Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன்

maybe I will abandon this attempt to write historical fiction and go back to fantasy...

woohoo, this looks INCREDIBLE!

Devouring Fortune book cover. Features a woman with folded arms on the cover. Her arms are crossed. She has straight black hair and her skin is light brown. She has a haunted expression. She is dressed in a white priestess outfit with wrapped bandages up her arms. Behind her lurks a monstrous skeleton whispering in her ear. They are surrounded by red flowers.

I'm happy to say today is the day for the book cover reveal of DEVOURING FORTUNE! @jeleynai.bsky.social did an incredible job on the illustration, I'm in awe.

For fans of Tanith Lee and A.K. Larkwood, about bargains gone wrong.

Follow the prelaunch page!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ole...

I really like Tamsyn Muir's work in general, very distinct voice. Suzan Palumbo's collection, The Skin Thief, has really good stories with very precise linework. Alix E Harrow's entire body of work is such a marvel of prose

I've gotten into a lot of different media recently, and it has only reinforced my adoration for words? I'm more interested in reading stories that take full advantage of the medium, from people who look at our only tool (prose) and see it as a strength, not a limitation

I think polarizing art (some people loving it and others really disliking it) is great. To me it means it has a strong flavour.
I'm interested in writing that gives me something to chew on. Make me think about why I loved or hated it.
Brought to you by a reel I saw on "The Bride" being polarizing.

Yes! I think of this often, even on the line level?

Dan Simmons, noted racist, has died. He wrote Hyperion, which contained a good short story and then a lot of other words, which many of us read anyway because it was the Nineties and Waldenbooks had a limited science fiction section.

Amazing recs and the best thing to wake up to. What wonderful company to be in, especially with my long time friend and CP @thelialao.bsky.social

Omg thank you Chey! So glad it resonated

No thoughts, just royai

Thank you! I hope to someday write it, I have the characters, the vague bits of story, but one must go write 🥲

Autocorrect turned Hikaru into hilarious 😭. Hikaru my love you are indeed hilarious

I have this speculative thriller that's like Summer That Hilarious Died meets The Fifth Season and I really don't feel ready to write it lmao

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

Thank you Katherine!

I read this last year and I immediately sent it every one of my gayng and demanded they read it immediately. Its gay people and cannibalism.

I demand you read this one immediately.

Thank you GM!

Thank you Nishka!

Thank you, dearest friend

Thank you so much!!

Abigail, thank you so much!

Thank you Maria!

Thank you Danai!!

Yess, I was screaming when I got the email haha

Thank you so much Lia!

this is my fave rukman piece to date - visceral, brutal and boundary pushing, everyone pls give it a read

We are running on day two of everything hurts

As they say
"To kill a language, you must rip it from living throats"