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Sylvie Helstaff
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They/Them 💖💜💙
🔞 Monster Romance author/artist.
100% human-made art and writing only.
🚫NO GenAI🚫
Latest novel: Lust and Found, ebook and paperback NOW AVAILABLE!
https://sylviehelstaff.com/
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Closing in on finishing the draft of HOUND FOR HELL!

At 120k words so far and this book has everything:

🔥Emotional angst
🔥Change and forgiveness
🔥Priest x fallen angel x demons
🔥Pup play
🔥Magical sex toys
🔥Everyone’s bi and mad at god
🔥Weird infernal magic & science
🔥Oddly heartwarming smut
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cropped illustration of a silver female fallen angel in gold armor looking at a blushing blonde man wearing dog ears and a gold collar and harness on a blue background
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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First kiss for #Smutcember today, from SWIM WITH ME, DARLING, my sapphic horrormance novelette.

When Lana gets pushed into the cursed lake, she has a breathless meet cute with the monster behind the legends. A kiss that saves her from drowning and plunges her headlong into yearning for more.
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Text over an image of underwater rocks and plants. Swim With Me, Darling A sapphic horrormance Even in the cool water, Lana could feel the warm tears brim in her eyes, the salty droplets joining with the fresh water of the lake. She didn’t want to die down here, but looking at this achingly beautiful creature was almost worth the dire fate. It was like seeing an angel. And Lana’s one regret was that she couldn’t raise a hand to touch the being before her and know that she was real. Her aquatic companion’s mouth moved and another eerie song sounded, this one oddly concerned compared to the enchanting melody from before. A pair of webbed hands floated up to cup Lana’s face, cradling it with care despite the sharp claws she could feel prickling against her delicate skin. As Lana’s vision began to dim, the woman’s face drew closer and the last thing that she was aware of was the sensation of soft lips pressing against her own. Her first kiss. By Sylvie Helstaff
December 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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artists, quote with your horned #art 😈
full color of a male demon with curly ginger hair, horns, and tiger stripes posing with his arms above his head, wearing a blue patterned vest and criss-cross black mesh shirt
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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He seems nice 👀
line drawing of a crouched figure going feral
December 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Tristen: “So, how’d you meet Zophiel?”

Varkan: “Well, she kicked my ass during my job interview and I fell in love on the spot.”

From my WIP, Hound for Hell, coming in 2026.
#WIPSnips #monsterromance
Subdued with one of her knees pressing into his spine, he had gazed up at Zophiel from an uncomfortable backbend while she choked him with his own tail wrapped around his throat. Varkan was smitten instantly. Then they’d gotten to know one another outside of work, bonding over their shared love of reading and fucking. Soon enough, Zophiel introduced the usually dominant demon to the pleasures of submission and he’d been her loyal guard dog with pride ever since.
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Catching up on #Smutcember because it seems fun!

Hi folks, I’m Sylvie, enby, neurodivergent author / artist of queer monster romance and horrormance.

I’ll be sharing from my two recent books,
Lust and Found and Swim with Me, Darling, and maybe a bit from my WIP

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Stained glass style illustration of a non-binary person in the center with a purple tail wrapped over their shoulder, they are standing in a garden of flowers with two demons behind them. Author name Sylvie Helstaff appears at the top of the frame and book title "Lust and Found" in gold text at the bottom Text: Sylvie Helstaff. Swim with me, Darling. A sapphic Horrormance Image: illustration of a siren with green hair and huge black eyes mostly submerged in dark blue water and looking at the viewer. Her hair swirls on the surface forming the word Swim. Fireflies float in the air above the water which has hot pink light reflections on it. Framed by ferns in the foreground.
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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My latest release is a short, sweet, and delicious horrormance novelette called SWIM WITH ME, DARLING.

It's about a small town lesbian who goes to extreme lengths to woo the sirens in her local cursed lake and everyone gets eaten in the way they deserve.

sylviehelstaff.com/swim-with-me...
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Sapphic Monster Polycule, Yearning, Body Horror, Snackrifice, Cursed Lake, Supporting Women’s Wrongs, Man-Eating Sirens, Horror Romance Image: background of underwater cave entrance. Image of an illustrated book cover with a half submerged siren with green hair and large unsettling eyes in midnight purple water with pink reflections. Fireflies hover above and the scene is framed by greenery.
December 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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quote with your beefy ladies
Still one of my fav NPCs from my DnD game, ✨her✨
A muscular green orc woman with a long braid and small tusks wearing loose pants, trousers, and an armored crop top carries a caked up elf man over one shoulder. He wears a sheer long sleeve crop top with a sparkly leaf pattern, matching pants with a slit up the sides, and too much jewelry. Hearts and sparkles surround his gleeful, blushing face and he has one foot kicked up with pointed toes.
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Just two handsome demons hugging… full contact explicit hugging 😂

I love these two so much. Varkan and Izra are part of a polycule with Zophiel the fallen angel in my current WIP, the upcoming sequel to Lust and Found.

#monsterromance #queerromance
Illustration of an orange demon with white hair and pointed dog ears riding a seated blue demon with a dark blue beard. They both wear matching harnesses and gold collars and their tails are curled around one another.
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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My book, Lust and Found, is closer to 350 pages but it has a transmasc non-binary MC and is the opposite of depressing. Chock full of queer joy, found family, magic, and hot demon sex.

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Photo of a book on a table. Stained glass style cover art of a human and two demons standing in a garden. Title: Lust and Found Author: Sylvie Helstaff
November 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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This year’s Friendsgiving pie was inspired by playing a lot of Hades 2 recently😅

Pomegranate meringue pie with blood orange.

Turned out delicious! Definitely keeping this recipe.
Photo of a meringue pie with fresh pomegranate seeds decorating the edges
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Holiday shopping for your favorite monsterfucker?
I’ve got you covered friends!

Choose from shapeshifting shadows, man-eating lesbian mermaids, or amorous archdemons with queer, neurodivergent human love interests 💙📚

Buy from me: helstaffbooks.com
Everywhere Else: books2read.com/ap/RDeD7L/Sy...
Cover art for Shadow's Light by Sylvie Helstaff. A blonde woman stands in a dark hallway with a shadow demon floating overhead. Gold Filigree frame with title text. Cover art for Shadow & Flame by Sylvie Helstaff. A brunette man in colonial american clothing holds an open book in one hand and glowing light in the other. A shadow demon stands behind him with a hand on his shoulder. both are surrounded by purple flames. Text: Sylvie Helstaff. Swim with me, Darling. A sapphic Horrormance Image: illustration of a siren with green hair and huge black eyes mostly submerged in dark blue water and looking at the viewer. Her hair swirls on the surface forming the word Swim. Fireflies float in the air above the water which has hot pink light reflections on it. Framed by ferns in the foreground. Stained glass style illustration of a non-binary person in the center with a purple tail wrapped over their shoulder, they are standing in a garden of flowers with two demons behind them. Author name Sylvie Helstaff appears at the top of the frame and book title "Lust and Found" in gold text at the bottom
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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At the beginning of HOUND FOR HELL, Tristen has fucked around (tried to exorcise the wrong person) and is about to find out (be taught the error of his ways by a fallen angel) though Zophiel's methods may be a bit unorthodox.

#monsterromance #wip #wipsnips
Tristen bristled. She was treating him like a dog. It was humiliating. He was a grown man and an ordained priest, not some golden retriever she picked up at the pound. Yet, here he was, collared and chained, sitting on what he just now realized to be a human-sized dog bed. “I’m not a pet,” he protested, “you can’t just keep me chained here like this!” “Can’t I?” she asked, arching a perfectly sculpted brow in his direction. “Not so fun when you’re the one kidnapped and bound, is it, pup?”
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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When you’re trying to get some writing done, but the dog is staring at you like this 😂 guess it’s dog-petting hours instead
Closeup of an Alaskan malamute staring at the camera
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Rainy evening reading: delving into the art of book for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. This book is a TOME. I adored the movie and it is an absolute feast of gorgeous design, so excited to stare at all the details in this lovely giant book.
Hardcover art book of del Toro’s Frankenstein Interior title page of the Art of Frankenstein book Interior Costume Design Page from the Art of Frankenstein book with a photo of Elizabeth in the carriage Interior page from Art of Frankenstein with a loose leaf sketch of the flayed man
November 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Women want one thing*, and it’s disgusting.

