Ali Trotta
@alwayscoffee.bsky.social
Writer,poet (7-time Rhysling nominee), editor,coffee vampire. Supergirl+Buffy+Gilmore Girls.
Offerings for Ordinary Gods, @CLASHBooks, Summer 2026
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Rep: @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
header @lizlee.bsky.social
alitrotta.com
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Offerings for Ordinary Gods, @CLASHBooks, Summer 2026
she/her
Rep: @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
header @lizlee.bsky.social
alitrotta.com
[email protected]
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Do you know I've got a poetry collection coming out next year? & you can preorder it? (Some links below, but you can preorder worldwide.)
Like tarot cards, witchy things, feminist rage (think Taylor's "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" & Fleetwood's "Silver Springs."), & mythology? You're in luck.
Like tarot cards, witchy things, feminist rage (think Taylor's "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" & Fleetwood's "Silver Springs."), & mythology? You're in luck.
I know Frankenstein's all the rage right now, so maaaaybe you'd like this poem of mine, published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social -- A Lovesong From Frankenstein's Monster:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/love...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/love...
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I know Frankenstein's all the rage right now, so maaaaybe you'd like this poem of mine, published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social -- A Lovesong From Frankenstein's Monster:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/love...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/love...
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So we're clear, @phillipsevy.bsky.social and @hackintimseeley.bsky.social deserve to be raked over the coals for taking a character who's a victim of sexual violence and basically making her a pet of her abuser (and being too cowardly to address the criticism), but save a lot of that hate for Marvel
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
So we're clear, @phillipsevy.bsky.social and @hackintimseeley.bsky.social deserve to be raked over the coals for taking a character who's a victim of sexual violence and basically making her a pet of her abuser (and being too cowardly to address the criticism), but save a lot of that hate for Marvel
Look, if your profile photo is a Oompa Loompa Supreme, I'm going to block you.
I mean, ew, David.
I mean, ew, David.
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Look, if your profile photo is a Oompa Loompa Supreme, I'm going to block you.
I mean, ew, David.
I mean, ew, David.
Run done and dusted, although a little shorter than yesterday. Also? Coffee.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Run done and dusted, although a little shorter than yesterday. Also? Coffee.
Sometimes, my heart lights up because of simple beauty—a sunset, a cute animal, a bit of stars glittering in the sky.
Other times, it is a simple gesture of trust and care—a bit of connection amid the chaos. Softness and sweetness that lingers.
Other times, it is a simple gesture of trust and care—a bit of connection amid the chaos. Softness and sweetness that lingers.
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Sometimes, my heart lights up because of simple beauty—a sunset, a cute animal, a bit of stars glittering in the sky.
Other times, it is a simple gesture of trust and care—a bit of connection amid the chaos. Softness and sweetness that lingers.
Other times, it is a simple gesture of trust and care—a bit of connection amid the chaos. Softness and sweetness that lingers.
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How lovely it is to be part of this special @gothicbeautymag.bsky.social 25th anniversary reunion project. 🌹🕯️🦇
The calendar they're making to commemorate it (including a portrait of yours truly!) will be a fabulous keepsake of a quarter century of gothic history: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ame...
The calendar they're making to commemorate it (including a portrait of yours truly!) will be a fabulous keepsake of a quarter century of gothic history: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ame...
Kambriel: 25 Years of Gothic Beauty Original Contributor Interview @kambriel.com
www.gothicbeauty.com/2025/11/kamb...
Kambriel‘s importance to gothic fashion and to Gothic Beauty Magazine cannot be overstated. Kambriel was Designer of the Year in the Gothic Beauty Awards ... [continued]
www.gothicbeauty.com/2025/11/kamb...
Kambriel‘s importance to gothic fashion and to Gothic Beauty Magazine cannot be overstated. Kambriel was Designer of the Year in the Gothic Beauty Awards ... [continued]
Kambriel: 25 Years of Gothic Beauty Original Contributor Interview | Gothic Beauty Magazine
Kambriel's importance to gothic fashion and to Gothic Beauty Magazine cannot be overstated. Kambriel was Designer of the Year in the Gothic Beauty Awards. Kambriel (designer, multi-talented human, and...
www.gothicbeauty.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
How lovely it is to be part of this special @gothicbeautymag.bsky.social 25th anniversary reunion project. 🌹🕯️🦇
The calendar they're making to commemorate it (including a portrait of yours truly!) will be a fabulous keepsake of a quarter century of gothic history: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ame...
The calendar they're making to commemorate it (including a portrait of yours truly!) will be a fabulous keepsake of a quarter century of gothic history: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ame...
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Supporters of @gothicbeautymag.bsky.social anniversary kickstarter can help select which images appear in the calendar (alongside interviews/behind the scenes tales, etc...)
These are the portrait options for my page. Out of curiosity, which would you choose? ⚖️🦇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ame...
These are the portrait options for my page. Out of curiosity, which would you choose? ⚖️🦇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ame...
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Supporters of @gothicbeautymag.bsky.social anniversary kickstarter can help select which images appear in the calendar (alongside interviews/behind the scenes tales, etc...)
These are the portrait options for my page. Out of curiosity, which would you choose? ⚖️🦇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ame...
These are the portrait options for my page. Out of curiosity, which would you choose? ⚖️🦇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ame...
This weekend, I got to speak up about something that is important to me. It was not a comfortable moment, but I’m proud of myself.
I got to offer a bit of knowledge that hopefully helps someone else
I got to offer a bit of knowledge that hopefully helps someone else
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This weekend, I got to speak up about something that is important to me. It was not a comfortable moment, but I’m proud of myself.
I got to offer a bit of knowledge that hopefully helps someone else
I got to offer a bit of knowledge that hopefully helps someone else
The sky was so beautiful just now — I never get tired of that.
Look up, my darlings.
Look up, my darlings.
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The sky was so beautiful just now — I never get tired of that.
Look up, my darlings.
Look up, my darlings.
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requesting/borrowing books from your local library is also free to you, and doesn’t make a zillion writers want to catapult you out to sea.
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
requesting/borrowing books from your local library is also free to you, and doesn’t make a zillion writers want to catapult you out to sea.
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GTA friends I will be at this Canadian-Caribbean showcase on Dec 14 discussing Writing Speculative Fiction with Terese Mason Pierre and Lue Palmer! All of it is free. There are workshops on poetry, self pubbing, non fiction, short stories etc!
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
Diaspora Dialogues Presents the 2025 Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase - Diaspora Dialogues
The Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase is a three-day celebration of Caribbean voices and their influence on Canadian literature, art, and culture. Over the course of the showcase, audiences are inv...
diasporadialogues.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
GTA friends I will be at this Canadian-Caribbean showcase on Dec 14 discussing Writing Speculative Fiction with Terese Mason Pierre and Lue Palmer! All of it is free. There are workshops on poetry, self pubbing, non fiction, short stories etc!
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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*ahem*
Just a reminder that my incredible poet friend has a poetry collection coming out.
Ali has a way of weaving words together that evokes an emotional reaction EVERY time—and that takes TALENT.
Trust me, you want to preorder yours!
Can't WAIT for mine to arrive!
Just a reminder that my incredible poet friend has a poetry collection coming out.
Ali has a way of weaving words together that evokes an emotional reaction EVERY time—and that takes TALENT.
Trust me, you want to preorder yours!
Can't WAIT for mine to arrive!
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
*ahem*
Just a reminder that my incredible poet friend has a poetry collection coming out.
Ali has a way of weaving words together that evokes an emotional reaction EVERY time—and that takes TALENT.
Trust me, you want to preorder yours!
Can't WAIT for mine to arrive!
Just a reminder that my incredible poet friend has a poetry collection coming out.
Ali has a way of weaving words together that evokes an emotional reaction EVERY time—and that takes TALENT.
Trust me, you want to preorder yours!
Can't WAIT for mine to arrive!
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We've enrolled more than 700 participants (of 1,000 planned) in 3 weeks to a randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid
Founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, @erictopol.bsky.social, and Julia Moore Vogel, co–principal investigator of the Long COVID Treatment Trial, were featured in @wired.com, sharing insights on a nationwide study testing GLP-1s for long COVID.
Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid
GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid.
ow.ly
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We've enrolled more than 700 participants (of 1,000 planned) in 3 weeks to a randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid
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I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
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I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
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Authors: we're broke don't steal from us, please.
Some person on the internet: this person is an idea landlord. I've uploaded every book they ever wrote over years to a streaming site because fuck them.
We're tired.
And idea landlord was a lift from Twitter. Literally aimed at us to shame us.
Some person on the internet: this person is an idea landlord. I've uploaded every book they ever wrote over years to a streaming site because fuck them.
We're tired.
And idea landlord was a lift from Twitter. Literally aimed at us to shame us.
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Authors: we're broke don't steal from us, please.
Some person on the internet: this person is an idea landlord. I've uploaded every book they ever wrote over years to a streaming site because fuck them.
We're tired.
And idea landlord was a lift from Twitter. Literally aimed at us to shame us.
Some person on the internet: this person is an idea landlord. I've uploaded every book they ever wrote over years to a streaming site because fuck them.
We're tired.
And idea landlord was a lift from Twitter. Literally aimed at us to shame us.
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Beyond honored and absolutely thrilled to see AUDITION FOR THE FOX included here in @npr.org’s 2025 Books We Love, amidst such incredible company!
What a joyful way to start the week, I’m over the proverbial AND literal moon 🦊💜🦊 @tachyonpub.bsky.social
What a joyful way to start the week, I’m over the proverbial AND literal moon 🦊💜🦊 @tachyonpub.bsky.social
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Beyond honored and absolutely thrilled to see AUDITION FOR THE FOX included here in @npr.org’s 2025 Books We Love, amidst such incredible company!
What a joyful way to start the week, I’m over the proverbial AND literal moon 🦊💜🦊 @tachyonpub.bsky.social
What a joyful way to start the week, I’m over the proverbial AND literal moon 🦊💜🦊 @tachyonpub.bsky.social
I firmly believe in direct, clear compliments (this made me smile. I love X or y. You make me happy/laughter.).
Tell people when they make your life joyous or better. Give people their flowers, as often as you can.
Feeling appreciated is wonderful.
Tell people when they make your life joyous or better. Give people their flowers, as often as you can.
Feeling appreciated is wonderful.
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I firmly believe in direct, clear compliments (this made me smile. I love X or y. You make me happy/laughter.).
Tell people when they make your life joyous or better. Give people their flowers, as often as you can.
Feeling appreciated is wonderful.
Tell people when they make your life joyous or better. Give people their flowers, as often as you can.
Feeling appreciated is wonderful.
**points**
**stares at you**
This.
**stares at you**
This.
I do not even want to know why this is Discourse again, but book pirates are crapweasels and if you steal books you've done a bad thing and should feel bad about yourself.
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
**points**
**stares at you**
This.
**stares at you**
This.
Well, I put on hard pants.
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Well, I put on hard pants.
This morning’s run was a pain in my ass, but it’s done!
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This morning’s run was a pain in my ass, but it’s done!
I truly love sharing things with people I care about. Never an idle gesture!
Penguin with a shiny rock.
Penguin with a shiny rock.
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I truly love sharing things with people I care about. Never an idle gesture!
Penguin with a shiny rock.
Penguin with a shiny rock.
You guys, I got to hug the SOFTEST bunny today. It was the best.
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
You guys, I got to hug the SOFTEST bunny today. It was the best.
Trying very hard to remember that a mistake, even a minimally one, does not mean DOOM. And no one who cares about me will hold that over my head.
But brains are WEIRD
But brains are WEIRD
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Trying very hard to remember that a mistake, even a minimally one, does not mean DOOM. And no one who cares about me will hold that over my head.
But brains are WEIRD
But brains are WEIRD