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Issy Waldrom

@iwaldrom.bsky.social

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She/her. Trans woman author of queer fantasy and supernatural stories (usually sapphic). Latest release: Heart's Whispers (universal link) https://books2read.com/ap/n7L2B2/Issy-Waldrom (itch) https://issy-waldrom.itch.io/

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · Jun 22

I have a new book out!

*makes excited noises*

Wolf-shifter x Witch, featuring Candace (leader of the Toanengaro DMA) and newcomer Myla. Slow burn coming out romance with plenty of magic and a dash of dragons as well.

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Heart's Whispers by Issy Waldrom

A sapphic urban fantasy shifter romance

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artelsia @artelsia.bsky.social · 1h

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 5h

Looking for a sapphic autumn romance? WHEN LOVE BARGES IN is 99p/c this October & includes:

🍂 brother’s best friend
🍂 opposites attract
🍂 small town
🍂 canine friends
🍂 late bloomer
🍂 plus size mc
🍂 lesbian x bi+
🍂 family dynamics
🍂 secret relationship

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WHEN LOVE BARGES IN by Bryony Rosehurst: And she couldn’t remember ever noticing the exact color of the autumn sun before, or the smoky smell that lingered on the cusp of the seasons. She couldn’t remember anybody ever looking at her and waiting for her to speak.

She couldn’t remember ever feeling like she truly existed before now. So Piper said the things she’d always been too ashamed to say before. Because she could see her breath in front of her when she exhaled. Because she was here and she could

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 6h

Absolutely brilliant and highly enjoyable series. It's engrossing and moving, dark at times, and heartwarming in others. Such a wonderful read, and like all of her books, an easy recommendation.

Cameron Darrow - Sapphic Fantasy and Mystery Author @cdarrowwrites.bsky.social · 7h

It's Spooky Sapphics week over at @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social, and I'm happy to say my gang of historical witches is part of it! But not just them!

Find the whole pumpkin-bucket-load of witches, vampires and werewolves (oh my!) right here ⬇️

iheartsapphfic.com/2025/10/13/2...

#wlw #sapphic #lesfic

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 6h

This week's IHS Reading Challenge theme is spooky sapphics, and Esper and the Witch is in some good company for the collection of suggested books (some really good titles, in fact, a number of which I'd highly recommend).

iheartsapphfic.com/2025/10/13/2...

Advert image for Week #41 of the I Heart Sapphic 2025 Sapphic reading challenge, featuring the cover of Esper and the Witch on the right hand side, and an assortment of books stacked haphazardly along the bottom.

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D.SLOOGS💀 @dsloogs.com · 14h

Working on some looks for Maria (for a few things I'm working on). Messy bun supremacy🐇

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Sam Logan @samandfuzzy.com · 19h

Was trying to do some inking when Hilde grabbed the pen

Photo of a black and white illustration on a sheet of paper, sitting on a wood desk.

The illustration is formatted like a four panel comic, two rows of two. Dipper the corgi is in the top left, looking down at Hilde the wizard cat in the bottom right. The top right panel features Poppy, and the bottom left features a pile of bones. Hilde has grabbed the actual real life pen that is sitting on top of the piece of paper they are drawn on, and is using it to draw a closed panel border around Dipper.

Dipper is brandishing his sword as he glares at Hilde. The sword extends outside of the panel he is in, and into the neighbouring panel, in which Poppy the dog leans to the side to avoid the sword tip.

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 1d

It's still a very pretty drawing!!

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 1d

gifted weaver

fanart of Arachne from Hades 2 but in human form, wearing modern clothes - dark grey jeans, high heels, some orange long sleeves top with plant patterns, necklace, earrings, rings-, her usual short hair, flower and spider web tattoos on shoulders and chest
Knees bent, sitting on her heels, hands on the ground

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⭐️eunnie⭐️ @eunnieboo.bsky.social · Oct 2

👅⁉️😱

minicomic featuring momo and pg from If You’ll Have Me, eunnie’s graphic novel. page 1: momo and pg share a sweet kiss, surrounded by doodles of hearts. in the next panel, pg casts her a glance before moving forward to deepen the kiss, taking momo by surprise with the touch of her tongue.

page 2: a flustered momo tries to maintain composure as pg leans further into the kiss. the next close-up shows momo’s eyes have dizzy spirals in them, puffs of steam coming from her head as she becomes overwhelmed.

page 3: momo falls backwards, knees buckling as if she’s fainted away. the ghost of her soul comes floating out through her mouth, looking very pleased considering the circumstances. a startled pg holds momo up by her arms, alarmed by her girlfriend going limp.

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AzulCrescent @azulcrescent.bsky.social · 2d

A human flaw

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 2d

the huntress

fanart of Artemis from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit - dark jeans, bra with some sort of laces around the belly -, moon and arrows tattoos on the arms and chest, dark green hair, and a tiny owl standing on her head
she's adjusting her outfit, head slightly tilted down, eyes closed, smiling
she also wears an arrow earring and a moon necklace

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 3d

This, very much so, for me as well. For those who know me, know that I am always happy to recommend and shout about sapphic and trans books. We need our voices out there.

Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 3d

I’m happy to stand with GCLS and SASS in defense of our stories. 💙

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#SapphicsWithTheBanned

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 3d

I’m happy to stand with GCLS and SASS in defense of our stories. 💙

(3/3)

#SapphicsWithTheBanned

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 3d

Siren magic is…intense. 😅

For the #lesficfri theme, “jump.”

Excerpt on blue sea background with a tail fin sticking out of the water and a dragon separating the text:

“Oh, no, you don’t!” Emilia pushed the captain away from the rail. “I’m not jumping in to save you!”

An amused smile quirked at the corners of Maria's rosy-brown lips. “But you'd jump in to save them?”

Emilia waved her hand toward the oblivious cook and master gunner. “They weren’t properly warned.
You were!”

Maria scoffed at that. “They’re sailors! They were warned. We all were.”

—
from GODDESS OF THE SEA,
LESBIANS, PIRATES, & DRAGONS: BOOK 2,
by Britney Jackson.

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AzulCrescent @azulcrescent.bsky.social · 3d

"Pick up hobbies that let you meet like-minded people!"

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Sam Logan @samandfuzzy.com · 3d

Facts about Dipper

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Cameron Darrow - Sapphic Fantasy and Mystery Author @cdarrowwrites.bsky.social · 4d

#lesficfri for JUMP

From Hall of Mirrors

Being a stranger in a den of witches was never going to go well, even for a fellow witch. After a threat like that from someone with the power to do it? I'd jump, too.

#lesfic #wlw #sapphic #sapphicbooks #queersff

www.amazon.com/dp/B07NKXPLMS

Background of the blurred cover of the novel Hall of Mirrors by Cameron Darrow. Centered on top is the full cover. Below it is the black text excerpt:

"If you threaten my sister again, I will burn you alive and compose music to your screams." "You fear truth," Sveta said to the new witch. "You have lived on lies for so long, you fear it will kill you." The stranger flicked her eyes between the two Russians, Katya's flames clearly visible in the depths of the witch's pupils. "She's never been threatened by a witch before today, and doesn't know if you're lying," Sveta supplied. A fireball shot forward to within inches of the stranger, making her jump backwards.  "She's welcome to find out," Katya said.

Below that is white text: #lesficfri for jump

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 3d

Very much so!

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Bæddelzebub 😈 @cassiesandwich.bsky.social · 3d

Hello everyone! I'm excited to announce an all new anthology from the Secret Trans Writing Lair! Inspired by the month of masquerade, this seasonal bundle includes seven all-new stories of devilish disguises and macabre delights-

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Cover of the STWL Presents: Costumes and Masks

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 4d

Since it's #lesficfri where I am at least, here's an excerpt from Soul Flames vol 1. In this case, it's jumping for joy! ^^

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Cover of Soul Flames vol 1 by Issy Waldrom, with the following excerpt:

“Yes! Finally!”

Crystal let out a jubilant squeal as she did a victory jump. Ten orbs of light floated lazily around her, all with perfectly matching intensity.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 4d

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.

It methodically goes through each problem in the review.

The latest from S. Baum.

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New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.

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Cami ✨️ @caminukai.bsky.social · 4d

Mira 🩷

#KPOPDEMONHUNTERS

Fanart of Mira from the movie K-Pop Demon Hunters. We see her lifting up her right arm closing to her face to check at her nails, while conjuring her weapon on her right hand. She's looking at her nails with a smug smile. Behind her we can see some clouds and the city in nighttime.

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artelsia @artelsia.bsky.social · 4d

I drew my character from Animal Crossing

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 4d

I'm seeing an increasing number of scams like the one below, leveraging the widespread problem of publishing scams w/ a faux service promising to fix problems author is having w/ the original scam but really to hit them up for more $$ (note the "Amazon partner agency" claim: there's no such thing)

From: Blaire Andrews <bandrews@royaltypilots.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Subject: Your royalties on Amazon
To: [redacted]

Hi [redacted]

I’m Blaire from Amazon Partners – Royalty Pilots.
We’re an Amazon agency commissioned to help authors migrate their books from third-party publishers to their own Amazon KDP accounts.

I’m reaching out because we’ve spoken with many authors who recently shared frustrations that you might also be experiencing while being published through a third-party service provider—such as:

Royalties that never seem to arrive or come with little to no explanation.

No visibility or control over how many copies have been sold or where those sales are happening.

Endless upsells and new charges every time you want to make even a small change to your book.

Through Amazon KDP, authors are now publishing their books directly with Amazon — with no middlemen involved.
This means:

Royalties are sent straight to your bank account every month.

You can track real-time sales data through your own KDP dashboard.

You have full ownership and control over your books, including the freedom to make revisions free of charge.

If you’d like to explore how this can work for you, I’d love to schedule a quick call. Please let me know your best contact number and the most convenient time to reach you.

Blaire Andrews

Senior Marketing Manager – Partners, Authors

Royalty Pilots, an Amazon partner agency

Phone: 315-325-9099
Email: bandrews@royaltypilots.com

Website: https://royaltypilots.com/

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 5d

love goddess

fanart of Aphrodite from Hades 2, wearing a modern days outfit - purple micro jean shorts, pink crop top -, lots of jewelry (necklaces, rings, earrings, ankle bracelet), her hands joined on her knees, sitting, her luscious hair floating behind her, her eyes shining pink, smiling
also flower & heart tattoos on both her arms

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