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Shimaira ⛥
@shimaira.com
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Writer of dark fiction inspired by dreams & nightmares 🌌 MH & PTSD 🌸 Autistic 🤘 Witch ⛥
🏳️‍🌈 Queer, polyam, aspec 💜🖤💚 (she/they)
👩‍🔬 Works in a lab, developing vaccines 🧫
📖 My Lord art by @hollybunn.bsky.social
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Shimaira ⛥ @shimaira.com · Jun 21
🔞 MY LORD: a queer, slow-burn erotic gothic horror novel about rediscovering yourself after trauma—with kinky, blood-drinking immortals & polyamory.

🎮 Now also on itchio
📖 Free via Kobo Plus
🔖 Free signed bookplates for paperbacks
mylord.shimaira.com

Art by @hollybunn.bsky.social
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Queer, slow-burn erotic gothic horror Lord Deminas is known to be cruel. Yet, he's rather protective of Meya, his new chambermaid, and punishes anyone who dares hurt her. Servants regularly vanish, and with the Lord now drinking her blood, Meya and her paramour need to avoid the same happening to either of them. Sapphic, polyam f/f/m hurt/comfort Kinky, medieval lord Consent is emphasised overcoming trauma harm her & suffer Kill your abusers healing blood delicious long pig vampires, but different Foursome in the dungeon Content warning: abduction, off-page and non-graphic sexual abuse (rape is condemned and sexual abusers are killed), explicit sexual content (consent is emphasised), kink (wax play, knife and blood play, primal play, bondage, and mention of spanking and breath play), graphic violence, gore, death, vampirism, cannibalism, and illness (pneumonia). Shimaira dot com 5 star review reading: “The perfect blend of spice and horror” This book takes many dark and chilling themes and a creepy setting and blends them together with the spice just perfectly. I loved the romances between Meya and her two loves and how both unfolded differently but just as naturally. When we meet Meya, she is already on the run and just trying to survive, the full weight of what she has endured has not yet hit her when even more trauma comes her way. This book is about vampires and steamy romance, yes. But it's also about Meya re-learning how to be a human being and finding herself again after so much hardship has beaten her down. There is a scene at the start that sticks in my mind because even those the people who hurt Meya are dead, it's clear she still doesn't feel safe yet; her mind is still living through the trauma even though her body is safe (or as safe as it can be in the castle of a vampire....). This is true for most trauma survivors. It takes a long time for the mind to finally realize the danger is past and this was so perfectly portrayed in this book. Come for the spice and horror, stay for the healing and trauma recovery. ~ Lily 4 star review reading: Erotica and horror can make for entertaining bedfellows, but they can be a difficult act to balance. If the story leans too heavily into horror, it can make the erotic scenes feel tawdry, there to shock the audience as much as the acts of violence. If its eroticism is the overpowering factor, it can make the horror itself feel cheap, giving it a B-grade type of feel. Thankfully, My Lord by L.B. Shimaira manages to balance these two components, ensuring both aspects complement each other. With a strong sense of character that examines its protagonist’s trauma as it tells a story about her growth, My Lord becomes something stronger than a simple combination of erotica and horror. ~ W.A. Stanley 5 star review reading: I just put this book down, and “WOW” is all I can say. I didn’t know what to expect going into this other than a dark fantasy full of polyamory and queer themes, but that’s just from what I know about the author. This book takes the reader into a dark fantasy world where men aren’t what they seem, human servants are disposable commodities, and love is found in the most unlikely of places. Whatever you’re thinking, this book will take you elsewhere. You won’t expect it, but you’ll love the ride. The mystery behind the darkness is worth wading into it, and the intrigue behind every twist and turn will have you turning the page with anticipation, wanting more. Shimaira has penned a frightening story with BDSM aspects and polyamorous love, all with consent at the front and center. There are content warnings for this book that one should heed, but it is a lot of bloody fun. ~ Daniel Aegan
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Ugh as if people using genAI can't get more gross, just spotted an author sliding in an own ad as a reply to a bundle post (that's just bad conduct, please don't) but then I checked all their recent posts… Such a clear pattern 💀 pretty sure those are all generated replies to try & get "engagement" 💀
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Wanna read about empires and tyrants being destroyed and rebellion is the order of the day?

This bundle of books is especially for you!

💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 🩸 📦 #booksky #queersky
Burn It Down! by mcburnell and 17 others
Burn It Down!: 17 items for $16.00
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November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Teasing some new art for the upcoming MY LORD special hardback edition 😁
10 artworks and working to have printed edges 🙌 (the proof will have to prove (ha) if this'll work or not 🙈🙈)

Also thinking of releasing a special ebook version with all the new art 👀
~more sneak peeks in thread

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November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Now who might this be, enjoying some of the Lord's blood? 👀
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November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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I have some in colour too... More stickers! And perhaps for an ebook edition? 👀
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November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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3 HOURS LEFT 💖💖💖
eliseswritings.bsky.social Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 14d
I'd like to kick off Trans Awareness Month with 32 stories of Trans People Taking On The World, by mainly trans authors

Your heroes may tackle; love, friendship, magic &war, self discovery, trauma & healing, demons (literal or metaphorical 😉) & or the world itself!

🌈📚💙💕📚🪐📚♿ itch.io/b/3352/trans...
Title: Trans People Take on the World, Nov 1-15 in Itchio 32 Book covers, background a sunset photo by Elise Carlson. The Strangers Sanctuary, S.E. Robertson What Lies Within, Issy Waldon Synthetic Sea, Franklyn S. Newton Non-Player Character, Veo Corva A Life in Too Many Margins, S.E. Thomson Like Salt and Whi Sky, Merlina Garance A Memory of Blood and Magic, K.N. Brindle My Personal Trainer Cracked My Egg, Fern V. Bedek Enemies to Enemies, Ash Kreider The Poison Fruits, E.M. Haegar The Thread That Binds, Cedar McCloud The Wings of Ashtaroth, Steve Hugh Westenra The Elysium Proposal, A.E. Bross Structural Integrity, Tabitha O'Connell Songs of Broken Bells, Lilly Lockwood Echo Sight, Cian Verath The Uncontinented Stars, Haden Cross Between You, Me and the Moonlit Sea, Linn Silver Secondhand Origin Storie, Lee Brontide Blood On The Snow, Finn McLellan Manipulators War, Elise Carlson Powder & Feathers, Johannes T. Evans Our Simulated Selves, Nikki Null All Roads Lead to This, Kay Claire 1000Lotuses, Lotuscarp.com First Rose, Jake Vanguard A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger Dragons Soul, J.F.R. Coates Garden of Rotten Roses, Nicole Hidalgo Name Her Holy, Aubrey Ennis Baker Thief, Claudie Arsenault Illusory, M.X. Misfits
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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leaving for work in the morning, blissfully unaware that your cat is about to ruin your fucking life with this
americafavoriteboy.bsky.social Chili @americafavoriteboy.bsky.social · 13h
Kinda overkill. But im also lazy so kinda appealing
Tired of changing rolls? Says a poster demonstrating a weak empty roll next to a giant mega roll. Guess size does matter
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Worked some more on the special edition... Placed all the current artworks in their correct spots (2 pending)
Hopefully tomorrow I can get those printed edges sorted 🙌
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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So I had people ask if my books are available anywhere other than the reverse sale link on Itch which makes them more expensive. Yes! Some examples below. Payhip makes me the most money if it matters

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(art by @bmwillows.bsky.social)

(buy my books with my lesbians)
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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ICYMI 💜
shimaira.com Shimaira ⛥ @shimaira.com · 2d
Want a free horror fantasy novelette? Just subscribe to my newsletter to claim it 😁

🔞 This story contains graphic violence, gore, (attempted) murder and explicit sexual content (human x non-human).

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Excerpts from Millennium, by Shimaira. The image shows a blue fractal background with a blue sketch character with pointy ears and feathery wings. The demon’s three-toed feet came into view, and he placed one foot on her head, pushing her face into a musty towel. “That was fun,” he said. “Let’s play again tomorrow.” He took a step back. Aislinn tried to move, but her arms were now paralysed too. What did he do to me? Tears streamed down her face. Blue? Blue, where are you? Save me! The demon crouched down in front of her. He grabbed her by the hair and lifted her head up so he could see her face. Their gazes met, his red eyes full of sinister joy, and he grinned, exposing multiple rows of sharp teeth. Oh, fuck… Her hands went down his body, one slipping beneath the rim of his trousers to grip his butt while the other felt the outline of his erection pressing against the fabric. Her fingers touching him caused him to growl softly and now it was her turn to smirk. She stroked his length, teasing him by leaving the barrier intact. Blue tugged at her hair, pulling her head aside, and grazed his pointy teeth along her neck before grunting, “Kitten wants more, huh?” His hand went down her side, leaving goosebumps in its wake. “Just don’t forget: I’m not human.”
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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STOP. PUTTING. AI IN EVERYTHING.

Fucking stop it!
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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I'm too tired to come up with clever marketing today so I'll just say that you should check out my books and leave it at that 🤷‍♀️
diannalgunn.bsky.social Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 3d
Lots of new followers lately, so I think it's about time to do a Big Thread of Books

First, let me say hello! I'm an author and editor of fantasy and horror, with five books currently out, one planned for release in spring 2026, and many more in the works

You can see them all at the link below 1/?
Home - Author Dianna Gunn
Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror, out NOW As the horrors close in around us, we turn to story to process our fears, our desires, and our futures. In Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive F...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Teasing some new art for the upcoming MY LORD special hardback edition 😁
10 artworks and working to have printed edges 🙌 (the proof will have to prove (ha) if this'll work or not 🙈🙈)

Also thinking of releasing a special ebook version with all the new art 👀
~more sneak peeks in thread

🌶️📚💙
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Me: let's share a snippet of this beautiful art I've commissioned!
Meta: <see screenshot>

HOW ABOUT FUCKING NO 🤬
Partial screenshot of the top of an Instagram story creator, giving a little text bubble stating "Restyle your photo met Meta AI."
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Less than 24 hours to pick up this bundle filled with stories trans self-discovery, love, friendship, trauma, healing, literal and metaphorical demons, magic, war, and/or the world itself!

Snatch up the Trans People Take on the World bundle before it's gone! 📢📚

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Trans People Take on the World itchio book bundle 32 books for $35.00 November 1 through November 15 Secondhand Origin Stories by Lee Brontide Non-Player Character by Veo Corva Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault What Lies Within by Issy Waldrom Synthetic Sea by Franklyn Newt My Personal Trainer Cracked My Egg by Fern V. Bedek The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle by Steve Westenra All Roads Lead to This by Kay Claire Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis The Uncontinented Stars by Haden Cross Blood on the Snow by Finn McLellan A Memory of Blood and Magic by K. N. Brindle Structural Integrity by Tabitha O'Connell The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud The Elysium Proposal by A.E. Bross Between You, Me, and the Moonlit Sea by Linn Silver FIRST ROSE by Jake Vanguard Manipulator's War by Elise Carlson Like Salt and Whisky by Merlina-Garance Illusory by Mx Misfits Enemies to Enemies by Ash Kreider Garden of Rotten Roses by Nic Hidalgo Echo Sight by Cian Verati The Poison Fruits by EM HAEGER Dragon's Soul by J.F.R. Coates A Demon to Save Me by H.S. Kallinger Powder and Feathers by Johannes T. Evans The Strangers' Sanctuary by S.E. Robertson Our Simulated Selves by Nikki Null Songs of Broken Bells by Lilly Lockwood A Life in Too Many Margins by S. E. Thomson 1000 Lotuses Part 2 - Seamstress (with Part 1) by LotusCarp
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Last day of my Beautiful Beasts sale bundle, so if you want to get the first three books in my series of erotic novellas for $8, now's your chance!
#monsterromance #novella #booksky #smut #monsterfucker

Find the bundle on Itch here: itch.io/s/163776/bea...
Cover to return the rose, the first Beautiful Beasts book. Colored in monochrome purple, a large beast with a lion-like face and stag antlers embraces a partially undressed woman with long flowing hair. She clutches onto his antlers, wistfully looking at her lover, the beast. Tropes: beauty and the beast, romance in the rain, preferring the beast, broken beds, romantic scars, prisoner to lover, magical genetalia, predator role play, sapphic experiment. Cover to Cove of the Fisherman's wife. Colored in monochrome blue, a Japanese woman looks upon the encroaching octopus arms. Her yukata is partially removed, as a lone tear runs down her cheek. Tropes: consensual tentacles, sengoku jidai era japan, octopus yokai, literal foxy lady, brutal revenge, evil ronin, slightly benevolent monster, secret sex worker, protective surrogate mother. Cover to Beautiful Beasts 3, The Nightstalker’s Mark, by Joahim Heijndermans. Two women coated in a red colored hue hold each other in embrace, looking at one another. One a short haired blind woman with a tank top. The other is a vampiric creature who is nude, her ears pointed and the pupils in her eyes are narrow slits like those of a serpent. Her open mouth reveals a set of fangs, her intent implied to be nefarious. The title of the book is colored with a yellow gradient, with the ‘M’ in Mark similar to a set of fangs. Small dots of Braille writing repeat the title, a reference to the one woman’s blindness. Tropes: vampire smut, blood drinking, mind control, shape changing, lgbtq romance, emotional abuse, vampire violence, disability & blindness
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Feed boost 💜
📢📚💙 #DiscountBooks
jheijndermans.bsky.social Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 1d
So to alleviate some medical costs, I've put my three short story collection up for sale on Itch in a bundle. Get all three #scifi, #horror and #fantasy collections on #ebook for $10!!!

The sale ends today, so pick up over 60 short stories now.

Find the bundle here: itch.io/s/163297/hei...
Cover to All Through the House and other tales from a Random place by JoachimHeijndermans. Black and white art in boxes symbolizing the short stories within. It inclused a dives accosted by tentacles, a bee, an alien eating noodles, a pig, a round drone, a clock with an omega symbol, a mech suit, a digital smiling face, a pod in space and a ouroboros with arms reaching out. In the center, a set of claws pick up a cookie on a plate for santa. Tropes list: weird Santa claus, 26 short stories, worlds last pig, mindfuck prison, apocalyptic zookeeper, kaiju death cult, Christmas in space, televised deathmatches, bored Eldritch god, udon addicted aliens, superhero speeddating Cover to Soft Reboot by Joachim Heijndermans. A power button symbol in the center is surrounded by a collection of small circles with symbols for the short stories within. Topes list: 18 short stories, literate puffins, kaiju survivors guilt, raccoon, imsane orca, sentient bomb, war tourist meets soldier, poison ocean, space travel podcast, poison ocean, owl griffin Cover for the short story collection Rage from a Cage by Joachim Heijndermans, the title in thick bold lettering. On a white background, marred with scratches and damage, is a set of black shapes of triangles and trapazoids, who together form a broken pentagon. Within the middle shapes is the skull from a sabre-toothed cat, its maw open and the broken pentagon appearing as the bar of a cage. The animal is snarling for freedom. Tropes list: 30 short stories, apocalypse parties, desolate worlds, lonely undead, norse god roommates, cat trials, clockwork gunslinger, vengeful robots, sentient zombie viruses, superhero violence, weird experiments
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Another sneak peak to the new art for the My Lord special edition 🌶️📚
This drawing got a coloured version too cos my sapphic bestie deserved that for sponsoring the art 🥰🥰
A snippet of a coloured artwork, showing one character with black hair kissing another with red hair in the neck.
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Got to love when sharing new art with friends and seeing their reactions 😂🙌💜
Can't wait for all the commissions to be in and finishing this special edition of MY LORD 🤭💜
A screenshot of a group chat. A drawing was shared, only the very bottom of someone's butt visible and upper legs. It's shared with the emoji 😏 It has been reacted to with the emojis 🍑🤩😮 Friend 1: I may have died now Friend 2: that is one lordly butt. Hello 💃 Friend 3: it just... It's regal... Royal... Friend 2: the most regal butt I've seen in my life and believe me I've seen some regal butts. I haven't really. Shimaira: 😂😂😂
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Dear Humans,

Trump is in a full out panic. He hasn’t posted in 24 hours. It’s time to make him the pedophile formerly known as president. If you could do that God would be so happy.

Love,

God
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Who even needs knees? And what are hips and elbows for anyway? 🫠🫠
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Seriously though, can all this genAI bullshit stop already? 😭
alepresser.com Ale @alepresser.com · 1d
Jesus christ. I was looking for references and then
A screenshot of a "stretching man - AI emoji generator"showing... I don't know, looks like a person with only one arm that is basically both of them merged together, with one leg up, and the twisted body backwards down on... I don't know, I can't describe it.
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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The Indie Ink Awards are open for nominations 💜
Please consider nominating my literary fantasy book that's based on my life as a trans trauma survivor. It flips the light vs dark narrative, since not everyone can relate to light being good 💜 Here's a bit about it:
www.indiestorygeek.com/story/5368
Everything Is Wonderful Now
When Dark is good and Light is evil... Ten-year-old Sera is isolated and depressed; bullied at school and at home by her father. Her mind gives her no respite, suffering from a panic disorder and a s...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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ICYMI
shaneblackheart.com Shane💀Blackheart (they/them) @shaneblackheart.com · 2d
I'm running an Itchio sale for Nonbinary November💛🤍💜🖤

Grab a bundle of 3 novels & 1 novelette for $8.50, normally valued at $17. All of them have a nonbinary character in them, either as a main character or side character. (You can also purchase individually)

Running for a week🙌🏻 #discountbooks 💙📚
Nonbinary November by Shane Blackheart
A bundle by Shane Blackheart, $8.50 for 4 games
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November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Reskeeting with alt text cause everyone deserves to see this murder
controlla.xyz Wrote "If you hate Al you probably just hate art and expression It's an infinite mashup of all the best art ever made by humans" lesliejandersonwriter Replies "If you hate the juice at the bottom of a restaurant dumpster you just hate food and cooking. It's an infinite mashup of all the best food made by humans!" They ratiod the prior post
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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#Booksky #Scifi #TLM #IndieAuthor
The Lucky Machine
A sci-fi story from the POV of a plucky robot who escapes her life of servitude to help a down-on-his-luck cyborg with his dream of becoming a fashion designer.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM