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Let Me Be Your Villain

Let Me Be Your Villain - Chapter 14 - FINALE

Let Me Be Your Villain

Aug 30, 2025 • Ivy Bard

Let Me Be Your Villain - Chapter 13

Not from this world

Aug 22, 2025 • Ivy Bard

Let Me Be Your Villain - Chapter 12

A gathering of villains

Aug 15, 2025 • Ivy Bard

Let Me Be Your Villain - Chapter 11

The only way home

Aug 1, 2025 • Ivy Bard

Recent posts

Bookshelf: The arbitrary metric of reading goals

Reclaiming the joy of reading

Oct 20, 2025 • Ivy Bard

I'm still a writer after all

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Oct 6, 2025 • Ivy Bard

Serials, Revisions, and the Road Ahead

A writing update on what's complete and what's to come

Sep 30, 2025 • Ivy Bard

Let Me Be Your Villain - Chapter 14 - FINALE

Let Me Be Your Villain

Aug 30, 2025 • Ivy Bard

Let Me Be Your Villain - Chapter 13

Not from this world

Aug 22, 2025 • Ivy Bard

Let Me Be Your Villain - Chapter 12

A gathering of villains

Aug 15, 2025 • Ivy Bard

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Words & Brush Strokes

Queer author musing about reading, writing, art, and publishing.

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