Suleikha Snyder

@suleikhasnyder

She/her. Erstwhile entertainment reporter (as Mala B.). Ribald romance writer (also writing as Kali Decker). Copyeditor/Reviewer at Booklist. Occasionally serious person.

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Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Jul 10

Time for a little #FridayFling from my award-winning contemporary romance novella, Tikka Chance on Me. For the prompt "vehicle." #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv

A yellow to pink gradiated promo graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my Tikka Chance on Me by Suleikha Snyder byline at the bottom. In between is the following excerpt: Eventually he made it out to the Royal—the first place he’d actually seen The Graduate, because Old Man Kennedy never could resist the classics. He’d spent so many afternoons and evenings in this old lot with its ancient speakers. Holed up in some older kid’s car, clutching cheap snacks and contraband booze and new comics from the drugstore. Whatever was on the screen and whatever was on the pages had occupied him pretty thoroughly, until he’d learned you could hole up with girls in the backseat, too.
He’d eventually given up drinking 40s and smoking cigarettes. Nowadays, he bought all of his comic books in trade instead of as single issues. But he hadn’t quite lost the knack for hooking up in cramped vehicles.
Or for running into Pinky Grover in the strangest places.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Jul 3

Here's a #FridayFling entry from "In Her Service" fulfilling the prompt "sigh." Originally pubbed in 2018's Rogue Hearts anthology and now living in my Prem Numbers collection, it's about Leticia, a Black woman VP, and Shahzad, her devoted Secret Service agent. Buy links: books2read.com/u/38E7YB

A light promo graphic with black flourishes in the bottom left and top right corners. It has the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my "In Her Service" by Suleikha Snyder byline at the bottom. In between is the following excerpt: The White House’s first Iftar dinner in years was a joyous celebration of unity and faith and new beginnings. His mother, among the Muslim staffers’ family members invited to the feast, took one look at Madam Vice President and knew he was smitten. “Beta, what are you doing?” “Following my heart, Ammi.” “But…she is so old for you.” “Wasn’t Khadijah older than Muhammad?” He’d stumped her with that one. A small victory courtesy of all the Quran study he’d resented as a child. She’d glowered at him in that way that only desi mothers could but then sighed and patted his cheek. “Be careful. That is all I ask.”

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Jul 2

Sometimes Threads offers up a banger. Pun fully intended. A literal ball peen hammer is genius. I commend whoever came up with it.

A post from Threads showing a store shelf stocked with black boxes inscribed with silver text touting the Nut Buster. The nut buster in question is posed in front of it. A long, slightly curved, silver stainless-steel penis that has a flat hammer head as one ball and then the other ball just balling. A white pricing placard above it says it’s $29.99. Personally, I think it’s priceless.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Jul 1

I’m trying to will him into falling asleep again.

A brown and white chihuahua mix curled up next to me on a red and white striped couch throw. He looks asleep but he’s not yet. Send some psychic calming vibes.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Jun 26

Here's a #FridayFling from NOBODY'S BARGAIN for the prompt "jaw." In which bisexual hermit Ren tries to convince himself that he's darkity dark and bad for Hitha after their impulsive hook-up. Sure, buddy. Keep telling yourself that. #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/bxD0no

A pale blue promo graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my Nobody's Bargain by Kali Decker byline at the bottom. In between is the following excerpt: He was too sweet to her last night. Liquor and pot making everything slow and hot and Technicolor bright. He’s never in his life left a lady unsatisfied but he always makes sure he gets his own, too. An unselfish lover he ain’t. Except for those hours with Hitha. He had her on his fingers. He ate her like ripe fruit. Until his jaw ached. He didn’t ask her for anything but time. Time and her hungry little whimpers. The way she said his name like it meant something.
It has to be different now. It has to be the real Ren Francis pinning her wrists down. Sinking between the pretty brown thighs she’s already spread for him. Fucking her mean and greedy. Taking for himself. But the tight velvet clutch of her cunt nearly kills his resolve. So does the knowing look in her eyes.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Jun 12

I've got an entry from each pen name for this week's #FridayKiss prompt of "ring." SPOILED BRIT's inconveniently married Baz and Ruby. Links: books2read.com/u/3LBQjw VP Leticia and Agent Shahzad from "In Her Service," in my PREM NUMBERS collection. Links: books2read.com/u/38E7YB #romancelandia

