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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · 8d

More memes or more Fallen Gods books? I'm working on both 😈

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 14d

just passing through

illustration showing a room with a shadowy ghost hiding behind open double doors that lead to a gloomy hallway and staircase. A small grey cat looks up at the ghost.

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Sep 7

I would love that 😍

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 26

Who needs a shadow daddy when shadow mommy (dom) is right there 😘 The Sting of Victory is a vampire/witch love story that will change the whole world (for better and worse).
🔗 in b-i-o and below 🖤
Art by Onyrica

Image shows two women in an intimate but unsettling embrace. The words "shadow daddy" are on the pic, but "daddy" is crossed out and replaced with "mommy"

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Sep 2

Enemies to lovers mermaid romance? Between a butch lesbian princess and a femme bisexual mermaid?? And there are war crimes and murder and even a battle with a sea monster and gods??? The Sea & Stars series is a fantasy romance that has it all ✨️ Link below 🧜‍♀️
Art by @/yamino_art

Picture shows art of a masculine woman holding a beautiful mermaid in an intimate embrace. The text overlay says Warning: May Contain Dangerous Sapphic Activity

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Sep 3

books2read.com/u/m2657d

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Carmilla and Laura by S D Simper

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's fall somewhere! (Not here, but somewhere 🏜) Which means it's time to start looking for haunted, but still cozy, reads. You'll find this #lesbian vampire novels in the 🔗 in my b-i-o and below ❤️
Credit to @/bcovertopia for the aesthetic template

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Sep 2

Link: books2read.com/u/mlpR89

An ebook, phone, and paperback showing The Fate of Stars by SD Simper

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Sep 2

Enemies to lovers mermaid romance? Between a butch lesbian princess and a femme bisexual mermaid?? And there are war crimes and murder and even a battle with a sea monster and gods??? The Sea & Stars series is a fantasy romance that has it all ✨️ Link below 🧜‍♀️
Art by @/yamino_art

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Sep 2

I love this fan art so much 🥰 Thanks so much for sharing again!

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Blasted Cat 🩸COMMS OPEN🩸 @blastedcat0w0.bsky.social · Aug 21

My wife and I loved this retelling so much I was inspired to draw them. Definitely check it out if you liked the original but wanted it to be gaaayer!
#carmilla #sapphic #fanart #vampire

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 26

Link: www.amazon.com/dp/B07H63V28W

Warning: may contain problematic lesbians

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 26

Who needs a shadow daddy when shadow mommy (dom) is right there 😘 The Sting of Victory is a vampire/witch love story that will change the whole world (for better and worse).
🔗 in b-i-o and below 🖤
Art by Onyrica

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 26

That's not a bad idea.... I'll get back to you on that 😘

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 25

www.amazon.com/dp/B07H63V28W

The Sting of Victory (Fallen Gods Series Book 1)

Amazon.com: The Sting of Victory (Fallen Gods Series Book 1) eBook : Simper, S D: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 25

These ain't your grandma's sapphics.... unless your grandma was a lesbian war criminal, in which case please tell her to contact me so I can write her memoir.
🔗 in my b-i-o and below 🖤

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 20

Have you ever looked a woman and thought, "I could make her worse?" The Sting of Victory might be the book you've been looking for. 🔗 in b-i-o and below 🖤

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 20

www.amazon.com/dp/B07H63V28W

The Sting of Victory (Fallen Gods Series Book 1)

Amazon.com: The Sting of Victory (Fallen Gods Series Book 1) eBook : Simper, S D: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 20

Have you ever looked a woman and thought, "I could make her worse?" The Sting of Victory might be the book you've been looking for. 🔗 in b-i-o and below 🖤

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 13

Gayer Carmilla you say? I gotchu 😘 You can get the deluxe or standard edition from the 🔗 in my b-i-o 🖤

A trope card featuring two women holding each other intimately. The listed tropes are:
- Victorian vampires
- soulmates
- classic lit retelling
- forbidden love
- low spice (unless you get the deluxe edition)
- happy ending

Carmilla & Laura by SD Simper

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 14

Link: www.amazon.com/dp/B07H63V28W

The feminine urge to put on a ballgown and do crime.

The lesbian urge to put on a ballgown and do crime.

"The world proclaimed me a monster, and so that's what I became. I found it much more beneficial to be frightening than to be beautiful."

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Sting of Victory is about all sorts of things, but at the core of it is a toxic, complicated, yet somehow beautiful love story that'll change the whole world (for better and worse) 💕 You can find it in the 🔗 in my b-i-o and below 🖤
Art by Holly Bunn

Trope map featuring two women in ballgowns in an intimate dancing pose. Trop map says:
- dark romance (like, seriously, dead dove; don't eat)
- lesbian necromancer witch
- dead gods and ancient monsters
- epic fantasy series
- horror and gore
- evil vampire girlfriend (she vivisects people for fun)

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 9

Sapphic enemies to lovers (no, but really) mermaid romance?? Do I have treat for you 🧜‍♀️ You can find the 🔗 in my b-i-o or below ❤️‍🔥
Art by @/yamino_art

An image of a masc human woman embracing a femme mermaid. The title at the bottom reads The Fate of Stars by SD Simper. The tropes read:
- enemies to lovers (like, actually)
- sword lesbians
- butch/femme dynamic
- plenty of spice
- mermaid romance
- politics and murder

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SD Simper | Author @sdsimper.bsky.social · Aug 13

Gayer Carmilla you say? I gotchu 😘 You can get the deluxe or standard edition from the 🔗 in my b-i-o 🖤

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Cutie-Doodles @cutiedoodles.bsky.social · Aug 10

Keep calling. This issue can't die.

It starts with delisting games, but the likely goal is to enact a new morality police that can silence marginal groups and anyone who speaks out against the status quo.

The payment processors are feeling the squeeze! Let your voice be heard!

Fatty's Den (MINORS DNI) @fattysden.bsky.social · Aug 9

The recent wave of restrictions of pornography (including kink / fetish stuff) in art, games, videos, etc. by payment processors and puritan groups runs to the political sphere at top. This recent censorship is a part of Project 2025, as it turns out. It's no conspiracy. THEY WANT TO CENSOR US!

A post on Twitter by the Gelbooru account that says:

Currently people are contacting Visa and Mastercard, en-masse, in an effort to get them to explain why they are banning legal content from being transacted through their systems. These arbitrary restrictions caused companies, such as Steam, Itch.io, and others to pull violent and adult video games from their platforms. They continue to remain silent on the reason WHY they enforced the restrictions on the companies. I surmise they are gagged from speaking through likely threat of regulatory pressure.

May I introduce, Russ Vought, a co-writer for Project 2025, Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, AND Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/images/cfpb_headshot-russell-vought_DA8Ama7.original.png

This man has already publicly stated his desire to have pornographic content, violent video games, and other types of content "harmful to children", banned from the internet. This claim he makes is not based on unbiased scientific testing.

In a two minute clip posted on YouTube by The Intercept the following transcript, highlighted in yellow, shows his intended starting point (start with children), and then he cuts himself off from explaining the next part of the plan, of violent video games, etc, as that route had failed twice already in the past few decades.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0noIS9lmR0Y
https://imgur.com/CxpcUOs
https://theintercept.com/2024/08/16/project-2025-russ-vought-porn-ban/

Now, as his position in the CFPB, he has ultimate authority over payment providers and banks, and he has likely been abusing this power to strong-arm changes in these privately owned businesses regarding content he specifically had shown his distaste and hatred towards previously. All clearly telegraphed before hand, many years ago.

Continuing the tweet by the Gelbooru account:

This was ALL done in the guise of protecting the children. Admittedly, it is a very solid tactic, at the core. But, if you use the mantra of protecting the children, it tends to mean that it's just a ploy, usually to further a specific agenda.

They are a threat against the United States, nay, the entire world. They are a threat against our democracy, a threat against free speech, and a threat against gamers, a threat against media in general.

These are the same people who believe violent video games cause violent things. An entire generation of individuals have been playing Grand Theft Auto, playing Doom, Quake, and other games, but we are not currently, nor will we face a worldwide pandemic of armed car robberies, driving on sidewalks for the fun of it, or people running around with sawed off shotguns killing demons, or raping people, because a video game was made exploring the content.

Those in power have been eroding free speech in the law. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) provides immunity to online platforms from liability for content posted by their users. They are actively attempting to kill this protection to further their goals outlined in Project 2025, by passing liabilities of their userbase onto the operators via financial regulation threats and pressure, thus killing speech directly, while still keeping in the shadows publicly.

"He filmed the crimes and posted monetized rape videos on P*rnhub, earning revenue for him and the site owners."

https://x.com/BillAckman/status/1898747162306937184

This is their attempt to kill section 230 immunity.

You should not be frightened that they MAY come into power, they are ALREADY IN POWER. They are exercising it spectacularly, taking baby steps to erode away your speech, and we've all been asleep at the wheel.

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