arlen ren ✨
@arlenrenwrites.bsky.social
writer of queer paranormal, fantasy & horror ✍🏻 Trekkie 🖖🏻 X-Phile 👽 forever pup parent to Rufus 🐶🪽 he/they 🏳️⚧️ www.arlenren.co.uk NO AI 🚫 🇺🇦🇵🇸✊🏻
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Arlen Ren Writes
www.arlenren.co.uk
hello, I'm Arlen Ren (he/they), writer of otherworldly fiction that lurks beneath the surface of the everyday 👀
if you're interested in YA paranormal, fantasy and/or horror, you can check out my website—or the guides to my current WIPs (🧵)
www.arlenren.co.uk
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if you're interested in YA paranormal, fantasy and/or horror, you can check out my website—or the guides to my current WIPs (🧵)
www.arlenren.co.uk
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this cover is just breathtaking 😍
It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
this cover is just breathtaking 😍
two annoying mistakes BUT these are so satisfying when you finally get them!!
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 14th 2025 (Hard), in less than 25 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 14th 2025 (Hard), in less than 25 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
two annoying mistakes BUT these are so satisfying when you finally get them!!
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 14th 2025 (Hard), in less than 25 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 14th 2025 (Hard), in less than 25 minutes
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what is it about the pattering of rain against window panes that makes words flow so much easier? 🌧️
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
what is it about the pattering of rain against window panes that makes words flow so much easier? 🌧️
being a writer is wild, my writing plans are probably going to take me up to mid-2026 and that's just the WIPs I'm *sure* I'm going to be working on. who knows what else might arise?
and this is in my spare time outside my 9-5. it's just my hobby and I'm booked up for half a year 😂😭
and this is in my spare time outside my 9-5. it's just my hobby and I'm booked up for half a year 😂😭
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
being a writer is wild, my writing plans are probably going to take me up to mid-2026 and that's just the WIPs I'm *sure* I'm going to be working on. who knows what else might arise?
and this is in my spare time outside my 9-5. it's just my hobby and I'm booked up for half a year 😂😭
and this is in my spare time outside my 9-5. it's just my hobby and I'm booked up for half a year 😂😭
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A local friend is getting top surgery next month. If any of y’all could chip in a bit to help them cover the costs, I’d really appreciate it!
Donate to Support Max's Journey to Top Surgery, organized by Max Gomes
I’m Max, and I’m a 21 year old nonbinary person! I have been living as my authentic sel… Max Gomes needs your support for Support Max's Journey to Top Surgery
gofund.me
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A local friend is getting top surgery next month. If any of y’all could chip in a bit to help them cover the costs, I’d really appreciate it!
lmao I woke up today and I'm paying for spending two days there. I am so congested and gross 😭
something changed after lunch and ended my suffering 😪 I'm glad that I managed two days in the office in a row again. a sign that this cold might finally be relinquishing its grip on me, I hope...
I was okay in the office yesterday but I can tell that today's gonna be different. I've been here just over an hour and already the sneezing is being triggered. it's gonna be a long day 😩
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
lmao I woke up today and I'm paying for spending two days there. I am so congested and gross 😭
something changed after lunch and ended my suffering 😪 I'm glad that I managed two days in the office in a row again. a sign that this cold might finally be relinquishing its grip on me, I hope...
I was okay in the office yesterday but I can tell that today's gonna be different. I've been here just over an hour and already the sneezing is being triggered. it's gonna be a long day 😩
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
something changed after lunch and ended my suffering 😪 I'm glad that I managed two days in the office in a row again. a sign that this cold might finally be relinquishing its grip on me, I hope...
misreading a clue led to several mistakes 🫠 but I got there in the end
I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 13th 2025) in less than 22 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 13th 2025) in less than 22 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
misreading a clue led to several mistakes 🫠 but I got there in the end
I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 13th 2025) in less than 22 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 13th 2025) in less than 22 minutes
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I was okay in the office yesterday but I can tell that today's gonna be different. I've been here just over an hour and already the sneezing is being triggered. it's gonna be a long day 😩
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I was okay in the office yesterday but I can tell that today's gonna be different. I've been here just over an hour and already the sneezing is being triggered. it's gonna be a long day 😩
have I...just unlocked the character arcs of Alien WIP???
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
have I...just unlocked the character arcs of Alien WIP???
I DID IT
I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 12th 2025) in less than 15 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 12th 2025) in less than 15 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I DID IT
I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 12th 2025) in less than 15 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 12th 2025) in less than 15 minutes
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it's a shame that all the writing brainwaves I'm having at work aren't for my current WIP 🫠
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
it's a shame that all the writing brainwaves I'm having at work aren't for my current WIP 🫠
friends to enemies always hits soooo hard and"before failure turns her body to ash" has me HOOKED 👀 someone needs to pick this up!!!
An #agentsguide to STARSENT, my MISTBORN x HOUSE OF THE BEAST friends-to-enemies YA secondary world Fantasy, or “Friendtasy”, complete at 106k words, already with Big 5 Editor interest!
I’m now officially #amquerying so if you’d like to see this, lemme know! 💫
I’m now officially #amquerying so if you’d like to see this, lemme know! 💫
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
friends to enemies always hits soooo hard and"before failure turns her body to ash" has me HOOKED 👀 someone needs to pick this up!!!
I need to get up and out of bed but I just woke up from a dream about my (old?) house being haunted and I'm kinda scared to move tbh
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I need to get up and out of bed but I just woke up from a dream about my (old?) house being haunted and I'm kinda scared to move tbh
one of the few I've felt was "doable" lately 😂 annoyed at my mistake!!
I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 11th 2025) in less than 8 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 11th 2025) in less than 8 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
one of the few I've felt was "doable" lately 😂 annoyed at my mistake!!
I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 11th 2025) in less than 8 minutes
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Friends in the UK, you need this book in your life! It’s so good, so weird, and so unsettling. I love it.
It‘s been out in North America for a while, and is shortly coming to the UK/Commonwealth market.
US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
UK:
geni.us/asunder
US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
UK:
geni.us/asunder
Asunder
"There is no doubt in my mind that Kerstin Hall is one of the great imaginative minds writing fantasy today."—Isabel Cañas, USA Today Bestselling author o...
us.macmillan.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Friends in the UK, you need this book in your life! It’s so good, so weird, and so unsettling. I love it.
Happy book birthday! 🥳
Half the World Away is now yours.
HEARTSTOPPER meets BOY LIKE ME
Set in the midst of Section 28, the BBC launch an inter-school pen pal project. Theo writes. Alex replies. This is what happens next.
Thanks to those who have written such wonderful reviews.
I really hope you all love it ✉️🌎
HEARTSTOPPER meets BOY LIKE ME
Set in the midst of Section 28, the BBC launch an inter-school pen pal project. Theo writes. Alex replies. This is what happens next.
Thanks to those who have written such wonderful reviews.
I really hope you all love it ✉️🌎
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Happy book birthday! 🥳
typed up half of my outline for ch13...it's gonna be another long one 😅
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
typed up half of my outline for ch13...it's gonna be another long one 😅
it should not be underestimated how much of my mental bandwidth at any given time is spent thinking about dogs
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
it should not be underestimated how much of my mental bandwidth at any given time is spent thinking about dogs
hello #queerwriters 👋🏻
I have two weeks until I start a new role at work, so I'm going to try and be as productive as possible before this big change 😤
that being said I have slowed down a bit, so my goal this week is to finish outlining ch13 and write it, and read more of my friend's book 💪🏻✨
I have two weeks until I start a new role at work, so I'm going to try and be as productive as possible before this big change 😤
that being said I have slowed down a bit, so my goal this week is to finish outlining ch13 and write it, and read more of my friend's book 💪🏻✨
#queerwriters Monday: Goals Day!
What do you hope to accomplish this week? Can be anything, big or small! Let us know so we can cheer you on!
#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
What do you hope to accomplish this week? Can be anything, big or small! Let us know so we can cheer you on!
#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
hello #queerwriters 👋🏻
I have two weeks until I start a new role at work, so I'm going to try and be as productive as possible before this big change 😤
that being said I have slowed down a bit, so my goal this week is to finish outlining ch13 and write it, and read more of my friend's book 💪🏻✨
I have two weeks until I start a new role at work, so I'm going to try and be as productive as possible before this big change 😤
that being said I have slowed down a bit, so my goal this week is to finish outlining ch13 and write it, and read more of my friend's book 💪🏻✨
"your parcel has been dispatched..."
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a wall with framed pictures on it
Alt: Michael from the American Office screams nooooooo
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November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"your parcel has been dispatched..."
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"...via Evri!"
this attack on Muslims is sickening.
This is how transphobia's right wing fuckery blew open basic respect in the UK, there is absolutely no reason to expect now that being "women critical" is not also a protected belief, if you truly do not believe that women should just be reproductive slaves for cis men.
This will be used to abuse.
This will be used to abuse.
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
this attack on Muslims is sickening.
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On this Remembrance Sunday, let's remember the more forgotten phrase that came out of the mouths of those who sacrificed so much during the Second World War.
NEVER AGAIN.
Today isn't just for the soldiers who died in France, who stood and sacrificed themselves while the Little Ships rescued
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NEVER AGAIN.
Today isn't just for the soldiers who died in France, who stood and sacrificed themselves while the Little Ships rescued
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November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
On this Remembrance Sunday, let's remember the more forgotten phrase that came out of the mouths of those who sacrificed so much during the Second World War.
NEVER AGAIN.
Today isn't just for the soldiers who died in France, who stood and sacrificed themselves while the Little Ships rescued
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NEVER AGAIN.
Today isn't just for the soldiers who died in France, who stood and sacrificed themselves while the Little Ships rescued
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those who could make it, leaving those men to die. The civilians who stayed home subjected to Hitler's bombs dropped on their homes for years.
The railway workers (some of my family) with no military training sent to burning cities like London to deliver relief, troops, supplies on long shifts
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The railway workers (some of my family) with no military training sent to burning cities like London to deliver relief, troops, supplies on long shifts
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November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
those who could make it, leaving those men to die. The civilians who stayed home subjected to Hitler's bombs dropped on their homes for years.
The railway workers (some of my family) with no military training sent to burning cities like London to deliver relief, troops, supplies on long shifts
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The railway workers (some of my family) with no military training sent to burning cities like London to deliver relief, troops, supplies on long shifts
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The Muslims, the Gurkhas, the Polish fighter pilots (some of whom are buried in a graveyards near where I live), the women who worked as spies in occupied France. The Land Girls.
Remember them all.
And say it loud.
NEVER AGAIN.
NEVER AGAIN.
NEVER AGAIN.
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Remember them all.
And say it loud.
NEVER AGAIN.
NEVER AGAIN.
NEVER AGAIN.
3/3
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The Muslims, the Gurkhas, the Polish fighter pilots (some of whom are buried in a graveyards near where I live), the women who worked as spies in occupied France. The Land Girls.
Remember them all.
And say it loud.
NEVER AGAIN.
NEVER AGAIN.
NEVER AGAIN.
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Remember them all.
And say it loud.
NEVER AGAIN.
NEVER AGAIN.
NEVER AGAIN.
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