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Verati
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Friend of spiders. Raccoon at heart. Spends too much time down research rabbit holes. Bad at hydrating & sitting in a chair.
Writer and artist.
T4T He/They 🏳️‍⚧️

#EchoSight #VeratiArt #SingularityHiccup

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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · May 16
And it's LIVE on ITCH-IO! DOWNLOAD IT HERE FOR $4.99!
verati404.itch.io/echo-sight

A disabled shapeshifter tries to save a city with the one person who could undo their whole life...or free it.

#lgbt #lgbtqa+ #QueerWriters #books #💙📚 #💙🪐 #💙🌶 #booksky #EchoSight #fantasy #mystery #WritingCommunity
The cover of my novel, Echo Sight. The main character is wearing a feather cloak and holds a flame in their keft hand and a chain weapon in their right. They float above an underground lake with memories rippling in the water. Behind them, mostly obscured in the dark behind the stalagmites, is a dragon with bright, glowing eyes, watching them. On top of this cover are blue word bubbles with what you'll find within the book: Adult main character, wise-ass funny narrator, disability and mental health rep, 400 plus page count, LGBT romance, found family, themes of environmentalism, justice, and intersectionalism, shapeshifters, fungal monsters, a near-future tech world, magical realism, and "there was only one bed." A modern map of the alien continent where my novel takes place. It is scribbled on in red ink, with such hits as a travel checklist and some guy's phone number, a badly-proportioned spider, and the entire Sporelands scribbled out with the word "No," in all caps. The focus of the map is a circled city named Akert near the Gulf of Afredal's coast The opening to Echo Sight: Chapter 1 - The Senka Problem Blood never clings to phoenix feathers. Symbolic, I guess, though mostly just convenient for me at the time. The guy at my feet was super dead. The feather quills of my cloak dragged the concrete, so I held its hem close as I crouched beside the body. Raindrops hissed as each one pelted the exposed skin on my face and hands. In the bleak, stormy night, my halo did basically nothing that the bright harbor lights didn't. "Fucking great," said the big man standing over me. A dark-haired man commanding ocean waves with the movements of his hands. His expression is stern in concentration. He wears a pair of large earrings and a necklace vial containing liquid within. His black formal shirt is soaked through, and underneath him is the words "Echo Sight," the title of the novel he's from.
verati404.bsky.social
The previous owner of this house continues to piss me off. They removed all the bath faucets from the tubs and made EVERY TUB IN THE HOUSE a shower-only. What the fuck. Why are you like this?

Also...DO NOT DIY your electrical. Just fucking don't unless you have real professional experience.
February 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Yaaaas Alyssa, your series is so fuckin awesome!! I need more people to read it! 😍
5feetofredfury.bsky.social Alyssa Lauseng 🖕🏻🧊 @5feetofredfury.bsky.social · 1d
🐉🐲 COVER REVEAL for TALISMANS OF SIN (Poison and Opium, Act II) 🐲🐉

Lady Shadow’s plans for conquest are slowly taking shape, meaning more Demons of the Between Realm will awaken. But will she get to offer her blood oath first, or can Daisuke and Obito step in before she has the chance?

#BookSky
A blurred out book cover A clear book cover Trope map! Mutual pining Sabotage Betrayal Blood bonds Shadow magic Queer af Political intrigue
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
verati404.bsky.social
Age verification? I remember the old dial-up noise.
arobertswrites.com Praise-Abby Barebone @arobertswrites.com · 1d
Age verification? I remember livejournal.
spavel.bsky.social Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d
Age verification? I know what's on Channel 3
February 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
In addition to offering map commissions, I'll be periodically posting pre-made maps for $20 ($25 if you'd like color added). I'll make minor changes and add roads/towns/location names for free :)

Here's the first one!

ko-fi.com/s/0be4b0e86a

Map Commissions: ko-fi.com/lillylockwoo...
Lineart for a world or continent map that features one large land mass and two smaller ones to the west.
February 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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bookspotlight.bsky.social
Demelza, a world-weary witch, and Uliana, an even more exhausted vampyre, work together to send wayward demons, ghosts and otherworldly creatures back to where they came from. But some jobs are more difficult than others.

🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/on-demon-wra...
Cover for On Demon Wrangling and Interpersonal Relationships Between Weary Immortals by Rebecca Crunden; purple background with a cat and flowers.
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 AM
verati404.bsky.social
Goodbye, @discord.com Nitro! Blame your bullshit policy and steady enshittification! Looks like you hit that Trust Thermocline quick, didn't you? 🙃
February 10, 2026 at 6:13 AM
verati404.bsky.social
Artists:
@stinasdemons.com
@rayday.bsky.social
@kholbatar.bsky.social

Authors:
@aimeecozza.com
@mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
@kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com

There's loads more. I have so many cool peers in both art & writing, but if you're looking to follow a handful, here ya go!
shadowsparkpub.bsky.social Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 2d
It's #sunday shout out time!!

Tag someone or introduce us to someone you admire in the writing, reading, or art community!

#booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #artists #reviews #shoutout #shadowsparkpublishing 📚🪐💙
February 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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ddwardiswriting.bsky.social
The Plight of the Last Paladin in a Heartbroken World.

🌑 Dark Fantasy
🌟 Magical Girls
⚔️ Action & Adventure
👑 Warrior Princesses
🩸 Secret Vampires
🔥 Archangels
😈 Demons & Incubi
🏚 Post Apocalyptic
🩷 Awkward Teen Romance

www.patreon.com/collection/1...
The plight of the last paladin in a heartbroken world. A woman in armor flies on wings of fire
February 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
verati404.bsky.social
It's been a while since I plugged my novel, #EchoSight, bc I don't want it to look like my ENTIRE personality (it is).

But check it out! It's a high/urban fantasy abt a nonbinary disabled soldier trying to save a city from fungal demons & having A TIME. And they're very sassy.

#📚🌈 #📚⚡️ #📚🪐 #💙📚
Echo Sight by Cian Verati
Adult SFF/Mystery. Action/Adventure. LGBTQA+ romance. Shapeshifters.
verati404.itch.io
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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🎉NEW ANIMAL PUN🎉
Meet the Turtlemisu! 🐢
Deliciously adorable and decadent ♥

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Collage of four photos on a white background depicting charms of turtles made to look like tiramisu. Text in the middle is white on brown and reads: Turtlemisu A play on turtle and tiramisu Top left photo is with the charm on a black lobster claw keychain. Top right is the charm on an antique bronze colored necklace draped over a glass. Bottom left is three of the charms showing off the details. Bottom right is the charms on black earring hooks.
February 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
verati404.bsky.social
#Febchantment Day 8
#TaintedFaculties

There's no "source" in the sense of a single place or thing. It's an aspect of the universe itself. Magic is energy that's pulled from different (think cake layers) planes to the physical one, which is why it seems mundane until you get really weird anomalies.
professoremily.bsky.social Prof Emily @professoremily.bsky.social · 3d
#Febchantment Day 8

This week we're digging more into the nuts & bolts of your magic system! So let's start with the source.

Where exactly does magic "come from" in your world? Where/when does it originate? Does anyone know for sure, or are there only theories?

#writingcommunity #writesky
February 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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catkimbriel.bsky.social
Woke up exhausted, and there are SO many possible reasons for it.

But saw the latest kerfluffle & just thought I'd mention that I write my own books. Which either get written for months in my head & then pour out in a couple months, or took years to write around making a living.

Real author.
February 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
verati404.bsky.social
#AllHandsOnDeck

#SingularityHiccup
Noel, the ship's doc, thinks he can run the ship better than Seryn. And when she lets him, he realizes how unprepared for crisis outside of his expertise he really is.

In #TaintedFaculties, Etha needed to figure out how to save the world & the price was too high.
zprospero.bsky.social Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 4d
#AllHandsOnDeck

We're matching up our work to the Minor Arcana Tarot Cards. Tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!

Today's card is: TEN OF WANDS

Who or what from your writing does it fit?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#WritingPrompts
#AllHandsOnDeck What image would you put on this card from your writing? What would it mean if it was upright or reversed? 10 OF WANDS Upright: Burden, Duty, Stress Reversed: Collapse, Breakdown, Too Much Responsibility
February 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
verati404.bsky.social
I'm SO amused by this super tiny tarot deck I found at the mall. LOOK AT IT. (Glasses for scale.)
The smallest Waite tarot deck next to a pair of eye glasses.
February 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Happy #FebruArty and #Caturday... for the theme of #feline, here's one of my earliest pet portraits!
A predominantly white cat with red and black tabby markings around the top of the head and ears and soft green eyes. The cat is lying among willow leaves with yellow blossoms and rowan leaves with red berries. The cat has a sweet face, pink nose and pink toe beans.
February 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
#SFFChat 4
Bc I love winter and snow, the descriptions are more usually flattering, but my story starts in this disgusting dump of a temporary town built around an extraction industry, and even the snow and ice here is nasty
Once he had bundled up in layers of cold weather gear, he stuck his breakfast in a pocket of his coat and let himself out. What lay beyond looked first like a town, but the resemblance broke down the longer one observed. There weren’t roads, let alone pavement. There were too few buildings, and the buildings were too big. Too plain, relative to their size. There was trash absolutely everywhere, ambiguous, complicated equipment lying piled in heaps, and crumpled pieces of paper blowing down the icy tramped-down mud they had in place of streets, frozen in fantastical marzipan-spikes that tripped the feet. Pherul walked hastily, head down, in the direction he had seen lights and movement the prior night. It was cold enough to chip the enamel on his teeth, but at least it wasn’t windy. Today. This minute. The light had a strange vitreous quality so it was difficult to tell if the sky was cloudy or how bright the sunshine was. He didn’t care enough to take his eyes off his feet and look around. There wasn’t anything to see: a cluster of buildings, distant snow, here and there the intimation of a shallow hill. Other people who were guaranteed to be uninteresting because they were stuck here like him.
February 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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ddwardiswriting.bsky.social
I think we need to start reassessing morality around two questions...
1. Does it cause harm?
2. Does it violate consent?

If the only *harm* you can think of is that children might learn a thing exists, then there is no harm. You're just a bigot.
February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
I'm getting top surgery this summer!I need to save up to cover the out of pocket portion, so I'm opening map commissions!
Great for TTRPGs, your upcoming book, or just because
ko-fi.com/lillylockwoo...
Donate directly: ko-fi.com/lillylockwoo...
Or buy my books! lillylockwood.carrd.co#voicesofvalh...
February 4, 2026 at 11:09 PM
verati404.bsky.social
#FebruaryWorldbuilders
Whether we're talking about my space serial, #SingularityHiccup, or #TaintedFaculties, there are both hot & cold deserts! A notable one Enaka has visited is the Qéras, a rather small, high desert (chilly, rocky, elevated) just south of the Losel Steppe.
A map of the fictional continent, Cateroph, for my Tainted Faculties series. In the southern half of the map is the country Adet, mostly taken up by highlands and the Losel Steppe. Just south-west of that where Enaka has drawn a big, red spider is the desert I refer to in my post.
February 5, 2026 at 3:33 PM
verati404.bsky.social
How is it both February 5th and the 300th day of January?
February 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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portaltohades.bsky.social
Um. So. Hospital stay #5 cuz i can't breathe & nearly blind in right eye. Gotta talk w/ a neurologist and do further testing and may or may not be getting a shunt to treat my IIH. So uhhhh if you want a book....yeah. Im sorry. I know this is ridiculous.
portaltohades.bsky.social c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · May 20
I have an art book for #tyreecomic ! It's 62 pages at $10! Not only does it have art but I have some brief guides into my page process as well. There is even stuff I havent released publicly in it! It's a great way to support me currently and get a glimpse into my obsession

ko-fi.com/s/f5c5cebbd6
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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One of my early cat paintings, "Grumpy Cat"! I thought a monochromatic grumpy cat with neon #clouds would be a fun combo!

#grumpycat #art #cat #painting #catart #BlueSkyArtShow #caturday
Painting of a grumpy purple cat with neon clouds above. The artist's signature and @joyousjoyfuljoyness watermark are at the bottom.
January 31, 2026 at 4:13 PM
verati404.bsky.social
Show me how you draw armor ⚔️🛡
A warrior crouching against her backpack with a battleaxe in her hand. She's smiling at the camera.
January 31, 2026 at 4:31 PM
verati404.bsky.social
#WritingPrompt

A slight spoiler, but: Dreran in my Book 2 WIP. Dreran was the antagonist in Echo Sight, but we barely got to see or know them other than some broad strokes and through others. In Book 2, however, that wet cat of a personality is so fun to stick next to Enaka. They both hate it, lol.
cometkins.bsky.social Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 11d
Who’s a character in your book/wip that you’ve come to enjoy more than you’d expect? What’s so fun about them? #WritingPrompt
January 31, 2026 at 4:27 PM
verati404.bsky.social
Brain like the sound of grinding teeth & the slippery patchiness of remelted snow.

Emotions like a dual-bladed kitchen knife.

Holes in the floor patched over but not reinforced. Particle board over empty space. Jump & fall through the sinkhole yawning beneath.

A demon's portal. But no demon.
January 31, 2026 at 1:24 AM