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Devan Barlow
@devanbarlow.bsky.social
Writer of things.
https://devan-barlow.itch.io/
devanbarlow.com

she/her

2025 Hugo Poetry Nominee

books, dogs, fairy tales, theatre, tea, coffee, sea monsters, crafts

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✨Buy my books!!!✨

devan-barlow.itch.io

Fairytales-meet-musicals fantasy novels!
books2read.com/u/bzKXBj
books2read.com/u/bp1nBW
books2read.com/u/bOD2LE

Short fic/poetry retelling collection!
books2read.com/u/bOqZKN
timeline cleanse
Cozy and thoughtful ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Start your week with my Curses & Curtains series!
Want to feel as cozy as Ben in his crochet blanket? Pick up my Curses & Curtains series! Fantasy novels about fairy tales and musical theatre, full of friends working hard to help one another

devan-barlow.itch.io
books2read.com/u/bzKXBj
books2read.com/u/bp1nBW
books2read.com/u/bOD2LE

#BookSky 💙📚
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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doing God's work by vigorously pitching Rose Lerner and Cecilia Grant's God-tier historical romances to my friends who haven't read them yet

if I have not pestered you to read Rose Lerner and Cecilia Grant yet, please @ me so I can convince you.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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@niadavenport.bsky.social has been an incredible part of the SSF community. She's someone who has helped many others, including myself.

Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Donate to Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Lindsey Hart
Our hearts are with Nia, a beloved friend, author and advocate who has pou… Lindsey Hart needs your support for Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss
www.gofundme.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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More striped bookmarks!
🧶
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Cozy and thoughtful ❤️
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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30 new things went up today including holiday themed things and stitch markers. All money spent here supports LGBTQIA+ artisans. Flat $4 US shipping.

Thank you for peeks/shares!

www.peculiarityshop.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Start your week with my Curses & Curtains series!
Want to feel as cozy as Ben in his crochet blanket? Pick up my Curses & Curtains series! Fantasy novels about fairy tales and musical theatre, full of friends working hard to help one another

devan-barlow.itch.io
books2read.com/u/bzKXBj
books2read.com/u/bp1nBW
books2read.com/u/bOD2LE

#BookSky 💙📚
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
timeline cleanse
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Looking for a new Arthurian read?

The last piece in my collection, the timeloop novella "All the Ways We Drown" is perfect for anyone who's ever been annoyed by Lancelot

AKA "Elaine of Astolat and Elaine of Corbenic take matters into their own hands"
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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The second Dorothy Gentleman novella is out in March, but you can pre-order now! NOBODY’S BABY is a sapphic sci-fi mystery kicked off with one bone-chilling sentence: A wild baby appears!

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Nobody's Baby
Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in the second entry of this cozy sci-fi mystery series, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detective.Welcome to ...
us.macmillan.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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"When I got engaged to Demetrius, I didn't know he was an enchanted Prince who turned into a bird every night.
It's not the sort of question you think to ask."

- Book 1, An Uncommon Curse
Want to feel as cozy as Ben in his crochet blanket? Pick up my Curses & Curtains series! Fantasy novels about fairy tales and musical theatre, full of friends working hard to help one another

devan-barlow.itch.io
books2read.com/u/bzKXBj
books2read.com/u/bp1nBW
books2read.com/u/bOD2LE

#BookSky 💙📚
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Friends, please help if you can
Circumstances are what they are, and while I can't go into details, paychecks are just... not coming. I'm trying not to spam this link, but if anyone has the ability to help, whether donations or sharing, it means a lot. www.gofundme.com/f/putting-th...
Donate to Putting the Brakes on the Breakdown, organized by Linda T
Pez. Potato. PezNo. PezYes. To know Pez is to know joy and laughter and occasionally needi… Linda T needs your support for Putting the Brakes on the Breakdown
www.gofundme.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Friends, please help if you can
Circumstances are what they are, and while I can't go into details, paychecks are just... not coming. I'm trying not to spam this link, but if anyone has the ability to help, whether donations or sharing, it means a lot. www.gofundme.com/f/putting-th...
Donate to Putting the Brakes on the Breakdown, organized by Linda T
Pez. Potato. PezNo. PezYes. To know Pez is to know joy and laughter and occasionally needi… Linda T needs your support for Putting the Brakes on the Breakdown
www.gofundme.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I forgot to share earlier! It became a very starry narwhal. 🧶
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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SFF author N.E. Davenport lost her husband. 😢 There's a GoFundMe to help support her and her kids. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Donate to Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Lindsey Hart
Our hearts are with Nia, a beloved friend, author and advocate who has pou… Lindsey Hart needs your support for Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss
www.gofundme.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Buy my books, support this perfect snoot!
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Drew a Least Weasel because the name always makes me chuckle...

"Thou art the very least of weasels!"

Yet ounce per ounce, probably one of the most vicious and terrifying predators on the planet (but also deadly cute!)

#art #SciArt
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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In this newsletter, I talk about other things about the INCREDIBLE Kickstarter for @siennatristen.bsky.social 's Orchestrated Audiobook for HERETIC'S GUIDE TO HOMECOMING.

To the KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

This is where I gush about it: XD (scroll down) buttondown.com/ClaudieArsen...
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Looking for a new Arthurian read?

The last piece in my collection, the timeloop novella "All the Ways We Drown" is perfect for anyone who's ever been annoyed by Lancelot

AKA "Elaine of Astolat and Elaine of Corbenic take matters into their own hands"
November 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Please consider donating to my synagogue's warm clothing drive!

Amazon wishlist (easy, wide range of prices): bit.ly/bundled25

Silent auction (beautiful handmade crafts!): www.32auctions.com/bundled2025

We want to give mittens, socks, hats, etc. to families who come through our food pantry!
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🌸beep boop 🌸

For no reason at all

50% off all my books on itch

Or $20 for everything

Now through midnight EST Sunday 11/9

Go nuts!

itch.io/s/167176/hal...
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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On behalf of all self-published authors, I authorize you to reach out & tell us if you really enjoyed something we wrote.

We’re all dog-paddling in a sea of self-doubt & impostor syndrome & those little messages mean a lot.

Unless stated otherwise, our DMs/inboxes are always open for kind words 💞
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM