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Sapphic. A-Gendered. Creative. Army Vet. Progressive. Anti-Right Wing. Anxious. Depressed. Sorely in need of caffeine.
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Check out A Guide to Summoning Eldritch Cats on Royal Road! A horror novel about cats, corruption, and concepts.
#horror #feministhorror #existentialhorror #religioushorror #socialpolitical #genre #fiction #writing #writer #writersofbsky #sapphic #queer #queerwriters #wip
#horror #feministhorror #existentialhorror #religioushorror #socialpolitical #genre #fiction #writing #writer #writersofbsky #sapphic #queer #queerwriters #wip
Another line from A Guide for Summoning Eldritch Cats first drafting.
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Another line from A Guide for Summoning Eldritch Cats first drafting.
And nyao my Substack is live featuring my "God-Killing" a reverse isekai short story, where a "enemy" side character goes into the real world to kill the author to change the future of her world.
#substack #shortfiction #shortstories
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#substack #shortfiction #shortstories
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Niko Schreck | Substack
Just a chronically tired millenial who writes genre fiction and the occassional rant about the world. Click to read Niko Schreck, a Substack publication. Launched 9 minutes ago.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
And nyao my Substack is live featuring my "God-Killing" a reverse isekai short story, where a "enemy" side character goes into the real world to kill the author to change the future of her world.
#substack #shortfiction #shortstories
nikoiscreative.substack.com?utm_campaign...
#substack #shortfiction #shortstories
nikoiscreative.substack.com?utm_campaign...
December 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Check out A Guide to Summoning Eldritch Cats on Royal Road! A horror novel about cats, corruption, and concepts.
#horror #feministhorror #existentialhorror #religioushorror #socialpolitical #genre #fiction #writing #writer #writersofbsky #sapphic #queer #queerwriters #wip
#horror #feministhorror #existentialhorror #religioushorror #socialpolitical #genre #fiction #writing #writer #writersofbsky #sapphic #queer #queerwriters #wip
December 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Check out A Guide to Summoning Eldritch Cats on Royal Road! A horror novel about cats, corruption, and concepts.
#horror #feministhorror #existentialhorror #religioushorror #socialpolitical #genre #fiction #writing #writer #writersofbsky #sapphic #queer #queerwriters #wip
#horror #feministhorror #existentialhorror #religioushorror #socialpolitical #genre #fiction #writing #writer #writersofbsky #sapphic #queer #queerwriters #wip
Cover design for [The Wakeup Routine of Ottolie Quail] in its first stage. Might remove the watercolor paws and leave just the clip art of the basset doodle.
Made in Canva, with Canva assets.
Made in Canva, with Canva assets.
December 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Cover design for [The Wakeup Routine of Ottolie Quail] in its first stage. Might remove the watercolor paws and leave just the clip art of the basset doodle.
Made in Canva, with Canva assets.
Made in Canva, with Canva assets.
Check out my current project: Guide to Summoning Eldritch Cats on Royal Road!
#Horror #Lovecraftian #Cats #ElderGods #SocialPolitical #ReligiousHorror #FeministHorror
#Horror #Lovecraftian #Cats #ElderGods #SocialPolitical #ReligiousHorror #FeministHorror
December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Check out my current project: Guide to Summoning Eldritch Cats on Royal Road!
#Horror #Lovecraftian #Cats #ElderGods #SocialPolitical #ReligiousHorror #FeministHorror
#Horror #Lovecraftian #Cats #ElderGods #SocialPolitical #ReligiousHorror #FeministHorror
#wipsnips from [Guide to Summong Eldritch Cats](www.royalroad.com/fiction/1392...)
December 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#wipsnips from [Guide to Summong Eldritch Cats](www.royalroad.com/fiction/1392...)
What work was that? Well, *A Guide to Summoning Eldritch Cats* which is still in progress, and its frist draft is on Royal Road.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1392...
#horror #cats #writing #writersofbsky
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1392...
#horror #cats #writing #writersofbsky
A Guide for Summoning Eldritch Cats
Marigold Bay, a flourishing (fictional) bay city somewhere similar to the North Eastern U.S. (still working on the name of the country), that just got taken over by a strong conservative government he...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
What work was that? Well, *A Guide to Summoning Eldritch Cats* which is still in progress, and its frist draft is on Royal Road.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1392...
#horror #cats #writing #writersofbsky
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1392...
#horror #cats #writing #writersofbsky
Hello bsky! I'm back. I think.
This semester kept me busy, and so did working on November's novel writing crunch. A crunch I am proud to say I beat, even if the project is still being worked on.
First year beating Nov² and it met the benchmark for the #RoyalRoad 2025 #Writathon too.
This semester kept me busy, and so did working on November's novel writing crunch. A crunch I am proud to say I beat, even if the project is still being worked on.
First year beating Nov² and it met the benchmark for the #RoyalRoad 2025 #Writathon too.
December 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hello bsky! I'm back. I think.
This semester kept me busy, and so did working on November's novel writing crunch. A crunch I am proud to say I beat, even if the project is still being worked on.
First year beating Nov² and it met the benchmark for the #RoyalRoad 2025 #Writathon too.
This semester kept me busy, and so did working on November's novel writing crunch. A crunch I am proud to say I beat, even if the project is still being worked on.
First year beating Nov² and it met the benchmark for the #RoyalRoad 2025 #Writathon too.
And the thought broke off when a cup of tea was placed on the table in front of Adelaide. The tart scent of lemon tea and Ginerva’s words, “don’t listen to them,” pulled her the rest of the way back.
"Them?"
#wipsnips
"Them?"
#wipsnips
May 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
And the thought broke off when a cup of tea was placed on the table in front of Adelaide. The tart scent of lemon tea and Ginerva’s words, “don’t listen to them,” pulled her the rest of the way back.
"Them?"
#wipsnips
"Them?"
#wipsnips
A while back, I got a weird book title idea in my head: "Single Ladies Guide to Summoning Eldritch Cats." So I put it in as an easter egg in C(3)'s second short: "The Help Calling Charm" because I still haven't worked out a plot for it.
#wip #queerwriters #queercreators #horror #cozy
#wip #queerwriters #queercreators #horror #cozy
May 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A while back, I got a weird book title idea in my head: "Single Ladies Guide to Summoning Eldritch Cats." So I put it in as an easter egg in C(3)'s second short: "The Help Calling Charm" because I still haven't worked out a plot for it.
#wip #queerwriters #queercreators #horror #cozy
#wip #queerwriters #queercreators #horror #cozy
Now that I am on summer break, I'm working steadily through the Campana stories I hope to finish by end of the break. First one is finished, and undergoing revisions. Second one is in progress. I'm still conceptualizing the flash piece and outlining the novelette.
#wip #writersky #writer #writing
#wip #writersky #writer #writing
May 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Now that I am on summer break, I'm working steadily through the Campana stories I hope to finish by end of the break. First one is finished, and undergoing revisions. Second one is in progress. I'm still conceptualizing the flash piece and outlining the novelette.
#wip #writersky #writer #writing
#wip #writersky #writer #writing
Another #writing post bsky
A first attempt at Micro Fiction (< 500 words) and the Creative Personal Essay in one.
#microfiction #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #personalessay
#witch #write #resist #writesky #writersky #booksky
nikoiscreative.tumblr.com/post/7808155...
A first attempt at Micro Fiction (< 500 words) and the Creative Personal Essay in one.
#microfiction #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #personalessay
#witch #write #resist #writesky #writersky #booksky
nikoiscreative.tumblr.com/post/7808155...
"Witch. Write. Resist."
The altar is silent in the corner of my room.
A well loved leather bound journal sits shut among a collection of ceramics and candles, each with their own power to add to the performance of a ritual.....
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April 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Another #writing post bsky
A first attempt at Micro Fiction (< 500 words) and the Creative Personal Essay in one.
#microfiction #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #personalessay
#witch #write #resist #writesky #writersky #booksky
nikoiscreative.tumblr.com/post/7808155...
A first attempt at Micro Fiction (< 500 words) and the Creative Personal Essay in one.
#microfiction #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #personalessay
#witch #write #resist #writesky #writersky #booksky
nikoiscreative.tumblr.com/post/7808155...
I've put the "Perfidy" second draft on my brand spanking new tumblr.
nikoiscreative.tumblr.com
I intend to evolve to a full blog site where I can incorporate store front alongside the writing, reviewing, and photo work.
#queerwriters #tumblr #writesky
#writers #fiction #flash #flashfiction
nikoiscreative.tumblr.com
I intend to evolve to a full blog site where I can incorporate store front alongside the writing, reviewing, and photo work.
#queerwriters #tumblr #writesky
#writers #fiction #flash #flashfiction
Niko is Creative
Writer. Reader. Photographer. Hobbyist. Enthusiast.
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March 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I've put the "Perfidy" second draft on my brand spanking new tumblr.
nikoiscreative.tumblr.com
I intend to evolve to a full blog site where I can incorporate store front alongside the writing, reviewing, and photo work.
#queerwriters #tumblr #writesky
#writers #fiction #flash #flashfiction
nikoiscreative.tumblr.com
I intend to evolve to a full blog site where I can incorporate store front alongside the writing, reviewing, and photo work.
#queerwriters #tumblr #writesky
#writers #fiction #flash #flashfiction
The problem is trying to find a writing group that I can ask if they'd read my stuff, and then get a response, even if its a no.
So far this student org one is crickets.
So far this student org one is crickets.
March 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The problem is trying to find a writing group that I can ask if they'd read my stuff, and then get a response, even if its a no.
So far this student org one is crickets.
So far this student org one is crickets.
It doesn't really irk me.
I expected it. Just like I expect anything U.S. American run to reject my work until this administration is out. I'll just independently publish it. /shrug
I expected it. Just like I expect anything U.S. American run to reject my work until this administration is out. I'll just independently publish it. /shrug
March 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It doesn't really irk me.
I expected it. Just like I expect anything U.S. American run to reject my work until this administration is out. I'll just independently publish it. /shrug
I expected it. Just like I expect anything U.S. American run to reject my work until this administration is out. I'll just independently publish it. /shrug
Well, Perfidy was rejected so...
With that out of the way, guess I can put it on my portfolio site. 👍
With that out of the way, guess I can put it on my portfolio site. 👍
March 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Well, Perfidy was rejected so...
With that out of the way, guess I can put it on my portfolio site. 👍
With that out of the way, guess I can put it on my portfolio site. 👍
One of those mornings where I should be a functional human, but I don't want to shower just yet.
March 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
One of those mornings where I should be a functional human, but I don't want to shower just yet.
This #Caturday I want to share Simba. He's gone - old age - and missed (It's been over a year now). He was such a great cat, even into his old age you wouldn't have expected he was fifteen years old until it started catching up with him.
March 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This #Caturday I want to share Simba. He's gone - old age - and missed (It's been over a year now). He was such a great cat, even into his old age you wouldn't have expected he was fifteen years old until it started catching up with him.
"Perfidy" has been submitted to Craft so I can't share it, and I'll share "When the Bough..." after I finish my Short Fiction class. "Of Pastoral Wards" is just in need of some polish and that will get posted up.
Thinking they'll all end up on my Ko-Fi and/or carrd page.
Thinking they'll all end up on my Ko-Fi and/or carrd page.
March 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Perfidy" has been submitted to Craft so I can't share it, and I'll share "When the Bough..." after I finish my Short Fiction class. "Of Pastoral Wards" is just in need of some polish and that will get posted up.
Thinking they'll all end up on my Ko-Fi and/or carrd page.
Thinking they'll all end up on my Ko-Fi and/or carrd page.
On the flip side, in "Perfidy" and "Of Pastoral Wards", I am exploring a Christo Fascist government that has long been in power. Making it more of a series of speculative dystopic pieces giving glimpses into a world dominated by the monsters of modern Christiandom and tech.
#writesky #booksky
#writesky #booksky
March 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I like eco-horror a lot. The rot of nature, the existential horror of facing down things in the wild we never encountered before, or the grotesque things human negligence creates. That or treating nature as the divine it was once revered as.
March 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I like eco-horror a lot. The rot of nature, the existential horror of facing down things in the wild we never encountered before, or the grotesque things human negligence creates. That or treating nature as the divine it was once revered as.
The opening section of the first draft of "When the Bough Breaks the Cradle will Rot".
#queerwriters #writersky #writer
I know the word usage needs some clean up, but that's what first drafts are for, right? Right.
#queerwriters #writersky #writer
I know the word usage needs some clean up, but that's what first drafts are for, right? Right.
March 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The opening section of the first draft of "When the Bough Breaks the Cradle will Rot".
#queerwriters #writersky #writer
I know the word usage needs some clean up, but that's what first drafts are for, right? Right.
#queerwriters #writersky #writer
I know the word usage needs some clean up, but that's what first drafts are for, right? Right.
Finished my short fiction for the workshop class.
Submitted my other with one of my poems for the Advanced Workshop entry. Hope I make it in.
I can't really publish Perfidy anywhere until it clears where I submitting it. If it fails, I'll throw it up on my Ko-Fi or my portfolio site.
Submitted my other with one of my poems for the Advanced Workshop entry. Hope I make it in.
I can't really publish Perfidy anywhere until it clears where I submitting it. If it fails, I'll throw it up on my Ko-Fi or my portfolio site.
March 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Finished my short fiction for the workshop class.
Submitted my other with one of my poems for the Advanced Workshop entry. Hope I make it in.
I can't really publish Perfidy anywhere until it clears where I submitting it. If it fails, I'll throw it up on my Ko-Fi or my portfolio site.
Submitted my other with one of my poems for the Advanced Workshop entry. Hope I make it in.
I can't really publish Perfidy anywhere until it clears where I submitting it. If it fails, I'll throw it up on my Ko-Fi or my portfolio site.