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@ktangelowrites.bsky.social

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author of sad and spooky queer fiction find me in Reverent: An Anthology of Divinity currently writing: Tanhā, a folklore/fantasy novella! ktangelo.carrd.co

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K.T. is drafting! @ktangelowrites.bsky.social · Jun 5

Excited to share my #hotwetpitch for @monstermanorbooks.bsky.social 's #HotWetQueerSummer jam! I'm super excited to tell this story, so much of it is very dear to my heart and culture. More info to come soon!

Trope map containing an image of the cover showing an intricately dressed figure with long hair and a crown as well as a man peaking in from outside. The center reads "Tanha: A Tale of Temptation." The tropes surrounding it in yellow letters read "sisyphean tasks", "genderfluid deity," "SEAsian rep," "himbo MMC," "vivid food decriptions," "bisexual island," "sexy bathhouse scenes," and "outoor orgy." At the bottom of the graphic KTAngeloWrites is tagged.

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Roo 🔞 Pervert @frictionpress.bsky.social · Aug 10

word to the wise, if you're going to use payh!p, whatever you title your work is what will show up on your peepal history so don't be naming your products anything NSFW over there ✨

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Enoli/Atlas @andrew-j-minyard.bsky.social · Jul 6

An Obsession Of Angels is a Dark Romance novella i wrote that’s out now!! check it out :)

i just put some community copies up as well!!

enolilee.itch.io/an-obsession...

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K.T. is drafting! @ktangelowrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

TANHĀ
🪷Genderfluid shapeshifting deity
🪷Corruption arc
🪷Bisexuality
🪷Vivid food and clothing descriptors
#QuestPit #W #F #HotQueerSummer

Collage containing nine photos total. One photo shows an oil painting of three women lounging in various states of undress against a red and yellow wall. Two a closeup of multicolored sills embroidered with gold. Another is an oil painting of a temple with stone statues. Another shows a closeup of an arm wearing many gold bracelets and rings. The center shows a man with brown skin and curly dark hair in a gold silk shirt with a melancholy look. Another is a closeup of someone’s neck that shines with water. Another is an oil painting of a group of women in a large ornate building. Finally, a photo of a red painted ceiling with diamond patterns and gold fixtures.

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Kifa @kifa.bsky.social · Jul 27

@yuzepi.bsky.social ’s lovely cowboy lesbian 🛐

Commissioned piece of yuzepi’s Oc.
She’s lounging with her asscheeks out of her shorts and chaps wearing nothing on top.
The white hat is covering some of her face, with one piercing eye visible.
Her theme is Fire so there’s fire motif in her hair and chaps

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Charlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hey, self-pubbed authors?

I'm immensely proud of you. No matter where you are in the process or your career, no matter what you feel like you've accomplished, no matter how much you can currently give to your craft.

You're doing an incredible, brave, extremely hard thing, and I am PROUD of you.

💜

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zack 🖤 comms open @vampbyte.bsky.social · Jul 29

to nsfw creators of all kinds, thank you for everything you do. it's fucked beyond belief that you're being forced to defend your own existence nonstop when you are and have always been at the forefront of protecting online freedoms for the internet as a whole

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K.T. is drafting! @ktangelowrites.bsky.social · Jul 18

Here’s my progress check for #HotWetQueerSummer with @monstermanorbooks !

Text over a background of a painting of two figures that says “I'M CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 15K WORDS FOR TANHA'S FIRST DRAFT! I HAVE ONE OR TWO MORE SCENES TO WRITE, HOWEVER, I RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A CAMPING TRIP TO FIND THAT I WANTED TO TAKE THE ENDING IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN I ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT...
I'M ESTIMATING THAT I WILL BE DONE WITH THE FIRST DRAFT AND FIRST ROUND OF EDITS NEAR THE END OF NEXT WEEK AND THEN I WILL BE SENDING MY DRAFT OFF TO SOME FRIENDS TO BETA READ!
IN SOME OTHER NEWS, I AM STRONGLY CONSIDERING OFFERING PRINT COPIES OF TANHA, BUT I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO MY OPTIONS (I FEAR KDP IS THE MOST ACCESSIBLE FOR ME RIGHT NOW THOUGH)” above is the tag #hotwetpitstop in white text and below says “folklore erotica- est 20k words. Tanhā WIP” in yellow text

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nick🎃 @monroeknox.bsky.social · Jul 26

hey so itch delisted ALL my works. spreading these posts around on here is the only way they get seen now. please consider sharing this to support me💕

nick🎃 @monroeknox.bsky.social · Jul 25

The full novel is finally here!!!🎉

Old Sins Cast Long Shadows is a 52k wlw historical novel exploring loss, complicated families, revenge and, ultimately, finding peace and love in defiance of a hard world. It has mature themes with a cast of queer, trans, and gnc characters.

