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Krystal A. Smith
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I write fiction. I crave laughter. She/Her. Sometimes K.A. Smith #LesbianFiction #Sapphic #BlackSpecFic #Speculativefiction 🏳️‍🌈👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏾📚💛
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Short stories of powerful, magical, loving women and femmes. Tapping into the power within is transformative. #SpeculativeFiction
#BlackFiction

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Cover of Two Moons: Stories a speculative fiction short story collection by Krystal A. Smith. A blue background of various blues collage style, and a dark figure in white lifting moon flowers toward a shimmering moon.
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Looking for something different? Check out my books payhip.com/KrystalASmith
My physical books:
•Sheila on the Mend-Black lesbian romance/women’s fic
•Two Moons-SpecFic short stories, black/queer/otherworldly
•This Is Not About Love-poems
Cover of Two Moons: Stories a speculative fiction short story collection by Krystal A. Smith. A blue background of various blues collage style, and a dark figure in white lifting moon flowers toward a shimmering moon. Cover of This Is Not About Love, a narrow hallway leading to a door. The surrounding walls are bathed in pinks and fuscias and light Cover of Sheila on the Mend, a Black woman in a gold dangly top with shimmering blue eyeshadow
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Book hangover is so real!!!! Omg. Stayed up so late reading and just finished a BANGER!!!
Lex Files by Celeste Castro I loved Prize Money by her and this one is up there too!!!

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Screenshot of the book cover for Lex Files by Celeste Castro
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Readers rave about Sheila On The Mend!
"A tender love story with some twists."
"...A lead character that feels familiar and full-bodied."

#lesfic #diversebooks #indiebooks #IndieAuthorDay
🌈📚

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Purple pink background with an ereader in the center with the cover of Sheila on the Mend. Floating ice cream cones all around.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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I was inspired! Potatoes make everything GREAT! 😋
Tray of potato wedges with chipotle drizzle
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Trying out a longer nail with a different shape (ballerina tip) TinyCat is a fan! 😂🤗
Manicured hand holding a notebook an orange cat getting her chin scratched while looking into camera
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Short stories of powerful, magical, loving women and femmes. Tapping into the power within is transformative.
#QueerFiction #SpeculativeFiction
#BlackFiction

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Cover of Two Moons: Stories a speculative fiction short story collection by Krystal A. Smith. A blue background of various blues collage style, and a dark figure in white lifting moon flowers toward a shimmering moon.
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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It has a sister I filled up a while back. I love a good notebook!!!
Selfie of a woman holding a black and gold marble journal.
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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And I do love a facepull!!
#BlackSkyFitness
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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The pump was on this morning!! Yes ma’am!!!!
#ArmDay
#BlackSkyFitness
Black woman in the gym flexing in the full body mirror. Black woman flexing tricep in the gym mirror
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Me: Why does my back hurt all the time?
My chair: 🫠
😂😂😂Happy Monday
#UntilTheWheelsFallOff
#IfYouCantDuctIt
A broken slanted falling apart duct taped office chair from a high up angle.
November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Will the truth about the past make Jamie see Karina in a different light? Will an apology be enough to create good will between these women?

❄️Second Chance
❄️Small Town
❄️Witty Banter

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#IndieAuthor
#BlackLesbianRomance
Book cover of Holiday Chance. A Christmas themed cover with a tin of cookies covered in powdered sugar with various holly and snowflakes scattered about.
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Happy National Author’s Day!!
Toni Morrison smiling to camera at her desk.
November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Good morning from TinyCat. She gave you a sniff test 😂
#Cats
#OrangeCats
October 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Tested my pull-up strength this morning with my bands. 😂😂😂😂 There were some very enthusiastic shoulder shrugs but not a pull-up to be seen!
I’ll get there!!
#WorkingOut
#BlackSkyFitness
woman hanging from a pull-up bar
October 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Errbody want 1023 status but nobody wanna know anything about the organization they started…on purpose.
🙄
A red flag with white letters that reads We Do This Not Because It Is Easy, But Because We Thought It Would Be Easy.
October 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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I KNEW this box from Aldi would entice her. 😂😂😂Gotcha!
#PredictableCat
#CatTrap
🪤
Cat sitting in a box
October 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Readers rave about Sheila On The Mend!
"A tender love story with some twists."
"...A lead character that feels familiar and full-bodied."

#lesfic #diversebooks #indiebooks
🌈📚

B2R: books2read.com/u/mda0NW
Direct: payhip.com/b/wT3nW
Purple pink background with an ereader in the center with the cover of Sheila on the Mend. Floating ice cream cones all around.
October 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Balance is getting BETTER and I was able to do 7 each side (properly) up from 5. PR🏆
#SplitSquat
#QuadGoalsLoading
#BlackSkyFitness
#ProudOfMe
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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What are the increments on the Body Solid cable machine?
Ive been on 7 but we’re moving to 8 today. Cable squats. Just curious.
#BlackSkyFitness
weighted plates on a cable machine.
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Well I’ll be damned! I did NOT expect those to still be in there. You got me Willy! Haha 🤣 You got me!
#SoSweetSoCold
#WilliamCarlosWilliams
An ice box with two plums inside.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Short stories of powerful, magical, loving women and femmes. Tapping into the power within is transformative.
#QueerFiction #SpeculativeFiction
#BlackFiction

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Cover of Two Moons: Stories a speculative fiction short story collection by Krystal A. Smith. A blue background of various blues collage style, and a dark figure in white lifting moon flowers toward a shimmering moon.
September 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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During a night out with her future sister-in-law Sheila meets the woman she didn't know she needed.
#Lesfic
#Diversbooks
#BookSky

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Purple pink background with an ereader in the center with the cover of Sheila on the Mend. Floating ice cream cones all around.
September 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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I was in these people gym carrying on!! LOL! Morning session complete!!
#LowerBodyPump
#LegDay
#BlackSkyFitness
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September 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Morning gym session was great!
Core:
Standing Marches 3x30
Cable Crunches 4x12
Cable woodchoppers 3x12

Arms:
Shoulder Press 3x12
Bicep Curls 3x12
Overhead Tricep 3x7
Face Pulls 3x12
Single Tricep Kickback 3x8

Treadmill cardio 45min walking on incline. 🙌🏾
#BlackSkyFitness
#MakingProgress
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September 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM