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Catarin L.

@catarinreads.bsky.social

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AKA MechaNeko- She/They 🏳️‍⚧️ Writer, Amateur Visual Novel Developer and Voice Actor, Mecha Kitty - lusting after vampires, yearning for the macabre, simping for marxists

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Catarin L. @catarinreads.bsky.social · 9d

🌈📚 Hello #queerwriters #booksky! As promised, now that my most recent foray into #visualnovel dev is out of the way, we are *so* back! Crack open your #lesfic and #wip because it's October🎃 and #sapphiclineshare is back for more #lesficfri These themes are all on the nose for my favorite holiday👻💀

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 1d

If you can't come out right now, please don't hate yourself.
One day, the meaning of labels will disappear.

Please love yourself as you are.
The one who can cherish yourself the most is yourself.
Because that is your strength and beauty.
Chiitan loves you

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Blue Sonja @licoricemint.bsky.social · 2d

#SapphicLineShare #lesficfri #licoriceandmint #QueerWriters #sapphic #lesfic

From Licorice and Mint, Chapter 7 - New Skin, New Scars

archiveofourown.org/series/1962421

“Excuse me? I made you angry?” The words were nails, each one honed to a sharp iron point. In spite of the pain and nausea, Nat resisted the urge to heal herself. She was done covering up. Never again.

Mara reached out to Nat, but her hands met only empty air as Nat twisted away. The other Aasimar’s face furrowed in worry. “I was just so afraid. About how they would corrupt you! And look! Look at you now! Your faith….your faith...I….!”

“What about my faith?” Her reply was chipped from ice. She was over the threshold of her door. She could close it on Mara now, end the night in an instant. But she couldn’t, not yet. You are afraid of so few things...

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Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · 2d

#SapphicLineShare 10 Oct: Claws/ Nails

From a NaNo novel that might see the light one day. My MC's business partner gets a bit elemental when she's upset.

I forced my attention back to the brawl around me each time it wandered. Violent shivers began to subside even before I realized they were mine and not those of the world around me. I should have called for help but speech seemed too arduous with a floor so cold and inviting.

My partner passed, a snarl in slow motion. Her eyes were dark pits. Smoke trailed behind her. Crimson dripped from fingers that looked more like claws. Surely she would mop up the rest.

Then I remembered Anna hiding under the desk in the corner and tried to turn my head.

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Catarin L. @catarinreads.bsky.social · 2d

#sapphiclineshare #lesficfri #queerwriters 🌈📚

This one's from one of first few chapters of the book. My favorite moron finds herself dazed, charmed, and dropped in the middle of a circle of sapphic vampires.... Oh my!

Sapphic vampire feeding frenzy, anyone?

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Catarin L. @catarinreads.bsky.social · 3d

Name your favorite non-american movie.

Well, that's easy!

Låt den rätte komma in!
This movie has inspired so much of my love for vampire fiction and has been formative to so much of my own vampire stories!

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🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

I really wish more people would just... give books a try. It breaks my heart every time I see a good writer who is verging on giving up because the people close to them won't read what they write

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Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 5d

"Writers should know their characters' favourite in every category" witch please, I just spent 15 minutes staring out a window wondering what my favourite anything was 😅

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 5d

I think people take for granted the ability to post freely on the internet. Our ability to do so is endangered. Social media isn't going away but the powers that be are hyper focused on making it an echo chamber

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Elena V Barden @elenavbarden.bsky.social · 9d

#sapphiclineshare - Theme Teeth

Sorry no romance here, because MC is orc and has tusk... But anatomically they do count as teeth, right?

archiveofourown.org/works/55556215

One chilly evening, a rundown hut, a cold wind and an orc roomate to warm you from the cold.

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 9d

#Sapphiclineshare
From the Remember Monsters sequel.

“I need you to bite me.”

Pat blinked, as if doing so would clear her ears. “What? Phaedra? Why are you here?”

Phaedra braced herself against the door frame. Her black wolf shag hung in her eyes, but she didn’t appear to notice. “I know you can. I just… I need to forget. Please?”

“Have you been drinking?” Pat looked around. Phaedra’s Indian Scout was parked in the circular driveway. “You drove your motorcycle here? Does Andi know where you are?”

At the mention of Andi, Phaedra fell against the wall and slid into a blubbering heap.

“Oh this is bad. Come on.” Pat hoisted her up and led her to the sofa.

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Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · 9d

#SapphicLineShare for 3 Oct.: Bite/ Teeth (fangs, here)
From a still untitled 🤦‍♀️ Aetherpunk novella. This is the MC on only her first night of watch as The Rose Compass and her crew begins the hunt for an Imperial Admiral's ship in dangerous skies.

I rolled my eyes but couldn’t keep a smile from my lips as I lifted the warm mug to my face. I breathed deep. The earthy aroma threatened to warm me from the inside out all by itself. "Thanks, Em. Who would’ve…"

I caught movement off to port. Emmy must have sensed it too, lowering her mug and glancing out into the dark. Then we both stumbled backward as a gaunt and pale humanoid appeared. They crouched on the railing and scented us through a curtain of matted hair. Their mouth opened to fangs that seemed to grow as I watched.

I turned to Emmy to see the color drain even from her cold, cherry-red nose. Her eyes widened. Her abandoned mug shattered on the deck when she reached for the hilt of her blade. Steaming tea ran dark across enchanted wood as she raised the alarm. "Nighteaters!"

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leahbauerwrites.bsky.social @leahbauerwrites.bsky.social · 9d

Eyes flaring with desire, Melirin sinks her teeth into Ness’ bottom lip. The pairing of pain and pleasure heightens both feelings, raising the hairs on her arms. She drags her mouth down Melirin’s neck, biting her and then soothing the mark with a kiss.

#SapphicLineShare #QueerWriters #BookSky

Catarin L. @catarinreads.bsky.social · 9d

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 9d

#SapphicLineShare "Bite/Teeth"

Oh, I couldn't miss this one! It's still a WIP (haven't got to this scene yet), but it's already one of my favourite moments in Eternal Flame, a moment that reveals some hidden layers of our stoic demon warrior 🩸

#QueerWriters #LesficFri #ChroniclesOfTheRealms

Ashrah shook her head. Stubborn until the end, this goddessdamn demon.

“Say please, or I won’t drink a single drop, and you’ll have to watch me die without ever getting the chance to fight me again.” Another scratch of her teeth, and Ashrah squirmed beneath her. Nitara grabbed the demon’s thigh with her free hand, grounding herself. “Beg for me.”

A grunt. And then, finally… “Please.”

She sank her fangs in.

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KJ @redhawkkj.bsky.social · 9d

Ooo new places & prompts to share! Both are from same book. Used both prompts

1st is interaction of MC + not quite yet lover. Italics is mix of Ojibwe + imagination

2nd is MC + employee. Reference is a WI cheese curd.

#Sapphiclineshare #queerwriters #booksky #lesfic #lesficfri #WritingCommunity

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Adam Reisinger @adamreisinger.com · 9d

#sapphiclineshare oh, Chloé knows how to use her teeth #queerwriters #lesficfri

Her hands slide up my torso, as she slowly, deliberately unbuttons my satin pajama top, each button a tease, like she won't give me want I want -- what she wants -- until I'm completely undressed. Her bare palms skate up my ribs, slow and teasing, like she’s committing every inch of me to memory. I lean into her touch, muscle against muscle, heat against heat, and she smiles against my skin, teeth grazing my pulse.

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Blue Sonja @licoricemint.bsky.social · 9d

#SapphicLineShare #lesficfri #licoriceandmint #QueerWriters #sapphic #lesfic

From One Bad Tuesday - Ch. 1 - Quiet Hours

archiveofourown.org/series/3436765

“Four Hells CG.” Ceres panted. “Couldn’t tell you were a virgin only a few months ago.”

Nat replied with an exhausted laugh. “Well I’ve had good teachers.”

“Oh? Yeah. That’s right. Ahn-Me.” Ceres laughed. She ran a slender blue finger over a dark purple nipple, giving it a playful pinch.

The Aasimar rolled over, trying to protect her breasts. “Ah! Still sensitive, Miss Needleteeth.”

“Didn’t hear you complain. In fact I recall someone saying ‘harder’.” She nipped towards her, baring her tiny sharp teeth.

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Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 7d

Yay, #sapphiclineshare is back 💜

I'm taking my vampire novella Marcie for one last spin around the old revision rodeo before handing her in to an open call later this month.

Can you believe there's not a single instance of 'bite' in the whole damn thing? 😂 but 'teeth' I can do 🧛‍♀️🥀🕊

"Marcilla?"

"Yes, Adelaide?"

"I want you to end it. Please. Ease my suffering. Let me die in ecstacy. Take the last of my life into you, so that part of me will live on through you. Please, do not refuse me this last request."

I pull back, resting her against her pillows. I must see her face. "I will not refuse you. Only, I must know: are you certain, my love? For you know there is pain in it, as well as pleasure. And I think you shall not have to wait much longer for the Creator's own appointed hour for you..."

"I am certain." She clutches my hand, a strength in the tips of her fingers which is absent everywhere else. "I do not wish to wait, nor suffer through another fit like that. Every time it has come over me today, I've felt as if I shall drown in air. I spent every waking moment today fearing I would die before the night, and never see you again. No, no more waiting. Give me your lips, your teeth. I am well used to that pain — crave it still, even," here she must pause for another weak, yet short cough, "even after all these years. Forgive me — I remain a sinner to the last."

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pyoor @pyoorkate.bsky.social · 7d

Not exactly the right kind of bite, but a bite none the less...

“I am impressed though. It’s not like I actually live there. But we do like to keep an eye on the place.” He tapped one finger lightly against the steering wheel. “Funny, for our many differences, it seems we do share a characteristic. Christopher Alden is not my real name, just as Charlotte Jones is not yours.” Charlie bit back an urge to defend herself. “I suppose you’re wondering what our interest is in your, hmm, paramour, Jessica Mitchell.” At this, he briefly turned to her, his cold brown eyes drilling into her.
“If you’re trying to get me to bite, you won’t. I just want to know where my stuff went. And I’d like to see Jess again, too. And just to be clear, Charlotte is my name.”
She waited, hoping to have hit the right notes. Noah’s York notes on in person social engineering had been abbreviated, and Charlie’s grasp of them vastly less finessed than Noah’s.

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Catarin L. @catarinreads.bsky.social · 5d

🌈📚This one is a couple days late but I had to skip ahead a bit in my first draft and write this scene specifically for the lineshare.

submissive bad girl vampire queens and mouthplay? In *MY* paranormal romance? More likely than you think!

#sapphiclineshare #showmeyourteeth #lesfic #queerwriters

A human lesbian satisfies her curiosity about a vampire queen's fangs. The vampire queen learns something about herself in the process.

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onewickedwonka.bsky.social @onewickedwonka.bsky.social · 6d

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Sapphic Action Support Squad @s-a-s-s.bsky.social · 7d

#SASS and @goldencrownls.bsky.social are coming together this week to stand up against book bans. Join us and add your voice to make sure we can keep using ours to tell our stories. #SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek

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Catarin L. @catarinreads.bsky.social · 6d

Second best. 😏

Catarin L. @catarinreads.bsky.social · 6d

If you see this, QTP with a gif of a powerful woman!

Catarin L. @catarinreads.bsky.social · 9d

I'm considering my own replay now