Recent content by KintsugiShimi

Hi! Finding betas is difficult! How about we swap? What I like: Fantasy, LGBTQ+ themes and characters, deep introspective character building, a flair for the unique. I don't mind subversive themes as long as they aren't gratuitous and they serve a clear purpose. My book: The Ember In The...

Every 10,000 years, city sized colossi rise from their slumber. Every 10,000 years, the same six people put them back down. They shape the earth, and the next era. Continents crack when a colossus falls. An entire province 'fell' the last time a colossus landed on it. It has become a dark bog...

I wrote a trilogy and let it sit for almost a decade, then i dusted it off when i found myself, and am in the process of a complete rewrite. I dropped it because i was depressed, and now I'm finishing it because I have hope.

The thud of heavy footsteps plodded ever closer from outside her foul sanctuary. She pulled the covers up over her face and scrunched into a ball. Tears tracked over the bridge of her nose and down into the mattress below. This was hell, and there was no escape. The creak of the door as it...