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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 3d

So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people?

Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help!

A thread!

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 5d

Are we doing #IndiePit here too?
CHILD OF THE DRAGON is a YA contemporary fantasy about a ragtag team of cursed (and queer) shape-shifting dragons in high school trying to break their curse, take down a magical dragon government, and still pass calculus. Coming March 10! #YA #F #PN #DIS

A purple and blue galaxy background with art of 4 teenagers in kind of a diamond shape. Kat is in front and she has blonde wavy hair, a gray shirt, silver eyes, and gold magic coming out of her upraised hand. The glow of the magic lights the other 3 characters.
Coleman is on Kat’s left and closest to her and has red hair, red eyes, freckles, a tattoo on his arm, and is wearing a green shirt with a jacket wrapped around his waist. He has blue magic coming off his hand and casting a cool glow on his face.
To Kat’s left and behind is Jason. He has brown skin, black hair, blue eyes, and is wearing a black jacket and holding a sword point down and looking back at Coleman.
Aaron is in the back, looking to the right, wearing a dark jacket over a red hoodie, you can see backpack straps and a lacrosse stick sticking out. He has dark blond hair and green eyes
There is a gold frame around them all

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 7d

We are almost at 50 written reviews for Artifice & Access! 😍

If you're a #reader of fantasy #books 👀 you may have a good time with this one!

And if you've already read it, writing a short review will help me continue uplifting disabled & chronically ill writers 😁💖

An image of shrek running, facing toward the bottom right corner, with a bright green wavy pathway beneath him. Above him is the green text "we're on the way to...".
The path stops in the lower right corner where a wooden sign reads "50 written reviews".
in the bottom left is magazine cutout letters that read "help" above small green text that says "graphic design is my passion".
on the right side of the image is a screen shot of the 4.64 rating and orange stars from Goodreads.
Two images of the blue book cover for ARTIFICE & ACCESS sit on the left and right of the image.

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Phenomena Press @phenomenapress.bsky.social · 12d

Wanted: A person not easily frightened with which to spend the evenings with. Food and aged wine will be provided, candelabras will not

Sincerely, an aromantic vampire lord simply wishing for company

Image is a tumblr post set to the background of a Gothic cathedral amd reads:

[User] Vampirisms
maidens if you are going to flee dramatically from my castle in the middle of the night once i reveal my true nature to you please leave your candelabra on the little ledge by the portcullis we are running out of them

[User] Vampirisms
starting to think these maidens are stumbling in soaked through from the rain just to steal my beautiful gowns and homewear are any of you actually lost

[User) elektrashocktherapy
At the checkout in Home Goods loading the belt with nothing but candelabras in all shapes & sizes while the cashier watches sympathetically and asks if it’s the maidens again

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Phenomena Press @phenomenapress.bsky.social · 8d

It's the 1st of October, which means it's officially spooky season 👻

What are you reading, what are you writing, and what haunts your halls this month?

#booksky #writingcommunity 🪐📚🌈

a group of skeletons are dancing in a circle in a cemetery in a black and white cartoon .

Alt: a group of skeletons are dancing in a circle in a cemetery in a black and white cartoon

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 10d

This is art 🙂‍↕️

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 10d

This is the best thing 😂

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 10d

just spoke to paul rudd* (yep) and he said you should buy this book.

*the paul rudd i spoke to may or may not be the famous one

ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 14d

if you like #reading you may, like this totally real picture of Paul Rudd, enjoy ARTIFICE & ACCESS 😁

14 short stories by authors from around the world, exploring disability in fantasy. It really is that cool!! 😭

#books #booksky

An image of paul rudd wearing black framed glasses , wiping his eyes as he cries. he is wearing a gray t shirt, and is holding a book. The cover for Artifice & Access has been hastily pasted on top of the book cover in the original photo.
Black text to the left of paul rudd reads "it's just so good!" and "really and honestly brings a tear to his eye".

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Phenomena Press @phenomenapress.bsky.social · 19d

It's the end of the week, and we want to see more aspec rep!

If you write paranormal stories with #asexual or #aromantic characters - check out our submission details here: paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co

💙📚🪐📚🌈

Image is of Spongebob being held by a green fish saying "Come closer, I need, I need - Ace and Aro representation"

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Phenomena Press @phenomenapress.bsky.social · 18d

We've put together just a few of the vibes we want to see brought to the anthology!

Weird, wacky, wicked, and wonderful - and all of them paranormal in their own ways!

🌈📚🪐

Image is a collection of media covers and banners surrounding text in the middle that says "Inspiration and Vibes" with spider webs in the top corners and a ghost in the bottom corner

The graphics of the media are:
- The Addams Family
- The Magnus Archives
- Hollow Knight
- Being Human (UK)
- Constantine (comic)
- Carmilla
- What We Do In The Shadows (movie)

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 18d

it's been one week of having this cover public and I'm so happy 😭

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 26d

I've been dreaming about the day I'd see my own name on a book cover. A massive thanks to JV Artists for making the cover of my dreams! Child of the Dragon is releasing March 10, 2026 from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social and preorders are available now on their website!

A purple background with the cover for Child of the Dragon (A cover with fire on the left edges and ice on the right edges centering around a girl in shorts and a tank top, raising a sword high and summoning lightning in front of a massive purple-y european dragon inside some sort of arena. The title: Child of the Dragon is written across the center in a curly, silver font, and the author name is in a smaller version of the same and says Ashley N.Y. Sheesley). Fire and ice surround the cover in a way that gives it a somewhat 3D effect. The text reads Cover Reveal at the top and across the bottom it says Coming March 10, 2026

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A.M. Weald - buy Fimbulvinter's Fires ❤️‍🔥 @amweald.com · 21d

ART REVEAL!

Thank you @anastasiacroft.bsky.social for this lovely art of Ash (he/him,⬅️) and Leim (they/them,➡️) from my queer apocalyptic scifi horrormance, Fimbulvinter's Fires.

This scene is similar to one from the book, after something stressful happens…🥶

Crash-landing 1 Oct 📘
amweald.com/fires

Your arrival is a light in the dark, and I am awakened. Art description: Ash and Leim (pronounced Lime) embracing tenderly during a blizzard wearing parkas. Ash is shorter by a head with light brown skin and dark hair and beard. Leim who is embracing Ash from behind is tall, pale-grey, with grey-blonde hair, and has a bony ridge running up the center of their forehead. Leim has their hand over Ash's, and Ash's hand is placed over his own heart. They both have their eyes closed as if relieved and taking a moment to just hold one another as a blizzard rages around them.

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 23d

We did! 😆

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 24d

Just happened to notice it didn’t say I was following you and I was like ??? since when??

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 24d

I was just wondering the same thing 🤣

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you!!!!

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Courtney & Clarke Collins | Fantasy Co-Authors @collinsauthors.bsky.social · 25d

I’m excited to be a part of the cover reveal for @ashintheashes.bsky.social and her YA contemporary fantasy debut, Child of the Dragon from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social with cover art from @jv.arts.2020!

A cover with fire on the left edges and ice on the right edges centering around a girl in shorts and a tank top, raising a sword high and summoning lightning in front of a massive purple-y european dragon inside some sort of arena. The title: Child of the Dragon is written across the center in a curly, silver font, and the author name is in a smaller version of the same and says Ashley N.Y. Sheesley

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Phenomena Press @phenomenapress.bsky.social · 25d

Open call for submissions!

Seeking paranormal stories that centre asexual, aromantic, and aspec characters

Ghouls and ghosts, werewolves and vampires, cryptids and those that search for them — we want to see them 👀👻

Open from Sept. 15th to November 30th

paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co
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Image reads: Open call for submissions. Seeking aro/ace paranormal short stories for an upcoming anthology project! Submission period: September 15 - November 30 2025

There is a website link: paranormal-aspecs.carrdd.co/

There are three photos, one of a smoky figure, one of a hand against a pane of glass, and a foggy forest

Image reads:
What we're looking for
Stories that centre asexual and aromantic characters (or identities that fall under those umbrellas) in a paranormal context. Give us your ghosts and ghouls, your werewolf packs and vampire covens, the things that hide beneath the bed and between the trees.

Image reads: Submission Guidelines
Word Count: 2,000-7,500 words
Submission Period: Sept 15-Nov 30
Stories must feature aspec characters and contain some aspect of paranormal or speculative fiction

Submission Guidelines:
Please email your submission to phenomenapress@gmail.com with '[STORY TITLE] - Aspec Paranormal Anthology' in the subject line
Include: name, email address, WIP title, word count and short synopsis
For more info: paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co/

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DB @ DB's Guide to the Galaxy @dbsguide2.bsky.social · 25d

Excited for the cover of Child of the Dragon by Ashely Sheeshley (@ashintheashes.bsky.social)! Out 10 March 2026 but preorders open from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social

Imagine Eragon but modern day and a girl finds out that she IS a dragon, has to defeat evil AND somehow still think of Maths!

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 25d

aaah thank you!!!!!!!11

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 26d

I'm excited to be helping out with the cover reveal for
@ashintheashes.bsky.social and her YA contemporary fantasy debut, Child of the Dragon from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social! Ash has been working her butt off to get this one to you, so if you're into shape-shifting dragons, give it a look! 👀

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you!!! 🥹

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Meg Writes, Maybe? @megthewriter.bsky.social · 26d

LOOK AT THIS COVER 😍😍😍

I am so freaking excited to get a copy Ash's book when it comes out, and this cover is absolutely STUNNING

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 26d

I've been dreaming about the day I'd see my own name on a book cover. A massive thanks to JV Artists for making the cover of my dreams! Child of the Dragon is releasing March 10, 2026 from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social and preorders are available now on their website!

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 26d

omg! this looks SO COOL! I'm super excited for Child of The Dragon❤️‍🔥

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 26d

I've been dreaming about the day I'd see my own name on a book cover. A massive thanks to JV Artists for making the cover of my dreams! Child of the Dragon is releasing March 10, 2026 from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social and preorders are available now on their website!

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you!!!! 🥰