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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra
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Emmylou Kotzé 🇿🇦 (she/her), demi-bi writer of SF, F, ⛓️🖤romance, and poetry. Editor of The Pink Hydra, Africa's newest and weirdest webzine. Work in Solarpunk, Dirty Magick, and Twenty-two Twenty-eight. Links at linktr.ee/emmyktz. Check out my Feeds! ⚔️✨
#WIPSnips Dec 21 - "Silver"

This metal gets mentioned a LOT in Forest of the Morning, b/c it's such an important part of the lore. Silver is the only known substance to nullify the effects of magic. Therefore, armour and weapons are often plated or edged with it.
December 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
#Smutcember

Nico & Fish have had way too many "almosts" at this point and Fish is... *almost* ... ready to take matters into his own hands 😬
December 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#QueerWritersChat The first two books in the trilogy are 50% off in the Smashwords end-of-year sale at the moment:

www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...

Or grab a standalone romantic fantasy, The Broken Knight, for free just before the holidays!

www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
December 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
#pretendpanel

This mf'er has to be DONE by June next year (or I shall lose my mind). Written, edited, pubbed, FINISHED.
December 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I had way too much fun writing these 🤣
December 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I loved writing this one! Fish channelling his inner Disney princess ✨

#WIPSnips Dec 17 - "Clay"
December 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
#WIPSnips Dec 15 - "blanket"

We've had such a journey to get here. ❤️ a moment of respite for Fish
December 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#Smutcember

So this is long, sorry 😅

"Forbidden" - this scene is about softening boundaries, how hurt/comfort can lead to a new intimacy that feels taboo 🖤

A lot of touching but nothing *too* explicit.
December 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I fucking challenge anyone to tell me that these incredibly raw lines I wrote today could have been done by AI.

Fucking FIGHT ME
December 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#WIPSnips Dec. 12 - I quite like "smash" so had multiple scenes to choose from. Here's one I like a lot. The morning after. 😬😉

(Somewhat adult but nothing explicit.)
December 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
It's Smashwords sale time again! The holidays can be rough, so if you've wanted to read ANY of my books, they are now all free to download until January 1.

www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

#EOYSale25
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Today's #WIPSnips has made me realize just how many *fours* there are in Forest of the Morning.

Four MCs, Elithan has four daughters, most journeys from A to B take four days, guards move in groups of 4 😅

Spoilery info below...
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#Smutcember So I'm a bit salty because Nico & Fish's first kiss is amazing but also huge spoilers for the whole series.

So here's the first kiss for the m/f pairing, Velda & Albryan, cut off before it gets spicy. 😬
December 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
#Smutcember Hello!

I'm finishing up my fantasy trilogy Forest of the Morning and I'll be talking about the two love stories in it.

I'm not a very skilled visual artist but here's a pencil sketch I made recently of the main pairing, Nico & Fish (m/m). They're going from friends to lovers... 1/
December 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Our December short story is the wonderfully queer and colourful "I Found A Dying Goddess in the Hospital Supply Closet" by Nigerian-American writer S.I. Fapohunda.

With this release, all four minizine issues can be had for $10 on Ko-fi or itch:

ko-fi.com/s/95e643e9f2

itch.io/s/158108/min...
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm incredibly excited to be part of this ENORMOUS book bundle on itch! 🤩

itch.io/b/3409/end-o...

Get Forest of the Morning along with 63 other diverse fantasy books! Fill up your TBR for next year. Check out some new and underrated authors!
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I'm incredibly excited to be part of this ENORMOUS book bundle on itch! 🤩

itch.io/b/3409/end-o...

Get Forest of the Morning along with 63 other diverse fantasy books! Fill up your TBR for next year. Check out some new and underrated authors!
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Describe your cat’s personality with one photo.

Gonna cheat because even though this kitten is now 15 the wide-eyed stare has not changed. ❤️ (My mom's cat.)
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Forest of the Morning is based (loosely) on our 17th century, so it's horses & sailing boats all the way.

EXCEPT they have magical pterodactyls living in this world (Quetzalcoatlus sp.) so of course Fish gets to bond with one & can go much longer distances 🤩
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#WIPSnips Nov 27 - "Disorganize"

"Becoming organized." 😬 At the beginning of Goddess of the Dark, our heroes prepare for battle.
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
You've just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.

This guy? Noooooo. He's only MILDLY venomous 😂🐍
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
#WIPSnips Nov 21 - "Direction"

Fresh from the virtual quill. Still struggling with this whole sequence but I do like the action in this bit. 🏹
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I did a thing for #poemsabout 😬 an unholy amalgam of #dogtags and last week's #desire

cw: seeeeeeeeeeeeexxx

"Disaster at the base"
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Fiancé got me a copy of "Little Nothing" - last week.

I will not comment on my progress, even though a book this length should not take me more than an afternoon to actually read 😬😭
November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
*gleefully rubs my bloodthirsty little hands together*

CW: graphic violence, pain, abuse, torture. This is pretty fucked up even though I've redacted the character names.

From Goddess of the Dark, my WIP which will conclude the Forest of the Morning trilogy.
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM