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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 6h

classic horror scene but all the candles are Yankee Candles

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Neal Auch @nealauch.bsky.social · 7h

I made a 2nd account to drop uncensored NSFW art while I'm deciding what this project will be.

@arthousesmut.bsky.social

For now it'll mostly be me practicing lighting / posing with this weird mannequin thingy. But I will move onto human subjects pretty soon. Give it a follow if interested!

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 16h

I'm trying to remember if I've seen it or just read the story.

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 16h

Was the to kll Skarsgård 100%?

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 16h

I missed the vote but these results make sense to me.

Die Laughing Magazine @dielaughingmag.bsky.social · 1d

The Void has spoken! With 32 votes, a consensus was reached:

Fuck - Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre, dir. Herzog, 1979)
Marry - Max Schreck (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, dir. Murnau, 1922)
Kill - Bill Skarsgård (Nosferatu, dir. Eggers, 2024)

Thanks for playing! See ya at the next one!

"Three tiny plastic cauldrons on the steps of a wooden ladder against a wall, placed on alternating sides. Each small cauldron has an image of the actor in his role in his respective Nosferatu film, and stuck to each is a blue post-it note with the handwritten verdict, underlined.

Top step: Klaus Kinski (fuck).
Middle step: Max Schreck (marry)
Bottom step: Bill Skarsgård (kill)."

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 16h

I wonder if anyone had second thoughts and didn't send that clay tablet...?

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Author J. Scott Coatsworth @jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social · 1d

Tony reviews Princes at War by Mere Rain

Very entertaining, particularly when the Firolans are faced with an omega prince handy with a sword, not about to be intimidated by a bunch of untrustworthy alphas/invaders.

www.queeromanceink.com/2025/10/12/r...

#Fantasy #Omegaverse @mererain.bsky.social

Review: Princes at War – Mere Rain

Genre: Gay LGBTQ+ Category: Fantasy, Romance, Mild Omegaverse Reviewer: Tony Get It At Amazon | Publisher About The Book A marriage alliance to end a war, that was the plan. Someone doesn’t want that ...

www.queeromanceink.com

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 1d

@whistberry.bsky.social did you see this?

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 1d

Want to illustrate for Tractor Beam? ✍️🍄🎨

We're seeking original art for our first-ever mini-issue on Substack, centered on death, decomposition, and bodies!

Read our latest newsletter to find out how you can submit: tractorbeamearth.substack.com/p/want-to-il...

#opencallforart #soilpunk #scifiart

Want To Illustrate For Tractor Beam?

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 13d

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…

strangehorizons.com

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 1d

Happy release day! I enjoyed this novelette!

Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 2d

Today is my book birthday!! Contemporary F/F dark/monster romance novelette with JMS Books, Blood from Stone. www.jms-books.com/lauren-taylo...

#SpoonieAuthChat

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 1d

My upstairs neighbor kids get up at 6 and run around screaming in their apartment. They're at least 8 and 10, don't kids usually move on to, like, games and tv by then?

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.

-creamed spinach
-Watership Down
-"Wild Boys"

M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, & one song you can’t stand:

- Cucumber anything. However you think it tastes, that is not how it tastes to me
- Farewell, My Concubine (Beautiful. Brutal. Once was enough)
- Collective Soul, “December”

Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.
- Mayonnaise (is it even food)
- the Chalamet Wonka remake
- “Ironic,” Alanis Morisette

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 1d

Mayo isn't food, it's food lube

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 1d

I also like tears and paper, so this tracks.

mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 2d

Look at these covers!

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 3d

Just got an email telling me it's the last day for 'prime deals.' Fug that crap. Want a real deal? Check out our selection of $2 eBooks for October. Any sale helps keep our indie spirit going. Thank you!

undertowpublications.com/ebooks

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Matthew Jaffe @mrj81.bsky.social · Jun 16

The original cover piece for @johnlangan.bsky.social forthcoming collection ‘Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions’. Readers are going to love this collection. Preorder and more info @wordhorde.bsky.social

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 2d

I can't imagine having so little self-respect as to recite this nonsense on record. It's not like they were poor and need to keep their boot-licking jobs to survive.

mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 2d

I do IF they have something freely available to read.

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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 3d

In case you saw earlier and forgot about it (looking at you, fellow ADHDers), there's still plenty of time to grab the ADHD bundle! 22 books featuring ADHD rep by mostly ADHD authors! You know you want it:

itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚 📦📚

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 2d

It's excellent BUT you know how as Erstwhile Tyler Kyle goes along the reader (me) is holding their breath hoping this will end semi-happily?

SPOILER

the conclusion of Shadow Unit goes in let's say, the opposite direction.

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 3d

I believe Natalie drew that herself!

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 3d

Because the small print is hard to read, I'll second the rec for The Charioteer by Mary Renault.

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 3d

There's coincidentally also a contemporary Medusa one that I just heard about today, "Blood from a Stone" by @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social.

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 3d

I write queer romance and speculative fiction!
Some historical, some modern; some with no kissing and some with more than kissing! Feel free to describe which of those you like and I'll tell you which books fit.
Here's some horny gay fantasy shit.
www.jms-books.com/mere-rain-c-...

Princes at War, a m/m second world fantasy by Mere Rain

Dark Arts for Bright Hearts, a contemporary fantasy about cursed goth boys making bad decisions.

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 3d

I write queer romance and speculative fiction!
Some historical, some modern; some with no kissing and some with more than kissing! Feel free to describe which of those you like and I'll tell you which books fit.
Here's some no/low heat historical fantasy...
www.jms-books.com/mere-rain-c-...

In the Dark Heart of Winter, a sapphic Gothic by Mere Rain

Secrets of Love and Time, a Victorian paranormal mystery by Mere Rain