#What Manner of Man

[doing-something-unholy]

Thomas staring at him with increasing horror as Father Paul describes said "angel": pale, monsterous, clawed, taste for blood, etc...

FP: Oh, it also has huge leathery wings-

Thomas: 😰

Ardelian: 👀

Thomas Hutter, Johnathan Harker, and Victor Ardelian sitting down for afternoon tea together to discuss their respective experiences with being trapped in a castle with a vampire.

Father Ardelian getting very quiet as he realizes he's the only one who had a positive takeaway and now is not the time to gush about his new boyfriend.

[stjohnstarling]

Okay a couple days ago - and please I don't know why I dreamt this - I had a dream where I was like "oh I should preorder the physical copy of the book since its up" and i get on the computer and the cover was so different than what you showed, it was like an illustration of a priest with a finger over his mouth smirking, and he had glasses and a goatee and it was $54.00 and I was so confused. I have no idea why I dreamt this, maybe because I keep telling myself I need to read more and your book in on the list IDK. Anyway yeah lol

Oh no! The dream previews of the special $54 edition weren't supposed to go up for months. I need to fire my marketing guy.

[beastlyartblog]

do you think catholic priests are irresistible to vampires? virgins, covered in crucifixes (inherent allure of the forbidden,) access to their throats limited by those sexy little collars, etc.

buy What Manner of Man on Amazon or Itchio | read it for free

[beastliness]

it was a huge problem back in the day that you had to be constantly vigilant about getting sent on fake business trips that are actually an elaborate excuse to lock you in a vampire castle

[sallys-fanart]

Me at 9am: the internet has stolen my ability to focus. I can only do my job in half hour bursts.

Me at 5pm: *spends 6 hours straight drawing a ruined cave harbour from a gay priest x demon novel, and forgets to eat*

[barrydennen]

what’s a normal way to flirt? uhhhh why don’t you pretend to kill me

[nothwell]

From Victorian penny dreadfuls to 21st century fanfiction and everything between and beyond, St John Starling chats with Sebastian Nothwell about serial fiction, Gothic romance, and bold strategies for telling stories.

St John Starling (he/him) is the author of the queer Gothic romances What Manner of Man and The Sacred Sins of Father Black. You can connect with him here @stjohnstarling and join his newsletter at stjohnstarling.substack.com

Sebastian Nothwell (he/him) is the author of Oak King Holly King, Mr Warren's Profession, Fiorenzo, and other queer romance novels. You can connect with him at sebastiannothwell.com

[orgyofthedamned]

i am learning to draw……….. the boy >:)

[sweetlyfez]

You know it's a good date when you disobeyed the prohibitions of Genesis, Matthew, and Leviticus

[guardevoir]

My take on Father Ardelian from What Manner of Man, which is a very atmospheric and extremely neat gay vampire romance novel that I bought on a whim after taking a peek at the free version and liking what I saw; and given how notoriously picky I am about my vampires, that's rare. 100% worth it, no regrets, except maybe accidentally staying up until 10 AM reading the damned thing.

Anyway, the man wasn't supposed to turn out quite this twinky, but that's what I get for loosely referencing him off of Buster Keaton I guess.

[doing-something-unholy]

having some Thoughts about these two articles.

[stjohnstarling]

Bad things are on the horizon regarding pornography laws in the US, which will affect every part of the internet that you and I use, and we need to be ready. We should go forward assuming that any art which is sufficiently queer and subversive may be classified as pornography.

Continue to create, share, and support queer and subversive art. Resist all pressure to voluntarily self-censor. Do not obey in advance.

[beastlyartblog]

wwyd if you found him like this? 🤔

[ganymedian]

Sorry mister Klimt for drawing your Kiss over and over again but listen . Lord Vane and Father Ardelian

[beastliness]

POV: you’re being flirted with by a beautiful sailor who calls you “blind as a bat” and “just about the biggest mark I’ve ever seen,” but also “forbidden fruit” and says you have “an arse [he’d] gladly break one or two of the commandments for”

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Sam/Miel- When the Moon was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

Lord Alastair Vane/Father Victor Ardelian- What Manner of Man by St John Starling

Feng Xiao/Cui Buqu- Peerless/Wushuang by Meng Xi Shi 

Carmilla Karnstein/Laura- Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu