Star Etched
Dayana, Nicholas Warren, Lexie \ud83d\udc30\ud83c\udf19, Lexis ✨, Marie Rose \ud83e\udd40a candlelit corner for dark academia, fairytales, and moonlit thoughts—yours to linger in. weekly to biweekly stories, poems, fragments, and the occasional reflective essay. join us in reading, wandering, and lingering under the stars.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 35 | Founded | 7 months ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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the well of inspiration
Substack was meant to be an exercise in releasing work before it was finished and embracing play—in killing the perfectionism inside my brain.
And it has been that, but I find myself lately unable to reach even the low bar I have set for...
fables for the restless: once upon a dragon's flame
Field Study of Lingering Enchantment, 2026
Post IV — Draconic Systems: An Inquiry into Fire, Hunger, and Heroics
I. Prologue from the field: The First Time I Met a Dragon
I have always dreamed of fire.
Not exactly of destruction—a...
pocket reverie: hunger
my mouth: slumbering & insatiable
I smile, tasting only shadows.
Teeth gleam where hunger should live—
Empty, polite.
You are a beautiful painting I could admire forever.
I trace your outline with my lips, then step back before the...
pocket reverie: trick of the light
my heart: an ephemeral ghost
I’m a trick of the light on a late afternoon,
A shimmer that dances, then leaves far too soon.
I sparkle on windows, I gleam on the floor,
But blink once—I was never much more.
I’m laughter that lingers...
everyone wants to be right, no one wants nuance
We are living through the societal execution of ambiguity. Not with a single decree, but with a thousand clicks.
The internet rewards simplicity. It elevates the sharpest angle, the loudest certainty, the most digestible outrage. In doing...
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"one foot in a fairytale; the other in the abyss." poetry, prose, and essays—sometimes academic, always whimsical
Horror and gothic fiction | “So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you." — Shirley Jackson
I’m Lexie (he/him). I write emotional queer poetry about the people I almost loved, the ones I still do, and the moments I haven’t lived yet but already feel.
31 | MS in Counseling Psych | “PhD” in writing novels and refusing to edit them
I build tiny worlds and trap moments in frozen bubbles. Grab my hand and let me pull you inside my little snow globes \ud83d\udcad\ud83e\uddda♀️\ud83e\udddc♂️\ud83e\udddd\ud83e\uddcc\ud83e\uddd9♀️\ud83e\udd34\ud83d\udc7b\ud83d\udc79\ud83d\udc7d\ud83d\udc7e\ud83e\uddb8\ud83e\udddb♀️⚔️\ud83e\udd84... more
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