*to join a man-eating lesbian mermaid polycule

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Text: Sylvie Helstaff. Swim with me, Darling. A sapphic Horrormance Image: illustration of a siren with green hair and huge black eyes mostly submerged in dark blue water and looking at the viewer. Her hair swirls on the surface forming the word Swim. Fireflies float in the air above the water which has hot pink light reflections on it. Framed by ferns in the foreground.
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Artists! Quote with your 💛 yellow 💛 art!
full color of a male demon with curly ginger hair, horns, and tiger stripes posing with his arms above his head, wearing a blue patterned vest and criss-cross black mesh shirt
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want

Opening sentence(s) from HOUND FOR HELL (wip)
Tristen’s heart beat a frantic rhythm against the cage of his ribs as he woke up in the last place a priest ever expects to find himself: Hell. The exorcism had not gone according to plan. Based on his current predicament, one might even venture to call it a failure of spectacular proportions.
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Indie Ink Awards 2025 are open for nominations!

If you read and enjoyed LUST AND FOUND, please consider nominating it for:

-Best book cover and cover artist
-Trans or Nonbinary Representation
-LGBTQ+ Representation
-This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty

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indiestorygeek.com/nominate/7/1...
Stained glass style illustration of a non-binary person in the center with a purple tail wrapped over their shoulder, they are standing in a garden of flowers with two demons behind them. Author name Sylvie Helstaff appears at the top of the frame and book title "Lust and Found" in gold text at the bottom
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Artist! Post your best elf art!
A muscular green orc woman with a long braid and small tusks wearing loose pants, trousers, and an armored crop top carries a caked up elf man over one shoulder. He wears a sheer long sleeve crop top with a sparkly leaf pattern, matching pants with a slit up the sides, and too much jewelry. Hearts and sparkles surround his gleeful, blushing face and he has one foot kicked up with pointed toes.
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Out of context snip from my #WIP, Hound for Hell

Things are weird in the infernal realm and sometimes there are tentacles where you least expect 😂

#monsterromance #queerromance
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“Varkan?” Tristen asked, still staring at his unscathed hand. “A warning would be nice the next time there are going to be surprise tentacles.”
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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In light of the SNAP cut off, I’m offering free ebook copies of my queer monster romance novel, Lust and Found, and my sapphic horrormance novelette, Swim With Me Darling, to readers who donate to my local food bank.

See sylviehelstaff.com for full book info

Donate here: www.lafoodbank.org
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Text. Sylvie Helstaff. Support a Food Bank and get books! Donate to lafoodbank.org $5 = 1 book, $10+ = both books! Send proof of donation to sylviehelstaff@proton.me. Books: Lust and Found or Swim With Me, Darling. See sylviehelstaff.com for book information. Check out this spreadsheet for more authors participating. Together we can help keep our communities fed! tinyurl.com/ebooks4food
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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I’m joining fellow authors in offering free ebooks to folks who donate to a food bank in my area (Los Angeles)

$5 donation = one book, $10+ gets you both of my recent releases!

See the linked post for more info from participating authors and sylviehelstaff.com for content warnings/book info!
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Stained glass style illustration of a non-binary person in the center with a purple tail wrapped over their shoulder, they are standing in a garden of flowers with two demons behind them. Author name Sylvie Helstaff appears at the top of the frame and book title "Lust and Found" in gold text at the bottom Text: Sylvie Helstaff. Swim with me, Darling. A sapphic Horrormance Image: illustration of a siren with green hair and huge black eyes mostly submerged in dark blue water and looking at the viewer. Her hair swirls on the surface forming the word Swim. Fireflies float in the air above the water which has hot pink light reflections on it. Framed by ferns in the foreground.
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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From my #WIP Hound for Hell, the sequel to Lust and Found.

Our priest MC, Tristen, getting to know his big scary demon roommate a bit better.

#monsterromance #queerromance
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The writing was at once ferocious and erudite, the musings of a poet with a bestial heart and a cultured mind. Tristen felt as if he understood the demon better for having read it. He also felt embarrassingly turned on by some of the poems, needing a moment to compose himself before returning to the kitchen to face the book’s writer.
October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Did I NEED to render my nsfw of Zophiel the fallen angel and her priest puppy, Tristen, to look like stained glass? Lol, no, but I’m sure as fuck doing it anyway.

Pre-raphaelite stained glass smut illustration coming soon 😅
#monsterromance #oc #ocart
Closeup of an illustration of an angel wearing gold armor and a blond man with dog ears wearing a gold metal clerical dog collar and a harness
October 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM