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kellen graves 🦇

@skellygraves.bsky.social

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transmasc (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 indie author of the ROWAN BLOOD series 🍓 and more 🌊 | art by me unless otherwise tagged | covers by @morlevart.bsky.social 💍 | https://skellygraves.carrd.co/

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kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · Aug 5

it’s #indieaugust, so here’s a little about me! I’m a transmasc (they/them) queer author of m/m romance, and my spouse @morlevart.bsky.social (they/them) does all my covers! 💕

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kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · 3d

very devilish!!

kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · 3d

agony (rendering something really well only to have to cover it up) 🦈 a little Eridanys WIP

procreate screenshot of a cropped, illustrated naked masculine chest

same crop as previous screenshot, but the nice rendering is beneath a handful of dark layers

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kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · 4d

WHEN MO COOKED THIS UP I COULDN'T STOP BARKING

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kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · 4d

when my etsy shop isn't open (which it currently is not), I actually get the most royalties per book via amazon! 💕 ty for asking!

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Big Dyke Energy (GFM in pinned) @azurebitch.bsky.social · 7d

Support queer pornographers and erotic artists now because the number of remaining avenues for them (us) to get paid are shrinking

And keep hassling payment processors and government

ren 🗡️ NYCC C-43 @renstrapp.com · 7d

New blog post! www.renstrapp.com/blog/monster...

Monsterfuckers in an age of censorship — Ren Strapp

Once or twice a year, I make riso prints for a project organized by Nova and Mali. I do it quite a lot, actually. Many of you recognize me or came to know me through the Classics project, or you’l...

www.renstrapp.com

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kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · 7d

a drawing of a girl with pink hair covering her face with her hands

ALT: a drawing of a girl with pink hair covering her face with her hands

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M.E. Morgan @morlevart.bsky.social · 7d

Another recent character art for @skellygraves.bsky.social. My beloved little Saffron 🖤🌿 #art

A digital illustration of a character on a flat black background. The character is an early-twenties, masculine human. He has warm pale skin, light brown short hair and green eyes. He wears a deep olive green and gold blouse, brown cropped pants, and brown lace up boots. He carries a brown leather messenger bag, and a barn owl is landing on his shoulder.

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Taylor 🌸Lots of Gay Books 🌸 Author @eldritchflower.bsky.social · 9d

✨SURPRISE✨

Want a little short story snack? Might I offer you some Salvadoran folklore inspired religious 🌶️🌶️🌶️?

This is as good an excuse as any to really tap into my Salvadoran heritage and bring y'all a tale of Catholic folklore based in El Salvador. There may be more to come 💜

Text reads:
New Novella
Salvadoran Folklore
Small Town Setting
Headless Priest
Catholic Eroticism
Trans Man MC
Erotic Folk Horror
"Body of Christ" indeed
Happy Ending???

Cover in the middle shows a church sanctuary bathed in yellow light. Title reads: Absolution

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Cat Rector @catrector.com · 8d

Learning to Bleed comes out March 18th and artist @scherville.com is so deeply talented I can hardly believe it!

This book is the 2nd in a trilogy that explores queerness and trauma through vampire lore, all against the backdrop of an impoverished rural community that has its own monsters 👀

Links⬇️

The cover of Learning to Bleed by Cat Rector, the sequel to Coal Gets In Your Veins. The cover is in the style of a classical painting, with a blush-grey background. In the foreground are two characters locked in a dipping embrace. Spencer, a pale man in a dark blue turtleneck sweater and jeans, with blonde bed-head hair, is holding up another character as she loses control and seems to be falling. His expression is lost and loving as he looks down at her. Laurel is leaning back in his arms, her long brown hair in waves over her back, her face up to the sky as her expression of uncontrolled rage stares upward. Her eyes are red and her mouth is wide open, showing her vampire fangs. A pool of blood soaks into the shoulder of Spencer’s sweater, coming from Laurel’s hand as it hangs above his shoulder. Laurel wears a tank top and red and black plaid. A red mist obscures their legs, making room for the title and author text. The cover artist is Scherville.

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kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · 8d

line them up so I can smooch

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M.E. Morgan @morlevart.bsky.social · 8d

If you see this, show off them mouths 💋

Close up of a digital painting of a mouth with a soft smile. The person is wearing a green and gold high collar top. Cool light illuminates them.

Close up of a digital painting of a slightly parted mouth. They have light tan skin and a strong jaw. Another person's ear is slightly visible to the right.

Close up of a digital painting of a mouth with a soft smile. The person is pale skinned and wearing a deep blue and black patterned blouse. Cool light illuminates them.

Close up of a digital painting of a mouth slightly parted with a soft smile. They are pale skinned with pink hair. They are wearing a high-collared neck piece shaped like leaves and vines

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kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · 9d

figured I’d reshare this lmao

kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · May 28

someone reached out to let me know, so just to clarify, the "blurb" being attributed to me on the cover of freydis moon's next release is actually an old blurb I gave them in oct 2023 for a previous book. I haven't been in contact with them whatsoever since everything last year.

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 11d

SFW crew, this one's for you!

Tell bsky you stand with NSFW creators and let us have creative freedom with a better labeling system, NOT censorship!

Use that feedback form! #bskycensorship

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kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · 13d

BARK BARK BARK AWOOOOOOGA

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M.E. Morgan @morlevart.bsky.social · 13d

BOOK COVER ARTISTS

QRP with your book covers 📚💙

#BookCovers #art

The full-wrap book cover illustration for the novel VESSEL OF WOVEN NIGHT by Kellen Graves.

The full-wrap book cover illustration for the novel A BONE IN HIS TEETH by Kellen Graves.

The full-wrap book cover illustration for the novel VOW OF ETERNAL NIGHT by Lily Crozier.

The full-wrap book cover illustration for the novel THE FLOWERED BLADE by Taylor Hubbard.

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kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · 14d

a little WIP of my favorite lute playing bard ✨ Yvaíne from my current vampire project!!

photo of a lineart WIP on an iPad, of a character with long wavy hair and holding a lute

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ZephiSleepy @zephisleepy.bsky.social · 19d

Fan art I did after now that ive finished @skellygraves.bsky.social book series~ I started with A Bone In His Teeth and recommended the Rowan Blood Series to all my friends!

[ #fanart #rowanblood #aboneinhisteeth ]

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kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · 18d

I'M SAIJHKfdBGLKFhjd the rowan veil one especially made my heart stop!!!!!!!

kellen graves 🦇 @skellygraves.bsky.social · 24d

AWOOOOOO

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Wolfe 🪳 @wolfehorror.itch.io · 25d

Introducing #wolfetober
Prompts for October for ARTISTS and AUTHORS

I personally plan to use this to practice micro / flash fiction and warm up sketches, I invite anyone who would like to to join me.

💜💙 RULES
- there really aren’t any! Skip, mix and match, and have fun!