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R. S. Mot

@motthepaladin.bsky.social

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Author, hobby photographer, voracious reader, and dice collector. NO AI 🚫 Ace | it/them Not-so-secretly a dragon.

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · Aug 26

Speaking of cozy vibes... I was going to wait until September for this but I want it nowwww.
Autumn reading bingo is BACK and this time it's cozy. 📚💙

Cozy autumn reading bingo

Someone bakes, pumpkin on the cover, cozy fantasy, book that contains a recipe, cat in the title
Cozy mystery, Tea or coffee shop, cabin, set in a small town, someone has a hot drink
Set in autumn, blanket on the cover, free space (represented by a picture of a white tea cup), apple picking or orchard, light academia
Leaves on the cover, contains a farm or market, character knits or crochets, cozy horror, bookstore
Witches, cozy romance, mushroom on the cover, someone wears a mask or costume, forest in the title

made by @motthepaladin.bsky.social‬

The background has an arrangement of various gourde shapes and colors around the edge and the whole board is done in yellows and browns.

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 7h

Dragonfall vibes lol

R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 10h

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 10h

Read Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala with my mom and then we made the ube cookie recipe in it 📚💙

The cover of Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala. On it a woman is pouring the contents of a blue bottle into a pot of food.

Ube cookies on brown parchment paper. The cookies are purple with a dusting of powdered sugar.

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 12h

A great time to be visiting, it's gorgeous here right now.

R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 19h

I write a lot of vampire short stories. My first crack at romance was gay vampires in New York City lol As of now they're just for my entertainment though.

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 21h

Spooky season is upon us! Tell me about your Vampires 🧛 #WritingPrompt

R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah

R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 1d

I should not be left unsupervised with canva #writersky

Mothman says write your damn book with a graphic of mothman.

Hot creatures write novels with a silhouette of big foot giving a thumbs up.

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 1d

important news! night shades will open for submissions again this coming friday october 17.

🛸 staying open to fill the calendar, 23 spots. all the details are here : www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/

Submissions

Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes four speculative stories per month. Night Shades is opening October 17, 2025. Staying open until the calendar is full through April. There ar...

www.nightshadesmag.com

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 1d

👏👏👏

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 2d

I'm reading Play Nice by Rachel Harrison and I was wondering why everyone was so shitty about this dermatologist's job.

Y'all he's a DEMONologist. Took me ~120 pages to figure that out.

Yay dyslexia 😮‍💨 🩸📚💙

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 2d

Hell yeah Rose sounds like a true badass lol

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 2d

They're truly magical. What one has been your favorite so far?

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Authors Publish | Magazine for Creative Writers @authorspublish.com · 3d

#LitMags paying up to $500 for fiction, #nonfiction, #poetry, and #comics in October 2025.

🔗 authorspublish.com/5-paying-lit...

» 5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in October 2025

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 2d

My assistant fell asleep on the job. Apparently I'm the only one who finds sub calls interesting. #caturday

A white and gray cat asleep on a desk. Behind the cat is a computer monitor with short story submission calls. The cat is lit by an orange light.

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 3d

Here at Apex, we're drawn to good horror like a moth(man) to a flame 🔴🔴🕯️

You have FOUR WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for October is FOLKLORE. You have until the 31st to submit!

www.patreon.com/posts/octobe...

a black bird with red eyes stands in the dark

Alt: mothman reaches out to you with one wizened little moth finger

media.tenor.com

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 4d

Right? So may things contain 1000mg of sodium but STILL need salt? A scam.

R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 4d

If this sounds weirdly specific, it's because this is for a reading bingo, which is pinned to my profile if you want to try it!

R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 4d

Who doesn't love a good mushroom in autumn? 🍄
📚💙

Cozy books with a mushroom on the cover
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher [LGBTQIA+ book]
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
The Hedge Witch by Cari Thomas

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Brianna Danielle Lewis @rbree2.bsky.social · 6d

Every time I see the phrase "Oh, The Horror", I can’t help but translate it to being "Ohio, The Horror".

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 6d

🫂

R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 6d

Do you read in the car?
I personally have no issues reading in a moving vehicle but I know some people who get car sick just watching me read lol 🩸📚💙

Play Nice by Rachel Harrison, in the background there's a road and exit sign.

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 6d

Putting encoded messages in books with directions to an orgy.

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 6d

1. it's fun and it makes me happy 2. my cat 100% knows his name and things like food and outside

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Authors Publish | Magazine for Creative Writers @authorspublish.com · 7d

#Writing calls & contests for #fiction, #nonfiction & #poetry paying up to $76,000.

#SubmissionCall themes include: Objection! Overruled!; #soilpunk; #haunt; no laughing matter; #HelenOfTroy; Walpurgis witcheries; rebels; #alien celebrations; lantern keepers.

🔗 authorspublish.com/38-themed-su...

» 38 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for October 2025

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Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · 7d

This past month was so busy I’ve been neglecting my book promos, so how about a little sale?

🌸✨Name Her Holy ebook for $1✨🌸 only on my kofi from now through Friday!

Get yourself a slowburn sapphic space fantasy novel for your weekend read 🍂☕️

ko-fi.com/s/748ece637a

Cover for Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis, a crown of dusty mauve and earthy flowers surround a black swirling void. Behind the cover is a split image of a red haired woman in armor and a woman with dark short hair covering her face.

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