Author C.A. Chaplin
@cachaplin
Dark Romantic Fantasy “like Tolkien with smut” SILVER STAR, RED DRAGON THE DRAGON’S MAW KU, paperback, & hardcover ✨AuDHD chaos gremlin✨
Men often clutch their pearls and it makes me laugh. So what if I wrote a scene where a man gets chained up, corseted, bruised, and forced to hold a dildo between his big man tiddies? Lemme see your browser history… #booksky Grab an ARC of The Devil’s Feather here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can snag an ARC of The Devil’s Feather here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Big tiddy committee, I need your help! If you’re a man or other person with big pecs, can you flex hard enough to hold an object between them? If so, for how long? For science! And also research for my upcoming dark romance 😅
“Cynthia, where have you been?” Hyperfocused on writing a shameless AU contemporary dark romance in 11 days where my dragon shifter is reimagined as an eccentric human composer living in SF. I… don’t recommend drafting that fast, but it was fun! And now ARCs are available! #booksky
Auri did this one for Silver Star, Red Dragon too! One of my faves 😍 There’s a NSFW version too that I occasionally drop into my newsletter 😉 #booksky
You can absolutely have literary fantasy with immersive worldbuilding *and* high spice. #romantasy a.co/d/2pFx2s6
What’s your favorite niche trope? Mine is the healer who isn’t at all intimidated by the big scary monster whose life she just saved. Much to his bafflement. #booksky
This is my all time favorite feedback on my writing 💀💀💀 #booksky Read Silver Star, Red Dragon and the sequel, The Dragon’s Maw, to get emotional about fantasy dick. a.co/d/ckFdxXk
Silver Star, Red Dragon is a finalist in 4 of the 5 Indie Ink Awards categories it was nominated for! I am so grateful to everyone who voted for my spicy dark romantic fantasy 😭🥰 The next stage is judging. If you’d like to check it out for yourself, it’s in KU: a.co/d/2mCp39j #booksky
After fighting to what he thought would finally be his death, the last thing the Red Dragon expected was to awaken to the beautiful woman who’d saved him—and she was not intimidated in the slightest. Silver Star, Red Dragon is a spicy dark romantic fantasy #bookthreads a.co/d/5wvNhbD
Silver Star, Red Dragon was nominated for FIVE Indie Ink Awards! It would mean the world to me if you voted for my dark romantic fantasy. It’s free to make an account #booksky Best morally gray character indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-... Wittiest character indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
Hey sorry I forget this platform exists sometimes! I was at the Love & Tech Bookfest this past weekend and had a blast 😁 also I uhhh have a blue and purple mohawk now. #booksky
Cúraniel is difficult. She lives life completely on her own terms. Quick to anger, impulsive, lacking in self-preservation skills. The only physical activity she doesn’t hate is good sex. She’s also compassionate, loyal, and a powerful healer with 2 soulmates who love her in opposing ways #booksky
Silver Star, Red Dragon is a spicy dark romantic fantasy about messy immortal soulmates. And yes, yes I am going to use this animation for every possible sound it fits 😂 thank you @axeartifex.bsky.social #booksky Sound up!
The Holy Trinity is finally complete: The Dragon Daddy The Babygirl The MakeYouSeeGod Ghost Art by Shade of Stars, characters from Silver Star, Red Dragon a.co/d/aqsPJso
I found another sound that fits this amazing animation @axeartifex.bsky.social did for me of two of my MCs from Silver Star, Red Dragon 😂😂😂 #animation a.co/d/eKqF1pF
I should be writing. Or doing laundry. Or literally anything productive. Instead, I’ve been finger painting in the photos app. Pleas enjoy the God of Carnage as a dragon loaf.
Love my characters or hate them - you’ll remember them: An AUDHD elf healer with outsized confidence & a spicy temper. A shapeshifting, razor-tongued dragon with severe trauma & the morals of a feral cat. An ADHD prettyboy elf king flirting his way out of disaster. #booksky www.cachaplin.com/links
Last call for 200+ free fantasy books! Today, OCR 5th, is the last day of Stuff Your Kindle with Fantasy - Free Fall. Grab all the books, including Silver Star, Red Dragon, my dark romantic fantasy about elves & dragons, before the prices go back. #booksky a.co/d/1HaFDFk stuffwithfantasy.com
Did you need another reason to get into my series? Silver Star, Red Dragon is book 1, and it’s part of Stuff Your Kindle with Fantasy! These might be my favorite comments ever 😂 #booksky a.co/d/gPfNr6W
I swallowed hard. ‘But everyone fears you! Surely the mere sight of you would route them!’ He pinned me with an implacable stare. ‘Teach them to fear you.’ With shaking hands, I took up my crescent blades. - The Dragon’s Maw #booksky Art by @prokaryartsllc.bsky.social www.cachaplin.com/links
Reading Silver Star, Red Dragon is a holy experience after all! www.cachaplin.com/links #rapture
Maybe I wasn’t chosen for the rapture because I’m an ex-evangelical AuDHD chaos gremlin. Maybe it’s because I married an ADHD bisexual disaster man. Maybe it’s because I support his having an occasional boyfriend. Probably it’s the weird elf/dragon smut I write. #booksky www.cachaplin.com/links
Censored version and closeups. See alt text on the previous post.
Cúraniel has witnessed a lot of nonsense in her long life, but this might take the cake. Censored for mildish gore - I’ll put the uncensored one in the comments. This scene is from The Dragon’s Maw, sequel to Silver Star, Red Dragon. Art by @dragonnan1.bsky.social #fantasy www.cachaplin.com/links
One reason of many I find redwood trees inspiring: Though they may fall after hundreds of years of growth, it doesn’t always mean defeat.
Excuse me while I boo hoo over what a reader just sent me about “The Dragon’s Maw,” my sequel to “Silver Star, Red Dragon.” Yes, she’s a friend, but she’s also a widely-read librarian 💜💜💜😭😭😭 #booksky
If you loved Vaerra, the scaly muscle mommy from “The Dragon’s Maw” - and you get my newsletter - you might want to check your email 😘
Rafael is a dragon shifter and controls the element of fire. The more worked up he gets, the more fiery his eyes become (his hair does this too). Even in his calm state, flames dance in that piercing blue. www.cachaplin.com/links