Shane💀Blackheart (they/them)
@shaneblackheart.com
Author of dark LGBTQ+ speculative fiction & poetry. Artist. 30s. Nonbinary. They/them. Plural. AuDHD. ♿️ Disabled. Website: https://shaneblackheart.com
I haven't talked about my poetry and art collection in a little while, but I really am proud of it. I hand-drew as much as I could of it, even the titles of each poem. Some drawings contain prose. This book has years of raw, honest work in it. It's my truth.
Canvas of Scars
Wandering alone late at night in the dark. Searching fo…
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If the universe could fuckin chill for A FEW DAYS I'd appreciate it. I haven't slept in 2 weeks for more than 2-4 hours a night. I'm chronically ill. My cats are being repeatedly traumatized & uprooted and I have agoraphobia & ptsd related to homelessness and loss. I'm actively in a MH crisis.
D2D is going to start charging me their bogus fee to keep my books listed in October. I can't afford another bill, so all my work will be taken down from wide distribution because I'm not even selling enough to buy something from a dollar menu. Made 80 cents this month, for example. Usually it's $0.
Some semi-good news and some bad news. Bad: emotional support animals are no longer protected like service animals are, so places here can reject them. This means there will be a pet fee at the hotel, but the apartment insurance should cover it.
I finally opened up the manuscript for book 3, the last book, in The Requiem Series. The last time I'd opened it was October of last year, back when I nearly took my own life. It kind of faded into the background and I got caught up in healing work afterward. Seeing it tonight, though...
I'm exhausted from all the stress and my current displacement crisis, but I have been writing a lot of poetry. It seems to be the only way I can express my emotions that have otherwise numbed on the outside. Survival mode's a hell of a drug. My case manager disappeared too, so I'm just... 🫠
It's been a wild few months, but last weekend and yesterday has taken the cake. My life has been upended in the worst way and I need some help. I've lost a support option, and I am living in a hotel for possibly up to three months as my apartment was damaged by a severe plumbing disaster. 🧵 1/?
Boosting 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Shane💀Blackheart (they/them)@shaneblackheart.com · 2mo agoHappy Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ This month is going to be extra difficult for necessities and food insecurity, so if you can, please help out a disabled queer by buying my books on Itch. Most feature trans or queer characters 💜 I've also got a few short stories, one even has an audiobook I made myself! #booksky 🌈📚
Boosting 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Shane💀Blackheart (they/them)@shaneblackheart.com · 2mo agoHappy Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ This month is going to be extra difficult for necessities and food insecurity, so if you can, please help out a disabled queer by buying my books on Itch. Most feature trans or queer characters 💜 I've also got a few short stories, one even has an audiobook I made myself! #booksky 🌈📚
Happy Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ This month is going to be extra difficult for necessities and food insecurity, so if you can, please help out a disabled queer by buying my books on Itch. Most feature trans or queer characters 💜 I've also got a few short stories, one even has an audiobook I made myself! #booksky 🌈📚
Shane Blackheart
shaneblackheart.itch.io
Happy Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ This month is going to be extra difficult for necessities and food insecurity, so if you can, please help out a disabled queer by buying my books on Itch. Most feature trans or queer characters 💜 I've also got a few short stories, one even has an audiobook I made myself! #booksky 🌈📚
Shane Blackheart
shaneblackheart.itch.io
I'm working on something that has me so excited. I'm writing a goth theatrical musical about dissociating so hard a creature ends up in a strange blue void in his living room, and it has campy vibes that feel like RHPS. It's all written in verse, of course, so it'll take ages but! I'm excited! 🤩
Last night, the poem went through a major revision and I finished it. I'm so happy with it. I put a lot of effort into this one, I refused to let the brain fog stop me. I'll post the final version soon 💜 It's a lot spicier, but all in 'garden' metaphor.
Shane💀Blackheart (they/them)@shaneblackheart.com · 3mo agoFinally, after weeks of terrible brain fog and worsening chronic illness, I started to write a poem last night. It's not done yet, I think I want it to be longer, but it's something. I'm so glad my brain still works creatively, even when I'm struggling to focus 💜
Finally, after weeks of terrible brain fog and worsening chronic illness, I started to write a poem last night. It's not done yet, I think I want it to be longer, but it's something. I'm so glad my brain still works creatively, even when I'm struggling to focus 💜
Fingers crossed the adult filter actually works on this. I've seen enough art like mine under adult content that I figure I'm probably alright finally posting some of my pieces. This one is an illustration for my webnovel Polaris Skies
So I remembered that Affirm exists and it has been the only thing that has enabled me to get nice things for years, so I bought Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream using Affirm, meaning $0 up front and cheap payments over 6 months. So I get to play 🥲
It's been a bit since I've shared my work, but money is going to be extremely tight this month, so I could use the extra income. All of my current work is up on Itch right now, which is one of the best ways to support me. I barely get enough to live on while disabled, so any sales help greatly 🙏🏻
Shane Blackheart
shaneblackheart.itch.io
I need to stop being lazy and look up a tutorial for scrolling #dailyart
My friend @clumsyslothgirl.bsky.social just published her first book today! It's a queer book of apocalyptic proportions: godless.com/products/chi...
Children of the Wasteland by Lucifier
Hugh Aaron, a murderous teenage prodigy, wakes in a padded cell to learn he is the last survivor of a holy apocalypse. Armed only with his late boyfriend’s spell book, Hugh battles angelic abomination...
godless.com
My friend @clumsyslothgirl.bsky.social just published her first book today! It's a queer book of apocalyptic proportions: godless.com/products/chi...
Children of the Wasteland by Lucifier
Hugh Aaron, a murderous teenage prodigy, wakes in a padded cell to learn he is the last survivor of a holy apocalypse. Armed only with his late boyfriend’s spell book, Hugh battles angelic abomination...
godless.com
there is a beauty in it, you see. I can imagine anything in the void. there are conversations happening behind your wildest dreams in the abyss. what prophecies and heresies do you hear in your chasm?
