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CASS is drafting!
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He/They | 27 | Queer Swamp boy pretending to be an academic, a potter, and a writer. Cat Dad. Currently working on: AABFF
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What up #Saturdark! It's been a wild two weeks (started my new job after not working for 6 months), but I miss this book 😭
Background image: stock photo from unsplash. Photo is of a forest tree line with a sunset peering through the trees. The text over the photo reads: "A gargoyle figure, blackened fingers spread and scratching at the sky. Four wings, heaved from its hunched back, spread as if to catch one final breath of air. Eyes, bleached white as driftwood spat out by the sea, turned towards the universe in wait." Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen @trueformangel #Saturdark Gargoyle
January 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Happy #Saturdark! Have a sweet wintery kiss between Quentin and Erkenwald.
Background Image: pine woods covered in a blanket of snow. Sunlight shines through the pine needles. Over the image is text that reads: "Erkenwald sighs, kissing Quentin fully. The gust of Erkenwald’s breath freezes Quentin’s lungs, a familiar ache like running on winter mornings. Each part and touch of their mouths baptizes Quentin, cleanses him, and he freefalls into Erkenwald. Their chests press closer, Erkenwald’s wings budding over the shared moment." Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen @trueformangel #Saturdark Winter
December 28, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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Have some Mommy issues from Quentin in AABFF #WritingPrompt
In purpled twilight, in the smear of his vision, Quentin can see the wash-worn floral skirt billowing and bustling around him. Her touch prickled, nails sharp against his scalp, voice a strange twang like an untuned piano. He had outgrown her shelter – her womb, her hip, her verses – and there was no space for him packed in her wrinkled laundry or pressed in her mildewed books.
December 21, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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Happy Solstice and happy #Saturdark! This section is from Erkie's first introduction in AABFF ⛪
Background image: stock photo of ocean waves. Text over the image: "2 GOD gazed upon the Seraphim, --- , his three human heads adorned with many eyes to see into humanity’s heart and know it, and his oceans vast wings, starry-spotted with what made him Good, that which GOD gave him. 3 And GOD knew --- would fall." Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen @trueformangel #Saturdark Ocean
December 21, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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AWAKE, ARISE, OR BE FOREVER FALLEN

When angels fall and consume human souls, Quentin befriends one named Erkenwald. As the two survive the consequences of rebelling against their respective Fathers, their adoration for one another inspires a type of freedom, growth, and love neither expected.
In the top right corner is an illustration of Quentin and Erkenwald surrounded by the title of the book: Awake, Arise, or be Forever Fallen. Beside this illustration is a list of "Quick Facts": Southern gothic & Dual POV, MC/LI Character Foils, Apocalyptic slice-of-life, Poetry and Prose forms, Inspired by Milton's PARADISE LOST. Across the bottom of the image are three more lists (as follows). Tropes: Mutual Pining, Sunshine x Sunshine, Forced Proximity, Hurt Comfort Themes: Grief, Family Trauma, Survival, Self Growth, Found Family, Rekindling faith Representation: Nonbinary MC, Genderqueer angel, Anxiety disorder, Neurodivergency
December 18, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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Hello to new and old friends! My name is Cass(idy) and I wanted to (re)introduce myself. I hail from Northeast Florida, I love using queer theory to tie media across the ages, I miss doing wheel-thrown pottery, and I have two orange tabby cats (Clementine and Cheerio). 💖
Author introduction image. Background is illustrated photo of Cass (done by HeavenlyyStar on X). It depicts a young masc person with pink and brown wings looking into the distance. They have short brown hair, glasses, and wear a green flannel. The text on the illustration reads: "Cass Trudeau is a writer, academic, and angel. They explore the symbolization of memory, the joy of gender enfleshment, and queerness in southern settings. Their work can be found in DEVOUT: An Anthology of Angels edited by Quinton Li and The Summer Gothic anthology by Panorame Press."
December 18, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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Another early AABFF snippet for this week's #Saturdark!
Background Image: an empty beach under a bright blue sky. On the beach is a drip sandcastle with multiple spires. Over the image is the following text: "Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen @trueformangel #Saturdark - Castle" "The angel clutches its own shoulders, nails digging crescents into flesh, as Quentin presses water and cotton to a body that once belonged to heaven. There’s a slight flinch that remains even after the seconds pass. Quentin’s touch causes feathers to fall away. They turn to frost, crumbling like sandcastles under Quentin’s fingers. The cracked note of a sob echoes, louder than any thunder. "
December 14, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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Back in the thick of it by rereading AABFF. Here's my #Saturdark contribution from the last chapter I wrote (the gays are going through it)
Background image: a close up of a wind chime covered in rain drops. A green background is blurred to focus on the wetness of the item in focus. Text reads: Muscles taut as a lightning rod, Quentin flinches under the brunt of Father’s palm. Even now, Father refuses to refer to them as angels – these are ungodly monstrosities haunting empty streets, howling for heaven. Fallen. In the sour syllables, Quentin hears Erkenwald’s laughter. That gentle twinkling, fractals of joy colliding in open air. AWAKE, ARISE, OR BE FOREVER FALLEN @trueformangel #Saturdark Haunted
November 23, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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Find me in the heavens! trueformangel.carrd.co
Graphic made in Canva Background is art of Satan’s fall, as described in Milton’s Paradise Lost. In the upper right corner, beams of sunlight arch towards a planet blanketed in clouds. A figure, Satan, falls from this corner. Wearing billowing robes, hands out to protect himself, bat-like wings spread. The image has been altered to be tinged slightly pink. Over this image is a yellow-pink gradient colored ribbon. In this ribbon reads: Which way I fly… trueformangel.carrd.co
August 8, 2023 at 8:53 PM
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Cass, a queer writer from the south who loves to explore gender, memory, and the self. I write many forms of fiction, as well as poetry. My current WIP is an apocalyptic romance told through both prose and poetry, "Awake, Arise, or Be Forever Fallen" or AABFF. 💖
Graphic made in Canva Over a water color pink background is a graphic of three cherubs. The middle cherub faces the viewer, has two spread wings, and holds a small ribbon. The left and right cherubs pose facing in opposite directions. The three angels create a frame for the words below. Header: Cass Trudeau Subheader: Queer Author & Poet
August 8, 2023 at 8:51 PM
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My poem (Hetero)trophic Love can be found in Panorame Press's The Southern Gothic - https://balaflannan.wixsite.com/panorame-press

I also have a poem, "Enfleshed," in the upcoming DEVOUT: An Anthology of Angels - preoder https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9DTF7V3
Devout Anthology eBook preorders are open! More info: devoutlogy.carrd.co
July 27, 2023 at 6:29 PM