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Elio Dray
@eliodray.bsky.social
Writes after midnight.
Plot with claws. Spice with soul.
No face, just fiction.

Winner of Elegant Literature’s “Charmed & Chained” magazine issue.
Update on the first book in my debut series Heart Beat:

-I’m at 22,522 words of my 40,000 goal.
-Release date in February
-Book covers being commissioned.

So grateful for all the opportunities given to me after EL. The community never stops coming through.

Merry Christmas!
December 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Did my author interview with @elegantliterature.bsky.social and I can say that Creag is definitely one of the best humans I have ever met.
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Pink Vibrations is making its way through the smut community. Super honored and very reassuring that my writing is okay for smut. I have faith in my Flesh Fiction submission now. Not in the competition but for the smut community 🤓
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Just finished reading it! You did an amazing job spinning tension and unfolding events simultaneously—I loved it! I also found the ending oddly hopeful and refreshing where I might have expected horror.
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Honored to have again won Writing Battle, this time with a flash-length Dystopia, "Disassembly." Interview and published story linked below.

writingbattle.com/past-winners...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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The Cold Burns by Anne Wilkins clarkesworldmagazine.com/wilkins_12_25/
Big, big news!!! It's here! My sci-fi story, "The Cold Burns" is out in Clarkesworld. This is a dream come true for me.
I hope you enjoy reading it!☺️

@clarkesworldmagazine.com
The Cold Burns by Anne Wilkins
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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So excited to have my story "Infinite Wisdom" published in the pages of this month's @elegantliterature.bsky.social, titled "Charmed and Chained." Check it out along with LOTS of great stories this month, here: www.elegantliterature.com/magazine/
Magazine
Amazing stories by upcoming talent. No query letters. Guaranteed acceptance/rejection timeline. Above-professional pay.
www.elegantliterature.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Still can’t accept that I was declared winner for @elegantliterature.bsky.social “Charmed & Chained” issue.

Thank you Creag and judges for seeing something in my story. I baked a cake for the occasion, and may or may not have shared with my neighbors.

Read here: www.elegantliterature.com/magazine/
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM