Sinclair Sting
@sinclairsting.bsky.social
Indie writer. Creature of opinions. I write erotic romance focusing on fantasy races in an urban fantasy setting. Also, I tell jokes online.
"I swallowed a lump of lust and nerves, pulled in a half-sniff; not a lot of people enjoyed the view when I opened both those wind-tunnels wide."
What is the last line you wrote? #WritingCommunity
February 10, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"I swallowed a lump of lust and nerves, pulled in a half-sniff; not a lot of people enjoyed the view when I opened both those wind-tunnels wide."
The Belmont family from Castlevania are famously born without a fear of death.
It was memorably said of the Nepalese Gurkha that "If a man claims he does not fear to die, he's either lying or a Gurkha."
Therefore, I posit a common Belmont/Gurkha ancestor, possibly in the early iron age.
It was memorably said of the Nepalese Gurkha that "If a man claims he does not fear to die, he's either lying or a Gurkha."
Therefore, I posit a common Belmont/Gurkha ancestor, possibly in the early iron age.
February 10, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The Belmont family from Castlevania are famously born without a fear of death.
It was memorably said of the Nepalese Gurkha that "If a man claims he does not fear to die, he's either lying or a Gurkha."
Therefore, I posit a common Belmont/Gurkha ancestor, possibly in the early iron age.
It was memorably said of the Nepalese Gurkha that "If a man claims he does not fear to die, he's either lying or a Gurkha."
Therefore, I posit a common Belmont/Gurkha ancestor, possibly in the early iron age.
No prophecies, no. At least not that most people believe: there's always some yahoo selling the end of the world, but nobody saw the Realm Wars coming, so folks are a hard sell on knowing the future.
Some magics can mimic psychic abilities, but they lack the innate, reflexive quality of "psionics."
Some magics can mimic psychic abilities, but they lack the innate, reflexive quality of "psionics."
#FebruaryWorldbuilders, good morning! Are prophecies or psychic abilities real in your world? How do they affect the world? Tomorrow I will ask about free will, so if you have prophecies, think about how that influences whether free will exists or not, and have an answer tomorrow😁
February 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
No prophecies, no. At least not that most people believe: there's always some yahoo selling the end of the world, but nobody saw the Realm Wars coming, so folks are a hard sell on knowing the future.
Some magics can mimic psychic abilities, but they lack the innate, reflexive quality of "psionics."
Some magics can mimic psychic abilities, but they lack the innate, reflexive quality of "psionics."
Reposted by Sinclair Sting
#FebruaryWorldbuilders, good morning! Are prophecies or psychic abilities real in your world? How do they affect the world? Tomorrow I will ask about free will, so if you have prophecies, think about how that influences whether free will exists or not, and have an answer tomorrow😁
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
#FebruaryWorldbuilders, good morning! Are prophecies or psychic abilities real in your world? How do they affect the world? Tomorrow I will ask about free will, so if you have prophecies, think about how that influences whether free will exists or not, and have an answer tomorrow😁
The number Five is both an odd number and (due to its unique position in base-10) widely recognized as an even number.
Therefore, 5 is nonbinary.
#rainbowmath #jokes #unlikelyicon
#alsonumber5fromshortcircuit
Therefore, 5 is nonbinary.
#rainbowmath #jokes #unlikelyicon
#alsonumber5fromshortcircuit
February 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The number Five is both an odd number and (due to its unique position in base-10) widely recognized as an even number.
Therefore, 5 is nonbinary.
#rainbowmath #jokes #unlikelyicon
#alsonumber5fromshortcircuit
Therefore, 5 is nonbinary.
#rainbowmath #jokes #unlikelyicon
#alsonumber5fromshortcircuit
Rakos: Here for hockey, the ski jump, and pasta.
Amethyst: Watches the figure skating from beginning to end.
Charra: Drifts from event to event, but likes the slalom, luge, bobsled, and skill jump.
Ruby: Also glued to figure skating.
Emera: Curling. Partly contrarianism, partly love of precision.
Amethyst: Watches the figure skating from beginning to end.
Charra: Drifts from event to event, but likes the slalom, luge, bobsled, and skill jump.
Ruby: Also glued to figure skating.
Emera: Curling. Partly contrarianism, partly love of precision.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
It's the Olympics right now, and all your characters are going!
What are they doing? Are they an athlete? Spectating? Which sport would they like to watch/do?
Or are they just enjoying the free trip to Italy?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
It's the Olympics right now, and all your characters are going!
What are they doing? Are they an athlete? Spectating? Which sport would they like to watch/do?
Or are they just enjoying the free trip to Italy?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Rakos: Here for hockey, the ski jump, and pasta.
Amethyst: Watches the figure skating from beginning to end.
Charra: Drifts from event to event, but likes the slalom, luge, bobsled, and skill jump.
Ruby: Also glued to figure skating.
Emera: Curling. Partly contrarianism, partly love of precision.
Amethyst: Watches the figure skating from beginning to end.
Charra: Drifts from event to event, but likes the slalom, luge, bobsled, and skill jump.
Ruby: Also glued to figure skating.
Emera: Curling. Partly contrarianism, partly love of precision.
Describe your favorite video game without using the title:
Turns out Rome wasn't burnt in a day either!
Turns out Rome wasn't burnt in a day either!
Describe your favorite video game without using the title:
Go out and have fun exploring! Oh, by the way, your sun is about to explode.
Go out and have fun exploring! Oh, by the way, your sun is about to explode.
Describe your favorite video game without using the title:
Man kills father because father won't go to therapy.
Man kills father because father won't go to therapy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Describe your favorite video game without using the title:
Turns out Rome wasn't burnt in a day either!
Turns out Rome wasn't burnt in a day either!
When all my carefully laid foreshadowing pays off.
That's some proper storytelling, right there!
That's some proper storytelling, right there!
What part of writing do you look the most forward to? Worldbuilding, always worldbuilding #writingq #WritingCommunity
February 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
When all my carefully laid foreshadowing pays off.
That's some proper storytelling, right there!
That's some proper storytelling, right there!
The Gods Above share Heavens where their loyal adherents and those worthy join them in service or celebration for eternity after death.
The Gods Beneath have Hells where those who serve their ends well may be exalted in death. And those who fail the tests of the Gods Above suffer to expiation.
The Gods Beneath have Hells where those who serve their ends well may be exalted in death. And those who fail the tests of the Gods Above suffer to expiation.
Hey there, #FebruaryWorldbuilders. We're getting weird this week and talking about metaphysical aspects of our worlds. Do you have any nonphysical realms? Dream worlds, mind worlds, spiritual realms, a space of pure mathematics, etc. What are they in your setting?
February 8, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The Gods Above share Heavens where their loyal adherents and those worthy join them in service or celebration for eternity after death.
The Gods Beneath have Hells where those who serve their ends well may be exalted in death. And those who fail the tests of the Gods Above suffer to expiation.
The Gods Beneath have Hells where those who serve their ends well may be exalted in death. And those who fail the tests of the Gods Above suffer to expiation.
Me: "Would you still love me if I were a worm?"
Wife: "*If?*"
#jokes #ifiwereaworm #wormmeme #humor #marriedlife #marriedjokes #love #shesreallysweetiswear #indieauthor #marriage
Wife: "*If?*"
#jokes #ifiwereaworm #wormmeme #humor #marriedlife #marriedjokes #love #shesreallysweetiswear #indieauthor #marriage
February 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Me: "Would you still love me if I were a worm?"
Wife: "*If?*"
#jokes #ifiwereaworm #wormmeme #humor #marriedlife #marriedjokes #love #shesreallysweetiswear #indieauthor #marriage
Wife: "*If?*"
#jokes #ifiwereaworm #wormmeme #humor #marriedlife #marriedjokes #love #shesreallysweetiswear #indieauthor #marriage
Rakos: Fae-blooded human (1/8th orc)
Amethyst: Grass Goblin
Charra: Grass Goblin
Ruby: Grass Goblin
Emera: Grass Goblin
Toros son of Kalak: Orc
Thagon son of Kalak: Half-orc
Takyris daughter of Gorrik: Orc
Selena Ruiz: Human
Meerix: Grass Goblin
Amethyst: Grass Goblin
Charra: Grass Goblin
Ruby: Grass Goblin
Emera: Grass Goblin
Toros son of Kalak: Orc
Thagon son of Kalak: Half-orc
Takyris daughter of Gorrik: Orc
Selena Ruiz: Human
Meerix: Grass Goblin
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Rakos: Fae-blooded human (1/8th orc)
Amethyst: Grass Goblin
Charra: Grass Goblin
Ruby: Grass Goblin
Emera: Grass Goblin
Toros son of Kalak: Orc
Thagon son of Kalak: Half-orc
Takyris daughter of Gorrik: Orc
Selena Ruiz: Human
Meerix: Grass Goblin
Amethyst: Grass Goblin
Charra: Grass Goblin
Ruby: Grass Goblin
Emera: Grass Goblin
Toros son of Kalak: Orc
Thagon son of Kalak: Half-orc
Takyris daughter of Gorrik: Orc
Selena Ruiz: Human
Meerix: Grass Goblin
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Does that make sense?"
"Does that make sense?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Where are you going? (to myself: dumbass/ fucking idiot)
“Where are you going? (to myself: dumbass/ fucking idiot)
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"And how does that feel?"
"And how does that feel?"
February 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Does that make sense?"
"Does that make sense?"
This is so legit - Soft skills will open so many doors, even if developing them requires masking.
No matter how talented you are, being a shitty communicator will make your life and career harder.
You're not Gregory Fucking House.
#socialskills #housemd #softskills #advice #peopleskills #masking
No matter how talented you are, being a shitty communicator will make your life and career harder.
You're not Gregory Fucking House.
#socialskills #housemd #softskills #advice #peopleskills #masking
Genuine advice- be pleasant, be a good listener, talk about what you’re passionate about without being gatekeepy and weird about it, ask questions about what they’re passionate about. If you don’t talk to anyone, you absolutely need to start practicing. You need to be good at communicating.
February 7, 2026 at 1:35 AM
This is so legit - Soft skills will open so many doors, even if developing them requires masking.
No matter how talented you are, being a shitty communicator will make your life and career harder.
You're not Gregory Fucking House.
#socialskills #housemd #softskills #advice #peopleskills #masking
No matter how talented you are, being a shitty communicator will make your life and career harder.
You're not Gregory Fucking House.
#socialskills #housemd #softskills #advice #peopleskills #masking
Loot that drops from me after you defeat me:
1. Polyhedral dice
2. Truly excellent sandwich
3. Serviceable axe
4. Underwhelming 401k
5. *bespoke italics*
1. Polyhedral dice
2. Truly excellent sandwich
3. Serviceable axe
4. Underwhelming 401k
5. *bespoke italics*
Loot that drops from me after you defeat me:
1. Dragon headed cane
2. Random occult buttons
3. Assorted pulp novels
4. Burgundy nail polish
5. They/them pronouns
1. Dragon headed cane
2. Random occult buttons
3. Assorted pulp novels
4. Burgundy nail polish
5. They/them pronouns
Loot I drop after you defeat me:
1. Soothing lullaby
2. Banned Book
3. A very large amount of gold
4. Cold coffee
5. A cursed mark that summons me again in a few steps and reduces your damage output against me. The item is permanent and the damage reduction stacks.
1. Soothing lullaby
2. Banned Book
3. A very large amount of gold
4. Cold coffee
5. A cursed mark that summons me again in a few steps and reduces your damage output against me. The item is permanent and the damage reduction stacks.
February 6, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Loot that drops from me after you defeat me:
1. Polyhedral dice
2. Truly excellent sandwich
3. Serviceable axe
4. Underwhelming 401k
5. *bespoke italics*
1. Polyhedral dice
2. Truly excellent sandwich
3. Serviceable axe
4. Underwhelming 401k
5. *bespoke italics*
Reposted by Sinclair Sting
I'm less than 30 followers away from 6k.
So once again...
Women's rights are human rights.
LGBTQ+ rights are human rights.
Trans rights are human rights.
Black lives matter.
Nobody is illegal on stolen land.
Climate change is real.
Vaccines work.
Capitalism is cancer.
Pineapple is fine on pizza.
So once again...
Women's rights are human rights.
LGBTQ+ rights are human rights.
Trans rights are human rights.
Black lives matter.
Nobody is illegal on stolen land.
Climate change is real.
Vaccines work.
Capitalism is cancer.
Pineapple is fine on pizza.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I'm less than 30 followers away from 6k.
So once again...
Women's rights are human rights.
LGBTQ+ rights are human rights.
Trans rights are human rights.
Black lives matter.
Nobody is illegal on stolen land.
Climate change is real.
Vaccines work.
Capitalism is cancer.
Pineapple is fine on pizza.
So once again...
Women's rights are human rights.
LGBTQ+ rights are human rights.
Trans rights are human rights.
Black lives matter.
Nobody is illegal on stolen land.
Climate change is real.
Vaccines work.
Capitalism is cancer.
Pineapple is fine on pizza.
Thagon: Pretty loathesome. A short-tempered half-orc incel who walks onto the page planning to assault a girl half his size.
Toros: So likable he's the lead in the next book! Cocky, funny, honorable, 6'10".
BloodRedFlag: A racist mastermind of murders and rape. No redemption for him.
Toros: So likable he's the lead in the next book! Cocky, funny, honorable, 6'10".
BloodRedFlag: A racist mastermind of murders and rape. No redemption for him.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
Antagonist day! Are they likeable?
Would it surprise you if your antagonist was someone's favorite character?
Were they written to be cathartically hateable? Sympathetic but flawed? Somewhere in between?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Antagonist day! Are they likeable?
Would it surprise you if your antagonist was someone's favorite character?
Were they written to be cathartically hateable? Sympathetic but flawed? Somewhere in between?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 2, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Thagon: Pretty loathesome. A short-tempered half-orc incel who walks onto the page planning to assault a girl half his size.
Toros: So likable he's the lead in the next book! Cocky, funny, honorable, 6'10".
BloodRedFlag: A racist mastermind of murders and rape. No redemption for him.
Toros: So likable he's the lead in the next book! Cocky, funny, honorable, 6'10".
BloodRedFlag: A racist mastermind of murders and rape. No redemption for him.
That story idea you have that's so good you don't want to ruin it by writing it?
Write it anyway.
It'll only be *ruined* for the first draft.
By the time you're done with the second, it'll be *salvagable.*
3rd: Messy.
4th: Recognizable.
5th: Pretty okay!
You get more than one shot.
So shoot.
Write it anyway.
It'll only be *ruined* for the first draft.
By the time you're done with the second, it'll be *salvagable.*
3rd: Messy.
4th: Recognizable.
5th: Pretty okay!
You get more than one shot.
So shoot.
February 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
That story idea you have that's so good you don't want to ruin it by writing it?
Write it anyway.
It'll only be *ruined* for the first draft.
By the time you're done with the second, it'll be *salvagable.*
3rd: Messy.
4th: Recognizable.
5th: Pretty okay!
You get more than one shot.
So shoot.
Write it anyway.
It'll only be *ruined* for the first draft.
By the time you're done with the second, it'll be *salvagable.*
3rd: Messy.
4th: Recognizable.
5th: Pretty okay!
You get more than one shot.
So shoot.
Queen
Aretha Franklin
B. B. King
Weird Al Yankovich
Nirvana
Aretha Franklin
B. B. King
Weird Al Yankovich
Nirvana
Fuck it tell me full honesty your top five favorite bands/artists and nobody's allowed to tell you that you have poor taste unless it's an objectively bad person
February 2, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Queen
Aretha Franklin
B. B. King
Weird Al Yankovich
Nirvana
Aretha Franklin
B. B. King
Weird Al Yankovich
Nirvana
I, uh, character art reveal teaser, I guess?
This is one of those.
Seasonal variant?
They're all on the book cover anyway, but I commissioned my cover guy (@outrageousoni on insta, r/no-feed7455 on Reddit) to make me a Vamlumtimes Card!
#indieauthor #teaser #indiesupportingindie #valentines
This is one of those.
Seasonal variant?
They're all on the book cover anyway, but I commissioned my cover guy (@outrageousoni on insta, r/no-feed7455 on Reddit) to make me a Vamlumtimes Card!
#indieauthor #teaser #indiesupportingindie #valentines
February 2, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I, uh, character art reveal teaser, I guess?
This is one of those.
Seasonal variant?
They're all on the book cover anyway, but I commissioned my cover guy (@outrageousoni on insta, r/no-feed7455 on Reddit) to make me a Vamlumtimes Card!
#indieauthor #teaser #indiesupportingindie #valentines
This is one of those.
Seasonal variant?
They're all on the book cover anyway, but I commissioned my cover guy (@outrageousoni on insta, r/no-feed7455 on Reddit) to make me a Vamlumtimes Card!
#indieauthor #teaser #indiesupportingindie #valentines
Reposted by Sinclair Sting
AHHHHH ARSON BOOK!!! Anyone who likes my stuff, Arson's writing is a huge inspiration to me. Also I might have glimpsed a little of this story and it is COMPELLING. Very excited to check this out!
if you feel up to it, maybe check out the first chapter of my free book, about a lady who consented to having a stranger's kid, but she didn't realize the stranger would be an evil lesbian dragon necromancer
paid tier doesn't give you anything extra. book is free.
www.patreon.com/posts/star-s...
paid tier doesn't give you anything extra. book is free.
www.patreon.com/posts/star-s...
![book "trope map" that lists: "toxic yuri? no no. radioactive yuri." "Dubcon breeding kink." "Mmm full of eggs." "No foreplay without loreplay." "you will read thirty thousand words of worldbuilding before anyone touches a pussy and that;s a threat" "the victorians were awful people and they were weird about egypt" "Gothic means women in white dresses running away from spooky castles." "hey dragonfucker! pspsps [rubs fingers together] pspsps" "I can forgive any atrocity committed by a milf in mourning" "Pelvic exam as foreplay". all these tropes point to an image in the center of two women embracing passionately](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pcmkgng4qoices27mwlj4sco/bafkreidt2eddgxrz3cadqaytcj73kklewttbozyyp4j4lgexkidvxyg3uy@jpeg)
February 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
AHHHHH ARSON BOOK!!! Anyone who likes my stuff, Arson's writing is a huge inspiration to me. Also I might have glimpsed a little of this story and it is COMPELLING. Very excited to check this out!
Anyone who thinks that Shakespeare is stuffy and boring is clearly unfamiliar with Titus Andronicus:
Chiron: "Villain! Thou hast undone our mother!"
Aaron: "Villain, I have done thy mother!"
#literature #momjokes #shakespeare #sickburn #bardburn #classics #plays #titusandronicus #notevenacomedy
Chiron: "Villain! Thou hast undone our mother!"
Aaron: "Villain, I have done thy mother!"
#literature #momjokes #shakespeare #sickburn #bardburn #classics #plays #titusandronicus #notevenacomedy
February 1, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Anyone who thinks that Shakespeare is stuffy and boring is clearly unfamiliar with Titus Andronicus:
Chiron: "Villain! Thou hast undone our mother!"
Aaron: "Villain, I have done thy mother!"
#literature #momjokes #shakespeare #sickburn #bardburn #classics #plays #titusandronicus #notevenacomedy
Chiron: "Villain! Thou hast undone our mother!"
Aaron: "Villain, I have done thy mother!"
#literature #momjokes #shakespeare #sickburn #bardburn #classics #plays #titusandronicus #notevenacomedy
Was there ever any kind of in-world explanation for why Herbie the Love Bug was animated and at least semi-sentient?
Possession? A shapeshifted cybernetic alien? Fine German engineering?
What the fuck was going on there?!
#movies #magicalrealism #animatedcar #itsalive #abomination #volkswagen
Possession? A shapeshifted cybernetic alien? Fine German engineering?
What the fuck was going on there?!
#movies #magicalrealism #animatedcar #itsalive #abomination #volkswagen
February 1, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Was there ever any kind of in-world explanation for why Herbie the Love Bug was animated and at least semi-sentient?
Possession? A shapeshifted cybernetic alien? Fine German engineering?
What the fuck was going on there?!
#movies #magicalrealism #animatedcar #itsalive #abomination #volkswagen
Possession? A shapeshifted cybernetic alien? Fine German engineering?
What the fuck was going on there?!
#movies #magicalrealism #animatedcar #itsalive #abomination #volkswagen
I took a walk in the dark, starlight night. My breath steamed in the cold and frost twinkled on the grass.
It always makes me homesick when Texas acts like New England.
The only thing that makes me more homesick is when it acts like fuckin' Texas.
#homesick #newengland #texas #winter
It always makes me homesick when Texas acts like New England.
The only thing that makes me more homesick is when it acts like fuckin' Texas.
#homesick #newengland #texas #winter
January 31, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I took a walk in the dark, starlight night. My breath steamed in the cold and frost twinkled on the grass.
It always makes me homesick when Texas acts like New England.
The only thing that makes me more homesick is when it acts like fuckin' Texas.
#homesick #newengland #texas #winter
It always makes me homesick when Texas acts like New England.
The only thing that makes me more homesick is when it acts like fuckin' Texas.
#homesick #newengland #texas #winter
Wonder draft, rarely. Otherwise, it all gets thrown together in Google Docs and the Mind Palace (which is more of a Coginitive Condo).
#JanuaryWorldbuilders What apps, programs, tools have you used to help with your worldbuilding? Do you use anything for storing notes, making maps, randomly generating names, keeping a timeline or a calendar? Tell us about it! Please no GenAI🚫
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Wonder draft, rarely. Otherwise, it all gets thrown together in Google Docs and the Mind Palace (which is more of a Coginitive Condo).
I could research the mob... but it'll probably 17th century firearms and warfare.
#JanuaryWorldbuilders, what research are you currently doing for your worldbuilding? Or what have you looked up recently? if nothing else, do you have any fun facts you want to share with the rest of us? 👀
January 30, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I could research the mob... but it'll probably 17th century firearms and warfare.