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[marsadler]

Update!!!!

There are now paperback copies avaliable with a gorgeous new illustrated cover from @theartofabirdy

She really managed to capture the essence of the book, the blend of divine and horror that I was going for when I wrote it. And NOW you can add it to your shelves!

You can snag a copy here:

Hello! I wrote a book and I think y'all will like it. It's for fans of Good Omens, Hannibal, Angels Before Man, and all the queer people who deserve financial compensation from the catholic church.

I present to you:

FIRST CREATION, a high heat queer horror novella with a trans angel MC and a queer demon LI!

FIRST CREATION is a love letter to fallen angels, to finding your place in the world, to connecting to religion in a way that works for you. To touch and peaches, and surviving horrible things, to finding a place to be holy if God won't give it to you. (it's also nasty, and about cannibalism and shame and guilt, too)

It's a 22k word (98 page) novella that you can read in one (or two, or three) sittings.

You can find it on Amazon and itch.io here to read an actual synopsis and look at reviews. You can also find content warnings at the bottom of my website: (I definitely encourage you to read them before you buy!)

Here's also some unhinged ao3 tags for fun

[sancta-seraphina]

Hi, I hope this isn't too complex a question. What books would you recommend for someone looking to get into angels? I'm looking for anything... lore, other novels to read, comics, whatever you can offer

Oh man, please don't apologize, this is exactly my type of question! Also this post got a bit long.

Obviously, there are tons of references for lore. If you're looking for a basic run-down of angels in the Bible itself, I'm writing a series of posts on that subject specifically, even if updates are few and far between right now (I'm so, so sorry, the ballet eats all of my time):

[Biblically Accurate Angels Part I - Seraphim, Cherubim & Ophanim]

[Biblically Accurate Angels Part II - The Named Angels]

This is because the easiest and most accessible information on angels is in the Bible itself (and hey guess what—you can read the Bible for free online! If you need a translation suggestion, I would go for the ESV bibles, and there's a Catholic edition of the ESV if that's an issue. You could also get the NCB which is what I cited)

If you don't mind chewy literature, then I'd say please read Pseudo-Dionysius' De Coelesti Hierarchia, or St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica. I cite both of these in my posts on angels since they're rather standard sources of information on them, and they're also where the Catholic church gets its canon from.

A great reference, even if I don't particularly agree with everything stated in it, is Gustav Davidson's A Dictionary of Angels. Most people look at it for angel names, but I'm very interested in his sources, since many of them I've not yet managed to get my little paws on.

I'm not even going to get into my favorite sources of angel lore because this is enough for someone just looking to start. I can do a separate post on those if people want them.

Now. Moving on from lore.

For classic literature, my two obvious recommendations are for The Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost. Over on IG, myself and Jami (@a-thenais) made a little book recommendation post. [You can find it here]. Being the angels nerds we are, everything is pretty on theme and has poetry, scripture, classics... the only thing we didn't do is current angel literature.

So for that, if you want a popular series, than I'd say go take a look at @nicosraf's Angels trilogy, especially since he just announced a new short novel coming out in December!

I personally also like @marsadler's First Creation, although I'd recommend his works mainly for horror fans.

And lastly, if you don't mind waiting/are keeping a list of angel books that are coming out, well, of course I'd suggest my own series [The Divine Tragedy], even if horror isn't everyone's cup of tea. The main series (Holiest, The Harrowing, & Heresiarch) and the series of novellas (The Infernal Apocrypha) are heavy on the horror, but in my last project, the Sepher Metatron, only the third part has horror in it, and the rest of it is more palatable to non-horror fans (the very first part of the book is also fully illustrated)

But if you can read Italian, then I'd also suggest @a-thenais' Nova Apocrypha Vulgata series! These are three novels (Thanatos, Hybris, & Afasia) that she is working towards publishing, and a few additional works too. You can read about them on her tumblr, and I've done multiple fanarts for them. We also tend to consider TDT and NAV 'twins', so if TDT is something you want to read, NAV will also something you'd probably like!

If you want to follow some angel artists, then please check out my pals @ultrainfinitepit (who makes gorgeous angel pins which I hoard) and @helplessavacado, both of whom have their own unique styles and stories as well.

[nicosraf]

Hi! I loved Angels Before Man so much (just finished my second reread of the year) and I'm desperately craving more queer angel/bible books, do you have any reccomendations?

hello !! i just made a list of recs on Insta for queer angels in specific, so here it is! ->

Mercy by Ian Haramaki (@cometkins) - romance fantasy, MxM

First Creation by Mars Adler (@marsadler) - horror erotica, MxM, trans

The Fall that Saved Us by Tamara Jerée - paranormal romance, sapphic

These are all authors I'm friendly with! And I think they are all very cool and inspiring. Please check them out! And thank you for liking ABM :)

[whatsuptyler]

WIP List

I've been MIA for the most part but I got tagged by @serotoninshift to do this tag game a little bit ago and I saved the notification because I HAD to do it. Thank you so much for the tag! I'm gonna... try to be more active here it's just hard ok haha

RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

So I have SO SO MANY if I include short stories, so am sharing only the novels. Some of these are completely empty files/folders that are placeholders for ideas I had, some have notes and outlines started, some are partially drafted, all of one is drafted to a point of release Soon™ 👀

Abomination Calls

And the Forest Eats Her Young

At the End

Beneficence

City of Dead Saints

Death March

Death Won't Stop for Death

Double Sight

Dying is for Lovers

epistolary medical horror idk

Gods of Ash

Hard Roads

Living With Ghosts

The Mercurial Ones

Midnight Hours

Night Markets

Pray For Him

Starlight Motel

Traces of Life

We All Have Teeth

THAT WAS FUN wow I have too many files and folders. Someone make me actually write??

I don't think I even know 20 people so just gonna tag a handful for funsies sorry if anyone has already done this! @ghostpoetics @bitethebard @marsadler @elizmanderson @beauvandalen @andromedaexists

[wendyofthebirds]

A Valentine's Day gift for @marsadler

Inspired by the characters from First Creation

[andromedaexists]

Get To Know Me Tag, 9 People Edition

I was tagged by @memento-morri-writes! Thank you!

LAST SONG

LAST MOVIE

I don't remember, I very rarely watch tv or movies WAIT NO IT WAS BARBIE

CURRENTLY WATCHING

So I'm not currently watching anything, but I plan on watching a bunch of Matthew Lillard movies once the semester is over

CURRENTLY READING

The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher (It's really good so far)

CURRENTLY CRAVING

Soup (not surprising. I should make some)

LAST THING YOU SEARCHED FOR WRITING PURPOSES

The Book of Ezekiel... Incorrect Eyes is becoming very interesting

Imma tag (soft tag, no pressure): @en-theos @doom-inique-writes @whatsuptyler @ghostpoetics @marsadler @saintedseraph @howlingbreeze @zmwrites @elbritch-kit

[lucian-evander]

Thanks for the tag !!!

Last song : dancing in the dark by bruce springsteen

Currently watching : red white and royal blue

Currently reading : first creation by @ marsadler and bingerereading the shadowhunters chronicles whole series

Current obsession : good omens s2 and angels before man (i have one type of media 😂)

@youcandalekmyballs @abisexualfrog @romanticvampire @dysphoria-things @just-a-honey-badger

7 People You’d Like to Know Better

Thank you @skyrim-forever ! I pass the torch to: @john-liberal @theauthor27 @dynamite124 @kynarreth @rock-pikmin-is-funny @serbiadisturbia @gemsweater72

Last song listened to: Be my Everything (English Version). It’s a solo song from one of the members of a K-pop group named Purple Kiss, and it’s fantastic! Great vocals, even though I do prefer the other song from the single more.

Currently Watching: Nashville (2013) and the new season of The Dragon Prince. I only have one episode of Nashville left and it’s the finale, so that’s pretty sad. I’m three episodes into season 5 of Dragon Prince and really liking it! I’m glad the animation has improved since the beginning.

Currently Reading: Nothing now. I just finished Dear Mothman by Robin Gow and loved it though! It is written for young teens, but it’s a really great queer narrative and is written through some very nice free verse poetry.

Current Obession: It’s mainly Skyrim (liked it so much I made a Tumblr blog for it, after all), but since I talk a lot about that, I’ll also mention Hollow Knight. I’m playing it right now and it’s very hard, but very good! I like how little handholding it does.

[whatsuptyler]

Heads Up! Seven Up!

Rules: Post a snippet with 7 lines and tag 7 other writers (if you can.)

Gonna do a snippet from the very beginning of my gay demonic possession novel, since I'm deep in revision hell to get ready for publication (Soon™). We jump head-first into weird religious trauma etc.

“God is love.” Standing at the pulpit in front of the attentive parish that filled the church’s main room, Isaias regarded the churchgoers. He was glad to have the grace to be in front of them and preaching God’s word. He was pleased with this place that he had built up from little, from next to nothing, in fact, to this church that he was lucky to call his own; it was a beautiful place, and the morning sunlight shining through the stained glass made him love this place. Isaias felt dizzy with it all, with the elation of preaching God’s good works to his parish in the centre of this community that he had fought so hard to build. It felt to him like he was a part of something bigger than himself, representing something bigger. And it was true, he supposed—to be present here, speaking from the heart of the Bible, he was not simply Isaias, a lone man in the face of God.

Thank you for the tag @frankensteinshimbo! Gonna tag @ghostpoetics and @nicosraf and @marsadler and @doom-inique-writes (you know, if you guys want to)

[andromedaexists]

Now that the month is winding down, I will finally have time to update the Queer Book Directory! I have found a lot of amazing books to add thanks to a new server I have joined, but I specifically want to yell at you guys about @marsadler's book First Creation that is coming out this week!

First Creation is a love letter to fallen angels, rediscovering religion in a way that works for you, queer rage, and hunger of all kinds.

SUMMARY

Amitiel, an angel of God, and Stolas, a fallen angel-turned-spy, should be enemies. However, after they uncover a shocking secret that drives them to desert, they go on the run together in modern-day America. Both are injured, and it’s only by chance that they stumble upon a long-abandoned church. Ensconced in the alluring, stifling church with a forgotten cemetery and too many peach trees, they finally have time to heal. They also have time to think and plan, which is as much a blessing as it is a curse. Amitiel must come to terms with his strange hunger and forbidden desires, while Stolas plans their next move. They both grapple with the knowledge of where their food rations came from, and that something is very wrong in the heart of Heaven itself. God has vanished, and if he isn't giving the orders, who is condoning the atrocities the angels commit in the name of winning?

TWs (taken straight from mars' site)

death, murder, blood and graphic gore, graphic cannibalism, war, food rationing and mentions of starvation, manipulation, blood drinking (in a sexual situation), explicit sexual content

WHERE TO OBTAIN

Amazon (Kindle Edition)

There will be more, they mentioned uploading it to itchio at one point as well as potentially having paperbacks! So I'll update with those links when they are available

MARS ADLER

mars is an amazing friend and lovely part of the writing community, they have been incredibly supportive of me on discord, twitter, and instagram. it's actually why I'm making this post, their twitter was suspended just a few days before the release of this novella. That's kinda fucked and they deserve to have love showered on their work.

I will be reading this and reviewing it as soon as I can after it is released. Right now, I am reading The Sun & The Star and Junker 7, both of which I need to review and add to the QBD. I also need to move the QBD off of tumblr since there have been rumors of staff removing custom themes (boooo i hate). It will still be the same link and the same way to find it (through my page or at this link), but it will be hosted off site that way we don't loose it.

ANYWAYS, check out this book! I have very high hopes for it, everyone who has beta read it is screaming about how amazing it is. I can't wait to get my hands on it!

[andromedaexists]

tagged by the amazing @en-theos!! Thank you!!

take this quiz and do this picrew, then post the results

tagging @lockejhaven @crypticcodexcreations @doom-inique-writes and @marsadler <3<3

[andromedaexists]

Last Line Tag

I was tagged by @isherwoodj a while back, thanks Ish!!!

When I received the letter in the mail asking me to become a part of a team dedicated to the study of Angels, I did not hesitate to join.

tagging: @marsadler @ghostpoetics and @kaiusvnoir this time!

[marsadler]

Also some reviews if that tickles your fancy

Hello! I wrote a book and I think y'all will like it. It's for fans of Good Omens, Hannibal, Angels Before Man, and all the queer people who deserve financial compensation from the catholic church.

I present to you:

FIRST CREATION, a high heat queer horror novella with a trans angel MC and a queer demon LI!

FIRST CREATION is a love letter to fallen angels, to finding your place in the world, to connecting to religion in a way that works for you. To touch and peaches, and surviving horrible things, to finding a place to be holy if God won't give it to you. (it's also nasty, and about cannibalism and shame and guilt, too)

It's a 22k word (98 page) novella that you can read in one (or two, or three) sittings.

You can find it on Amazon and itch.io here to read an actual synopsis and look at reviews. You can also find content warnings at the bottom of my website: (I definitely encourage you to read them before you buy!)

Here's also some unhinged ao3 tags for fun

[marsadler]

Also some reviews if that tickles your fancy

Hello! I wrote a book and I think y'all will like it. It's for fans of Good Omens, Hannibal, Angels Before Man, and all the queer people who deserve financial compensation from the catholic church.

I present to you:

FIRST CREATION, a high heat queer horror novella with a trans angel MC and a queer demon LI!

FIRST CREATION is a love letter to fallen angels, to finding your place in the world, to connecting to religion in a way that works for you. To touch and peaches, and surviving horrible things, to finding a place to be holy if God won't give it to you. (it's also nasty, and about cannibalism and shame and guilt, too)

It's a 22k word (98 page) novella that you can read in one (or two, or three) sittings.

You can find it on Amazon and itch.io here to read an actual synopsis and look at reviews. You can also find content warnings at the bottom of my website: (I definitely encourage you to read them before you buy!)

Here's also some unhinged ao3 tags for fun