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Fox Veros, Novelist
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Psychologically focused, character driven, socially conscious fantasy. Literary agents, ask for details.
Sorry, I'm not commissioning art.
He/him/his.
BLM. Pro-LGBTQ+. Anti-genocide, no matter who's doing it. Down with white patriarchy.
AI is unwelcome.
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Fox Veros, Novelist @verosthewriter.bsky.social · 5d
Current work(ing title)s:

Prophecy #71 and Prophecy #72 (Prophecies): cerebral and snarky fantasy genre satire, plus social commentary

Seff the Squire (StS): dark fantasy coming-of-age with elements of class warfare

Grinks & Co.: lighthearted, sex-positive, woman-positive fantasy porn
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The four MCs for Prophecies are all unreliable narrators. They speak from a third person limited POV, so their own biases (including against themselves) affect how they describe what others think of them and their own emotional reactions.

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susansavagelee.bsky.social Susan Savage Lee @susansavagelee.bsky.social · 8h
Do you ever use unreliable narrators? What do they bring to your WIP that reliable ones don’t? #writingq #WritingCommunity
February 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Being a squire is just a job for Seff, but she admires her boss, Drohim. The first time he says that he's proud of her, her heart soars.

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dailyocs.bsky.social Daily OC questions @dailyocs.bsky.social · 11h
What's the nicest compliment your OC ever received from anyone?

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February 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Seff has constant pain from her cursed necrotic wounds, but it hasn't been long enough to call the pain chronic. She tries to minimize her movements to keep from making it worse, and just accepts the pain when there's no choice. Life is like that for her.

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rebeccareyeswriting.com Rebecca E. Reyes @rebeccareyeswriting.com · 12h
Do any of your characters suffer from chronic pain? What kind? How do they deal with it?

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February 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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It hasn't come up in the story, but I'm certain that none of the MCs in Grinks & Co. are interested in peeing on anyone.

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nsfwocdaily.bsky.social 🔞Daily NSFW OC Questions🔞 @nsfwocdaily.bsky.social · 14h
Is there something that does nothing for your OC in the proverbial bedroom (example, being unable to cum via oral sex)?
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February 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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#WIPSnips
Gallara just nuked her growing friendship with Alakshi through horrible carelessness and insensitivity, but gave a very sincere apology. Alakshi would love to take it at face value, but she knows there's more to an apology than what you say.

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“No, you don’t know how much you hurt me. There’s no way any elf or human could.” She heard Alakshi take a deep, ragged breath. “After everything we’d talked about and done together and been through together, when you said that, it felt like betrayal. It was betrayal. It hurt more than anybody’s hurt me in a long damn time, and that’s saying something.” So she was just helping Gallara torture herself with guilt. Well, fair enough; she had a point. Several. Alakshi sighed, her voice trembling. “But we’ve fought together, and you’ve mostly been a good friend except for that one thing, and I know you mean what you said just now. Just … I need you to show me that you’ll mean it tomorrow, too. Please.”
February 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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#AllHandsOnDeck
Seff is currently splitting her time guarding Drohim in the hospital, tracking down his missing husband, and investigating the conspiracy behind the kidnapping. She knew being a squire would be hard, but not like this.

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zprospero.bsky.social Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 21h
#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?

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#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 7:16 AM
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#pretendpanel
I have a Master's degree in social work. I couldn't leave social justice issues like prejudice and poverty out of my stories if I tried. And I have tried.

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hiriadunning.com Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.com · 22h
I'm breaking the rule of not bringing up politics, #pretendpanel! Still, I think it's important to think about it in our writing.

February 7th: How much has real world politics had an impact on your writing, or do you avoid that like the plague?

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#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.com February 7th: How much has real world politics had an impact on your writing, or do you avoid that like the plague? Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!
February 7, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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Every time I think Trump is the most pathetic man alive, he outpathetics himself.
February 7, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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Drohim's pendant of the Many is a symbol of his service to it; it's important to him on several levels.
Alakshi's knife was a gift from her recently-dead mother and all she has to remember her by. The idea of losing it agonizing for her.
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zprospero.bsky.social Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 1d
Does your character have a talisman? Like an object that centers them or is just a source of great comfort?

A piece of jewelry, a stuffie, a picture, an instrument, etc?

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February 7, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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#AwesomeCharacters
The narrators in Prophecies (third person limited) and StS (first person) lean heavily into interoception thanks to the emotional focus, but some MCs are less connected to their emotions than others.

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charliedeltawrites.bsky.social ❄️Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta ☃️ @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Technical question today!

What senses do your characters use most?

Do you describe what they see, smell, taste, feel, or hear more?

Is it different between characters?

Do any have special senses?

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February 7, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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On a similar note, as Mamdani continues to notch W after W you’re going to start seeing opinion pieces about how this could never work in any city other than New York, etc., etc. Do not engage! It’s just entrenched power bullshit and that’s all! Don’t let them make that a conversation!
February 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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In their debut article with Scarleteen, Aurora delivers some grounded advice to a user who feels torn up about their friend group. This piece touches on friendships and conflict — a must-read for anyone looking for guidance on having hard convos with friends. www.scarleteen.com/read/relat...
Text: "Dear Scarleteen, So I, 18, have a friends with benefits⁠ situation going on with one of my best friends, a trans woman. Neither of us want to be in a relationship⁠ with the other, we are just exploring our sexuality in a safe environment. Now, with some of my other best friends, they are really grossed out⁠ when I try to talk about sex⁠. They talk about their fantasies and dreams without problems, but they only find it weird if I talk about it. They don’t do it to our other friends who are in relationships either, only to me. I feel like there’s this distance starting to grow between us and it really hurts. I am not doing anything wrong or hurting anyone, but they still make me feel like I am in the wrong and that I have to keep explaining things. Is there anything I can do??," written on lined paper on a leopard print background followed by "Swipe to find out what Volunteer Aurora wrote back!" and tag-line: “Queer Sex Ed For All Since 1998." Text: "Aurora writes... Congratulations on your friends with benefits⁠ set up! It seems like a healthy and fun dynamic. I am sad that your friends are not able to rejoice and make space for the beauty it sounds like this relationship⁠ is bringing to your life! They are missing out⁠ on the warm fuzzy feeling of happiness for a friend. Since these friends mean a lot to you, I think that a conversation is in order... Read her full answer at Scarleteen. Have your own question? Need some advice? You can write to us in the "Ask for Help" section of our website," written on an illustrated sticky note on a teal background.
February 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Dad the ogre and his three kids guard a bridge. Naturally, there's a riddle to get across, or get eaten.

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“All right, all right. First you must answer my riddle. Ahem. “My eyes are red, my hands are blue My breath is fire, and earth my poo My head is low, my feet are high My frown is green – so what am I?” Oh, balls. Zedenko hated shit like this. He glanced at his companions again, wondering if any of them had any clue - “You’re an ogre,” Gallara said dryly. The elder ogre hesitated, looking uncertain. “Well, yeah, but what about the riddle?” “It’s intentionally obtuse crap, and the only answer that makes any sense is that you’re an ogre. One who likes trick questions. Can we cross the bridge now?” The four ogres traded uncomfortable glances, their beady eyes bright with disbelief. Dad hung his shoulders and eventually said, “… no.”
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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"Jealousy" isn't in Grinks & Co.'s dictionary. The four MCs have sex with each other and with supporting characters in every chapter that has them, all with each other's encouragement.
In this snippet, Laylee has just started experimenting with women.

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She turned to Grinks and giggled a little nervously. “I, uh, maybe I should have had you be my first girlfuck. I’m sorry if -” Grinks interrupted with a gentle kiss on Laylee’s nose. “I don’t care if I’m your first or your fiftieth, you goose, but I’m yours any time you want me.” Laylee wrapped her arms around her goblin friend and kissed her back. “I’m gonna remember that.”
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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#FantasyIndiesFebruary
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Well, Unaliving my villains would be the easy choice.
If Alakshi were older than her early 20s, she'd be my Marry. She's open with her feelings, loves her friends, and is generally lots of fun.
Gallara could use a good Kiss. It might help her feel less self-conscious.
FantasyIndiesFebruary 6. Free Friday or Kiss, Marry, Unalive with your characters
February 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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#SFFChat
CW: mention of child abuse, implied death

This is a flash fiction I wrote on a whim last year. It's ... sad.
My mom was crying as I put my things in my green backpack: my game, my favorite shirt, my book about the squiggly aliens. She didn't know I was doing it. I would have told her, but I didn't want to bother her again. She said she shouldn't have hit me, but if she shouldn't have done it, she wouldn't have. I was the one who made her unhappy. Besides, she'd been drinking her grown-up stuff until she fell asleep; she would have tried to make me feel better instead of herself if I'd deserved it. So I left. I knew she'd be happier this way. I didn't know where I was going. As long as it was away from her, I could feel good about it. Well, I could feel better about myself. Better than I did. It got light after a while. I got hungry, and I got tired, but I kept going. I cried sometimes, even though my mom hated when I did that. And I knew that the farther away from her I got, the less I could bother her, so I kept going. When it got dark again, I was too tired to keep walking. I was too tired to move. I cried again, even though I shouldn't have. I was cold. So I sat down and curled up, and I hoped I would warm up soon. Instead, I just got colder and more tired. I hoped that if anyone found me, they wouldn't tell my mom.
February 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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#SFFChat
It's hard to beat the Antarctic research complex in John Carpenter's The Thing. It creates a horrible sense of isolation, both from help and from humanity as a concept, and the cold keeps the scientists from escaping from the alien horror among them. What a great piece of horror.
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#SFFChat Q3: Share a favourite winter/cold environment from someone else's work! Can be a book, movie, videogame, TV show!
Snowflake background, but with a sneaky translucent blue spaceship creeping in to beaming up the words (but it's bigger now!)
February 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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#SFFChat
In Prophecy #72, the MCs have to travel underground past a vast lake of magma. The ambient heat takes a toll on all of them. At least the magmaids swimming in the lake are friendly.
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#SFFChat Q2: What about heat or hot environments?
Snowflake background, but with a sneaky translucent blue spaceship creeping in to beam up the words (which are the same as in the post). Now there's also a dragon!
February 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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#SFFChat
Seff and Drohim live in a relatively cold country, and the weather becomes a concern a few times. Seff's next story will probably take place at least partly in the winter in a major city, and snow and freezing temperatures will be an issue as she works to undermine a nasty conspiracy.
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#SFFChat Q1: Do winter or the cold play a role in your work? Share something about your wintery/cold regions, landscapes, planets, or towns!
Snowflake background, but with a sneaky translucent blue spaceship creeping in to beam up the words (which are the same as in the post)
February 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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#SFFChat
Oh the weather outside is frightful
But my dear, your rear's delightful
In the biblical sense, just so
Let us know, let us know, let us know
sffchat.bsky.social SFFChat @sffchat.bsky.social · 1d
#SFFChat Intro:

Sorry for the lateness, everyone! Introduce yourself and share a favourite winter activity!
Text the same as post. Background is a blue and purple sky with snowflakes because I'm feeling basic today
February 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Okay you're also getting a #horror flash fiction.
She disappeared on a Tuesday. Everyone knew about the creatures. They haunted gray skies and washed out light, only ever a shade or two darker than their surroundings. Docile things, never doing more than slithering through the gray and moaning on occasion. Right there in the periphery they played, and stayed. As long as you didn't look directly at them. If you did...well, you wouldn't remember after. Nor would any remember you. Unless they saw it take you. Like I did. I saw her run outside that day. On a cool gray evening, windy and washed of color. Didn't know her name, never will, but I knew why she did it. Why she looked directly at the biggest one, the thing taking up the sky. It wasn't the first cloudy day she'd done it and I can't say why they didn't take her on any other, but she was determined to be taken that time. I'd seen them take her son too, he weren't even looking at them but to a plane flying erratic through them. Big smoky hand broken the clouds and scooped him right up. Not a sound but her screaming at the window, running out to beg it to take her too. Got her husband a few seconds later, when he came out to scream with. But it left her. I saw it all... through a mirror. Not direct, see, good thing to keep in mind. She was alone all at once and they wouldn't take her. Nevermind how she stared right at them, how she cursed and flailed and stomped. Chased the clouds to keep on them even. Didn't matter. She wasn't wanted. Not until she was. Until she was desperate and starving, choking on sorrow. When she came with tears dry and heart shattered. I was on the porch, not watching them dance in the clouds and poke at trees through my little mirror when she fell out of her front door and stumbled down the steps to the walk. A dead thing she was, shambling slow and weak and still she filled with rage when she reached the asphalt. Bellowing up to the clouds. "Come down here and face me, you coward!" The biggest tilted the smoke gray of its silhouette, blinking empty eye holes as every other gathered close and tight, blotting out... everything. Dim and cold the world became, dim and cold and quiet. Not a bird, a car, a human voice or ethereal moan broke through their blackened bulk. My own breath came and went in utter quiet, body frozen to my deck chair. Its hand descended, wider than the street, longer than sense it devoured the neighborhood and filled my lungs with cinnamon smoke. Choking, soundless and still I could see but black on black on black. When it cleared she was gone, as were the clouds... Next they rolled in, no shadows brimming with shape and moaning haunted them. She disappeared on a Tuesday, taking the world as we'd known it with her, and no one remembers but me.
February 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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#WIPSnips
CW: sexy talk
Chapter 6 of Grinks & Co. starts with the MCs sharing sexual fantasies in a bar. Taraltos' requires context, in the form of an anecdote from his days with the Monster Hunter Corps. Peaceful solutions are always best.

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“She told us her riddle. I convinced the other hunters that there was no harm in guessing, since if we got it wrong and she attacked us, we’d have to fight her like we’d been expecting, anyway. She asked us what has two legs, then four legs, then three legs.” Laylee stroked her chin. “Hmmm. Back when we met Kulrak, Grinks had two legs, then you and Davik each gave her your third leg. That makes four for her, and when one of you pulled out, she had three. How’s that?” Everyone laughed. “Actually,” Taraltos admitted, “that was pretty much the right answer. When I told her that, she blushed really hard and said she didn’t understand. So a few of us on the team decided to demonstrate.” “Holy crap, really?” Davik laughed. Taraltos nodded, taking another swig. “Then she blushed even harder and said that was acceptable, and flew away immediately. We just told the towns on both sides of the pass the answer to the riddle - after we all finished fucking each other - but no one ever saw the lion woman again.” “I love happy endings,” Grinks sighed, and wiggled her ass against Taraltos’ cock again. “Mmm, so do I. But I also love strong women, and part of me has always wanted to find her again and give her a fifth leg.” “I think I can guess which part of you that is!” Laylee laughed. “Let me know if she wants a sixth,” Davik added.
February 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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#pretendpanel
I find politics dreary and unpleasant, but I write about social issues a lot. Systemic prejudice, economic justice, war, religion's role in politics, and more have all shown up in my stories as direct and indirect plotlines.

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hiriadunning.com Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.com · 1d
Today is Waitangi Day here in Aotearoa, #pretendpanel, and it gets me thinking about the role of politics in the stories we tell.

February 6th: Do you enjoy writing or reading political plotlines?

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#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.com February 6th: Do you enjoy writing or reading political plotlines? Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!
February 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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#AllHandsOnDeck
Jorang was taught very early on that strict adherence to strict rules was how to earn approval. His insistence that everyone else follow his same rules and ideals to the letter causes him no end of trouble, and disapproval.

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zprospero.bsky.social Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 1d
#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: PAGE OF CUPS

Who or what from your writing does it fit?

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#AllHandsOnDeck What image would you put on this card from your writing? What would it mean if it was upright or reversed? PAGE OF CUPS Upright: Idealism, Dreamer, Naïveté Reversed: Immaturity, Escapism, Insecurity
February 6, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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#FebruaryWorldbuilders
While the Prophecies are traveling through the (satirically named) Forest of Secrets, Gallara spots a whining willow and urges her companions to avoid eye contact with it.

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kiraofthewind.com Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 1d
#FebruaryWorldbuilders What are some flora or fungi found in a notable forest of your world? Are they real or did you make them up?
MonthlyWorldbuilders prompts daily feed card #FebruaryWorldbuilders Hosted by Kira of the Wind Week 1: Physical World 6. What are some flora or fungi found in a notable forest? The background image shows a misty forest with a mysterious tower in the background. It has a cold, mysterious vibe.
February 6, 2026 at 5:24 AM