Cherae
@clclark.bsky.social
SFF’s buffest lesbian. BFA & Ignyte & Locus Winner. Nebula & Hugo & BFA Finalist. TOURAINE'S ARMS & TOURAINE’S LEGS & TOURAINE'S @$$ & AMBESSA'S ARMS (Orbit ‘21,‘23,'25). français, العربيّة. they/she/sir/Hey, soldier.
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Cherae
@clclark.bsky.social
· May 16
It's a THREE BOOK YEAR for me. I'm gonna break them down for you in this thread, but head to my website at the link in bio for more details and sign up for my newsletter to keep tabs on sales, pre-order campaigns, sneak peeks, and events!
Ambessa: Out Now!
The others: Sept 30!
Ambessa: Out Now!
The others: Sept 30!
i want to be a firbolg
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 PM
i want to be a firbolg
👀👀👀👀
look, even i have been considering buying it so
look, even i have been considering buying it so
February 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
👀👀👀👀
look, even i have been considering buying it so
look, even i have been considering buying it so
I love the broadside they made me for the first chapter of #TheSovereign! You will surely not regret getting a comic of your characters.
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I love the broadside they made me for the first chapter of #TheSovereign! You will surely not regret getting a comic of your characters.
someone asked me recently if i could rec some more SFF books with butches beyond mine, which reminded me that i made a list for google books a while back. i’ve included that list plus some others i’ve read in the last few years!
*as usual, fictional character identities are up for interpretation &c
*as usual, fictional character identities are up for interpretation &c
Butches in Books
Updating the list of my favorite butches in (mostly) fantasy
clclarkwrites.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 AM
someone asked me recently if i could rec some more SFF books with butches beyond mine, which reminded me that i made a list for google books a while back. i’ve included that list plus some others i’ve read in the last few years!
*as usual, fictional character identities are up for interpretation &c
*as usual, fictional character identities are up for interpretation &c
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If you're of a mind for a fantasy political thriller that goes heavy on colonial/anti-colonial themes, @clclark.bsky.social's Magic of the Lost series is excellent.
If you are like me and can get into any genre theme if it's IN SPACE, check out Mur Lafferty's Midsolar Murders series.
If you are like me and can get into any genre theme if it's IN SPACE, check out Mur Lafferty's Midsolar Murders series.
February 4, 2026 at 9:26 PM
If you're of a mind for a fantasy political thriller that goes heavy on colonial/anti-colonial themes, @clclark.bsky.social's Magic of the Lost series is excellent.
If you are like me and can get into any genre theme if it's IN SPACE, check out Mur Lafferty's Midsolar Murders series.
If you are like me and can get into any genre theme if it's IN SPACE, check out Mur Lafferty's Midsolar Murders series.
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The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has announced a two-week residency with Nalo Hopkinson @nalohop.bsky.social, Sheree Renee Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, and Joshua Whitehead. Yes you DO want to do this.
banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency 2027
This residency supports writers exploring potential futures, perspectives, and narratives.
banffcentre.ca
February 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has announced a two-week residency with Nalo Hopkinson @nalohop.bsky.social, Sheree Renee Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, and Joshua Whitehead. Yes you DO want to do this.
banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
it was good shit, lads, put it on the list
FELICITY COMPLEX this year! mk ultra era super solider experiments lose funding + get bought up by man who wants them to staff his luxury bunker.
quick nasty read about flesh horror mutants emulating commercial girlhood, the red scare, domestic labor, abject violence, shame, betrayal, etc
quick nasty read about flesh horror mutants emulating commercial girlhood, the red scare, domestic labor, abject violence, shame, betrayal, etc
February 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
it was good shit, lads, put it on the list
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Get your first look at our three new Story Engine Expansions in our February livestream series!
Up first: the Character Questions livestream on Friday, February 6 @ 2:30pm ET.
Join us live to help us peel back the layers with some pointed Character Questions!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULpI...
Up first: the Character Questions livestream on Friday, February 6 @ 2:30pm ET.
Join us live to help us peel back the layers with some pointed Character Questions!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULpI...
February 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Get your first look at our three new Story Engine Expansions in our February livestream series!
Up first: the Character Questions livestream on Friday, February 6 @ 2:30pm ET.
Join us live to help us peel back the layers with some pointed Character Questions!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULpI...
Up first: the Character Questions livestream on Friday, February 6 @ 2:30pm ET.
Join us live to help us peel back the layers with some pointed Character Questions!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULpI...
haha I’m already scheduled to go in May, but what’s one more trip?
February 3, 2026 at 9:03 AM
haha I’m already scheduled to go in May, but what’s one more trip?
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BETTER HANDS is about being queer, black, your mother's daughter, father's son, and the persistent desire to be and become more than either.
i'm nailah, a part time poet who writes for the world to come. this black history month, let these poems help reveal what you want that world to look like. 🖤
i'm nailah, a part time poet who writes for the world to come. this black history month, let these poems help reveal what you want that world to look like. 🖤
February 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
BETTER HANDS is about being queer, black, your mother's daughter, father's son, and the persistent desire to be and become more than either.
i'm nailah, a part time poet who writes for the world to come. this black history month, let these poems help reveal what you want that world to look like. 🖤
i'm nailah, a part time poet who writes for the world to come. this black history month, let these poems help reveal what you want that world to look like. 🖤
nonfic:
who’s afraid of gender by judith butler
the evil hours by david j. morris
fic:
the felicity complex by august clarke
who’s afraid of gender by judith butler
the evil hours by david j. morris
fic:
the felicity complex by august clarke
what are we reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaading?
January 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM
nonfic:
who’s afraid of gender by judith butler
the evil hours by david j. morris
fic:
the felicity complex by august clarke
who’s afraid of gender by judith butler
the evil hours by david j. morris
fic:
the felicity complex by august clarke
Ohhhh, but that sounds delicioussssss! I have always wanted a special Elias Drink and I’m sure this one won’t miss.
Now…I just need someone to make it for me 😅
Now…I just need someone to make it for me 😅
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about FATE'S BANE by C.L. Clark. A fantasy novella in a world of feuding clans and sinking swamps, this potent lesbian love story is a barbed and gutting sawblade. Powerful work! Our drink is the Fen, a peaty perfectly balanced treat.
![[Image desc: a copy of FATE'S BANE by C.L. Clark on a wooden porch with white snow and a clear blue sky. Alongside the book is a rich red-brown drink in a stemmed glass.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ry77yg67bhrjsh4h5ptccng6/bafkreice5rdkhikpuqmzbg3p5xdgeaqylmrtvzodlvmixfa2sep4yrtpsm@jpeg)
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Ohhhh, but that sounds delicioussssss! I have always wanted a special Elias Drink and I’m sure this one won’t miss.
Now…I just need someone to make it for me 😅
Now…I just need someone to make it for me 😅
no greater compliment. 😘
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
no greater compliment. 😘
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I was so happy to get a final copy of FATE'S BANE by C. L. Clark after reading a proof before publication! This bite-sized epic packs so much worldbuilding and character and action and FEELINGS into one slim novella! Incredibly well-written and all-around amazing!
January 22, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I was so happy to get a final copy of FATE'S BANE by C. L. Clark after reading a proof before publication! This bite-sized epic packs so much worldbuilding and character and action and FEELINGS into one slim novella! Incredibly well-written and all-around amazing!
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All the participants in this are so good. Do yourself a favor a look through them.
It’s my birthday, and i get to be the bitch, and birthday bitch says draw this in your style?
January 27, 2026 at 3:52 AM
All the participants in this are so good. Do yourself a favor a look through them.
an oldy, dredged from the depths! I still love this story…
From the Archives: "Forgive Me, My Love, for the Ice and the Sea" @clclark.bsky.social BCS #296: "I couldn’t distract myself from that gap closing between me and the ship. Between me and you. At my belt I had the long knife I used for cutting ballast." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/forg...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Forgive Me, My Love, for the Ice and the Sea by C.L. Clark
I stopped counting my steps across the ice after three hundred. I couldn’t distract myself from the thought of that gap closing between me and the ship. Between me and you. Issheth, always steps ahead...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 AM
an oldy, dredged from the depths! I still love this story…
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We kept the prompts casual in yesterday's writing sprint.
You can mix and match as much as you'd like, or take only what you need to complete your story!
Watch the replay to use these cards, or tune in Wed., Jan 21 @ 3pmET for our next sprint!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH_m...
You can mix and match as much as you'd like, or take only what you need to complete your story!
Watch the replay to use these cards, or tune in Wed., Jan 21 @ 3pmET for our next sprint!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH_m...
January 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
We kept the prompts casual in yesterday's writing sprint.
You can mix and match as much as you'd like, or take only what you need to complete your story!
Watch the replay to use these cards, or tune in Wed., Jan 21 @ 3pmET for our next sprint!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH_m...
You can mix and match as much as you'd like, or take only what you need to complete your story!
Watch the replay to use these cards, or tune in Wed., Jan 21 @ 3pmET for our next sprint!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH_m...
new newsletter went out yesterday! feat. a wild week at the VCFA residency and some good advice from one of my colleagues for artists who want to be a bulwark during these times, and feel a bit less ineffectual. Also, a side-by-side comparison of monster slayer ch.1 with the dice rolls that made it.
Jan 2026: Welcome to the Playground
VCFA Residency, the power of play and poetry
clclarkwrites.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM
new newsletter went out yesterday! feat. a wild week at the VCFA residency and some good advice from one of my colleagues for artists who want to be a bulwark during these times, and feel a bit less ineffectual. Also, a side-by-side comparison of monster slayer ch.1 with the dice rolls that made it.