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[csdarkfantasy]

Bane of Blood: La Gorgona

A dark fantasy adult novel, updates weekly

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[csdarkfantasy]

Utter silence falls over the banquet hall. Haltingly, I raise my hand.

The host glances to me. “Okay, which one’s yours?”

I point past her. “That one, over there.”

She looks over at the dish I brought, a casserole. My grandmother’s special recipe.

The host approaches my casserole dish on the long table. She peers at it warily. She sticks a fork into it experimentally. There’s a faint metallic clang. She glares back at me.

“There are razor blades in this casserole.” Kneading at her brow, the host sighs. “Okay, that’s it. No more potlucks. For next month’s assassins’ meet-n’-greet, we’re ordering out.”

“….Okay, are any of the dishes not poisoned?! Is there anyone at this feast who did not poison anything?!”

[amandacanwrite]

Hey friends! I am doing a super special cover reveal and I could use your help!

I’m sending out a bunch of letters from my main character of my novel With Love, Juniper and I would love if the reading and writing community could help me share it with the world!

With Love, Juniper is a book about a young witch trying to navigate complicated social anxiety issues, learning to live and accept herself the way her loved ones do.

Im sending out handwritten letters, a print of the cover, an additional art print and some stickers all for FREE. All you have to do is fill out this form and I will tend it to you when it’s ready to go!

I’d so appreciate if you can share this post or comment to help it find people who would be interested! If you have any questions, just let me know!

Tagging the list :)

@eldritchx @carrotsinnovember @michael-thepoet @csdarkfantasy @a-crystallen-author @steh-lar-uh-nuhs @sm-writes-chaos

[morgayz]

oc in 3

rules: post three images that you feel represent a character

tysm for the tag, @televisionjester !! i'm hoping to hear more about damon ... luv the pics you used to portray him!

for me, i'm using some older pics i edited for my man teddy !!

he's a ww2 medic and uhhh has some issues <3 but let's be real, which of my ocs doesn't? i'm sure i'll talk more about teddy at some point, considering i've got a wip in the works centered around him, but for now get this: very cold, distant medic who gets transferred companies after the death of his best friend. shit goes down from there. (by shit i mean healing. HEALING)

tagging @stanzasbysloan @theharpywrites @metalaniac @rcsthewriter @csdarkfantasy & literally anyone else who sees this and wants to participate! go crazy

[illarian-rambling]

Thanks for the tag @melpomene-grey!

Wip Bingo

Doing this for Honor's Outcasts, and it's almost a bingo! There are dead bodies that end up in the ocean, but nothing plot relevant, so I don't think it counts.

Here's the bingo for Honor's Outcasts :)

I'll tag @somethingclevermahogony @katwritesshit @kaylinalexanderbooks @raiden-makoto @csdarkfantasy @aestheic-writer18 and anyone else who wants to play :)

[csdarkfantasy]

Link to my serial novel post 🖤

Are you a writer, artist, or creative of any sort, and you want reblogs on your original work? Submit them to my queue!

Reblog this post and add links to the posts you want me to share.

I'll try to leave comments in the tags but I make no promises

If I like your stuff, I might trawl through your blog for more posts. If you have a tag for your original works, leave it in the tags on your reblog and identify it somehow so I can isolate your original work easily. (Like mine is #etta's art or #etta rambles)

Pls no fandom stuff. I'm behind on the last 80 years of pop culture and this is about supporting OCs and indie projects.

Content warnings/tropes/other info is appreciated but not required

If you see me like your post, that means it's been viewed and added to the queue, you can expect to see it reblogged in 10-30days.

(My queue posts 10 posts a day and I'm down to under 100)

Even if you don't have anything to add to the queue, boosts are appreciated!

[frostedlemonwriter]

WIP Questions game

Thanks to @verba-writing for tagging me!

I will tag @winterandwords @csdarkfantasy @kaylinalexanderbooks @illarian-rambling @alinacapellabooks and an open tag, as always. :3

My questions were:

1. What was the first part of your wip that you created?

Danika, my protagonist.

2. If your story was a TV show, what would the theme song/intro be?

Duvet by Boa an Alt-Rock band from the mid-to-late 90s. I recommend everyone check them out. Her vocals are so ethereal toward the end.

3. Who are your favourite characters you've made? Why?

If you just mean this WIP, it will be both Danika and her bff Alice. Danika because I find it hard to distinguish her from having bipolar disorder, or is this stuff actually happening to her, ya know? As a sufferer of BPD I've always wanted to write a character with it. While Alice? Heh, Alice in Cyberland.

4. What other pieces of media do you think would share a fan base for your story?

Well, a very obscure anime called Serial Experiments Lain highly influenced this story. But, I'm not entirely sure. I don't think about it a lot. To be honest, I always just tell myself that no one will like what I do, and history kinda shows this. So I write for myself. No idea what fan base I'll have.

5. What has been your biggest struggle with your wip?

I don't really struggle with it too much.

6. Are there any animals in your story?

Not really. It takes place in Seattle 2049 where it has become the biggest city on the continent. Not many animals here.

7. How do your characters get around?

Danika takes the relatively new subway system. Alice drives herself, mostly.

8. What part of your wip are you working on rn?

Chapter two! Where it starts to really unfold.

9. What aspects (tropes, maybe?) of your wip do you think will draw people in?

As I mentioned before, I don't expect many people to want to read my stories. I mean, I think the most views I have on substack is 25? Which is awesome and I love every single one who reads my stories. Yet, compared to those who regularly have hundreds of views on their stories? Yeah, so I dunno.

10. What are your hopes for your wip?

What is every writer's hopes? That someone will read it and enjoy it.

As for the questions for all those I tagged. I am just gonna cheat and use the same ones here. Heh! Enjoy!

[sleepywriter00]

OC IN FIFTEEN TAG GAME!

thanks for the tag @kaylinalexanderbooks this seems like it will be fun!!

Rules: Use fifteen or less lines of dialogue that captures the essence of your OC. The less context the better, but you may include some if you want!

Alice Books

"I think I'll pass thanks."

"If you're gonna stare, you could at least offer me a smoke."

"cool, now will you hand me back my booze?"

"what the fuck?"

"give me a reason as to why I shouldn't kill you, right here, right now!"

"Oh, you have got to be fucking kidding me!"

"Don't. Fucking. Touch me."

"let me guess... They think I got arrested, right?"

"it's because I don't deserve the 'good' things in life..."

“no, Jack. Please continue.” I pulled out my knife from my pocket, twisting the blade between my fingers. 

"none of your business."

"if you want to kill yourself do it on your own time dammit!"

"whatever, smartass."

“I have a lot of problems Cassandra, your gonna have to be fucking specific!” I slammed the drawer closed, turning back to face her with a glare. 

“I'm so tired, Alex.” I swallowed the lump in my throat, refusing to meet his eyes as I stared down at my bloodied chest. “i'm fighting a losing war inside my head every day, and to be honest, I'm not so sure it's worth fighting anymore.” 

Let's just say Alice is a little... Intense...

Tagging @mikathewriter @csdarkfantasy @caxycreations @writeblrfantasy @writeark @wisteria-whump and anyone else who wants to join!!!

[meerawrites]

I hope @musicboxmemories, @arrthurpendragon, @csdarkfantasy, and @malicious-compliance-esq are proud, mostly cause it’s been.. *insert 84 years meme* here since I uploaded something to not archive of our own, but this is a mini novel at this point, so, might as well.

Vampires/war/existential crisis/smut/hurt + comfort, trauma recovery and romance, what have I done? /hj

[selenekallanwriter]

OC in three

Thank you @theeccentricraven for the tag.

Rules: Post three images you feel relate to your OC. They can be celebrities, famous artworks, photos, anything you think fits them. Please site your sources.

Luna from BLOOD MOON.

Wolf: http://m.gettywallpapers.com/black-wolf-wallpapers/

Girl: https://co.pinterest.com/pin/pretty-face--53269208086368614/

Dagger: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/golden-dagger-8f4c541704c741c9aec9c36164d9523e

Tagging: @graysquirrel7 @csdarkfantasy and anyone who wants to join

[andyswritings]

Out of context line tag

Thanks for tagging me @hallowedfury <3

“Start drinking, this is going to hurt.” 

Tagging: @winterandwords @csdarkfantasy @haunted-orange @somethingclevermahogony

[csdarkfantasy]

⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆ Lovely new avatar by @christinevioletart

[notwritinganyflufftoday]

Notice Me Reader Tag Game

Thank you @ahordeofwasps for tagging me in this! It's the perfect excuse to talk about some foreshadowing I put in book 1 that will resurface in the other 2 books.

Rules: Share 3 (or more!) small details from your WIP that you feel have gone/will go unnoticed. (You can choose whether or not to share why the detail is significant!)

Billy being specifically jealous of his mum calling his step-sister "beautiful".

Younes doesn't dream/doesn't remember his dreams.

All the women from the previous magical girl group wear their signature colours when they first appear in the story.

I'll be tagging: @lordfenric-writes, @csdarkfantasy, @dragomango, @teriwrites and an open tag for whoever wants to share some of their own special details as well!

[talesofsorrowandofruin]

Last Line Tag

Thanks for tagging me, @kaylinalexanderbooks! :D

Here's an excerpt from Death Waits for Some Men, in which Louise is Mrs. Bennet:

The only good part of the last two weeks was Louise's absence. Either she had accidentally poisoned herself, or she'd had a complete nervous breakdown after the boat sank. At any rate she'd taken to her bed and would complain to anyone who'd listen about how ill she felt, how no one knew what she suffered, and how none of them had any respect for her poor nerves.

Tagging @hippiewrites, @csdarkfantasy, @illarian-rambling, and anyone else who wants to do this! :D

[amandacanwrite]

Update on Projects; Sort of Poll I Guess?

So I've been chipping away at this story about a sickly girl being courted by the god of death. It's very much like a lush, velvety romance with some spooky, uncanny elements. It's based in a victorian setting, sort of leaning into the trope of the consumptive beauty.

You get what I'm getting at, yeah?

So here is the sort of struggle I've been having lately: The story has an antagonist, but he feels contrived and a little bit forced on the narrative.

I'm about to start what will be my second friggen rewrite of this and I'm wondering your opinion on this. What if the conflict was the main character stuck between the choice of joining her suitor by ahem...leaving the physical plane and living her life in order not to break her widower father's heart again by taking his daughter away?

Do you think that's an intriguing enough plot line? If the story focused on experiences she has with her father who she adores set opposite the romantic courtship between her and the Bone King? Would her internal struggle about that be interesting enough for you to read?

tagging the tag list! It would be greatly appreciated if you could give this a little boost, too, for a larger sample size?

@steh-lar-uh-nuhs @sm-writes-chaos @michael-thepoet @carrotsinnovember @a-crystallen-author @csdarkfantasy @eldritchx

[morgayz]

nine people i'd like to know better

thanks for another tag from @stanzasbysloan!! very much appreciate it and i've now added quadrophenia to my watchlist ... sounds interesting.

anyway, on to the questions!

last song: 'all the pain' by superheaven! a killer rock song, i am completely and totally in love with it

favorite color: blue!!! blue blue blue, i love it. probably any pastel color, as well

currently watching: i haven't been watching too much recently, but i've at least started the first season of true detective! which is pretty good so far. i will be delving back into my lost rewatch soon lol. i'll rewatch an ep of the x-files every now and again for pure comfort <3

spicy/savory/sweet: sweet! i love sweet food and esp sweet, fruity drinks. strawberry daiquiris? i cannot get enough of those. i'm not big on spice

relationship status: very much single

current obsession: my latest (re)hyperfixation was an amazon show called sneaky pete. now i'm kind of in that weird spot where i'm between hyperfixations ... i need a cure asap

tagging some people i'd love to get to know better!! no pressure tho @writing-rhapsodies @theharpywrites @televisionjester @oddsnhens @colormeforgotten @metalaniac @rcsthewriter @csdarkfantasy @agirlandherquill