vert ⚡️🪶 MELT: REFRAIN AUG '26

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"The events of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” occur today: August 4, 2026. Like so many dates in science fiction, this one probably seemed far away when it was chosen, but once it was finally upon us, it passed like all days." www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...

Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" On the Exact Day When It's Set

The events of Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" occur today: August 4, 2026.

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happy yaoi day, the day MELT: REFRAIN opens on, and hector's birthday. to celebrate, i've made the first 5.5k words of the first chapter FREE to read on itch, payhip, or my website! in the spirit of yaoi: have a graphic my husband made of what to expect inside, and a chapter snippet, as a treat.

An assortment of memes and text posts describing MELT: REFRAIN. In clockwise order:
1. Tweet from TrollGod9000: "New hire asking the manager how lenient is the sexual harassment policy"
2. Horses riding in the sunset overlaid with the text "This is your final warning, white boy"
3. Headline from The Onion: "Zing! I Just Got You With Another One Of My Trademark "Complete Lies""
4. Unhinged AO3 tags post: "double uno reverse dubcon"
5. Tumblr post from gayleafpool: "sometimes I think love triangles should be resolved by polyamory but badly like everyone's still mad"
6. Tumblr postt from vamplire: "the vampire does not concern himself with his DSM-5 diagnosis"
7. Image of Liza Minnelli overlaid with the text "kill every motherfucker in the room and fuck the wounded"Excerpt from chapter 1 of MELT: REFRAIN.

If Simon hadn’t been so desperate already, Hector really would bite him open, drink him half-dry and make him woozy and pliant. But Simon’s saucer-wide pupils and laser focus on the red pooling on Hector’s chin and seeping into his beard belie the truth behind his composure. It’s not like Hector’s ever been turned—no doubt something out there could mold a vampire into something else, though he’d rather not dwell on the possibility—but he’s got the gist over the years, how it eats and eats and eats at someone if they don’t get what they need. Born vampires have it bad enough already; what exquisite agony something even worse must be, the basest parts of oneself parched and undeniable.

Out August 2026, preview available now.
Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @ Megaplex C9@cometkins.bsky.social · 4d ago

It’s national Yaoi day, tell me about your Yaoi and where people can buy it! #WritingPrompt