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@stjohnstarling / stjohnstarling.tumblr.com

he/him, queer, adult I write gay books about monsters, magic, and crime 🦚📚🔮
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Hello! I'm St John. You might know me from my modestly popular gay vampire serial What Manner of Man (read it!). Here for the blasphemous, bawdy, and beautiful.

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My Novels

❧❧ The Sacred Sins of Father Black —A sensual and transgressive story of forbidden desire

Father Sebastian Black might be a saint, or he might be the devil himself. Poor Agent Quentin Day, sent to investigate a wine forgery ring, finds himself irresistibly falling for the silver-tongued, mysterious priest. It’s a tragedy for him - after all, priests are off-limits, aren’t they? Or is Father Black more than meets the eye?

Available on: Amazon || Payhip

❧❧ What Manner of Man —A serialized queer gothic vampire novel, happening now! Temptation and denial, hungers and delights.

Subscribe here! 💌

I tag filter #st john begone for any content about my works that you don't want me to see.

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whatmannerofman

Read the novel the Catholic Church would never have wanted to see the light of day!

What Manner of Man is a free, queer vampire novel sent directly to your inbox, Dracula Daily-style.

What will happen when a Catholic priest, struggling with his repressed homosexuality, is summoned by a darkly mysterious Lord of the Manor to perform an exorcism?

  • Accompany Father Victor Ardelian on his journey into the heart of the vampire manor as he wrestles with temptations beyond what flesh and blood can bear. 🩸
  • Feast your eyes on the spectacle unfolding as our vampire goes further than Dracula ever dared. 🔥
  • Catholic repression, homoeroticism, blasphemy, and sin! 😈
  • (Also presenting: lesbian with a sword! ⚔️)

Join thousands of readers and a dedicated fandom following Father Ardelian's progress and giving him terrible advice!

Read it here! 💌

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“Won’t” is the boldest fucking contraction like it really Did That. Just went for it, no shame.

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war-lesbian

Will Not took one look at Don’t and thought yeah baby need me some of that

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blasster

Do you want us to say Wiln’t

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war-lesbian

no mr bond i expect you to die

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samwellwinchesterthebrave

Hey, hey you. Listen, do you like queer books with queer characters? Do you like books with diverse characters?

Do you want to read about the creation of the first mermaids, about dangerous sirens, shadows that can be savior or destroyer, or deal-making witches? Do you want stories featuring women who love women with a whole cast of queer side characters?

Do you want a monster story about a monster under the bed falling in love with her adult charge while being her charge's last chance to work through childhood fears?

Do you want a story featuring a bisexual main male character finding love later in life? Do you want to read about his pesky little sister who's ace helping with the matchmaking?

Do you want a superhero series with queer characters where the story doesn't center around their queerness? Where being queer is just part of who they are? Where a character being ace is an important plot point for him?

Check out my books, Shadows and a Touch of Magic, Underneath, A Weight Relieved, and The Accidental Heroes Chronicles here

What Manner of Man: Things fall apart 🦇

It was late evening and I was standing at my window, staring, dull-eyed, with troubled thoughts, out into the deepening gloom. Suddenly I perceived the glow of amber-coloured light emanating from some distant part of the manor. It poured like liquid gold across the still, black surface of the water far below. The sight of it awoke poignant, half-forgotten longings in me. It was like the warmth of hearth-fire, of companionship — things I’ve been so long without I scarcely dare to name them. The source, I surmised, was somewhat below and to the west of my chamber.

That forest — dense, alive with green, divine —

Read it here!

(or start from the beginning)

Thank you to my wonderful Patreon supporters, who keep all of this going.

#Sorry I forgot to do one of these yesterday 🙏#Original post#what manner of man
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ganymedesrocks

An exquisite Italian ebony, walnut, ivory, mother of pearl, fruitwood marquetry detail from a parcel gilt centre table, attributed to the Falcini brothers, Florence, Italy, ca. 1850