Skylark Rogers

Poetry Update

2025-03-21T16:45:57Z

https://skylarkrogers.com/poetry/

The Deluge

On rising fascism.

It All Came Out Alright In The End

On the caveats to hope.

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On Trans Awakening

2023-04-30T00:47:11Z

This one's not fiction, but rather my own story. All the same, it's deeply tied into my work. Some hefty spoilers for book 1, and a description of some early scenes in book 2.

( I don't think I ever told you how it was for me. )

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Website Launch

2023-03-24T02:58:38Z

The Skylark Rogers/Magical Mafias website is done!!! It has text and audio for all the chapters released so far, and also has short stories! The Spoiler Corner's also been moved over there, for all your Spoiler Corner needs. Book chapters also have an option to filter out sex and violence.

https://skylarkrogers.com

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Magical Mafias Serial 26: Oasis

2023-03-05T18:49:42Z

The final episode of book 1!!!

Links to the read-aloud:
On YouTube
On Twitch

Ko-Fi is where to go to see series art and leave a tip.

( Content Notes )
( Thairn was surprised at... )

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Magical Mafias Serial 25: It's You, and It's Alright

2023-02-26T19:10:51Z

The read-aloud was too hot for Twitch and YouTube, so the recording isn't up anywhere currently.

Ko-Fi is where to go to see series art and leave a tip. I haven't made a cover for this week's Discord-exclusive episode, but if I do, it will probably be based on this utterly gorgeous photoshoot. (I wish artists tagged their photoshoots so it'd be easier to filter for just the photoshoot... but most of the pics in this tag are from it, anyway.)
( Content Notes )

( Illa sat with one of his vampire romances (of course he'd packed some) )

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Magical Mafias Serial 24: Metamoury

2023-02-19T21:31:01Z

Links to the read-aloud:
On YouTube
On Twitch

Ko-Fi is where to go to see series art and leave a tip. This week, we have both the thumbnail and a special picture of Tobias!Thairn.

( Content Notes )

( The next day, Mickey's friends were meant to come visit. )

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Branches: The Bad Ending

2023-02-19T21:19:55Z

Originally, this book was the prequel to a series of 7 books, the rough drafts of which I will happily bury and disallow from reaching the light of day, except in small pieces. And importantly, in that series, when Thairn shows up, he and Illa are not together in any way except the unwanted arranged marriage, and Illa is not at all comfortable with his presence.

Well, I started on this prequel, and they had such a good rapport, I could clearly see that the only way to get it to fit the series was to have a sad ending.

But then I went through so much anti-queer shit and saw too many stories about queer relationships come out with either entirely awful endings or "happy" endings that weren't at all happy. So I said fuck it, and let the characters do as they would.

Anyway, the original series is no longer the fate of this series. The new version of Thairn has changed the game. Mickey fucking Morley has changed the game. And I like the new series better.

But here, nonetheless, I'll give you what I originally had sketched out for the ending:

( Mickey opened the hotel suite door... )

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Magical Mafias Serial 23: Breathing Is a Moment Stolen from the Void

2023-02-19T16:36:10Z

Links to the read-aloud:
On YouTube
On Twitch

Ko-Fi is where to go to see series art (including this week's thumbnail) and leave a tip.

( Content Notes )

( The debriefing was lengthy, but the results were acceptable. )

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Magical Mafias Serial 22: Death Be a Revolution

2023-02-05T19:41:47Z

Links to the read-aloud:
On YouTube
On Twitch

Ko-Fi is where to go to see series art (including this week's thumbnail) and leave a tip.
( Content Notes: )

( Mickey perched on the bed in the would-be prison room where they'd stashed Eric. )

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Episode 22 Announcement

2023-02-04T17:28:50Z

New episode cover just dropped! (Donations welcome~.)

Tomorrow I'll be streaming Magical Mafias Episode 22: Death Be a Revolution on Twitch. This will be the arc finale!!! Everything after here will be epilogue. See Twitch for times.

If you want to catch up, and this is a /great/ time to catch up, here's the text versions of all episodes so far.

The audio streams (except for Discord exclusives) are all archived on YouTube. The last two months of streams are available on Twitch.

As always, I'll do a Story So Far summary at the beginning of the episode.

Tomorrow's stream will /not/ have any Discord exclusives, but there will be some in a couple of weeks. If you want to catch Discord exclusives, ping me for the invite link.

( Content notes for the stream (I won't be doing warnings by scene this time, to preserve the flow, but I will respond to requests): )

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Magical Mafias Serial 21: Allies and Just Lies

2023-01-29T18:44:14Z

Links to the read-aloud:
On YouTube
On Twitch

Ko-Fi is where to go to see series art (including this week's thumbnail) and leave a tip.

( Content Notes )

( The ward on the door changed color--someone had keyed it. )

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Branches: Visitation

2023-01-23T05:34:59Z

( Spoilers for Episode 20 )

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Magical Mafias Serial 20: Visitation

2023-01-23T05:07:35Z

Links to the read-aloud:
On YouTube
On Twitch

Ko-Fi is where to go to see series art (including this week's thumbnail) and leave a tip.

( Content Notes )

( Illa's guard closed the prison room door behind them. )

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The Plan for Magical Mafias

2023-01-15T23:57:42Z

Figure now's as good a time as any for a status update on the serial overall.

There's about three episodes left of the central arc, then another 3 or so episodes of epilogue, which will be recovery and relationship development and adorable cuteness with a sprinkling of plot.

Then I'll release book 1 (the book I've been reading to y'all) as a full-length ebook.

After that is... well, book 2 is written and I finished the rewrite of the second half of the book, but I still haven't done the structural editing sweep I want, so I'm not going to make any promises on timing right now.

There are some lovely between-books short stories, though, some of which I can stream on Twitch, most of which have to stick to Discord/Dreamwidth.

I guess the second big thing to mention is that there is currently no cover for the book as a whole. Ko-Fi has a goal bar running for commissioning a cover. Otherwise I'll have to make do with something homemade or cheaply licensed--I don't currently have the funds to commission cover art on my own.

See you all next week!

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Branches: Confrontation with Magdalena

2023-01-15T19:23:38Z

( Contains spoilers for Episode 19: Disenchanted )

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Magical Mafias Serial 19: Disenchanted

2023-01-15T18:26:58Z

Links to the read-aloud:
On YouTube
On Twitch

Ko-Fi is where to go to see series art (including this week's thumbnail) and leave a tip.

( Content Notes )

( It's not a person. )

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Worldbuilding: Potions

2023-01-09T06:38:03Z

Content note: Discusses drugs.

( potions )

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Magical Mafias Serial 18: Generous

2023-01-09T06:11:39Z

Links to the read-aloud:
On YouTube
On Twitch

Ko-Fi is where to go to see series art (including this week's thumbnail) and leave a tip.

( Content Notes )

( Godfather. )

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Magical Mafias Update

2023-01-02T18:31:35Z

Next episode will be up next week! This one's a major turning point, so now's a good time to catch up if you haven't. Here's the text versions (and links to audio versions) of all the episodes so far.

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F/F Story Trio: The Sleeper's Bride

2023-01-02T18:28:33Z

The third of the F/F Story Trio is a guest story by anke ! This one's a fairy-tale-like story that reunites a pair of long-lost fiancées.

The official cover for the whole trio will be up on Ko-Fi soon, but I'd also like to share an illustration I found that reminded me of the Sleeper and three of her suitresses.

Read-aloud from timestamps 00:45-end on Twitch and YouTube. (Video title is F/F Forest Story Trio.)

Text of the story is here.

( Content Note )

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F/F Story Trio: The Forest Between the Islands

2023-01-02T18:08:28Z

A story of two wives gaining mutual respect for each other and surviving their fears together. Inspired by a post on Tumblr, as well as a picture posted by Art of Animation several years ago that I can't for the life of me find anymore.

Read-aloud from timestamps 30:00-45:00 on Twitch and YouTube. (Video title is F/F Forest Story Trio.)

Cover will be up on Ko-Fi soon. I always encourage tipping, but I'd like to give extra encouragement today--I've gone from a stable financial situation to an uncertain one very suddenly, so anything helps.

( Content Notes )

( The ocean of trees surrounds our island. )

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F/F Story Trio: The Wolf

2023-01-02T18:00:23Z

A story that reunites a pair of ex-girlfriends as they fend off a strange and terrifying wolf. Inspired by The Wolf by Mumford & Sons (the song itself, not the music video).

Read-aloud from timestamps 00:00-30:00 on Twitch and YouTube. (Video title is F/F Forest Story Trio.)

Cover will be up on Ko-Fi soon. I always encourage tipping, but I'd like to give extra encouragement today--I've gone from a stable financial situation to an uncertain one very suddenly, so anything helps.

( Content Notes )

( The night around these woods falls early. )

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New Years Short Story Stream Announcement

2023-01-01T16:34:55Z

In about 30 minutes I'll be streaming three f/f short stories on https://www.twitch.tv/skylarkrogers! I'm sure I could come up with some great pun as to why that's appropriate to New Years, but really I just want to save the next Magical Mafias episode for a non-holiday. The first two, The Wolf and The Forest Between the Islands, are by me. The third, The Sleeper's Bride, is by my dear friend @anke.

I'll divide these up timewise so people can know when each story starts.
:00-:30 will be The Wolf
:30-:45 will be The Forest Between the Islands
:45-:60 will be The Sleeper's Bride

( Content Notes for The Wolf (:00-:30) )

( Content Notes for The Forest Between the Islands (:30-:45) )

( Content Notes for The Sleeper's Bride (:45-:60) )

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Requestmas: The Woman Without a Past and the Crow Woman

2022-12-25T18:50:30Z

Up on YouTube and Twitch now is today's Requestmas entry! A read-aloud of a series of connected shorts by rowyn , with the author's permission (and participation in chat~). A lovely set of stories about making a break with the past and starting a new life.

Links to the read-aloud:
On YouTube
On Twitch

Ko-Fi is where to go to see art (including this week's thumbnail) and leave a tip.

Text of the story is here.

Content notes:
( Content Notes )

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Requestmas

2022-12-21T04:14:03Z

12/23 Update:
One of my favorite authors, L. Rowyn, has sent me a series of connected short stories to read aloud! So that'll be most of the episode. I'm still taking requests for individual songs to sing aloud and for flash fics to read aloud, as long as the content is such that people can play it in front of their families without too much issue.

Original Post:
Some of my listeners celebrate Christmas, and the next stream date is on Christmas. So I'm going to do something more missable, like a bonus scene or short story.

What would you like to hear? Requests welcome!!!

Magical Mafias bonus scenes and short stories that don't have spoilers for upcoming stuff are posted here: https://skylarkrogers.dreamwidth.org/tag/shorts

I do have a few non-MagMaf short stories sitting in my files.

I'm also happy to read something that isn't mine, if it's public domain or I have the writer's permission.

I can even sing! Albeit not for an hour straight, lol.

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