Laken Honeycutt 💫 Star of Shalik releases Feb.1st💫
@mycelialwriter.bsky.social
Fantasy author of celestial wonders, dark histories, and the magic of trees.
Blog: AuthorNook
Book 1: TCT Available Now!
Prequel: KOSAL Available Now!
Book 2: SoS(Star of Shalik) 02/01/2026
Book 3: TMF (The Mycellium Forest) WIP
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Blog: AuthorNook
Book 1: TCT Available Now!
Prequel: KOSAL Available Now!
Book 2: SoS(Star of Shalik) 02/01/2026
Book 3: TMF (The Mycellium Forest) WIP
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✨STAR OF SHALIK✨
Conscripted into a brutal war against the Lumani, Rowynn hides a dangerous secret—she has magic. Her only guide is a demon who visits her dreams.
Enter a world of
⭐ Star-born magic
🖤 A demon king of starlight + shadow
🌿 Bioluminescent forests
💫 Coming Feb 1, 2026 💫
#BookSky
Conscripted into a brutal war against the Lumani, Rowynn hides a dangerous secret—she has magic. Her only guide is a demon who visits her dreams.
Enter a world of
⭐ Star-born magic
🖤 A demon king of starlight + shadow
🌿 Bioluminescent forests
💫 Coming Feb 1, 2026 💫
#BookSky
Just finished writing the acknowledgements for Star of Shalik, and I’m feeling so grateful.
Thank you to my early readers, my editor, my cover artist, my family, and my Kickstarter backers. Your support is the reason this book exists! 💛
Star of Shalik ✨💫 Feb 1, 2026 💫✨ #FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor
Thank you to my early readers, my editor, my cover artist, my family, and my Kickstarter backers. Your support is the reason this book exists! 💛
Star of Shalik ✨💫 Feb 1, 2026 💫✨ #FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just finished writing the acknowledgements for Star of Shalik, and I’m feeling so grateful.
Thank you to my early readers, my editor, my cover artist, my family, and my Kickstarter backers. Your support is the reason this book exists! 💛
Star of Shalik ✨💫 Feb 1, 2026 💫✨ #FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor
Thank you to my early readers, my editor, my cover artist, my family, and my Kickstarter backers. Your support is the reason this book exists! 💛
Star of Shalik ✨💫 Feb 1, 2026 💫✨ #FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor
Reposted by Laken Honeycutt 💫 Star of Shalik releases Feb.1st💫
This is how butterflies see the flowers.
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is how butterflies see the flowers.
Reposted by Laken Honeycutt 💫 Star of Shalik releases Feb.1st💫
Took a cozy, slow Monday today. Worked from home with no meetings, comfy clothes, Miyazaki in the background, and steaming mugs… pure delight 💛
I think finishing SoS finally caught up with me- I was exhausted.
Feeling refreshed now and excited to dive back into KOSAL edits tonight!
#writerlife
I think finishing SoS finally caught up with me- I was exhausted.
Feeling refreshed now and excited to dive back into KOSAL edits tonight!
#writerlife
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Took a cozy, slow Monday today. Worked from home with no meetings, comfy clothes, Miyazaki in the background, and steaming mugs… pure delight 💛
I think finishing SoS finally caught up with me- I was exhausted.
Feeling refreshed now and excited to dive back into KOSAL edits tonight!
#writerlife
I think finishing SoS finally caught up with me- I was exhausted.
Feeling refreshed now and excited to dive back into KOSAL edits tonight!
#writerlife
Reposted by Laken Honeycutt 💫 Star of Shalik releases Feb.1st💫
The Tinleys return to find their home has been bombed. While the damage was minimal, Lissa is determined to discover who targeted them and why Lord Shellard tried to hide it.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #Mystery
mybook.to/AmericanDele...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #Mystery
mybook.to/AmericanDele...
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Tinleys return to find their home has been bombed. While the damage was minimal, Lissa is determined to discover who targeted them and why Lord Shellard tried to hide it.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #Mystery
mybook.to/AmericanDele...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #Mystery
mybook.to/AmericanDele...
Now that Star of Shalik is complete and no longer a WIP, I’ll be shifting my #WIPSnips to my prequel novella, Kingdom of Shadow & Light. SoS releases Feb. 1st!
I leave you with one last snip from SoS and the crystal sword used to strike down Lyndallians (like Isaac) who succumb to the Malice…
I leave you with one last snip from SoS and the crystal sword used to strike down Lyndallians (like Isaac) who succumb to the Malice…
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Now that Star of Shalik is complete and no longer a WIP, I’ll be shifting my #WIPSnips to my prequel novella, Kingdom of Shadow & Light. SoS releases Feb. 1st!
I leave you with one last snip from SoS and the crystal sword used to strike down Lyndallians (like Isaac) who succumb to the Malice…
I leave you with one last snip from SoS and the crystal sword used to strike down Lyndallians (like Isaac) who succumb to the Malice…
Reposted by Laken Honeycutt 💫 Star of Shalik releases Feb.1st💫
Hey new members, pls send me your preferred mailing address over on Kofi for monthly goodies! Including prints, stickers, and a handwritten update 💖
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hey new members, pls send me your preferred mailing address over on Kofi for monthly goodies! Including prints, stickers, and a handwritten update 💖
And to celebrate, I just ordered some artwork from one of my favorite artists! More to come soon💃✨
And just like that, I read the final word of the final read through of Star of Shalik 😭💙🌙✨
Four years, countless drafts, alpha and beta reads, two rounds of professional edits… there’s tears, blood, and stardust on these pages and I can’t wait to share them with you!
#booksky #writingcommunity
Four years, countless drafts, alpha and beta reads, two rounds of professional edits… there’s tears, blood, and stardust on these pages and I can’t wait to share them with you!
#booksky #writingcommunity
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
And to celebrate, I just ordered some artwork from one of my favorite artists! More to come soon💃✨
And just like that, I read the final word of the final read through of Star of Shalik 😭💙🌙✨
Four years, countless drafts, alpha and beta reads, two rounds of professional edits… there’s tears, blood, and stardust on these pages and I can’t wait to share them with you!
#booksky #writingcommunity
Four years, countless drafts, alpha and beta reads, two rounds of professional edits… there’s tears, blood, and stardust on these pages and I can’t wait to share them with you!
#booksky #writingcommunity
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
And just like that, I read the final word of the final read through of Star of Shalik 😭💙🌙✨
Four years, countless drafts, alpha and beta reads, two rounds of professional edits… there’s tears, blood, and stardust on these pages and I can’t wait to share them with you!
#booksky #writingcommunity
Four years, countless drafts, alpha and beta reads, two rounds of professional edits… there’s tears, blood, and stardust on these pages and I can’t wait to share them with you!
#booksky #writingcommunity
One of my favorites… 🌿💙✨
📽️ : 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind' (1984) #filmsky
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
One of my favorites… 🌿💙✨
✨STAR OF SHALIK✨
Conscripted into a brutal war against the Lumani, Rowynn hides a dangerous secret—she has magic. Her only guide is a demon who visits her dreams.
Enter a world of
⭐ Star-born magic
🖤 A demon king of starlight + shadow
🌿 Bioluminescent forests
💫 Coming Feb 1, 2026 💫
#BookSky
Conscripted into a brutal war against the Lumani, Rowynn hides a dangerous secret—she has magic. Her only guide is a demon who visits her dreams.
Enter a world of
⭐ Star-born magic
🖤 A demon king of starlight + shadow
🌿 Bioluminescent forests
💫 Coming Feb 1, 2026 💫
#BookSky
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
✨STAR OF SHALIK✨
Conscripted into a brutal war against the Lumani, Rowynn hides a dangerous secret—she has magic. Her only guide is a demon who visits her dreams.
Enter a world of
⭐ Star-born magic
🖤 A demon king of starlight + shadow
🌿 Bioluminescent forests
💫 Coming Feb 1, 2026 💫
#BookSky
Conscripted into a brutal war against the Lumani, Rowynn hides a dangerous secret—she has magic. Her only guide is a demon who visits her dreams.
Enter a world of
⭐ Star-born magic
🖤 A demon king of starlight + shadow
🌿 Bioluminescent forests
💫 Coming Feb 1, 2026 💫
#BookSky
✨Escape into a world of magic, rebellion, and star-born trees✨
Looking for a lush, atmospheric fantasy this season? The Chrysillium Tree offers forbidden love, ancient lore, and vivid world-building.
Perfect for fans of lyrical, character-driven fantasy.❄️🌿
Available now.
#FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor
Looking for a lush, atmospheric fantasy this season? The Chrysillium Tree offers forbidden love, ancient lore, and vivid world-building.
Perfect for fans of lyrical, character-driven fantasy.❄️🌿
Available now.
#FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
✨Escape into a world of magic, rebellion, and star-born trees✨
Looking for a lush, atmospheric fantasy this season? The Chrysillium Tree offers forbidden love, ancient lore, and vivid world-building.
Perfect for fans of lyrical, character-driven fantasy.❄️🌿
Available now.
#FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor
Looking for a lush, atmospheric fantasy this season? The Chrysillium Tree offers forbidden love, ancient lore, and vivid world-building.
Perfect for fans of lyrical, character-driven fantasy.❄️🌿
Available now.
#FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor
Reposted by Laken Honeycutt 💫 Star of Shalik releases Feb.1st💫
"Trees indeed have hearts."
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Trees indeed have hearts."
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
Looking to commission some artwork for Star of Shalik 🎨✨
Who do you recommend and why do you love them?
#writingcommunity #booksky
Who do you recommend and why do you love them?
#writingcommunity #booksky
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Looking to commission some artwork for Star of Shalik 🎨✨
Who do you recommend and why do you love them?
#writingcommunity #booksky
Who do you recommend and why do you love them?
#writingcommunity #booksky
Finishing a book feels like magic and heartbreak ✨💔
Reading final words of my last SoS read-through. I’ve lived w/these characters for years—grown w/Rowynn, watched Zi change, and laughed + cried w/Isaac.
Soon, I get to share them w/you.
📅 Release date Friday
📚 ARC list open
⭐ Add on Goodreads
Reading final words of my last SoS read-through. I’ve lived w/these characters for years—grown w/Rowynn, watched Zi change, and laughed + cried w/Isaac.
Soon, I get to share them w/you.
📅 Release date Friday
📚 ARC list open
⭐ Add on Goodreads
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Finishing a book feels like magic and heartbreak ✨💔
Reading final words of my last SoS read-through. I’ve lived w/these characters for years—grown w/Rowynn, watched Zi change, and laughed + cried w/Isaac.
Soon, I get to share them w/you.
📅 Release date Friday
📚 ARC list open
⭐ Add on Goodreads
Reading final words of my last SoS read-through. I’ve lived w/these characters for years—grown w/Rowynn, watched Zi change, and laughed + cried w/Isaac.
Soon, I get to share them w/you.
📅 Release date Friday
📚 ARC list open
⭐ Add on Goodreads
Reposted by Laken Honeycutt 💫 Star of Shalik releases Feb.1st💫
I have suffered the atrocity of sunsets.
Scorched to the root
My red filaments burn and stand, a hand of wires.
Now I break up in pieces that fly about like clubs.”
Sylvia Plath (1962)
#photography #sunset #silhouette #sky #golden #poetry #SylviaPlath #PotD #crane #clouds #red #horizon
Scorched to the root
My red filaments burn and stand, a hand of wires.
Now I break up in pieces that fly about like clubs.”
Sylvia Plath (1962)
#photography #sunset #silhouette #sky #golden #poetry #SylviaPlath #PotD #crane #clouds #red #horizon
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I have suffered the atrocity of sunsets.
Scorched to the root
My red filaments burn and stand, a hand of wires.
Now I break up in pieces that fly about like clubs.”
Sylvia Plath (1962)
#photography #sunset #silhouette #sky #golden #poetry #SylviaPlath #PotD #crane #clouds #red #horizon
Scorched to the root
My red filaments burn and stand, a hand of wires.
Now I break up in pieces that fly about like clubs.”
Sylvia Plath (1962)
#photography #sunset #silhouette #sky #golden #poetry #SylviaPlath #PotD #crane #clouds #red #horizon
Reposted by Laken Honeycutt 💫 Star of Shalik releases Feb.1st💫
I don't know how to market 750 dark, high, weird, gothic fantasy flash fiction stories other than hit the archives, start scrolling, and click something--whatever you land, it's for you. There's something for everyone in there.
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
#flashfiction #fantasy #fantasyreads 💙📚
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
#flashfiction #fantasy #fantasyreads 💙📚
Shadows & Sorcery | Sean Hill | Substack
Weekly fantasy flash fiction right to your inbox. Click to read Shadows & Sorcery, by Sean Hill, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I don't know how to market 750 dark, high, weird, gothic fantasy flash fiction stories other than hit the archives, start scrolling, and click something--whatever you land, it's for you. There's something for everyone in there.
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
#flashfiction #fantasy #fantasyreads 💙📚
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
#flashfiction #fantasy #fantasyreads 💙📚
Meet Rowynn Murchada ✨
A conscripted soldier with forbidden magic rising inside her… and a demon of starlight and shadow who haunts her dreams.
She’s the protagonist of Star of Shalik, my upcoming fantasy releasing Winter 2026.💫
#FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor
A conscripted soldier with forbidden magic rising inside her… and a demon of starlight and shadow who haunts her dreams.
She’s the protagonist of Star of Shalik, my upcoming fantasy releasing Winter 2026.💫
#FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Meet Rowynn Murchada ✨
A conscripted soldier with forbidden magic rising inside her… and a demon of starlight and shadow who haunts her dreams.
She’s the protagonist of Star of Shalik, my upcoming fantasy releasing Winter 2026.💫
#FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor
A conscripted soldier with forbidden magic rising inside her… and a demon of starlight and shadow who haunts her dreams.
She’s the protagonist of Star of Shalik, my upcoming fantasy releasing Winter 2026.💫
#FantasyBooks #IndieAuthor
Visited one of my favorite nature spots✨
This Audubon field inspired the setting outside Mæve’s cabin in The Chrysillium Tree and Star of Shalik.
Rowynn and Zi return here in SoS, and a key scene unfolds in this very field🌿
Sharing a bit of behind-the-scenes magic.
#FantasyBooks #WritingCommunity
This Audubon field inspired the setting outside Mæve’s cabin in The Chrysillium Tree and Star of Shalik.
Rowynn and Zi return here in SoS, and a key scene unfolds in this very field🌿
Sharing a bit of behind-the-scenes magic.
#FantasyBooks #WritingCommunity
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Visited one of my favorite nature spots✨
This Audubon field inspired the setting outside Mæve’s cabin in The Chrysillium Tree and Star of Shalik.
Rowynn and Zi return here in SoS, and a key scene unfolds in this very field🌿
Sharing a bit of behind-the-scenes magic.
#FantasyBooks #WritingCommunity
This Audubon field inspired the setting outside Mæve’s cabin in The Chrysillium Tree and Star of Shalik.
Rowynn and Zi return here in SoS, and a key scene unfolds in this very field🌿
Sharing a bit of behind-the-scenes magic.
#FantasyBooks #WritingCommunity
You’ve asked. You’ve guessed. You’ve waited. And waited
Friday I’ll finally reveal the release date for ✨ Star of Shalik.✨ I can’t wait to share this story with you. 💛💫
#books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity
Friday I’ll finally reveal the release date for ✨ Star of Shalik.✨ I can’t wait to share this story with you. 💛💫
#books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
You’ve asked. You’ve guessed. You’ve waited. And waited
Friday I’ll finally reveal the release date for ✨ Star of Shalik.✨ I can’t wait to share this story with you. 💛💫
#books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity
Friday I’ll finally reveal the release date for ✨ Star of Shalik.✨ I can’t wait to share this story with you. 💛💫
#books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity
Reposted by Laken Honeycutt 💫 Star of Shalik releases Feb.1st💫
Midnight Breakthrough
November 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Midnight Breakthrough
Reposted by Laken Honeycutt 💫 Star of Shalik releases Feb.1st💫
The latest investigation has uncovered the theft of gunpowder from army arsenals. But when the young pickpockets start to disappear, it leads the family and their friends down into the sewers of London to discover what plot is afoot.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Mystery
mybook.to/GandG-Book4
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Mystery
mybook.to/GandG-Book4
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The latest investigation has uncovered the theft of gunpowder from army arsenals. But when the young pickpockets start to disappear, it leads the family and their friends down into the sewers of London to discover what plot is afoot.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Mystery
mybook.to/GandG-Book4
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Mystery
mybook.to/GandG-Book4
Reposted by Laken Honeycutt 💫 Star of Shalik releases Feb.1st💫
Because something ancient in you remembers the way…
…like a soft chord struck before thought rouses
The quiet loop—
a flame recognizing its own warmth within.
#Source
…like a soft chord struck before thought rouses
The quiet loop—
a flame recognizing its own warmth within.
#Source
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Because something ancient in you remembers the way…
…like a soft chord struck before thought rouses
The quiet loop—
a flame recognizing its own warmth within.
#Source
…like a soft chord struck before thought rouses
The quiet loop—
a flame recognizing its own warmth within.
#Source