Chip Pons

My besties @enews dropped the cover for DEARLY DEPARTED yesterday (we’re basically official now), but here it is in all its shadowy glory…my gay, mythological, spicy-as-hell rom-com about grief, hope & queer joy. Out 6.16.26 🖤

My publisher is giving away 20 copies of Dearly Departed 🖤😈 goodreads.com/giveaway/show/…

If Elijah Mikaelson from TVD & The Originals did it for you, I think you’re going to love Hayden Harlow from Dearly Departed 😏 📖: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/805832/d…

“Because if loneliness made him this careful, maybe company can make him brave.” 🖤 📖: Dearly Departed (6/16)

Dearly Departed 🤝 “The Prophecy” by @taylorswift Hayden & Levi’s love story is for the swifties, tbh. Out June 16.

grumpy god his sunshine

⌯⌲ 📖 Dearly Departed by Chip Pons ╰┈➤ 5 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Stars wouldn’t shine without darkness to hold them.”

a couple that can’t take their hands off of one another >>>>>> When writing Dearly Departed, I knew I wanted to write a pair of loverboys who were DOWN BAD for one another 😮‍💨

A spicy snippet to brighten up your Saturday 🤭 📖 Dearly Departed (6/16)

📖 DEARLY DEPARTED

“Stars wouldn’t shine without darkness to hold them,” I whisper gently. “Maybe darkness isn’t emptiness. Maybe it’s what makes the light matter.” My soft boys come out in just over three months & I’m feeling big feelings about it 🖤

For anyone still searching for light in the shadows…my hand is yours to hold. And most of all, to my mom, the strongest, most resilient woman I know. Everything blooms because you loved me first. ♥️ penguinrandomhouse.com/books/805832/d…

@PokhrajRoy @gayety It’s so so so good

@ChipPons @gayety So happy to see you on the TL again! Happy to hear you watched the show. I have made so many edits lol

I got to write a little something something for @gayety about Heated Rivalry, queer joy & what this moment means to me ♥️ gayety.com/heated-rivalry…

'Heated Rivalry' isn’t just a hockey romance, it’s a cultural reset. In a powerful new personal essay for Gayety, author Chip Pons breaks down why Rachel Reid’s beloved love story, and its buzzy screen adaptation starring Hudson Williams and Conner Storrie, feels bigger than a book or a show. It’s proof that queer audiences are done paying trauma as the price of admission and are demanding joy, heat, and happily-ever-afters instead. 🔗: gayety.com/heated-rivalry…

@AOVerse2000 @rwrbayleafs Ooomg

@rwrbayleafs @ChipPons Look! It’s Theo and Asher! 😝

a duo i made up

What a wild & dreamy year 🖤🪦

“Stars wouldn’t shine without darkness to hold them,” I whisper gently. “Maybe darkness isn’t emptiness. Maybe it’s what makes the light matter.” Levi & Hayden…my soft boys 🖤 📖: Dearly Departed (6/16)

@faephilia Mhmm same

the concept of taylor zakhar perez as theo fernandez genuinely makes me feel manic

@linzyyboo Ahh! I’m glad you’re liking the vision!!

Chip I just love and adore you!! I have been obsessed with Taylor and Nico as Theo and Asher for forever and I have been dying to know your inspos for Hayden and Levi! Lee and Max?!?!?! *chef's kiss!!* June needs to get here yesterday! 🫶🫶

Speaking of Theo Fernandez…