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H.S. Kallinger (he/they)

@xakana.bsky.social

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#LGBTQIA+ Author: Lost & Found Humanity series, disabled, queer SFF writer, geek, gamer. Trans♂️ enby. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ http://patreon.com/xakana https://hskallinger.weebly.com https://linktr.ee/hskallinger https://ko-fi.com/hskallinger E pulvis vitae noster ad astra.

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · Jul 12

Hi! I'm H.S. Kallinger, a disabled, queer author of queer SFF. I have a complete, published psych/urban fantasy series available at multiple online retailers, & I'm working on a new one. My works are character-driven, blend real science with fantasy, and I like to kick tropes in the face.

A banner for H.S. Kallinger featuring six book covers: Hotel of Lost Souls, Pet, Bridges, Predators, Castles, and World of Lost souls in the front center, while behind, the image is split into two: on the left is a fiery scene with a partial image of a topless tan man in jeans with his hands together by medical straps, holding a black shock collar. In the center, fire is bisected diagonally with red on the top and blue on the bottom. To the right is a dark blue scene with sparkling glitter lights over someone barely visible with perhaps pink hair and closed eyes colored by dark teal blue lighting.

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you!

H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you so much! 🥰🥰

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you! 🥰🥰

H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 7h

My book release went well! I have already gotten "When's the next one?" comments and love to my little cinematic ad (in addition to more sales than any prior launch day).

My week's work was all about promoting that (and itch bundles, which have also made a few sales), so... yay!

#LGBTQWriteAThon

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 15h

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 11:

Check in day! How was your week?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Image: a burnt orange background with two jack o' lanterns. Text: #LGBTQWriteAThon Use the tag and follow the feed on BlueSky! Tag @LGBTQWriteAThon in photos on Instagram! October 11: Check in day.
BlueSky: @amaralynn @rebeccafrostwrites.com Instagram: @LGBTQWriteAThon @amarajlynn @krakengoddess

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 7h

Watching queerphobic comedians (or just laughing at queerphobic jokes).
Total silence on the subject of queerness.

Your child will still be queer, but before you know that, they'll know you hate them.

#ComingOutDay

H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 7h

Being "your child's first bully" doesn't just look like rejecting their queerness. It also looks like:

Badmouthing your queer family.
Decrying the "lifestyle" of your queer acquaintances.
Hating on queerness in the abstract.
Choosing a hateful church over one of the many open and accepting ones.

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Cheyenne Brammah | Iron Dragon @akairondragon.ca · 3d

Preorder the ebook, paperback, or hardback of The First Sin!
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✨ SWAG ALERT ✨
Preorder to receive free swag! Just provide a copy of your proof of purchase in the form below. Open to readers worldwide.
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📚🩵 🪐📚 #bsnm #scifi #scifinovels #indieauthor

A mockup of The First Sin by Cheyenne Brammah.

In the sweeping expanse of the Årdrakin Empire, the people fight and die for honor as elite warriors of the galaxy. But long ago, a prophecy was spoken that presaged the apocalypse. Everyone knows and fears the truth: one day, the empire will fall.

Tårik is a guard for small, independent Clan Tsinna. Instead of pondering the end of his civilization, Tårik’s greatest concern is maintaining his honor while escorting a group of impertinent dignitaries across the treacherous Barren Gale. When the Mother Goddess speaks a passage from the prophecy to him, he has the good sense to be frightened, but he doesn’t heed the significance of Her visit.

Then disaster strikes, and Tårik is branded as an exile, leaving him with no home, no honor, and no future. Forced into a desperate struggle for survival, all Tårik can focus on is living just one more day until luck—or maybe fate—gives him the opportunity to join a new clan. But even this is fraught with danger and uncertainty, and it takes him to an inhospitable world far from the empire where survival seems all but impossible.

Faced with new challenges, including trying to navigate first contact with the low-tech locals, Tårik believes the prophecy can’t reach him. Yet it continues to loom, signaling that his fate and the fate of the empire are irrevocably entwined.

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 10h

I'm a gamer and have been for 42 years. I'm attracted to women. I prefer the realistic one.

H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 18h

Absolutely yes!

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Jax Wolff Writes @jaxwolffwrites.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon The penultimate chapter of The Infinite Sadness goes out today, containing the kiss and a magic fight set to "Come On Eileen," for FREE.
jaxwolffwrites.beehiiv.com

Happy Bonus: My writing partner, who's modeling the first knitting project I've ever completed (and stealing my tea).

Beenjamin, OP's plush bee (and writing partner/rubber duck for rubber duck plot debugging), hovers over a red cup full of tea. He's wearing a red, gold, and gray scarf. Behind him is a computer; on the screen, Scrivener sits open to a document (for The Nameless Song), still on chapter 7.

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 18h

Not just directly yeeting the book out to everyone to read as soon as it's done XD

Tracey Lee @traceyleewrites.bsky.social · 1d

📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 10 📚

As a #neurospicy author, I find sticking to one project is really challenging, especially if I'm in a hard slog phase that doesn't give me any dopamine.

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat #findtheglimmers #adhd #dyslexia

October #writinglifemonthly Day 10 What's the hardest part about writing for you?
Build Community - Share. Like.Comment in Group. @traceyleewrites

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 18h

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 18h

Gabby comes out as nonbinary in the first book, as does his partner, Jackie.

Those aren't the only coming-outs by a long shot, but they're the first and most important!

#QueerPrompts

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 23h

#QueerPrompts October 11: National Coming Out Day: Do any of your characters come out in your story?

Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters.
Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font.
Center text is:
#QueerPrompts October 11: National Coming Out Day: Do any of your characters come out in your story?

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 18h

No, you're right about kimono not looking like that with large breasts or open. If it was improperly tied like that, her whole breasts would fall out. These trolls have never seen real breasts.

It's an anime trope they want, not reality. That's the tantrum.

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 18h

My reps are founders/sponsors 😭

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 1d

Yep! I recorded and edited it all in Audacity and then put it together in DR.

H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 1d

💙💙 VAing is WORK!

Yeah. I knew I needed a short, and I've gotten the hang of DaVinci Resolve, I feel, so I was mostly winging it. Just threw together a script I hope will grab attention (or at least entertain), picked a new song from my library, and used that to kinda guide the rest!

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, thank you! My lazy ass recycled my recorded lines from my narrative cinematic: youtu.be/hjX-qTaQwO0?...

Would You Like to Hear Gabriel's Story?

YouTube video by H S Kallinger

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I started it last night but ran out of steam, so I got it finished today, and it came out better than I was expecting 🖤❤️

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 1d

A Demon to Save Me follows Gabriel Belmont as he navigates the challenges of life a dhampir and as an ND, queer young adult trying to find not only his place in many different worlds, but a family to help him find his humanity... even as it slips away.

hskallinger.weebly.com/found-humani...

Have You Ever... (A Demon to Save Me) #books

YouTube video by H S Kallinger

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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 New Itch-io Bundle 🚨

This time focussing on hidden indie gems, 60 underrated books that fly under the radar in a wide array of genres for just $38, running 9–13 October.

Come and check out some of the best books you've never heard of.
itch.io/b/3305/under...

📢📚🪐| #BookSky | 📦📚

Graphic that reads "Itch.io Under-Rated Bundle, Oct 9th-13th, Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of." Text is brown on an off-white background with five yellow stars bordering it above and below. Around the text box are the following book covers: Predators by H.S. Kallinger, Zinmages by M.C. Burnell, The Spider's Friend by M.C. Burnell, Disappearance and Other Short Stories by PD Loupee, Memories of Sorcery and Sand by Joanna Maciejewska, Kranlian Rendezvous by Simon Wolfe, The Shadow of Arcadia by Alan K. Dell, Devil Deal by Janina Franck, The God Sun by Alan K. Dell, Water's Edge by Ellie Lieberman, The Third People by Lee Burton, The Crimson Knight by Zeta K. Pierce, The Lion by Lee Burton, Adventures In GameWorld : Game Start by Robert Rumery, All Through the House and Other Tales from a Random Place by Joachim Heijndermans, Soft Reboot by Joachim Heijndermans, Blue by Niranjan, Wizard's Debt by Niranjan, Ambushed by Natasha O'Connor, At First Belonging by Rob

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 1d

This post is free for everyone and contains links to purchase (all of which should have previews), but if you just want to read the first chapter first, it's available here!

hskallinger.blogspot.com/2020/09/a-de...

A Demon to Save Me: Sample

Blog for H.S. Kallinger, indie author of the Lost Humanity series and the Found Humanity series.

hskallinger.blogspot.com

H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 1d

Being anti-GenAI is not being anti-science. TF? It's not even precisely technophobic.

Quite frankly, being pro-GenAI in its current form is being anti-science, as it ignores the multidisciplinary aspects of science itself and how technology must bring more good that harm, which GenAI does NOT.

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 1d

so cute!

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 1d

I hope I capture the times and subcultures in which I lived to give people an 'old timey' feel in 50 years. I hope that people in the future can still find it and see that there were people who cared about what we left them. And I hope some of them just enjoy the stories themselves.

#PretendPanel

Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 1d

#pretendpanel, I'm at a retreat over the next few days so I am incorrigibly absent! However, tell me...

October 10th: Writing and reading are kinds of necromancy. How do you hope your writing will hold/reflect your ghost after you're gone?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#pretendpanel
a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social
October 10th: Writing and reading are kinds of necromancy. How do you hope your writing will hold/reflect your ghost after you're gone?
Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts
New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!

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