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Clover S. Laurel 🍀

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · Aug 21

The mood board vs the book. Think summertime but make it dark (except for the one poem about living in the land of winter). Lots of water imagery: ocean, rain, storms, rivers, wells. Water is life, death, motion, change, healing, and transformation.
#writingcommunity #writersky #indieauthor #autism

A mood board of nine photos. 1- rotting wood. 2- red thunderstorm. 3- person under the surface of the ocean. 4- a clear blue forest river. 5- an ancient well. 6- a flock of birds in murmuration. 7- a muddy puddle with ripples from the rain. 8- a colorful sunset seen through the windshield of a car. 9- a street lamp behind snow-covered tree branches.

The cover of Mausoleums of the Eye and other poems by Clover S. Laurel. It depicts a large mosquito-like insect with green eyes on a blurry vintage-brown background.

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 7h

WIP number 1 is a high fantasy with some dark elements (no pun intended since there’s elemental magic 😂)
WIP number 2 is a horror short story taking inspiration from analog horror and live action kids educational shows.
#LGBTQWriteAThon

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 18h

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 8:

What genre is your WIP?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Image: a burnt orange background with two jack o' lanterns. Text: #LGBTQWriteAThon Use the tag and follow the feed on BlueSky! Tag @LGBTQWriteAThon in photos on Instagram! October 8: Genres.
BlueSky: @amaralynn @rebeccafrostwrites.com Instagram: @LGBTQWriteAThon @amarajlynn @krakengoddess

Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 7h

WIP number 1 is a high fantasy setting without a specific time period. There’s villages with crop farming and herbal medicine, so they’re somewhat advanced.
WIP number 2 takes place in modern day with social commentary about children’s entertainment and the exploitativeness of it.
#LGBTQWriteAThon

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 7:

What is the setting and/or time period of your WIP?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 9h

TWO HOURS?! *sweats* I swear some artists wield witchcraft. This is incredible! 👏

arnaerr 🦈๋࣭⭑｡ @arnaerr.bsky.social · 15h

''All tragedy erased. I see only wonders...''

2hrs speedpaint
#hollowknight

Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 9h

Reptar throwing it back 😂

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 10h

Love this concept! I was jumpscared by my black coat hanging on the door the other night 😂

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 10h

It whispered of all your deepest fears.
Deep into the mausoleum, it led you astray.
As you take your last breath, you are sealed away.
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 10h

Come forth, Baron Crescendo! Let your guitar split the sky open, for more wraiths to dazzle us!

Behold, a note from him, for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Finish it! With word of rhyme, before we dance to the end!

#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

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There he is! Baron Crescendo! Oh how the skies split open to his guitar, how more of us fly in the air! And look, a note from him, just for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Well? Go on! Word or rhyme, continue his Muse!

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 10h

This question is tough because I love both. I guess I slightly prefer the folkloric kind because it gives us insight into history and what people of the time feared or revered. 🙂
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 11h

Listen to the Symposium’s finest vocalist, as their tenor bends the living into unnatural angles and swivels them into the air! Tell us, what ghosts do you prefer? Of the folkloric tradition, or those invented by authors? And why?
#HorrorWritersChat

Question Three

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

It is always a delight to see our violinists perform! How the living bend their splintering bones as they float above us all! Tell us, our ghostly compatriots – which of us are better? Of the folkloric kind? Or invented by our shadowy creators?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 10h

Well, I titled my second poetry collection Mausoleums of the Eye and other poems for a good reason 😉
Jokes aside, I actually like when ghosts are found in unexpected places like a child’s playroom or a school. Places associated with youth and life turn into the realm of the dead.
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 11h

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 10h

Late because of work again 😭
I’m Clover, and I write dark fantasy and horror poetry and short stories. I’m from Delaware

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 14h

Because it still feels like August 😭

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you 🥹💕 I appreciate the beauty of water while also knowing it is powerful and could pull me under if it wanted to.

Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 16h

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 16h

I’ve been seeing this going around, so I had to make my own. It’s nice to see a non-AI trend 💕

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 18h

A single line of a poem doesn’t give much, so enjoy the whole first stanza of my poem “Flock”, which is one of my favorite horror poems inspired by murmuration (the twisting flight motions large flocks of birds as they begin to migrate). This hypnotic sky dance fascinates me. 💕

#LGBTQWriteAThon

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 18h

I’m so behind, aaaaahhhh!!! My week last week was really busy, which is why I haven’t been keeping up with this. 😅 My coworkers went to a conference in Boston, so it was just me from Thursday to Saturday. It was rough 💀 and I didn’t get any writing done 😭

#LGBTQWriteAThon

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 4d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 4:

Check in day. How was your week?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 20h

Sounds about right. Writers have to be micro-influencers shouting into the void constantly in order to get any notice of our work at all. Same with video game streamers. If you aren’t streaming at least 10 hours a day, you can never grow. It sucks.

Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 1d

Drop something WITCHY

Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 1d

#writing #indieauthor #naturepoetry #mentalhealth #lgbtqauthor #poetry #poetrycollection
Solitary Tree and other poems by Clover S. Laurel

First release ☝️
Nature poetry 🌳
Surrealism 👁️
Love ❤️
Betrayal 😶‍🌫️
Mental health 🧠
Religious trauma ✝️
Narrative poetry 📖

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The cover of Solitary Tree and other poems by Clover S. Laurel. It is a watercolor illustration that depicts a lone dead and twisted elder tree on a mossy hill. The background is white, which makes the dark branches stand out even more.

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 1d

A poem I wrote after being cheated on. I wanted my anger to seep through the page and engulf the reader. I wanted them to feel how tight my throat was, how sick I felt. I hope I was successful.
Source: Solitary Tree and other poems
#writesky #poetry #writingcommunity #indieauthor #writingangry

A poem titled “Parched”. It describes an image of sand in the desert being likened to the “other woman” and how it is coarse and slips through the fingers and makes one choke. Meanwhile, the one being cheated on continues to feel the pain of the memory of the past relationship. Their soul is parched in this vast desert.

Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 1d

#writing #writesky #indieauthor #horrorwriter #horrorsky #backrooms #horrorstory
Basement Floor 2 by Clover S. Laurel

Backrooms horror 🖨️
Art deco 💎
Creature 🐺
Working class character 🔧
Fear of the dark ⚫️
Fear of elevators 🛗
Fear of getting lost 🔁
Light gore 🩸
Occult 🕯️

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The cover of Basement Floor 2 by Clover S. Laurel. It depicts a dark, almost black, basement hallways with a concrete floor and tiled walls. These features are barely visible since the only light is coming from the elevator doors at the far end of the hallway. A small screen above the doors displays “BF-2” in blocky, red text. The title itself is on the basement floor, drawing the viewer’s eye there to see the red reflection of the letters, hinting at the floor being damp.

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much! ☺️ Water has always been fascinating to me.

Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 1d

D2D just raised their minimum payout amount to $10. Given my average of four sales a year, it’ll take me over 4 years to reach that minimum… Please, support indie authors now more than ever. If you ever considered purchasing my books, now is the time to do so.

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Mausoleums of the Eye and other poems by Clover S. Laurel

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1d

Distribution is THE under-reported story in book publishing (outside of the trade publications) and losing B&T is going to have untold ripple effects on the industry, small presses, and authors.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down

At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 1d

I just eat anything before bed and get nightmares, so I’m scared to see where this would take me 😂

Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 1d

Ann Radcliffe eating hard cheese right before bed to give herself nightmares, Stoker claiming Dracula was the result of a nightmare induced by a “too generous helping of dressed crab,” let’s go back to the golden age of eating incredibly rich food before bed to create horror literature

Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 1d

I wish. It’s still 80 degrees where I live 😭 I miss the chilly Octobers from my childhood