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Tabitha (misinformation hater)
@tabithawrites.itch.io
Writer & editor, animal lover, local history & architecture nerd, queer fiction fan | Ace & agender | 🚫 genAI
Books: tabithaoconnell.com
Interactive fiction: alyshkalia.itch.io
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/tabithaoconnell
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My books! All queer fantasy romance novellas.

Structural Integrity & Structural Strain: A couple navigates life & their relationship in a city with a sharp class divide

Dirt-Stained Hands, Thorn-Pierced Skin: Loose Beauty & the Beast retelling

Full blurbs and purchase links at tabithaoconnell.com
"The real challenge is that avoiding AI entirely is becoming increasingly impractical"

People say this, but I have had zero trouble avoiding it thus far!
December 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina is out today! (Omg, so brave! Love wins!)

If you'd like a trans self-discovery story & enjoy short (~50 page) reads, it's perfect for you. Get it from the retailers below or many others

Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
PayHip: payhip.com/b/7MrKy
Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina
A girl playing guitar in a bar was more than enough to catch Daniel's attention. But she was more than that: something hypnotic, something ethereal, something familiar. What if the girl of your dreams...
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December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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The #Smashwords End of Year Sale starts today! 3 of my books are included:
🌒 FADED MOON is free!
🦇 SILVER BLOOD is 75% off!
☁️ TRANSCENDENCE is 75% off!

Find them and many more ebooks at https://smashwords.com/sale

📚💙 📢📚
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
continuing to repost this every time i see her books praised. i'm sure the books are indeed good, but i will not ever be reading them.
reminder that Gretchen F-M is just a really shitty person (tw for biphobia, acephobia, incest mention, and just general cruelty in the screenshots in this thread) twitter.com/BadWritingTa...
Tweet by @BadWritingTakes
A new challenger for Book Twitter’s Main Character of the week has appeared.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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My little SFF anthology has been on my mind lately 💙

8 genre-blending stories from 8 spectacular authors combine to make this truly unique collection.
Find it at https://books2read.com/transcendence-anthology

📚💙
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I woke up to being only 7 sales away from my big milestone for 2025. I'm sick and my brain isn't processing it. But thank you all. I got my first ever author blurb for Opus from @tabithawrites.itch.io. Feels worth sharing again.

Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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The IF Short Games Showcase 2025 is live, if not indexed yet! I'm really excited to see what works people choose to highlight.
IF Short Games Showcase 2025
A game jam from 2025-11-23 to 2026-01-25 hosted by Emery Joyce & Encorm. What is the Short Games Showcase? The Short Games Showcase is an opportunity to show off shorter interactive fiction works made...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
still not really here much but have an IF Weekly Roundup!

tabitha-if.neocities.org/wr_11-22-25
IF Weekly Roundup, 22 November 2025
This week's IF news
tabitha-if.neocities.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Back to books!

Do you like trans books? Especially cozy ones? @tabithawrites.itch.io is great for that! tabithaoconnell.com

What about one of the best techy mystery books I've ever read by @siennaeggler.com books2read.com/EarlyAdopter...
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Alright. Today is my birthday (and tbh it has sucked so far). But. I promised a thread of books by friends. And I am going to make good on that.

Please consider buying books from friends today. Thread below. Storefronts may vary. I'm just linking where I know the books are.
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
re: "turn off Smart Features on Gmail because it's using your email to train AI". i am in favor of mistrusting corporations, but ALSO of fact-checking unsourced claims!! and if you are the person making a claim, for the love of god include a source. spread facts, not misinformation.
This is incorrect. Those are not Gemini features. Those existed previously; this doesn’t do anything for GenAI.

Additionally, your email is scanned no matter what; that’s how spam and phishing don’t make it into your inbox.
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
#ectocomp2025 is almost halfway over! come play and rate the 62 new interactive fiction games at itch: itch.io/jam/ectocomp.... playtimes range from a few minutes to a few hours.

also check out reviews (or write your own!) on the Interactive Fiction Community forum: intfiction.org/tag/ectocomp...
ECTOCOMP 2025
A game jam from 2025-10-01 to 2025-12-01 hosted by rubereaglenest, alyshkalia & Passerine. There's a full moon rising Let's go dancing in the light We know where the music's playing Let’s go out and f...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
12 hours left to grab the Trans People Take on the World bundle! 32 books by trans authors featuring trans characters, all for $35.

itch.io/b/3352/trans...
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Can you believe it? Spring Thing 2026 is just six months away!

- A fun, unranked event with ribbons and prizes
- Two divisions, main festival and back garden

***No LLM-generated content permitted***

I hope to see everyone there! It's never too soon to start.

Please pass it on <3
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
One of these books actually exists! Another only doesn't *yet*. Pane 2 when @bailswrites.bsky.social? 👀👀
Day two's ad is less a call for preorders & more for Goodreads adds since I have minimal.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

Preorder Opus:

Signed copies: ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb
Amazon & get me a pretty banner: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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I'd like to kick off Trans Awareness Month with 32 stories of Trans People Taking On The World, by mainly trans authors

Your heroes may tackle; love, friendship, magic &war, self discovery, trauma & healing, demons (literal or metaphorical 😉) & or the world itself!

🌈📚💙💕📚🪐📚♿ itch.io/b/3352/trans...
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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The weird ads begin today. Whatever could this egg have to do with my book?📚💙💕

Maybe preorder Opus please? 🌈🚀💫 #BookSky 🌈📚

Signed copy: ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb
Amazon & get me a pretty banner: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
Everywhere else: books2read.com/opus
November 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Ectocomp is now open for voting! Come play and rate some spooky games!
Submissions to ECTOCOMP 2025
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October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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FIRST ENTRY IN THE HALLOWEEN CYOA IS UP 🙌

As I said before, I'll be posting another entry every 3 hours from noon (CST, my timezone) to midnight between now and Halloween

If you've never played before that's okay. Just read the entry and vote by responding with your story choice
DAY 1

You're just settling in for the night when you hear the sound. Not a thump or a creak. It's something else, coming from above you.

In the attic.

You glance up at the ceiling as tho you'd be able to see thru all those layers of floor and ceiling to the source of the sound.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
IF Weekly Roundup, October 25 2025
This week's IF news
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October 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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JOURNEY HOME by May Barros and STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY by Tabitha O'Connell both bring established relationships hitting rough patches and finding their ways; they feel very different (space adventure! vs down-to-earth among other things) but are great
October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Did you see the mega bundle for #AceWeek ?? Did you look at those books? Because I have read a significant chunks of them, and they alone would be worth the $50

itch.io/b/3318/ace-p...

🌈📚 #AsexualBooks #QueerSFF
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
#AceWeek sale! 26 ace books for $26! (including one by me!)

itch.io/b/3322/ace-p...
October 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
#AceWeek sale--get this bundle of 50 ace books for only $50! (including one by me!)

itch.io/b/3318/ace-p...
October 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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I'll be occasionally posting updates about my upcoming game, I Thief, which attempts to illuminate the venn overlap between gonzo meta IF and Zork. Please look forward to it!

intfiction.org/t/i-thief-de...
I, Thief development diary: a pre/se-quel
AUTHORS SAY THE DARNEDEST THINGS I’d like to do something closer to the Infocom games. A fan fiction, maybe. A sequel to Zork Zero! “If you would prefer a game with minimalist sensibilities… You m...
intfiction.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM