Grace E. Ludlow
Author of the odd and unsettling
29 | PNW | conservator of memory
DeafeningUnknown on AO3- Oshamir/Devil's Minion
- Dropped a new Devils Minion fic, having a lot of fun with this one so far. Not sure how long it'll get, but I'd like to really deep dive into the historical setting more. archiveofourown.org/works/78936461
- Is there anything better than getting the emails from a reader commenting on multiple of your recent stories as they evidently get caught up? 💙 Commenters are actually the best and make all the effort worth it
- I think one of the lamest side effects of being unemployed is not having an excuse to wear my collection of novelty sweater vests and cardigans
- I gotta stop posting in the middle of the night 😓 some fresh DM angst for y'all. Torturing the blorbos bc the world sucks rn and my therapist said it's a good coping mechanism. Why no, it's certainly not a projection of my own issues, tyvm. archiveofourown.org/works/78262566
- Looking for something to read during the AO3 downtime tomorrow? Like old man yaoi? Perfect, you have good taste. I just posted a tasty one shot for you to download 💙 Devil's Minion E 4.8k complete archiveofourown.org/works/77992546
- Reposted by Grace E. LudlowIn the 1920s, automat cafeterias were among the first public places where women could dine alone. Automat (1927) captures that new urban freedom—and the reflective loneliness that came with it. Is this what it feels like to be free?
- Maybe it's bc I'm back on my meds, but I'm strongly tempted to write a collection of poems based on the work of Edward Hopper (of Nighthawks fame) someone tell me to finish the projects I've already begun before starting a new one
- Had some fun with this one! I thought I was being terribly obvious picking the vampire prompt given my recent vampire fixation, but it was neat to write a different kind of vampire for a bit. Ch.2 is halfway done, hopefully will be finished soon!
- This incredible vampire AU is by @grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social sky.social /DeafeningUnknown !
- Big thanks to @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and @vanwinkle.bsky.social for including my work in this anthology! It's surreal to hold my work in a published volume like this. One copy has a place of honor on my shelf and the other now resides at my local public library.
- Ok so for two months straight I was able to write something every day but now I have a hard time even opening a doc??? I don't like this, even though I knew it was gonna happen sooner or later 😭
- 2025 was really a great year for me writing-wise, if for no other reason. ~188k on AO3, published a poem for the first time in ~10 years, made some new friends, queried for the first time, and just finished a new story I hope to adapt to original work in the new year. Here's to a productive 2026 🥳
- And with that, DFTR is complete 🥹 I'm really proud of this one, and shocked I wrote so much over the course of just two months. archiveofourown.org/works/736911...
- It's that time where I question why I commit myself to making pierogi every Christmas (it's rolling out the wrappers, I fucking hate this shit) but I have to remind myself that it'll be worth it (when I eat my weight in pierogi)
- Ugh I *should* be writing my exchange fic (I have a good chunk, it's just being stubborn) but instead the brain worms wanna shit out 800 words of gay angst with a side of mommy issues 😒 very helpful, worms, very helpful
- Maybe I need to take a writing break. I just tried to spell the word name with a k like knight 🫠
- I fear it is going to be painfully obvious which exchange fic I wrote based off the prompt I chose 🤭 but also, I'm purposefully trying to do something unexpected anyway
- Y'all ever have a story you enjoy writing so much that the thought of finishing it puts you into creative paralysis? Like you don't want it to end bc then you'll have to write something else (or spin-offs)
- Retained my Twitter account exclusively to search for myself/the titles of my fics just in case 😓 and then promptly remembering why I don't actively use the platform any more
- Periodic reminder that I'm still churning out chapters on this one- ch.23 just posted 🥰 archiveofourown.org/works/736911...
- A prime example of what I love in Hopper's work. Hopeful and melancholy at the same time
- Finally started Katabasis today, ngl it's way less dense than I anticipated. Like the secret history was wayyy denser/more pretentious. I'm enjoying it so far though
- Oh geez, let's see... Gravitron fair rides, Virginia train lines, Puffin migration routes, Acadian French slang, Roman Catholic masses, pride & prejudice (in general), experiences with LSD/heroin and how to use narcan, I could really go on 😅
- Huh, just realized that the last chapter of DFtR that I posted pushed me over 300k words total on AO3... That's neat. It's currently the second-longest thing I've ever written and very well make the top spot by the time I'm done.
- Y'know what I like better than writing good smut? Writing *bad* smut. I want things to go wrong! It's ugly! Objectively terrible! Safeword? Called. Dicks? Small. Feelings? Hurt. Everyone is gross and that's what makes it great 🥰
- Fuck it. Put a poem in the fanfiction. No one can stop you, and they'll read it to get to the old man smut. Submit the masses to your art. Broaden horizons. Push boundaries. Make those old men fuck nasty. This is what life is about.
- It's that season again... The one where I'm reminded of my intense attraction to the rats from the nutcracker ballet
- Ah the fun part about writing a long story is totally forgetting everything you've written, rereading it all to decide what happens next, and finding all the cool little things that (apparently) you wrote. Like I don't remember half this shit, damn I was cooking. How am I gonna follow this up?
- Part of me wonders if I should have split my original work and fandom work between two different accounts, and then the other half doesn't care. If you like my poetry and short stories, maybe you also wanna read my vampire smut 🤷 I won't judge
- Thank you to CJ for closing my poem La Malinche for this super cool anthology! If you've liked any of my gritty stories, or just generally enjoy work inspired by the lowdowns, give it a gander!
- @ me, what's a posting schedule? Ch.19 of DFtR is up, now with extra loony tunes references and daddy issues archiveofourown.org/works/736911...
- I think I bamboozled my Spotify wrapped this year bc my 'top genre' isn't anywhere near correct and my top two songs were dance songs lol
- Completed my write every day in November challenge with a grand total of roughly 55k words and it's entirely the fault of those little gay old man vampires
- Spent the day writing smut, pondering a very specific anthology call, and staring into the void. Time for tequila
- Haven't really been sharing updates on this guy since I've been dropping them almost daily and I don't wanna flood the feed, but just posted ch.16 of my Devil's Minion fic (Don't Fear) The Reaper. It's some edgy gritty toxic fun a la Goodbye Lulu, if you liked that archiveofourown.org/works/73691186
- I meant to finish. Chapter tonight but my cat is on me now and he will not let me type...
- One of the most fun parts about writing imo is going back and re-reading your work days/weeks/months later to figure out what happens next and finding all the fun little foreshadowings you forgot about
- Oh hey, (Don't Fear) The Reaper has broken 1000 hits, and in just two weeks at that 💙 the support on this one has been unreal
- I would like to sleep through the night again for once. This whole 3am meetings of the midnight society thing is getting real old
- Every once in a while, it hits me in the gut just how perfect my last job was and how much I miss it 😭 like the work was enjoyable and meaningful, the people were great, the environment was ideal, I had so much opportunity all for it to be ended by arbitrary budget cuts. Capitalism fucking sucks
- The best part about being a writer is forcing readers to learn about your niche interests through your work. I swear classic goth rock and Egyptian death rituals are relevant to the plot!
- I WANT to WRITE but I am still SICK and VERY SLEEPY. This is UNACCEPTABLE.
- Today on strange things I've researched for fic- Egyptian funerary beliefs and rites
- Ugh, hopefully that's the end of that
