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These are all so cool, I'd love to be added to your taglists!! 🥺🥺
˒✦ : WRITEBLR ⋅ INTRO ⌁ ◌༉‧. 🌱໑
hi! my name is celeste and i’m new to the writeblr community!
i write under the name celeste ephine (she/her) although, you can just call me celeste. i’m african and native american, seventeen years old, and queer. i have an intj mbti type and my big three are: cap sun, sag moon, and virgo rising. my interests include neuropsychology, witchcraft, podcasts, and romantic academia. oh, and i’m wayy better at descriptions than i am with dialogue.
my writing style is a bit interesting as i tend to write mostly for romantic/dark academia, dark fantasy, psychological thrillers, and historical fiction. i love exploring themes of moral ambiguity, divination, mythology, and the occult. i also write poetry and dabble a bit in prose and screenplay.
here’s a sneak peek at some of my wips:
* - names are subject to change (i’m a tad bit indecisive)
descs are going to be vague since i’ll do a proper intro post for each wip
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒 | psych thriller + dark fantasy
a pagan cult makes blood sacrifices to the gods in an attempt to delay an ancient and horrific force from destroying the world
𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄 | dark fantasy
in which a soothsayer and freedom seeker set out on a quest to destroy the remnants of the old gods. for what is existence, without something to exist for?
𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐒𝐄𝐒 | dark fantasy + occult fiction
the bonepicker’s daughter gets more than she bargained for when she seeks refuge in a mad ruler’s city that’s on the verge of war
here’s a few blogs that inspired me to join the community!
@starshots @acrimoneous @laketrials @astolacs @herondalelucies @zalighart @zuiderhaaks
All your wips are so interesting! Please add me to your taglist :)))
Hi, my name’s Deau! Welcome to subtlefires, my writeblr!
Introduction
I’m nineteen years old [twenty on 27 Dec!]. I’m nonbinary [they/them], Black, and bisexual. I’ve been lurking in the writeblr community for six-ish months now, and I’ve decided to start my own! I haven’t written much in the way of prose since I was fourteen, so this blog will also [hopefully] get me back into that.
I am mostly into reading and writing fantasy of any kind - especially that which deals with godhood, traumatized characters, found family, and some criminal activity [especially when screwing with the government]. I very much enjoy complex relationships between any set of characters. Parent and child? Lovers? Best friends? Enemies??? *chef’s kiss*
Almost all of my wips are in some form of disrepair, either lacking in worldbuilding, plot, or characters, so I don’t have intro posts for them yet! But I’m finding myself pretty motivated these days so keep a look out!*
Trust and believe, I love to talk, so feel free to send an ask in or message me or whatever! I’m in desperate need of more mutuals to gush over so… *eyes emoji*
My Wips
A Cacophony of Mirrors
A surreal fantasy story set in the fictional town of Farley, Massachusetts.
Erica Bennett, who has been missing for the past ten years, suddenly reappears bloody and unconscious in the woods, mirror shards spread in a perfect circle around her body. Ayla Hughes, your local gas station attendant, just wants to get her degree and move far, far away. She wants forget all about missing girls and mysterious notes left behind and terrible dreams, but something is holding her back. Is it the town? Erica’s unsolved disappearance? Or something a bit more… fantastical?
trigger warnings: emotionally abusive parents, dysphoria, blurring reality and fantasy
WIP Tag | WIP Page
The Legend of the Crow
A high fantasy novel set in the world of Rusaris, after the first war between the Gods.
This story centers around one of four sacrifices made to the Betrayer God during the First War. We witness them crawl from their early grave alongside the others after one hundred years asleep. The All Mother, the Goddess of Creation, descends to grant the sacrifices immortality and the status of Saints, if they agree to live in her service to prevent another war amongst the Gods. We follow Asphodel the Crow as they search for the lover they lost and save the fallen kingdom of Vysteria.
trigger warnings: violence, light gore
WIP Tag | WIP Page
Psychic Nights
An adult-oriented mid-fantasy novel set in the world of Vesuvia.
Caralise Tryvern is in her final year of schooling to become a High Priestess, the highest rank a witch can achieve, when she discovers a magical conspiracy amongst the very witches she seeks to join. Now on the run from the government, Caralise and her partner, Tobiah, traverse the world searching for anyone they can trust to help them out of the mess they’ve found themselves in.
trigger warnings: none as far as I’m aware, feel free to ask me to tag anything in the future!
WIP Tag | WIP Page
The SS Pavona
A science-fiction story set in the Quisari Solar System.
This story follows the crew of the SS Pavona as they are finally able to take a deep breath after escaping from Blackstorm, a maximum security prison on the outskirts of the solar system. These five strangers have just risked their lives for one another, for their freedom - but they don’t know each other, really. In fact, they don’t know much at all; not about each other, not about themselves, not even the reasons they were sent to Blackstorm in the first place… We follow the crew of the SS Pavona as their collective and individual pasts come back to haunt them. Are they truly willing to risk their lives for one another again?
trigger warnings: none as far as I’m aware, feel free to ask me to tag anything in the future!
WIP Tag | WIP Page
Other Stuff
Here’s my Wattpad, where I may or may not be drafting and posting chapters of the above wips, poetry, or concept pieces. Here is my writing tag as well, on the off chance I decide to post excerpts and things of that sort on tumblr, too. Also, my project page which lists all of my current wips with links to their individual pages.
Thanks for reading this far! I know this intro is long, haha. Here’s some of the blogs that inspired me to do this in the first place: @vitrichor | @sprigofbasil | @alicewestwater | @elaichichais | @heartwarning
* this post will be changed and updated in the future as I, undoubtedly, change my mind about things, add/remove trigger warnings, or generally add other bits of information!
Yess! Been looking forward to your nano vloggg!
A writing major attempts NaNoWriMo and fails duh | Writing Vlog #25
watch me fail nanowrimo because why not
This is so interesting, please add me to your taglist! :o)
To find but morsels of what the world used to be spurs an odd feeling of nostalgia deep within your core; it surpasses your hard shell, delving until it tickles something gleaming, innocent, and something some would dare say is childish – hope. Hope for a future crafted with compassion but founded on destruction.
Funny, to experience nostalgia for a past that isn’t your own.
You live in Angelwood; a city like many others, yanked by the leash that is MERCY. You know about MERCY. Magnificent Emergency Relief and Care for Yourself, it stands for. It rose from the ashes of a worldwide epidemic of organ failures, constructing artificial organs which would ultimately save pockets of humanity from extinction – at a price. With the devastated economy and government, MERCY’s growing finances and following, MERCY soared to power. Then came the monopolisation of medical services – even if it was under a different name, you knew it was collared and walked by MERCY – and the subtle lacing of bodily modifications, or “augmentations”, into contemporary fashion and style. For those who still suffer from breakouts of organ failures, or for those who feel the stroke of MERCY’s marketing and manipulation warm on their cheek, they can pursue avenues paved by MERCY. Oh, but for those who cannot afford such grandiose costs? Well, need not worry, they offer simple contractual signups where you can pay back in smaller instalments. While this all seems lovely and altruistic when spoken with the honey-lathered words of MERCY agents, you know all too well that should someone miss one too many instalments, they’ll pay for it in more than just their money.
Will you conform and live a life that is shadowed by MERCY? Or will you fight? Both sides have their positives and negatives, yet death lurks at either door. Do you want to go out swinging, or go out plodding? ― THE ORGAN OPERA
OVERVIEW.
GENRE ― sci-fi (cyberpunk); queer romance.
DEMOGRAPHIC ― (new) adult.
NARRATION ― third person; past tense.
THEMES ― capitalism; fascism; anticapitalism + antifascism; body augmentation; human experimentation; dystopian earth but struggling to make a better future.
STAGE ― revamping and plotting; worldbuilding.
SUMMARY ― Years ago, a manmade virus raked its teeth against humanity - an epidemic of organ failures swept nations, devastating economies and governments alike. From the ashes of millions, select few megacorporations loomed over those who remained with malicious intent. Many of these megacorporations now control particular districts. Angelwood is controlled by the medical monster that is MERCY and is currently facing its latest threat - yet another uprising. And this time, they’re not going to stop until they burn MERCY to the ground.
MAIN CHARACTERS.
LEONARDO SONG ― Often referred to by his nickname of ‘Leo’, Leo is of mixed Korean and Filipino descent. He is the originator of the latest wave of rebellion against MERCY and his fire is something that can’t be quelled. He’s suffered severe facial disfiguration at the hands of a MERCY agent but wears it with mixed pride and anger.
CYRUS MERCER ― A black man who was one of many orphaned and taken underneath MERCY’s wing - under the condition that he partook in their PERSON program. On the surface, it seemed benevolent and altruistic… But MERCY never does anything nice without later ripping it to shreds. He’s now immune to the virus and wields more power than anyone in MERCY could’ve anticipated.
COCO DOOLEY ― A trans woman and close friend of Leo, she partakes in the uprising against MERCY and their control over Angelwood. She’s an expert hacker and has been steadily building her pool of information of and against MERCY.
MURDOCH MURRAY ― A trans man and close friend of Leo, like Coco, he too is part of the uprising against MERCY’s control over Angelwood. While Leo is fiery, Murdoch wields the cool charisma and allure akin to that of a skilled conman. He’s often the first to go into a situation, to procure or to defuse.
TAGLIST. if you’d liked to be added to the list, let me know via message, ask, or reblog! @mxxnwrites
Ok, but who else is drooling over this prose???
HOUSE PLANTS, CHAPTER 20: GLASS, DIVERTED
DISCLAIMER: this is my original writing, do not use / repurpose / plagiarise the excerpt in any form or way.
hello i was feeling very proud of this chapter— wrote this at one am, too! what a vibe!! who needs a stable sleep schedule anyway!!!— and wanted to share it + also you guys have never actually gotten a full chapter excerpt before so enjoy!! also this is one of the vignette chapters™ so that’s why it’s so short + is told in present tense and in the fictive present. i hope you like it as much as i do! [transcript + taglists under the cut]
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they hadn’t prepared us for this. they left us with nothing left worth fighting for.
that is, until we found each other.
we were living through what scientists had called the worst case scenario, and we were doing it alone.
| worst-case scenario: a wip intro |
the floods, the fires, the wailing, the radio static.
there was nothing left to salvage. except for maybe the kid, and that one dog. a van that stuttered more than it moved, a pink blanket tucked inside a fathers jacket. the notebook filled with silly drawings and the notes passed between them in the dark.
GENRE: science fiction, dystopian, adventure, thriller, surrealism
POV: third/omnipient
PROGRESS: first drafting
MOOD: dark, wistful, painfully nostalgic, uneasy, cautiously hopeful
SETTING: the year is 2336, Earth. but it’s nothing like anyone had imagined.
WARNINGS: multiple deaths, biological ware fare, drowning, weapons, display of mental illness(es), end of the world scenario, not so natural disasters, alcoholism, manipulation, nothing is right, there is no normal.
VAGUE PLOT: [they] were fed up with how their lives were treated on this planet, and decided to leave. they left behind their final words, etched into the grounds they tore apart and whispered into the waves that came crashing down. the people meant to protect them all had given up, had betrayed them. but they couldn’t be blamed, they had tried to warn the world to no avail. now [we] were on our own, with a scattering of the earths population, to make this place a home again.
[they] are the scientists who had tried their hardest to keep this world alive.
[we] were five people undeserving of this hell.
[[ wip tag: wip; wcs ]]
What’s this?! “Hold Me Under Till I See the Light,” my most recently published short story, is available to read online in TNQ for free! I had no idea the story would be made available to everyone, but I was so excited to see it there today. If you want to give it a read, I don’t know how long the story will be available for non-subscribers (might only be around a week), but it is probably my favourite story I’ve ever written so if you want to read it, now is your chance!
–Shaelin
Wow! plz add me to taglist :o))
PLUTO BY MARTINA SANTI — A WIP Introduction + Opening Lines
WIP TAG | CHARACTERS
A collection of horror stories set in the mysterious town of Fell Island, told by various characters in a small diner on the edge of town. To scare, or to entertain—at its core, these stories serve as a distraction from the fact that once they get past the entrance, they can’t seem to get back out …
Recurring characters include the grumpy (but secretly soft) owner of Pluto’s Diner; a clever, teen runaway; a cheery waitress with a secret; and many more. Send an ask/reply/dm to be added to the taglist!
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SPACEMAN SPACEMAN WHAT DO YOU PLAN ON DOING NOW?
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IT’S GENE MAGIC AND/OR TURPENTINE: A SHORT STORY
the narrator doesn’t know what’s going on and neither do we: surrealist version.
GENRE: surrealism.
POV & TENSE: third-person limited, present tense.
SETTING: an apartment in an unnamed suburb, present-day.
TONE: satirical, resentful, delirious, wistful.
STAGE: completed first draft, 1807 words.
LOGLINE: after being called back from college upon her family’s death, july contemplates her situation by villanizing and blaming her dead family.
LITERAL LOGLINE: life got you down? your entire family dead under mysterious circumstances? don’t worry, your friendly shoulder demon’s got your back, just smoke it out!
CHARACTERS:
july is a college student who was called back in the middle of her course— something that she worked super hard to get into— to go vacate her now-deceased family’s home. she’s angry about this, because she feels robbed of her dream. as time goes on and the story progresses, july continues to detach from her pain over her family’s death and reality itself, subsequently leading to her unravelling.
hale is the shoulder demon. they’re a fun and sarcastic person, and secretly worries for july and her increasing detachedness. nobody knows why they’re here, what they’re doing, or even if they’re real in the first place.
WHAT GOES DOWN:
july is called back from college to attend to her now empty home following the sudden death of her family— mother, sister, grandmother— under mysterious circumstances. this is a source of dual emotions for july. on one hand, she’s grieving for them immensely, and this is signified through the various memories she has of them + her relationships with each member. on the other hand, she’s extremely annoyed by this, because she knew they would die together eventually— it’s implied to be something that runs in the family, and had happened to her father before— and the timing inconvenienced her.
july is,,,, pretty unhinged. a lot of surreal things happen in the story and it’s difficult to distinguish reality from her mind. she also has a friend in hale, the demon on her shoulder. the story chronicles the short period of time she spends in her home, trying to collect her thoughts and prepare for her own inevitable death.
EXCERPTS:
this is a very short story so i don’t want to share much, but here’s one little peek into the tone + style of the prose.
July scoffs again, but now it’s silent and nobody hears. The will features meaningless drabble, small talk and verbiage typical for her mother, and she’s tempted to rip it and swallow the pieces whole. [Why, she can’t say. There’s an odd craving in every object and she’s the only one who makes herself tick.] She concludes that the house is now her’s. How wonderful. Of course July would have traded her college room for a nowhere house any fucking day.
SPARE THOUGHTS:
this is the weirdest thing i’ve written. it’s high-key surrealism and plays with form and character a lot. july is an extremely unreliable narrator. there’s a lot of funky concepts—every speaker’s dialogue is formatted differently, she’s spying on her neighbours, there’s a demon on her shoulder— and while it’s been hard threading them in coherently and fluidly, i’ve never had more fun drafting before. it’s also one of my best short story titles, hands down. feel free to ask anything about this story because there’s so much meta i can get into. [general taglist under the cut]
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ok but the murderyness makes this update so interesting?? I also loved the poetic excerpts, they're stunning !!
Land Mammal | Feeding Habits Update #7
Hello! We are back for another Feeding Habits update, but this time we’re chatting chapter 8, aka Land Mammal.
Just a reminder: This is my original work and plagiarism of any form will not be tolerated.
Scene outline & excerpts under the cut because this one is a long one! If you missed previous updates or are new to the project, check out the novel intro page (which links all the updates) HERE!
Taglist (please ask to be added or removed): @if-one-of-us-falls @qatarcookie, @chloeswords, @alicewestwater, @laughtracksonata, @ev–writes , @jaydewritesfiction, @jennawritesstories , @august-iswriting, @berinswriting
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