Tessera

KL Wooderson.@communi-kate.bsky.social · 6h ago

Hand-drawn art, and vibes. I love vivid colours and series consistency. @professoremily.bsky.social 's cover for Gods of Atalantis is a personal favorite. #pretendpanel

Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️@karamoonauthor.com · 23h ago

#pretendpanel I am so very interested in hearing what y'all have to say to this one... August 14th: What did you/would you look for in an ideal book cover for your story? #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#pretendpanel
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August 14th: What did you/would you look for in an ideal book cover for your story?
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New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!

Blue Sonja @licoricemint.bsky.social · yesterday

#lesficfri #licoriceandmint #QueerWriters #sapphic #lesfic #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts From Tales From New Darpana Bay Vol 2: Manic Pixie Dream Girl (In Progress) archiveofourown.org/series/3591394

“You trying to read someone? Who? What’s the drama?” Ceres scanned the crowd. Still no one she recognized. What was it like, to read people and faces and moods as easily as the pages of a book? Overwhelming, certainly. The co-owner of the Weasel suffered migraines and constantly sucked on her cindermint vape pen to cope. Ahn-Me certainly didn’t seem to think of it as a gift. She was as tight-lipped about her past as Ceres was about hers. But Ceres had a reason for that that had nothing to do with secret special gifts.

Ocean@oceanwrites.bsky.social · 2d ago

Happy Thurs#lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Tomorrow’s theme is ****THINK**** I’m THINK you all have someone who is THINKING in your story. Am I right? 🤔 🤯💭

Mel Waverly @melwaverly.bsky.social · 22h ago

#lesficfri ***THINK / THOUGHT*** Izzy is having a lot of thoughts. Some of them may be inappropriate. #QueerWriters #WritingPrompts #ATWRU #SapphicWriters #WritingCommunity #sapphicauthors #WriteSky #LesFic

Izzy barely recognized the woman in her living room. The ripped jeans, band shirts, and Kool-Aid hair had vanished. In their place was a tall, fashionable woman wearing a tailored black suit that was seriously interfering with Izzy’s ability to form coherent thoughts. The way the pants hugged Julie’s thighs was something Izzy was making a valiant, and spectacularly unsuccessful, effort to ignore. Under the matching jacket, Julie wore a vest—and apparently decided a shirt was unnecessary. The low neckline revealed just enough cleavage, with a necklace resting just above it as though daring Izzy not to look.
“You’re not too bad yourself there,” Izzy said like that wasn’t the understatement of the year. “You look like you’re ready to walk a red carpet or kick someone’s ass.” She considered the idea for a moment, then chuckled. “Or walk the red carpet and then kick someone’s ass.”
Mel Waverly - A Playlist for Second Chances, chapter 38

Ocean@oceanwrites.bsky.social · 2d ago

Happy Thurs#lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Tomorrow’s theme is ****THINK**** I’m THINK you all have someone who is THINKING in your story. Am I right? 🤔 🤯💭

Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 19h ago

#LesFicFri *Think* Andi learns that quickies aren't a thing #sapphic #lesfic

Three orgasms and ninety minutes passed, but the flowers still hadn’t made it into the vase. Phaedra’s hair was a disaster, Andi’s makeup was ruined and all she could think about was chasing another.

Ocean@oceanwrites.bsky.social · 2d ago

Happy Thurs#lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Tomorrow’s theme is ****THINK**** I’m THINK you all have someone who is THINKING in your story. Am I right? 🤔 🤯💭

Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 19h ago

I think you think right! #lesficfri

Preempting an upcoming retort, and with her patience running out, Khamsin places an arm around Sahira's waist—and here she feels a startle, like a cold shiver, and she smiles, this game is not yet lost. As if carried by this smug satisfaction, she guides her, and the dress, towards the bed, and pulls open the canopy, and before a word of protest can make it past Sahira's lips, she's lifted, by the waist, with effort so little one would think her weightless, and placed over a mattress that barely creaks underneath her.

Khamsin enjoys the view for a moment, a figure once steeped in composure scrambling to regain it, eyes wide, cheeks flushed. It's a victory, of a sort, but she knows advantages exist to be pressed.

She turns her back on her Songbird, unbuttons her gown, and lets it fall.

Ocean@oceanwrites.bsky.social · 2d ago

Happy Thurs#lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Tomorrow’s theme is ****THINK**** I’m THINK you all have someone who is THINKING in your story. Am I right? 🤔 🤯💭

Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️@karamoonauthor.com · 18h ago

I have 16 min left of #LesFicFri in my timezone so I'd better post! From The First Mate and the Dryad's Daughter 🦜 💚 🌴 currently first drafting

There were so many other things Daphne wanted to say to her, bad, but also the good. Like how embarrassing it had been that her mother had woken up and ridden one of the Oldest Ones to battle. That poor tree, what would she do now? Wander the grove wordless until her roots tethered her again? How long would that take? Really, it hadn't been necessary. Cerelia had told her off plenty of times as a child when she climbed the thick, trusting boughs of the Oldest Ones. Never did she think she'd see one awoken, least of all to fetch her back. But obviously Daphne meant that much to Cerelia.

Ocean@oceanwrites.bsky.social · 2d ago

Happy Thurs#lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Tomorrow’s theme is ****THINK**** I’m THINK you all have someone who is THINKING in your story. Am I right? 🤔 🤯💭

Alex Is Writing @alexfromawen.bsky.social · 6h ago

Happy #LesFicFri! Today, Capt Hook ponders the fate of some new crew on the Roger, though pirate Char has other ideas on what she could be giving her focus to... #WriteSky #SapphicFiction

“She gonna make it?” Char asked, raising an eyebrow, “Or you gonna hafta…” Her words fell away as she raised her hand above her head, tilting it to the side as she did and making a face like she’d hanged.

“Yeah nah, love. I think she’ll be good.” I crossed my arms, turning more fully towards the training going on. From the bright grin on her face, it was already obvious Anni was doing better. “Even gonna have Adeola give the pair of ‘em their first shootin’ lessons later. You’ve gotten to be a good shot…should join ‘em, give pointers.”

Char offered me a smirk, a familiar twinkle in her dark brown eyes. “Reckon I had a better idea of how to spend the afternoon, ay?” she said, laying a hand on my shoulder. An image of her nails digging into my back immediately popped into my head, the sound of her moan in my ear. The taste of her on my tongue. The memory was enough to make my thighs clench, and I was tempted. I really was.

Ocean@oceanwrites.bsky.social · 2d ago

Happy Thurs#lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Tomorrow’s theme is ****THINK**** I’m THINK you all have someone who is THINKING in your story. Am I right? 🤔 🤯💭

Doubly Dead Girl @ravengough.co.uk · 9h ago

Vampire story idea: Vampires are out in the open, the vampire rights act has passed, they can work, they can vote, they can own property, BUT, making new vampires is illegal, punishable by death

Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo 😈🧄@sayaashrah.bsky.social · 18h ago

#WIPSnips 14. "Horizon" Double Mileena feature as she gazes upon the city that should've been hers by birthright... #ChroniclesOfTheRealms #MileenaSuêòng #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

It was a minor elevation that rose above the palace’s double-eaved roofs with their gently curved corners embellished by hanging green orchids, providing an alluring view of the imposing capital city below: the colourful tents of the open-air market with birds and people—mostly Edenians, though Mileena spotted the lithe antlers of a veśuni, and she was certain she would find more travellers if she looked hard enough—hovering between them; the tall, sloping roof of temples; the houses built into and around enormous and thick tree trunks, their branches loaded with fruits. Blue as the purest sapphire, the Sônlônh journeyed from the west, wound across the capital, cut through the middle of the Rúng'sé, most of its trees bare during the dry season, and disappeared beyond the horizon. Edging Goddess Ánhoás’ life-restoring river was the procession, the blue-and-green leading flags approaching the Church of Awakening with its single tower shaped like the ouráoa, the most sacred of flowers.

Hundreds of gardens nurtured the most diverse arrangements of flowers and trees. Mileena lowered her veil and breathed in the air, sweetened with their perfume, and her body floated in the subtle scent of daisies. Playfulness, protection against melancholy, peace of mind. Somehow, even though the flowers didn’t grow on her, the wind always carried the fragrance she needed the most.

All of that… it belonged to her. Or it would belong to her if not for her profane nature, as her mother put it. Not wonderful. Profane.

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · yesterday

The #WIPSnips word for August 14th is "horizon" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
August 14 - horizon
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
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Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 3d ago

Did you know you can get acrylic standees of your favorite cybernetic lesbians? The legends are true! topatoco.com/collections/...

Photograph of acrylic standees of known homosexuals Xiaoling Chavez (left) and Kim Ross (right)

Alex Is Writing @alexfromawen.bsky.social · 5d ago

So, even though FiaVLT is primarily set on an island, and on a pirate ship travelling the waters around said island, all my instances of 'float' involve flight instead of water. 😅 #SundaySnips #HQPress #WriteSky

As I hovered, silently investigated a delicate family of sleeping birds in their nest, a voice behind me pierced through the tranquil air, “Oh Wendy! I am so overjoyed you’re finally awake!” I turned my head, finding Peter sitting on an adjacent tree branch, smiling broadly.

“Peter,” I gasped, retreating some feet. He appeared to be unarmed, and devoid of any ill intentions, but the last time I thought so he had run me through with a dagger.

“Look at you,” he marvelled, propelling himself off his perch to float closer to me, “You look radiant. You seem to have taken to this faster even than Nibs, no mean feat.”

“Peter, I do not understand,” I begged him, floating down until my bare toes touched the dew-kissed grass. Sensing my unease, Peter descended gracefully, his expression now etched with puzzlement. “What has happened to me?”

“Why, I saved you, of course,” Peter said in a matter-of-fact manner. “I made you a proper Lost One, like Nibs and Tootles and the others.”

Samantha Breaux 🌻🌱@woodenvelt.bsky.social · 6d ago

Welcome to #SundaySnips! A once-a-week prompt game for writers hosted by myself and @hookandquillpress.com Whether it's at the ocean, a river, a lake, or a pool there's nothing quite like floating your troubles away. #WritingCommunity #Writingprompts #Writesky #HQpress

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Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️@karamoonauthor.com · 6d ago

#SundaySnips "float" from The First Mate and the Dryad's Daughter 🦜 💚 🌴 currently first drafting I'm playing around with Daphne expressing certain thoughts through poetry, to show the different way her dryad ancestry makes her see the world

Samantha Breaux 🌻🌱@woodenvelt.bsky.social · 6d ago

Welcome to #SundaySnips! A once-a-week prompt game for writers hosted by myself and @hookandquillpress.com Whether it's at the ocean, a river, a lake, or a pool there's nothing quite like floating your troubles away. #WritingCommunity #Writingprompts #Writesky #HQpress

Maxime Jaz🌈🏳️‍⚧️@maximejaz.bsky.social · 6d ago

#SundaySnips Floating on the waves of orgasms, yes. From my Xmas short WIP, in which an older flight attendant ends up in a hotel bed with the sexy French pilot.

August was still floating, trying to breathe in all that fire. Tears lingering at the edge of his eyelids, burning. But he never let them out, swallowing them instead. Stroking a hand in his soaked black hair.
Désiré caught his hand and gave it a large kiss, not leaving his eyes. “Amazing… I knew it.”
August’s face flamed up. “Glad you think so…”
Désiré’s fingers glided down his cheek. “Any plans for these two days in Paris?”
“I haven’t really thought about it… I haven’t even reached my room yet.”
Désiré’s lips curled up. “This is a double room?”
His heart leapt in his throat. “I can’t stay here…”
“Why not? You said you had no plans.”

Samantha Breaux 🌻🌱@woodenvelt.bsky.social · 6d ago

Welcome to #SundaySnips! A once-a-week prompt game for writers hosted by myself and @hookandquillpress.com Whether it's at the ocean, a river, a lake, or a pool there's nothing quite like floating your troubles away. #WritingCommunity #Writingprompts #Writesky #HQpress

Walker Harris 🫜‬@walkerharris.net · 6d ago

Rough WIP from Year 2 of Philosopher Queens (my other 'floats' are either published not WIP, or NSFW). Katie & Kyle are in their HEA and AJ (Kyle's son) is just about to start his big romance arc. But it's off to a sad start. At least Katie is already feeling motherly & comforts him. #SundaySnips

Screenshot of a work-in-progress manuscript with the word 'float' highlighted.

I just wanted to relax and have fun goofing off at the pool for a bit. I guess if there was already a pall over the day, then Jason’s call is better now than ruining a different day.

I turn and walk back over to everyone. Rachel is floating in the pool, and I know her well enough that she won’t be the first one to ask, but she will not hesitate to voice her support for me. Probably even ask if I want to go burn pictures of him or fly across country to slash his tires or something.

My money is on Katie asking first.

After I toss my phone on the table a bit harder than intended, she walks over and places a hand on my shoulder. “What is it, AJ? You want to talk about it, or is a distraction better?”

Even before I finished the call, I already decided how I would tell them. Try one of Dad’s patented “turn it into a joke” maneuvers to avoid painful emotions. “Well, I didn’t know what word to call Jason’s and my ‘relationship’.” I make the finger quotes. “At least now I have a word for it…” Unfortunately, my voice cracks and betrays me anyway. “Over.”

Katie pulls me into a hug and I hug her back. I wish Dad was here, so I could cry into his shoulder like I’ve done after every major break up. Katie is a wonderfully comforting replacement, however.

Samantha Breaux 🌻🌱@woodenvelt.bsky.social · 6d ago

Welcome to #SundaySnips! A once-a-week prompt game for writers hosted by myself and @hookandquillpress.com Whether it's at the ocean, a river, a lake, or a pool there's nothing quite like floating your troubles away. #WritingCommunity #Writingprompts #Writesky #HQpress

Scarlet Mitchell ⚒️ The Gerzean Blade out NOW!😍@scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 6d ago

#SundaySnips Working on my short story collection and there’s one instance of that word. Heres the quiet intro to a quiet story…

2/16/22

RJ closed the book. It had to have been the tenth time that day that he’d opened it. It had to have been the hundredth time that week that he’d read through at least most of it. It was becoming a habit, as if he could find what was lost by reading and re-reading the last pages he had written. Checking again and again the last place you saw something to see if it was still there even though you knew it wasn’t, like a dog that had once found a treat hidden under the rug and now turned the rug over every day in search of another, despite how tidy the house always was. He tapped the book on his knee. He had to stop, but he just wasn’t ready to let go.
Daylight brought the tiny dust-motes floating through the living room into view, streaking from between the velvet curtains which were impossible to take care of. He didn’t want to look at them, or the dust, but couldn’t bring himself to open or close them to change the way the light fell. It brought too many complicated feelings, so he turned back to the book, then stopped himself. There would be nothing new. The last words would always be the same

Samantha Breaux 🌻🌱@woodenvelt.bsky.social · 6d ago

Welcome to #SundaySnips! A once-a-week prompt game for writers hosted by myself and @hookandquillpress.com Whether it's at the ocean, a river, a lake, or a pool there's nothing quite like floating your troubles away. #WritingCommunity #Writingprompts #Writesky #HQpress

Samantha Breaux 🌻🌱@woodenvelt.bsky.social · 6d ago

Welcome to #SundaySnips! A once-a-week prompt game for writers hosted by myself and @hookandquillpress.com Whether it's at the ocean, a river, a lake, or a pool there's nothing quite like floating your troubles away. #WritingCommunity #Writingprompts #Writesky #HQpress

anikeru.bsky.social @anikeru.bsky.social · 6d ago

Colin J Lewis @colinjlewis.bsky.social · 6d ago

"float" Nothing like jumping over the side of an exploding ship... Well unless you can't swim... From my #WIP A Conspiracy of Ravens #SundaySnips @hookandquillpress.com #WritingCommunity #Writingprompts #Writesky #HQpress

They leapt over the side just as an explosion tore through the belly of the ship, the Orpheus erupted with a blast; wood, flames, and cloth hurled skyward like shrapnel from a cannon. The shockwave slammed into the river, spraying them with boiling fragments and soot. By the time they surfaced, Adewale could see Ned swimming away, he began to follow before seeing Latimer struggling to stay afloat, he had no choice and swam back to the constable and held his head above the water. The vessel was now nothing more than burning driftwood and black smoke.

Samantha Breaux 🌻🌱@woodenvelt.bsky.social · 6d ago

Welcome to #SundaySnips! A once-a-week prompt game for writers hosted by myself and @hookandquillpress.com Whether it's at the ocean, a river, a lake, or a pool there's nothing quite like floating your troubles away. #WritingCommunity #Writingprompts #Writesky #HQpress

P.A. Cornell (She/Her)@cornellwriter.bsky.social · last wk.

Time to bring back this meme I made a while back. If being against generative AI in the arts is gatekeeping, then I guess I’m a proud gatekeeper.

Disaster Girl meme with the house on fire in the back labelled A.I. industry and the girl looking toward the viewer labelled Authors.

Alex Is Writing @alexfromawen.bsky.social · 7d ago

So, I'm getting ready just now for a wedding I'm honestly not too hyped to go to when a a back and forth exchange popped into my head: Char 1: "I shaved my pits for you!" Char 2: "I never asked you!" I might need to work that into a WIP somewhere, but it's up for grabs if anyone else wants it. 😄

Alex Is Writing @alexfromawen.bsky.social · 7d ago

#SapphicLineShare 8/07 I've shared it before, but I still like this scene between Gwen and Capt Hook...

I couldn't tear my gaze away from this woman. Our paths had diverged in more ways than I could ever comprehend, yet the underlying essence of our shared experiences remained frighteningly similar. I couldn't help but ponder the endless possibilities of what could have been. She could have been me. Or maybe I would have been her, growing up alongside the fierce crew of the Jolly Roger, fighting against Pan and his Lost Ones. If I hadn't undergone my transformation, would I have returned to England? Perhaps a life of normalcy with Archie by my side and a future full of children and grandchildren had always been nothing more than a wistful dream, regardless of the circumstances. CH and I, in our shared misfortune, were two lost souls, two girls who had been mercilessly stripped of their former lives.

Yet, in the midst of these revelations, I couldn't deny that the pirate stirred something else within me. I desired her. The fullness of her lips called out to me, the elegant curve of her throat beckoned, producing a scarcely remembered ache between my legs. But it went beyond mere attraction. My body yearned for her, craved her touch. It was as if I had become acutely aware of her scent, an intoxicating blend of the sea and exotic flowers. She smelled divine. Her heartbeat resonated with a tranquil rhythm, like that of someone at peace. Somewhere deep inside me, my own patchwork heart echoed her rhythm, my own unique song seeming to match up with hers.

Nina Fairweather@ninafairweather.com · last wk.

I'm hosting August's #SapphicLineShare to give @catarinreads.bsky.social a break. This month's theme is flirting. 🌈📚 #LesFicFri #QueerWriters #WritingPrompts

Cat's Sapphic Line Share, August 2026

7 Aug: Attraction
14 Aug: Shy
21 Aug: Blush
28 Aug: Confession

Mel Waverly @melwaverly.bsky.social · last wk.

#SapphicLineShare ***attraction*** And yet they go another almost 40 chapters before they admit/given in to that 🧲! 🦥❤️‍🔥 🌈📚 #ATWRU #sapphic #lesfic #sapphicwriters #writingcommunity #writingcommunity #writingprompt

For the first time, Izzy understood what it was like to have a crush. The way people described it had never made sense before. She never understood the butterflies they talked about until Julie hugged her and her stomach did flips for days afterwards. She never understood getting lost in thoughts of someone until she started daydreaming about Julie. And she certainly never understood the physical pull attraction created, until she felt it whenever Julie was near.

Mel Wavely - a Playlist for Second Chances, chapter 9

Nina Fairweather@ninafairweather.com · last wk.

I'm hosting August's #SapphicLineShare to give @catarinreads.bsky.social a break. This month's theme is flirting. 🌈📚 #LesFicFri #QueerWriters #WritingPrompts

Samantha Breaux 🌻🌱@woodenvelt.bsky.social · 7d ago

I write what I want to read. I love fantasy, in particular the worldbuilding aspect of it, so that's what most of my stories are. It is challenging and fun to develop a world and determine how it shapes the characters and their relationships to one another. #SumLuv #WritingPrompts

📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚@ellieyellu.bsky.social · last wk.

The romance umbrella is beautiful and broad, as evidenced by all of you! 🧡🧡🧡 Why is it fun or interesting—or challenging, even—to tell a romance in your subgenre? Tomorrow I'll ask you about subgenres you didn't pick. Today I wanna hear about the one you did! #SumLuv

Romance Writers Summer of Love #SumLuv @EllieYellu Day 8: Subgenres 1. What do you find fun about the subgenres you write in?

Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · last wk.

#LesFicFri *dance* Folded like a cheap paper bag. #sapphic #lesfic

What would have happened if Kerr had wanted more, right there on the dance floor? Lusa knew immediately – she would have fallen like black spruce needles at the slightest breeze in winter. If Kerr had tried, she wouldn’t have protested. She would have let her take whatever she wanted.

Ocean@oceanwrites.bsky.social · last wk.

Happy Friday #lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Today’s theme is ****DANCE**** Who has someone in their story that’s DANCING?! 💃🕺👯🧑‍🩰

Mel Waverly @melwaverly.bsky.social · last wk.

#lesficfri ***DANCE*** I loved writing this chapter for a lot of reasons, but Liv is probably #1 because of the patience that character needed to have (and is greatly rewarded later in this scene). ❤️ 🌈📚 #FLBC #sapphic #lesfic #sapphicwriters #writingcommunity #writingcommunity #writingprompt

As Liv led Stella through the crowd of people and across the barn towards the make-shift dance floor, it beat even faster. But it was when she turned to face Stella and their eyes met that she felt her heart stop. She drew Stella closer and began to move with the music.
“You had your pick of partners,” Stella said. “Why me?” She didn’t meet Liv’s eyes when she asked.
Liv’s soft, earnest smile returned. “I wanted to dance with you.”
“But why? You could dance with anyone—”
“They were not you. You are the most beautiful woman here.” She steadied her voice. “You are always the most beautiful woman in the room.”
Mel Waverly - The First Lesbian Book Club, chapter 27

Ocean@oceanwrites.bsky.social · last wk.

Happy Friday #lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Today’s theme is ****DANCE**** Who has someone in their story that’s DANCING?! 💃🕺👯🧑‍🩰

Blue Sonja @licoricemint.bsky.social · last wk.

#lesficfri #licoriceandmint #QueerWriters #sapphic #lesfic #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts From Licorice and Mint: Ch. 7 - New Skin, New Scars archiveofourown.org/series/1962421

Behind them, people pushed and shoved, forming a whirlpool of bodies. Somehow Leo was in the middle of it all, but unlike the rest of them, the 8-foot goliath was skanking, throwing elbows and clearing space as he danced to his own beat. Nat had been to shows before where the pit had been taken over by ska dancing, but watching Leo do it all by himself was so ridiculous she found herself laughing. Apparently other people felt the same way. Two nervous human girls on the edge of the pool fell into step behind Leo, laughing at themselves as they danced with the giant man. Several others followed their lead. Ceres tugged Nat into the mix as the wave of bodies began to take shape and spin in a slow counter-clockwise circle. Two steps forward, two steps back, elbows out, left and right. The band crashed into the chorus with a force that rattled the speakers, and a fierce joy simmered in Nat’s chest.

Ocean@oceanwrites.bsky.social · last wk.

Happy Friday #lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Today’s theme is ****DANCE**** Who has someone in their story that’s DANCING?! 💃🕺👯🧑‍🩰

Alex Is Writing @alexfromawen.bsky.social · 7d ago

#LesFicFri 8/07 A day late, but was running errands all day yesterday. Gwen is not playing with her food. This is completely transactional, no enjoyment whatsoever. 😏

My search was short, a woman soon drew my eye. Tall and willowy with soft brown curls, she moved to the ritualistic noise coming out of the large black speakers with such sensual smoothness she appeared to be made of liquid. I felt I could nearly taste her already. I began my approach, trying not to appear too out of place in the sea of spasming bodies on the dance floor. My path was briefly obstructed by a tall form, the irritating Declan once again, but I navigated around him with ease.

I neared as the woman turned. Her brown eyes fell on me and her brow furrowed for a moment before her mouth shifted into a playful half smile. I affixed an inviting smile on my own lips as the woman reached out a bare, tattooed arm to grip my waist, moving me in time with her own rhythm. I allowed her to. We danced for a while, and the woman was free with her affections, letting her hand linger on my hip, or pressing her front up against my back as we moved.

‘I am not playing with my food,’ I told myself as I swayed, closing my eyes feeling the woman’s curls brushed against the nape of my neck.

Ocean@oceanwrites.bsky.social · last wk.

Happy Friday #lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Today’s theme is ****DANCE**** Who has someone in their story that’s DANCING?! 💃🕺👯🧑‍🩰

DD Ward ..."Sapphic Dr. DOOM"@ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 7d ago

Daughters of the Digital Empire www.patreon.com/posts/94083709 🩷 A Sapphic Love Triangle! 🥵 High Grade Smut! 🌶 Medium/high Spice 🤫 A Secret Affair! 🐺 Werewolves! ⚔️ Saber & Flintlock Action! 💔 Best Friend Drama 🌐 Political Drama ❣️Sacrifices for Love!

Daughters of the Digital Empire

A blonde woman clutches the shoulder of a brunette woman holding a saber. They are facing down a werewolf.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 7d ago

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️@eliseswords.eurosky.social · 7d ago

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Left side: images of all 3 Ruarnon Trilogy (epic fantasy) covers; Manipulator's War, Secrets of the Sorcery War and War in Sorcery's Shadow.

Trilogy blurb: 4 lost Aussies + One nonbinary Heir become catalysts for peace.
Evolving monsters.
Forgotten weapons.
Save a mind, save the world.

Right Side: Sythe Series (SciFi-Fantasy) covers for 4 books; Walking the Knife's Edge, Countering the Hands of Crime, Skirting the Fires of Revolution (out in 2027) and Waging Wars Beyond all We Knew (out in 2028).

Series blurb: At Sythe School & Monster Containment, Rarkin’s got;
trauma to heal from
trust & self worth issues to overcome
queer friends to make.

When a crime boss goes rogue. Rarkin proves too capable and finds himself at the centre of a revolution.

Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️@eliseswords.eurosky.social · 7d ago

I don't regret pulling my ebooks from Amazon, or cancelling Prime (I loved WOT!) or not buying shit from them. I just wish I could do all of those again, & again & again They don't even have the decency to have a physical Aussie store I can picket weekly, in retaliation to this attack on our planet

Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️@eliseswords.eurosky.social · 7d ago

I don't regret pulling my ebooks from Amazon, or cancelling Prime (I loved WOT!) or not buying shit from them. I just wish I could do all of those again, & again & again They don't even have the decency to have a physical Aussie store I can picket weekly, in retaliation to this attack on our planet

Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country

Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.

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