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Thomas Abie McKnight
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🌙 Queer author of dark supernatural fiction.
✨️ Monsters, magic, and the beautiful ruin of love.
🐺 I write for the outcasts, the haunted, and the ones who love like it might kill them.
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I write for the queer, the haunted, and the unholy.

I'm Thomas Abie McKnight, author of the upcoming debute novel Moonfallen.

If you crave dark romance, broken halos, and unapologetically queer worlds, you're in the right place.

🌒 Welcome to the shadows. 🌘
Honestly, I forgot I was doing this. Work and school have me swamped. BUT I'm gonna take my free day today to revisit Day 6 prompt. My favorite writing tool - that I find most helpful - is 4thewords. Great for my ADHD. Highly recommend.

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November 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It wouldn't change a whole lot, mainly because despite being from a hunting forward family, Arlo has never held a gun and can't aim for shit. Home boy wouldn't change the plot line or the way events unfold at all 😔

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November 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Arlo wouldn't want to be caught dead at a fancy party. Unfortunately for him, Thorne loves them. He loves the getting dressed up aspect of and he's also a social butterfly so he loves mingling. Plus the free drinks/food.

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What is your character's opinion on fancy parties?

Do they like getting dressed up and glad-handing?

Would they rather stay home in their pajamas?

Are they planning a heist while the guests are distracted?

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November 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Oh Ariana we're really in it now. Arlo is still very shocked by the Situations™️ he's being forced to experience. Though he really shouldn't be at this point. The events over the last 6 chapters should have been eye opening, and prepared him for this

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November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
1 like = 1 lore drop

I got a lot of lore bouncing around in my brain. Lets see what shakes loose!

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1 like = 1 Lore drop

First commemt picks whether its Moonlight Hearts, The Last Paladin, or Star Sentinels.
1 like = 1 lore drop

I will try to come up with as much good lore as I can because I contain multitudes probably
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I had a piece I really was excited to share for today's WIPSnip...but after much thought I decided it was just a tad too spoilery 😔 So I'll share this instead.

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November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I didn't really have any good, compelling snips for today despite several instances of using the word nice in my WIP. So here's snip from Thorne and Arlo's meeting.

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November 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Day 3: So currently my WIP Playlist is a mess, its so incoherent and has so many different vibes. So instead I'll share the Playlist for the main love interest: Thorne. Resident rogue werewolf and local nuisance.

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Day 2: I started writing as soon as I could hold a pen. I've written with friends in the quiet hours all my life. I tried my hand at my first novel in 2023. However illness forced me to abandon it. This year grief pulled me back to the page. (1/2)

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November 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
When the pack feels their alpha is going against laws and endangering them, the council of elders can be called to step in. They will converce with the packs ancestors to determine if the alpha's choices will be honored or overturned. In this case...Thorne's protection.

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November 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Hi everyone, I'm Abie McKnight and I'm currently working on my debut novel: Moonfallen. Moonfallen is a queer romance/urban fantasy story about a human who gets caught up in the world of the supernatural after being rescued by werewolves. (1/2)

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November 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thorne is haunted by the fact he's been viewed as a monster since birth. For reasons completely unrelated to being a werewolf. In fact he didn't even know he had lycan blood until he shifted for the first time at 15. That shift did not go well, and he left a lot of blood in his wake...
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Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻

Final spooky prompt of the year: is there something that haunts your character? (literally or figuratively)

A person? A place? An action/inaction? An event?

How does it shape them?

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November 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
We writers talk a lot about our WIPs, characters and process. How about we get a thread started for the unspoken heros...our furry writing buddies! The ones who keep us company and occasionally impede our progress but keep us motivated nevertheless.

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October 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Alro not only putting his foot in his mouth, but also playing with fire. He's been warned not to use the 'M' word when referring to werewolves but especially not to direct it at Thorne...

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October 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My goal when I started writing Moonfallen: nurture my inner child and write a book about werewolves. Now? I have a whole series (Secrets of Khario) planned exploring most of my characters, giving them arcs/plots, and love interests. Like sheesh Abie...finish the initial book first.
What is writing if not becoming so obsessed with a handful of characters that you end up creating a ten book epic based solely upon their vibe?
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Arlo is turning off all the lights and avoiding the door while Thorne is busy hosting a Halloween event as his bar complete with a spooky special menu, and costume contest. Winner gets their meal/drinks free for the night, a plaque to take home, and a physical VIP Pass to skip lines/order queues.
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Continuing our spooky season theme!🎃

What is your character giving out on Halloween? (assume they have it, for this hypothetical) Full-sized candy bar? Apple? Toothbrush? Turn off the lights and avoid the door?

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October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"I feel that fear as if it were my own, but I am here to assure both you and the pack: no one is in danger here. And if danger does come knocking at our door, I will fight to protect you all until the breath is stripped from my lungs. This I solemnly swear to you."

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October 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Nobody starts out fearing Thorne. He's charismatic and charming (albeit a bit crass) on the surface. However, most people don't just fear Thorne's violence. They fear his impulsiveness. He puts other supernaturals at risk because he doesn't think and he let's his instincts control him. (1/2)
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It's spooky season so let's talk about fear! Do others fear your character?

How does your character feel about it? Do they hate being feared? Like it? Wish that they were?

If they don't fear them, should they?

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October 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Character building all the way. I habe a background in the mental health field (and a BS and MS in Psychology) so I love using that to create complex, emotionally charged characters with complex flaws who fight, break and love unapologetically. I do enjoy worldbuildung too though.
Q40: Thank you all again for joining me with these writer. questions. I made them open this week so more people can enjoy them!

Last question:
Do you prefer worldbuilding or character building?
October 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My characters are usually in age range 25 to 35 though I have several in their 40s and 50s too.
Q37: What age group are your characters usually in?
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A little fun fact about me, the 1800s are my favorite time period. Specifically 1840 to 1899. I would love to write a story in that time period, and in fact I already have 4 chapters worth of one. I do plan on finishing it I just don't know where on the project timeline it falls.
Q33: Pick a decade that isn’t the current one that you’d love to write a story set in?
October 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Their questionable taste in men and where that stems from.
Q26: Your MC has been assigned a therapist. What’s the first thing the therapist might want to discuss with them?
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
He's a control freak. He's loosing his favorite pet and well if he can't have them, then nobody can. But he's not one to get his hands dirty. So in terms of my public facing villain, well his is just unresolved trauma. That leads to misplaced violence in the name of vengeance. Easily manipulatable 👀
Q22: What is your villains problem?! 🤨
October 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I've always been a pantser, I usually have a kicking off point, a theme to explore, and an end point, and then I let my characters decide how we get to said end point as I write. But I'm thinking next book I may go a detailed plotting route to see if that makes things easier on me. 😩
Q6: pantsing or plotting or a secret third thing? Which one are you?
October 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Bad boys, assholes, the emotionally unavailable and the otherwise damaged. Characters with tragic pasts. Often times these characters are unlikeable at first glance but I like the challenge of giving them nuanced flaws. Things that may be offputting on the surface but looking deeper gives complexity
Q5: what are your favorite types of characters to write, describe them?
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM