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Countess Sappho
@countess-sappho.bsky.social
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Senka• History & Folklore• Writer, horror and dark romance• Diasporic Slav• Butch• Closed Triad🏳️‍🌈 she/her 30+

⭐No nazis in Valhalla⭐

(all art by my wife @blastedcat0w0.bsky.social )

https://senkaheksum.carrd.co/

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Countess Sappho @countess-sappho.bsky.social · Nov 8
Introducing my my sapphic folk horror novella here: Draugr of the Danube! Set in the late Viking Age along the Danube River and in the Viking Rus

🪓Butch Viking MC
🩸Slavic Vampire
⚡️Mythology
🕯️Seidr
🥀Grief & Acceptance

Carmilla ★ Interview with the Vampire ★ The Northman
Photograph of statues in a cemetary, a woman lying with her eyes closed, head resting in another woman's lap. The sitting woman kisses the forehead of the one who is laying. Text in the foreground reads "There is a danger in empathising too much with a creature whose motives are beyond your comprehension"
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countess-sappho.bsky.social
If you're thinking about holiday gifts, @filthywizard.bsky.social 's shop has a ton of really awesome stuff! Stickers, washi tape, coffee mugs, bookmarks, charms, stationary, shirts (and more)

www.etsy.com/shop/Filthyw...
#bg3 #dungeonmeshi #goth #werewolf #vampire
Washi tape with worm on the string in various colors fighting knights Coffee mug featuring a black and red design of Karlach from Baldurs Gate 3 and the text "Karlach Coffee" on it Black Tshirt with the text "Transgender" in metal font Heart shaped sticker with the text "Historians will call us friends" on it
November 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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clericofthevoid.bsky.social
Okay just for ✨the holidays✨ I tossed up an old modern au fic I wrote a few years ago on ao3. It’s a band au/holiday fic and it’s like 14k because we all know I have no chill when it comes to word count 🫶🏻

It’s cheesy, fluffy, with a dose of angst & a playlist—

archiveofourown.org/works/748221...
Drawing of Kye and Jude in a studio apartment, sitting on a yellow couch in front of a coffee table with little knickknacks on it and some albums propped up against it. Kye is curled up in the couch, leaning on the back in a button down shirt with a harness over top cause she is that person. She is watching Jude and looking to have some feelings about it. Jude is on the other end of the couch with an acoustic guitar, eyes closed and singing while she plays. Her hair is down and hanging loose. She is wearing a simple shirt, jeans with holes in the knees and boots. There is warm soft lighting coming from presumably the kitchen and the rest of the apartment is cool and dark. Big windows behind them show Christmas lights against the night sky.
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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lunegrimm.bsky.social
Another candleholder design (I need a lot of these in my home🕯️) This one was rather quickly made using a head sculpt I made a while ago, but never quite knew what to do with it, so I'm glad it now found good use.
Already made a test print and it perfectly fits a tea candle now it's copper time!
Custom made candlejolder design made by me
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
countess-sappho.bsky.social
New profile picture which I absolutely adore!
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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blastedcat0w0.bsky.social
Vampire Butch, Elle 🩸
#OriginalCharacter
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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thehangingrabbit.bsky.social
some hints of stuff being worked on.....😈
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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ladzwriting.bsky.social
Meanwhile readers encounter one (1) complex woman who isn't just a mother, whore, or virgin in any book and it's
Manga panel of the old bald man with a mustache and goatee saying "I don't know...that's scary..."
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
countess-sappho.bsky.social
Had an elderly woman ask me what my "look" was called (short pink hair, Library of Alexandria tshirt, black jeans tucked into combat boots) and instead of saying "tired butch" I said "this is just me living my best life." She told me "it's cute, it's working" 😂
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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I’m so excited about pub day that I’m giving away a copy!! If you’re a fan of vampires, you might want to cuddle up with High Stake and Bloody Business this holiday season 🩸

Give this a repost if you’d like to be added! And for an extra entry, reply with your favorite creature feature monster!
Me holding a copy of the High Stakes and Bloody Business Anthology
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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morniae.bsky.social
Trans Werewolf Ladies🐺

#WerewolfWednesday #TF #Werewolf
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👩‍🎨Support my art : ko-fi.com/morniae // www.patreon.com/morniae
🖼️Commission me ! forms.gle/7EL8XzBiatxr...
Black and white illustration featuring a trans werewolf lady transforming back into her human form while the moon disappear behind the horizon. Sad about that change, she cry in despair "No no no no ! Come back ! I don't want, I can't get back to... what I was".
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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ritacoolbeans.bsky.social
Does anyone have any recs for indie fantasy books *not* written in a medieval european setting?
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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brigitteempire.bsky.social
Reminder that lesbians have a more positive view of trans people than trans people do
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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naturenurture.bsky.social
If you see this post a knight ⚔️🌿✨

fave embroidery from last year
February 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Aight folks, DOUBLE announcement time.

On Nov 26th at 6PM EST i will be doing a dramatic reading on twitch on the Book Bazaar channel of Boombride Chapter 1. Voices! Mistakes! My FACE. The video will be a recording but this is only so i can BE there to MST3K my own ass with y'all. BE THERE
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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cloverpatchmouse.bsky.social
Just got fired from the job I've been at for over 5 years because the new owners' profits are down 30%✌️surely I was the problem

Anyways, if anyone needs a commission, I've got a lot more free time
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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clericofthevoid.bsky.social
Moth is such a great interviewer and so easy to talk to, if you’re a queer indie author I highly recommend applying for season 2! 💖
8bitem.bsky.social Moth (Em) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @8bitem.bsky.social · 2d
Queer authors: If you filled out the form for my podcast, I have sent you an email. I'm scheduling season 2 currently, which debuts in 2026. I have one more episode to release this year!

Haven't filled this out yet? forms.gle/5b6YkZyzcRyr...

Podcast: rss.com/podcasts/gal...
Galaxy Moth Queer Books | Podcast on RSS.com
A podcast featuring queer and trans writers and readers! Brought to you by Moth (aka Em), founder of queer and trans indie publisher Galaxy Moth Press.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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clericofthevoid.bsky.social
Just a heads up—I will be doing paperback, hardcover and ebook sales for Black Friday through Cyber Monday 👁️✨👁️✨👁️✨
clericofthevoid.bsky.social Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · Feb 13
✨🌑🌸NAME HER HOLY🌸🌑✨

My sapphic space fantasy book releases TODAY!

Thank you to everyone for all the kind reviews and pre-orders, the love and support on this book has been *unreal* 🥺💖 love you all! Links are all below—

#Booksky 🌈📚
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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countess-sappho.bsky.social
Hello, good morning-- Check out this cool new thing that was found! A Viking Age woman who was buried with scallop shells placed over her mouth. For why? No one knows! archaeology.org/news/2025/11...
News - Viking Age Woman's Grave Unearthed in Norway - Archaeology Magazine
TRØNDELAG COUNTY, NORWAY—The grave of a Viking Age woman has been unearthed on private land […]
archaeology.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
countess-sappho.bsky.social
I really enjoyed this book! It had my rivetted and all up in @shaunamceleney.bsky.social 's notifications when it first came out
nefariousbatpress.bsky.social Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 2d
Day 2 of our Buy Direct sale - a new bargain every day!

Today, and the rest of this week: pick up @shaunamceleney.bsky.social's sapphic haunted house novel AWAKE IN THE NIGHT from us on ebook... and get 50% off the equally sapphic Weird Western SALVATION SPRING!

payhip.com/b/tWUlI
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
countess-sappho.bsky.social
Requested two new books for interlibrary loan. December should be a great month!
#mythology #folklore #viking #historicalfiction
Photo of a book with a pale yellow cover. "Patterns of Folklore" by Hilda Ellis Davidson Cover of a book that has a photograph of seaside cliffs and a cloudy sky. "The Norns in Old Norse Mythology" by Karen Bek-Pedersen
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
✨BUST COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!✨

to help me pay for extra expenses in preparation for top surgery in jan, i've decided to open up bust commissions! 🏳️‍⚧️

send me your beloved tavs, durges, dnd ocs, rooks, inquisitors, ocs, and more to: 🌿alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk🌿(pls don't dm me on here!) (rts = 💖🙏😭)
nooska's bust commissions are OPEN! 1 character: £45 / $59 (USD) 2 characters: £90 / $118 (USD) contact: alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk payment through paypal invoices Bust commission examples. Left: A digital illustration of Sir Radzig Kobyla from Kingdom Come Deliverance (and also history). He has short cropped brown hair, a brush moustache and goatee. He wears his grey-beige hood lined with red, embroidered with plants and the Skalitz crest. He is surrounded by iris flowers. Right: A digital illustration of Sir Hanush from Kingdom Come Deliverance (and also history). He has short cropped brown hair and a full dark beard. He has hazel eyes. He wears a breastplate adorned with gold metal details. He wears a blue and gold robe. He is surrounded by yellow gladiolus flowers. Digital illustration of two character busts. One is a teal green skinned man with a pink curly moustache and red wavy hair. His eyes are black with blue irises. He grins in a wide smile at the person next to him. The other person is a pink skinned tiefling with white horns. She has light pink long hair, pink eyes and dark purple lipstick. She wears a crown inset with a purple gemstone, and small silver hooped earrings.
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
countess-sappho.bsky.social
Hello, good morning-- Check out this cool new thing that was found! A Viking Age woman who was buried with scallop shells placed over her mouth. For why? No one knows! archaeology.org/news/2025/11...
News - Viking Age Woman's Grave Unearthed in Norway - Archaeology Magazine
TRØNDELAG COUNTY, NORWAY—The grave of a Viking Age woman has been unearthed on private land […]
archaeology.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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maratearendel.bsky.social
I'm so excited to share the cover for Metropolis Down by @vesperdoom.com !!!

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Metropolis Down is out on March 3, 2026, and is available for pre-order on Amazon and the author's shop (⁦https://ko-fi.com/vesperdoom⁩).

Artist: @kjetll.bsky.social
A black, green, and red swirled space background with two men in the foreground. The one on the left is a broad man with curly brown hair, freckles, a beard, and green eyes. He is wearing a dark blue jacket with golden cuffs and collar open over a black shirt and pants. He has an arm circled around the man on the left’s head. The man on the left is upside down. He is slender and has tawny skin, black hair, and brown eyes. He is wearing all black with cutouts on his shoulders. Below the figures are the words: METROPOLIS DOWN and VESPER DOOM. A relationship broken. A ship in distress. Horrors that shatter minds. A song that changes reality Jett Valla and Eddie Stone stand between life and death for a million souls. But can they save each other? The QSR Neo-Tokyo was the first ship in the Quasar Metropolis-class fleet: an immense spaceship housing a glittering, neon-lit city and half a million people. For forty-five years, it has traveled from Jupiter to Pluto and back without incident. For the last six years First Officer Eddie Stone and Head of Security Jett Valla have built a life together aboard the ship. But no longer. When the Neo-Tokyo intercepts a corrupted distress signal, Jett and Eddie are forced back together to plan a rescue mission to the Golden Lion. But within the code lies an eerie song that haunts them both. They see and hear things that do not exist, and are bound together by its strange tune, forcing them to reckon with their lingering feelings for each other. The song swells within the confines of the ghost ship, where only corpses and questions await them. Something within the hold tormented the ship and those horrors follow an unraveling Jett and Eddie back to the Neo-Tokyo. And when they think they are finally safe, the crowded streets of their city run red with blood. They must confront cosmic horrors once more, and there’s no guarantee that they, or the Neo-Tokyo, will survive.
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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mxmorgan.com
velociraptor mongoliensis
2" x 2" ink and watercolor

for sale: ko-fi.com/s/05d46052b3
Photo of my holding the painting. Miniature ink and watercolor painting of a leaping velociraptor mongoliensis, stylized like a modern day hawk, surrounded by branches with yellowy leaves. Miniature ink and watercolor painting of a leaping velociraptor mongoliensis, stylized like a modern day hawk, surrounded by branches with yellowy leaves.
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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🗡️🤔♥️🧡🤍🩷💜 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social
Jude, the transfemme knight/valkyrie from Aubrey Ennis' Name Her Holy. She has an auburn undercut, facial scars, and is wearing armor.
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM