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Cara N. Delaney πŸ’–πŸ’œπŸ’™

@caradelaney.bsky.social

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Bisexual author of queer romance & fantasy. She/they.

Now in Kobo Plus: OF POTIONS AND HONEY! Cosy romantasy, small towns and new beginnings.
πŸ‘‰ books2read.com/potions-and-honey

Books: books2read.com/CaraNDelaney
Contact form: caradelaney.com

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@caradelaney.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 9:21 AM

Some people need to learn the difference between enemies to lovers and bully romance. One of these is two people at odds with each other, with opposing goals, who stand on different sides of the same conflict. The other pulls your hair and calls you names. These are NOT the same thing.

@spsfc.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:56 PMReposted by @caradelaney.bsky.social

Third place in the fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) goes to Generations by @noamj.bsky.social. A "slow-burn conspiracy theory space opera" on a generation ship 80 percent of the way to a new home.

spsfc.space/2026/10/08/t...

The cover of Noam Josephides' science fiction novel Generations, which depicts a woman in silhouette looking away out of a round portal of what may be a spaceship. The passage is dark with soft orange light and blue shines in from the portal.
@chucktingle.bsky.socialJul 29, 2026, 11:04 PMReposted by @caradelaney.bsky.social

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU IN THE DARK by @mathildazeller.bsky.social 'it looks like you in the dark is a propulsive indigenous horror debut, expertly blending alaskan native folklore and supernatural thrills, from the author of the acclaimed short story "kushtuka" us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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@caradelaney.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 6:56 AM

Oh fuck yes, that was my absolute favourite from the first one! πŸ‘€

@caradelaney.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:15 PM

All I see is a little scientist studying gravity 😌

@caradelaney.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 11:19 AM

Like, please, take my taxes, I am begging, as long as they help other people who actually want this to have and raise kids. If someone saddled me with a child, I would turn into the witch from HÀnsel and Gretel within a week, and nobody wants that, least of all me 😭

@caradelaney.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 11:19 AM

Every now and again, I wonder just a little bit what my life would be like if I'd had kids. Then I meet a friend for breakfast and watch her tiny child scream unconsolably over not being allowed to take home the rocking panda from the playground and snap back to reality. Cute kid, no thanks πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­

@bethanyblack.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:18 PMReposted by @caradelaney.bsky.social

Clippy the Word for windows assistant says:

Hey, it looks like you're waiting for ideal conditions to do that thing you've been wanting to do. Need I remind you that ideal conditions do not exist and will never happen?
β€’I'm aware
β€’Wow, rude
@robmacwolf.thevoice.dogOct 10, 2026, 6:26 PMReposted by @caradelaney.bsky.social

I've got stories in two scary Itchio bundles as well:

itch.io/b/3904/chill...
and
itch.io/b/3876/we-ha...

$10 itch dot i o. We have always been in the darkness. 37 Horror e-books, visual novels, & narrative games. Queer character, themes, and/or authors. Darkness is familiar, to people like us. Those who told themselves they own the daylight may have done their best to deny we exist...

Image of dark forest that fades from deep blue to blood red containing shadowy figures towards the bottom with glowing eyes. Text colors range from red at top, to gold, to white on the lower half. The words 'We' and 'Queer' are in rainbow.An october itchio sale, Chills, Thrills, & Kills. 93 books for $69
A very big and spooky bundle of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year's hallowe'en season!
Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight
and in the background is a cartoon haunted mansion with little ghosts over it.Cover of Only the Dead Are Safe and Other Stories by Rob MacWolfCover of He of the Trees by Rob MacWolf
@catsofyore.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 6:24 PMReposted by @caradelaney.bsky.social

Behold! A summer beauty. Photo from my collection no date/info.

Black-and-white photo of a long-haired white cat lying in lush grasses. It is looking up and slightly to the left and looks very glamorous.
@caradelaney.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 2:48 PM

Oh boy, is Mira in for a surprise... πŸ˜‚

If bubbling cauldrons, cosy towns with eccentric residents, and slightly magical mysteries are your jam, find OF POTIONS AND HONEY at your preferred store, or read it for free with your Kobo Plus subscription!

books2read.com/potions-and-...

πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’›βš”οΈ #sapphfic

A promotional graphic in soft green hues. It showcases the cover of the book "Of Potions and Honey" by Cara N. Delaney. The caption reads: "Running a potion shop with no experience in a small town where things are not as peaceful as they see can't be that hard, right?"
A separate box reads: "Only one way to find out: books2read.com/potions-and-honey"
The graphic is decorated with a bee, a corked glass vial, and a winking calico cat.
@vajra.meOct 10, 2026, 3:14 AMReposted by @caradelaney.bsky.social

This is pure bad faith from MRMβ€”they are not new to this business and are perfectly aware this is all bullshit. These magazines essentially no longer exist: they were bought simply to use their reputations as a trap to suck IP out of writers and artists who don't know any better.

@robotleblanc.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 3:27 PMReposted by @caradelaney.bsky.social

friday is for kafkaposting

tumblr post poem by kleinergeist

I don't care if Monday's stressed
Tuesday, Wednesday, Kafkaesque
Thursday, feeling like a pest
It's Friday, I'm a bug
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@caradelaney.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:24 PM

I've lowkey started to pants a novel, and I've no clue if that's a good idea. I used to be able to do this, like knock out 15k words in a day, then fix the mess in another day. Which, yes, was under *very* different circumstances, but I miss it. *old lady voice* I just want to feel alive again...

@sarahseeandersen.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 3:28 PMReposted by @caradelaney.bsky.social

The image is of a four panel comic. 
In the first panel, we see a pair of ghosts. The first ghost says, β€œLet us make love, my darling.”
In the second panel, we see  see the second ghost’s face, blushing. It says, β€œHere? In public?”
In the third panel, we again see the pair of ghosts together. The first one says, β€œNo one can see us, we’re ghosts!”
In the fourth panel, the title reads β€œthe cat”. We see a cat looking up at them.
@rosemarymosco.comOct 9, 2026, 1:44 PMReposted by @caradelaney.bsky.social

Halloween costumes for birders. This is from last year and someone actually did the sexy owl pellet one.

A comic called halloween costume ideas for birders. In panel 1, labeled easy, there's a person labeled northern cardinal wearing a party hat, a beak, and red clothes, and a person labeled roseate spoonbill wearing pink clothes and a wooden spoon on their nose. In panel 2, labeled harder, there's a person labeled merlin sound ID wearing a big green circle with a microphone modeled after the button on the merlin sound ID app, and a person labeled hybrid green x blue jay wearing a complex costume with a mask and robe and hat modeled after a recently discovered hybrid bird. In panel 3, labeled challenging, there's a person labeled baltimore oriole nest wearing an enormous accurate woven oriole nest suspended from their arms and shoulders, and a person labeled african jacana carrying chicks with a hideous costume of long-toed bird feet hanging from their armpits. In panel 4, labeled hot, there's a person labeled high quality spotting scope who is shirtless and is wearing a spotting scope mask on their head, and a person labeled sexy owl pellet wearing an owl pellet top and bottom with a mouse skull on their head.
@foxes-in-love.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 1:34 PMReposted by @caradelaney.bsky.social

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are sitting around, facing away from each other. Stealthily, Green turns around to look at Blue, who is oblivious to being watched.

Sneakily Green stretches himself out, landing a kiss on the back of Blue's head. Blue is mildly startled. As he turns around to look at Green, Green has already turned back the way he had been, acting oblivious.
@caradelaney.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:16 AM

I want you to understand that, if you continue to pretend these two flavours of "extremism" are anywhere near the same, or targeting the same people, you're part of the problem. You're a building block in what the right wants to be everyone's prison. If you keep pretending otherwise, bite me.

@caradelaney.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:14 AM

And by my description, you might notice that one of these is the actions of individuals. The other is systemic cruelty. So, dear journos, which one is worse: A burned Porsche, or banning trans people from using public restrooms to force a choice between gender dysphoria and de facto house arrest?

@caradelaney.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:09 AM

I need "journalists" to stop equating "extremism" from the left and the right sides of the spectrum. One side likes to torch luxury cars on Labour Day. The other side strips rights from minorities, legislates them out of public life, and sometimes straight-up kills them. These are NOT the same.

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