Oleander Craw
@oleandercraw.bsky.social
Author of THE WARDS WILL FALL (2025), DEVOURING FORTUNE (coming 2026) || Writer of queer dark SFF novels for readers who want to chew on something weird and evocative. Keep it monstrous, y'all || 🚫NO AI || they/he 🏳️⚧️
https://www.oleandercraw.com/
https://www.oleandercraw.com/
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THE WARDS WILL FALL release day! (M/M dark fantasy)
Come read the first chapter. New chapters release for free on Mondays.
www.oleandercraw.com/chapter-one/
👁️ Expedition to a rotting magic city
👁️ Possessed and becoming Something Else
👁️ Ancient magic is returning
Cover by @sorenhaxan.bsky.social
Come read the first chapter. New chapters release for free on Mondays.
www.oleandercraw.com/chapter-one/
👁️ Expedition to a rotting magic city
👁️ Possessed and becoming Something Else
👁️ Ancient magic is returning
Cover by @sorenhaxan.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Oh yeah, this will be Fine! I'm sure Davis is offering Maxwell Something He Really Wants in exchange for participating in a totally reasonable experimental magical process with no devastating side effects whatsoever
Aaand Chapter 3 of THE WARDS WILL FALL is now up!
I think a lot of us have had a Theurgical Officer Davis in our lives at some point. Can Maxwell trust Davis? Hmm, remains to be seen.
A new chapter every Monday. Read (or listen) for free.
Link to the chapter list -
www.oleandercraw.com/toc/
I think a lot of us have had a Theurgical Officer Davis in our lives at some point. Can Maxwell trust Davis? Hmm, remains to be seen.
A new chapter every Monday. Read (or listen) for free.
Link to the chapter list -
www.oleandercraw.com/toc/
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Oh yeah, this will be Fine! I'm sure Davis is offering Maxwell Something He Really Wants in exchange for participating in a totally reasonable experimental magical process with no devastating side effects whatsoever
I used to use Notion before it enshittified, but now I use Obsidian to keep revisions and book information organized. It's a lot of work, but a detailed revision plan helps keep me from getting overwhelmed with edits.
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I used to use Notion before it enshittified, but now I use Obsidian to keep revisions and book information organized. It's a lot of work, but a detailed revision plan helps keep me from getting overwhelmed with edits.
The nice thing about making a revision plan and organizing big revisions into buckets (character specific, plot, worldbuilding, etc.) is it really gives me a great overview of the weaknesses in the manuscript and what my bigger structural edits need to look like
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The nice thing about making a revision plan and organizing big revisions into buckets (character specific, plot, worldbuilding, etc.) is it really gives me a great overview of the weaknesses in the manuscript and what my bigger structural edits need to look like
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In a week, it will be the anniversary of my second book coming out, and my second anniversary as an author, so I'm going to count down the days by trying to convince you to read it, starting with the cover - designed by Lydia Blagden and art by Mia Carnevale.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
In a week, it will be the anniversary of my second book coming out, and my second anniversary as an author, so I'm going to count down the days by trying to convince you to read it, starting with the cover - designed by Lydia Blagden and art by Mia Carnevale.
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A Very Tenebrous 2025.
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A Very Tenebrous 2025.
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
Important notes from this morning's revision outlining.
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Important notes from this morning's revision outlining.
This has been a huge problem in the gov services space in the US too. Digital only is NOT accessible (and not just to older adults!). The further we restrict necessary programs to digital and shutter physical spaces, we create a tiered service hostile to actually providing those critical services.
"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
Opinion: We’ve grown far too comfortable excluding older people from the digital world
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This has been a huge problem in the gov services space in the US too. Digital only is NOT accessible (and not just to older adults!). The further we restrict necessary programs to digital and shutter physical spaces, we create a tiered service hostile to actually providing those critical services.
Working on Stormforks revisions some more this morning. Zenjil mentions one of my favorite characters in this book - a sentient astral diner named Burger Burger who is in desperate need of a union.
This book is a love letter to X-Files and Going Postal, can't wait to share more one day!
#WIPSnips
This book is a love letter to X-Files and Going Postal, can't wait to share more one day!
#WIPSnips
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Working on Stormforks revisions some more this morning. Zenjil mentions one of my favorite characters in this book - a sentient astral diner named Burger Burger who is in desperate need of a union.
This book is a love letter to X-Files and Going Postal, can't wait to share more one day!
#WIPSnips
This book is a love letter to X-Files and Going Postal, can't wait to share more one day!
#WIPSnips
the dog farts are mighty tonight
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
the dog farts are mighty tonight
It was important to me to make THE WARDS WILL FALL more accessible (and hopefully a more fun experience), so every chapter includes audio narration!! It's also been a good reason for me to practice with narration :]
Read (or listen) for free here -
www.oleandercraw.com/the-wards-wi...
Read (or listen) for free here -
www.oleandercraw.com/the-wards-wi...
Okay, secret device? I'm so in! And I really can't thank you enough for making this available on audio too!
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It was important to me to make THE WARDS WILL FALL more accessible (and hopefully a more fun experience), so every chapter includes audio narration!! It's also been a good reason for me to practice with narration :]
Read (or listen) for free here -
www.oleandercraw.com/the-wards-wi...
Read (or listen) for free here -
www.oleandercraw.com/the-wards-wi...
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Aaand Chapter 3 of THE WARDS WILL FALL is now up!
I think a lot of us have had a Theurgical Officer Davis in our lives at some point. Can Maxwell trust Davis? Hmm, remains to be seen.
A new chapter every Monday. Read (or listen) for free.
Link to the chapter list -
www.oleandercraw.com/toc/
I think a lot of us have had a Theurgical Officer Davis in our lives at some point. Can Maxwell trust Davis? Hmm, remains to be seen.
A new chapter every Monday. Read (or listen) for free.
Link to the chapter list -
www.oleandercraw.com/toc/
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Aaand Chapter 3 of THE WARDS WILL FALL is now up!
I think a lot of us have had a Theurgical Officer Davis in our lives at some point. Can Maxwell trust Davis? Hmm, remains to be seen.
A new chapter every Monday. Read (or listen) for free.
Link to the chapter list -
www.oleandercraw.com/toc/
I think a lot of us have had a Theurgical Officer Davis in our lives at some point. Can Maxwell trust Davis? Hmm, remains to be seen.
A new chapter every Monday. Read (or listen) for free.
Link to the chapter list -
www.oleandercraw.com/toc/
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so you see, my problem is I want to write this current book, and then another book, and then maybe one more, and I guess another wouldn't hurt, well I suppose I probably have time for another (I don't), and we're here already so why not one mo—
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
so you see, my problem is I want to write this current book, and then another book, and then maybe one more, and I guess another wouldn't hurt, well I suppose I probably have time for another (I don't), and we're here already so why not one mo—
This was fun, and definitely check out everything Tru and Nils have put together for this month to showcase indie authors!
Here's to a continued happy Month of Rain & Reads (and happy Monday too).
Today, have an interview with @oleandercraw.bsky.social, who talks about his decision to publish his book as a free serial, released chapter by chapter via email.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
Today, have an interview with @oleandercraw.bsky.social, who talks about his decision to publish his book as a free serial, released chapter by chapter via email.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This was fun, and definitely check out everything Tru and Nils have put together for this month to showcase indie authors!
Aaand Chapter 3 of THE WARDS WILL FALL is now up!
I think a lot of us have had a Theurgical Officer Davis in our lives at some point. Can Maxwell trust Davis? Hmm, remains to be seen.
A new chapter every Monday. Read (or listen) for free.
Link to the chapter list -
www.oleandercraw.com/toc/
I think a lot of us have had a Theurgical Officer Davis in our lives at some point. Can Maxwell trust Davis? Hmm, remains to be seen.
A new chapter every Monday. Read (or listen) for free.
Link to the chapter list -
www.oleandercraw.com/toc/
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Aaand Chapter 3 of THE WARDS WILL FALL is now up!
I think a lot of us have had a Theurgical Officer Davis in our lives at some point. Can Maxwell trust Davis? Hmm, remains to be seen.
A new chapter every Monday. Read (or listen) for free.
Link to the chapter list -
www.oleandercraw.com/toc/
I think a lot of us have had a Theurgical Officer Davis in our lives at some point. Can Maxwell trust Davis? Hmm, remains to be seen.
A new chapter every Monday. Read (or listen) for free.
Link to the chapter list -
www.oleandercraw.com/toc/
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2025 so far:
💀3 issues o'Weird shorts
💀Dystopian Feminist Sci-Fi
💀Freaky Novelettes of Loss & Rebirth
💀Indigenous Supernatural Chiller
💀Cronenbergian Phantasmagoria Mindfuck
💀Best New Weird Horror of the Year
💀Eco-Body-Coral Horror
💀Tarot-themed Terror
Get some Tenebrous🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
💀3 issues o'Weird shorts
💀Dystopian Feminist Sci-Fi
💀Freaky Novelettes of Loss & Rebirth
💀Indigenous Supernatural Chiller
💀Cronenbergian Phantasmagoria Mindfuck
💀Best New Weird Horror of the Year
💀Eco-Body-Coral Horror
💀Tarot-themed Terror
Get some Tenebrous🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
2025 so far:
💀3 issues o'Weird shorts
💀Dystopian Feminist Sci-Fi
💀Freaky Novelettes of Loss & Rebirth
💀Indigenous Supernatural Chiller
💀Cronenbergian Phantasmagoria Mindfuck
💀Best New Weird Horror of the Year
💀Eco-Body-Coral Horror
💀Tarot-themed Terror
Get some Tenebrous🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
💀3 issues o'Weird shorts
💀Dystopian Feminist Sci-Fi
💀Freaky Novelettes of Loss & Rebirth
💀Indigenous Supernatural Chiller
💀Cronenbergian Phantasmagoria Mindfuck
💀Best New Weird Horror of the Year
💀Eco-Body-Coral Horror
💀Tarot-themed Terror
Get some Tenebrous🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
My brain is soup this evening
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My brain is soup this evening
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At events I always insist that I enjoy the daily act of writing, and I'm often met with skepticism. But an activity can be frustrating/challenging and still bring joy. In fact, that's part of it-- like playing a video game on a too-easy difficulty setting, a frictionless existence is not rewarding.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
At events I always insist that I enjoy the daily act of writing, and I'm often met with skepticism. But an activity can be frustrating/challenging and still bring joy. In fact, that's part of it-- like playing a video game on a too-easy difficulty setting, a frictionless existence is not rewarding.
The way I'm (im)patiently waiting to eat this burrata in the fridge tonight
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The way I'm (im)patiently waiting to eat this burrata in the fridge tonight
This is a very very good thread
There is a genre of advice that I refer to as "how to win the lottery advice." People who lucked out love to pretend that it wasn't luck, it was their intelligence and strategy, and that is something that can be replicated by doing this or that (and they're almost always selling a "course.")
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is a very very good thread
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I always say that hard work buys you a lotto ticket, but luck still draws it. Plenty of really talented people will never ever find success. There are things you can do to buy additional lotto tickets like making connections and showing up, but luck will always, always be a factor.
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I always say that hard work buys you a lotto ticket, but luck still draws it. Plenty of really talented people will never ever find success. There are things you can do to buy additional lotto tickets like making connections and showing up, but luck will always, always be a factor.
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Some of the best advice I ever heard was from @silviamg.bsky.social who said that you shouldn't set goals that require other people to do what you want. You can write a book. That's a goal. You can't control whether anyone buys it. Other people have free will.
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Some of the best advice I ever heard was from @silviamg.bsky.social who said that you shouldn't set goals that require other people to do what you want. You can write a book. That's a goal. You can't control whether anyone buys it. Other people have free will.
Wow not a fan of the Hades 2 ending at all
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Wow not a fan of the Hades 2 ending at all
One of the reasons I enjoy Foundation is because I get to enjoy how they dressed him up
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
One of the reasons I enjoy Foundation is because I get to enjoy how they dressed him up