Celia Thorn
@celiathorn.bsky.social
Author of sapphic urban fantasy🌈 THE RISING DARK out now! She/they. Probably petting all of the neighbourhood cats right now
I would LOVE to hire all of the artists to make a mountain of art of my characters. There is nothing better than supporting fellow creatives and I love seeing my word-characters turned into visual art 🖤
If money was no object, what sort of merchandise would you make for your book? #WritingPrompt
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I would LOVE to hire all of the artists to make a mountain of art of my characters. There is nothing better than supporting fellow creatives and I love seeing my word-characters turned into visual art 🖤
It's #lesficfri, theme is "thrill". All of the quotes I could use had spoilers, so instead, a little quote from the first chapter!
The Rising Dark is a sapphic urban fantasy novel with vampires, demon-slaying & very British coziness. It's on all of the retailers, including Kobo Plus & Itch!
The Rising Dark is a sapphic urban fantasy novel with vampires, demon-slaying & very British coziness. It's on all of the retailers, including Kobo Plus & Itch!
December 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's #lesficfri, theme is "thrill". All of the quotes I could use had spoilers, so instead, a little quote from the first chapter!
The Rising Dark is a sapphic urban fantasy novel with vampires, demon-slaying & very British coziness. It's on all of the retailers, including Kobo Plus & Itch!
The Rising Dark is a sapphic urban fantasy novel with vampires, demon-slaying & very British coziness. It's on all of the retailers, including Kobo Plus & Itch!
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
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A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
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Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
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The first draft of the second Sisters of Twilight book is done at 78300 words! 🥰
It's going to be significantly longer than THE RISING DARK, featuring more vampire lore, more mysteries to be unraveled, and of course, a FF romance between a vampire warrior and a human doctor!
#lesfic #sapphicbooks
It's going to be significantly longer than THE RISING DARK, featuring more vampire lore, more mysteries to be unraveled, and of course, a FF romance between a vampire warrior and a human doctor!
#lesfic #sapphicbooks
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The first draft of the second Sisters of Twilight book is done at 78300 words! 🥰
It's going to be significantly longer than THE RISING DARK, featuring more vampire lore, more mysteries to be unraveled, and of course, a FF romance between a vampire warrior and a human doctor!
#lesfic #sapphicbooks
It's going to be significantly longer than THE RISING DARK, featuring more vampire lore, more mysteries to be unraveled, and of course, a FF romance between a vampire warrior and a human doctor!
#lesfic #sapphicbooks
With the winter holidays coming up, may I recommend my FF novel, THE RISING DARK? 🏳️🌈🖤
It features a human nurse falling in love with the tall, beautiful vampire of her dreams. There are women with swords killing demons, sapphic smooching, some mystery, and cozy paranormal vibes!
#lesfic #sapphic
It features a human nurse falling in love with the tall, beautiful vampire of her dreams. There are women with swords killing demons, sapphic smooching, some mystery, and cozy paranormal vibes!
#lesfic #sapphic
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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'Pen name' is said in a flat American accent by a harassed writer dressed in sweatpants & coffee-stained t-shirt hunched over a keyboard
'Nom de plume' is said with panache by a mysterious figure wielding a quill *scratch scratch* on a sheaf of parchment while wearing a cloak & possibly a top hat
'Nom de plume' is said with panache by a mysterious figure wielding a quill *scratch scratch* on a sheaf of parchment while wearing a cloak & possibly a top hat
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
'Pen name' is said in a flat American accent by a harassed writer dressed in sweatpants & coffee-stained t-shirt hunched over a keyboard
'Nom de plume' is said with panache by a mysterious figure wielding a quill *scratch scratch* on a sheaf of parchment while wearing a cloak & possibly a top hat
'Nom de plume' is said with panache by a mysterious figure wielding a quill *scratch scratch* on a sheaf of parchment while wearing a cloak & possibly a top hat
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it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
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it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
kadoore.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
After years of struggling during the dark winter months, I've finally bought myself one of those SAD lamps and now I'm like a content cat cozying up to my portable sun 🖤
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
After years of struggling during the dark winter months, I've finally bought myself one of those SAD lamps and now I'm like a content cat cozying up to my portable sun 🖤
My favourite by far is Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon. The joint biography of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley reads is mesmerizing. The drama! The pathos! The inevitable heartbreak!
Highly recommend even for people not usually into biography
Highly recommend even for people not usually into biography
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My favourite by far is Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon. The joint biography of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley reads is mesmerizing. The drama! The pathos! The inevitable heartbreak!
Highly recommend even for people not usually into biography
Highly recommend even for people not usually into biography
Cities Skylines has finally added bicycle paths, but it crashed before I could complete my bicycle utopia 😭
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Cities Skylines has finally added bicycle paths, but it crashed before I could complete my bicycle utopia 😭
Just got the cover illustration for my second book and it's gorgeous 🥰 Can't wait to share its sapphic vampire glory soon!
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Just got the cover illustration for my second book and it's gorgeous 🥰 Can't wait to share its sapphic vampire glory soon!
Finally saw Frankenstein in the cinema and had a delightful time. Very much enjoyed the visual aspects, and although the story was reimagined, it felt quite true in spirit to the book
November 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Finally saw Frankenstein in the cinema and had a delightful time. Very much enjoyed the visual aspects, and although the story was reimagined, it felt quite true in spirit to the book
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Jekyll & Hyde, but it's an artist's creative side and marketing side, and never shall the two meet
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Jekyll & Hyde, but it's an artist's creative side and marketing side, and never shall the two meet
This might be a good moment to let everyone know my sapphic urban fantasy novel THE RISING DARK is on Kobo Plus! You can read it for free!
It has a UK setting, vampire warrior women with swords, and a sweet romance. The second book is coming in spring 2026.
#lesfic #sapphic #sff #indie 🧡🦄📚
It has a UK setting, vampire warrior women with swords, and a sweet romance. The second book is coming in spring 2026.
#lesfic #sapphic #sff #indie 🧡🦄📚
Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
Rakuten Kobo
www.kobo.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Are there any UK planner/stationary fans who have planner recs? I was about to order a Plum Paper one, but shipping from the US was more expensive than the planner itself
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Are there any UK planner/stationary fans who have planner recs? I was about to order a Plum Paper one, but shipping from the US was more expensive than the planner itself
Applying for part time jobs because selling my silly little gay bookies doesn't pay my bills in this capitalist hellscape 😊
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Applying for part time jobs because selling my silly little gay bookies doesn't pay my bills in this capitalist hellscape 😊
Gailey's THE ECHO WIFE was excellent, can't wait for this one!
MAKE ME BETTER is my forthcoming novel about the horrors of community. It is about cults, wellness, control, and the things we will do to escape grief.
Sometimes it hurts to grow -- but your community believes that you can be made pure.
It comes out in May.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Sometimes it hurts to grow -- but your community believes that you can be made pure.
It comes out in May.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Gailey's THE ECHO WIFE was excellent, can't wait for this one!
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Women with swords, you say... 👀
THE RISING DARK, my sapphic urban fantasy novel, has now entered what I call The Trickle™, where after the excitement of release, people are slowly finding it organically. It's so satisfying to see new readers discover it!
(Also, if you're into warrior women with swords & sweet romances... 👀)
(Also, if you're into warrior women with swords & sweet romances... 👀)
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Women with swords, you say... 👀
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
THE RISING DARK, my sapphic urban fantasy novel, has now entered what I call The Trickle™, where after the excitement of release, people are slowly finding it organically. It's so satisfying to see new readers discover it!
(Also, if you're into warrior women with swords & sweet romances... 👀)
(Also, if you're into warrior women with swords & sweet romances... 👀)
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
THE RISING DARK, my sapphic urban fantasy novel, has now entered what I call The Trickle™, where after the excitement of release, people are slowly finding it organically. It's so satisfying to see new readers discover it!
(Also, if you're into warrior women with swords & sweet romances... 👀)
(Also, if you're into warrior women with swords & sweet romances... 👀)
Had to watch this week as my French teacher told class they could use AI to practice French with, but "be careful because it's very often wrong". If only there were these resources that were vetted by experts and checked for errors... like... books?
It's university policy to promote AI use
It's university policy to promote AI use
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Had to watch this week as my French teacher told class they could use AI to practice French with, but "be careful because it's very often wrong". If only there were these resources that were vetted by experts and checked for errors... like... books?
It's university policy to promote AI use
It's university policy to promote AI use
I would love to diversify away from Amazon (yuck) but unfortunately over 80% of my sales are on there. I wish more people shopped on Kobo/Google Play/B&N etc!
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I would love to diversify away from Amazon (yuck) but unfortunately over 80% of my sales are on there. I wish more people shopped on Kobo/Google Play/B&N etc!