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Jelena
@jelenawrites.bsky.social
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SFF & horror writer, art historian.
LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE (April 2026, Dark Matter Ink)
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Jelena @jelenawrites.bsky.social · Oct 3
I'm thrilled to present you my new novel, LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE, coming in April 2026 from Dark Matter Ink.
It's all the things I usually obsess about: Slavic gods and cursed deals, political turmoil, trauma, revenge and duty - but this time with a hefty dose of love 💀
Cover of the novel Love Lethal, Death Divine showing a female knight wielding a sword
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Dark Matter INK Black Friday sale📉📚🔥 Up to 45pct off paperbacks by @renanbernardo.com, @aijiang.bsky.social, @angelasylvaine.bsky.social, @jelenawrites.bsky.social, @mariadongwrites.bsky.social @mariecroke.bsky.social and more. (Images by Dark Matter INK)
promo image of all Dark Matter INK books in print, on green and black electric-looking background. Text reads: "All paperbacks discounted! Up to 45% off!" promo image of some Dark Matter INK books in print, on green and black electric-looking background. Text reads: "Signed copies for $9.99!"
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.

Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
An art piece by Goran Gligovic of a sword resting against a battered tree in front of a rocky dungeon entrance amidst a snowy field. The text says UNBAN GORAN GLIGOVIC.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
Black Friday preorder sale!
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Love Lethal, Death Divine
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November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
Just look at all the book scam spam I get 🤮
I'm so tired
Spam folder with book promo offers from scammers
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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jelenawrites.bsky.social
ARC sign-ups for Love Lethal, Death Divine are open.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
This.
I don't earn enough to survive on my royalties.
But I invest all my book money in my writing career. Workshops, cons, subscriptions, art. Without that money, I couldn't afford to write more books.
bookjockeyalex.bsky.social Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 3d
Look, I am very small potatoes as an author. I make too little in royalties to live off them. But I can tell you the reason I got to write my 2nd book was bc the sales of the 1st were very good. That's what else you're eating into by pirating, our ability to keep writing what you claim to love.
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
Please add Love Lethal, Death Divine on your Goodreads want-to-read shelf.
It increases visibility and makes me happy.
Thank you.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Love Lethal, Death Divine
When Liana learns that her beloved husband, Prince Amro…
www.goodreads.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
My daughter, after seeing the third wild animal cross the road before our car: Mother, did you wake up as a Disney princess today?
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
I did not expect to be quoting Pope Leo XIV today but here we are...
Quote from the Pope: “The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what ‘works,’ but art opens up what is possible,” he said. “Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation.”
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
ARC sign-ups for Love Lethal, Death Divine are still open.
If you want a dark fantasy love story, star-crossed lovers, Slavic gods and an unbearable amount of yearning, check it out

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November 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Sometimes you hit a publisher jackpot and they're not only professional but also fun to hang out with 😁
A happy writer at a book fair, holding her books, standing beside her publisher
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Most hysterical review I came across today 😂
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
lady of sophistication @janky_jane Props to anyone who tries to be fashionable in ireland i wore a red beret once in waterford and someone called me super mario Andrew Beatty V @AndrewBeatty Replying to @janky_jane I once ordered a taxi in Belfast for a night out. The driver pulls up to my house and just says "yer not going out like that. Go back in and change, I'll turn off the metre." | swear I was wearing normal jeans and a normal jacket. Matthew @MrWeir Replying to @janky jane I once wore a silver jacket to college, turned up late for class, said 'sorry I'm late', lecturer said, 'that's ok' then waited til I was halfway across the front of the full class before following up with 'trouble with the spaceship again was it?'. Replying to @janky _jane My sister was in France sporting a new trench coat, thought was so stylish, but went into an Irish bar and got called Inspector Gadget by the first guy that saw her 15:53 • 8/16/21 • Twitter Web App was wearing my super-fashionable short trench coat. My friend took one look at me wearing the jacket and said, "Where are we off to now. Columbo?" Eoin O Neill @eoinjoneill Replying to @janky_jane Was wearing a vintage nike jacket in a very long que for drinks at a boxing match when a Belfast lad goes "furk me this is taking forever, your man has been here since the 80's" Loic Wright @dufflest Replying to @janky jane I wore a suit with a matching tie and pocket square to my first day of work at an advertising company (I thought I was going to be in Mad Men I guess) and the staff sent around and signed a communion card for me with a fiver in it. Eóin O Coileáin @L20_MTN Replying to @janky_jane I wore a white, wool turtle-neck jumper to the match once and a fella in the pub said 'Where have you parked the U-boat?'.
November 22, 2024 at 1:57 PM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
What movie villain is a horrible "person", but an absolute joy to watch on screen?
Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Good God
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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susannashore.bsky.social
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
A post on Mastodon by small cypress (@small_cypress@indieweb.social): As an art teacher I was worried AI would come up as an issue of "why should I learn how to draw when I can use AI instead." But the real issue is that my middle schoolers CONSTANTLY believe all art I show them is AI. Digital art. Photography. Oil paintings from the Western canon. "A human couldn't do that" Being convinced that humans can't make great art is kind of terrifying
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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ARC sign-ups for Love Lethal, Death Divine are open.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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When you suddenly realise you've been saying hello to all the villagers without changing back into human form.
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
Add Love Lethal, Death Divine to your want-to-read shelf on Goodreads ☺️
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Love Lethal, Death Divine
When Liana learns that her beloved husband, Prince Amro…
www.goodreads.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
The pigeon singing, Never say never... ❤️
brendelbored.bsky.social Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 21d
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
An American Tail poster with lil ol mouse immigrant Fievel
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
If we met in another life, would you still love me?

🖤star-crossed lovers
⏳shifting timelines
💀love beyond death
🗡️price of duty
🔥touch her and the world burns

LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE is a dark fantasy love story inspired by Slavic folklore.
Available for preorder (bio).
#QuestPit #P #A #DF #RF
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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BLOOD IS LIFE. BONES ARE STRENGTH. FLESH IS CONTROL. SKIN IS DEATH.

🌹 Historical fantasy
🇫🇷 Belle Époque
🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance
🩸 Body-based magic system
🗡️ Family feuds
🗝️ Gothic vibes

Now available! A spellbinding debut brimming with intrigue and dangerous magic. #QuestPit #P #A #F #HF #R
Cover of the book A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE, showing the silhouette of a woman over a red and gold background.
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
For the first time in years, I feel hopeful today.
Well done, NY ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM