A. Dani, Author of Luridity

@luridity

pan poly witchy indie author. 18+ LGBTQ+ inclusive hope-topian cyberpunk & cozy-spicy romance. found family fighting for better tomorrows in books, text-based games & worldbuilding 🌈📚💜 #DefytheDarkness 🚀 luridity.com 📧

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A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· 11d

Lyka's not romantic lead, but Copper has a possibility for romance w/ the VIP who paid for the 5 course dessert: Silverbite Eversmithe, a corvidKynd Dom whose hope is to coax Copper into taking off those spreadsheet-laden AR glasses...& more 😏 but Ever's going slow w/ his adorable pro planner.

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· 11d

Acing Dessert lets you play as either: Lyka Streel (she/her), aromantic asexual, dessert architect. or Copper Sorrow (he/they), alloromantic asexual, intimate event planner. Sprites by IF THEN ELSE Interactive! ifthenelse-interactive.itch.io (Ever sprite in reply post is from Portrait Workshop)

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· 11d

#queerwriters Line Share: "If you need a burst of inspiration, zip on over to the floor when the music's throbbing--at whatever level of immersion is comfortable." A badass tigress bartender telling Lyka to "zip on over" fits the "hurry" theme, right? #writingcommunity

An excerpt of Acing Desserts: "Swipe it here." Giselle gestures a toffee-striped arm toward a keypad to the left. "No one will enter without permission. If you need a burst of inspiration, zip on over to the floor when the music's throbbing--at whatever level of immersion is comfortable." She gives you a fang-tastic grin. "You work in a kitchen, so I just //know// you can stand the heat."

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· 12d

Hi all! I'm Dani, pubbed 2015 (under Cera Daniels: 2 MF superhero romance: Vigilante Mine, Vigilante's Dare + 1 MF paranormal romance w/ shifters who can't shift: Tiger's Catch). Been writing cyberpunk, spicy & sweet queer & straight relationships in my Luridity galaxy since '20! #SumLuv

book cover for Tiger's Catch: A Paranormal Romance Novella by Cera Daniels. "Their reckless past and war-torn future are linked with a promise: He'll never let her fall. Too bad she already has."

Book Cover: A Relek City Novel: Vigilante Mine by Cera Daniels. "All he wants is redemption. All she wants is him in cuffs."

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· 12d

Dani here, mom & panpoly author with adhd, a chronically low supply of energy spoons, & too many medical bills. I write, code, & worldbuild Luridity, an ever-growing galaxy w/ puns, cheeky humor, found family, & life being lived. WIP: Acing Dessert #queerprompts #luridity #wip (1/2)

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· 16d

#wipsnips Aha! I have one that matches today! (well, for 'help' instead of 'assist') 👩‍🍳 Lyka's intake form for working at Hard Knot, from upcoming #cyberpunk #twinegame, Acing Desserts.

Displayed game screen with text: Section 5 -- Safeword and Care
House Word: Red. Personal Word: Ashes. Aftercare Notes: For Me: Kitchen, kettle, quiet. For others: If something goes wrong, my kitchen knows comfort. I can and will help.
Underneath game screen, displaying the code behind the scenes, highlighting the word 'help'.

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Aug 8

Tonight's fortune seems very...Luridity. 😏

Fortune cookie paper says "Supportive friends are coming your way."

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Jul 26

Cooked right along on the website today - things are NEON and rainbow-y 🌈📚💙

Website preview of Luridity's new homepage

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Jul 10

Ever since I first saw this comic, when I see a house centipede I giggle while envisioning a variety of shoes - and now I've shared the comic with kidlet so we can both giggle and save the little dudes from our cats together 🤣 #parenting

Comic by yourwildcity.com. Title: Facing Your Centipede Fears. Panel 1: This is a house centipede. "Why hello there." Panel 2: Do these harmless critters make you nervous? Try imagining them with fancy legs* *15 pairs, to be accurate. "So fancy!" (House centipede art replaces its insect legs with human legs wearing high heels). Panel 3: Do their fast movements scare you? Picture them with cool rollerblades. "So cool!" (house centipede art now has human legs with rollerblades). Panel 4: Still nervous? House Centipedes eat roaches and other pests. Picture them with tiny silverware. "So tasty!" (house centipede now has both of the previous kinds of legs, and also silverware, and is chasing a little roach). Perfect.

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Jul 6

Merlin is singlehandedly responsible for me taking an accidental 2 mile hike once when I intended to walk to the end of the lake at the park at back. It was a slow 2 mile hike, but the tanager kept flying away and I wanted to see it, and by the time I did, I was on the other side of the park.

screenshot of post by Jonathan Edward Durham on Twitter: "The reaction I get when I show someone Merlin, the app that tells you which birds are nearby just by listening to their songs", with a picture of an awed expression (from the first time Ellie Sattler, in the movie Jurassic Park, sees a real dinosaur). "The dopamine hit from doing this has been sustaining me for weeks now. Would be a shame if you downloaded Merlin and then told me how much you love it. A real shame."

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Mar 31

I now have a walker with wheels, & a seat! Mr. E immediately jumps onto that while I make my way down the hallway & maneuver around the kitchen/living room - he is most pleased to have a chariot. (Which, by the way, we have named Chairiette. Like Harriette. Except Chair.) *mentally skips away* 😂

Four-wheeled walker with a seat, basket, & manual brakes, perfect for the improved shambling of an author with "whatever the heck tore in my knee is intensely painful-itis". Didn't know they came in colors! This picture has an orange and black one, but mine is all black.

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Feb 24

Luridity's first immersive short story drops now! (Free read!) ⚠️ WARNING: ACCESS REVOKED IN 3…2…ERROR-ERROR-ERR—[Connection Interrupted] >Hey, Enabler. Found this on my coffee break. The corporation wants it erased. The Below wants it heard. >You decide. 🔗 luridity.itch.io/sweep-timil-... 🌈📚💙

Cover image for the short story SWEEP // TIMIL CITY from Luridity. Link www.luridity.com and author is A. Dani. Defy the Darkness!

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Jan 15

Free WorldAnvil acct needed; adult content requires a user feature to read it. (see image, directions in alt text!) (Speaking of nsfw Sascha stories, followers get a free one on my Ream at www.reamstories.com/inluridity called "Some Bondage While We Wait" with Sascha & Jet'l...) 😏 #romancelandia 💙📚

Screenshot of a World Anvil user feature setting. Setting description reads: "NSFW / 18+ Content, Allow the display of content marked as Not Safe For Work or 18+. Adults Only!, Enabled"
The 18+ Content setting on World Anvil must be enabled to view some of Luridity's content. It is off by default, so if you're an adult wanting to read Luridity, once you have an account, find and change the setting on this page: https://www.worldanvil.com/dashboard/user/features

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Jan 12

This week's silhouette? I know my Ream folks will know who she is. 😍 (There are nowhere near enough licensable graphics of ladies with unruly curls.)

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Jan 10

I'm glad you're having fun bullet journaling! I get too in my head with perfection using that method, so I do junk journaling instead 🤣 As for joy, a fresh cup of coffee in this peaceful moment b4 waking the kidlet for school. Also, a photo of either a Dean-kitty or a very cozy cinnamon roll. 💌

Brown tabby cat curled up like a cinnamon roll on a basket of blankets :D

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Jan 6

Making some silhouettes to use for my character index page...let's play a guessing game, Enablers! Who do we think this is?

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Jan 1

So that's what’s brewing in 2025 for Luridity: new navigation, overhauled art & articles, books, & playtime. What are you most excited for: aww-dorable romance, cozy-spicy or chaotic cyberpunk, neon-drenched news drops, or found-family feels? 💙📚🌈📚 luridity.com

List Graphic - Luridity - Who's Coming in 2025?
- Tiger’s Catch (WayfarWorlds)—Amoy & Neera’s novella becomes a novel. Early access on Ream & publishing launch this year!
- Illicit Frequencies (LuridityCore)—Dred & Valdez in a new MM cyberpunk romance set in Timil City’s Below. 2025 early access & launch!
- Safe with the Serpentian—Jet’l & Alex, a lizard daddy & a fox shifter continuing to be huggable. Ongoing serial on Ream.
- Bearly a Scratch—Korraj & Thoreau, danger-kitty & burly bear; visual novel 2nd draft begins, which means early access late this year!

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Dec 20

Sascha wants to steal corps data & run, but security updated! Fate hacks her comms to offer help...with a side of unhelpful innuendo. Free CYOA: 2 primary paths, some quirky derailments, & 4 unique endings! 18+ cyberpunk interactive fiction on World Anvil! www.worldanvil.com/w/luridity/a... 🔞 💙📚 🌈📚

Cyberpunk city street background with the words Pick Your Path: How Fate Met Sascha, Luridity. https://www.worldanvil.com/w/luridity/a/how-fate-met-sascha-intro

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Dec 4

In other news, washed the kitty blankets so they have toasty warms for these colder winter mornings & Dean is absolutely HERE for this. Fresh dryer fluffs to snuggle = perfection. #cat #catlover

Pile of freshly dryer-fluffed crocheted blankets with a fluffy brown tabby cat snuggled in them, looking at camera.

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Nov 26

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie. #romancelandia #amwriting

Corkboard with enamel pins. Pin in the middle shows a flower growing out of a crack in a sidewalk with the words "Survive Out Of Spite".

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Nov 24

Draft from my upcoming mm cyberpunk romance, Illicit Frequencies: intro of Dred and the bustle of the place he calls home. #romancelandia #writing #BookSky 💙📚

Except from Illicit Frequencies, by A. Dani:
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During the day, goods and food vendors vied for attention with booming voices and noisemakers, people ferried between the few paying jobs or bartered with their peers, children squealed and chased each other around conversing adults and personal transport vehicles, and industrious creators seemed to swap melodies of varying whirrs and hisses of grinders, blowtorches, and impact wrenches.

It was a song of living, a soundtrack of and for folk who had learned to reuse and reshape what little they owned as needed, every one of whom relied on the goodwill of their neighbors to survive. Dred wouldn’t have it any other way, and the corps had another thing coming if they thought they’d crush this community’s spirit.

Excerpt from Illicit Frequencies by A. Dani:
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Both men stepped to a railing that overlooked the maker’s market and Dred leaned his elbows on the wrought iron and hardsteel. “Pass the word ‘round a bit, Xan. If they’re keeping more eyes open, we will too.”

“On it,” the young spy said. “Want Lin to pound circuits?”

“Ahead of you; she’s plugged in with her hacker protocols, been the better part of the week. Not much luck yet, but if we can see what their drones are seeing, that’ll make a big difference.” Dred sent him a sideways grin. “I suspect it’ll be a nice view of wide shoulders in desperate need of a massage and a butt that looks great in tight denim.”

Xandal snorted. “Ain’t always about you, Dred.”

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Nov 22

Star Wars Galaxies, Torchlight 2, Syberia. Stardew got in bc otherwise? ALL old stuff no one will know 🤣 Like Journeyman Project, Dungeon Siege, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Sam & Max, 7th Guest, ZORK...I had to stop & pick the ones I've poured the most time into instead 😜 *creaks anciently*

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Nov 22

Introduce yourself with four video games

Star Wars Galaxies (MMORPG, image of inside a cantina, dancer class!)

Syberia (the whole series, image is of the outside of the Voralberg automaton factory)

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Nov 21

Oh no, the guys infiltrating a secure corporate headquarters were running from guards & found a secure closet to hide in, I wonder what happens next... #romancelandia #BookSky💙📚 #visualnovel

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Nov 19

What are folks writing today? 🌈💙📚 here, doing some tinkering on my (hopefully) future visual novel, about a pair of anthro sneaky sneaky spies (a jaguar & a...totally unobtrusive...bear) stopping some corporate plot or another. Revising the guys' meetcute at a tech expo😁 #furry #cyberpunk #luridity

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Nov 18

Sascha just wants to steal corps data & get out, but Fate hacks her comms to offer help...with a side of unhelpful innuendo. This free choose-your-own-path novella has 2 primary paths, a handful of quirky derailments, & 4 unique endings! 18+ cyberpunk interactive fiction / CYOA on World Anvil! 💙📚

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Nov 18

So many cool things in the Trans Lifeline auction - books, cozy crafties, jewelry, and the most adorable hedgehogs...excuse me, I see stickers... 🏃‍♀️💨 10 hours left! www.32auctions.com/ProtectTrans...

This is a collection of 21 postcards (in two sizes), 6 blank notecards with envelopes, 4 pins, and 2 magnets, as well as some stickers and any other cards JK forgot to include in these photos. Artist is happy to throw in extras of your favorite designs, too. Some postcards are blank on the back.

All art is by JK, a nonbinary bisexual doing their best. Designs include lots of joyful queer antifascism and a perhaps surprising number of chickens. Find JK on Instagram (@j.k.paints) or Bluesky (@jkmakes.bsky.social) for any questions.

US shipping only

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Nov 18

Mine would be an out-of-this-world medium roast. (I've never had Bones Coffee, but I found this the other day and I'm heckin' intrigued.) Fresh beans ready for grinding...perfect for some sci-fi romance. 😏😏👽🦎 #queerbooks #booksky #romancelandia

A 12 oz bag of Bones Coffee Company's specialty coffee beans called "Mint Invaders from Chocolate Space". The bag front has an image of Skeleton characters running away from flying saucers which are trying to abduct them.

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Oct 31

Trick or treat night! Kidlet's going as an Employee of the Company (from Lethal Company). So much painting (of "oxygen tanks") & taping (of helmet) this week. Here's hoping we don't have to teleport back to the ship due to run-ins with landmines or monsters... #Halloween #gamermom

Halloween costume of Employee of the Company, based on the horror video game Lethal Company. Teen wearing neon orange worksuit with black belt and suspenders, helmet made of duck tape and cardboard (the Company just doesn't provide quality gear for these poor planetary salvage teams). 😂

A. Dani, Author of Luridity@luridity· Oct 25

Loaning out this ridiculous furchild to the happiness cause. 🥰