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Tabitha (misinformation hater)
@tabithawrites.itch.io
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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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Tabitha (misinformation hater) @tabithawrites.itch.io · Aug 2
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
Graphic labeled "Trans books by a nonbinary author". Three books by Tabitha O'Connell are depicted: "Structural Integrity" has an illustrated cover with a young man walking toward an ornate wooden door looking back over his shoulder and holding out his hand to a man who stands in the lower left corner, his head and shoulders visible from the back. “Structural Strain” has an illustration in the same style of two men standing in front of an archway with a building in the background. One, wearing a green robe, stands right at the edge of the arch with a nervous expression, holding a suitcase in front of him. The other is in the foreground, only visible from the waist up, and is facing the first man with his hand held out. text beside these two reads "Trans man x cis man, dual POV". the third book is "Dirt-Stained Hands, Thorn-Pierced Skin", which has a border of leaves and red roses, with the title text in a decorative font taking up most of the space. The title is overlaid on a castle with a blue sky behind it. in the foreground is the back of a person with short hair in a plain shirt standing facing the castle. text beside this one reads "Nonbinary MC (ey/em pronouns)". text with arrows pointing to all three reads "Strong character arcs, Cozy domestic moments, Dose of angst"
tabithawrites.itch.io
"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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anotherindiewriter.com
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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tallimorgan.bsky.social
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

📚💙 📢📚
Only on Smashwords: Silver Blood ebook for $1.50, Transcendence ebook of $1.25, and Faded Moon ebook for free as part of the Smashwords End of Year Sale from Dec 8 - Jan. 1.
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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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.
tabithawrites.itch.io Tabitha (misinformation hater) @tabithawrites.itch.io · Sep 1
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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tallimorgan.bsky.social
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

📚💙
a photo of my hand holding up my book "Transcendence" in front of a very blue lake.
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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anotherindiewriter.com
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
White text on a beige background reading "A story of self-discovery that embraces all the messiness that comes with that process, while showing that it's still 100% worth it. The protagonist's pain hits hard -- but so does their joy". The quote is then listed as being by Tabitha O'Connell, author of Structural Integrity.
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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lionstooth.bsky.social
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
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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
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November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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anotherindiewriter.com
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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anotherindiewriter.com
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
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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.
mikesager.net Mike Sager @mikesager.net · Nov 20
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
tabithawrites.itch.io
#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
tabithawrites.itch.io
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...
graphic with text reading: Trans People Take on the World. Nov 1-15, Itchio. below are 32 book covers: The Strangers Sanctuary, S.E. Robertson What Lies Within, Issy Waldon Synthetic Sea, Franklyn S. Newton Non-Player Character, Veo Corva A Life in Too Many Margins, S.E. Thomson Like Salt and Whi Sky, Merlina Garance A Memory of Blood and Magic, K.N. Brindle My Personal Trainer Cracked My Egg, Fern V. Bedek Enemies to Enemies, Ash Kreider The Poison Fruits, E.M. Haegar The Thread That Binds, Cedar McCloud The Wings of Ashtaroth, Steve Hugh Westenra The Elysium Proposal, A.E. Bross Structural Integrity, Tabitha O'Connell Songs of Broken Bells, Lilly Lockwood Echo Sight, Cian Verath The Uncontinented Stars, Haden Cross Between You, Me and the Moonlit Sea, Linn Silver Secondhand Origin Storie, Lee Brontide Blood On The Snow, Finn McLellan Manipulators War, Elise Carlson Powder & Feathers, Johannes T. Evans Our Simulated Selves, Nikki Null All Roads Lead to This, Kay Claire 1000Lotuses, Lotuscarp.com First Rose, Jake Vanguard A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger Dragons Soul, J.F.R. Coates Garden of Rotten Roses, Nicole Hidalgo Name Her Holy, Aubrey Ennis Baker Thief, Claudie Arsenault Illusory, M.X. Misfits
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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bitingcat.bsky.social
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
tabithawrites.itch.io
One of these books actually exists! Another only doesn't *yet*. Pane 2 when @bailswrites.bsky.social? 👀👀
anotherindiewriter.com S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · Nov 2
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
A graphic showing the most wanted coming books ranked by Goodreads adds. They are as follows: 1. Whatever the fuck George R. R. Martin is writing (1,208,921 adds). 2. "Pane 2" by Bailey Elizabeth (1,186,696 adds). 3. Bible 2: Bethlehem Drift (112,992 adds). 4. "Yes We Do: An Charmin Bears Expose" by A. Bear (102,446 adds). 5. "The Lorax Strikes Back" by Dr. Seuss (99,281 adds). 6. "Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major Op.12 Lucina" by S. Morgan Burbank (6 adds).
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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eliseswritings.bsky.social
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...
Title: Trans People Take on the World, Nov 1-15 in Itchio 32 Book covers, background a sunset photo by Elise Carlson. The Strangers Sanctuary, S.E. Robertson What Lies Within, Issy Waldon Synthetic Sea, Franklyn S. Newton Non-Player Character, Veo Corva A Life in Too Many Margins, S.E. Thomson Like Salt and Whi Sky, Merlina Garance A Memory of Blood and Magic, K.N. Brindle My Personal Trainer Cracked My Egg, Fern V. Bedek Enemies to Enemies, Ash Kreider The Poison Fruits, E.M. Haegar The Thread That Binds, Cedar McCloud The Wings of Ashtaroth, Steve Hugh Westenra The Elysium Proposal, A.E. Bross Structural Integrity, Tabitha O'Connell Songs of Broken Bells, Lilly Lockwood Echo Sight, Cian Verath The Uncontinented Stars, Haden Cross Between You, Me and the Moonlit Sea, Linn Silver Secondhand Origin Storie, Lee Brontide Blood On The Snow, Finn McLellan Manipulators War, Elise Carlson Powder & Feathers, Johannes T. Evans Our Simulated Selves, Nikki Null All Roads Lead to This, Kay Claire 1000Lotuses, Lotuscarp.com First Rose, Jake Vanguard A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger Dragons Soul, J.F.R. Coates Garden of Rotten Roses, Nicole Hidalgo Name Her Holy, Aubrey Ennis Baker Thief, Claudie Arsenault Illusory, M.X. Misfits
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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anotherindiewriter.com
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
A picture of white egg next to the cover of Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina. It is a beige/off-white cover with the book's title in gray-blue text. At the top is the text "A novella in three movements" and at the bottom is the author's name, S. Morgan Burbank. Below is the text "cracking onto bookshelves December 12".
November 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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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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mixeduppainter.bsky.social
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
mixeduppainter.bsky.social Mixeduppainter @mixeduppainter.bsky.social · Oct 29
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.
1/3
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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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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clh2oars.bsky.social
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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clh2oars.bsky.social
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
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#AceWeek sale! 26 ace books for $26! (including one by me!)

