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Melara Dark
@melaradark.bsky.social
LGBT+, she/her
Indie sci-fi, fantasy, and horror author.
Artist, disabled, gamer, happily married.
Vhantalya now available!
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Vhantalya is the last of her kind, who must reach the Great Tree and reawaken a god.

Milla is a predator who has sworn to protect Vhantalya. Mysterious clocks on her palms count down the time she has left. If she fails, it will cost worlds.

Clockpunk high fantasy!

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Available now at your favorite digital store!
Vhantalya by Melara Dark
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From Scarlett:

A young man, nineteen or twenty, headed his way, appeared between the RVs. He slouched behind dark sunglasses and an oversized straw hat, a too-big red Hawaiian shirt flapping over a tank top. A battered brown case hung from a white-knuckled fist.
Here are the words for the next week of #WIPSnips

November 10th through November 16th

- Synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine
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November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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From Scarlett:

“Hey, I'm paying, I choose. Burgers. Great big meaty artery-clogging burgers dripping with ketchup, slathered with tomatoes and avocado. Your childhood favorite as I recall, Mr. Tofu and Wheat Grass. Take a break. Have some fun.”
Here are the words for the next week of #WIPSnips

November 10th through November 16th

- Synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine
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- Use Trigger/Content warnings when necessary
- Don't line edit others. Typos happen!

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November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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From Amaranth:

The florist overbalanced and spilled, dropping the cart onto its side. Aerro turned to his aid, but the florist gaped instead at his wares. Roots sprang out of every cut end, new leaves unfolding, buds popping out alongside the original blooms.
Sadly, spooky week has come to an end, and we are somehow squarely in November now.

The #WIPSnips words for November 3rd through November 9th are here!

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November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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From Amaranth (no 'movement' so used 'removed' instead):

“Light, the only time they leave their room is to eat. Anyone goes near them other than me with their order, and that Stella glares them off like she’d be willing to remove baby makers with her teeth.”
Sadly, spooky week has come to an end, and we are somehow squarely in November now.

The #WIPSnips words for November 3rd through November 9th are here!

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November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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From The Human Heart:

The rakir were about to arrive at the fortified position codenamed *Ragnarok*. It was only two hours flight from there to Sol, and where the Goats had dropped the penultimate pebble in their path of jump gates that lead back to Nakira.
Sadly, spooky week has come to an end, and we are somehow squarely in November now.

The #WIPSnips words for November 3rd through November 9th are here!

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November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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From Scarlett:

He trailed behind, screaming every curse that would come to him. He even made some up. The depth of his fury was almost surreal. Laura wondered which he would drop dead from first—a coronary or heat exhaustion—and just how long it would take.
Sadly, spooky week has come to an end, and we are somehow squarely in November now.

The #WIPSnips words for November 3rd through November 9th are here!

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November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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From The Human Heart:

Haleh Golpari had a spark in her eyes, a defiance, as if she took every interaction- no matter how innocent- as a precursor to a fist fight. She measured Parry, chin lifting as she steeled herself for this imagined confrontation.
Sadly, spooky week has come to an end, and we are somehow squarely in November now.

The #WIPSnips words for November 3rd through November 9th are here!

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November 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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From Scarlett:

Dirty looks assailed him from all sides, including the three nice chickens he’d been chatting with just before the show started. Verdant, however, seemed untroubled. In fact, she smiled.

“Ah, what a perverse generation! Always wanting proof!”
Sadly, spooky week has come to an end, and we are somehow squarely in November now.

The #WIPSnips words for November 3rd through November 9th are here!

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November 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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From Ferry Tail:

"No fighting, cussing, or dripping monster heads on my floor. Not on my beds either. And if a dragon, ogre, troll, or giant is chasing you, you will run *away* from the inn, is that understood?"
OOooOOooOOooOOooOOoo

It's 👻spooky🎃 week on #WIPSnips!

Here are the words for October 27th through November 2nd!

Remember to use Trigger/Content warnings if necessary, especially if you're posting scary stuff.

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October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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From Ferry Tail:

Magic crackles through the air as Eugenia stumbles into Lysette, one arm flinging out to block her from the spell. A flash, and Lysette gasps and drops to her knees. There on the ground wobbles a little, fat, brown, and very drunk slug.
OOooOOooOOooOOooOOoo

It's 👻spooky🎃 week on #WIPSnips!

Here are the words for October 27th through November 2nd!

Remember to use Trigger/Content warnings if necessary, especially if you're posting scary stuff.

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October 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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From Ferry Tail:

As well, dear Reader, lest you have forgotten: what Eugenia had clasped in her fist before dropping it back in her pocket was—and is, point of fact—her broomstick.
OOooOOooOOooOOooOOoo

It's 👻spooky🎃 week on #WIPSnips!

Here are the words for October 27th through November 2nd!

Remember to use Trigger/Content warnings if necessary, especially if you're posting scary stuff.

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October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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From So My Grandma Summoned A Demon:

The latter was meant to look like gold, but only did if you stood really far away and squinted. Otherwise, it looked like what it was—a cheap costume brooch someone had spray-painted with yellow metallic paint.
OOooOOooOOooOOooOOoo

It's 👻spooky🎃 week on #WIPSnips!

Here are the words for October 27th through November 2nd!

Remember to use Trigger/Content warnings if necessary, especially if you're posting scary stuff.

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October 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Me: Wow, haven't had a book sale in a while.

Also me: I really should do some promo work for my books, otherwise no one will know about them.

I wonder if there's a link there? 🤔

Sooo...if you like your books to be a fun fantasy or a spy techno-magic-thriller, check out www.linktr.ee/bryerson
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October 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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From Amaranth:

*It’s herding them.* Aerro tried to pull all the speed he could from his legs as they neared another small bridge across the Kingsblood. Past it, only the rocky path leading across a field and uphill remained between them and the Stoneguard.
Here are the words for #WIPSnips for October 20th through October 26th!

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October 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just realized I didn't actually tag WipSnips in these, so...tag!

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From SMGSAD:

The light obscured anything farther than five steps in either direction, enveloping everything almost as a fog. They reached a second small terrace, which floated in the center of a brilliant white and occasionally billowy void exactly like islands didn’t.
Here are the words for #WIPSnips for October 20th through October 26th!

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October 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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From SMGSAD:

The light obscured anything farther than five steps in either direction, enveloping everything almost as a fog. They reached a second small terrace, which floated in the center of a brilliant white and occasionally billowy void exactly like islands didn’t.
Here are the words for #WIPSnips for October 20th through October 26th!

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October 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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From Amaranth:

*It’s herding them.* Aerro tried to pull all the speed he could from his legs as they neared another small bridge across the Kingsblood. Past it, only the rocky path leading across a field and uphill remained between them and the Stoneguard.
Here are the words for #WIPSnips for October 20th through October 26th!

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October 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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From Amaranth:

She fired again, this time at the captain’s face as he spun her way. Missed. His own pistol came out. Fired. A bucket hanging on the shack behind her splintered and vomited water.
Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 6th through October 12th.

They're not quite as fun as last week. 😂

Sorry for the super late post.

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October 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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From Amaranth:

The village sat in the shadow of these hilltop ruins, dark forest frothing up the purple, snow-frosted Cascading Mountains behind it. The Kingsblood River poured in a continuous rush from somewhere in the base of the Stoneguard.
I know that Fat Bear Week 2025 is almost over, but in honor of all the lovely, pudgy bears, the #WIPSnips words for September 29th through October 5th are inspired by Fat Bear Week.

And if you have no clue what I'm talking about, I'll link it in the comments :D

Go enjoy some cute bears.

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October 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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From SMGSAD:

When a five year old Larson first came into the trailer, his grandfather’s hard hand gripping his shoulder, there she’d been. Sitting in that chair with a threadbare blue robe on, a flowery long flannel nightgown, white socks, and bear paw slippers.
I know that Fat Bear Week 2025 is almost over, but in honor of all the lovely, pudgy bears, the #WIPSnips words for September 29th through October 5th are inspired by Fat Bear Week.

And if you have no clue what I'm talking about, I'll link it in the comments :D

Go enjoy some cute bears.

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September 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Wow! Brilliant for writers!
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September 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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From Ink in a Black Sea:

They bear-hug the mare around both head and neck. One slips a leather loop o’er her horn and uses his foot to pin the other end to the floor. He thinks this is clever, but when she heaves the strap tears upward and sends him flailing.
I know that Fat Bear Week 2025 is almost over, but in honor of all the lovely, pudgy bears, the #WIPSnips words for September 29th through October 5th are inspired by Fat Bear Week.

And if you have no clue what I'm talking about, I'll link it in the comments :D

Go enjoy some cute bears.

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September 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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From Ink in a Black Sea (of course):

There might be no roe in this devil, but there was still plenty of valuable meat and ink glands that needed hauling out and loading up before they spoiled in the afternoon heat.
The #WIPSnips words for September 22nd - September 28th are here!

I will be at the Georgia Romance Writers Conference starting Wednesday, so if something needs my attention please DM me. Although I will be way less busy than I was at DragonCon.

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September 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Redux of 'swift' because I love this line:

From Ferry Tail:

Lysette learns quite swiftly that while she is lukewarm to flying in general, she absolutely hates flying with a witch sporting an incredible hangover.
The #WIPSnips words for September 22nd - September 28th are here!

I will be at the Georgia Romance Writers Conference starting Wednesday, so if something needs my attention please DM me. Although I will be way less busy than I was at DragonCon.

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September 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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From The Human Heart:

Silver Girl was already in pre-flight when Angel reached her, Sunshine and two others clearing over the checks with swift efficiency. Sunshine met her at the ladder and took her helmet, allowing Angel to climb up and slide into the pit.
The #WIPSnips words for September 22nd - September 28th are here!

I will be at the Georgia Romance Writers Conference starting Wednesday, so if something needs my attention please DM me. Although I will be way less busy than I was at DragonCon.

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September 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM