ig 🏳️🌈<p>The ninth chapter of Venus Verticordia is up today.</p><p><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/62147545/chapters/165578017" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archiveofourown.org/works/6214</span><span class="invisible">7545/chapters/165578017</span></a></p><p>The story is a retelling of the Lucifer legend, inspired by the fact that Lucifer and Venus are the same celestial object (the Morning Star). </p><p>Today's chapter is framed by the aftermath of Lucifer's trial, as the kingdom moves to strike her image from the pediments as fervidly as the Vatican struck the penises from the pagan statues.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>