Cherae
@clclark.bsky.social
SFF’s buffest lesbian. BFA & Ignyte & Locus Winner. Nebula & Hugo & BFA Finalist. TOURAINE'S ARMS & TOURAINE’S LEGS & TOURAINE'S @$$ & AMBESSA'S ARMS (Orbit ‘21,‘23,'25). français, العربيّة. they/she/sir/Hey, soldier.
https://linktr.ee/clclark
https://linktr.ee/clclark
when the ai promo—sorry, reader critic curator—scammer forgets their ai affirmation in the bottom of the email 🙄
and anyway, it’s sad swamp lesbians.
if you’d actually like to help Fate’s Bane reach readers who “crave tragic beauty” with a “soft spot for doomed love,” share it with a friend!
and anyway, it’s sad swamp lesbians.
if you’d actually like to help Fate’s Bane reach readers who “crave tragic beauty” with a “soft spot for doomed love,” share it with a friend!
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
when the ai promo—sorry, reader critic curator—scammer forgets their ai affirmation in the bottom of the email 🙄
and anyway, it’s sad swamp lesbians.
if you’d actually like to help Fate’s Bane reach readers who “crave tragic beauty” with a “soft spot for doomed love,” share it with a friend!
and anyway, it’s sad swamp lesbians.
if you’d actually like to help Fate’s Bane reach readers who “crave tragic beauty” with a “soft spot for doomed love,” share it with a friend!
After a whirlwind time in Brighton at World Fantasy Con, here’s a quick reminder of the last few UK tour stops!
Edinburgh, Nov 4 w/ Hannah Kaner
Glasgow, Nov 5 w/ @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social
Leeds, Nov 6 w/ @tashasuri.bsky.social @toribovalino.bsky.social
Tickets below!
Edinburgh, Nov 4 w/ Hannah Kaner
Glasgow, Nov 5 w/ @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social
Leeds, Nov 6 w/ @tashasuri.bsky.social @toribovalino.bsky.social
Tickets below!
November 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
After a whirlwind time in Brighton at World Fantasy Con, here’s a quick reminder of the last few UK tour stops!
Edinburgh, Nov 4 w/ Hannah Kaner
Glasgow, Nov 5 w/ @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social
Leeds, Nov 6 w/ @tashasuri.bsky.social @toribovalino.bsky.social
Tickets below!
Edinburgh, Nov 4 w/ Hannah Kaner
Glasgow, Nov 5 w/ @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social
Leeds, Nov 6 w/ @tashasuri.bsky.social @toribovalino.bsky.social
Tickets below!
Reminder: my event with @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social and @storyenginedeck.bsky.social is Tuesday, Oct 21 @ 6:30 PM! Last stop before I skate out of town!
October 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Reminder: my event with @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social and @storyenginedeck.bsky.social is Tuesday, Oct 21 @ 6:30 PM! Last stop before I skate out of town!
Yes! YES! The tigerS are OUT!
Now the only thing left to do is decide…will you read Fate’s Bane first? Or The Sovereign?
I made a handy flowchart that can help you decide which if you aren’t sure!!!
Now the only thing left to do is decide…will you read Fate’s Bane first? Or The Sovereign?
I made a handy flowchart that can help you decide which if you aren’t sure!!!
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Yes! YES! The tigerS are OUT!
Now the only thing left to do is decide…will you read Fate’s Bane first? Or The Sovereign?
I made a handy flowchart that can help you decide which if you aren’t sure!!!
Now the only thing left to do is decide…will you read Fate’s Bane first? Or The Sovereign?
I made a handy flowchart that can help you decide which if you aren’t sure!!!
this is after a run. i was very thirsty. you can see the salt lining my running vest
September 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
this is after a run. i was very thirsty. you can see the salt lining my running vest
just shy of 180k, i DO think it will grow more in the revision process, but i’m going to take standalone privilege and say that it doesn’t need to be shorter.
September 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
just shy of 180k, i DO think it will grow more in the revision process, but i’m going to take standalone privilege and say that it doesn’t need to be shorter.
so close—i don’t even think that i’m going to need the 200k that i thought this book would be.
just finished the last big fight scene. not going to say too much about it, but the choreography was inspired by the duel of the fates scene in star wars episode 1 and Eivor vs. Kassandra (IYKYK 😏)
just finished the last big fight scene. not going to say too much about it, but the choreography was inspired by the duel of the fates scene in star wars episode 1 and Eivor vs. Kassandra (IYKYK 😏)
September 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
so close—i don’t even think that i’m going to need the 200k that i thought this book would be.
just finished the last big fight scene. not going to say too much about it, but the choreography was inspired by the duel of the fates scene in star wars episode 1 and Eivor vs. Kassandra (IYKYK 😏)
just finished the last big fight scene. not going to say too much about it, but the choreography was inspired by the duel of the fates scene in star wars episode 1 and Eivor vs. Kassandra (IYKYK 😏)
back in may, i had the chance to interview Antonia Hodgson, author of one of my favorite books this year, The Raven Scholar. it’s a big book that, to me, heralded the return to massive page turners, and it was clever and twisting in ways that satisfied even this jaded reader. plus, it was just FUN.
September 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
back in may, i had the chance to interview Antonia Hodgson, author of one of my favorite books this year, The Raven Scholar. it’s a big book that, to me, heralded the return to massive page turners, and it was clever and twisting in ways that satisfied even this jaded reader. plus, it was just FUN.
if you stiiilll like lesbiannnnns i have mooooore lesbiannnnnsss
(yes, i made that knife) (yes, it’s thematically relevant)
(yes, i made that knife) (yes, it’s thematically relevant)
September 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
if you stiiilll like lesbiannnnns i have mooooore lesbiannnnnsss
(yes, i made that knife) (yes, it’s thematically relevant)
(yes, i made that knife) (yes, it’s thematically relevant)
forgot to post the actual picture of me in the shirt! also, me with some swords at a sidesword tournament!
August 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
forgot to post the actual picture of me in the shirt! also, me with some swords at a sidesword tournament!
There is a video in there, somewhere, but here it is for posterity, Siuan tats on display. (My letter would be impossibly long and I haven't gotten all of my thoughts together yet. You could say every book I write, every story I write, is a love letter to the wheel of time.) #SaveWOT
May 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
There is a video in there, somewhere, but here it is for posterity, Siuan tats on display. (My letter would be impossibly long and I haven't gotten all of my thoughts together yet. You could say every book I write, every story I write, is a love letter to the wheel of time.) #SaveWOT
AMBESSA: CHOSEN OF THE WOLF
AN ARCANE NOVEL
Before Ambessa can lead her empire, she must fight her cousin and former confidante, Ta’Fik for the title, and he knows the bloody sins of Ambessa’s past.
OUT NOW
US:https://tinyurl.com/2xrjr8tb
UK:https://tinyurl.com/249s9xzh
AN ARCANE NOVEL
Before Ambessa can lead her empire, she must fight her cousin and former confidante, Ta’Fik for the title, and he knows the bloody sins of Ambessa’s past.
OUT NOW
US:https://tinyurl.com/2xrjr8tb
UK:https://tinyurl.com/249s9xzh
May 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
AMBESSA: CHOSEN OF THE WOLF
AN ARCANE NOVEL
Before Ambessa can lead her empire, she must fight her cousin and former confidante, Ta’Fik for the title, and he knows the bloody sins of Ambessa’s past.
OUT NOW
US:https://tinyurl.com/2xrjr8tb
UK:https://tinyurl.com/249s9xzh
AN ARCANE NOVEL
Before Ambessa can lead her empire, she must fight her cousin and former confidante, Ta’Fik for the title, and he knows the bloody sins of Ambessa’s past.
OUT NOW
US:https://tinyurl.com/2xrjr8tb
UK:https://tinyurl.com/249s9xzh
FATE'S BANE
When a burgeoning love for the enemy chieftain’s daughter lures Agnir to a hidden spring, a magic awakens in them that could bind their clans under one banner at last—or destroy any hope of peace.
Preorder for Sept. 30:
US:https://tinyurl.com/2k4hr2cm
UK:https://tinyurl.com/3awnyke2
When a burgeoning love for the enemy chieftain’s daughter lures Agnir to a hidden spring, a magic awakens in them that could bind their clans under one banner at last—or destroy any hope of peace.
Preorder for Sept. 30:
US:https://tinyurl.com/2k4hr2cm
UK:https://tinyurl.com/3awnyke2
May 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
FATE'S BANE
When a burgeoning love for the enemy chieftain’s daughter lures Agnir to a hidden spring, a magic awakens in them that could bind their clans under one banner at last—or destroy any hope of peace.
Preorder for Sept. 30:
US:https://tinyurl.com/2k4hr2cm
UK:https://tinyurl.com/3awnyke2
When a burgeoning love for the enemy chieftain’s daughter lures Agnir to a hidden spring, a magic awakens in them that could bind their clans under one banner at last—or destroy any hope of peace.
Preorder for Sept. 30:
US:https://tinyurl.com/2k4hr2cm
UK:https://tinyurl.com/3awnyke2
THE SOVEREIGN
Luca is the new queen of Balladaire and Touraine is her general. A storm is coming and they will stand against it together, or it will tear them apart once and for all.
Available Sept. 30 - preorder now:
US: tinyurl.com/4j7e5nbc
UK: tinyurl.com/3w37yd9v
Luca is the new queen of Balladaire and Touraine is her general. A storm is coming and they will stand against it together, or it will tear them apart once and for all.
Available Sept. 30 - preorder now:
US: tinyurl.com/4j7e5nbc
UK: tinyurl.com/3w37yd9v
May 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
THE SOVEREIGN
Luca is the new queen of Balladaire and Touraine is her general. A storm is coming and they will stand against it together, or it will tear them apart once and for all.
Available Sept. 30 - preorder now:
US: tinyurl.com/4j7e5nbc
UK: tinyurl.com/3w37yd9v
Luca is the new queen of Balladaire and Touraine is her general. A storm is coming and they will stand against it together, or it will tear them apart once and for all.
Available Sept. 30 - preorder now:
US: tinyurl.com/4j7e5nbc
UK: tinyurl.com/3w37yd9v
It's a THREE BOOK YEAR for me. I'm gonna break them down for you in this thread, but head to my website at the link in bio for more details and sign up for my newsletter to keep tabs on sales, pre-order campaigns, sneak peeks, and events!
Ambessa: Out Now!
The others: Sept 30!
Ambessa: Out Now!
The others: Sept 30!
May 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It's a THREE BOOK YEAR for me. I'm gonna break them down for you in this thread, but head to my website at the link in bio for more details and sign up for my newsletter to keep tabs on sales, pre-order campaigns, sneak peeks, and events!
Ambessa: Out Now!
The others: Sept 30!
Ambessa: Out Now!
The others: Sept 30!
I just finished my Sunday long run and now I’m settling in to read more of Another Country, by James Baldwin.
April 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I just finished my Sunday long run and now I’m settling in to read more of Another Country, by James Baldwin.
Oh, my loves, my loves. You loved Touraine's cover, and you loved Luca's cover, and in your love you asked for them both on #TheSovereign cover.
Be careful what you wish for.
#TheSovereign, book 3 of the Magic of the Lost, out Sept 30. Read chapter one below.
Be careful what you wish for.
#TheSovereign, book 3 of the Magic of the Lost, out Sept 30. Read chapter one below.
March 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Oh, my loves, my loves. You loved Touraine's cover, and you loved Luca's cover, and in your love you asked for them both on #TheSovereign cover.
Be careful what you wish for.
#TheSovereign, book 3 of the Magic of the Lost, out Sept 30. Read chapter one below.
Be careful what you wish for.
#TheSovereign, book 3 of the Magic of the Lost, out Sept 30. Read chapter one below.
my current internet situation isn't strong enough to watch the #WheelOfTime virtual fan event (otherwise, YES, I would be watching S3E1 AGAIN--trust me, I tried). To celebrate anyway, I'm putting myself in chibi Warder mode until the season is over (at least 😜).
March 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
my current internet situation isn't strong enough to watch the #WheelOfTime virtual fan event (otherwise, YES, I would be watching S3E1 AGAIN--trust me, I tried). To celebrate anyway, I'm putting myself in chibi Warder mode until the season is over (at least 😜).
Farmboy arc continues.
Tournament in t-2 mos.
Tournament in t-2 mos.
March 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Farmboy arc continues.
Tournament in t-2 mos.
Tournament in t-2 mos.
Haven’t gotten into this like I wanted to because I was finishing copyedits for my September release books, but I’m excited to dip into in this secondary world fantasy by @tessagratton.bsky.social and I’ve got a long flight to do it on 😌
February 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Haven’t gotten into this like I wanted to because I was finishing copyedits for my September release books, but I’m excited to dip into in this secondary world fantasy by @tessagratton.bsky.social and I’ve got a long flight to do it on 😌
What a day! What a glorious day! What a show! What an episode!
Really can’t do anything but squeal right now so hopefully that tells you all you need to know and you go watch it March 13!
Really can’t do anything but squeal right now so hopefully that tells you all you need to know and you go watch it March 13!
February 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
What a day! What a glorious day! What a show! What an episode!
Really can’t do anything but squeal right now so hopefully that tells you all you need to know and you go watch it March 13!
Really can’t do anything but squeal right now so hopefully that tells you all you need to know and you go watch it March 13!
So overjoyed to share this cover with you all!! I’m so thrilled with beautiful this @marymetzgr.bsky.social art. I hope you all join me on this tragic sapphic adventure through the fens!
Coming Sept 30. Preorders open now.
Design: Christine Foltzer
Musical inspiration: @gealdyr
Coming Sept 30. Preorders open now.
Design: Christine Foltzer
Musical inspiration: @gealdyr
February 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
So overjoyed to share this cover with you all!! I’m so thrilled with beautiful this @marymetzgr.bsky.social art. I hope you all join me on this tragic sapphic adventure through the fens!
Coming Sept 30. Preorders open now.
Design: Christine Foltzer
Musical inspiration: @gealdyr
Coming Sept 30. Preorders open now.
Design: Christine Foltzer
Musical inspiration: @gealdyr
Heyyyy, Kansans and KU folks—this cowboy is headed home to give the 2025 Richard W. Gunn Memorial Lecture. I’ll be expanding my @fantasymagazine.bsky.social essay “Fantasy of War, Fiction of Peace" (surprising no one, it's still on my mind).
⚔️ Tuesday, February 4 at 6pm, at Watson Library 3 West.
⚔️ Tuesday, February 4 at 6pm, at Watson Library 3 West.
January 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Heyyyy, Kansans and KU folks—this cowboy is headed home to give the 2025 Richard W. Gunn Memorial Lecture. I’ll be expanding my @fantasymagazine.bsky.social essay “Fantasy of War, Fiction of Peace" (surprising no one, it's still on my mind).
⚔️ Tuesday, February 4 at 6pm, at Watson Library 3 West.
⚔️ Tuesday, February 4 at 6pm, at Watson Library 3 West.
Reading Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta. Little more than halfway through and loving it. A bit horny, a bit scary.
January 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reading Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta. Little more than halfway through and loving it. A bit horny, a bit scary.