Grace E. Ludlow

@grace-e-ludlow.bsky.social

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Author of the odd and ordinary 29 | PNW | conservator of memory DeafeningUnknown on AO3- Oshamir/Devil's Minion

On a pale floral background, surrounded by line drawings of flowers and mushrooms, text reads ‘An agent’s guide to This Used To Be Home by Grace E. Ludlow! 94,000 words contemporary literary fiction’. Below on a stained napkin reads ‘Best friends Kat and Molly look forward to one last summer together in their small college town before going their separate ways. Kat works at the town diner and ponders her future while Molly accepts an exclusive internship with a top entomology professor- an opportunity that can kick start her grad school experience. However, when a mysterious man whose handsome face hides a checkered past takes the open line cook position at the diner, the girls’ lives are irrevocably changed. Seduced by his carefree gutter punk lifestyle, the girls must navigate toxic men and the systems that protect them, redefining their identities post-college, and their own complicated relationship to make it through the summer without losing themselves or each other’.
Moodboard for Goodbye Lulu
Moodboard for Algharib Almuqanae by Deafening Unknown
House MD in a kitty costume
Moodboard for Algharib Almuqanae by DeafeningUnknown featuring images of bellydancers on a blue background
On a pale floral background, surrounded by line drawings of flowers and mushrooms, text reads ‘An agent’s guide to This Used To Be Home by Grace E. Ludlow! 94,000 words contemporary literary fiction’. Below on a stained napkin reads ‘Best friends Kat and Molly look forward to one last summer together in their small college town before going their separate ways. Kat works at the town diner and ponders her future while Molly accepts an exclusive internship with a top entomology professor- an opportunity that can kick start her grad school experience. Howeer, when a mysterious man whose handsome face hides a checkered past takes the open line cook position at the diner, the girls’ lives are irrevocably changed. Seduced by his carefree gutter punk lifestyle, the girls must navigate toxic men and the systems that protect them, redefining their identities post-college, and their own complicated relationship to make it through the summer without losing themselves or each other’.
Moodboard for What It Becomes by Deafening Unknown A cyberpunk pride and prejudice retelling
On a pale floral background, surrounded by line drawings of flowers and mushrooms, text reads ‘An agent’s guide to This Used To Be Home by Grace E. Ludlow! 94,000 words contemporary literary fiction’. Below on a stained napkin reads ‘Best friends Kat and Molly look forward to one last summer together in their small college town before going their separate ways. Kat works at the town diner and ponders her future while Molly accepts an exclusive internship with a top entomology professor- an opportunity that can kick start her grad school experience. However, when a mysterious man whose handsome face hides a checkered past takes the open line cook position at the diner, the girls’ lives are irrevocably changed. Seduced by his carefree gutter punk lifestyle, the girls must navigate toxic men and the systems that protect them, redefining their identities post-college, and their own complicated relationship to make it through the summer without losing themselves or each other’.
Molly’s world had grown to the size of giants. Rather, she seemed to have shrunk. Standing up, she turned her hands over, examining her limbs with fascination. Stacks of books cluttered the surface of the wooden table she stood on, the gaps between like narrow canyons made of striations of paper and leather. She traversed the open pages of a notebook, the looping handwritten letters as big as her bare feet. Heel to toe, she balanced along the printed lines of the page like a balance beam, her arms outstretched.
Moodboard for What it Becomes by DeafeningUnknown- A cyberpunk Pride and Prejudice reimagining
white text on a black background reads "sexual abuse, sexism, sexual coercion, recreational drug use, narcotic overdose, hallucinogenic use, side character death, police corruption, implied child abuse, implied domestic violence, compulsory heterosexuality, sexual content, unnegotiated kink, dubious consent, intoxicated sex, alcoholism, general disregard for the law, toxic relationships, physical fights, verbal fights, infidelity, tobacco use, insects, minor suicidal ideation"
On a pale floral background, surrounded by line drawings of flowers and mushrooms, text reads ‘An agent’s guide to This Used To Be Home by Grace E. Ludlow! 94,000 words contemporary literary fiction’. Below on a stained napkin reads ‘BEst friends Kat and Molly look forward to one last summer together in their small college town before going their separate ways. Kat works at the town diner and ponders her future while Molly accepts an exclusive internship with a top entomology professor- an opportunity that can kick start her grad school experience. Howeer, when a mysterious man whose handsome face hides a checkered past takes the open line cook position at the diner, the girls’ lives are irrevocably changed. Seduced by his carefree gutter punk lifestyle, the girls must navigate toxic men and the systems that protect them, redefining their identities post-college, and their own complicated relationship to make it through the summer without losing themselves or each other’.
On a pale floral background, surrounded by line drawings of flowers and mushrooms, text reads ‘An agent’s guide to This Used To Be Home by Grace E. Ludlow! 94,000 words contemporary literary fiction’. Below on a stained napkin reads ‘BEst friends Kat and Molly look forward to one last summer together in their small college town before going their separate ways. Kat works at the town diner and ponders her future while Molly accepts an exclusive internship with a top entomology professor- an opportunity that can kick start her grad school experience. Howeer, when a mysterious man whose handsome face hides a checkered past takes the open line cook position at the diner, the girls’ lives are irrevocably changed. Seduced by his carefree gutter punk lifestyle, the girls must navigate toxic men and the systems that protect them, redefining their identities post-college, and their own complicated relationship to make it through the summer without losing themselves or each other’.
Moodboard for What it Becomes by DeafeningUnknown- a cyberpunk pride and prejudice retelling
A black and white tuxedo cat looking a little sad
Moodboard for This Used to be Home
Magenta and blue moodboard for What it Becomes- a cyberpunk pride and prejudice retelling by DeafeningUnknown
Moodboard for What It Becomes by DeafeningUnknown- A cyberpunk pride and prejudice retelling
Moodboard in blue and purple for What It Becomes- a cyberpunk pride and prejudice retelling by DeafeningUnknown featuring images of Amadla Stenburg, Manny Jacinto, and Charlie Barnett among cityscapes
Qimir and Osha Funko Pops
Pink roses
This was a challenge, a competition. If she could get away, she won. She’d have a new victory to hold over Qimir’s head, always a treat, and if she lost… If she lost she still won.
An array of collage materials like pictures of butterflies and a tape case
An open journal, pen, and white coffee cup on a wood table
Text- The first was a dark filtered image of a man perched on a freight train car, his profile sharply framed by the rising sun behind him. Or was it setting? Either way, the shot was practically professional in quality.
Pin that reads Censorship is so 1984 Read for your rights
Thrawn in kitty ears and a maid outfit
Text "A flick of her wrist completed the towering spiral of whipped cream atop Molly’s drink and Kat slid the mug across the counter. Her friend’s pale blue eyes lit up as she grabbed it with both hands. Immediately, she slurped up most of the topping, a smear of white festooning the pert upturn of her nose. The corner of Kat’s mouth turned up. “You got a little shmutz…” she leaned over, attacking the whipped cream with a napkin from her apron pocket. “Hey!” Molly flailed her arms in front of her, leaning back as far as she could before teetering on the stool. She snatched the napkin from Kat’s fingers and turned to wipe at her face, glaring at her friend. “All better, Mom?” she pouted."
Moodboard for white line fever featuring pictures of roads, hotel rooms, cars, and moody women
Eli Vanto
An open paged book with a pen resting in the middle in front of a red drink in a glass
Molly, a white girl with blue eyes and wavy brown hair
An open book in front of a white mug
Moodboard for white line fever, a psychological tragedy
A ball python in a tank
A bound book titled This Used to be Home Draft 2
“Travelling kids?” “Yeah, the music is based in the lifestyle, y’know? DIY is all about making the most of what you have and not bending to the arbitrary rules of society. A lot of kids prefer life on the road to being trapped somewhere forever, workin’ a nine to five to save up enough money to die with some shred of dignity.” The wind from the open windows tousled his hair, loose around his ears rather than the tied-back style he wore at work. For the first time she noticed that the lobes were pierced and stretched slightly to hold plugs made of bone-inlaid wood. A tattoo of a skeletal fish was hidden behind his ear, its lines barely visible between the strands of his hair. And what if Kat felt just a bit jealous?
Moodboard for This Used to be Home featuring pictures of two girls, punks, diners, and pinned insects
Moodboard for white line fever featuring sepia tone pictures of roads, hotel rooms, and car interiors