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Sara Ferrando Estarlich | Nishi
@sfestarlich.bsky.social
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Queer writer from Spain. ASPD, DID, she/they.
Author of: Tale of the Godless trilogy, Bloodlines of Fildegard, Starspire
Upcoming: Eclipse of the Fair Folk
Official Artist: @roseshrouded.bsky.social #art
https://saraferrandoestarlich.crd.co/
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Sara Ferrando Estarlich | Nishi @sfestarlich.bsky.social · Oct 18
Hello new lands under blue skies, I'm Sara and I love writing complex fantasy worlds and morally gray sapphics! I also can't quite manage to avoid portraying as much diversity as possible, particularly in terms of mental health and unfairly stigmatized disorders.
💙📚 #writingcommunity #art (covers)
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What is Chiitan doing on booksky and how did Keo attract the attention of Chiitan Japanese crazy mascot
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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“You underestimate the power of my stubborn ass.”

I was gonna post this one when I woke up but never mind I guess the schedule says Now. Here's Keo, the protagonist of Starspire! Magic prodigy and terror of her mother.

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The image shows the profile for Keondra, the protagonist from "Starspire". The profile tells us her pronouns are she/her, she is a human-demon, aged 18, diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder, and her admission to the Academy was NOT voluntary; the profile notes she was surrendered by the Church of Welkin. Keo is of Bolivian descent, has brown hair and very characteristic eyes with central heterochromia (the inner ring is red, the outer ring is green). She wears her school uniform mostly properly, with a long skirt and a petticoat for warmth, the blue blazer with silver trims, black dress shirt, an untied silver tie, and black winter boots.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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One of these little trope things for my dark fantasy sapphic romance, "Starspire"! Digital version out now on my website, and it's technically also on Amazon.

saraferrandoestarlich.crd.co#shop

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A black background with blue decorations and the cover for "Starspire" in the middle, which consists of a half frozen silver crown being touched by the claws of a massive wolf, over a background of white pinpricks that look like stars on a cracked dark surface. The tropes are: "enemies to lovers", "and they were roommates", "grumpy/sunshine", "if you meddle with the stars, they might just meddle back", "blood wedding", "falling in love (ASPD style)", "trans woman, wolf vampire, prince, love interest"
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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“You can judge if this bark will be followed by a bite on your own, I believe you know me well enough to hazard a guess.”

Here's the profile for co-lead and love interest of Starspire, Sophie! Our protagonist is next, so stay tuned.

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The image shows the profile for Sophie, the co-lead and love interest from "Starspire". The profile tells us her pronouns are she/her, she is a wolf vampire, aged 19, diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder and Heroic-Compulsive Disorder (fictional), and her admission to the Academy was voluntary; the profile notes she was referred by the Vampire Crown. Sophie is of Russian descent, and so her hair and fur are very light, she has wolf ears and a tail, and the red eyes characteristic of vampires. She's tall and muscular, but wears her school uniform properly, with a long skirt and a petticoat for warmth, the blue blazer with silver trims, black dress shirt, silver tie, black winter boots... She has a few piercings in her ears and is holding a flower bouquet behind her back.
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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“I have no respect for their arbitrary social conventions. I won’t go.”

Here's the profile for Mirai, one of Keo's friends in Starspire!

The next profile will be Keo's love interest that she totally hates. Totally.

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The image shows the profile for Mirai, a character from "Starspire". The profile tells us her pronouns are they/she, they are a yukionna yokai, aged 18, diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder, and their admission to the Academy was voluntary. Much like their love interest Ade's punk fashion, this pale young lady foregoes the school's sturdy winter boots for heels and wears a much shorter plaid navy uniform skirt with a petticoat underneath for warmth, a couple of belt accessories, her black dress shirt untucked, and her silver tie torn. Long black hair, blue eyeshadow, dark eyes with no visible pupils. Her black tights are deliberately torn.
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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“She who believes she can shine brighter than the stars, I see…”

My physical copies of Starspire have made it home! Super excited for the release in a few days.

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The picture shows a stack of "Starspire" paperbacks on a white wooden table and a copy lying by itself, lit by a candle. The picture shows a "Starspire" paperback on a white wooden table, next to a trio of small round jasmine candles and a blue rose that make a paw shape.
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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“Oh, and you're just a paragon of emotional health, aren’t you? You’re an ice sculpture with a pulse.”

One of Keo's friends in Starspire. The next profile will be Aphiwe's love interest (who the quote is about), hopefully up soon!

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A profile for Aphiwe, a character from "Starspire" by Sara Ferrando Estarlich. The profile tells us that her pronouns are she/her, she is a lion vampire, nineteen years old, was admitted (to the Academy) voluntarily, and she's diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. She looks like a tall, powerfully built black woman, with locs, a lion tail, ears, and fur only visible in her arms, a tattoo on her right arm, various punk accessories, and wearing the base layer of the Academy's uniform. The uniform is a black dress shirt and navy pants, alongside sturdy boots made for snow. She's missing the blazer and tie, and her dress shirt is partially untucked. She has red eyes, partially bleached hair, a lip piercing, and various others on her face.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Synopsis for Starspire, coming out this November! Find a lengthy review on StoryGraph and Goodreads if you're on the fence 👀

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Synopsis for the book "Starspire" which reads as follows: Long after the battle that cleaved a continent in half, Keondra finds herself busier than ever; but still not so busy that she can’t entertain her girlfriend’s curiosity about her past. Along with her other girlfriend, she recounts the tale of their meeting and everything that’s happened since then. Starting at the Academy, a specialized school for those with symptoms that matched her own, Keo found herself skeptical that such a place could truly help her. But dogged by her new roommate and one of the Academy’s star pupils, Sophie, Keo slowly warmed up to both—just in time for a new problem to arise. One that even the Mother Goddess could not solve. As icy hearts thaw in the cold of the Ural Mountains, adventures that span the realms begin to unfurl, taking our unlikely friends into places they’d never expect. What will you do when the stars come calling?
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Last year I released my romance dark fantasy book "Bloodlines of Fildegard"... Now both it and my other books have lengthy reviews on StoryGraph and Goodreads!

(Digital and paperback copies are available on my website and on Amazon)

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Various trope arrows pointing at the book cover for "Bloodlines of Fildegard" by Sara Ferrando Estarlich
October 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Trailer this time for my romance dark fantasy, which I like to think I did a very weird job on! I cannot write normal romances to save my life apparently.

(Digital and paperback copies of these are available on my website and on Amazon)

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September 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Trailer for my oldest books, the Tale of the Godless trilogy!

(Digital and paperback copies of these are available on my website and on Amazon)

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September 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Wow, can't believe I wrote these three when I was sixteen. Shockingly, they still hold up... Digital and paperback copies of these are available on my website (saraferrandoestarlich.crd.co) and on Amazon!

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Arrows pointing to the three covers of a trilogy. From the upper left, they say "takes place thousands of years after the apocalypse", "morally gray women", "own voices", "toxic yuri", "ASPD main character", "4-way poly queendom", "plot twists and turns"
September 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Been lamenting that female characters aren’t allowed to be messy? Would you like some female characters and sapphic romance with a crunch to your bite?

Check out the Tale of the Godless Trilogy!

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September 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Here's the magic graph for Fildegard! I'm also linking Keo's lecture on magic essentials here:
archiveofourown.org/works/705569...

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Graph of the magic attributes in the world of Fildegard (book series)
September 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Finally I have something to announce!

Here is the cover for Starspire, this year's book release and the most nerve-wracking romance/fantasy ever written, most likely. Morally gray sapphic women AND stigmatized disorders? Sign me up!

Art from @roseshrouded.bsky.social!

💙📚 #writingcommunity #art
Book cover portraying a broken, frosted silver crown over a shattered dark background and a black paw reaching out to it with its claws.
September 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Popping in to say this thing has finally passed its final checks! The Woven Wing made my life more difficult than it had to be, but happy to report I understand them better now. Enjoy the art from @roseshrouded.bsky.social!

www.saraferrandoestarlich.com/short-storie...

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Image depicting the surface of a table with a goblet of red wine and a plate of honeycomb. The large text reads "Luminalia" and "from the Ichor Project" below it. Dark-skinned woman standing in a banquet hall. Her fancy clothes are covered in blood and she's looking down in contempt.
February 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Sometimes I hate that I have an "official" modern AU because it allows my idiots to get into even more shenanigans. Case in point...

Me: So what do you do during summers? You're free from your duties at the maid cafe and the mafia, right?

Keo: Part time deity. So basically I scam people.

Me: ...
February 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Expect a free short story to go up on the website in a couple of days.

Really funny that the art for it isn't either of the pov characters. It speaks to the power of short feminine women that can beat you up with their bare hands, I think.
January 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Speaking of @roseshrouded.bsky.social's fantastic contributions to the wlw community: this iconic meme.

(Characters from Bloodlines of Fildegard)
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A redraw of the meme that depicts a girl with a makeup palette straddling another to put makeup on her, but with a large, muscular mermaid-dragon straddling a human.
January 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Some #art of the main character for Bloodlines of Fildegard, Darcelle. Courtesy of my official artist @roseshrouded.bsky.social! We love large bi disasters in this house.

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Tall young Irish woman with freckles, golden horns, mermaid's ears, and dragon's wings and tail, white and gold color scheme. She's dressed in a typical pirate outfit and looking out into the sea from the deck of a ship at sunset.
January 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I was left unattended for ten minutes and put chains of depleted uranium on a character.

Don't worry she's fine. She chose this. It's probably the only reason people don't spit at her on the streets.
December 25, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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The prompt: This vignette must be under 4k words!
My outline alone 3k words

Gulp.
December 15, 2024 at 3:44 AM
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Also the day I find a Discord server not made by myself that isn't ableist or cliquey it will be a miracle.
December 12, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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Exams finally over! I can write at last! I want to write a little character study for one(?) of my newer ladies, preferably under 4k words, and I might post that here once I'm done with it.
December 12, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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Also I finished the Pocket Mirror remake and I am now going to make it Laysa (Ichor 2)'s problem. Sorry Laysa.
December 6, 2024 at 3:47 AM