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Sebastian Nothwell (he/him)
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queer romance author

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The fourth chapter of Booksellers and Bone Setters – a brand new Oak King Holly King tale – is now on Patreon, wherein the bone-setter arrives. #oldmanyaoi #maydecember #romantasy #faeromance #mmromance #whump

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Cover art for Booksellers and Bone Setters, an Oak King Holly King Tale. An elderly Victorian clerk and fae man with horns and goat ears gaze lovingly into each other's eyes, surrounded by a mistletoe wreath.
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Oak King Holly King is a historical fantasy #mmromance wherein a fearsome fae warrior destined for ritual sacrifice seeks a mortal clerk fated to save him. #romantasy #audiobook
October 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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The third chapter of Booksellers and Bone Setters – a brand new Oak King Holly King tale – is now on Patreon, wherein Mr Grigsby and Hullvardr have a #whump adventure. #oldmanyaoi #maydecember #romantasy #faeromance #mmromance

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Cover art for Booksellers and Bone Setters, an Oak King Holly King Tale. An elderly Victorian clerk and fae man with horns and goat ears gaze lovingly into each other's eyes, surrounded by a mistletoe wreath. An excerpt from Booksellers and Bone Setters reads as follows: The icy sweat trickling down Hullvardr’s scalp felt at odds with his fevered brow. The pain in his broken limb remained a constant—but, as one might grow accustomed to the howling of hounds after enough hours of ceaseless noise, so the searing agony had become just another part of the world, like the rattle of wagon-wheels over cobblestones and the crackling hearth-fire. Part of him felt better for having beheld the wound; now that he understood the shape of it, no longer did the possibility of worse torment him. The pain burst into something louder and brighter only when he moved his leg, and so he did not move it. His molars ground together to keep the more pitiful moans at bay. Giving voice to his pain would not change matters. He had but to wait for Grytha’s arrival. Until then he need only endure. And with seven centuries behind him, he could endure well enough. The more pressing matter, to his mind, was how to look after Ephraim.
October 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Happy #Whumptober, please to enjoy my fantasy-of-manners #mmromance featuring swordplay, hurt/comfort, and a happily-ever-after.
Whump Bingo Card. All but four spaces are filled. The filled spaces include: surgery, a duel, dark past, rescue, "steady," "I've got you," "I'm here," scars, fever, hurt/comfort (free space), kidnapped, pneumonia, animal attack, wound care, chloroform, hunting accident, broken bones, nightmares, infection, spoon-feeding, and fluttering pulse. Cover art for Fiorenzo by Sebastian Nothwell. Two men embrace in a fantasy version of 18th century Venice. One is dressed in working class garb. The other is wearing an aristocratic outfit complete with bauta mask.
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Tomorrow! I will be at the Barnes & Noble in North Dartmouth, MA, from 6pm onward - come say hello, I can't wait to meet you there!
White text on green background reads as follows: Sebastian Nothwell book signing at Barnes and Noble, Dartmouth Towne Center, 392 State Road Route 6, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on Friday, October 24th from 6pm onward!
October 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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The first two chapters of Booksellers and Bone Setters – a brand new Oak King Holly King tale – are now on Patreon, wherein Mr Grigsby and Hullvardr have a #whump adventure. #oldmanyaoi #maydecember #romantasy #faeromance

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Cover art for Booksellers and Bonesetters: an Oak King Holly King tale by Sebastian Nothwell. An elderly Victorian clerk and a middle-aged blue fae with horns and goat ears gaze lovingly into each other's eyes, surrounded by a mistletoe wreath.
October 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Devilish number + Gothic book + Halloween season = heck yeahhhhhhh
Screenshot of The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall by Sebastian Nothwell on Goodreads. Six hundred and sixty-six people have marked it as "To Read."
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Happy book birthday to Fiorenzo! Today marks two years of these lads daring to love.

Fiorenzo is a fantasy-of-manners #mmromance featuring swordplay, hurt/comfort, and a happily-ever-after.
Cover art of Fiorenzo by Sebastian Nothwell. In a fantastical setting reminiscent of 18th century Venice, two men - one in working class garb, the other in an aristocratic outfit complete with bauta mask - are on the brink of embracing. The working class man is wearing a clip-art party hat incongruous with the painterly illustration style, to humorous effect. The words "Happy Book Birthday" are superimposed in brush script. Cover art of Fiorenzo by Sebastian Nothwell.
September 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Oak King Holly King is a historical fantasy #mmromance wherein a fearsome fae warrior destined for ritual sacrifice seeks a mortal clerk fated to save him. #romantasy #audiobook
September 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Finally, an answer to the question, "Where do fae come from?"

Oak King Holly King is a historical fantasy #mmromance wherein a fearsome fae warrior destined for ritual sacrifice seeks a mortal clerk fated to save him.
September 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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If you enjoyed this snippet, check out the full version of Oak King Holly King narrated by Gary Furlong wherever you find your fave audiobooks. #mmromance #faeromance #romantasy #cozyfantasy
September 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Happy Autumnal Equinox! Three years ago today, Shrike and Wren embarked on their second voyage out into the world - alongside Mr Grigsby, Daniel Durst, and all their other friends from Oak King Holly King, with new friends gathered along the way. #mmromance #faeromance #romantasy
Cover art for Tales from Blackthorn Briar by Sebastian Nothwell. A fae warrior in medieval garb and a mortal clerk in Victorian garb lounge entwined in a fantasy forest. Clip art birthday hats are on their heads, incongruous to comical effect. The text "Happy Book Birthday!" is overlaid. Cover art for Tales from Blackthorn Briar by Sebastian Nothwell.
September 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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If you enjoyed this snippet, check out the full version of Oak King Holly King narrated by Gary Furlong wherever you find your fave audiobooks. #mmromance #faeromance #romantasy #cozyfantasy
September 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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hilarious how AI spam generator @muckrack.com demands i prove i'm human before they'll deign to accept my attempts to contact them and figure out what godforsaken spreadsheet they've added my email to and why.
September 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Did somebody say old man yaoi? #mmromance #romantasy

(Excerpt from Mr Grigsby's Clerk, a story in the #faeromance collection Tales from Blackthorn Briar.)
September 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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The "are you hurt?" panicked once-over, a #romantasy classic. Listen to Oak King Holly King narrated by @garyfurlongvo.bsky.social wherever you find your fave audiobooks.
September 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Spooky season is upon us - you know what that means...

The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall is a Gothic #ffromance rife with horror and heartache, wherein an American heiress makes an ill-advised marriage to bring herself closer to the woman who’s stolen her heart.
September 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Chapter Twenty-Four of A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow - a historical m x nb #romantasy featuring dark academia, hurt/comfort, and dragon royalty - is now on Patreon! Wherein a complex navigation is attempted.

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An excerpt from A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow by Sebastian Nothwell reads as follows: Moreso than confessing everything, moreso than kissing, and even moreso than consummation, was the sheer relief Emlyn felt to sleep with Rat in xir arms again. It wasn’t that xe hadn’t realised xe missed it. It was that xe hadn’t permitted xirself to grieve the loss. Now to have it returned filled xir heart to bursting and xe drifted off to a slumber as deep as it was serene, as if xe were Endymion—or perhaps Selene, with Rat as Endymion tumbled limp and languid in xir grasp, more at peace than xe had known him since their return to the realm. No drowning night-mare could reach xir. This tranquility was broken with a single whispered word. “Sorry.” Title page for A Mirror for the Prince's Shadow by Sebastian Nothwell.
September 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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If you enjoy it when men run each other through with their swords and also their "swords," consider Oak King Holly King.

Oak King Holly King is a historical fantasy #mmromance wherein a fearsome fae warrior destined for ritual sacrifice seeks a mortal clerk fated to save him.
Meme. Cover art for Oak King Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell. A speech bubble under the character Shrike (a fae warrior) contains a tumblr post from user sharkgirldick. It reads as follows: "What they don't tell you about being a knight is that you start thinking a lot of problems can be solved by running someone through with your sword." Cover art for the audiobook edition of Oak King Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell, narrated by Gary Furlong. It has a 2024 Finalist Badge for the Writehive Indie Ink Awards.
September 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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What's better than one book boyfriend? Two book boyfriends.

Hold Fast is a Victorian #mmromance between a whaling harpooner who inherits a baronetcy and the estate agent tasked with turning him from sailor to gentleman.
Meme. Cover art for Hold Fast by Sebastian Nothwell. Options from a multiple-choice quiz are overlaid on the characters. The option over Evelyn Winthrop (a Victorian whaler) reads as follows: "My sweet baby angel who I offer my life." The option over Morgan Turner (a Victorian estate agent) reads as follows: [all caps to indicate enthusiastic yelling] "My fucking boyfriend who spits in my mouth." Cover art for Hold Fast by Sebastian Nothwell.
September 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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And if the thing that undoes him is his beloved? So much the better.

Fiorenzo is a fantasy-of-manners #mmromance featuring swordplay, hurt/comfort, and a happily-ever-after.
Meme. Cover art for Fiorenzo by Sebastian Nothwell. A tumblr post from user bixels is overlaid and reads as follows: "I can't express how absolutely important it is that when you make an edgy, brooding, badass character who's tough as nails and good at fighting and whatever, you have to give them at least one reason to become completely helpless and pathetic. You have a panic attack quota to fulfill." Cover art for Fiorenzo by Sebastian Nothwell.
September 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A solution to fae and mortal problems alike.

Oak King Holly King is a historical fantasy #mmromance wherein a fearsome fae warrior destined for ritual sacrifice seeks a mortal clerk fated to save him.
Meme. Character art of Wren Lofthouse (mortal clerk) and Shrike the Butcher of Blackthorn (fae warrior). Shrike is shielding Wren with his body and drawing his sword. A tumblr post from user 4filen0tfound4 is overlaid and reads as follows: "Damn girl the power of love and friendship aren't working. Time to kill someone or whatever." Cover art for the audiobook edition of Oak King Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell, narrated by Gary Furlong. It has a 2024 Finalist badge from the Writehive Indie Ink Awards.
September 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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As one does.

The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall is a Gothic #ffromance rife with horror and heartache, wherein an American heiress makes an ill-advised marriage to bring herself closer to the woman who’s stolen her heart.
Meme. Cover art for The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall by Sebastian Nothwell. A tumblr post from user packloafer is overlaid and reads as follows: "Attics your wife." Cover art for The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall by Sebastian Nothwell.
August 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Fiore's unspeakable desires vs. Enzo's overflowing heart.

Fiorenzo is a fantasy-of-manners #mmromance featuring swordplay, hurt/comfort, and a happily-ever-after.
Meme. Cover art for Fiorenzo by Sebastian Nothwell. A speech bubble under the character Fiore contains a tumblr post from user zexox. It reads as follows: "Sorry if this is too kinky but can you hold my hand and tell me I mean a lot to you?" Cover art for Fiorenzo by Sebastian Nothwell.
August 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Flee into the woods forever? Flee into the woods forever. :)

Oak King Holly King is a historical fantasy #mmromance wherein a fearsome fae warrior destined for ritual sacrifice seeks a mortal clerk fated to save him.
Meme. Cover art for Oak King Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell. A tumblr post from user louisegluckpdf is overlaid and reads as follows: Hate when people are like, "Trust your gut! Listen to your intuition!" Like okay well my gut is telling me every person I lay eyes on is hunting me for sport and my intuition is saying I should find a secluded cave and live there forever so what do you suggest I do with that information? Cover art for the audiobook edition of Oak King Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell, narrated by Gary Furlong. It has a 2024 Finalist badge from the Writehive Indie Ink Awards.
August 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM