Harper L. Carnes
@harperlcarnes.bsky.social
Gray-ace & aegosexual lesbian. Coffee addict. Dog, lizard, tarantula, & bunny mom. #Actuallyautistic. Writer of monsters. Survivor of worse. Creating a space to heal via fiction.
Author of dark romance, romantasy, & horrormance. 🔞
www.harperlcarnes.com
Author of dark romance, romantasy, & horrormance. 🔞
www.harperlcarnes.com
This sounds fun.
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published works
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published works
Here we go!
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published works
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published works
Let's try something different.
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published works
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published works
January 28, 2026 at 1:02 AM
This sounds fun.
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published works
1 like = 1 random line from one of my WIPs/Published works
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Here some Brian Despain art to make your Tuesday a little better.
January 27, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Here some Brian Despain art to make your Tuesday a little better.
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Del Toro says that many of us love horror because we want to understand “the other” rather than hate what is different. #FrightClub.
January 26, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Del Toro says that many of us love horror because we want to understand “the other” rather than hate what is different. #FrightClub.
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A goal for 2026 is to get #Dogwood1 ready for preorders but I'd also like to give my 2025 books more love.😊
THE CONSORT AND I is a court romance with a slash of treason!👑⚔️
WINGS IN THE VALLEY is an enemies-to-parents polyamory high fantasy with a cover by @ardenpowell.bsky.social .
links & more👇
THE CONSORT AND I is a court romance with a slash of treason!👑⚔️
WINGS IN THE VALLEY is an enemies-to-parents polyamory high fantasy with a cover by @ardenpowell.bsky.social .
links & more👇
January 1, 2026 at 5:41 PM
A goal for 2026 is to get #Dogwood1 ready for preorders but I'd also like to give my 2025 books more love.😊
THE CONSORT AND I is a court romance with a slash of treason!👑⚔️
WINGS IN THE VALLEY is an enemies-to-parents polyamory high fantasy with a cover by @ardenpowell.bsky.social .
links & more👇
THE CONSORT AND I is a court romance with a slash of treason!👑⚔️
WINGS IN THE VALLEY is an enemies-to-parents polyamory high fantasy with a cover by @ardenpowell.bsky.social .
links & more👇
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This is a beautiful queer medieval retelling about a werewolf and a king, by @finnlongman.com. The prose is gorgeous, the story surprising, the romance full of yearning. I absolutely loved it! 📚🏳️🌈 📚💙 📚❤️
January 12, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This is a beautiful queer medieval retelling about a werewolf and a king, by @finnlongman.com. The prose is gorgeous, the story surprising, the romance full of yearning. I absolutely loved it! 📚🏳️🌈 📚💙 📚❤️
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I want every ICE agent to end up on trial. I want them to have every good thing snatched from their lives. I want them to experience all the fear they inflicted upon people just trying to live their lives. And I want them remembered as the disgraces they always were.
January 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I want every ICE agent to end up on trial. I want them to have every good thing snatched from their lives. I want them to experience all the fear they inflicted upon people just trying to live their lives. And I want them remembered as the disgraces they always were.
Tell me your pet’s name in a gif
January 24, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Tell me your pet’s name in a gif
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January 24, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Pass it on!! It’s pfp day where you post your pfp. again. everyone look at the picture you’ve seen 9,932 times!!
Literally just a selfie with a swapped background in photoshop and some brightening.
Literally just a selfie with a swapped background in photoshop and some brightening.
January 24, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Pass it on!! It’s pfp day where you post your pfp. again. everyone look at the picture you’ve seen 9,932 times!!
Literally just a selfie with a swapped background in photoshop and some brightening.
Literally just a selfie with a swapped background in photoshop and some brightening.
Finally, I have a picture of my friends cat Nina, aka The Princess, that has her Cheshire Cat grin. So pleased with herself. She is treated as royalty and she knows it.
January 23, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Finally, I have a picture of my friends cat Nina, aka The Princess, that has her Cheshire Cat grin. So pleased with herself. She is treated as royalty and she knows it.
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If it ever seems like GenX and elder Millennials are obnoxiously loud about queerphobia and, specifically, trans rights, you have to remember we grew up in a society saturated by homophobia and decided "never again". This shame and hatred must not simply be redirected. It must end with us.
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM
If it ever seems like GenX and elder Millennials are obnoxiously loud about queerphobia and, specifically, trans rights, you have to remember we grew up in a society saturated by homophobia and decided "never again". This shame and hatred must not simply be redirected. It must end with us.
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Me when I see a submission call for Horror: 😀
When I read the guideline "no gore": 😬
When I read the guideline "no gore": 😬
January 22, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Me when I see a submission call for Horror: 😀
When I read the guideline "no gore": 😬
When I read the guideline "no gore": 😬
#HorrorWritersChat Q4
“Today hugs are mandatory,” Elias teased. “One more refusal and I’m calling it in.”
Sebastian rolled his eyes. “Calling it in? To who? My boss?”
Elias just grinned. “Two arms. Full squeeze. Minimum five seconds. You’ll survive.”
“Today hugs are mandatory,” Elias teased. “One more refusal and I’m calling it in.”
Sebastian rolled his eyes. “Calling it in? To who? My boss?”
Elias just grinned. “Two arms. Full squeeze. Minimum five seconds. You’ll survive.”
January 22, 2026 at 2:47 AM
#HorrorWritersChat Q4
“Today hugs are mandatory,” Elias teased. “One more refusal and I’m calling it in.”
Sebastian rolled his eyes. “Calling it in? To who? My boss?”
Elias just grinned. “Two arms. Full squeeze. Minimum five seconds. You’ll survive.”
“Today hugs are mandatory,” Elias teased. “One more refusal and I’m calling it in.”
Sebastian rolled his eyes. “Calling it in? To who? My boss?”
Elias just grinned. “Two arms. Full squeeze. Minimum five seconds. You’ll survive.”
#HorrorWritersChat Q3
I don’t think any of my characters in my horrormance WIP would have a problem with any of these days. 😅
Maybe in my dark romance WIP which has some horror elements because vampires, Sebastian would hate international hug day. He tends to be more standoffish.
I don’t think any of my characters in my horrormance WIP would have a problem with any of these days. 😅
Maybe in my dark romance WIP which has some horror elements because vampires, Sebastian would hate international hug day. He tends to be more standoffish.
I LOVE these days being subverted. You're all in sweatpant heaven. What about your WIP characters? your main characters? And what would they say?
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 AM
#HorrorWritersChat Q3
I don’t think any of my characters in my horrormance WIP would have a problem with any of these days. 😅
Maybe in my dark romance WIP which has some horror elements because vampires, Sebastian would hate international hug day. He tends to be more standoffish.
I don’t think any of my characters in my horrormance WIP would have a problem with any of these days. 😅
Maybe in my dark romance WIP which has some horror elements because vampires, Sebastian would hate international hug day. He tends to be more standoffish.
#HorrorWritersChat Q2
I felt better after the hug. Until I noticed the scratch on my back, and realized whatever they’d put inside me was trying to crawl its way out.
I felt better after the hug. Until I noticed the scratch on my back, and realized whatever they’d put inside me was trying to crawl its way out.
So we have four days today...or was it five? SUCH a busy day...
International Squirrel Appreciation Day
National Hugging Day
International Playdate Day
International Sweatpants Day
National Granola Bar Day
So which one will you choose to make horror? I know you can....
#Horrrorwriterschat
International Squirrel Appreciation Day
National Hugging Day
International Playdate Day
International Sweatpants Day
National Granola Bar Day
So which one will you choose to make horror? I know you can....
#Horrrorwriterschat
January 22, 2026 at 2:26 AM
#HorrorWritersChat Q2
I felt better after the hug. Until I noticed the scratch on my back, and realized whatever they’d put inside me was trying to crawl its way out.
I felt better after the hug. Until I noticed the scratch on my back, and realized whatever they’d put inside me was trying to crawl its way out.
#HorrorWritersChat Q1
I’m Harper. I write horrormance that’s often trauma focused and character driven. With people doing horrible and frightening things in the name of love (or what they define as love).
International Dog Day (August 26), because my dogs have always been there for me.
I’m Harper. I write horrormance that’s often trauma focused and character driven. With people doing horrible and frightening things in the name of love (or what they define as love).
International Dog Day (August 26), because my dogs have always been there for me.
#HorrorWritersChat
Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
January 22, 2026 at 2:08 AM
#HorrorWritersChat Q1
I’m Harper. I write horrormance that’s often trauma focused and character driven. With people doing horrible and frightening things in the name of love (or what they define as love).
International Dog Day (August 26), because my dogs have always been there for me.
I’m Harper. I write horrormance that’s often trauma focused and character driven. With people doing horrible and frightening things in the name of love (or what they define as love).
International Dog Day (August 26), because my dogs have always been there for me.
I keep having nightmares that I wake up from feeling completely numb. It’s been like this off and on for the past 13 years. Nothing has really seemed to help.
January 22, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I keep having nightmares that I wake up from feeling completely numb. It’s been like this off and on for the past 13 years. Nothing has really seemed to help.
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“No.” and “I don’t want to.” Are complete sentences. If you go past that, that is rape. There’s no grey area.
January 14, 2026 at 6:25 PM
“No.” and “I don’t want to.” Are complete sentences. If you go past that, that is rape. There’s no grey area.
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Begging baby authors to realize this.
Posting like you're on Linkedin or only about stuff related to your writing/genre is soul-sucking. Just be yourself.
Also, scare off people who aren't your audience.
Posting like you're on Linkedin or only about stuff related to your writing/genre is soul-sucking. Just be yourself.
Also, scare off people who aren't your audience.
On God I think the way capitalism biz tactics got its hands on artists in the indie field did a lot of mental damage (myself included). Posting as a Brand is exhausting. I'm so glad to see so many artists not give a shit anymore and just openly be people talking about their lives alongside art
General question for discussion: How do you guys feel about artists that talk a lot in-between posting art, even if not directly art related? Inocuous posts, interests, etc.
January 20, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Begging baby authors to realize this.
Posting like you're on Linkedin or only about stuff related to your writing/genre is soul-sucking. Just be yourself.
Also, scare off people who aren't your audience.
Posting like you're on Linkedin or only about stuff related to your writing/genre is soul-sucking. Just be yourself.
Also, scare off people who aren't your audience.
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Native Americans protested in Minneapolis today after the ICE abducted four Oglala Sioux Tribal Members. Three of them are still missing. (1/17|26)
January 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Native Americans protested in Minneapolis today after the ICE abducted four Oglala Sioux Tribal Members. Three of them are still missing. (1/17|26)
This sounds like fun.
I’m on my phone watching tv so I’ll do this
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM
This sounds like fun.
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"Winged Fluffcat" a gift for the lovely @perstephane.bsky.social turning her fantastic Fluffcat into an even more mythological being 💚
January 18, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"Winged Fluffcat" a gift for the lovely @perstephane.bsky.social turning her fantastic Fluffcat into an even more mythological being 💚