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Sunbloom succubus

You might be wondering what in blooming hell my tumblr name means. Well, I wrote a book that involves a secret-taking Yakshi, a sort of Indian succubus. And the book also contains these joyful flowers called sunblooms found only in the sky city of Aakasha. They represent hope and light.

Recently a very dear friend read Dark Things and she loved it. She might be biased but I also suspect she really did love the book. And she pinged me on whatsapp and started the conversation like this:

Hello my dear sunbloom succubus

And the name stuck. Darkness and light all in one beautiful weird ass name.

I love it.

I am going to use it everywhere.

Well now you know.

I wrote a book. It’s a fantasy novel called Dark Things. You...

I wrote a book. It’s a fantasy novel called Dark Things. You might like it.