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"Love Is Magic" MM paranormal romance anthology will be releasing on US Thanksgiving, November 27! All profits are going to SantaCan, which gives holiday gifts to foster kids.

November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM

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Sapphic Lit showcase next February! Authors, sign up to offer your book at .00 or .99c

My Gothic "In the Dark Heart of Winter" will be included.
www.cognitoforms.com/YearOfQueerL...

November 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM

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I've never had one of these #1 orange banners before!
(and I'm sure it isn't because of me personally, but it's still exciting).
Thanks for supporting SantaCan!

"Love is Magic" #1 Best Seller in LGBTQ+ Anthologies
This is a m/m paranormal holiday romance anthology.

October 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM

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Happy to be part of queer paranormal romance anthology Love is Magic, in support of charity SantaCan. Available for pre-order.
#charityanthology

October 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM

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I have one Halloween story, Tricks with Cats and Dogs, and a couple that are spooky tho not set at H'ween.
Winter Gothic, summer goths?
www.jms-books.com/mere-rain-c-...

In the Dark Heart of Winter
cover shows two women in front of a ruinous manor

Dark Arts for Bright Hearts by Mere Rain
All Jet wants is a fun night out at the club he’s finally old enough to get into. Okay, not all -- he also wants mystery, adventure, love, college tuition, and a new best friend who isn’t too busy to spend time with him. But he wasn’t expecting any of those to find him at Club Nox. And he definitely wasn’t expecting a gorgeous stranger to offer him his heart’s desire in exchange for ... his actual heart? What kind of crazy deal is this? And what does the alluring Darken mean when he says it’s too late for Jet to change his mind? Why can’t Jet take off the heart-shaped pendant?

Darken feels a little guilty about tricking the cute goth boy at the club into taking on his curse. But what choice did he have? Any one person can only wear the heart pendant for so long before it drains them, and he’s served his three years. As curses go, this one honestly isn’t so bad. And maybe Jet will let Darken sweeten the deal with a few kisses. He isn’t sticking around now that he’s free, though. And he definitely isn’t falling in love again. That’s what got him into this mess in the first place.

Soon Jet realizes Darken told him the truth: Jet has made a bargain he can’t escape.

October 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM

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Not as fun to read, but I do like how the spines flow.

October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM

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Metal, damp forest, sweat

Princes at War mm fantasy-romance by Mere Rain

October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM

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Not spooky, but autumnal.

Princes at War is a 23k mm fantasy romance by Mere Rain

October 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM

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There's coincidentally also a contemporary Medusa one that I just heard about today, "Blood from a Stone" by @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social.

October 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM

mere rain

@mererain.bsky.social

I write queer romance and speculative fiction!
Some historical, some modern; some with no kissing and some with more than kissing! Feel free to describe which of those you like and I'll tell you which books fit.
Here's some horny gay fantasy shit.
www.jms-books.com/mere-rain-c-...

Princes at War, a m/m second world fantasy by Mere Rain

Dark Arts for Bright Hearts, a contemporary fantasy about cursed goth boys making bad decisions.

October 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM

mere rain

@mererain.bsky.social

I write queer romance and speculative fiction!
Some historical, some modern; some with no kissing and some with more than kissing! Feel free to describe which of those you like and I'll tell you which books fit.
Here's some no/low heat historical fantasy...
www.jms-books.com/mere-rain-c-...

In the Dark Heart of Winter, a sapphic Gothic by Mere Rain

Secrets of Love and Time, a Victorian paranormal mystery by Mere Rain

October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM

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@mererain.bsky.social

Includes new releases such as my "Princes at War"
browse books from @klnoone.bsky.social
@elliethomas.bsky.social @cypayseur.bsky.social @authorjdwalker.bsky.social @authorhollyday.bsky.social and everyone at @jms-books.com.
www.jms-books.com/mere-rain-c-...

October 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM

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@mererain.bsky.social

In addition to princes and a war, my new release has:
🐶 a Good Dog
🐎 a stolen horse
⚔️ a duel
🍲 bad food
🌿 getting lost in the woods
⛺ only one tent
✨ cleaning up nice
🍆🍑->👶
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

October 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM

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Ecstasy of St Teresa
statue of a woman really enjoying being pieced with a arrow by an angel

October 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM

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Medieval art:

The rose is a symbol.
The violet as well.
Sugar is rare.
We're going to Hell.

Poem: 'A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry’ by Brian Bilston

October 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM

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+ "Color of Sunshine" by Lucia Laurence which I'm reading an ARC of. Seems cute so far, although I suspect a bit more angst is coming up!

September 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM

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My new sword book and my old sword book look like they belong together! but one is historical gothic and the other is fantasy. #swordtember

Also, Ranat would kick Prince Ardan's ass.

In the Dark Heart of Winter by Mere Rain.
Cover shows two women in front of a ruinous manor.

PRINCES AT WAR by Mere Rain
A marriage alliance to end a war, that was the plan. Someone doesn't want that alliance to happen.

Omega prince Lashar of Echera would do anything to protect his people, even marry enemy prince Ardan and live in a nation where omegas are regarded as inferior. But on the way to the wedding, his party is attacked and only Lashar escapes into the forest, desperate to warn his king.

To end the war, alpha prince Ardan of Firol agreed to marry a foreigner and learn the ways of his country. But on the way to the wedding his messengers vanish, and no one appears at the rendezvous. He finds Lashar, but soon after another attack leaves the two princes alone in the woods. Ardan hoped his match would be tolerable. He wasn’t expecting Lashar to fill him with admiration, and desire.

With no help and only one cloak for warmth, Ardan and Lashar must rely on each other. But how can they trust each other when they both suspect the other's family of betrayal? Can peace, and their growing love, be saved?

September 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM

mere rain

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I'm in this anthology, which is a fundraiser for SantaCan, a Los Angeles nonprofit that distributes holiday gifts to foster children.

(this is the archaeology grad student ♥️ demon slayer story I've been mentioning)

Love is Magic, a m/m paranormal romance anthology

September 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM

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I'm late so let me combine hastags
#sapphicseptember #swordtember

IN THE DARK HEART OF WINTER
A Supernatural Gothic By Mere Rain

September 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM

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ONE WEEK TO RELEASE!
Available for pre-order.
🔥 m/m fantasy with arranged marriage and treacherous plots.
Blurb in alt text
www.jms-books.com/mere-rain-c-...

Princes at War by Mere Rain. 23K
A marriage alliance to end a war, that was the plan. Someone doesn't want that alliance to happen.

Omega prince Lashar of Echera would do anything to protect his people, even marry enemy prince Ardan and live in a nation where omegas are regarded as inferior. But on the way to the wedding, his party is attacked and only Lashar escapes into the forest, desperate to warn his king.

To end the war, alpha prince Ardan of Firol agreed to marry a foreigner and learn the ways of his country. But on the way to the wedding his messengers vanish, and no one appears at the rendezvous. He finds Lashar, but soon after another attack leaves the two princes alone in the woods. Ardan hoped his match would be tolerable. He wasn’t expecting Lashar to fill him with admiration, and desire.

With no help and only one cloak for warmth, Ardan and Lashar must rely on each other. But how can they trust each other when they both suspect the other's family of betrayal? Can peace, and their growing love, be saved?

September 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM

mere rain

@mererain.bsky.social

We have big tree mushrooms where I live, but I don't think they're edible.

This is what my friend likes; he says they're similar to oyster mushrooms.