Steph (crisis version)1d ago

My weird queer horror novella, The Hand That Touches Flame, is DONE!

(And it ended up being five parts long. Oops. At 38.5k words it actually almost doesn't qualify as a novella at all, so that's fun.)

Anyway, if anyone was waiting until completion to read my strange story about a couple of traumatised idiots battling extra-dimensional demonic horrors, secretive representatives of a hostile government agency, cultists that may be a thinly disguised metaphor for capitalism, serious communication issues and like, SO much queer pining: now is your TIME.

It is FREE TO READ, ad- and tracker-free on AO3, at the link below. You can also download it as a PDF or EPUB or MOBI or HTML or whatever a AZW3 file is.

If you like it you can hit the Kudos button or you can yell at me in the comments or on here and I'd love you forever for it 💛

https://archiveofourown.org/works/78787056

#fedifiction #fiction #writing

Show threadSteph (crisis version)
I'm gonna take a little break and then I'm going to work on something new and probably less overtly horrific. Sapphic ghost hunters? Maybe. Sapphic dungeon explorers? Also maybe. Girls, anyway.
Apr 4 at 4:58pmWeb
Show threadSteph (crisis version)1d ago

can't believe I finished this while in the process of being evicted but hey, it gave me something else to focus on!

also sorry in advance for obnoxiously boosting the top post, I will try not to self-promote too rampantly I promise

Show threadSteph (crisis version)1d ago

oh also forgot to add that my AO3 comments are moderated because of the bastard scammers who pretend they are super interested in your story to get you to join their Discord or pay for fanart or whatever it is they're up to

so you can comment as a guest but it won't appear until I okay it

Show threadJules she/her1d ago
@astronomerritt boost away, it's a proper achievement!
Show threadAsta [AMP]1d ago
@astronomerritt the tags are killing me 😂

"excessive use of em-dashes"
"cw: british people"
Show threadSteph (crisis version)1d ago

@aud everyone seems to enjoy the British people content warning and this gives me a great deal of pride

(can't believe so many folk I respect are taking a look though, may die quietly)