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Cara Nox 🗡️🍂 is writing
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🖋️ sff indie author
🧁 sweet relationship peddler
♾️🌈♠️ autistic nonbinary asexual
✨ they/them
🚫 No DMs (Ohio)

💎🪐 NOVA RICHE (TBD)
🗡️🍂 ATOWAR (TBD)

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books ➡️ caranox.com/books
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📚 🎉 Smashwords End of Year Sale 2025

Get all of my LGBTQ+ series starter ebooks for 50% off during the End of Year Smashwords sale!

caranox.com/smashwords

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End of Year Sale Smashwords - 2025 50% off Graphical book covers of Trick, The Thirteenth Key, and A Hunt of Blood & Iron, all by Cara Nox, tiled across the image. Get TRICK, THE THIRTEENTH KEY, & A HUNT OF BLOOD & IRON for 50% off! caranox.com/smashwords Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale smashwords.com/sale Ebooks discounted Between 25% - 100% off; Dec 8 - Jan 1. Shop the Sale
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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🗝️🌌 In a world where tech is replacing dying magic, a crew of thieves attempt to bring it back with the hope of using it to save themselves.

📖 caranox.com/t13k

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Nox's Books caranox.com/books A faintly patterned black background with a vector white sword surrounded by stars in the center. Seraphine's Chosen epic science fantasy - series Book mockups of The Thirteenth Key and The Vault are in the center. In a world where tech is replacing dying magic, a crew of thieves attempt to bring it back with the hope of using it to save themselves. caranox.com/t13k
December 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🗡️🍂 Nothing comes without sacrifice

Striving to focus on A TITHE OF SOULS & DREAMS (book 3) this month and work out some of A TRIAL OF WRATH & RUIN (book 2) I feel need adjustments.

caranox.com/ahobai

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A paperback copy of A HUNT OF BLOOD & IRON lays face-up overtop of a hardcover copy flipped over that reads, "Nothing comes without sacrifice". Both copies rest on a black tray with white, woven starlights along the top. The Wild Hunt achillean dark fantasy - series Book mockup of A Hunt of Blood & Iron is in the center. In a post-apocalyptic world reclaimed by the fae, two selected participants of a deadly Wild Hunt try to escape their fate. caranox.com/ahobai A Hunt of Blood & Iron The Wild Hunt - Book One A book cover of A Hunt of Blood & Iron by Cara Nox is in the center of the image, surrounded by tropes, rep, and other details. Clockwise, from the upper right, it reads: bloodthirsty evil fae; one bed (& one motorcycle); slowburn; autistic demi mc x gay li; dual pov; love interest falls first; nonbinary antagonist; gay yearning; fae-ruled post-apocalyptic world; hurt / comfort; sacrificial trade magic; mm romance. caranox.com/ahobai
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Regarding the fun IngramSpark price sheet debacle yesterday: someone noticed that revision fees were removed from the sheet.

A sales rep at IS posted the only potential silver lining in this mess on Threads, tho I absolutely suspect IS will announce this much later to win back favor.

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User emilyandherindies posted: Checking threads today after the new pricing sheet dropped... I can't say anything yet, but good news is coming. [gif of guy walking into a chaotic apartment with pizza]. Follow up thread post: All I'm saying is there's a reason revision fees aren't listed on there anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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The price estimation calculator on their site will supposedly be updated with the new numbers starting Dec 15 as an FYI
Beginning December 15, 2025, you can use our print and ship calculator to see your updated print cost for orders placed within your IngramSpark account. You will also be able to use our publisher compensation calculator to see what you’ll earn for books sold after February 1, 2026. Need help making a list price change? View our help article.
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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📖✨Books are magic

From prophesies to grimoires to old tomes filled pages of un-redacted information, magic flows through all the books in THE THIRTEENTH KEY & THE VAULT.

caranox.com/t13k

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An open copy of The Thirteenth Key with a grimoire pin by Emily Cheeseman resting between the pages. Seraphine's Chosen epic science fantasy - series Book mockups of The Thirteenth Key and The Vault are in the center. In a world where tech is replacing dying magic, a crew of thieves attempt to bring it back with the hope of using it to save themselves. caranox.com/t13k
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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🌃🌟 In a world parallel to our own, a secret society, consisting of eight factions, is charged with keeping humanity on track—an even greater task with danger lurking within.

📖 caranox.com/trick

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Nox's Books caranox.com/books A faintly patterned black background with a vector white sword surrounded by stars in the center. The Custodians urban fantasy - series Book mockup of Trick is in the center. In a world parallel to our own, a secret society, consisting of eight factions, is charged with keeping humanity on track—an even greater task with danger lurking within. caranox.com/trick
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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🛍️ Cyber Weekend
nov 28 - dec 1, 2025

Get THE THIRTEENTH KEY, TRICK, and A HUNT OF BLOOD & IRON for $0.99 and THE VAULT $2.99 this weekend!

Grab direct copies from me or via your favorite retailer:
🛍️ shop.cara.ink
🛒 caranox.com/books

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Cyber Weekend nov 28 - dec 1, 2025 | caranox.com/links Arrows point from $0.99 to graphical covers of The Thirteenth Key, Trick, and A Hunt of Blood & Iron, all by Cara Nox. Another arrow points from $2.99 to The Vault by Cara Nox.
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Some LGBTQ+ books to add to your holiday wish list! ❄️

caranox.com/newlgbt112025

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Nov 2025 New LGBTQ+ Book Releases (including Familiar!) Graphic has a neon light rainbow background over various designs spelling out "love". The foreground has the above text and an arrow pointing to a graphic cover of Familiar.
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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✨📚 Bookstack

All my in-progress series novels stacked together 🥹🖤

caranox.com/books

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A stack of books by Cara Nox, including (from top to bottom) Trick, A Hunt of Blood & Iron, The Thirteenth Key, and The Vault. All of the books are stacked along the wall next to a fake plant with a woven star light in the foreground.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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🗡️🍂 In a post-apocalyptic world reclaimed by the fae, two selected participants of a deadly Wild Hunt try to escape their fate.

📖 caranox.com/ahobai

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Nox's Books caranox.com/books A faintly patterned black background with a vector white sword surrounded by stars in the center. The Wild Hunt achillean dark fantasy - series Book mockup of A Hunt of Blood & Iron is in the center. In a post-apocalyptic world reclaimed by the fae, two selected participants of a deadly Wild Hunt try to escape their fate. caranox.com/ahobai
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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🌃🌟 SPIRITS, the sequel to TRICK, is almost halfway complete!

For working on this book every other week, it's managed to progress pretty well. I've also been posting initial draft chapters on my Patreon & Kofi for supporters!

caranox.com/trick
caranox.com/spirits

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A paperback copy of Trick by Cara Nox held over a black tray with white woven star lights on a black textured cloth. A fake plant and hardback copies of other Cara Nox books at the top of the image. Trick The Custodians - Book One A book cover of Trick by Cara Nox is in the center of the image, surrounded by tropes, rep, and other details. Clockwise, from the upper right, it reads: autistic demi girl x golden retriever pan boy; tattoo magic; disability rep; tarot cards, pocket watches, & other magic trinkets; secret societies; snarky aroace teen with too much power; questioning the system™; a dash of time travel; disney+’s loki meets shadowhunters. caranox.com/trick The Custodians urban fantasy - series Book mockup of Trick is in the center. In a world parallel to our own, a secret society, consisting of eight factions, is charged with keeping humanity on track—an even greater task with danger lurking within. caranox.com/trick
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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New queer books for you to check out! 🌈❤️

caranox.com/newlgbt112025

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Nov 2025 New LGBTQ+ Book Releases (including Familiar!) Graphic has a neon light rainbow background over various designs spelling out "love". The foreground has the above text and an arrow pointing to a graphic cover of Familiar.
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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🫀🩷 More DEVOUR YOUR HEART for WIP Wednesday

Max has some dreams of his childhood and uh... yeah

caranox.com/dyh

cw: implied blood description #WIPWednesday
Devour Your Heart Max pushed on the door, putting nearly all his weight into it as the heavy slab groaned inward. His eyes adjusted to the dim light, and his heart swelled with wonder as he started for the platform, staring up at the patchwork of distorted shapes. Devour Your Heart Until the sole of his shoe made a light sound against something distinctly wet. Not quite a splash of a puddle or the velcro noise that made him cringe when his mom took him to the grocery and an aisle of tiles was particularly sticky from something that hadn’t been thoroughly cleaned. Devour Your Heart He looked down, lifting his shoe when he took in the dark substance oozing over the wood. The thick, viscus liquid slowly ate away his footprint, not nearly as quick as water. Max took a step back as he followed the trail—the puddle—whatever he might call it—to the steps he’d been heading for.
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🖤🩸 When the son of a vampire hunter accidentally becomes a familiar, he decides to prove himself by hunting down the vampire responsible for his mark.

📖 caranox.com/familiar

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Nox's Books caranox.com/books A faintly patterned black background with a vector white sword surrounded by stars in the center. Occult Misadventures paranormal urban fantasy - universe standalones Book mockup of Familiar is in the center. A series of independent paranormal light mysteries, featuring various supernatural and fantasy creatures set within the same fictional iteration of our universe. caranox.com/familiar
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🗡️🍂 Working on the final installment of The Wild Hunt feels so surreal. I remember when I was working through the initial concept in 2023, piecing together options for the ending, and now I'm here—actually writing it...

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An open copy of A Hunt of Blood & Iron to chapter 18, Grey's POV, with the starting like "Don't step foot into a single forest, and don't reply to anything you can't see." with a white, woven star light against the opposite page. A Hunt of Blood & Iron The Wild Hunt - Book One A book cover of A Hunt of Blood & Iron by Cara Nox is in the center of the image, surrounded by tropes, rep, and other details. Clockwise, from the upper right, it reads: bloodthirsty evil fae; one bed (& one motorcycle); slowburn; autistic demi mc x gay li; dual pov; love interest falls first; nonbinary antagonist; gay yearning; fae-ruled post-apocalyptic world; hurt / comfort; sacrificial trade magic; mm romance. caranox.com/ahobai
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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If you're hunting for new LGBTQ+ books, check out some of these new releases!

caranox.com/newlgbt112025

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Nov 2025 New LGBTQ+ Book Releases (including Familiar!) Graphic has a neon light rainbow background over various designs spelling out "love". The foreground has the above text and an arrow pointing to a graphic cover of Familiar.
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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💎🪐 NOVA RICHE snippet for WIP Wednesday

AKA musings of a former rich boy turned thief in my space Robin Hood sci-fi book I'm reorganizing atm.

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Nova Riche When Roux was a boy, sitting on the edge of a wealthy now-dead relative’s swimming pool and listening to hissed threats from his mother about taking him inside if he got a single drop of water on his freshly-laundered trousers, he recalled his uncle giving a toast at the nearby outdoor bar: “To the bold.” It was the man’s most infamous phrase, despite a young Roux always pondering what made the great Flint Kingston actually bold after learning the full reference to that favorite toast. Fortune favors the bold. link icon - caranox.com/links bluesky icon - @cara.ink instagram icon - @cara.nox threads icon - @cara.nox Nova Riche Now, crammed like a sardine along two crew mates in the buffer of a fire-wall-slash-maintenance-hall of an orbiting casino ship about a decade and a half later, Roux had come up with a better phrase for his uncle: fortune favors fortune. Because there was nothing innately bold about his accumulation of wealth when the house always wins and he owned said house. link icon - caranox.com/links bluesky icon - @cara.ink instagram icon - @cara.nox threads icon - @cara.nox Nova Riche The bold—or the foolish, though Roux believed the terms to be rather interchangeable—were those running their fingers along the edges of cards and worrying their lips as they tried to appease lady luck. Even if the table was rigged. All for the sake of attempting to claw their way into the class of the nouveau riche and never stress over making another nova in their life. link icon - caranox.com/links bluesky icon - @cara.ink instagram icon - @cara.nox threads icon - @cara.nox
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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🗝️🌌 In a world where tech is replacing dying magic, a crew of thieves attempt to bring it back with the hope of using it to save themselves.

📖 caranox.com/t13k

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Nox's Books caranox.com/books A faintly patterned black background with a vector white sword surrounded by stars in the center. Seraphine's Chosen epic science fantasy - series Book mockups of The Thirteenth Key and The Vault are in the center. In a world where tech is replacing dying magic, a crew of thieves attempt to bring it back with the hope of using it to save themselves. caranox.com/t13k
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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I can't believe my gay vampire book has been out for over a week. 🥹🖤🩸

I plan on diving into the next book in this universe after I get one of my other WIPs off my plate. And while it won't really be featuring vampires, I think there's a genderfluid gremlin of a demon you all might enjoy 👀🖤🔮

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An open copy of Familiar with the chapter title that reads, "Shop of Horrors". The book is sitting on a black tray, next to a woven star light, and by a black mug with gold designs. Familiar Occult Misadventures - Standalone A book cover of Familiar by Cara Nox is in the center of the image, surrounded by tropes. Clockwise, from the upper right, it reads: errand boy for vampire hunters; awkward gay mc x goth bi li; mistakes™ were made; coffee shop meet-cute turned disaster; hunters with ulterior motives; don't be suspicious; chaotic first person narration; vampires, werewolves, & witches. caranox.com/familiar
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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🫀🩷 DEVOUR YOUR HEART snippet for WIP Wednesday

Nothing quite like wandering through a creepy chapel at night, am I right?

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Devour Your Heart Cam’s pulse quickened as they scrambled to their feet, the room swaying as they turned to find a dozen rows of chapel pews between them and the wide set of doors at the end of the aisle. They stumbled down the shallow steps from the raised platform and bumped against the first bench, clinging to the backing to steady themself. Their knees trembled while they gulped down lungfuls of air. You’re okay, Cam told themself. It wasn’t real. It was just in your mind.
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Some options for nominating Familiar for the Indie Ink Awards 2025 🖤🩸

indiestorygeek.com/story/10048

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Indie Ink Awards 2025 possible nomination category suggestions Cover of Familiar is in the center, next to a skewed Indie Ink Awards logo. - best book cover & artist - best use of tropes - side character mvp - this book made me hungry/thirsty - wittiest character - gay or lesbian rep - lgbtq+ rep - trans or nonbinary rep indiestorygeek.comm Familiar Occult Misadventures - Standalone A book cover of Familiar by Cara Nox is in the center of the image, surrounded by tropes. Clockwise, from the upper right, it reads: errand boy for vampire hunters; awkward gay mc x goth bi li; mistakes™ were made; coffee shop meet-cute turned disaster; hunters with ulterior motives; don't be suspicious; chaotic first person narration; vampires, werewolves, & witches. caranox.com/familiar
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Looking for some new LGBTQ+ books to add to your tbr? Check these out!

caranox.com/newlgbt112025

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Nov 2025 New LGBTQ+ Book Releases (including Familiar!) Graphic has a neon light rainbow background over various designs spelling out "love". The foreground has the above text and an arrow pointing to a graphic cover of Familiar.
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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🖤🩸 ICYMI FAMILIAR released just in time for Halloween!!

I can't believe this is my fifth published book. 🥹

I'm looking forward to writing more within this universe about other vampires, witches, werewolves, and demons 👀 🖤

caranox.com/familiar

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A pile of paperback books, including Familiar by Cara Nox, on a black tray with white woven star lights and a stack of hardcovers off to the side, next to a fake plant.
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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📌 Hey! I'm Cara, and I write LGBTQ+ science fiction & fantasy (often with asexual and/or neurodivergent main characters) with heavily inspired themes from JRPGs and 90s/00s anime and urban fantasy shows. 🖤

caranox.com/links

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Familiar (An Occult Misadventure) by Cara Nox—a book with a spilled coffee cup on a small black portion, pouring out red and filling the red of the cover with the title that looks like vampire teeth, complete with a black blood drop—sits in the center of the image. It’s surrounded by tropes, rep, and teasers on a black background. Clockwise, it reads: errand boy for vampire hunters, awkward gay mc x goth bi li, coffee shop meet-cute turned disaster, mistakes™ were made, hunters with ulterior motives, don't be suspicious, chaotic first person narration, vampires, werewolves, & witches. At the bottom, it reads: Familiar, Urban Fantasy, caranox.com/familiar A Hunt of Blood & Iron, The Wild Hunt #1 by Cara Nox book cover surrounded by tropes, rep, and teasers over a floral and black-patterned background. Clockwise, it reads: m/m romance, gay yearning, bloodthirsty evil fae, one bed + one motorcycle, slow burn, demi + nonbinary rep, post-apocalyptic atmosphere, hurt/comfort, and sacrificial trade magic. At the bottom, it reads: A Hunt of Blood & Iron, The Wild Hunt #1, caranox.com/ahobai The Thirteenth Key, Seraphine's Chosen #1 by Cara Nox book cover surrounded by tropes, rep, and teasers over a dark blue starry vector background. Clockwise, it reads: persona 5 meets final fantasy 15, found family, sweet ace boy x spicy bi girl, futuristic fantasy, slow burn romantic sub-plots, humor as a coping mechanism, traveling heist adventure, disability rep, chaotic chosen one(s), and hurt/comfort. At the bottom, it reads: The Thirteenth Key, Seraphine's Chosen #1, caranox.com/t13k Trick, The Custodians #1 by Cara Nox book cover surrounded by tropes, rep, and teasers over a dark teal map vector background. Clockwise, it reads: Disney+'s Loki meets Shadowhunters, secret societies, autistic demi girl x golden retriever pan boy, tattoo magic, disability rep, tarot cards, pocket watches & other magic trinkets, snarky aroace teen with too much power, questioning the system™, and a dash of time travel. At the bottom, it reads: Trick, The Custodians #1, caranox.com/trick
October 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM