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West Crosby
@social.lovelikelight.com
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Black and Queer author ( ✊🏾🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ), exploring Historical, Dark Fantasy, Horror, and LGBT Romance Comedy.
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7,000 words in two days; never have I had this kind of momentum. 24,000 words since the start of Nov. — Process: I thought of scenes, sorting them in 3 ACTS. Found a western structure that fits. Studied “save the cat”. Studied history books. When scenes pop in my head, I put them in relative act. ✍🏾
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Must. Stop. Starting new book projects without finishing them 😅 — I have 1 novel and 2 novellas in need of editing, plus an additional 4 WIP; 🤯 juggling too many ideas hah!
a man juggling onions with the words everyday i 'm juggling in the background
ALT: a man juggling onions with the words everyday i 'm juggling in the background
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October 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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slimyswampghost.bsky.social
While i was out of town, i finally dug into the John The Balladeer collection by Manly Wade Wellman, (and released in a new edition by @valancourtbooks.bsky.social ) and I am completely in love with the character, atmosphere and tone of these stories. They're wonderful.
John The Balladeer by Manly Wade Wellman. Silver John, a guy who looks a little like Johnny Cash, sits by a fire and strums his silver-stringed guitar. Behind him, a lady demon with horns and bat wings looks on.
July 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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djrunnels.bsky.social
Dead Mona by D. J. Runnels was accepted by one of the BIG FIVE publishers. Then they decided the women in it were too “strong.” So I self-published.

It has hit the Amazon top 150 in humor.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amazon.com/dp/B0D3YQX3C8 📚💙 📚⚡️ #skywriters 📚🖋️
Book cover of Desd Mona by D. J. Runnels on the right. Pair of worn jeans lower left. Peace symbol upper left.
July 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
social.lovelikelight.com
📣 Made it to Fort Collins! 🌄
This town is perfect, nice balance of city life and corn; after baking all day, corn field behind our house, that

When [ 🌽💩 ➡️ 💨 ] goes up your nose after it bakes in Colorado-sun all day; 😤 -> 🥹; made me nostalgic for my hometown in SC.
🤙🏾
July 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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We’re moving to Fort Collins, Colorado this week! They have an amazing writing community there; can’t wait! 😊 #writers #goals
July 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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cosmicflotsam.bsky.social
'In Wait'
Marker illustration, personal work. Surprisingly, this one didn't fade as much as some of the others I did in Copics.
Marker illustration. A yellow and clay colored warsuit crouches behind a building with its rifle at the ready, preparing to engage a green craft with a mace and shield which prowls a block away.
July 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
social.lovelikelight.com
This is where I post from.
July 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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mikashitamoari.bsky.social
Guardians Of Planet Ena. The coven embark upon a new journey to keep their promises to Elder Enaphim. Life destroying events, supernatural powers at max, & the Enaphim’s toughest tests to date create a nail biting suspenseful page turner. LGBTQIA+ Fantasy romance sci-fi action adventure thriller.
Book cover of the legendary fantasy romance Guardians Of Planet Ena. Gracing the book cover are the two handsome gay black MCs. A forest is behind them. They wear RayBan sunglasses, jackets and hats as the sun illuminates their faces. Link in bio to all five novels. Book III, Guardians Of Planet Ena. Your hero’s continue their lives on Planet Ena after having prevented a moon-sized asteroid from destroying Earth and its inhabitants. Luka and Makaio stand before Jahi and Bakari having kept their promises. They've delivered their children from Earth and into their awaiting arms. In this story they become acquainted with Bahadur’s immortal child who was abandoned for thousands of years awaiting his father and uncle’s return. We become familiar with the Greater Elder’s ever more so in this intimate story of family and bonds. With profound detail we delve deeper into the lands of the people of Ena including their cultures, art, architecture and lifestyles. The histories of the Enaphim's early developments and scientific endeavors are ascertained. Peaceful human hybrid settlements integrated with pure blooded Enaphim are displayed and spoken of. A greater understanding of who the heroes are and where they come from are revealed. Healing and acceptance from past mistakes with new outlooks for the future is the path to transcendence and inner peace for those who had turned their back on the teachings of The Enaphim. Unspeakable danger arrives on Ena in the form of a portal opened from not one of their own wrecking havoc and mayhem upon the innocent peaceful lives of the immortals. Luka steps in to confront this mysterious evil alone, not allowing his friends to assist in order to protect them. They discover a new race of extraterrestrials on Earth in the process of warring with the new foes. Will they recover or is all lost when they battle the seemingly impossible to protect both the Milky Way galaxy that shelters Earth and the Andromeda galaxy in which Planet Ena resides from an unstoppable force that threatens to destroy all life in both star systems? The ever evolving esoteric world they live in and their strength is tested in ways that it never has, resulting in them losing a precious loved one in the process.
July 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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janaehilltheauthor.bsky.social
I rarely admit that I'm a Christian Fantasy Writer, because when I think of the genre, I think super white. And two - just the negative connotation of being Christian.

I felt that when writing yesterday. But I’m claiming Christian Fantasy as my own.

#bvm #christianfantasy #blackbooksky
July 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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donrice.art
Thanks for the artshare, Symon!

Hello all. I am a sketcher, trying to capture the strength, love, madness and chaos of the 'reality' I see around me.
Some recent sketchy work.
White-tailed Deer #optimisticinacautiousfashion #youthofferspromise #everythingpalesincomparisontodeer A white-tailed deer stands alertly, ready to return into the deeper forest. Sketch art by Don Rice. Driving a Motorcycle is Like Flying #intunewiththeuniverse #lightbendstowardchalkyblue #agoodtravelerhasnofixedplans A man riding on a blue and purple motorcycle, looking happy to be on the road. Sketch art by Don Rice. Mom Shepherds Kids Into a Matinee Movie #cinemaissomethingbetweenartandlife #enjoythesummerdays #bigthingshavesmallbeginnings A woman carries a sleepy young child across her shoulder as she holds some parchment paper wrapped food with her other hand. Her two older kids excitedly parade around beside her. Sketch art by Don Rice.
July 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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fonscordi.bsky.social
Thank you for hosting ✨️

I'm Grace, and I like to do horror art. Here's one of my sketchbooks spread 🎨

I also work digitally, but that is on pause for the moment 👻
July 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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nornnoszka.bsky.social
Today is #freecomicbookday!! Webcomic artists of Bluesky, please share your free comics or repost for visibility!!

🌀rules🌀
✨ don't A!/NFT!
✨ reply with cover/fav panel
✨ tag a friend/artist u admire
The cover of my webcomic, Maraketh's Chosen, created by James Duran, Aubrey Lynn Jeppson, and Norn Noszka. The art is primarily warm orange and purple featuring the main characters in the foreground and a shadowy, robed figure looking angrily down from the sky.
May 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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nornnoszka.bsky.social
Hello thanks for hosting this! I'm Norn Noszka, an illustrator and tattoo artist working in both traditional and digital! I love bold lines, fairies, and swords.
An illustration of a fairy brushing their long hair, traditional line work and stippling and painted orange and pink in procreate. A digitally illustrated flash sheet featuring tattoo designs of The Three of Swords and two daggers. A digital illustrated page from Maraketh's Chosen, a dark fantasy webcomic created by James Duran, featuring a grotesque and enormous unicorn crashing through a wall with a figure of an elderly woman facing off against it.
July 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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symonheilogu.bsky.social
I'll start, I'm Symon and ink & Pen artist from Brazil
July 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
Columbia canceled my class on Race and Media. But I decided to teach it anyway. So I built a school, instead.

500+ students online and in person.

My first independently operated course and lecture begins TONIGHT!

WE MOVE!!

karenattiah.substack.com/p/resistance...
Resistance Summer School is officially in Session!
Columbia cancelled my class on Race and Media, but I'm teaching the people anyway.
karenattiah.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
Happy Monday, from Artemis.
Artemis, my seal point Birman cat, is wondering where I was all weekend.
June 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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us.theconversation.com
“Dunbar used folk dialect to give voice and dignity to the experience of Black Americans at the turn of the 20th century.”
The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience
Paul Laurence Dunbar became the first Black writer to earn international acclaim through his poetry, essays and musical lyrics.
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June 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
social.lovelikelight.com
✨ Author Letter drop!
I finally wrote the back-story of LOVE LIKE LIGHT: fear-based detours, first Pride at 41, & why every spirit animal levels up when you accept yourself.

Read the note ➜ glitterdomesheriff.substack.com/p/love-like-...

#LoveLikeLight #Pride #SelfAcceptance #LGBT #Writers
Love Like Light — Why Self-Acceptance Is the Real Magic
(Author’s Letter · June 2025)
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June 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
social.lovelikelight.com
Legit started the substack (if you couldn’t tell haha), getting my writing out to the public, and not just family 🤙🏾— Wish me luck! 🤗 #goals2025 #writingcommunity #blacksky #fantasy #authorsky
June 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Rocky Mountain PBS caught me (West) and my husband soaking up our first Montrose Pride 🌈✨

From Charleston to Colorado, we're still chasing light—and making room for every shade of love.

Read the feature 👉 www.rmpbs.org/blogs/commun...

#MontrosePride #Pride365 #LoveLikeLight
What Pride means to people celebrating in Montrose | Rocky Mountain PBS
In a year marked by federal backlash against diversity programs, and large Pride events losing funding, organizers of Montrose Pride found plenty of local support.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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maroon-stranger.bsky.social
"They're gone. Now you got no excuse for who you can be. So who you gonna be? Same as you were? Or everything you would've been otherwise?"

So much wisdom&imagination in this book. This is why I read speculative fiction!

#booksky 📚💙 #blackbooks #fantasy #bvm #blacksky
June 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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ja-stewart.bsky.social
Hello, new people! I don't know what I did to receive new followers, but I'm not complaining. When I'm not nerding out, I write! Below is one my favorite stories I've written, published by @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social.

#fiction #fantasy #cozyfantasy #bvm
hexagonmagazine.ca/issue-13-sum...
Issue 13 / Summer 2023
Download Hexagon Issue 13 / Summer 2023 – PDF Hexagon Issue 13 / Summer 2023 – EPUB Contents The Coffee Bar on 72nd Street – by Jade Stewart (2550 words) The Final Whisper –…
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June 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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kyliu99.bsky.social
We have a cover for ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM!

Publication date: 10/14/2025. For more on preorders and other info, check out my newsletter: kenliu.substack.com/p/covers-and...
February 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM