Rhys Ackhurst 🔞

Hello! I'm Rhys! As well as fluffy, steamy romance, I also write about sensitive topics including: * Domestic Abuse * Child Abuse/Neglect * Toxic Relationships * Miscarriage/Stillbirth/Fertility struggles * Substance Abuse * Mental Illness * Grief * Suicide * War * Gore/Torture * BDSM * Rape/Incest

We must have words... #writers #WIPwednesday #writesky #Lurktober

Here's the pitch: Closeted trans guy at a dead-end job, suffering burnout while living with his M@GA (or M@GA equivalent) family. His entire family thinks he's a lowlife for not having a successful career or having a husband and children. His younger, more successful sister, is getting married.

red sorceress Commission

✨️ Witches ✨️

Transparency is something we at Black Cat Book Nook strive for every single day. This is why we talk about all aspects of the press, from our anti-AI dedication to our financial aspects, including the most important one - Royalty Payments!

Being able to write start to finish in sequence 😂 I just saw people talking about not being able to skip around and I have *never* been able to not jump ahead.

And that's where books come from and how they are made. Then the literary stork delivers the readers

Okay, Let’s do a Shout Out for my indie Romantasy and Fantasy Romance Author Mutuals! @fae-author.bsky.social @elwolfsblood.bsky.social @dinzmeria.bsky.social @serraleta.bsky.social @mkwritesfic.bsky.social @annavernerauthor.bsky.social If you would like me to shout you out, hit me up!

When the construction site across the street starts backing their equipment in at 6:30am

The owners of Elvis Presley’s music sued Anthropic, saying it trained its AI models on more than 200 of Presley’s songs without permission, accusing it of copyright infringement. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/a...

I have added the ghosties

#QueerPrompts 10/26 Without spoiling too much of the #TY4LM plot, Marin uses she/her pronouns when presenting as female, he/him when presenting as male, and they/them in general and when they're not physically present to know their current presentation. They are what their family calls a "twinsoul"

Those who have been around know I like to do thematic words around Halloween, and that's THIS WEEK! Alter as you need to, but have fun! Synonyms, variations & ✨vibes✨ are fine, include Alt Text on graphics with snip text, use Trigger/Content warnings, & no unsolicited editing on posts. #WIPSnips

ive talked on how i wont engage with writers who use ai, i wont eat at a restaurant with an ai menu, i wont have anything to do with it. but what this post illustrates is regardless of how OTHERS react, ultimately the worst part about using ai is that you are punishing YOURSELF and dont even know it

#AwesomeCharacters I have incredible artwork from @sunriseart.bsky.social that one day I’ll have framed. The other two are my own drawings of Virgil and Levi (Serpent of Fraud/Legal Counsel of Hell Ltd.) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

tapping the sign

Howdy #AwesomeCharacters pals 😍💙 Here we have some art from my resident artist, Xander. You should ABSOLUTELY go check him out on tumblr, he’s available for comic books, book covers, and commissions. The art of everything on tumblr

Made for you?🤨😠❌️ Made from you 😏😉✅️ #myart #art #Halloween #Frankenstein

#AwesomeCharacters Hooray! Art share day!! This will be a thread for sure. I'll put the credits in the alt text! First up, I have lots of art of Micah and Terran from Sweet & Wild!

Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters It's International Artist Day! 🎉🎉 And we haven't done an art share day in a bit! So, please share with me any art you have of your characters! A doodle or picrew works too! Help me picture them! (Please no AI) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The set came together so beautifully I cried

“Don’t go outside, especially past the fence, at night. Don’t stand in the deep shadows. Avoid the in-between times—all in-betweens lead to Faerie. I’ll come back as soon as I can, when it’s safe.” #bookbazaar26 #buyindie

Man runs away, starts civil war.

5 days until TBB launches. We're going aesthetic today. QRP with one image that shows off your story's aesthetic vibe #TBBCountdown

There's a river that runs past the entrance to the castle where a lot of the story is set and I imagine it looks something like this in the winter.

Something light and fun: What's a stupid trope (scene type or frequently used 'moment' in a story) that you love unabashedly? You see all the cracks, exactly how broken it is, but you just adore it anyway. Mine below 🧵 #LitHodgepodge

His IMDB profile photo is an all-timer.

I love these guys so much! Zeke is such a cute kitty 🐈‍⬛ Silas writes these characters very well! 🥰

Sorrel and I are both demi. And I have an ace character named Lux. She's not aro, but she's also not expecting to find anyone who would fit what she wants in a life partner. She was forced into marriage at 17 and it's made her very suspicious of any potential suitors' motives. #QueerPrompts

Been a while since I looked at this section of my doc. I've been working on the past storyline more and I almost forgot what I named this part 😂 He *is* in jail in camp and it was partly because he was being a menace.

#QueerPrompts October 23: Free Friday or spooky reading recs From eerie to outright horror, here's some spooky queer reading recs! 👻📚