Sylvie Helstaff
@sylviehelstaff.bsky.social
They/Them 💖💜💙
🔞 Monster Romance author/artist.
100% human-made art and writing only.
🚫NO GenAI🚫
Latest novel: Lust and Found, ebook and paperback NOW AVAILABLE!
https://sylviehelstaff.com/
🔞 Monster Romance author/artist.
100% human-made art and writing only.
🚫NO GenAI🚫
Latest novel: Lust and Found, ebook and paperback NOW AVAILABLE!
https://sylviehelstaff.com/
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Need an Eat the Rich, Good for Her, Supporting Women's Wrongs horrormance novelette with man-eating lesbian mermaids to add to your TBR?
Then I have good news!
SWIM WITH ME, DARLING releases 9/14 and you can preorder it now! sylviehelstaff.com/swim-with-me...
💜😱 🌈💜 💙📚 #monsterromance #sapphic
Then I have good news!
SWIM WITH ME, DARLING releases 9/14 and you can preorder it now! sylviehelstaff.com/swim-with-me...
💜😱 🌈💜 💙📚 #monsterromance #sapphic
It's Sapphic September and also my birthday month!
What a lovely time to add some hot queer cannibal mermaids to your TBR 💜😱 🌈💜 💙📚
Did I mention there's body horror IN the smut?
#monsterromance #sapphicseptember
Direct from me: helstaffbooks.com
Your fav book retailer: books2read.com/u/m2AQE7
What a lovely time to add some hot queer cannibal mermaids to your TBR 💜😱 🌈💜 💙📚
Did I mention there's body horror IN the smut?
#monsterromance #sapphicseptember
Direct from me: helstaffbooks.com
Your fav book retailer: books2read.com/u/m2AQE7
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oh I work at an emergency vet. i know what the boss ordering pizza means. keep fighting!
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
oh I work at an emergency vet. i know what the boss ordering pizza means. keep fighting!
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Indie Ink Awards 2025 are open for nominations!
If you read and enjoyed LUST AND FOUND, please consider nominating it for:
-Best book cover and cover artist
-Trans or Nonbinary Representation
-LGBTQ+ Representation
-This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty
🌈💜 💙📚
indiestorygeek.com/nominate/7/1...
If you read and enjoyed LUST AND FOUND, please consider nominating it for:
-Best book cover and cover artist
-Trans or Nonbinary Representation
-LGBTQ+ Representation
-This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty
🌈💜 💙📚
indiestorygeek.com/nominate/7/1...
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Indie Ink Awards 2025 are open for nominations!
If you read and enjoyed LUST AND FOUND, please consider nominating it for:
-Best book cover and cover artist
-Trans or Nonbinary Representation
-LGBTQ+ Representation
-This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty
🌈💜 💙📚
indiestorygeek.com/nominate/7/1...
If you read and enjoyed LUST AND FOUND, please consider nominating it for:
-Best book cover and cover artist
-Trans or Nonbinary Representation
-LGBTQ+ Representation
-This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty
🌈💜 💙📚
indiestorygeek.com/nominate/7/1...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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“And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on.” 🖤
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a gorgeous piece of cinema like Guillermo’s Frankenstein 🖤
#frankenstein #frankenstein2025 #guillermodeltoro
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a gorgeous piece of cinema like Guillermo’s Frankenstein 🖤
#frankenstein #frankenstein2025 #guillermodeltoro
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on.” 🖤
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a gorgeous piece of cinema like Guillermo’s Frankenstein 🖤
#frankenstein #frankenstein2025 #guillermodeltoro
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a gorgeous piece of cinema like Guillermo’s Frankenstein 🖤
#frankenstein #frankenstein2025 #guillermodeltoro
I missed the kickstarter, but SO excited to snag this book now!
We're happy to finally announce that leftovers from the FOLLOW ME DOWN Kickstarter are now available! These books and extras, like the KS campaign, are shipped WORLDWIDE! That includes the EU! 💖
🐙 shop.machinelotus.com
🐙 shop.machinelotus.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I missed the kickstarter, but SO excited to snag this book now!
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Women want one thing*, and it’s disgusting.
*to join a man-eating lesbian mermaid polycule
sylviehelstaff.com/swim-with-me...
💜😱 🌈💜 💙📚
*to join a man-eating lesbian mermaid polycule
sylviehelstaff.com/swim-with-me...
💜😱 🌈💜 💙📚
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Women want one thing*, and it’s disgusting.
*to join a man-eating lesbian mermaid polycule
sylviehelstaff.com/swim-with-me...
💜😱 🌈💜 💙📚
*to join a man-eating lesbian mermaid polycule
sylviehelstaff.com/swim-with-me...
💜😱 🌈💜 💙📚
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if youre calling paypros and looking for a talking point to use as a jumping off point, this is a great angle to go for!
alongside just wasting their time, hammer the idea that their actions are LOSING them money!
alongside just wasting their time, hammer the idea that their actions are LOSING them money!
I know it's more about clogging their phone lines but I also feel like telling them their stupid policies might prevent (or HAVE prevented) you from getting certain Black Friday deals and that you feel forced to seek other payment methods MIGHT be a good angle for this point in time specifically
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
if youre calling paypros and looking for a talking point to use as a jumping off point, this is a great angle to go for!
alongside just wasting their time, hammer the idea that their actions are LOSING them money!
alongside just wasting their time, hammer the idea that their actions are LOSING them money!
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My advice, as a former call center supervisor, is to fish for ways to escalate your call to a supervisor. Upper management HATES when the supe call cue is long. We used to be in perpetual callback hell back where I worked and they constantly devoted extra resources to combating it.
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My advice, as a former call center supervisor, is to fish for ways to escalate your call to a supervisor. Upper management HATES when the supe call cue is long. We used to be in perpetual callback hell back where I worked and they constantly devoted extra resources to combating it.
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Hey guys! I've decided that I'm going to be closing my shop for the indeterminate future while I re-evaluate what kind of stuff I want to be making, so I'm trying to get rid of all of my old stock! Everything is 50% off and may never come back!
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November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hey guys! I've decided that I'm going to be closing my shop for the indeterminate future while I re-evaluate what kind of stuff I want to be making, so I'm trying to get rid of all of my old stock! Everything is 50% off and may never come back!
❤️🔥 sarahdotexe.com
❤️🔥 sarahdotexe.com
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There are also a lot of electronic resources you can use through your local library or sometimes through statewide services.
Libraries are the bees' knees.
They have SO MANY resources.
PS. I absolutely understand that not everyone has access to libraries. If you have it and can use it, go for it!
Libraries are the bees' knees.
They have SO MANY resources.
PS. I absolutely understand that not everyone has access to libraries. If you have it and can use it, go for it!
If you can't afford to buy books, use the library.
That is literally one of the reasons it exists.
That is literally one of the reasons it exists.
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
There are also a lot of electronic resources you can use through your local library or sometimes through statewide services.
Libraries are the bees' knees.
They have SO MANY resources.
PS. I absolutely understand that not everyone has access to libraries. If you have it and can use it, go for it!
Libraries are the bees' knees.
They have SO MANY resources.
PS. I absolutely understand that not everyone has access to libraries. If you have it and can use it, go for it!
Want to read my books for free? Just ask!
I will happily send you a review copy.
I will happily send you a review copy.
Once again reminding people that indie authors are almost always down to hand out review copies.
There's no reason to pirate their books.
#booksky
There's no reason to pirate their books.
#booksky
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Want to read my books for free? Just ask!
I will happily send you a review copy.
I will happily send you a review copy.
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HOLIDAY COMMISSION RESOURCE —
yule is upon us, and what better way to spread merriment than by supporting an artist, writer, crafter. if [YOU] are a creative with open commissions, with a turnaround time guaranteed before DEC 25 - JAN 1, please QRP or comment your information!
#commissions
yule is upon us, and what better way to spread merriment than by supporting an artist, writer, crafter. if [YOU] are a creative with open commissions, with a turnaround time guaranteed before DEC 25 - JAN 1, please QRP or comment your information!
#commissions
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
HOLIDAY COMMISSION RESOURCE —
yule is upon us, and what better way to spread merriment than by supporting an artist, writer, crafter. if [YOU] are a creative with open commissions, with a turnaround time guaranteed before DEC 25 - JAN 1, please QRP or comment your information!
#commissions
yule is upon us, and what better way to spread merriment than by supporting an artist, writer, crafter. if [YOU] are a creative with open commissions, with a turnaround time guaranteed before DEC 25 - JAN 1, please QRP or comment your information!
#commissions
How I feel waking up every day in 2025
Day 24 of #zenovember and still on my Deacon bullshit
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
How I feel waking up every day in 2025
Since going wide with my books, I still make the majority of sales via Amazon.
I *was* selling more on Itchio, but after being delisted bc of the payment processor crackdown on NSFW that’s no longer viable.
And other channels like Kobo/Smashwords/etc make up a tiny percentage of sales.
I *was* selling more on Itchio, but after being delisted bc of the payment processor crackdown on NSFW that’s no longer viable.
And other channels like Kobo/Smashwords/etc make up a tiny percentage of sales.
Been screeching about this a lot in recent years, as the Amazon boycott push intensifies: supporting actual authors has gotten utterly forgotten in the process.
I see people constantly promoting sites that are either A) pirating, that give us nothing, or B) sites that pay authors next to nothing.
I see people constantly promoting sites that are either A) pirating, that give us nothing, or B) sites that pay authors next to nothing.
"Fuck Amazon, it's not like they aren't screwing over authors!!"
Amazon pays me 70% royalties on ebooks. You downloading my shit from Anna's pays me *nothing* you dumbass little shit.
"I'm so poor" - And? A bunch of you are steal from my poor friends who are struggling to buy groceries, too.
Amazon pays me 70% royalties on ebooks. You downloading my shit from Anna's pays me *nothing* you dumbass little shit.
"I'm so poor" - And? A bunch of you are steal from my poor friends who are struggling to buy groceries, too.
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Since going wide with my books, I still make the majority of sales via Amazon.
I *was* selling more on Itchio, but after being delisted bc of the payment processor crackdown on NSFW that’s no longer viable.
And other channels like Kobo/Smashwords/etc make up a tiny percentage of sales.
I *was* selling more on Itchio, but after being delisted bc of the payment processor crackdown on NSFW that’s no longer viable.
And other channels like Kobo/Smashwords/etc make up a tiny percentage of sales.
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If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
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The lines are getting clogged from calls and Mastercard is feeling very pressured, they're looking into how to act in response. They're collecting information on callers to have a better understanding of who is calling in re the censorship issue
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The lines are getting clogged from calls and Mastercard is feeling very pressured, they're looking into how to act in response. They're collecting information on callers to have a better understanding of who is calling in re the censorship issue
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Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
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He just wants to catch ghosts to take them on dates.
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
He just wants to catch ghosts to take them on dates.
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Hey! Reminder again that MERCY is up for two Sultry Listeners Awards! It would mean a lot to me if we could maybe snag a win for Curtis and Lance for their hard work!
www.sultrylisteners.com/p/voting.html
www.sultrylisteners.com/p/voting.html
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Hey! Reminder again that MERCY is up for two Sultry Listeners Awards! It would mean a lot to me if we could maybe snag a win for Curtis and Lance for their hard work!
www.sultrylisteners.com/p/voting.html
www.sultrylisteners.com/p/voting.html
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Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litiga...
authorsguild.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
At the beginning of HOUND FOR HELL, Tristen has fucked around (tried to exorcise the wrong person) and is about to find out (be taught the error of his ways by a fallen angel) though Zophiel's methods may be a bit unorthodox.
#monsterromance #wip #wipsnips
#monsterromance #wip #wipsnips
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
At the beginning of HOUND FOR HELL, Tristen has fucked around (tried to exorcise the wrong person) and is about to find out (be taught the error of his ways by a fallen angel) though Zophiel's methods may be a bit unorthodox.
#monsterromance #wip #wipsnips
#monsterromance #wip #wipsnips
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