M Zakharuk
she/her • ze/zir
author of lesbian fiction
cover designer


Non-binary lesbian writer dedicated to messy and thrilling fiction centring lesbian characters. Author of gothic dark fantasy Imago: A Dystopian Gothic.Cover designer for Estro Junkies by Talia Bhatt & Beth Leigh-Ann, WARHOUND by Kallidora Rho, Hades Calculus & Persephone Effect by Maria Ying, and more.Also the blogger behind Dolphin Diaries, and co-host of the feminist podcast Cracked Ivory.
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Olya learned not to turn every girlfriend into a vampire the hard way—and now, her ex is back in town to remind her why.
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Caught in a deadly conspiracy, a student must unravel her Arctic town’s secret before it devours her.
Novels & Novellas


Short Fiction

Call me Kimberly
Prequel to Estro JunkiesA detrans woman in denial and a trans woman denied healthcare enter into a secret affair to explore desires they’re afraid to voice.
What you can’t face can’t hurt you.What awaits after the gauntlet of transition? For Kay, it’s a completed list of achievements. Top surgery, good grades, a GSA presidency, a partner. Now he’s exactly as average as he’s wished. For Tahani, it’s a hot femme’s life: a gallant butch girlfriend, five missed alarms, and poly growing pains. No doctor can keep her from being the lesbian she was meant to be.Until the university insurance strips Tahani of access to hormones. On her girlfriend’s suggestion, she comes to the GSA’s president for help.What starts as a quest to right an injustice pulls on a thread of concealed wounds and desires. Why, despite all his successes, does Kay never feel satisfied? Is his relationship truly that loving, or just another item on his list? Is Tahani’s girlfriend really the butch of her dreams? Which parts of herself would Tahani give up to preserve that dream?And how much of their lives and hearts have Kay and Tahani rewritten to fit what doctors demand of trans people?A second entry in the Ranked Competitive Breast Growth series and prequel to Estro Junkies, Call Me Kimberly is an unflinching exploration of trans lives, sexuality, and detransition in times of moral panic.

Appetite
NovellaLesbian vampire dating gone wrongFor fans of messy thrillers and Vampire: The Masquerade
Love is dead—and hungry for fresh victims.Olya has resigned to spending her eternity alone. After a century of siring girlfriend after girlfriend, she finally chose too poorly: her last flame turned out to be a serial killer with a taste for other vampires. Olya was left a bloody puddle, her havens and reputation destroyed. It’s taken years to rebuild a semblance of—single—unlife.But just like Olya, the past doesn’t always stay dead. One evening, she wakes up to a fledgling threatening her with a silver knife. Apparently, Olya’s pet butcher found a new victim in the fledgling’s partner. Which means she’s back in town.And it’s only a matter of time before she ravages Olya’s life again.

Imago: A Dystopian Gothic
Vita Nostra meets Bas-LagLesbian NB4NBDark academia
Forsake the world that hates you. Embrace its monster.Tresor Institute accepts only the worthy, and Ada Călinescu is anything but. Intractable, mannish, a child of convicted terrorists, she can at best hope to be overlooked. Yet somehow the Institute accepts her application for transfer. Her ticket to the polar town of Heilung, home of the Institute, arrives free of charge.Her only chance to forge a brighter future.Except Heilung welcomes Ada with news of a brutal murder. Militiamen stalk the town, keen to fill their arrest quotas—and Ada knows she could make an easy scapegoat. At every turn the bloody conspiracy follows her, from the halls of Tresor to the arms of a stranger she yearns to make hers. What starts as a dalliance risks putting Ada at odds with the Bureau itself.And then expulsion will be the least of her concerns.

All Orbits Decay Homeward
Short storyCyberpunkF4NB
Cover Design

I offer professional and eye-catching covers at affordable rates. I use stock art and photography or client-provided assets in my designs. See my portfolio for examples.I also offer interior book formatting for prose and poetry using industry-standard professional software.
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Pricing & Commissions

| Simple cover (digital only, based on a pre-made image) | €50 |
| Premium cover (digital only, created from scratch) | €80 – €130 |
| Full spread (digital + print) | €200 – €250 |
| Interior formatting & typesetting | €50 – €100 |
Audiobook covers are included for free. Exact pricing depends on the complexity of the commission.
I am currently open to commissions. I accept payments via PayPal or direct bank transfer (half upfront, half on completion). If you’re unable to use these payment methods, I’m open to discussing options that will accommodate you.I do not use generative AI or AI-generated assets. I will reject the commission if genAI assets are submitted for use in the design.The usual turnaround for my commissions is two weeks after first payment. If you need the cover done sooner, we can negotiate a specific deadline. This will incur an extra fee.
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