A purple square graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my Spoiled Brit by Kali Decker byline at the bottom. In between is the following text: And then she’s on her side, studying the long, pale, body sprawled next to her in the nest of 800-thread count sheets. The description makes him sound like a corpse. But Baz Templeton is very much alive. Warm to the touch. Familiar to her touch. And again the memories hit her. Giggling as clothes come off. A cocky voice calling her “Milady.” Her snapping back “Kneel for me then.” Generations of wealthy British inbreeding in a handsome thirtysomething package. And with a thirtysomething package, if she remembers correctly. Whew. A definitely five-star rating on the dickshare app. A+, would ride again.
It only figures that his penis is more prominent in her mind than the rings. Probably because his penis is what led to the rings. She groans, raising her hand as if she can even make out the band on her fourth finger in what little light’s streaming in from the gaps in the curtains. Yup. Married.

A square pale blue graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my In Her Service by Suleikha Snyder byline at the bottom. In between is the following excerpt: “But let’s be realistic, Madam VP. You are so, so out of my league.”
“That’s bullshit, and you know it.” The man who takes such good care of her, who sees to her every want and need, is talking about leagues? Please. She reaches for his hand, interlaces their fingers. His grip is so strong and so sure. She knows he’ll never let her go. Not willingly. “You made yourself indispensable to me, Agent Shahzad Ali Khan. You can’t un-ring that bell now. You can’t pretend I’m on some pedestal that you can’t reach. Because you reached me. You made this happen.”
He is the highlight of every hectic day, the bright spot in her jam-packed schedule. Like the Auden poem goes, he’s her North, her South, her East, her West. Her working week and her Sunday rest. She doesn’t want to consider 2024 without him. She doesn’t want to consider tomorrow without him.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Jun 5

This week's #FridayFling word is "concern." I turned to my 2024 erotic novella SPOILED BRIT to fulfill the prompt. Baz is an A-list British actor. South Asian Ruby is trying to make it in TV. They got very kinky and very married in Vegas. Whoops. Buy links: books2read.com/u/3LBQjw #romancelandia

A blush pink to yellow gold gradiated promo graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my Spoiled Brti by Kali Decker byline at the bottom. In between is the following excerpt text: She has to know her lines backward and forward by now, but she does it at least once a day. Trying different voices, different tones. Saying them while running on the treadmill in his home gym and while standing still. “Keeping it fresh in my head,” she claims.
Just now, she’s biting her lip, brows furrowed in concentration. It’s a habit of hers, he’s realized. Abusing that kissable bow when she’s frustrated or concerned. She’s drowning in an oversized red sweatshirt and printed leggings. Her hair is pulled back in a no-nonsense braid. She’s not paying him any mind. And still all he wants to do is bite that lip, too. Bite…and be bitten.
Baz wants and needs her with an aching intensity. It’s like being fifteen all over again. Walking around half hard at all times. Struck witless and shameless by Ruby’s mere existence. It’s been little more than a week, not even a fortnight, that he’s known her. And he’s constantly desperate to fuck his wife.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· May 29

I have two entries for this week's #FridayFling prompt of "mine." One's from FROSTBURN, a MMF romantasy novella. Links: books2read.com/u/47aYWq The other's from STARF**KER, an erotic romance. (I struggled to pick a bit I'm OK with sharing on main. 😂) Links: books2read.com/u/mdaeXW #romancelandia

A bisexually purple square graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag at the top and my Frostburn by Suleikha Snyder byline at the bottom. In the middle is the following excerpt text: He doesn’t expect the slap. The sharp blow nearly rocks his head back before his reflexes catch up. He grabs Dhayana’s wrist before she can pull back, holding her palm to his stinging cheek and his rough beard. Cooling her flesh as well as his.
“Do not dare,” she says, shakily. “Do not presume to tell me what matters and what does not. Do not pretend that last night meant nothing to me, or that I will be satisfied with once.”
He doesn’t expect the kiss either. She stretches up on her toes, lifting her other hand to his face and bracketing it as she takes his lips. Dhayana’s furious with him, feeding him her anger. Her hurt too. She licks the inside of his mouth, her tongue dominating his. Over and over. Breaking only to fiercely tell him, “You belong to me now. You’re mine.”

A fuchsia to pale pink gradiated graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my Starfucker by Kali Decker byline at the bottom. The title has asterisks in it so it doesn't get sent to vendors' erotica basement. And then there's this excerpt: She tries to catch her breath while he takes care of the condom, tying it up and dropping it in a nearby wastebasket. She’s exhausted and energized at the same time, limp-limbed but buzzing. And the distant sounds of the premiere bash filter in through the door. Real life. Just outside. Waiting for them to return. “So…is this when you sneak out and then five minutes later me, and we pretend this never happened?”
“No.” His forehead touches hers. And then his lips touch hers. His tongue slipping out and lewdly propositioning her pout. As if to say I licked it and it’s mine. “This is when I tell you to go up to my hotel room, where I will join you as soon as possible.” He rubs her cheek with his beard. Lightly, so as not to leave marks. “And then I’ll fill in any other gaps in your sexual experience. And I’m gonna fill this mouth with my dick.”

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· May 22

I got this #FridayFling done on Thursday night and I fulfilled the prompt for "scatter" with the first file I opened! I'll never be that lucky again. 😂 This one's from TIKKA CHANCE ON ME, my award-winning 2018 biker romance that's not really a biker romance. Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv

A square light blue promo graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my Tikka Chance on Me by Suleikha Snyder byline at the bottom. In the middle is the following excerpt text: He’d definitely slept with more people than her, but no one considered his journey home any kind of shame, because he was a man. Because he was Trucker Carrigan, supposed enforcer of the Eastville Eagles motorcycle club. That he preferred biriyani to bikes didn’t seem to matter much either. As far as the fine folks of Eastville, Indiana, were concerned, he had control, he had power. And he had every right to exert both over any heterosexual woman who might cross his path. Hell, the homosexual ones, too. According to some of the more creative bathroom graffiti scattered around town, he’d made dick believers out of some hold-outs.
Trucker didn’t buy that for an instant. Not just because it was disgusting to even consider “turning” someone gay or straight, but because he was the furthest thing from powerful. Or in control. It was all a lie. A very well-constructed lie. Just like his return to the shithole he’d hoped to escape.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· May 15

This week's #FridayFling prompt is "contradiction" and I actually found an appropriate entry while battling a "Karma Chameleon" earworm. From FROSTBURN, my MMF romantasy novella very (VERY) loosely inspired by The X-Files season 8. #romancelandia Buy links: draft2digital.com/book/3908763

A square light blue promo graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my Frostburn by Suleikha Snyder byline at the bottom. In between is the following excerpt text: “I won’t hide away completely, Sikandar. We cannot live like that. If we don’t show strength in our own home, then we may as well admit defeat.”
He never publicly contradicts her bold pronouncements, he gives all appearances of respecting her brave resolve. He lets her think that the brazen cutthroat who attacked her in the bazaar three months ago was an anomaly. She’d handled that pig with ease—one hand on his bared arm, weakening his life force until he dropped dead at her feet. But, in the time since, Sikandar’s slit the throats of two more assassins who’ve made it past the palace gates. Eoin burned a man to death four weeks ago and scattered the ashes behind the stables. They don’t tell her everything. She doesn’t have to know how blood thickened with ice crystals has spilled over his fingers and down his arm as he bears a corpse down to the dirt.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· May 12

If The Punisher: One Last Kill leaves you feeling frisky, check out BIG BAD WOLF, high-heat paranormal romantic suspense that takes place in an alternate—but very familiar—reality after the 2016 election. The titular wolf was heavily inspired by the MCU's Frank Castle. Buy: books2read.com/u/3kMp6K

A sunset orange-hued promo graphic with the Big Bad Wolf book cover at the bottom. Flanking it are some pertinent questions. What if the Punisher was a wolf shifter? What if he fell in love? What then? Above this is the following short excerpt: He wasn’t a good man. He wasn’t even an okay man. Hell, by some definitions, he wasn’t a man at all anymore. Yeah, he’d never laid a hand on a woman. He’d never run with a gang or dealt in drugs. And he didn’t go around snacking on people even though he was an apex predator now. But he was no hero. Not even some comic-book vigilante like Batman. He put down those motherfuckers, and he’d fucking loved it. Hell, he’d excelled at it. Because killing people was something he was just that good at. A pro. A gold-medal-worthy killer in the Murder Games.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· May 11

Just remembered to make some "read my werewolf Punisher book" promos to coincide with Punisher: Last Kill dropping tomorrow. Will I remember to post these promos? Fuck if I know. 🤷🏽‍♀️ So here's one now! #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/3kMp6K

A square yellow-gold graphic with the book cover for Big Bad Wolf on the left and the questions "What if the Punisher was a wolf shifter?" and "What if he fell in love?" On the right side is the following brief excerpt: His mouth opened beneath hers, wet and hungry. She could taste the growl building at the back of his throat. His bare arms tightened under her grasping hands…and bristled. Stiff hairs brushed her palms. The musky scent of animal rose from his hot skin. Not unpleasant. Just…different. Like a wine description at an upscale bar. He was earthy, rich, smoky. Like the forest floor. She’d always wondered who went around licking the forest floor in order to make such a comparison…and, as her tongue tangled with his, she completely understood the compulsion.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· May 8

I have a #FridayFling this week! Yay! From STARF**KER, which I once touted as my most explicit book. Turns out, several of my stories could compete for that title. 😂 The prompt word is "solo" and here we are in chapter two. (After sex in chapter one.) #romancelandia Links: books2read.com/u/mdaeXW

A square-shaped pale salmon-pink promo graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my Starfucker by Kali Decker byline at the bottom. In between is the following excerpt text: Nobody gives her a second glance when she takes the elevator up to the penthouse suites. B12 Pictures and their big money people shelled out a pretty penny for this night, for their stars. And apparently that buys discretion too. On some level, she knows she’s supposed to feel ashamed. Or at least slightly embarrassed. She should hear the echo of her mother’s and her grandmother’s voices saying “This is not what good girls do.” But screw that. She’s thirty-six and single and a nearly divorced actor just gave her the best non-solo orgasm of her life.
There is nothing to be sorry for, is there? Good sex and a good time? Hell yeah. She does a walk of pride to his suite’s door and adds a little shimmy when she kicks off her heels just inside the entryway. And she puts the echoes of irrelevant condemnation away in the vault with the rest of her past.
What matters is tonight. No way had she expected tonight to actually go like this.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Apr 24

This week's #FridayFling entry, for the prompt "march," is from chapter one of PRETTY LITTLE LION—my second paranormal romantic suspense tradpub book, released in 2021. #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/mgMn00

A pale blue promo graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my Pretty Little Lion by Suleikha Snyder byline at the bottom. In between is the following excerpt text: The specialized bug, invented by Third Shift’s hacker extraordinaire, spun into every bit of available tech and fried the original unit, leaving no trace. Handy for keeping tabs on this unsavory lot. Crawling into their smartphones, the hotel’s security cameras, and whatever other devices might be in the room. And it meant Elijah didn’t have to surveil them personally. Good, because he’d already had enough of their boasts and their toasts. Of their casual disregard for human and supernatural life. He’d spent years watching bastards like this strut ‘round like they owned the world. Before and after 2016. Marching in Charlottesville. In Washington. Dancing to the tune of their dictator. Doing things in clear view of law enforcement that no one with darker skin would ever get away with. All while Elijah had to keep his own temper in check, his voice soft and his shoulders hunched to minimize his size lest he get three slugs to the back for jaywalking.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Apr 24

Sometimes Threads asks the important questions.

A screenshot of a post from a user named vegancoeliacrunr that asks “Did Trent Reznor ever specify which animal?” With a reply from hangrylunchmeat saying “I’m gonna assume whichever one can get closer to god. A giraffe maybe?”

A screenshot of a post from a user named vegancoeliacrunr that asks “Did Trent Reznor ever specify which animal?” and a reply from nicholac7919 that says “I’ve pondered on this because lions mate for days at a time, most birds it’s over almost before it begins and some octopus species just lob their penis at their partner and swim off saying ‘finish yourself off, love.’ He really needs to be more specific.”

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Apr 18

Drop your crime-fighting Catholics.

A promotional photo of Tom Bosley and Tracy Nelson dressed as a priest and a novitiate nun, respectively, for 1989’s wholesome yet compelling Father Dowling Mysteries. It ran for 3 seasons. Tom is an old white guy who was Richie Cunningham’s dad and Tracy is a young white woman who is sister to the eponymous twins who comprised the seminal ‘90s pop duo Nelson.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Apr 17

The second #FridayFling is from SPOILED BRIT, my drunk Vegas wedding/marriage of inconvenience novella. I had filthier whispering options, but I went with Baz and Ruby courting paparazzi and onlookers at the grocery store. #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/3LBQjw

$A light salmon-colored square graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag at the top and my Spoiled Brit by Kali Decker byline at the bottom. In between is the following text: “You are so bold. So bloody brave. Going after what you want. Traveling the country. Moving heaven and earth to make your dreams come true.” “I hustle,” she corrects. “Because I have to. Because I have to work twice as hard as you for twice as long to get a fraction of the jobs. That’s not bravery. That’s survival.” “You don’t have to work hard with me, though. You can rest easy, love. Let me take care of you. Just a little. Just this once.” He whispers this against her temple. His breath is warm on her skin. It’s the only thing touching her but she feels it all over like a full-body caress. It’s easy to sink into it. Into him. They lean together, and he takes hold of her hands, placing them square on the cheeks of his ass. It goes from sensual and intimate to purposefully lewd in an instant. In the middle of the dairy aisle. “Be a dear and squeeze my melons, would you?” he purrs.$

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Apr 17

Making up for missing last week with *two* #FridayFling excerpts for "whisper." First up is the racier one, from NOBODY'S BARGAIN—in which a has-been rock star and a writer looking for solace have a drunken/stoned midweek stand. #romancelandia It's on sale for 99 cents: books2read.com/u/bxD0no

A square seafoam green promo graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag at the top and my Nobody's Bargain by Kali Decker byline at the bottom. In between is the following risque text: It’s been a long time since he made music, even longer since he’s made something like love. Slow and careful—and not just because of his aching joints or his bum knee or his nonexistent erection. He’d meant to fuck her. Good, hard, sweaty sex like he had on the regular in his twenties and thirties. But he’s fifty-six now and kissing his way down her body like an act of worship. Praising it. She’s lush where he’s spare, all curves to his tired bones. A cute girl dressed, a goddess of a woman naked.
He’s going to wreck her. Like he’s wrecked everything else. But he’s going to make her come her brains out first. Lick her until she’s wore out. Until he’s wore out. He’ll have all the time for regrets tomorrow. And the day after that.
“Ren. Please.”
She pulls at his hair and he whispers “easy, sugar,” and laps at her clit. “Easy, sugar. All you gotta do is come for me.”

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Apr 15

Jamie DOORnan clearly had the edge. 😂

A screenshot from Threads of user yorkshire bex talking about the casting of The Hunt For Gollum. Their extremely accurate “this is absolutely what happened” observation is as follows: You think they held the auditions for Aragorn in a room with double doors and just based their decision on who looked the hottest walking in

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Apr 7

Every once in a while, I glance at Goodreads and run away before diving in too deeply. I just dipped in the cesspool and caught a one-star review of Big Bad Wolf from 2021. The person haaaated it, which IDGAF about, but this part made me laugh and then stare off into the middle distance.

A snippet of an impressively excoriating review of Big Bad Wolf, shredding it like the person had claws. Good for them. I don't care. But this second paragraph is rather amazing, considering where we are now politically and societally. Here it is: Where to even start, gosh, well. If you thought post-2016 was A Lot, buckle in, folks! In Snyder's world it gets worse. All those awful real-life things plus a big supernatural outing and rarely does the author miss an opportunity to remind you just how shitty things are. Sure, its fiction, but it doesn't feel like fiction when you're rehashing 80% of the crap you've just lived through in a gritty dystopian paranormal fantasy. No thanks.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Apr 7

TFW Kit Rocha supplies you with emotional support bisexual bootleggers turned revolutionaries.

An iphone camera picture of my Kindle screen showing a page from Kit Rocha’s Beyond Addiction. There is a highlighted quote that says the following: Dallas laughed roughly. “So much for our pretensions. If this is how we’re definining democracy now, I’m ready for a little anarchy.”

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Apr 3

It's so satisfying when I can look at a #FridayFling prompt and know exactly which story will fulfill it. This week, it's my MMF romantasy, FROSTBURN, and "devote." Are you really a bodyguard in a romance if you aren't a little enthralled? 😂 #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/47aYWq

A square yellow-to-pink gradiated graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag at the top and my Frostburn by Suleikh Snyder byline at the bottom. In between is the following excerpt text: Looking into Eoin’s eyes now, she sees the devotion that discomfits her, but she also recognizes a familiar hunger. A gnawing need that mirrors her own and that he’s struggling to tamp down. He’s been starved for it. For this. He clenches his fists and draws a shuddering breath. The air heats around them, heavy with his desire—and then it abruptly cools.
Because Sikandar is ravenous too.
“Dhayana.” Not “my queen” this time. Not “Highness.” It’s a low-voiced warning and a seduction, his clever tongue stroking each syllable of her given name. He is the elder amongst them, the one who’s been at Mihir’s side the longest and the one most well-versed in court politics. If they go any further tonight, everything changes. She will be a woman in his bed as well as his queen on her throne. They’ll know the taste of each other.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Mar 27

Here's a little #FridayFling fulfilling the prompt for "score." It's from SPOILED BRIT, my naughty novella about an A-list actor and a struggling TV actress trapped in a cliché of their own making. #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/3LBQjw

A salmon-y pink square-shaped promo graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my Spoiled Brit by Kali Decker byline at the bottom. In between is the following excerpt text: Ruby rolls to her back again, wondering if she should panic. Or scream. Or panic and scream. Those options seem a little overwrought, even for the ultimate cliché of a Vegas elopement with a stranger. She actually played the best friend in a Lifetime holiday movie with this exact plot. Snowflaking Up in Vegas. She’s never thought she’d ever score the central role in real life.
“Are you going to say anything, or shall we just continue to rest here in mutually terrified silence?” The clipped, annoyingly posh accent that’s dropped millions of panties worldwide—including hers, apparently—slices into her thoughts like a very expensive knife.
Oh, of course he’s awake, too. Staring at her with those big, gray, angsty Austen hero eyes. He’s played at least two of them. Hell, Baz Templeton has probably played her entire high-school English lit syllabus with a few extra credit books besides. And now he’s playing her husband.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Mar 20

Took a while to find an excerpt for "fascinate." This #FridayFling is from STARF**KER, my very unrealistic and very erotic novella about a screenwriter and a journeyman actor exploring their kinks. In between all the boning, they do discuss movies! #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/mdaeXW

A square lavender graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and my Kali Decker byline at the bottom. The following excerpt text is in between: “What’s your favorite scary movie?” Seth asks, pitching his voice like Ghostface in Scream.
He’s probably trying to kick off a whole Scream riff, but Nina can’t help but take the question seriously. “Aliens, remember?” she answers without hesitation. They’ve covered this before, but she never gets tired of gushing about it. “Brilliant visuals. A kickass protagonist fighting for her found family. Romance. And a very effective retelling of Beowulf.”
“Beowulf? Really?” Seth puts his tablet aside, invested in her answer. They haven’t touched on this part of her fascination before.
“Mhmm.” She adjusts her reading glasses like a professor and adopts a teaching tone. “The first film is essentially Beowulf versus Grendel. And then, in Aliens, the xenomorph queen can stand in for Grendel’s mother.”
It’s a valuable metaphor in academic circles, and an utterly useless factoid in everyday life. But Seth looks delighted, leaning back against the headboard and nodding emphatically.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Mar 7

I could’ve sworn that I tweeted something similar about whore and assassin pasta years ago. I found this gem instead:

A screenshot of a Suleikha tweet from October 12, 2020. It says “You know what should exist? A bread-based Star Wars parody starring Pan Solo and Ciabatta.”

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Mar 6

For a drama queen who writes a lot of them, I don't use "dramatic" nearly enough. Tried my best to dig up a serviceable #FridayFling for this week from Spoiled Brit. TFW you wake up and have to ask "How long does it take to get a quickie divorce?” #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/3LBQjw

A square-shaped promo graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt word at the top and my Spoiled Brit by Kali Decker byline at the bottom. In between is this excerpt text: “Good morning to you, too, Wife,” he says, before propping himself up and stretching for the fancy chain pull of the nightstand light. It casts him in an immediate angelic glow while she and her hangover flinch away like a vampire. He’s practically gleaming he’s so pale, and crowned by that dark red hair he looks like something out of a Renaissance painting. All lean and alabaster and shit, with surprising muscle definition.
Her mouth is dry and stale, her hair is a mess of tangles, and she’s pretty sure her knees will creak at the next attempt to bend them. This is not how one wants to “good morning” with one of People’s 50 Most Beautiful. With a guy who has a mantel full of BAFTAs and SAG awards. But Ruby has never been afraid of doing difficult things. So she sits up, finger-combing through her knots, and gives Mr. Fancypants-on-the-Thames her best no-nonsense, teen drama guidance counselor glare. “Do you think I’m kidding? Because I’m not kidding. Whatever we did last night…we’re gonna undo it.”

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Feb 27

A little #FridayFling for the prompt "noble." If that word doesn't appear at least once in a romantasy novella about a queen and her two besotted bodyguards, I'm doing my job incorrectly. Fortunately, Frostburn aces the performance evaluation! #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/47aYWq

A gradiated pastel yellow to pink graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag at the top and the Frostburn by Suleikha Snyder byline at the bottom. The following excerpt text is in between: “You did not have to leave, Sikandar.” Dhayana stands in the middle of the white corridor like a shaft of sunlight breaking through a cloud.
“I did, Your Highness. I needed to gather myself. Before I said something I might regret.” Or did something he might regret. Like turning the antechamber into an ice box. Like hauling her atop the table and kissing her until she saw reason.
She scoffs, waving a dismissive hand. “Since when do you curb your tongue? Mihir took your counsel for a reason. As do I. Disagreement is not discouragement.”
“Isn’t it?” She can’t possibly be that naïve after all this time. “You may not have been raised in the capital city, amongst the nobles, but you know the difference of our stations. I control ice while you control a nation. You are the one with the true power here.”

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Feb 20

I almost panicked that I didn't have the word "panic" in any of my work for this week's #FridayFling. Luckily, Ruby and Baz from SPOILED BRIT came through for me! (And for each other.) #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/3LBQjw

A sea-foam green square-shaped graphic with the Friday Fling hashtag and prompt at the top and the Spoiled Brit by Kali Decker byline at the bottom. In between is the following excerpt text: And again the memories hit her. Giggling as clothes come off. A cocky voice calling her “Milady.” Her snapping back “Kneel for me then.” Generations of wealthy British inbreeding in a handsome thirtysomething package. And with a thirtysomething package, if she remembers correctly. Whew. A definitely five-star rating on the dickshare app. A+, would ride again.
It only figures that his penis is more prominent in her mind than the rings. Probably because his penis is what led to the rings. She groans, raising her hand as if she can even make out the band on her fourth finger in what little light streaming in from the gaps in the curtains. Yup. Married. When she reaches out for Baz’s hand on the mattress, she feels the shape of a similar band on his. Also married. And the odds of them having impulsively married people besides each other seem pretty slim.
Ruby rolls to her back again, wondering if she should panic. Or scream. Or panic and scream. Those options seem a little overwrought, even for the ultimate cliché of a Vegas elopement with a stranger.

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Feb 17

A few weeks ago, when I was reading Beverly Jenkins's 2002 historical romance A Chance at Love, I stumbled upon this bit of dialogue that cracked me up because it's still applicable—keeping in mind that, in the 1880s, the Dems and Republicans were the opposite of what they are now.

A typed-up up excerpt from A Chance at Love by Beverly Jenkins that says the following: "We can't look to the Democrats for relief. Their main concerns are disenfranchising us as quickly as possible, and restoring the Confederacy. The Republicans may as well be Democrats for all the good they're doing the race these days. So why not form a third party to carry forward the issues of the workers and the poor?"

Suleikha Snyder@suleikhasnyder· Feb 14

I’m so sugared up after a slice of dense and rich bourbon maple fudge pie. Plus a pint of black pilsner. 🤣 The toddler crash is imminent.