novella
🩸📚🪐📚💙📚🌈🚀💫💜😱

bar graph from amazon k d p showing daily though declining sales since 30 september. none so far on 12 oct

fimbulvinter's fires by a m weald coer art is a man holding an axe in a dark wintery forest with fire in the distance and rivers of blood cutting through the snow

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

That would be good. I feel like that sometimes: I don't want to, say, post pictures of myself, or even of where I am, for everyone.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

Eek. :D

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

Oh you're meeting Emily!!!!

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

OOh. Thanks!

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

God that sounds wonderful.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

Try not to worry too much, Matt. I know that's easier said than done. And take your magnesium. It does help.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

I like your thinking. I think paranoia is very healthy. I mean there's usually someone around as there's three apartments: and I work freelance for much of the day. Plus I have an axe :D

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

Very considerate of them, I think.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

Oohhhhhh I love this.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks so much!

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

I did wonder about that. I hope I'm not throwing someone's bought paper away :D

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

Now I'm a horror writer so I think someone is stalking someone in the building. Or me, maybe.
What's your take?

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

Gather around, Skybies, and riddle me this.
Every day for the last two or three weeks, there's a folded newspaper on the doorstep outside. I first thought they were falling out of the mailbox: but even when there's no newspaper, it shows up.
What's going on??

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3d

This is good. You'll be glad to get out of there!

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 4d

I guess you do!

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Jyari @jyari3000.bsky.social · 4d

#vss365
#verve
#poetry
#BlackSkyRelay

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 4d

Hey. I'm Artemis Quinn, I'm here. I'm queer. I'm exhausted. My contemporary dark fantasy, Lemon Balm, comes out on Halloween. It's available for pre-order. I also do bookish art, formatting, & am open for commissions. I have some pre-made covers available for cheap.

Info: www.vampireantihero.com

The Synopsis of Lemon Balm by Artemis Quinn and Auden Eris-Everen. It says: Cypress Borne is 22 years old, a dashing young non-binary lad with a fairly easy life in New York City. That is, until their routine is interrupted by a vicious dog attack. Their life turns upside down — blackouts, unexplained fits of rage and lost time plague him. Two years of medical tests, therapy, and a life that's spiraling down the toilet later, they navigate their way through the panic attacks and the hopelessness to an old, derelict, and a seemingly abandoned church in the woods. Little do they know, the church isn't abandoned; rather, occupied by a vampire hoping to die and rotting in a coffin.

Acanthus Sylene believes that a fine wine should never have an age attached, and neither should a fine being. Nonbinary in such a way that gender is completely irrelevant, Acanthus has lived a very long life and is frankly exhausted by it. Embroiled deeply into the politics of the World of Shadows, they have abandoned their duties to The Night Garden, a refugee path that they forged. But something changes when a lost, scared, ignorant werewolf shows up on their doorstep.

Both of these supernatural beings are looking for answers. Somehow, instead of finding their place in the world, they find each other. However, in the process of finding and growing with each other, they may have put their entire lives — and The Night Garden — at risk.

A pair of tables with an illustration on the tops that flows over both tops. The design has armored faceless people with their backs to one another, one with a sun faceplate and one with moons. Roses twist between them.

A vampire holds a candle, staring out at the viewer with glowing eyes.

A black and white drawing of a person in a chair, leaning forward with a little smirk.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 4d

I think otherness is definitely the foundation of the genre, I agree. And we as a group, are pretty diverse!
I appreciate your input, Johnny, I wasn't sure which way to jump on it: I'm still not, entirely, but I know we're certainly going to do othering soon. If not in three weeks, soon.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 4d

I might have hit the heart but it is not because I like it. I categorically dislike it and was crossing my eyes and everything that it wasn't.
Fuckety fuck. Hopefully you caught it fast. We're here for you Matt.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 4d

The toaster talked to me today.
I did not expect it, in truth
I know that sometimes you talk to me - me alone -
I hope you don’t also chitchat with that mechanical monstrosity.
But its gaping grills had some sense to offer.
It said you looked tired, even as you fed white slices
into its waiting teeth,
ready to fill the maws of the children that you bore.
And it’s right. You should rest more -
instead of click‑clacking away,
dreaming of a tomorrow that hasn’t yet come.
You built us brick by brick,
with blood and grief and tears.
Can’t you enjoy us, just a little?
The crumbs you brush from the counter
are offerings,
and still we hunger
for your peace.