itch.io/b/3322/ace-p...
Promotional image for Ace Pride Week Bundle #2 All books in this bundle have either a major character that identifies on the ace spectrum, an ace-identifying author, or BOTH! Oct. 19-25. 26 Books, $26.00 Book covers pictured are: Non-Player Character by Veo Corva Journey Home by May Barros Triple Strike: Threads of Fate by G.M. Gray Wherever the Stars Call by S. Jean Yours Celestially by Al Hess The Star-Crossed Empire by Maya Darjani The Audacity 1 by Carmen Loup The Thirteenth Key by Cara Nox In the Eye of the Beholder by Beverly Anne Michel A Designer Magick by Stefanie Carter Bloody Spade by Brittany M. Willows Structural Integrity by Tabitha O'Connell Curse of Souls by Niranjan The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud Of Spells and Love by Odessa Silver Courtly Love by T.D. Cloud Song of the Wolf T.C. Smith The Dragon Next Door by Vanessa Ricci-Thode The Grand Duke's Masseur by sbdrag Blood by D.C. Hart Lantern by Burgundy Athena Pendragon Inarora's Excursion by Astrid E. Abell The Blood Divide by Zan Lowell The Towers of Nine by Alyssa Louttit Walking the Knife's Edge by Elise Carlson Junk Junction by William C. Tracy
October 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
tabithawrites.itch.io
#AceWeek sale--get this bundle of 50 ace books for only $50! (including one by me!)

itch.io/b/3318/ace-p...
Graphic advertising the Ace Pride Week itch.io mega bundle. Oct 19 - 25. 50+ books for $50! All books by ace authors and/or ft. ace characters across a variety of genres! riyati.ink/acepride2025 Book covers for the following books are listed top left to bottom right: Non-player Character - Veo Corva A Dragon’s Treasure - Elis Madsen The Blood Divide - Zan Lowell The Grand Duke’s Masseur Child of the Forest - Audrey Simmons Wherever the Stars Call - S. Jean How Six Saved the Grogs - Blaine D. Arden City of Strike - Claudie Arseneault In Spite of the Inevitable - Morgan Biscup Structural Integrity - Tabitha O’Connell Of Spells and Love - Odessa Silver Inarora’s Excursion - Astrid E. Abell Puppetry - Nina Waters Sidetracked - S. K. Kelley Lost Blades - Liz Sauco Claimed by the Undead - C. L. Carhart The Star-Crossed Empire - Maya Darjani Triple Strike Threads of Fate - G. M. Grey Curse of Souls - Niranjan Courtly Love - T. D. Cloud Song of the Wolf - T. C. Smith Blood - D. C. Hart Chai and Cat-tales - Lynn Strong The Thirteenth Key - Cara Nox The Dragon Next Door - Vanessa Ricci-Thode Walking the Knife’s Edge - Elise Carlson Yours Celestically - Al Hess Pet - H. S. Kallinger The One He Brought Home - Skye Kilaen Junk Junction - Sara Codair Secondhand Origin Storie - Lee Brontido Riyati Rebirth - Kai Zeal Bridges of Smoke - Julie March The Whisperer in White - Y. R. Liu In the Eye of the Beholder - Beverly Anne Michel Peace in the Sky - Caye Marsh A Spark in Space - Janina Franck Journey Home - May Barros Doce Drosera - Anita The Audacity - Carmen Loup Bloody Space - Brittany M. Willows Enemies to Enemies - Ash Kreider Devil’s Deal - Tessa Hastjarjanto Merchants of Knowledge and Magic - Erika McCorkle A Life in Too Many Margins - S. E. Thomson Where We Converge - A. E. Bross Lantern - Burgundy Athena Pendragon A Designer Magick - Fox N. Locke The Harmony of Falling Snow - Andora Brohaw The Thread That Binds - Cedar McCloud Towers of Nine - Alyssa Louttit
October 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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bitingcat.bsky.social
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...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM