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Rosantha Tindall
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Rosa (she/her, they/them). Queer, autistic, water-boiling device that writes fantasy crime with distant publishing dreams.
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The Whisper-Man: A perfect winter read 🖤
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PROLOGUE Night’s chill had set in, casting its fingers over the lower streets of the city. Thick shadows crawled over the cracked stone, undeterred by the flickering orange light of the few lanterns struggling to remain lit. Raucous laughter echoed from one of the pubs, echoing in the night. Against the wall of one alleyway, three children huddled together from the cold and dark in their threadbare clothes. The boy wore no shoes, the girl no jacket, the toddler neither, her fluffy hair clinging to her thin little face. It was a dry night, which was a relief, but the biting chill and soft wind would persist, clawing at their skin and bones. “You think father’ll come looking for us?” whispered the girl, chewing on her chunk of the bread roll they were sharing between them. She pressed a piece into the toddler’s mouth and the younger child stuffed the morsel into her mouth. “Nah,” replied the boy. “He don’t care. Ain’t no one care.”
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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From Book 2, Cold Blooded. Vandulai thinks about his young daughter and the possibility of magic inheritance.
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Neither, it seemed now, would Mayrah. Vandulai had dared to hope, when he and Irisia had conceived, that his child might inherit his magic gift. Was that not what every parent with magic in their blood wanted? A child with a gift, even if it differed from their own, who would be capable of so much more? Even after learning they were having a girl he had hoped. Women could still inherit more offensive gifts like his own. Or she might have been a Healer, a gift
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Vandulai and Vorjed speak to the young ranger that found a murder victim. From Book 2, Cold Blooded.
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“Patrol. It’s a little off my patrol route, but I saw the blood on the ground. Thought it might be an injured animal. They’re not meant to, but people do use those horrid human traps out here you know. So I went to go see. And then…” He closed his eyes, his shoulders shaking. “I’m sorry, you must think I’m so pathetic.” “Not at all. Many people react like this.”
October 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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I've literally just learned it's International Lesbian Day, so here's my book featuring murder lesbians by this lesbian author 🖤
The Whisper-Man available here: books2read.com/u/mYMZlw
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October 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Big Octopus 🐙 has my book! 😱 Do you?

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October 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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#FantasyIndiesSpooktober
I don't actually think any of my characters would be horror fans. They might watch it, if it was on (which it wouldn't be), but they wouldn't seek it out.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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From Book 2, Cold-Blooded. Silver visits the river rats.

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October 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Four of these things do not belong...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Oh, thank goodness. I was so worried that my #autism would continue into #adulthood! I'm so glad to know I'm naturally cured by the magic of being slighter older now!
September 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Part of one of my favourite scenes, as all my central characters meet and Silver investigates Viv's magic.
From my published book, The Whisper-Man! Available here if you're interested 🖤
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Silver shrugged. “I wanted to know if it would burn.” She flexed her fingers. “It didn’t.” “Do you want it to?” Viv growled. The heat from her flames rose, flickering against Luca’s skin. Nancy strode over and slammed a plate on the counter. “Put it out, Viv.” She narrowed her eyes. “Now. You got some disagreement, you take it outside.” Viv’s jaw tightened, but her flames died. Red sparks danced across her hand. Luca laid a hand on her shoulder. “That won’t be necessary. There’s no disagreement here.” She smiled down at Jeon’s latest toy. “Nice to meet you.”
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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I'm an autistic lesbian author and my book features an established lesbian relationship not afraid to draw some blood.
Published by @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social
Check it out at the link below!
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September 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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From Cold Blooded, the second book in my Blackliners series. Luca talks to Hana.
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“You don’t believe me,” Hana said. “I believe you,” she replied, a little too hurriedly for her own liking. “It’s abnormal for Hunters, that’s all. What did he look like?” Hana stared at her with those tell-tale green eyes, his gaze burning through her. “Death.”
August 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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From the start of Chapter One of Cold Blooded.
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When she left for Nainos, the eye-wateringly red car had been parked on the side of the empty street, and she thought nothing of it. The Pirate stopped to see clients and deliver goods all the time. When she returned to Crisom, chilled by the steadily dropping temperatures, the car was still there.
August 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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I feel like I have a more up to date version of this somewhere with a few more locations added, but this is the version I have on my phone and there's enough locations to play with if you can read my writing.
August 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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I share this snippet only because it means I get to share this meme too. Silver at the end of Cold Blooded.
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A rusted pick-up truck pulled in behind her and gave one last blare of the horn before the driver stuck his head out the window. “What you doing, lass?” Silver looked her racer and then at him. He was an older, burly man, with a fierce beard and narrow eyes.
August 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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From my draft of Book 2 in the Blackliners series, Cold Blooded. There are some fights one shouldn't start.
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They twisted around each other, though he held all the advantages. She was smaller, weaker, and her daggers gave her a shorter reach. He was bigger, stronger, and his sword gave him a far longer reach. For every strike she tried to make, he got three. And she had to dodge, because if he saw her magic the impact would be so much worse.
August 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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I did a good amount of writing this week, after being stuck in editing for what felt like forever.
I did enjoy working on this scene between LK and Ranthro. It's not perfect, but it's fun.
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“I'm still insulted you would think that of us.” Ranthro raised his ruined prosthetic and began fumbling with his sleeve with his good hand. “Perfect. At least Sunistria’s going to blame you for this.” “It was your own magic–” “She’ll still blame you.”
August 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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From my now-published book, The Whisper-Man. Silver attempts to investigate a young boy's disappearance.
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And how infuriating was that? She had been out here; she had been watching — and she had seen nothing. She was no better than those who stood by. She had done nothing to protect this boy, nothing to stop him being snatched up and stolen away. “Away w’you then, lassie,” said the baker, flapping his hands at her. “I don’t need no half-blood trat making things worse.” And they’d been doing so well. Silver flinched and turned away. “I’m sorry for your loss.” “Aye, well. He ain’t my responsibility.” No. But he must be someone’s — his parents’, his family’s, the Hunters — someone that was meant to protect him.
August 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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My first book, The Whisper-Man, published a week ago today! It's dark fantasy, featuring criminal protagonists attempting to solve crime. Check it out if you're interested!
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August 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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#AugustWorldbuilders
Schools are public, and generally run by the government or the local nobility. How impartial they are depends on the area and the teachers themselves.
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August 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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So this is a thing that happened today...
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August 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Beware, forswear...
The Whisper-Man is coming!
My first book releases tomorrow!
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August 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Gotta love how utterly useless my autocorrect is feeling today.
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August 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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#AugustWorldbuilders
Most professions are taught by apprenticeships on the job, rather than schools, but there are separate schools for magicians (who also attend regular school) and certain areas of study, such as history.
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August 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Been reworking the ending to Book 2, and while the Book itself still deserves 🔪🔪, I am enjoying all the foreshadowing I've been putting it.
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Ribbon had been Siene’s predecessor, and disappeared with much of her gang as the Whisper-Man’s activity had grown stronger. Luca had tried to track her down in one of the other big cities, but while she had located Rattler and the boys that left with him, all kids who disappeared around the same time as Ribbon, she’d never managed to find the girl.
August 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM