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I write too much smut about video games. FromSoftware & BG3 fan. Micolash & Astarion my beloveds. NSFW friendly. Banner by @mutualcombat, profile by @‪jkotik. https://archiveofourown.org/users/OfSilentThings https://ofsilentthings.carrd.co/

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ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 24d

Finally Spooky Season is upon us. Here's a little preview of my Auntie Ethel fic I wrote for @bg3hallozine.bsky.social - coming out this Halloween!

picture of a swamp with the text:

LOSS
If she had a child, she would be able to draw strength from it. Mold it into the perfect hag. Then, feverish, Ethel imagined two, and maybe even three children under her tutelage. Three hags. A coven. A perfect coven to brew the nightmares of the inferior mortals that plagued the land till the end of time.

Like a tapeworm in swamp waters, motherhood festered within Ethel, making her feverish with hope.

written for BG3 Hallo-Zine
bg3hallowzine.carrd.co

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en @ennnfys.bsky.social · 1d

we are so back #bloodvow

black and white screenshot of astarion from bg3, depicting him and zilaref, who's unseen except for his freckled hand that's cradling astarion's face. astarion has his eyes closed and he leans into the touch.

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ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 16h

it doesn't surprise me at all :)

ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 17h

It's not chivalric but there's a definitely a dude working for another dude (and they're fucking, implied) : www.goodreads.com/book/show/43...

The Monster of Elendhaven

Jennifer Giesbrecht paints a darkly compelling fantasy …

www.goodreads.com

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ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 17h

ah, thanks for the clarification!

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Huevo @huevoplatano.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote

archiveofourown.org/works/73000966

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 8d

A preview of the Lovecraftian short story I'm contributing to @huntersmarkzine.bsky.social, a Bloodborne fanzine free to download on November 20. It may or may not be based on my own experiences in academia...

A gothic-themed story preview graphic. The text reads:

“You do not see, dear Rom, but you will,” Micolash countered. “It’s a pity you weren’t able to accompany us to Innsmouth. Do you know what we found inside the skulls of those benighted villagers? Eyes, Rom. A veritable feast of eyes. With such insight, even the most inbred and illiterate among the poor fools were able to commune with the Great Kosm. Think of what scholars such as you and I could accomplish.”

Micolash rested the bloodless tips of his fingers on the cherrywood seal of the flask on his desk. The severed eyes preserved in the pale medium continued to float, sightless and unconcerned.

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ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 1d

hi, this fucks, I'm excited to read the rest of it!

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ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 1d

*November 24th, that is. I don't know my calendar.

ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 1d

In less than a month @huntersmarkzine.bsky.social will release a zine to celebrate ten years of the best game ever, Bloodborne. If you'd like to grab a copy and donate some money to a good cause give it a look.

Here's a snippet of my contribution: THE FINAL DAYS OF YAHAR'GUL.

$Writer Spotlight THE FINAL DAYS OF YAHAR'GUL Micolash inhales the final days of Yahar’gul in the form of a strong sea wind stolen from memories of his childhood coastal village. A death smell, salty brine bringing finality. Of course he is working when it comes; he has not stopped working, not since that prophetic visit years ago that showed him his destiny. Still, he is taken by surprise. He regards his fingers. Sickly, frail, arthritic, pressed against the lining of stomachs turned inside out, the smooth underside of lips, the inside of the brain. A vessel held together with sutures he and countless other scholars have placed. A bespoke suit fit for a Great One. Between the scents of decaying flesh and formaldehyde and starched collars of the choir in the church he has built on the bones of innocents, he inhales the briny deep. Yahar’gul is nowhere near the ocean, but here is his reminder that everything returns to the sea. The breeze blows again, making him shaky on his platform. The revelation clenches his heart with fear as he leans onto the vessel, holding tightly for support. He looks down. He is balanced on a piece of wood between two tall ladders. Over a pool of primordial blood, iridescent like oil, but in purples and blacks and grays. The sea wind blows yet again. When he finally understands what the whispers asks him, (not through words, per se, but rather like the sea foam fractalization of the cosmos) he is afraid. Not of the coming of the end of his toils, but rather, if he is ready to meet it. Hunter's Mark: A Bloodborne Anniversary Zine$

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Morbird @morbird.bsky.social · 1d

I was just wondering when you'd invite me back for a bite.

#BG3 #Astarion #BaldursGate3

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ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 2d

that feeling when driving and you think about your story and figure out the perfect twist and you worry that you'll forget before you can stop and write it down

a woman in a plaid shirt is smiling with the hashtag chicagofire

ALT: a woman in a plaid shirt is smiling with the hashtag chicagofire

media.tenor.com

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siriusbound @siriusbound.bsky.social · Sep 20

B&W twin princes 🖤
#darksouls #art

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ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 3d

every time something like this happened with my own kid I think
🎶how can this happen to me
I made my mistakes🎶

ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 3d

I'm so glad ladzcore exists

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 4d

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our monthly new release call! We are looking for queer books releasing any time during November. Self, Indie and Trad published books are accepted!

Any book with a queer POV character counts for our lists regardless of pairing. 🧵

A graphic with a background made up of a diagonal oriented 6-stripe rainbow. A white square sits inside the diagonal rainbow with text reading "Send us your November queer book releases". The text is in black all caps font while November is in red all caps font. Below this in a smaller horizontal rainbow font with a black outline is text that reads “fill out the form in our bio”.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 4d

Not to be THAT dictionary, but…

It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'

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ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 4d

*dunno pronouns sorry in advance!

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ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 4d

he's a lovely little thing
What does he call himself, if not vampire?

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Baldur's Gate: A Hallo-zine Special 🎃 | 7 days to go! @bg3hallozine.bsky.social · 5d

We're 8 followers away from our next milestone of 450! 🎃❤️

Please spread the word about us ahead of our release in just under two weeks, we want to get as many eyes on this and our charity Scares that Care as possible!

👉🏻 scaresthatcare.org 👈🏻

#BG3 #BG3Fanzine #BG3

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ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 6d

the best *so far*
*cheers you on*

ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 6d

I need a stack of sticky notes, a huge board, and some string, stat!

- Me, twirling the plot lines of my WIP around in my head like that spinning cat.

ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 7d

ahhhhhh omg I'm so excited!

(V)Ladz The Impaler @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 7d

OUR CRIMSON CAGE (F/F/F horror erotic novella)
A Polish retelling of Carmilla coming Q1 2026

🩸 Perverted marriage rituals & corrupted motherhood
🩸 Fuck, marry, kill
🩸 Blood as metaphor & medium
🩸 Red wings (iykyk)
🩸 Polish Catholicism, ritual, & folklore

#sludgepit #toxicyuri #H #E #WIP

A 3x3 grid of images all sourced from Unsplash

Top row: a pale blonde woman looking out a window, an Eastern European foggy manor, a brunette in a silky robe

Middle row: snow woods, OUR CRIMSON CAGE #sludgepit, blue roses

Bottom row: A skeleton, snowy woods, a black-haired person drenched in mist and light

IF YOU LIKE... vampire teeth

Cage of Roses, the visual novel by ebi-hime
Bloodborne
A key
My Carmilla by Anita Zara
Unholy with Eyes Like Wolves by Morgan Dante
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Lefanu

Get ready for Q1 2026 with a cum splash

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ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 8d

Godspeed. It took me a year in and off to finish

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hellbender fallonmander 🍉 @catsfromio.bsky.social · 8d

I'm a simple creature. I see an ethically-unwell scientist in fiction, I want them to erotically dissect me.

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ofsilentthings @ofsilentthings.bsky.social · 8d

I have learned so much from lovely editors who line edit my silly stories and point out my consistent grammar mistakes. Now I can fix them hopefully it gets to an editor.