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A.M. Weald
@amweald.com
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atheist xennial author 🌈 she/they
speculative fiction &
contemporary romance
🇺🇸→🇫🇷 | 🖤🤍💜🤍💚
PhD archaeology🦴
ND✨fibro⚡SVT💖
"Even If We're Broken" (romance)
"Fimbulvinter's Fires" (horrormance)
[pub'd wide | Kobo+ | itchio]

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comic where someone writes life is pain then someone else writes au chocolat and they're then eating the pastries ALT text final: My emotions this December had been a mixed bag, and I felt overwhelmed by basically everything. That hasn’t stopped. So I need to cut myself free from anything that isn’t an absolute necessity. For however long it takes. (I forgot to mention we’re supposed to start discussions with an architect soon regarding apartment renovations, and eventually live in a rental apartment while it’s renovated). I hope everyone has an amazing 2026. I hope in at least a small way I can help you celebrate your book releases and milestones. I just wanted to post a heads-up on that I may be scarce and why. Thank you for reading.
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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street art "to do list" with the word "nothing" crossed off ALT text continued: December started with me having to step away (for the most part) from most online activities. I wanted to step away entirely, but I had previously planned responsibilities, like sharing group sale graphics, etc. I didn’t have to post stuff, but I wanted to fulfill that agreement. Now in the new year, as I begin a recovery process that might take a week or so, at least physically, I will likely, more completely, step away from online activities (for the most part) for a more extended time. Not only do I need time to myself, time to rest, I will also be having an unrelated medical procedure that will probably put me out of commission. Medically, I’m exhausted. Mid-December, I had a superficial, benign but problematic cyst on my breast removed. All is well with that. Then, I had a miscarriage. Next, I will have my pacemaker-defibrillator removed. As you can imagine, I haven’t had nor do I later expect to have the mental or physical energy to do much of anything. On top of all that, I will be starting a second part-time job this month. Personal stuff has already affected my time and energy this year in terms of finding the time and energy to write. So looking forward, despite wanting very badly to work on many projects, I don’t know if I can. And even if I do find the time or energy to write, I’m not sure I will have the time or energy to post about the fact that I found the time or energy to write. So, if you haven’t already read the books I’ve already published, this year will be the time to do so. And if you like them, let me know. I will need every bit of encouragement I can get.
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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lisa simpson meme saying "me: i should write" and "also me" and it shows her sleeping or disassociating. ALT text continued: The plan was to return to the clinic on Jan 2, but then I started to bleed. It was just like any late period, just as the OBGYN said it would be. Luckily I wasn’t planning to go anywhere on NYE. But sitting through that dinner was rough. The next day, traveling home, the cramps became more intense. I took the Rx painkiller and made it home before the worst began. To call a natural miscarriage “like a bad period” is a horrific understatement. There were moments where I was wondering if my condition was severe enough to call the OGBYN ER hotline for advice. Despite knowing vaguely what would happen, I was not at all prepared for the sensations I would feel over the next eight hours. The bathroom was like a crime scene. Naturally, I didn’t sleep much. Despite what seemed an intense situation, my blood pressure remained perfect (I have a cuff at home), and I didn’t feel poorly aside from being underslept and cramping. So I just listened to my body and checked what I was passing to make sure it wasn’t anything concerning. In the end, I believe all was within normal first trimester miscarriage area. I kept thinking about how much more horrific the ordeal would have been had I lived in an area where suffering a miscarriage was criminalized, or if I never had had the choice on how to terminate a nonviable fetus. To go through what feels like (graphic) giving birth to chunks of your own organs and bleeding enough to wonder if you’re going to die only to be labeled a criminal for something beyond your control? Fucking. Hell. I’m very thankful to live in France where I’m safe and supported.
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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meme from broad city show with woman air quoting and scarcastically asking how AM i?? ALT text continued: The first OBGYN was concerned. The second OBGYN said it was a missed miscarriage (the fetus died without any bleeding). The third, fourth, and fifth OBGYN (all at the same specialty clinic at a hospital) all agreed that it was very likely a missed miscarriage. I was given the choices of: A) help the seemingly lifeless fetus leave right away by taking a series of pills (the kind that certain people in the US want to ban despite it being perfectly safe), which would have triggered an intense miscarriage; and B) wait and see if it passes on its own. They wanted to see me in another week to see if the fetus grew, but that was xmas. So I opted for two weeks because then I would be back home from visiting family. Which meant I had two weeks to see if a proper, natural miscarriage would occur or not. I was assured that waiting was statistically safe, and that a natural miscarriage would be gentler, like a regular period. But I was given powerful painkillers, just in case. Then my jeans, which had started to become tight, once again fit just fine. Because my lower abdomen began to return to its pre-pregnancy size (though all this time I’d been bloated from taking progesterone due to initial feared ‘threatened miscarriage’ and to avoid miscarrying over xmas), my husband and I agreed that, likely, I indeed had a missed miscarriage, and all the components within my uterus were in the process of being resorbed. Before New Year’s, I started having more regular, dull cramps. But I still never bled. Until December 31.
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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A personal note and looking forward to 2026 (ALT text continued in thread, 1/5).
A personal note — CW: miscarriage — and looking forward In early December, right about the time I turned 43, I realized—after a week of denial because we didn’t think it possible—that for the first time ever, I was pregnant. I quickly became exhausted and ill, and things started to move fast medically, with OBGYN visits overlapping with previously scheduled unrelated medical things. My entire December involved traveling to doctor appointments. But then, a week or so later, my worst symptoms lessened. “Fluctuation is normal” I read. But something felt different. At my first ultrasound, what should have been a 5mm fetus was only 3mm, leading us to wonder if this was anomalous (bad) or simply oddly timed conception. But it seemed to have a heartbeat, a 108 bpm flutter that I saw with my own eyes. A week later, there was nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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Are you a winter baby like me? ❄️
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January 1, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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January 1, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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2025 is thankfully over, but these 27 books represent some of the best indie books published that year.

Get this bundle of 27 books for $15, regularly ~$107. A savings of 86%!

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The best of 2025, 27 books for 15 bucks. Ends January 15.
January 1, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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More than a third of this was downloads of my free short story, but this might be a personal record of orders in a single month (and it's slowly going up still).
300 monthly orders on Amazon
December 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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The 2025 Holiday Megasale has started!

Over 300 authors are raising money for the Mary Cariola Center, which provides education and life skills to people with disabilities.
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Sale ends tomorrow.

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More than 300 authors over 600 books
December 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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I heard y'all like cheap ebooks.

Check out these speculative fiction deals.... sale ends tomorrow. ✌️

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2025 holiday mega sale 300 authors 600+ books free or 99 cents. Benefits the Mary Cariola center
December 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Lands of Frost is a collection of twelve fantasy, sci-fi, and horror books packed with ice and snow.
Get 12 gems of wintery goodness for $10!

itch.io/b/3441/lands...

📦📚📢📚💙🪐📚🩸📚
from December 18 to January 9 Born of Scourge Ronove The Grandmaster's Gamble Paul G. Zareith Whiteout (The Order of the Strawberry Circle Book 2) Susanne Schmidt Where Dreams Are Lost: The Second Nightmare SRTudor Elixir Saved: Book 2 Elixir Chronicles Katie L. Carroll Zimanges mcburnell Winter Flame C.L. Carhart Prince of Frost Ruth Miranda Fimbulvinter's Fires: a queer apocalyptic sci-fi horrormance A.M. Weald Humanborn - Shadows of Eireland book 1 Joanna Maciejewska Netwalk JoyceReynoldsWard Dance of the Sugar Dragons: An Empire of Dragons Story L’Poni Baldwin
December 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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End of the Year Sci-Fi Sale!

Love new worlds and new civilizations? Galactic conflicts and alien encounters? Technological and/ or medical advancements? Grab this bundle of Science Fiction books that is the perfect complement to this holiday season.

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end of the year sci fi sale - december 18 to 31, 41 books for only $25
December 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Vote for my books in the Indie Ink Awards!!

The top ten books in every category will move on at the end of this phase as finalists to be read and scored by a panel of judges.

Make sure to click through all the categories, too, to vote for your other faves!

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A.M. Weald’s nominated books VOTING CATEGORIES: even if we're broken Best book cover and cover artist Best friendship Best setting Best use of tropes Side character MVP Wittiest character Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Rep LGBTQ+ Rep Mental Health Rep Neurodivergent Rep by an ND author fimbulvinter's fires Best book cover and cover artist Best friendship Side character MVP Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Rep hunt monsters do magic and fall in love Best book cover and cover artist Best morally gray character Best setting Best use of tropes Side character MVP Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Rep LGBTQ+ Rep
December 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Kobo Plus is a great alternative to Kindle Unlimited!

Check out these Fantasy and Science Fiction books available for free with a Kobo+ subscription:
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fantasy and sci fi reads on kobo plus - a ship, a rocket, and a dragon
December 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Vote for my books in the Indie Ink Awards!!

The top ten books in every category will move on at the end of this phase as finalists to be read and scored by a panel of judges.

Make sure to click through all the categories, too, to vote for your other faves!

indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
A.M. Weald’s nominated books VOTING CATEGORIES: even if we're broken Best book cover and cover artist Best friendship Best setting Best use of tropes Side character MVP Wittiest character Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Rep LGBTQ+ Rep Mental Health Rep Neurodivergent Rep by an ND author fimbulvinter's fires Best book cover and cover artist Best friendship Side character MVP Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Rep hunt monsters do magic and fall in love Best book cover and cover artist Best morally gray character Best setting Best use of tropes Side character MVP Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Rep LGBTQ+ Rep
December 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Are you a winter baby like me? ❄️
Do you read books? 📚💙
Are you queer af? 🌈📚

Then check out this bundle of 7 wintery stories from 7 authors featuring trans/nonbinary characters.

7 stories for $3, Regularly ~$16
(Save 81%!)

Offer ends January 1.

itch.io/b/3419/trans...

🖋️📖💰 📦📚📢📚💙
a wintery mountain background with pastel pink snow and skies with an aurora above. please see the project URL for story titles: tinyurl.com/2025transmute
December 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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It's the December Queer Indie Book Sale!

Over 100 books, all 99c each, including Even If We're Broken and Fimbulvinter's Fires.

From Dec 9 until Dec 11.

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December 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Check out this multi-genre queer indie ebook sale!

Over 100 stories, each 99c. Scroll through to find your favorite genres!

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December 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Hello, 43 🎂
I got more than I bargained for this year (more on that next year), but if you wanna get me a present, you could buy my ebooks, leave a review if you've already read them, or give a donation to a charity.
And be sure to go to IndieVisibleEvents.com for hundreds of other discounted books!
photo of me smirking surrounded by pastel stars. emergence is free, fires and broken are 2.99, magic and unburnt are 99c.
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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said jar:
A wide cauldron shaped jar with a black lid filled with trail mix. It's the size of my palm.
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS 📚💙

This weekend only it's the
Indie Author
❄️ Winter Wonderland ❄️
ebook sale with hundreds of discounted books.

Sale goes from December 5-8 with 100+ free ebooks, 150+ 99c ebooks, and other discounted or newly released books!

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a winter forest watercolor background with all post info
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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the good news is that if my new electric blanket ever stops working, i still have a nice thick blanket.

i guess you can surgically remove the wires if necessary...
just thinking ahead, here 😄 we all know this ish isn't built to last.

(ignore the wall... we haven't renovated yet).
me in a dark green sweater cozying up with a white and grey scandinavian deer and snowflake pattern fuzzy electric blanket while sitting in my desk chair.
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Copyright page train. 🖋️📖💰

I like mine from "Even If We're Broken" because I felt like I should state the archaeology sites were fake so folks don't go looking for em 😂

I need to update its language to include the clause about genAI that I started adding to my later books.
Copyright © 2024 A.M. Weald All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, including for use in AI datasets, without the written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations within critical reviews. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, institutions, locales, and events are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. The archaeological sites of Andre Hjem and Helvetes Port are fictional. Edited by Charlie Knight cknightwrites.com/editing Cover art by Matthew Spencer mspencerillustration.com Illustrations by Kassie Bradshaw Kmitch instagram.com/jangojips Typography and formatting by A.M. Weald amweald.com Fonts used in the text of this work include Cabin Sketch, Yrsa, Inconsolata, Reenie Beanie, La Belle Aurore, Emilys Candy, and Noto Sans Runic, licensed under the OFL. Any errors are the sole responsibility of the author. Copyright © 2025 A.M. Weald All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations within critical reviews. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, institutions, locales, and events are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. No part of this text was generated by A.I. No part of this text may be used in A.I. datasets or analysis, without exception. ISBNs: 9782959488146 (eBook), 9782959488153 (Paperback). Cover art by grandfailure. Cover design and typography by A.M. Weald. Editing and formatting by A.M. Weald. Proofreading by Brittany Bookworm. Fonts used in the text of this work include STIX Two Text, Inconsolata, and Averia Libre, licensed under the OFL. All errors are the sole responsibility of the author.
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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oh my. i'm on my Buffy rewatch...
i forgot about this coat.
i had a coat kinda like this but without the flowers.
if i lived in a place that got Actually Cold i would absolutely want this coat.

look. at. this. coat. 🌹
willow rosenberg from buffy walking outside wearing a long dark brown coat with white wool lining and on the outside of the coat is embroidered vines and colorful flowers.
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM