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Fast Friends at the Pump House

Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 14h

Fast Friends at the Pump House #romance in a #Regency setting #MeredithsTenderAwakening on Substack open.substack.com/pub/posychur...

Meredith's Tender Awakening - 10.1

I Squawk Like a Crazy Raven

Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 2d

Monday is my day for new content -
On Ream I added 1 new chapter of my Vampire novella, a mix romance with magical, otherworldy drama
"Just What He Needed" 🐺
On Substack - my Regency romance "Meredith's Tender Awakening" continues with a gossipy new friend 💚
Leave a comment if you want to try 4 free

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Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 3d

“Once, people would walk miles just to hear a tale. Now we scroll through screens. But the hunger is the same. To be taken elsewhere” — @more_matters Flying the flag for #fiction hosted by Medium #writing #prompt #teaser medium.com/teaser-tales...

Mad that Medium can’t seem to promote fiction

Turbulent Justice — Murder Mystery Gay Romance Book Showcase

Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 5d

On Teaser Tales today 🗡️🩸#indieauthor Binky Ink Writer with a #book promo
Murderers being Murdered #gay #romance #crime #mystery
medium.com/teaser-tales...

Murderers Being Murdered

Very Few People Have Told Me I Should Sing More

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Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 6d

On Teaser Tales today - a perfect mood-boosting piece about #singing 😗🎶🎵 being good for us, and amusing for cats 😹 - well I think that's what she said, but go read for yourself #fun #teaser Ann James
medium.com/teaser-tales...

Looking for Dr. Gupta’s advice regarding inflammation, I came across this You Tube short:

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones ...

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Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 7d

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones ...
For subscribers to Velvet Affairs - a spicy tale of 2 lovers experimenting with kink open.substack.com/pub/velvetaf...

But these words will never hurt me

A Celebration of Spicy Storytelling

Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 7d

“The Exceptional Erotica publication is going on an indefinite hiatus, but we’re not quite done yet.” — @jkmill.bsky.social
😭Notice to #writers of #spicy #fiction
if U ever contributed to EE on Medium an opportunity 2 get #erotic #stories into an anthology #teaser
medium.com/teaser-tales...

Two anthologies coming in 2026

Posy Churchgate (@posychurchgate26)

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Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 8d

substack.com/profile/4412... Free to read on Substack, a romance set in the Regency era

The Marquiss is worried for his sister’s life. Meanwhile, what’s happening with Meredith in Bath?

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Alexa Sommers @alexasommers.bsky.social · 8d

Sophie Jones, a struggling college student, is about to embark on an exploration into power and control. When an opportunity to work in an up and coming club presents itself, she may be ready to give up control but everyone knows, who is in power.

geni.us/DuelingDesir...

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Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 8d

substack.com/profile/4412... Free to read on Substack, a romance set in the Regency era

Posy Churchgate (@posychurchgate26)

The Marquiss is worried for his sister’s life. Meanwhile, what’s happening with Meredith in Bath?

substack.com

Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 10d

On Teaser Tales, something #spooky, a little #chilling #flashfiction for #Halloween maybe?“The first I noticed was the soft shuffle of footsteps on the carpet. The dip of the bed as he sat. The slight sway as he lay down.” — Vanessa Amohia Jones medium.com/teaser-tales...

After The First Time, You Don’t Scream Anymore

An eerie chocolate box of tales from haunted Tasmania.

Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 11d

Hey #readers, dip into the latest ep of #smalltown #drama in the #contemporary #fiction series about a missing girl. It's updated weekly * Jacinta Palmer & co-writer Jet Propelled * On Medium Read 4 #free medium.com/rock-on/farr...

Farrow and Gina

Hazard City Limits — 23

Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 13d

A blood-sucking #Interview with a Vampire #writer in the latest Teasing Times #newsletter
Don't miss Jean Miller's outlook on the writing life, #free to read on Medium
medium.com/teaser-tales...

Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 13d

On Teaser Tales:
“My dad works at White Sands. They’re developing a rocket to take men out into space, and to the moon and Mars.” Joe sighed. “I want to be one of those spacemen.” @SMRevolinski blends #scifi & #Romance
medium.com/@revol2/7863...

Keep watching the skies

Are flying saucers real?

Helping Hand — A Husband’s Fantasy

Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 15d

Goodness, where DID I get the idea for this #spicy little #story? #Erotic #fiction for subscribers to Velvet Affairs on Substack
velvetaffairs.substack.com/p/helping-ha...

Relax, enjoy. This is about his pleasure

velvetaffairs.substack.com

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Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 16d

reamstories.com/posy_churchg...
Monday is 'new content day' for my romance readers [Shake a Tailfeather] Chapter shows Scottish werewolf Fergus, & Prudence his love interest, with the local were pack at full moon - there's trouble brewing
Leave me a comment if U want a promo code - 1 month free

Ream

A membership platform built by authors for authors.

reamstories.com

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Anton J Pierce @antonjpierce.bsky.social · Sep 5

Part 4 drops Saturday night - catch up with Part 3 on Medium right now. Sir finally runs into someone that he can't read or control, but he turns her into an ally anyway.
#smutsky #erotichorror #mindcontrol

medium.com/exceptional-...

Devil Inside: Descent Pt 3

Sir finally meets a mind that he can’t read or control, but that doesn’t mean that he can’t influence things in his favor.

Wanton Weekly Submissions

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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 29d

Reminder: do you write erotica and post it on the web? You should list it with the @wantonweekly.bsky.social ! Now collecting links for this week's newsletter! forms.gle/KoweFTQUGFgQ...

Input your links and descriptions to your spicy content below. Any questions or suggestions, please send them in email to [email protected].

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Wanton Weekly @wantonweekly.bsky.social · 18d

Ready for some spicy online reading? The Wanton Weekly for Sept 26th is live! With erotic selections this week from newcomers @pennythompson.bsky.social and @avedavice.bsky.social ! wanton-weekly.beehiiv.com/p/werewolves...

a penguin is holding a large red pepper with flames behind it

Alt: a cartoon penguin is kissing a large red pepper with flames flickering up

media.tenor.com

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Wanton Weekly @wantonweekly.bsky.social · 18d

And @posychurchgate.bsky.social @laurenpburka.bsky.social @coricatchthorne.bsky.social and @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social as well!

(And no, I don't know why the penguin is kissing the hot pepper. Penguin's kink is OK, yr kink is OK.)

Something Goes Bump in the Night

Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 20d

Something Goes Bump in the Night
A very dramatic episode of my Regency #romance #MeredithsTenderAwakening -chapters free on substack open.substack.com/pub/posychur...

Meredith's Tender Awakening : 9.1

a penguin wearing ear muffs is reading a book in bed

Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 21d

I am sooooooo behind with my substack reading, but ideas are pressing, and I'd rather be writing. I promise I'll catch up

ALT: a penguin wearing ear muffs is reading a book in bed

media.tenor.com

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Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 22d

On Teaser Tales today, links to a #series U should delve into if U enjoy #vampires, gritty #transgressive #fiction, slow burn lust & plenty of drunken self flagellation twoirishvamps.medium.com/how-many-dre...

How Many Dreams Did They Need Together to Have a Hope in Hell?

Blinking, not exactly disoriented, I can’t tell if I’m surprised or not that I’ve dozed. I probably should be surprised that I dreamed…

twoirishvamps.medium.com

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Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 23d

open.substack.com/pub/velvetaf... It’s all true what they say y’know, that women reach their sexual peak later in life than men, plus they’ve got their sh*t together, and probably an empty house. Let me introduce Petra - A MILF in the making!
Free 2 read on Substack

Picture Perfect Petra

Re-building her confidence tempts her to try new things, some of them naughty

Meredith Attracts More Than One Suitor

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Posy Churchgate @posychurchgate.bsky.social · 23d

More of my #romantic #Regency novella has been released on Substack - free to #read
#MeredithsTenderAwakening
posychurchgate.substack.com/p/meredith-a...

Meredith's Tender Awakening : 8.2

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