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Royal W. Isaac

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he/they 💛🤍💜🖤 22 | Minors DNI | Artist | Writer | Hellenic Polytheist Queer Disabled Creator of Many Arts from Eastern Europe https://rwiii.carrd.co/

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Royal W. Isaac @r-wi.bsky.social · Jul 28

I am a queer disabled artist and writer from East Europe that's trying their best to enter the world of self-published indie books. I'm also currently pursuing a master's degree in German Intercultural Studies.

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Royal W. Isaac @r-wi.bsky.social · 2d

#mythober
Days 4 (Nike) + 5 (Calliope) + 6 (Clio)

#ArtistSky #art #digitalart #greekmythology #helpol #nike #calliope #clio #themuses

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Royal W. Isaac @r-wi.bsky.social · 4d

#mythober
Day 3 - Hygeia

#ArtistSky #art #digitalart #greekmythology #helpol #hygeia

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 4d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction: Metal From Heaven by August Clarke! 🎉🎉🎉 @sapphomancer.bsky.social @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Fried Butter 🔞 @friedbutter.bsky.social · 4d

While I tried my best this month, I am severely broke and needing to do some comms. So I think I’m done with Bonktober tho year. I have other projects to focus on.
Sorry yall.
Comms open <3

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Cesar Aguilar @cesaguilar.bsky.social · 6d

Aight yesterday was day 1 of #inktober . I'm actually doing the #mythober list.

The prompt is ZEUS 🗣️🗣️🔥

LETSGOOO!

#doodle #sketch #art

Zeus is pointing at you, he's not angry just disappointed. Anyway, remember that guy that was hit twice by a thunder? Wel let's just say it was no coincidence.

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Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 6d

Today’s #Mythober prompt was Asclepius. I’m calling this “Them Wild-Eyed Boys” because as soon as Asclepius was taught how to bring people back from the dead by the snakes, he brought his 4 bros back in town. #mixedmedia #painting by me. #dailypainting #folklorethursday #mythology

Bright red conter with pink and cold tiny paintbrush streak, a gold and white circle around the flowing red circle. Greenish white egg like shapes are in the foreground with pink dashes in oil pastel back to the center being. Prussian blue and white painted all around. Lots of brushstrokes. Abstract and messy. Them Wild-Eyed Boys by me Acrylic and oil pastel on paper.

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Royal W. Isaac @r-wi.bsky.social · 6d

#mythober
Day 2 - Asclepius

#ArtistSky #art #digitalart #greekmythology #helpol #asclepius

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elka 🌾 commissions open! @saintsbeware.bsky.social · 7d

❤️‍🔥Book Cover Request Form❤️‍🔥

for my indie authors out there, my new listing for book covers is officially live!!

If you need a cover for your ebook, itch listing, or a print-ready full cover spread, consider working with me! I'd love to help you! 🖤
#indieauthor #sff #artsky

vgen.co/saintsbeware

picture of a vgen listing for a Book Cover Request Form, 5 slots open starting at $200

photo of a book covers mockup featuring an illustration of a ranger sitting on a tree in the woods with the title A CONSORT FOR THE WOODEN GOD, Elka Marsden

an illustration of a book covers mockup featuring mock up featuring a man holding a knife to another man's throat with a decorated illuminated manuscript adjacent border with the title DO KNIGHT NOT YEARN, M.R. Santua

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 5d

I'm not part of any bundles or sales this October because I've been living under a rock.

So I'm making my own sale! I wish I could say there'd be blackjack and hookers, but there are only spooky books!

Live now on KoFi and Itch!
Soon live at other vendors!

GET YOUR SPOOK ON 💀🖤👻

#HorrorSky 📚💙

Promo picture of three horror short story collections by K Lykkebo. Cover of Now and the hour of Death. Skull with a finger in front of its teeth as if shoosing someone.
Cover of Drowned Hearts. Hands reaching up to the surface. A faint outline of an anatomical heart in background. Surrounded by white flowers. Dirt you shall become. Trowel and pink peony.

Text: Spooktober Sale. 11 spooky short stories for just $3. Until Nov 1st.

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beartrapped 🔞 @softending.bsky.social · 4d

I put together the first 20 illustrations from my prompt series into a collection for download...! femdom, monsterfucking, & more. all previous exclusives included :)
softending.itch.io/three-word-p...

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Alex the Headless Wordsman @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 5d

HEY YOU! Do you like free paperbacks? Do you like chronically ill baddies? Do you like magic schools that weren't invented by a TERF? I'm hosting a giveaway for my sapphic fantasy dark academia novel RIGHT NOW!

2 winners announced October 10th!

A celebratory image featuring balloons, candy confetti, and a cupcake. Over top is "Rules" followed by a list reading as follows:

-Must be a US resident
-Follow this account
-Comment which school of magic you would choose to study at Voterique (see next slide)
-Bonus entry: share to stories or tag a friend!

A celebratory image featuring balloons, candy confetti, and a cupcake. Over top is "Schools of magic" followed by a list reading as follows:

-Abjuration
-Conjugation
-Corpomation
-Divination
-Enchantment
-Evocation
-Illusion
-Transmutation

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 4d

Hello! I'm a gay and trans short fiction writer of spicy and unrepentant queer smut!
My favorite stories: GOOD BOY, a kink short about a trans dom and his cis sub! akivaleewrites.com/good-boy/
SACRIFICE THEORY, a dark vampire romance novelette! akivaleewrites.com/sacrifice-th...

Cover of Good Boy, featuring a dog collar graphic.

Cover of Sacrifice Theory, featuring a title treatment in the style of old pulp horror novels, designed by Brian Yaksha.

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AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 4d

Oh yeah, I'm a horrible queer, and I've got queer books!

Inheritance: Disaster queers, found family, Welsh mythology, Arthurian legend!

Charlie Hart: What if Kingsman was sapphic and the bad guy was Elon Musk?

Tooth & Claw: Blind vampire meets shy werewolf, boning ensues!

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Ravensword Press

The queer books your parents warned you about welcome to ravensword press Out Now Sword of Avalon Inheritance // Book ElevenYes, that Arthur.Laurence's soul is bound to a dead warlock's, his familiar ...

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Koren/K. M. Enright @kmenright.bsky.social · 4d

Okay so we've had trans rights but what about TRANS WRONGS???

Murder! Blood magic! Kissing! Monsters!

Cover for Mistress of Lies by K. M. Enright, The Sunday Times bestseller. Black cover, with a scowling long-haired woman in a Gothic style red and gold headdress and brocade sleeves like wings against a background of red and white roses. Her hands are tipped in gold claws and she holds a long dagger. Blurbs from Melissa Caruso — “Dark, dangerous, and entrancing” — and Sara Hashem — “A decadent story that won’t let you go.”

Cover for LORD OF RUIN by K. M. Enright. Black cover, with a dark haired Filipino man in a Gothic style embodied suit jacket in shades of blue and gold. Black wings with a similar gold embroidered design stretch behind him against a background of blue with white flowers. His hands are tipped in black talons and he holds a bright red anatomical heart. Blurb from Thea Guanzon — ”K. M. Enright is definitely one to watch.”

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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 4d

happy banned books week. did you know that one way you can support "bannable" books is by buying them? well, most of my books are banned from library apps for being erotica.

so, i've put them on sale for banned books week! find out where to grab your copy hellostarshine.carrd.co

Banned Book Week. Oct 4-10, 2025. Sleeping Beauty 20% off, The King's Mushroom 25-30% off, LIMINAL 20% off, Sorry I Kissed Your Dad 20-30% off

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Royal W. Isaac @r-wi.bsky.social · 4d

#mythober
Day 3 - Hygeia

#ArtistSky #art #digitalart #greekmythology #helpol #hygeia

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Talli 🦇SILVER BLOOD audiobook! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 7d

GOOD MORNING THE AUDIOBOOK OF SILVER BLOOD IS LIVE NOW ON LIBRO.FM!!

GRAB IT HERE: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

@raincorbyn.bsky.social did an OUTSTANDING job on this book and you do *not* want to miss it!

📚💙 📚🎧

Silver Blood audiobook, narrated by Richard Pendragon, now available on Libro.fm

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 6d

It's October, so why not read a vampire romance? SACRIFICE THEORY is an trans!M/cis!M romance about a sex worker in a bad situation, and the vampire who helps him find revenge. Contains lots of violence and smut. 🩸

Online (FREE): akivaleewrites.com/sacrifice-th...
Zine edition: payhip.com/b/w36hM

Sacrifice Theory (Zine Edition)

"I want to make him hurt... I want to be the one who does it."Anders is a drifter and a vampire. When he rolls into a new town, he meets Jason, a young trans man who works for a sadistic vampire coven...

payhip.com

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Monster Manor @monstermanor.org · 6d

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in this writing events! Monster Manor has done a couple different style writing prompts over the years, but I think this was by far the most fun and most successful. It would not have been possible without all of you!

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Royal W. Isaac @r-wi.bsky.social · 6d

#mythober
Day 2 - Asclepius

#ArtistSky #art #digitalart #greekmythology #helpol #asclepius

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Royal W. Isaac @r-wi.bsky.social · 7d

#mythober (prompt list by @karuchillz.bsky.social)
Day 1 - Zeus!

#ArtistSky #art #digitalart #mythology #helpol #zeus

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Wolfe 🪳 @wolfehorror.itch.io · 8d

WOLFETOBER is for artists and authors & SLUDGEPIT is a pitch event for connection and community support!!!

A prompt list
Anyone can participate feel free to skip days and post whenever, all work is your own and may be used how you please

THE PROMPTS
1-2 moist and slimy
3-4 off the leash
5-6 infestation
7-8 rotted meats
9-10 restrained restricted
11-12 soaked through
13-14 unfulfilled wishes
15-16 sharp gills sharper teeth
17-18 caged hound
19-20 pulp and fungus
21-22 cracked molars
23-24 abducted
25-26 stuck in the drain
27-28 transparent wings
29-30 provoked bite
31 unlucky vending machine

A graphic with garbage all over it
SLUDGEPIT
An lgbtqia+ pitch event for dark taboo morally grey and stigmatized work
October 17th

SLUDGEPIT

This is an event for fun to “ pitch” your work to your audience, and make connections with other authors. Pitching just means showing your work off!

★NO AI
(try pexels, open access artwork from museums, unsplash, or pdimagearchive.org)
★If you think your book fits here, then it does.
★This an author connection & celebration event
★Use the hashtag #sludgepit along with genre tags (#WIP for wips, #P for published, #H for Horror, #T for Thriller, add D for dark or R for romance (#HR, #D, etc)
★WIPS & published works welcome
★Due to the adult nature of this event please do not include YA
★Limit 3 per pen name
★Remember to support each other by liking, reposting, and commenting on your peer’s posts
★Don’t forget alt text for accesibility!

hosted by @wolfehorror - more info at Wolfehorror.com

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 7d

Happy #Invertober!

Japanese sea nettle (Chrysaora pacifica)

#SciArt #art #invertober2025

A digital painting of a Japanese sea nettle (Chrysaora pacifica), a jellyfish with dark striped pattern on its bell and tangled curly transparent tentacles surrounded by thin hair-like tentacles.

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Alex Larkspur 💛 Sweet & Wild Available Now! @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 7d

Hello Bluesky! I am seeking Beta Readers for the first book in a queer fantasy series! It will be a turnaround of just over a month, books will be sent out on October 10th with feedback due November 26th!
If you are interested, please fill out this form by October 8th:
forms.gle/9vnTXHJFBkMJ...

Over the background of a snowy forest, text reads:
Beta Readers Wanted!
Juniper & Thistle: Fate Weaves Her Tale
- Queer Fantasy
- Book 1 of a 5 Book Series
- Slooooooow Burn
- Magic Systems
- Destiny and Tragedy
- A Prince x A Witch

Over the background of a snowy forest, text reads:
A prince betrayed by his family
A witch in denial of his destiny
A journey they must complete together
Ryne, the Crown Prince of Thacia, has been murdered. At least, that’s what his cousin thought when he stabbed him and left him for dead in the middle of the woods on the King’s orders. Betrayed by a family that he never felt at home with, Ryne’s life is in the hands of the very thing he has been taught to fear above all else: A witch. All his life, Ryne was taught that witches are chaotic, their magic ruled by the untamed earth, and they curse all who cross them. But Juniper is nothing like that. He’s a witch, but he is kind and understanding, more so than anyone in Ryne’s family. Juniper saved his life, and Ryne can’t help but trust him.
Juniper is a witch of the Coven of Mercy, as it has been for the past five years and will be forevermore. The power bristling inside of him, begging to be released, is not of any consequence. Not when he has an abandoned prince to look after. It is a Mercy Witch’s job to care for the sick and injured, so that’s what Juniper will do. And eventually, he’ll get Ryne to explain exactly why he has such sadness in his eyes.
Fate seems to have drawn them together, and there are powers larger than either one of them at play. Ryne and Juniper will have to rely on their tenuous bond to protect them on the path to their destiny.

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 7d

blasting the st matthew passion on this cool, rainy october 1st

etching by R. Stamper of three skeletons dancing exuberantly, subtitled "grace & attitude"

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