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W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · 2h

Richard ‘Dickie’ Thornton - in love with Serafina, disgraced, and on the run from the law.

Modern labels: bi in denial, top, sadist.

Likes: Serafina, respectability.

Dislikes: embarrassment, Teddy, being poor.

Good at: Maths, boxing, following rules.

Bad at: anger management, people, shooting.

W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · 2h

Serafina Tooting, unwillingly engaged to Teddy, but in love with Dickie.

Modern labels: thinks she’s straight. Knows she’s not vanilla.

Likes: Reading, music, finding the ridiculous in things.

Dislikes: her father, Teddy.

Good at: Piano, politeness, politics.

Bad at: not speaking her mind.

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W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · 2h

‘Peaches’ Waghorn (aka Henry Peach.) An ex sex-worker, Teddy’s valet, lover, and best friend.

Modern labels: bi, NB, switch/Dom.

Likes: A laugh, a drink, and a shag. Basic competence.

Dislikes: Talking about feelings.

Good at: Horses, sewing, maths, survival.

Bad at: Managing their temper.

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W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · 2h

Edward ‘Teddy’ Valance, ninth Earl of Forthenby is engaged by mistake.

Modern labels: bi, vers, masochist.

Likes: Sex, drink, Peaches Waghorn, and getting beaten.

Dislikes: Responsibility, consequences.

Good at: Shooting, fencing, Greek.

Bad at: Boxing, tact, and thinking things through.

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W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · 2h

Now is probably a good time to introduce the main cast, and how they stand at the end of The Forthenby Inheritance.

You can either read that here: forthenby.com/chapter-1/
or accept #spoilers from this point.

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W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · 4h

It begins: forthenby.com/2025/10/15/v...

Volume Two

The Forthenby Ladies by W. G. Maythorn For K., who encouraged me

forthenby.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

yeah man, trans reporters, whom the ny times derogatorily calls "trans activists" so that normies won't listen to them, have been reporting on ADF activity in the UK since 2018.

bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.

Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 1d

Really important NYT investigation finds that the ADF has been working with Reform, 'courting the party since at least 2024' and that the British arm 'orchestrated Mr Farage’s appearance in Congress, reaching out to ask if he would like to give evidence on censorship'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · 1d

A little less than three days until the release of The Forthenby Ladies, the queer, kinky sequel to The Forthenby Inheritance. Sizzling with angst and anachronism, it follows Teddy Valance living with the consequences of his actions, and finding new ways to fuck up and get dicked down.

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Talli 🦇SILVER BLOOD audiobook! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 6d

ask not for whom the vampire book is free. tis free for thee.

Today is the LAST DAY to get SILVER BLOOD (vampire romance) (gay) for FREE from everywhere except the 'zon! come getcha book!

https://books2read.com/silverblood
and/or https://tallimorgan.itch.io/silver-blood

📚💙

Last day (gay vampires) zero dollars (yours forever for the low price of absolutely nothing). The cover of Silver Blood with various memes including the pointing guy and the "it's free real estate" guy edited to say "it's free vampire book"

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W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · 7d

It is time: forthenby.com/2025/10/08/w...

Welcome back…

to Forthenby It’s been a little longer than I’d hoped, but your humble scribe is here to announce the impending release of book two of The Forthenby Chronicles. The Forthenby Ladies Wil…

forthenby.com

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V @visceralhit.bsky.social · 12d

i will be excited and thrilled by quirky book inventions when people get paid fairly.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 13d

This always sounds good until we find out who is considered toxic.

Like is funding a legal campaign to erase an entire group's existence & posting triumphant selfies every time you manage to hurt them more or less toxic than the people who are hurt being upset about it?

These are vital questions!

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 13d

The team is cooking on some things, including a “zen mode” that can serve as a feature gate for a bundle of settings that turn down the volume on outrage and toxicity.

More on the product direction:

bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Building Healthier Social Media: Updated Guidelines and New Features - Bluesky

Public discourse on social media has grown toxic and divisive, but unlike other platforms, Bluesky is building a social web that empowers people instead of exploiting them.

bsky.social

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W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · 12d

Right. Okay. We’re back on track.

Was hoping for a September Release, but it’ll be this month.

Hold on to your hats, Teddy Valance is back.

W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · 18d

(Also, I promise I’ll get Book Two moving soon. Sorry for the delay, I’ve been that horrible mix of bust and ill.)

W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · 18d

I’ve managed to score about 3 kilos of apricots, which is not a spoiler for book three, but it’s not-NOT a spoiler for book three.

Wish me luck. Serafina will be at my shoulder.

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Nimue Allen @nimueallen.bsky.social · 23d

Sometimes I wonder if people understand the intimacy of punishment.

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Mrs Tales of the Unexpected 🎃👻🧙‍♀️ @mrstales.bsky.social · 26d

A terrifying sentence and exactly what concerns me. In Orwell's 1984, machines generate books for the masses, ersatz culture devoid of originality. And now here we are.

People say they are worried about the machines taking control, but they don't have to - we're giving it away!

sexy ludovician @beardynoise.bsky.social · 26d

"Once you use ChatGPT, you don't want to think for yourself anymore"

THAT IS A TERRIFYING SENTENCE

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 26d

imagine relying on AI to write your bio and then having the nerve to say you're witty and full of personality

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W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · 26d

Kinda tempted to put a notice on the site saying, “If you feed this into AI, I will add a fisting scene.”

Poisoning your datasets through poorly negotiated kink.

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Roo 🔞 Pervert @frictionpress.bsky.social · Sep 11

when I talk about wanting “messy” queer stories, I don’t mean unedited. I don’t mean full of typos. I mean good stories where everything isn’t laid out crystal clear with black and white morals. I mean stories where everyone’s a little bad and a little good. messy as in HUMAN, complex, deep

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Roo 🔞 Pervert @frictionpress.bsky.social · Sep 11

writers: stop trying to reassure me who’s good and who’s bad and who deserves capital punishment in stories.
start telling me lies that are so pretty, I willingly follow them somewhere awful and say thank you when I’m there

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W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · Sep 11

Apologies for the delays to all things Forthenby, last couple of weeks have been a bit wild, and *gestures* have you seen what’s going on out there?

W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · Sep 11

Urgh, how is it I could have had this blurb completely planned out in my brain and now I try to put it on the page?

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W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · Aug 20

I’d have paid at least a bit of attention to commercial structure.

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · Aug 20

If you were to completely wipe out your writing career and start from the beginning, what's something you'd do differently? A piece of advice you'd follow, a mistake you'd avoid, etc #WritingPrompt

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W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · Aug 20

I have been told I need to cut at least half a page of Dickie maundering which… fair.

W.G Maythorn @earlofforthenby.bsky.social · Aug 10

Anyway, that’s the shape of it, and I’ll be posting updates here and on the site until then - but otherwise join me in September for a new round of nonsense.

Until then, the whole of The Forthenby Inheritance is available to read, for #free, online: forthenby.com/chapter-1/

The Forthenby Inheritance

The Forthenby Inheritance W. G. Maythorn for G. who dared me “The plan I have put forward is entirely reasonable and icily logical, and should excite no sirring whatsoever. Or don’t you think so?”“…

forthenby.com

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