Old Sins Cast Long Shadows by MonroeKnox

Love, Revenge, Peace

monroeknox.itch.io

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✨️ mars 🪽 is writing @marsadler.bsky.social · Jul 28

My 2 year anniversary is today! I can't believe how much time has already passed, it's wild!!! Thank yoi everyone 🥹 if you want to snag most of my books for half off check this out ⏬️⏬️

Also smashwords is up!! www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

✨️ mars 🪽 is writing @marsadler.bsky.social · Jul 26

Okay anw my 2 year publishing anniversary is in 2 days and I was gonna host a 50% off sale of almost all of my work on itchio but obviously thats not happening anymore. It's on payhip now, starts tomorrow and runs through the 31st.

Find it here: payhip.com/marsadler

mars adler

mars adler (they/he) is an award-winning queer and trans horror author. they currently reside on the side of a mountain in Colorado with their dog, and unfortunately hold a corporeal form.when not wri...

payhip.com

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Jul 27

Cheat Sheet v.2

nothing from the prior version is incorrect, but ive made it a little easier to read, plus included a bit more helpful information

imgur link: imgur.com/a/wWaLY2i

more comprehensive info can be found here:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money

MAKE YOUR CALLS!!!

WHY?
On July 2025, Steam, a popular storefront to purchase games on PC, and itch.io, a storefront that sells
games, comics, tools, resources and much more, have recently delisted several NSFW games, after the
group Collective Shout published an open letter to payment processors such as Visa, MasterCard, PayPal,
and more. As a result of this letter, payment processors have strongarmed Valve and itch.io into enforcing
restrictive new TOS policies on what kind of content their platforms can host and sell.

Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Paypal have been censoring free speech and legal business on the internet for TOO LONG. Their most recent targets are Steam and Itch.io, but they have also been pressuring websites like Pixiv, Patreon, Fansly, Onlyfans and MORE for years, applying draconian standards for what kind of adult/pornographic content platiorms and their users can host and sell.

If we as consumers and creators want to regain ground on this issue, we have to make our voice heard.

HOW?
BOMBARD THEM WITH PHONE CALLS
Collective Shout, the organization that lobbied to have Steam and Itch.io change their TOS, did so with only around 1000 phone calls. Visa and MC have backed down from pressuring Onlyians to remove adult content entirely due to public backlash. Clogging their phone lines for an extended perlou, over a mont at the absolute least, will almost gudrantee that these compantes will at least have to pay attention to the backlash. this list is not exhaustive. but some contact points for the 4 targets are:

1. VISA:
(US + Can): +1 [8001-847-2911
US option selection for operator: 1-1-2 or 1-1-3

2. MASTERCARD:
(US): +1 (8001-307-7309
US option selection for operator: 1-1-2-2-2-1
Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111

3. STRIPE:
(Headquarters): +118881 963-8955
(France): +33 805-11-19-67
Stripe: complaints@stripe.com

4. PAYPAL:
(US): +1 (888)-221-1161
(outside US): 1-402-935-2050
Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

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K.T. is drafting! @ktangelowrites.bsky.social · Jul 28

My author instagram got suspended so for the meantime most updates (if any) will be here! not sure why they flagged it but hopefully the appeal goes through :(

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K.T. is drafting! @ktangelowrites.bsky.social · Jul 18

Here’s my progress check for #HotWetQueerSummer with @monstermanorbooks !

K.T. is drafting! @ktangelowrites.bsky.social · Jul 6

Latin inspired magic and ritual sex hmmngg #hotwetboost

Revon M. Castillo 🏳️‍⚧️💖 Writing !! @themythiclibrary.bsky.social · Jun 5

#hotwetpitch #hotwetqueersummer #a #r #e #wip

🌊 DE LA MAR, CON AMOR 🌊

Presenting my project for the #HWQS Jam! This is very close to my heart: a mix of Nicaraguan culture with low fantasy and magic, with mermaids and more! An adult romance erotica low fantasy novel(?) coming soon!

A promotional piece for #HotWetPitch displaying a painted beach and ocean, overlaid with a pixelated book cover. De La Mar, Con Amor sits beside it, and a box overlaid on the beach portion states the following: Xionel's grandmother is dead.
In her will she leaves him everything from her home, her wealth, and makes a final plea to him: return to Nicaragua. The one place, in all his travels as a nature photographer, he never had the heart to return to. Xionel makes the decision to go, called by the ache of missing a home and culture he's never known but always loved, and finds the roots his grandmother buried go deeper than he could ever have imagined."

The same beach and sea painting overlaid with the same book with its pixelated cover saying Work In Progress, now centered, with tropes surrounding it. It includes, from left top and counter clockwise to the right, BIPOC trans MC x Cis(?) mermain LI, latin inspired witchcraft & mythos, mermaids & shapeshifters, hot ritual sex, finding your place & identity, family magic, queer rep, and finally: m/m romance.

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K.T. is drafting! @ktangelowrites.bsky.social · Jul 6

#hotwetboost YES!! i’m on the edge of my seat for this one!

Dhiyanah @bydhiyanah.bsky.social · Jun 19

I'm Dhiyanah, South-Southeast Asian queer disabled artist & writer. I've worked mostly on poetry & memoir, now shifting back to fiction after a long pause.

My #HotWetQueerSummer project is a sapphic, possibly cozy fantasy novella. 🌈 #WaterMeWIP #HotWetQA #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WIP

A poster-like graphic with Dhiyanah's painting of sunlight streaming through palm leaves and text overlaid on it, which reads:

# Hot Wet Queer Summer
Meet my work in progress

Halaat the water dragon meets djinn-human Lama when they find themselves in a tropical realm at the edge of Creation. Though full of uncertainties, the pair learn to embrace their new lives and all they've lived through, opening up to new possibilities together.

Quiet fantasy - 10k words
"Water Me" WIP

@byDhiyanah
@byDhiyanah.bsky.social

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K.T. is drafting! @ktangelowrites.bsky.social · Jul 6

SO excited for this one aghh im such a sucker for ambiguous endings 😭😭

jude bennett 🌙 @bookcryptidjude.bsky.social · Jun 5

It’s #hotwetpitch day! I’m so excited to share more about my project for #hotwetqueersummer

Ezra and August have taken up so much real estate in my brain, I hope y’all will love them as much as I do.

Thank you so much @monstermanorbooks for hosting this and for all your support!

Image of a red moon above the dark sea. Title reads “Drag Me Under #hotwetpitch”. Under that the text reads, “Ezra’s whole world changes when his cheating boyfriend washes up dead on the beach. Not that he cares. Everyone thinks a shark did it, but Ezra isn’t so sure. He begins spending more time with August, a boy he used to love who he thought wanted nothing to do with him anymore. Something has changed in August, and Ezra can feel himself being dragged into his orbit. Drag Me Under is queer horror romance with a hefty dose of erotica”.

Background of a red moon above a dark sea. Title reads “Drag Me Under as Tropes”. In the center of the image is a painting of a person jumping out of the waves to try to catch a flying fish. The trope map around it reads “trans masc mc x cis male LI, sirens, seaside horror, omg they were roommates, ambiguous ending, cannibalism as a metaphor for devotion, this is a terrible idea (they’re going to do it anyway), angst and yearning”.

Background of a red moon above a dark sea. Title reads “Drag Me Under as Unhinged AO3 tags”. Underneath are various AO3 tags from the account @ao3struggles.bsky.social reading, “I’ll have you know my characters plot armor works in reverse and actively ruins their lives”, “fellas is it gay to transform and then fuck your roommate”, “‘cannibalism as a metaphor for love’ what if im just really hungry. then what”, “they’re not exes they’re something worse”, “You have no idea how much I love these motherfuckers and want to traumatize them even further”, “Consensual But It Shouldn’t Be”, and “a lot going on and none of it is healthy”.

Background of a red moon above a dark sea. Title reads “Drag Me Under as songs from my writing playlist”. Underneath the song titles read “Crush by Ethel Cain, The Offering by Sleep Token, It Will Come Back by Hozier, Pearl Diver by Mitski, DNA Guarantee by Kodi Rhianne, Will You Love Me When I’m Dead by Amira Elfeky, In My Room by Julia Wolf, and Outside by breakk.away”.

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K.T. is drafting! @ktangelowrites.bsky.social · Jul 6

💕💕 AGH thank u for being excited for it!!

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Jason Song Quinn @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · Jul 3

Needed this reminder today.

Fox Mulder from X-Files saying “Hey, you got to stay alive if you want to stick it to the government”

“If you die, you let them off the hook.”

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K.T. is drafting! @ktangelowrites.bsky.social · Jul 1

Sketch of my character Tanhā from my upcoming novelette for @monstermanorbooks.bsky.social s #hotwetqueersummer !!

monochrome sketch of a feminine person with long hair, topless, and an embroidered skirt. They wear a lot of jewelry.

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Revon M. Castillo 🏳️‍⚧️💖 Writing !! @themythiclibrary.bsky.social · Jun 18

I'm Revon, a Nicaraguan disabled trans masc (he/fae) author, artist, jack of many tricks & trades.

My project is called De La Mar, Con Amor, an erotica about a trans man uncovering family secrets, a lost culture, and finding romance in the arms of a merman along the way!

Plus ritual sex.

Monster Manor @monstermanor.org · Jun 18

First question, introduce yourself!

A graphic of a painting with text on it and a QR code in the bottom right corner. #hotwetqueersummer #hotwetqa welcome to the hot wet q & a!
Question one - introduce yourself as an author and your project for the hot wet queer summer jam

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Royal W. Isaac @r-wi.bsky.social · Jun 18

There are quite a few ways this story is wet and hot, but this is one of them. Get it, cuz rivers are wet? (even on alien planets, lol)

#HotWetQueerSummer #HotWetQA

Screenshot of a document that contains the follow-up text: "Faer bent down and picked a round black pebble, throwing it towards the river at an angle hoping for it to skip across the glittering water. After two hops, the pebble sank into the water, attracting the attention of some of the eel-like rot-fish as the two have dubbed them. Green and red moss and other aquatic plants dotted the river bottom, offering cover for the smaller creatures from the bigger ones who would want to have them as food. Some of the aquatic plants were quite note-worthy such as one that had underwater flowers with long pistil and stamen that poked out of the water to aid in pollination."

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V @visceralhit.bsky.social · Jun 18

My head’s a mess rn but my piece will absolutely be one of the many planned side material things for BB. There are a few ideas floating around. I can tell you for certain Farron is in the pool of subjects. Can’t say more bc all of the ideas WILL be released. Maybe you’ll see some more of Annie ;)

Monster Manor @monstermanor.org · Jun 18

Question three, what about your other ideas?

A graphic of a painting with text on it and a QR code in the bottom right corner. #hotwetqueersummer #hotwetqa welcome to the hot wet q & a!
Question three - did you have any other ideas for this jam that you scrapped? Do you plan on revisiting them later?

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mel polk @wildfaeriecaps.com · Jun 18

I did! my brain was obsessed with a werewolf/witch rejected bond because the witch didn't know he was a witch. summer, lakeside, growly "you're mine" dreams of being hunted in the forest. yeah. I couldn't wait and started poking at it early. hope to finish it later.

#HotWetQueerSummer #HotWetQA

Monster Manor @monstermanor.org · Jun 18

Question three, what about your other ideas?

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jude bennett 🌙 @bookcryptidjude.bsky.social · Jun 18

Here are some of my inspos:
- A Bone In His Teeth by @skellygraves.bsky.social
- Eyetooth by @marsadler.bsky.social
- 00's paranormal romance
- Doomed yaoi anime ships
- Sleep Token's discography

I'm doing reasearch on marine animals, tidal patterns, and moon phases 👀 among other things!

Monster Manor @monstermanor.org · Jun 18

Question two, what inspires you?

A graphic of a painting with text on it and a QR code in the bottom right corner. #hotwetqueersummer #hotwetqa welcome to the hot wet q & a!
Questions 2 - what are some elements that inspired your project? What sort of things are you researching?

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vert ⚡️🪶 open to work @subvertebra.bsky.social · Jun 18

does "making multiple people start barking by describing the guy whose POV this starts in" count as research

i've been fact-checking niches like "the state of the UK foster system between 1990–2000".

music is an unintentional but inevitable inspiration—each title will involve a musical form/term!

Monster Manor @monstermanor.org · Jun 18

Question two, what inspires you?

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K.T. is drafting! @ktangelowrites.bsky.social · Jun 18

Perfumes I would assign the Tanhā main characters! #hotwetqueersummer