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James L. Sutter
@jameslsutter.bsky.social
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Co-creator of the Pathfinder & Starfinder TTRPGs. Author of the queer young adult romance novels DARKHEARTS and THE GHOST OF US, plus fantasy novels, comics, video games, and more. Musician. ME/CFS husband.
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My story "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds" just went live on @nightmare-magazine.com—it's about grief, love, and birds nesting in your thoracic cavity, and I think it's one of the best things I've ever written.

You can read it for free right now: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/make...
The cover of Nightmare issue 158, showing a living scarecrow holding a crow.
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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There's still time for a supernatural sapphic YA romance before Halloween! 👻

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A skeleton bunny with a copy of THE GHOST OF US, whose cover shows two teen girls kissing in front of a full moon.
October 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Look at this unbelievable DARKHEARTS fan art by DeraxX! 🤯

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The main characters from DARKHEARTS: David hugging Chance from behind as Chance sings into a microphone, surrounded by hearts.
October 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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A new adventure begins...
James's setup for running a D&D campaign, with a laptop, GM screen, dice, hand-drawn maps, initiative tracker, pawns, D&D books, etc.
September 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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It's still #SapphicSeptember for another week! Maybe you need a supernatural fake-dating YA romance starring a teenage ghost hunter who finds an actual ghost? If so, THE GHOST OF US has you covered!

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The cover of THE GHOST OF US, showing two teen girls kissing in front of a full moon.
September 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Swung by Beguiled Books—Seattle's amazing mobile romance bookstore—to sign some stock for Bookstore Romance Day! www.beguiledbooks.com
James with Mrs. Beguiled, the owner of Beguiled Books, who's holding James's books DARKHEARTS and THE GHOST OF US.
August 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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It's Bookstore Romance Day! Buy any of my books from your favorite store and drop me a DM, and I'll mail you a signed and personalized bookplate sticker!
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The covers of The Ghost of Us, featuring two teen girls kissing, and Darkhearts, showing two boys about to kiss. Also a signed bookplate sticker.
August 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Toffee-covered licorice that looks like grubs. I don't speak Danish, but I'm pretty sure that tagline means "God has turned his gaze from us..."
A bag of Haribo Labre Larver candy, with the tagline "luk op for noget godt..."
July 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Need some queer young adult rom-coms for your summer reading? jameslsutter.com/novels.html
CHOOSE YOUR ROMANCE: Supernatural Sapphic Seduction (over the cover of THE GHOST OF US) or Band Bro Enemies to Lovers (over the cover of DARKHEARTS). Then, below it: "(Who am I kidding? You should definitely buy them both.)"
July 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Screenshot of a conversation: DAVID: There's a church in Redwood City called Messiah Lutheran. Today I drove by and saw a sign "Messiah Parking Only." I found that very, very funny. JAMES: Lol. Thou shalt not take the Lord's space in vain.
July 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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"Oh snap!"
James holding a baby that's making an "oh snap!" face.
June 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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I never would have thought that hanging out with a friend's baby would be a thing that calmed me down when the world's on fire, but here we are.
James holding a laughing baby.
June 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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The child demands chips.
James holding a baby who's holding a bag of tortilla chips.
June 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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SEATTLE! Come see me at two amazing events tomorrow, Saturday June 14! I'll be at the Emerald City Romance Author & Reader Event @ South Seattle Community College until 4pm, then signing at the Queer Book Fair at @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social in Fremont from 5pm-6pm!

Swing by and say hello!
The same information as in the main text, plus a picture of James and the covers of the queer YA romance books THE GHOST OF US and DARKHEARTS.
June 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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It's wild out there, but also—it's Pride Month! Maybe you need to decompress with a queer YA rom-com? Perhaps a gay enemies-to-lovers rock star romance or a sapphic supernatural fake dating scheme? jameslsutter.com/novels.html
The words "Need a queer YA rom-com for Pride Month?" over a pride flag and images of two books by James L. Sutter: Darkhearts, showing two boys about to kiss, and The Ghost of Us, showing two girls kissing.
June 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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SEATTLE! Just two weeks until the Emerald City Romance Author & Reader Event on Saturday, June 14th at South Seattle College! Come hang out with me and other local romance authors, get books signed, and pick up your next great read! www.eventbrite.com/e/emerald-ci...

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Flyer for the Emerald City Romance Author & Reader Event with a picture of "James L. Sutter, Author and Game Designer" and the label "attending author." June 14, South Seattle College.
June 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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For the evening crowd: need a writing coach? I'm looking to help clients with motivation and accountability, productivity strategies, editorial guidance and one-on-one instruction, tips for navigating publishing—whatever you need for a happier, healthier writing life: jameslsutter.com/coaching.html
Picture of James at a microphone pointing at the audience, with the words: Need motivation? Publishing advice? JamesLSutter.com/coaching.html
May 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Was blurbing a book today, and it reminded me of one of my favorite blurbs I've ever gotten, from the great Dan Wells. ❤️
The cover of THE GHOST OF US, showing two teen girls kissing, with the blurb: "I was in a slump where I hated everything I read, and THE GHOST OF US lifted me right out of it. Absolutely fantastic." —Dan Wells, bestselling author of I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER
May 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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(I was also present.)
5-month-old in sunglasses and a floppy strawberry hat at the beach, being held by James.
May 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Why does this baby have so much swag? Leave some for the rest of us, baby.
Picture of a 5-month old smiling in sunglasses and a rainbow hoodie.
May 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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SEATTLE! I'll be speaking at @crypticonseattle.bsky.social TODAY alongside some other amazing horror writers—come hang out!
FIND JAMES AT CRYPTICON SEATTLE Saturday, May 3rd 1pm: Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Writers Block and Idea Generation Cascade 10 6pm Writing for Performance Cascade 10
May 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Can I offer you some queer teen rom-com joy in these trying times?

DARKHEARTS is a gay rock band enemies-to-lovers about falling for the boy who stole your chance to be a rock star.

THE GHOST OF US is a sapphic supernatural fake-dating scheme starring a ghost hunter.

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Photo of two novels next to some spring flowers: DARKHEARTS, showing two teen boys about to kiss in front of a heart, and THE GHOST OF US, showing two teen girls kissing in front of the moon.
May 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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It's Indie Bookstore Day! Go buy something from @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social, my favorite Seattle all-queer bookstore! (And if you need some suggestions for queer YA rom-coms, please check out DARKHEARTS and THE GHOST OF US!)

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James standing in front of Charlie's Queer Books and its logo of an adorable cartoon bear in a Hawaiian shirt reading a book.
April 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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I'll be speaking at @crypticonseattle.bsky.social next weekend, alongside some killer (ha) horror writers! Come swing by and say hi!
Image of James and Crypticon logo. Text: Find James at Crypticon Saturday May 3rd. 1pm: Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Writers Block and Idea Generation - Cascade 10. 6pm: Writing for Performance - Cascade 10
April 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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So @timpratt.org has a Starfinder novel coming out—ERA OF THE ECLIPSE—and I just found out that this is the dedication page.

Leading the Starfinder team and working with authors like Tim to create the Pathfinder novel line were absolute high points of my years at @paizo.com, so to see this... 🥰
Dedication page of Tim Pratt's ERA OF THE ECLIPSE, which says "For James Sutter, who set me on the path"
April 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM