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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide
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Author. Drinker of tea. Killer of plants. Pan/trans 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 (He/him) Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Australia

Rebecca Ide: THE GENTLEMAN AND HIS VOWSMITH (queer fantasy murder romance)

Devin Madson: BETWEEN DRAGONS AND THEIR WRATH (queer fantasy)
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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · Nov 11
Intro post!

Hello, my name is Izzy, but I am better known by my two pen names—award-winning fantasy author Devin Madson (We Ride the Storm, and Between Dragons and Their Wrath) and upcoming author of queer murder romance, Rebecca Ide (The Gentleman and His Vowmsith—April 2025)… 1/2
Two books, one titled WE RIDE THE STORM, image a stylised red storm with an army of horseman riding out of it, the other titled BETWEEN DRAGONS AND THEIR WRATH, with a dragon holding the central title, wings outspread, deep red background with curling vines tangling through it
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markpopham.bsky.social
getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
devinmadson.bsky.social
thank you for your service

- signed, someone also *painfully* obsessed with this entire vibe
nome.bsky.social Nome @nome.bsky.social · 4h
I'm on the hunt for the best version of Your Idol, cover or remix or otherwise.

This song has a death grip on me.
a man with yellow eyes is wearing a cowboy hat
ALT: a man with yellow eyes is wearing a cowboy hat
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
cailin.dev Cailín Walsh 🍀 @cailin.dev · 11h
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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scumbelievable.bsky.social
PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
asherelbein.bsky.social Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 8h
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
acvalens.net Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.net · 2d
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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eckslibris.bsky.social
Favorite new reaction image
Oscar Isaac in Frankenstein. Caption says "oh sure blame the guy whose fault it is"
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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devinmadson.bsky.social
without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
picture of Lestat from Interview with a Vampire looking disheveled and intense in his nice shirt, vest and tie, with blood dripping down his neck. caption reads: “what can i say? i’m a lot. i’m not perfect”
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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devinmadson.bsky.social
TorUK are giving my baby a whole new face for the paperback release in Feb! isn’t he a pretty boy? 😍
a graphic of a book showing the new UK paperback cover for The Gentleman and his Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide. it’s a magenta background with fancy pale blue swirls in each corner, pale blue silhouettes of two men back to back in the centre and the title in big yellow letters. it’s very regency romance but gay, and there are two cover quotes, one from Freya Marske that says “a piece of magic in itself” and one from C.S Pacat that says “a delectable read”
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
devinmadson.bsky.social
damn, the pope was a twinky snack😂
crobertcargill.bsky.social C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 1d
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
Exactly what it says on the label: The Pope in 1982. He's wearing a black hat, dark RayBans, and looks like he's a member of the Blues Brothers.
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
devinmadson.bsky.social
TorUK are giving my baby a whole new face for the paperback release in Feb! isn’t he a pretty boy? 😍
a graphic of a book showing the new UK paperback cover for The Gentleman and his Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide. it’s a magenta background with fancy pale blue swirls in each corner, pale blue silhouettes of two men back to back in the centre and the title in big yellow letters. it’s very regency romance but gay, and there are two cover quotes, one from Freya Marske that says “a piece of magic in itself” and one from C.S Pacat that says “a delectable read”
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
devinmadson.bsky.social
without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
picture of Lestat from Interview with a Vampire looking disheveled and intense in his nice shirt, vest and tie, with blood dripping down his neck. caption reads: “what can i say? i’m a lot. i’m not perfect”
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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qjurecic.bsky.social
new meme
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com
My crowdfund is now LIVE!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
The Chosen One Con
The Chosen One Con is the first book in the Lost in the Aether duology—a queer gaslamp fantasy of industrial magic in a world of designer enchantments and celebrity-branded potions from the author of ...
www.backerkit.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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derekberes.bsky.social
Vaccines account for <10% of global pharma profits.

Chronic diseases make up the majority of profits, by far.

A major driver of chronic disease? Infectious diseases.

MAHA has always been a Trojan horse for the pharma industry.
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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elycep.bsky.social
Jacob Elordi Frankenstein’s creature IS a Disney Princess, and I won’t be convinced otherwise
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
devinmadson.bsky.social
this is how you get characters who feel real, because the author treated them like they were. although it can be a frustrating process. one of my characters has been so difficult to crack, so intent on hiding things he sees as shameful that i had to rewrite his scenes MANY times as i kept digging
joannechocolat.bsky.social Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 111:
Treat the process of creating a character like that of getting to know a friend. Let them talk. See what you find out. Don't expect to know them fully the first time you meet them on the page. Tease out their past, their secrets. Allow them to surprise you.
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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laurenthemself.bsky.social
'I don't really know where to start with this because this isn't the sort of story that really has a fixed beginning.'

(The Triad Trial, laurenthemself.itch.io)
devinmadson.bsky.social Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 2d
convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. share yours if you want!

(The Gentleman and His Vowsmith)
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
devinmadson.bsky.social
now just needs all the likely replacement candidates to come out and say “the prime minister has my full support” then you can be sure he’s a goner
beneltham.bsky.social Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 1d
Australian politics nerds know that when a PM’s friends start to leak to the media that he will fight any attempt to replace him, it’s a good sign that his party is organising to replace him www.bbc.com/news/article...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say
Friends of the PM are worried his job might be under threat, perhaps as soon as after the Budget in a fortnight.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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noahdeaart.bsky.social
stubble....oh stubble...
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com
Since today is the crowdfund launch, but I've got hours to kill yet...

1 like = 1 lore drop from The Chosen One Con 😎
The book cover to The Chosen One Con book, book one the Lost in the Aether duology by Trudie Skies. The cover shows a young white man in a long trench coat putting a glowing blue potion in his inner pocket as though stealing it. In the background are factories with chimneys blowing out dark smoke.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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amydelaforce.bsky.social
Any #MonsterRomance readers in the audience? There's an interesting study on rhetoric happening:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reader Perceptions of Shame, Empowerment, and Genre in Monster Romance Fiction
Informed Consent Page IRB Number- IRB-FY26-184 Title of Research Study: Reader Perceptions of Shame, Empowerment, and Genre in Monster Romance Fiction Researcher's Contact Information: Princple Inv...
docs.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
devinmadson.bsky.social
bring back drop crocs! 😂

sometimes i really love my country
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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fomalhaut451.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my short-fiction collection by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(The collection is I Have No Legs And I Must Manspread. This is from the start of the first piece, Introduction/Autofiction)
Screenshot of the first sentences from the introduction of my short-fiction collection I Have No Legs And I Must Manspread. The screenshotted text reads: "If there was a deathmatch, somehow, between the four horsemen of the apocalypse and the five stages of grief, who would win? Well, the five stages of grief, obviously, because they’re real. But let’s say it was a battle royale, continuing until only one combatant survived, who would that be? Bargaining, depression, acceptance, they have their place but they’d be useless in a fight. It’d come down, ultimately, to anger brawling with denial. Anger would start strong but would burn itself out too quickly. Look around. Denial’s the one with staying power. You know I’m right."
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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alanbaxter.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my novel by sharing the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(From Blood Covenant)
Chapter heading: PAUL Blood everywhere. Slick across the bright white tiles of the bank's floor, arced up the equally pristine wall behind him, a warm spray across his eyes. Paul Glenn's boot sucked against the ground and left a perfect red impression of its sole as he staggered back a step. Screams and wails punctuated the air, the entire thing gone to shit in seconds. "What now?" he screamed at his brother.
November 12, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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devinmadson.bsky.social
convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. share yours if you want!

(The Gentleman and His Vowsmith)
Chaptor 1 Death is the only way to escape being a Monterris. Nic had been five when his father told him so, which was, if one thought about it, a bit messed up. When Nic was eight he'd said love was nothing but a bargaining tool. At eleven he'd clarified it was a bargaining tool should someone love him, a weakness should he deign to love another. And at fifteen that it was a weakness he could never indulge. Wine, on the other hand, was encouraged. Thank. God.
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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davidgaider.bsky.social
Sure, every* game company** is using AI... but using it well? Is it actually helping with ANYthing? Or is it driven by a need to have AI deliver early on the promise of substituting for human labour because there's no other problem it solves?

* not every, not by a long shot
** as opposed to studio
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM