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Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them)

@ddwardiswriting.bsky.social

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Author of smut, romantasy, and horror. Your one stop shop for Victorian fantasy werewolf romance! They/Them. No AI. Sometimes NSFW. Occasionally posts Victorian erotic photos. https://www.patreon.com/ddwardiswriting

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Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 8d

Ok. Still working on Star Sentinels. So this seems like a good idea.

I'm DD Ward, smut and trauma peddler.

I'm working on my project: Star Sentinels of Cerberus. It's a buddy cop story about veteran and rookie magical girls teaming up to stop a kaiju in a futuristic city of tomorrow.

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 9d

#PlotTober Day 1: Introduce yourself & your WIP

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

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Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 2h

Make a movie better by adding "John Carpenter's" to the title.

John Carpenter's 40 Year Old Virgin

Canadian Mech-X4 Donald 🇨🇦🤖🦾 @rangerdonald.bsky.social · 3h

Make a movie better by adding "John Carpenter's" to the title.

John Carpenter's Big Hero 6.

GirlyWolfPup 🔞 @girlywolfpup.bsky.social · 4h

Make a movie better by adding "John Carpenter's" to the title.

John Carpenter's Sonic The Hedgehog

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Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 3h

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#mutualaid link era. Hot broke girl.

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Support Sophia Nyx with a gift contribution on their Throne wishlist. Help fund their creative projects.

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Nush @nushdeco.bsky.social · 15h

Commission for an amazing vgener 💜

[ #art #oc #artsky #illustration ]

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Oeming @oeming.bsky.social · 2h

In Sleeping While Standing <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3osmiubkohpqdtd3uvhvepdo" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@takisoma.bsky.social‬ shares the key moments that shaped her—with honesty, humor, and heart. Told in 4-page stories. Published by @AveryHillPubl #comics #Multiplesclerosis https://averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-sleeping-while-standing-by-taki-soma

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Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 2h

Hello All! I'm DD Ward.

I write stuff. Have you checked my stuff? It's free.

www.patreon.com/ddwardiswrit...

• The Plight of the Last Paladin
• Daughters of the Digital Empire
• Hunted in the Wolf Wood
• The Husband Poisoning Society

The plight of the last paladin in a heartbroken world.

A woman in armor flies on wings of fire

Hunted in the Wolf Wood

A woman wearing armor and an eye patch shepherds a girl in a pink dress as they flee werewolves.

A blonde woman clutches the shoulder of a brunette woman holding a saber. They are facing down a werewolf.

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Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 2h

Daughters of the Digital Empire
www.patreon.com/posts/94083709

🩷 A Sapphic Love Triangle!
🥵 High Grade Smut!
🌶 Medium/high Spice
🤫 A Secret Affair!
🐺 Werewolves!
⚔️ Saber & Flintlock Action!
💔 Best Friend Drama
🌐 Political Drama
❣️Sacrifices for Love!

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 2h

The Husband Poisoning Society

👰‍♀️ Murder at a Wedding!
🦇 Werebat Assassins!
🐟 Poisonous Fish!
☠️ Secret Murder Society!
🔪 Cold Blooded Torture!
👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance!
👹 Giants and Monsters!
🛕 Burning Churches!
⚔️ Countdown to War!

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The Husband Poisoning Society | Collection from D.D. Ward is Writing | 20 posts

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Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 2h

Hunted in the Wolf Wood

🐺 Werewolves on the Hunt!
⏳️ Countdown to Death!
🏕 Cabin in the Woods!
💔 Unrequited Love!
🤍 Undying Devotion!
🩸 Bloody Combat!

www.patreon.com/collection/8...

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Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 2h

The Plight of the Last Paladin in a Heartbroken World.

🌑 Dark Fantasy
🌟 Magical Girls
⚔️ Action & Adventure
👑 Warrior Princesses
🩸 Secret Vampires
🔥 Archangels
😈 Demons & Incubi
🏚 Post Apocalyptic
🩷 Awkward Teen Romance

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 17h

👾 futuristic world
☣️ dystopia! ✨with magic✨
📝 600+ pages
🔥 grumpy x sunshine
🗡️ revenge
🍃 lots of plants
💪 close friendships

🔖 book link: mybook.to/QVgAoK
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/these-violen...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...

these violent nights by rebecca crunden kindle cover; image shows a neon city with four black figures, two men and two women; there's a moon in the background around the text.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 17h

🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded by red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 17h

🤍 estranged husbands
🥺 close brothers x2
🗡️ an mc who is 100% done
🐺 a love interest ready to grovel
🏫 a haunted, gothic school
🔍 buried secrets
❄️ snowy setting

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/aBMB
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-strange-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Ebook cover for The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden; cover shows a shadow of a grey wolf above a forest that's dark green and black and foggy. Text is gold and greyish-white.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 17h

🧙 wild witches
🐦‍⬛ a crow (or two)
🔮 portal fantasy
🐈‍⬛ a cat who wanders in
👨‍❤️‍👨 true love
🗡️ revenge
👑 evil faeries

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/rlEOgP
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/enlil-aris-t...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Cover for ‘Enlil and Aris: The Complete Collection by Rebecca Crunden’. Cover is purple, yellow and orange with white font. Image shows two silhouettes of men with a crow above them, the sun behind.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 17h

📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 11h

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11h

Remember all of the ghouls who denied this was happening and did everything they could to make the problem worse from JK Rowling to Wes Streeting. The NHS who did a stitch up report to hide the growing number of suicides from trans youth on the waitlists. They should never be forgiven.

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 10h

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 16h

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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jade 🫀 comms closed @yellghoul.bsky.social · 9h

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illustration of a girl walking through a forest fire with a giant wolf made of smoke

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Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 2h

Cool!

My stuff tends to be fairly plot driven.

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 8h

I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 8h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 8h

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.

It methodically goes through each problem in the review.

The latest from S. Baum.

Subscribe to support our journalism

New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7h

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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