✨ Guest Spotlight ✨

Please welcome guest creator Anï /@neck-mole to the Golden Days zine! Here is a preview of their fashionable comic 👗

Anï C. is a young artist and writer whose work centers around topics regarding vulnerability and hurt, but all-the-while sprinkling in a little humor. They’re a full time art school student, LGBTQ+ activist, lover of queer literature, and someone who holds their Baz cut out’s hand in times of need.

Find neck-mole’s magickal works everywhere ✨ AO3 // Tumblr // Instagram

Artist: @neck-mole

Writer: @charmingladies (soultoast on AO3)

Word count (as of posting date): 2,850

Complet

Rating: M

Warnings: Mildly Suggestive

Summary:

The Mage, right bastard that he is, has an unfairly beautiful car. It’s almost as if the universe wants to taunt me with all of the Mage’s beautiful things.

Like his heir.

Okay so @capnhap​ sent me all the freaking even ones so! I’ll just do the odds!! haha

3. Who are you looking forward to seeing?

Uhhh Kati =3 

31. Is your hair long enough for a pony tail?

It’s in one right now!

49. Have you done anything recently that you hope nobody finds out about?

Hm… no, not that I can think of! 

57. Favourite food?

Fried chicken <3 

63. Ever been in love?

Almost definitely not

81. Favourite tv show?

VOLTRON <3

105. Ever been to a bonfire party?

Yeah! I like ‘em for the most part, but the smoke stresses me out sometimes??? idk

☀️ Join us in welcoming our next guest contributor: neck-mole ☀️

@neck-mole is a fandom double-threat! They’ve produced numerous fanfics exploring complex relationships and deep-dives into a character’s psyche and motivations. And they also create beautiful, energetic illustrations with visceral texture and mood.

Example works:

Why Can’t We Be Friends - one-shot, canon-divergent, 11k, complete

Proximity (The Collision of Lonely Men) - chaptered, non-magic school teachers AU, 35k, complete

It’s A Handheld Disaster - chaptered, non-magic online friendship AU, 20k, ongoing

This luscious sketch of Baz

☀️ We’re so jazzed to have them be part of the zine! ☀️

And you can join the zine, too! Check out our applications post for more details. Applications close October 15th.

Follow neck-mole everywhere:

🏺 still and discreet - what is the closest you’ve come to death? 🍂 cold dark earth  - is there anyone you would die for? 🌱 almost you - what is the song that describes you best?🔥 gasoline - if you had to burn one item in your life, what would it be?

🏺still and discreet… I almost walked in front of a car in an intersection in 7th grade 

🍂 cold dark earth… my brother and my close friends

🌱 almost you… I Wanna Get Better by The Bleachers