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K.A. Doore

@kadoore.com

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Insufferable Morning Queer - She/they Author of THE CHRONICLES OF GHADID trilogy (queer assassins save the day!) Shouter of queer sff books.

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · Jun 2

🏳️‍🌈 Hello it is PRIDE my lovelies 🏳️‍🌈
...and I am a queer little gremlin who writes and recs queer sff books.
You can get my queer assassins saving the day trilogy at anywhere wot sells books:
🔗 us.macmillan.com/series/chron...

All three covers of the Chronicles of Ghadid trilogy, the first with an ace flag background, the second with a lesbian flag, and the third with a pan flag

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 4h

I'm not *trying* to make #4amWritersClub a thing, I just for some reason keep being awake and ready to write at this unnatural hour.

K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 14h

Time to start a 2026 Queer Adult SFF list, huh

Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 19h

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 14h

Physical books never die nor need recharging, which is one of the reasons I've largely moved on from eBooks
Also I don't travel nearly as much as I used to.

K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 14h

Oh noooo, I think my eReader (Nook) finally died. T_T
It's only... *does the math* No that can't be right. Ten years old???

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 17h

Exciting news! My novel Plague Birds, which was a finalist for the Nebula & Philip K. Dick Awards, will be rereleased by Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social in an new edition with extra content in June 2026. And a sequel will be published by Apex in Oct. 2026. 1/
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...

Cover of Plague Birds by Jason Sanford, which was a finalist for the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards.

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 16h

I'm sorry, man. Cancer is some really awful shit.

K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 16h

Sweet! *adds to the 2025 list*

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 17h

Ooh, if you're in the US, you can order from @bookshop.org with free shipping today and tomorrow! Find all of my books there: bookshop.org/beta-search?...

Bookshop.org US

bookshop.org

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 18h

I know you're very excited about this topic but consider:
How will arguing with a stranger who is very much not going to be persuaded going to improve your life today?

K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 18h

Birds Aren't Real. 🤷‍♀️

K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 18h

I would've finished this WIP in like two weeks if I didn't have a dayjob
...yeah that kind of makes the case for the dayjob doesn't it 😅

K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 21h

If that's too many books for you (or too overwhelming), feel free to ask me for a rec. Just tell me
A) Your last fave read
B) Your current craving
C) Any big 'no's

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 21h

I'm not saying I've got Lists of Queer Adult SFF for Bookshop's free shipping days, but
bookshop.org/shop/queerad...

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 21h

prologue and first chapter are up now! meet the protagonist of my epic fantasy: the saddest grad student on earth 😂

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 21h

Calling all lady knights, anxious historians, and those doomed by the narrative...

Reactor is THRILLED to be hosting a serialization of The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social!! Join us every Tuesday through October 28th for an extended preview, starting today!

reactormag.com/excerpts-the...

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow: Prologue and Chapter 1 - Reactor

The lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian sent through time to ensure she plays her part…

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 23h

Your morning kitty morale boost

A tuxedo kitten lounging on some pale sheets, the light from a window behind her making her pointy ear triangles glow a little

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 23h

Phew man, you coming into the mentions of someone married to a virologist to spout off virus conspiracy theories?

K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

If I hit 50k by the end of this week, do I get cake? 👀🎂

K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

40k
A little breaking and entering...

I darted behind the opening door, a blur of movement she wouldn’t notice in the dark. There I hovered, like a serial killer in a movie, except I didn’t have a knife to raise above my head to catch the light and the swelling soundtrack. I allowed myself a small grin at the absurdity of it.
Then she clicked on the light and turned to close the door.
Her gaze dragged across me, as if I were too impossible to actually exist, and then snagged and drew back. Her lips parted. The color drained from her face. It was all too tempting to shout, “Boo!”
You’d be proud of me for resisting.

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

The former can be alleviated by getting rid of the latter, even 🙃

K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

🙃🙃🙃

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AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 4d

The fact that more UK readers haven't yet discovered The Tarot Sequence by @kdedwardsnc.bsky.social is an actual crime and I intend to rectify it

kd-edwards.com/books/

My Books – KD Edwards

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

One of these is a life-saving medicine, one of these can be replaced by public transportation/bikes/better walking networks

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 1d

Idea: keep the inhalers, get rid of half a million cars per year.

Headline:
Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 1d

Today is the release day for Queen Demon! I’ll be here at Politics and Prose in Washington DC tonight!

Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 2d

Oct 7 Politics and Prose, Washington DC 2/11

politics-prose.com/martha-wells...

Martha Wells — Queen Demon (Rising World #2) - with Dr. Leigha McReynolds — at Union Market

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

40k
A little breaking and entering...

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

Today is my favorite person @brentclambert.bsky.social 's birthday! The SFF field is better for his part in it as a writer, a reader, a friend and cheerleader and my life is brighter for sharing his light. If you have not let it bless you just yet, pick up and devour his A Necessary Chaos today.

A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert — neon hemlock

This title was published October 3rd, 2023. An 8” x 5” novella. 145 pages. In a world of magical empires and the anarchists that would tear them down, A Necessary Chaos follows two mages, Althus a...

www.neonhemlock.com

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 1d

Tomorrow (Tuesday Oct 7) in Washington DC:

Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 2d

Oct 7 Politics and Prose, Washington DC 2/11

politics-prose.com/martha-wells...

Martha Wells — Queen Demon (Rising World #2) - with Dr. Leigha McReynolds — at Union Market

politics-prose.com

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