Jake 🐱

Poet, and writer of short stories that will Hurt You.

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

turning my nightmares into yours
some extra background for the horrors in my short story collection

https://t.co/m0us4cSOX6

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

(can't fit all of the graphics in 1 post, thank you twt)

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

if you're looking for short stories to read this spooky season, I've got a little bundle of JUST the horrors from Caught Up in Leaves and Vines

The bundle includes
- The First Zombie
- Flicker
- The Pit
- Bad Parenting
- Consequences

grab it here: https://t.co/1RC9aii0eJ

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

Helloooo, it has been... a while (whoops)
here's a little update on where I've been, what I've been up to, and what I'm working on in the upcoming months
https://t.co/Iuxlrlcf4y

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

new project announcement comes with an open-access crossword with a poetry theme

I'll be posting a couple of activities each week until this project is finished

https://t.co/hMLTarpybQ

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

digital books and music (should auto apply through this 🔗 or add the code BRUCE20)

Digital store: https://t.co/oQm6dW9Aij

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

APRIL BOOK SALE

for all of April, all physical books are 15% off, and digital books & music are 20% off

note: only books are available from the physical store right now. Any non-book orders won’t be posted until May, situation pending

Physical store: https://t.co/9zyhIMxDsE

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

totally didn't release a book without posting about it or making it available in any of my stores
who would ever do that-

(I'm very tired and I forgot... it has been a week. uhh... I'll get on that next week)

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

Just posted a lil cover reveal for Poetry 4 on Patreon 👀

alsooo reminder that my online stores have a sale on for all of October, so if you're interested in Poetry 4 but haven't read books 1-3, now is a great time to grab them :')
https://t.co/SXBmS2ssnS

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

author event, but it's just me sitting in my driveway hoping people might walk past & wanna buy my books

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

does one of my projects have a deadline? yes
is that the project I'm working on? no
does the project I'm working on have a deadline? not at all
but this is what the brain has decided we must do, who am I to argue??

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

a poetry series with
connections & links between books
recurring patterns & themes
secrets & lore for readers to put together
accompanying illustrations
darkness & trauma, light & hope

& that
tells a story
is unapologetically queer
is openly autistic
is loud about being yourself

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

have officially finished writing all of the poems for Poetry 4
just gotta do the covers and illustrations :')
(several weeks ahead of schedule, for all those who doubted me)

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

been hiding for a few months, but popping in with a few updates!!
- the 2 copies of my book that were in a local store SOLD!! (& they wanna restock!)
- I'm finally working on Poetry 4 again & have a new deadline
- have also listed P1-3 & CUILAV on Wattpad for accessibility :)

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

@avadahlnash honestly nothing shocks me since I found out about Why Cheese? so this is... really not that bad

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

all I aspire to be at this point

[CG Drews @PaperFury]

you can reject society and simply become a legendary horror in the darkest mossy forest if you want to

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

@KavaiMasei @JHMoorebooks Yeah, sorry, I meant it as an additional point/factor

Like there are definitely a lot of those cases
but I meant even when they do want to be involved, the spaces available are often hostile and exclusionary and make people feel unwelcome

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

@KavaiMasei @JHMoorebooks It's not so much that these spaces have a lot of women in them, it's that these spaces fight hard to keep anyone else out. They create hostile and exclusionary places that address the community in the space as "girlies", or "ladies", leaving anyone else feeling unwelcome

[Kavai Masei @KavaiMasei]

If you haven't yet, please watch Jake's video about the very shady and irresponsible behaviour of a big bookstore chain.
I think he makes a compelling case that we should (where possible) opt for indie bookstores instead

[Jake 🐱 @jakegreyxx]

hello, again have been absent on here (and everyone, but especially here) so maybe time for an update?

I had a breakthrough with Poetry 4 (mentally. the writing is easy, I just couldn't think about it) & am finally working on that
& expected to release at the end of March :')