Lawrence Harding (she/her) π³οΈββ§οΈ
@lhardingwrites.bsky.social
Mum friend transitioning to mum. Recovering medievalist. Pen name of a gothic/dark fantasy/horror writer. Displaced northener. Culinary Cenobite. Pigeon mΓΆther. Synth/BM gremlin. Writing at patreon.com/lhardingwrites and https://ko-fi.com/lawrenceharding
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Did you know that I have a Ko-Fi Shop? Where you can buy all my self-published collections, novelettes and novellas?
Well, now you do!
Horror short stories, dark fantasies, medieval shenanigans and more!
#booksky ππ
Well, now you do!
Horror short stories, dark fantasies, medieval shenanigans and more!
#booksky ππ
It is such an incredible film on so many levels, but this one especially.
February 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
It is such an incredible film on so many levels, but this one especially.
Post a tree you photographed
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Post a tree you photographed
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It's that time of year again!!! π₯³
It's Goths for Breakfast time! This year, it's running on 28th February 9am - 10pm GMT. Online. Pop in and out as much as you like!
It's a charity teach-a-thon, raising money for Magic breakfast to feed hungry kids.
Get tickets - buytickets.at/romancingthe...
It's Goths for Breakfast time! This year, it's running on 28th February 9am - 10pm GMT. Online. Pop in and out as much as you like!
It's a charity teach-a-thon, raising money for Magic breakfast to feed hungry kids.
Get tickets - buytickets.at/romancingthe...
Buy tickets β Goths for Breakfast: A Charity Teach-a-thon β Zoom
Goths for Breakfast: A Charity Teach-a-thon β Zoom, Sat 28 Feb 2026 - Romancing the Gothic is running an online charity event to support Magic Breakfast, which provides school breakfasts for children ...
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February 11, 2026 at 11:34 PM
It's that time of year again!!! π₯³
It's Goths for Breakfast time! This year, it's running on 28th February 9am - 10pm GMT. Online. Pop in and out as much as you like!
It's a charity teach-a-thon, raising money for Magic breakfast to feed hungry kids.
Get tickets - buytickets.at/romancingthe...
It's Goths for Breakfast time! This year, it's running on 28th February 9am - 10pm GMT. Online. Pop in and out as much as you like!
It's a charity teach-a-thon, raising money for Magic breakfast to feed hungry kids.
Get tickets - buytickets.at/romancingthe...
I just watched Horny Hong Kong Robbie Rotten get wrapped in sexy tongues, set on fire and explode and even though I've been watching for over an hour I feel like I have zero context for this (complimentary).
February 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I just watched Horny Hong Kong Robbie Rotten get wrapped in sexy tongues, set on fire and explode and even though I've been watching for over an hour I feel like I have zero context for this (complimentary).
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this mythical 'cis person who supports your social transition and effortlessly uses your name and pronouns and respects your gender identity but also really really really hates that youre medically transitioning' DOES NOT EXIST. this is a LIE. you are LYING.
February 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
this mythical 'cis person who supports your social transition and effortlessly uses your name and pronouns and respects your gender identity but also really really really hates that youre medically transitioning' DOES NOT EXIST. this is a LIE. you are LYING.
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Ominous bird valentines.
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Ominous bird valentines.
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I don't fuck with AI because it is being used to ruin the things I care about. If I could destroy it, I would. Sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie, but I'll never know because I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker.
February 12, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I don't fuck with AI because it is being used to ruin the things I care about. If I could destroy it, I would. Sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie, but I'll never know because I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker.
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As someone with a number of custom tattoos ranging from meaningful to silly, I think there's also an element of vulnerability that comes with commissioning art of any sort that a fair few people don't want to experience.
February 12, 2026 at 8:51 AM
As someone with a number of custom tattoos ranging from meaningful to silly, I think there's also an element of vulnerability that comes with commissioning art of any sort that a fair few people don't want to experience.
Post a banger not in English
Going to embarrass myself with the song that rewired my brain and got me into metal and music more generally.
MissΓ€ Miehet Ratsastaa - TerΓ€sbetoni
Going to embarrass myself with the song that rewired my brain and got me into metal and music more generally.
MissΓ€ Miehet Ratsastaa - TerΓ€sbetoni
February 11, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Post a banger not in English
Going to embarrass myself with the song that rewired my brain and got me into metal and music more generally.
MissΓ€ Miehet Ratsastaa - TerΓ€sbetoni
Going to embarrass myself with the song that rewired my brain and got me into metal and music more generally.
MissΓ€ Miehet Ratsastaa - TerΓ€sbetoni
Surely if they were really maximising their resources they'd welcome the free protein source?
February 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Surely if they were really maximising their resources they'd welcome the free protein source?
Thanks Jeremy!
Old Habits Die Hard is my dark fantasy novelette.
Br Statius must come out of exile for a heist on his old monastery, as even saints need rescuing, sometimes
Equal parts a love letter to action movies, Cadfael, & random crap from my PhD. It's one of my favourite things I've written
Old Habits Die Hard is my dark fantasy novelette.
Br Statius must come out of exile for a heist on his old monastery, as even saints need rescuing, sometimes
Equal parts a love letter to action movies, Cadfael, & random crap from my PhD. It's one of my favourite things I've written
Featuring:
Old Habits Die Hard
12000 words of dark monastic fantasy, in which Brother Statius must steal relics from his former brethren and save his saint.
Featuring:
- heists
- monks
- demons
- demon monks
- relic cults
- battle trauma
#booksky ππ
Old Habits Die Hard
12000 words of dark monastic fantasy, in which Brother Statius must steal relics from his former brethren and save his saint.
Featuring:
- heists
- monks
- demons
- demon monks
- relic cults
- battle trauma
#booksky ππ
Old Habits Die Hard - Lawrence Harding's Ko-fi Shop
In this fantasy novelette, Brother Statius must break into his old monastery to save the relics of his saint before they're used for nefarious ends - ...
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February 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Thanks Jeremy!
Old Habits Die Hard is my dark fantasy novelette.
Br Statius must come out of exile for a heist on his old monastery, as even saints need rescuing, sometimes
Equal parts a love letter to action movies, Cadfael, & random crap from my PhD. It's one of my favourite things I've written
Old Habits Die Hard is my dark fantasy novelette.
Br Statius must come out of exile for a heist on his old monastery, as even saints need rescuing, sometimes
Equal parts a love letter to action movies, Cadfael, & random crap from my PhD. It's one of my favourite things I've written
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Today's a great day to support some creators.
Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.
Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.
February 10, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Today's a great day to support some creators.
Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.
Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.
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Buy your hard copies online from publishers or @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
Audio books from your library app or @libro.fm
Ebooks from your library app or Kobo or direct from publishers
2nd hand from Biblio, Oxfam or World of Books
Audio books from your library app or @libro.fm
Ebooks from your library app or Kobo or direct from publishers
2nd hand from Biblio, Oxfam or World of Books
February 10, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Buy your hard copies online from publishers or @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
Audio books from your library app or @libro.fm
Ebooks from your library app or Kobo or direct from publishers
2nd hand from Biblio, Oxfam or World of Books
Audio books from your library app or @libro.fm
Ebooks from your library app or Kobo or direct from publishers
2nd hand from Biblio, Oxfam or World of Books
Don't I KNOW that that's HIS litter tray?
February 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Don't I KNOW that that's HIS litter tray?
With very impressive whiskers
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
With very impressive whiskers
It's no wonder our local ginger boy is scared of him (they have regular staring matches outside our house).
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
It's no wonder our local ginger boy is scared of him (they have regular staring matches outside our house).
Went out to visit our little fern garden to decompress, then turned around and saw that one of my neighbours absolutely does not approve of me being in my own garden.
February 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Went out to visit our little fern garden to decompress, then turned around and saw that one of my neighbours absolutely does not approve of me being in my own garden.
Willing to bet this person is against puberty blockers too
February 9, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Willing to bet this person is against puberty blockers too
Absolutely nothing wrong with being excited about things, with gushing vocab to match.
February 8, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Absolutely nothing wrong with being excited about things, with gushing vocab to match.
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Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation
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I just have very little patience with people scolding progressives about abandoning Labour.
They told us to f off. And they continue doing that.
They told us to f off. And they continue doing that.
February 8, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I just have very little patience with people scolding progressives about abandoning Labour.
They told us to f off. And they continue doing that.
They told us to f off. And they continue doing that.
Normally every time I finish a fantasy story it's far too *long* for the appropriate/intended markets, but this time it's too short.
One day I will hit the sweet spot.
One day I will hit the sweet spot.
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Normally every time I finish a fantasy story it's far too *long* for the appropriate/intended markets, but this time it's too short.
One day I will hit the sweet spot.
One day I will hit the sweet spot.
Tracking major life events through my About the Author blurbs is a thing, apparently
February 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Tracking major life events through my About the Author blurbs is a thing, apparently
Going over old publications is fun because I get to watch my pronouns slowly creep across the gender spectrum like, come on girl, you're so close to getting it π
February 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Going over old publications is fun because I get to watch my pronouns slowly creep across the gender spectrum like, come on girl, you're so close to getting it π
Dipping into old PhD books for story inspiration and this collection of essays on Medieval Holiness & Masculinity clearly annoyed Past Me on both theological and gender levels (in a way that, given I came out as a woman a couple of years after I last read this, really shouldn't surprise me).
February 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Dipping into old PhD books for story inspiration and this collection of essays on Medieval Holiness & Masculinity clearly annoyed Past Me on both theological and gender levels (in a way that, given I came out as a woman a couple of years after I last read this, really shouldn't surprise me).