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Jelena
@jelenawrites.bsky.social
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SFF & horror writer, art historian.
LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE (April 2026, Dark Matter Ink)
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Jelena @jelenawrites.bsky.social · Oct 3
I'm thrilled to present you my new novel, LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE, coming in April 2026 from Dark Matter Ink.
It's all the things I usually obsess about: Slavic gods and cursed deals, political turmoil, trauma, revenge and duty - but this time with a hefty dose of love 💀
Cover of the novel Love Lethal, Death Divine showing a female knight wielding a sword
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Most hysterical review I came across today 😂
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
lady of sophistication @janky_jane Props to anyone who tries to be fashionable in ireland i wore a red beret once in waterford and someone called me super mario Andrew Beatty V @AndrewBeatty Replying to @janky_jane I once ordered a taxi in Belfast for a night out. The driver pulls up to my house and just says "yer not going out like that. Go back in and change, I'll turn off the metre." | swear I was wearing normal jeans and a normal jacket. Matthew @MrWeir Replying to @janky jane I once wore a silver jacket to college, turned up late for class, said 'sorry I'm late', lecturer said, 'that's ok' then waited til I was halfway across the front of the full class before following up with 'trouble with the spaceship again was it?'. Replying to @janky _jane My sister was in France sporting a new trench coat, thought was so stylish, but went into an Irish bar and got called Inspector Gadget by the first guy that saw her 15:53 • 8/16/21 • Twitter Web App was wearing my super-fashionable short trench coat. My friend took one look at me wearing the jacket and said, "Where are we off to now. Columbo?" Eoin O Neill @eoinjoneill Replying to @janky_jane Was wearing a vintage nike jacket in a very long que for drinks at a boxing match when a Belfast lad goes "furk me this is taking forever, your man has been here since the 80's" Loic Wright @dufflest Replying to @janky jane I wore a suit with a matching tie and pocket square to my first day of work at an advertising company (I thought I was going to be in Mad Men I guess) and the staff sent around and signed a communion card for me with a fiver in it. Eóin O Coileáin @L20_MTN Replying to @janky_jane I wore a white, wool turtle-neck jumper to the match once and a fella in the pub said 'Where have you parked the U-boat?'.
November 22, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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What movie villain is a horrible "person", but an absolute joy to watch on screen?
Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Good God
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
A post on Mastodon by small cypress (@small_cypress@indieweb.social): As an art teacher I was worried AI would come up as an issue of "why should I learn how to draw when I can use AI instead." But the real issue is that my middle schoolers CONSTANTLY believe all art I show them is AI. Digital art. Photography. Oil paintings from the Western canon. "A human couldn't do that" Being convinced that humans can't make great art is kind of terrifying
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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ARC sign-ups for Love Lethal, Death Divine are open.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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When you suddenly realise you've been saying hello to all the villagers without changing back into human form.
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Add Love Lethal, Death Divine to your want-to-read shelf on Goodreads ☺️
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Love Lethal, Death Divine
When Liana learns that her beloved husband, Prince Amro…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The pigeon singing, Never say never... ❤️
brendelbored.bsky.social Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 8d
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
An American Tail poster with lil ol mouse immigrant Fievel
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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If we met in another life, would you still love me?

🖤star-crossed lovers
⏳shifting timelines
💀love beyond death
🗡️price of duty
🔥touch her and the world burns

LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE is a dark fantasy love story inspired by Slavic folklore.
Available for preorder (bio).
#QuestPit #P #A #DF #RF
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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BLOOD IS LIFE. BONES ARE STRENGTH. FLESH IS CONTROL. SKIN IS DEATH.

🌹 Historical fantasy
🇫🇷 Belle Époque
🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance
🩸 Body-based magic system
🗡️ Family feuds
🗝️ Gothic vibes

Now available! A spellbinding debut brimming with intrigue and dangerous magic. #QuestPit #P #A #F #HF #R
Cover of the book A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE, showing the silhouette of a woman over a red and gold background.
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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For the first time in years, I feel hopeful today.
Well done, NY ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Read a book for free, make an indie author happy.
jelenawrites.bsky.social Jelena @jelenawrites.bsky.social · 17d
If you want to read my new book for free you can sign up for an ARC 💌🌺
And then maybe leave a review 🖊️
You'll get karma points and my gratitude. 😘
(Details & info about the book in the form)
forms.gle/sYRe61QneaqB...
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Since my new book is coming out soon, I joined Threads a month ago and OMG, that platform is vile. Almost nothing but outrage farming gets through.
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Reading the new manuscript I let rest for a couple of months and discovering with relief that the past me was pretty competent.
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Art reveal!
Melia and Ferisa, the rebellious heroines of my new novel, Love Lethal, Death Divine, coming in April 2026.
Preorder 🔗 in bio.
Digital illustration showing two young, dark haired women, one wearing a red dress, the other grey.
November 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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When in the woods, best beware of dead man's fingers lurking there.
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.

Happy Halloween everyone.

Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
Fungi growing in a woodland, it looks remarkably like zombie fingers reaching up from the ground
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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A dark fairy tale mashup of English and Slavic folklore, anyone?
The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King by Jelena Dunato
Katarina, who had seen her share of premature deaths said, “Nonsense. I’m not a physician, I don’t cut live women open.” Still, death was coming for Vlasta, diving like a hawk on its dark wings. The b...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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A comic have a kid trick or treating dressed up as a book. Caption, I'm that book you've been meaning to read
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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10/10, nothing to add
helenrosethwaite.bsky.social Helen Thwaite @helenrosethwaite.bsky.social · 16d
First animated crush without saying your age.
October 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
jelenawrites.bsky.social
If you want to read my new book for free you can sign up for an ARC 💌🌺
And then maybe leave a review 🖊️
You'll get karma points and my gratitude. 😘
(Details & info about the book in the form)
forms.gle/sYRe61QneaqB...
October 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Looking for illustrators, I've noticed a few things about AI grifters:
- they usually don't have a portfolio, just an IG profile with a handful of followers
- they'll say they're 'building' a portfolio
- if they do have a portfolio, it's either stolen art or wildly different pieces 1/2
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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A story in four words (that I overheard from the kitchen):
"Meow"
"No! That's pancetta!"
October 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM