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Oleander Craw
@oleandercraw.bsky.social
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Author of THE WARDS WILL FALL (2025) / DEVOURING FORTUNE (coming 2026) || 🚫NO AI || they/he 🏳️‍⚧️

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Oleander Craw @oleandercraw.bsky.social · 24d
I've got a new science fantasy book coming out for early release through a Kickstarter campaign in June 2026!

A transmasc fortune weaver and an ambitious cave priestess make dubious bargains with a fortune beast.

Follow the prelaunch page so you don't miss it!

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Coming soon: Devouring Fortune: A Queer Science Fantasy Novel
A dual-POV story about a cave priestess and a fortune weaver. For fans of Tanith Lee & A.K. Larkwood. Special early release hardcover.
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beastcutter.bsky.social
My best pal read this and they said they were impressed with how many hyperfixations are crammed in there. You've got
• sad gays
• ⁠debauchery
• ⁠evil art
• ⁠masks
• ⁠obsession as sex
• ⁠post-WWI trauma
beastcutter.bsky.social DR LUKANSTEIN ⚧️ @beastcutter.bsky.social · Oct 2
Paris, 192X. An English man without a face is hired by a strange boy to examine a series of defaced portraits. His investigation leads him into a world of art, opium, sex, and the undead.

The first 6 chapters of upcoming occult noir LAZARUS, are now available

beastcutter.itch.io/lazarus-teaser
LAZARUS - teaser by Lukan Garrow
A 1920s occult noir
beastcutter.itch.io
October 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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ladzwriting.bsky.social
Presenting my F/F/F erotic horror/dark romance novella: OUR CRIMSON CAGE

It's great if you love bloody stories about mean, selfish women who love other mean selfish women

To celebrate completing the revision, I'm sharing the summary and a snippet 🦇🩸👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

#sludgepit #toxicyuri #H #E #WIP
A four-square aesthetic for OUR CRIMSON CAGE with #sludgepit at the bottom Clockwise from the upper left: pink roses, a woman with smeared blood-colored lipstick, a Polish road, and a blonde and a black-haired woman looking quite hot but haggard OUR CRIMSON CAGE From the Indie Ink Award nominated author of The Fealty of Monsters and The Cradle of Eternal Night comes a new, blood-soaked tale of vampires and selfish desire, in this erotic horror retelling of Carmilla, taking place in 19th Century Poland. Laura Toperz’s husband will be only gone for a week. Despite hiring a new maid to pick up her duties, she expects the days to go by as they do when her husband is present: mundanely and without incident. She is not prepared to solve a murder. Elżbieta dreams of riches. Being hired as a maid for the wealthy Toperz household might just be her ticket to security. After one of her shifts, she sneaks into the manor’s forbidden basement in search of treasure, hoping for valuables or jewels. Instead, she discovers something starving and solitary, begging to be unleashed. Elżbieta can only give in. Soon, sanguinary terrors descend upon the town. Unaware of her maid’s transgression, Laura remembers the bloodthirsty woman trapped below: Karmila, who comforted her in her youth. Karmila, whom her late father swore was just a bad dream. Karmila, who now paints the town and its maidens red. Having escaped under her watch, Laura must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to bring back peace and quell the lustful frenzy entrancing everyone around her. Even if it means herself. #SLUDGEPIT Background is a blue flower IF YOU LIKE Cage of Roses Bloodborne Poland My Carmilla by Anita Zara Unholy with Eyes Like Wolves by Morgan Dante Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Alucarda (1977) The first 3 books in WIVES OF THE VAMPIRE QUEEN by Sophia-Rose Johnson You'll be a fan Tumblr meme from molabuddy: Imaginr if there 3 women with something Gay & Weird going on The fervor that tore through me could only be described as ecstasy. St. Teresa of Avila probably roared similarly when Christ’s lance pierced her. Now, Laura joins that sacred chorus. I shan’t interrupt. Having forsaken my sisterly vows, I allow myself to feel the way my own body contracts as she sings her ecstatic screams. The swell of my clitoris makes me weak in my knees. I crouch, and not a drop of coffee spills over the lip and not a crumb of bread tumbles out of place as the metal touches the cold floor. Snippet #Sludgepit
February 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Chapter 17 of TWWF is live! Maxwell has his first Sight of a vanguard, and it's not at all what he expected...

TWWF is a queer, dark fantasy novel releasing a chapter a week exclusively through my newsletter. The archives are completely free to read!

Read now!
www.oleandercraw.com/the-wards-wi...
Maxwell’s hand shook when he brought it up to his mouth. His skin crawled with the wrongness of it. “Who—what—is that?” “Simon Rubra,” Zakariah said in a stunned voice, peering down at the procession. “He actually came here himself.” “That’s a vanguard?” Maxwell nearly choked. Eva had warned him, but nothing could have prepared him for the actual Sight of one. Blessed by a Messenger he’d been told. More like a vessel for—something. Something horrid, worse than seeing a snatcher nestled like a barb within a person’s spirit. The Wards Will Fall book cover
February 16, 2026 at 3:15 PM
oleandercraw.bsky.social
Classic move, forgetting I already poured myself water a few minutes ago and proceeding to get Another Water
Two water glasses on a table
February 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
oleandercraw.bsky.social
Chapter 17 of TWWF is live! Maxwell has his first Sight of a vanguard, and it's not at all what he expected...

TWWF is a queer, dark fantasy novel releasing a chapter a week exclusively through my newsletter. The archives are completely free to read!

Read now!
www.oleandercraw.com/the-wards-wi...
Maxwell’s hand shook when he brought it up to his mouth. His skin crawled with the wrongness of it. “Who—what—is that?” “Simon Rubra,” Zakariah said in a stunned voice, peering down at the procession. “He actually came here himself.” “That’s a vanguard?” Maxwell nearly choked. Eva had warned him, but nothing could have prepared him for the actual Sight of one. Blessed by a Messenger he’d been told. More like a vessel for—something. Something horrid, worse than seeing a snatcher nestled like a barb within a person’s spirit. The Wards Will Fall book cover
February 16, 2026 at 3:15 PM
oleandercraw.bsky.social
This morning I gotta do more line edits for Devouring Fortune and the finish line is so close for this book I can see it
February 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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Monthly Disabled Creators boost!

- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.

- Go into the notes and look for works to read and share.

- Follow new creators and make your feed brighter!

NSFW and erotica welcome.

#WriteSky #ActuallyDisabled
Disabled or chronically ill creator? Share your work below!
February 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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purenonsens.bsky.social
Bringing back this evergreen Brain Eno quote on the matter
Brian Eno quote: Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.
February 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
oleandercraw.bsky.social
Seeds and plants ordered for the year, and I'm happy to say the garden is going to expand again
February 15, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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davidprecht.bsky.social
I’d like Clippy to leave me alone while I use the bathroom, please
A coat hanger that looks like Clippy the old Microsoft assistant stares at me
February 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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tacobellquarterly.org
Try not to feel and live más
February 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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tacobellquarterly.org
If I can move through the world embarrassing myself one step at a time so can you
February 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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tacobellquarterly.org
You're going to die one day. Literally the apocalypse of your body is coming and you still have to write your book
February 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
oleandercraw.bsky.social
Rearranged my office and put in a new rug, and the cats are VERY happy that the cat tree now looks out over two windows instead of one
February 14, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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coricatchthorne.bsky.social
Chapter 2.12 of Europa University: Admissions is out, free on my website: www.coricatchthorne.com/admissions-2..., AO3 archiveofourown.org/works/700126..., and Tumblr www.tumblr.com/coricatchtho... ! In which a number of people and emotions move from one place to another.
#EuropaUniAdmissions
Screenshotted text: She dressed and retrieved her already-packed suitcase, checking its contents one last time. Latching it shut, she stole a glance at the potted fern in the corner of her bedroom, wondering again what would happen to the plants she’d tended so carefully. Perhaps the only unambiguously beautiful things she would leave behind. Rolling the bag to her entry, Saoirse put on her shoes, took a deep breath, and left the home she’d occupied for over thirty years. She did not look back. ----- Emile woke with a start, flopped facedown on his bed. He grabbed for his comm in a panic, then sagged with relief. Still half an hour before Mother’s call. He’d only intended to rest his eyes for a moment, but fallen into a surreal dream of explaining to Mother how his prototype stag had gotten into the pantry and eaten all the ingredients they needed for the family meal.
February 13, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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What is more appropriate for Valentines Friday 13th combo than sad queer tattoo necromancy?
Two people seated. Both with presumably pale skin. One appears to be comforting the other. Both have visible tattoos. The background is dripping, pale blue and vibrant red, with a pale yellow heavenly body over which a spooky angel hovers, watching.
February 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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douglasmack.bsky.social
you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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paul-in-repose.bsky.social
Absolute fire.
mcsweeneys.net McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 8d
"People think of the USA as a nation of immigrants and the land of opportunity, but the truth is, this country can’t afford to welcome all the migrants who want to live here. In fact, we barely have any money at all, because destroying the lives of immigrants is very expensive."
There Is Limited Money in Our Big, Beautiful Budget, So We Need to Spend as Much of It as Possible to Keep Ruining Immigrants’ Lives
“The $170 billion price tag for immigration enforcement eclipses other law enforcement expenditures at the federal, state, and local level…. The la...
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 3:29 AM
oleandercraw.bsky.social
Oh hell yeah it's a day weekend for meeeeeeee love to learn about this today
February 13, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked
us.theguardian.com Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4d
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
Headline card with text at the top that reads: "Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump's immigration crackdown". A photo illustration shows ICE officers arresting someone overlaid with a yellow pedestrian crossing sign.
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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carolynmichelle.bsky.social
People sneer so much at this basic-ass shit sometimes and like, I get it, maybe to you it’s very basic, rudimentary, not illuminating. But I promise you there are people out there who need to hear it.
midimyers.com Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 4d
it has been since probably the early 2010s since i regularly heard people saying 101 level phrases like "the patriarchy hurts men too" and we should bring it back bc american culture has regressed so much since then that it's pretty pathetic tbh
February 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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ladzwriting.bsky.social
if we're wondering what flavor of toxic yuri we're on, imagine lesbian hexxus
Hexxus the hot sludge from Ferngully with a lesbian flag bowtie with a copy of Carmilla in the corner
February 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
oleandercraw.bsky.social
Nothing says controlled opposition more than this man as a presidential nominee
katelynburns.com Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 4d
i think nominating Gavin Newsom will lose the White House again for Democrats. The party's left flank will stay home again because he's an empty corporate shell. The age of Democrats punching left to appeal to the center is over and it's now a matter of if the party as a whole realizes that or not.
February 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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claraweaverwrites.bsky.social
#SFFChat3 *stands up on a milk crate and yells into a megaphone* READ @coricatchthorne.bsky.social's ADORABLE DANGEROUS SPACE QUEERS SERIAL RIGHT NOW OR I WILL NEVER STOP SCREAMING.
sffchat.bsky.social SFFChat @sffchat.bsky.social · 4d
#SFFChat Q3:

Name an author or book that you think does romance in an SFF setting very well! Shoutout a Sci-Fi Romance, Romantasy, romantic fantasy author, or author whose work isn't any of those but who writes romantic relationships well!
A red-tinted photo of some pink, red, and white flowers, with cutout stars, hearts, and magic symbols over it. Text is in a bright pink font (text same as post).
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM