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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@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!
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I’d be grateful if folks followed this project on Kickstarter 🖤
Aiming right now to go live in January, depending on when I get all my materials ready.
We have some exciting invited authors and @mspencerdraws.bsky.social is on board for interior illustrations.
Aiming right now to go live in January, depending on when I get all my materials ready.
We have some exciting invited authors and @mspencerdraws.bsky.social is on board for interior illustrations.
December 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’d be grateful if folks followed this project on Kickstarter 🖤
Aiming right now to go live in January, depending on when I get all my materials ready.
We have some exciting invited authors and @mspencerdraws.bsky.social is on board for interior illustrations.
Aiming right now to go live in January, depending on when I get all my materials ready.
We have some exciting invited authors and @mspencerdraws.bsky.social is on board for interior illustrations.
Yessssss!
Have fuuunnnn!
Have fuuunnnn!
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Yessssss!
Have fuuunnnn!
Have fuuunnnn!
and finally—
in a whirlwind turn of events, we have a finished draft!
Some work remains, like fleshing out some side characters and coming up with some area names (and maybe even a title), but I’m calling this draft done.
in a whirlwind turn of events, we have a finished draft!
Some work remains, like fleshing out some side characters and coming up with some area names (and maybe even a title), but I’m calling this draft done.
some behind the scenes…
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
and finally—
in a whirlwind turn of events, we have a finished draft!
Some work remains, like fleshing out some side characters and coming up with some area names (and maybe even a title), but I’m calling this draft done.
in a whirlwind turn of events, we have a finished draft!
Some work remains, like fleshing out some side characters and coming up with some area names (and maybe even a title), but I’m calling this draft done.
someone blessed me with another Sabine—and omg 🥵
my new website, has my new favorite thing—a “graffiti wall” showcasing some of the amazing work.
it’s such a wonderful gift to a creator, to receive the time and skill of your characters, and i’m grateful every time.
my new website, has my new favorite thing—a “graffiti wall” showcasing some of the amazing work.
it’s such a wonderful gift to a creator, to receive the time and skill of your characters, and i’m grateful every time.
December 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
someone blessed me with another Sabine—and omg 🥵
my new website, has my new favorite thing—a “graffiti wall” showcasing some of the amazing work.
it’s such a wonderful gift to a creator, to receive the time and skill of your characters, and i’m grateful every time.
my new website, has my new favorite thing—a “graffiti wall” showcasing some of the amazing work.
it’s such a wonderful gift to a creator, to receive the time and skill of your characters, and i’m grateful every time.
i loved these poems so so much.
hi! i'm nailah, a black nonbinary poet writing for the world to come. 🪻🌷
would you interrupt your sister's lobotomy? wish you'd been abandoned on a mountaintop? wanna go feral with that special someone? birth a bird of hell?
do you like poems that bite back?then better hands is the book for you🫵🏾👀
would you interrupt your sister's lobotomy? wish you'd been abandoned on a mountaintop? wanna go feral with that special someone? birth a bird of hell?
do you like poems that bite back?then better hands is the book for you🫵🏾👀
Nailah Mathews • better hands • Print Only - Newfound
better hands • Print Only Summary Who breaks the cycle, and what does breaking it cost? Winner of the 2023 Anzaldúa Poetry Prize, better hands eulogizes legacies of violence, underscored by a fervent ...
newfound.org
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
i loved these poems so so much.
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Uh oh not a sexy butch
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Uh oh not a sexy butch
we must re-open the schools 😤
look at every medieval & early modern court document about lesbians and/or trans men using dildos (e.g. Katherine Hetzeldorfer, 1477). there are so many!!! court records!!
really I despair
really I despair
December 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
we must re-open the schools 😤
i did not realize there was aNOTHER sex scene essay this summer and featuring aNOTHER favorite book of mine! so i will be checking that out and you should as well!
Reactor is proud to continue our history of genre-focused literary criticism. Here's some of our favorite essays on reading, writing, and fiction from the year:
Some of Reactor’s Best Articles About Fiction, Reading, and Writing in 2025 - Reactor
We're looking back at some of our favorite non-fiction articles from the past year, highlighting book-centric essays.
reactormag.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
i did not realize there was aNOTHER sex scene essay this summer and featuring aNOTHER favorite book of mine! so i will be checking that out and you should as well!
it’s my favorite day of the year, when alix tells me what to read next year
i mean—uh what to get for other people
i mean—uh what to get for other people
last newsletter of the year is just a bunch of books i liked, thinly disguised as a gift guide!
buttondown.com/alixeharrow/...
buttondown.com/alixeharrow/...
December 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
it’s my favorite day of the year, when alix tells me what to read next year
i mean—uh what to get for other people
i mean—uh what to get for other people
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some behind the scenes…
December 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
some behind the scenes…
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Dec 15th's choice for best new books of 2025 goes to Fate's Bane by @clclark.bsky.social, a lyrically emotional, sapphic, and beautifully written novella of magic & warring clans set in the fens, where a hostage finds herself drawn to the daughter of her enemy's chieftain.
🪐📚💙
#SFF
🪐📚💙
#SFF
December 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Dec 15th's choice for best new books of 2025 goes to Fate's Bane by @clclark.bsky.social, a lyrically emotional, sapphic, and beautifully written novella of magic & warring clans set in the fens, where a hostage finds herself drawn to the daughter of her enemy's chieftain.
🪐📚💙
#SFF
🪐📚💙
#SFF
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“If you come to fiction because of an innate interest in human character, you might write fiction that answers the question, How did this character get this way? That was the plot of all my early stories. Much better to ask: Given that a character is this way, what do they do?” —Elizabeth McCracken
December 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“If you come to fiction because of an innate interest in human character, you might write fiction that answers the question, How did this character get this way? That was the plot of all my early stories. Much better to ask: Given that a character is this way, what do they do?” —Elizabeth McCracken
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"If you have ever read a story that seems beautiful and is full of both emotion and event but feels fundamentally dead at its heart, it's because it has an emotional plot and an active plot that have nothing in common. They just run parallel to each other..."
December 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"If you have ever read a story that seems beautiful and is full of both emotion and event but feels fundamentally dead at its heart, it's because it has an emotional plot and an active plot that have nothing in common. They just run parallel to each other..."
😯
Oh my gawd I just found this barbarian woman photo shoot Katy O'Brian did a few years and again: her. Movie. With battle axe. Now.
December 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
😯
i do! personally, i think they’re the most fun moments. i like teaching the most when i’m just another writer in the room, experimenting and trying to do the same wild, ambitious thing as them.
(also, it gives material to teach from if i need an example but don’t want to put someone on the spot)
(also, it gives material to teach from if i need an example but don’t want to put someone on the spot)
Creative writing teachers: Do you ever do the exercises you offer in class? I’m thinking about doing this as a way to try them out and also to be in tune with what the students are working with.
December 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
i do! personally, i think they’re the most fun moments. i like teaching the most when i’m just another writer in the room, experimenting and trying to do the same wild, ambitious thing as them.
(also, it gives material to teach from if i need an example but don’t want to put someone on the spot)
(also, it gives material to teach from if i need an example but don’t want to put someone on the spot)
some behind the scenes…
December 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
some behind the scenes…
do i have a strong enough brand to just say, ‘c.l. clark meets the witcher’?
because that’s what’s happening.
because that’s what’s happening.
Time to eat your vegetables again y'all! What's a one-sentence elevator pitch for your book? If you need help, [thing] meets [thing] is a great baseline. #WritingPrompt
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
do i have a strong enough brand to just say, ‘c.l. clark meets the witcher’?
because that’s what’s happening.
because that’s what’s happening.
Looking forward to this one…
Coming April 2026: RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES, 1st collection from Nebula, Locus & Sturgeon award-winner @samtasticbooks.com
buff.ly/9sh2exQ
"Samantha examines the human spirit with a sharp eye and a gentle heart." @foxesandroses.bsky.social
@lisarodgers.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social
buff.ly/9sh2exQ
"Samantha examines the human spirit with a sharp eye and a gentle heart." @foxesandroses.bsky.social
@lisarodgers.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Looking forward to this one…
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this silly gift guide was surprisingly fun to write, but i guess it’s easy when you just get to gush about the things that bring you joy—
C. L. Clark’s Amazing Gift Guide
Not sure what to get the storytelling nerd in your life? Well, I am.
clclarkwrites.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
this silly gift guide was surprisingly fun to write, but i guess it’s easy when you just get to gush about the things that bring you joy—
just finished my first solo play-through of ironsworn by @shawntomkin.bsky.social and it was such a fun storytelling experience. my first completed solo rpg, def not my last. won’t say much more about it for reasons but here’s a hint of what went down and who i was.
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
just finished my first solo play-through of ironsworn by @shawntomkin.bsky.social and it was such a fun storytelling experience. my first completed solo rpg, def not my last. won’t say much more about it for reasons but here’s a hint of what went down and who i was.
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I think it would be fun if writers who love language started intentionally writing more strangely as AI flattens written "content" into a mono-voice. it would cool I think if writers responded by focusing their individual efforts on cultivating a really unique voice that's hard to copy
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I think it would be fun if writers who love language started intentionally writing more strangely as AI flattens written "content" into a mono-voice. it would cool I think if writers responded by focusing their individual efforts on cultivating a really unique voice that's hard to copy
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New subscriptions to Rascal News will be rising by $1 in 2026. If you've been waiting to support us, we're currently running a holiday sale where the first two months of our entry tier is only $1/month!
Independent journalism on the cheap? Yippee-Ki-Yay, Anklebiters!
Independent journalism on the cheap? Yippee-Ki-Yay, Anklebiters!
We’re raising Rascal’s subscription prices by $1 in 2026
But you can lock in the old price right now with a holiday discount!
www.rascal.news
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New subscriptions to Rascal News will be rising by $1 in 2026. If you've been waiting to support us, we're currently running a holiday sale where the first two months of our entry tier is only $1/month!
Independent journalism on the cheap? Yippee-Ki-Yay, Anklebiters!
Independent journalism on the cheap? Yippee-Ki-Yay, Anklebiters!
i know this is relevant to many of my followers…
My backlist sale also ends today, if you have any interest in:
🐍 a transfem Basilisk & her mind-blowing hookup with Medusa
⚔️ a 7ft tall butch knight having a sexual awakening via sorceress
🐉 a lesbian playboy dragon shifter stopping her sire's cult
🌊 fantasy ritual kink in a library
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🐍 a transfem Basilisk & her mind-blowing hookup with Medusa
⚔️ a 7ft tall butch knight having a sexual awakening via sorceress
🐉 a lesbian playboy dragon shifter stopping her sire's cult
🌊 fantasy ritual kink in a library
riengray.shop
December 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
i know this is relevant to many of my followers…
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Finally, Ironsworn: Delve, the Ironsworn expansion of forsaken depths and perilous expeditions, is also 40% off.
Get it here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
Get it here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Finally, Ironsworn: Delve, the Ironsworn expansion of forsaken depths and perilous expeditions, is also 40% off.
Get it here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
Get it here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...