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Leeron Heywood
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Writer, knitter, gamer, cat person. Pronouns ne/nem/nir (they/them is fine if you're not used to neopronouns). Autistic psychopath, agender/genderqueer, aro/ace, disabled. Profile pic courtesy of my void floof Salmiakki
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I love when a single worldbuilding detail leads to big sprawling implications. Like, this prompt specifies that the choir must sing for twenty-four hours to ensure the sun returns...
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A Dualities Duet
High above us the cathedral belfry rings in the sixteenth hour of our vigil. We’ve already lost a score of singers, with eight hours left to go…
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December 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Fake memories is abusive
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The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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What do you think your shadow would want to do with its one day of corporeality?
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One Of Us Needs To Be Individual
Every solstice, catching my shadow gets harder. How long do I have before dawn?
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December 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Today only (Dec. 26): 1,700+ free romance ebooks.

In addition to the full list, you can view sublists of “books with BIPOC protagonists written by BIPOC authors,” “books with LGBTQIA+ protagonists,” or “books written by disabled and neurodiverse authors.”

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Romance Bookworms
Free romance ebooks, sorted by the retailer of your choice! No strings attached, just one-click and start reading! Your friends, the romance novel fairies.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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If only it was that easy, eh? Cheap at half the price.
...I wonder if you can make change with sentiments?
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Buying A Reason
I’d known about the Midnight Market since I was a child but never been before. It’s as eerie as everyone claims. I hope they’re also right about what you can buy here…
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December 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Your internet gunkle is here to bring you gay tidings for the holidays.

My gift to you: the ebook or audiobook of Jack of Thorns, completely free for Christmas.

Merry Christmas. I love you. You're doing your best and it IS enough ❤️

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Jack of Thorns
What do you do when a Celtic god rings your doorbell? Laurence Riley is a San Diego florist whose ex won't leave him alone. Quentin d'Arcy is a British earl on the run from his own family. Despi...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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I wonder how long it takes a star to learn to fly?
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The Plight Of The Dropped Star-Child
After that solstice marvel, nobody in the village called mundane wispy meteorites a “falling star” ever again.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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I would assure Kyle that he wasn't hallucinating, but I think he might actually be happier assuming it was all down to a severe lack of sleep.
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An Impartial Third Liminal Opinion
While newborn care had caused Kyle to slip into hallucinations before, this was a dozy of a lack-of-sleep vision.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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BFS Online is excited to announce a special guest interview. International bestselling author Dean Koontz chats to BFS Chair Shona Kinsella Wed 21st Jan 2026, 7pm (GMT).

Ticket: tinyurl.com/dkoontz

#BritishFantasySociety #AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity #DeanKoontz

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Shown is a graphic with a path through a foggy forest in the background; there is an empty bench barely seen through the mist. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a white dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Left is a photo of Dean Koontz, who has dark hair and is wearing a light blue shirt and dark blue trousers. Dean is kneeling with his hands on his dog, a golden retriever called Elsa. Right is the cover for The Friend of the Family, Dean’s latest book. The cover has a blue background, four white feathers and one black feather.
December 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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…‘When I’m told “Think of how much time you could be spending instead on making the actual game!”, [the people who say that] don't understand that all this brainstorming and iteration *is* making the game’”

(Article from April.)

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‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers - Aftermath
'I have had conversations about AI in a professional context that make me want to walk into the sea'
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December 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Writing this was deeply satisfying; I tick all the boxes for pyromania except that crucial one about compulsive fire-setting, and I'd not let that aspect of me out into fiction before.
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Born From Stories, Darkness, And Hope
Why all the concern? All I had to do was tend the fire.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Hey, you never know - the spirit might LOVE its "gift". Mystical spirits can enjoy tacky stuff too!
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Traded For Tender Amber Song
It’s that time again - the spirits have visited. What did they take, and what did they leave in its place?
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December 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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After finishing my book contest judging duties, I chose to catch up on books by trans and non-binary authors, starting with these six. I enjoyed reading all of these and will read more by these authors!

In January, I'll be reading six more books by trans/non-binary authors, and I have some in mind.
A collage of six book covers by trans and non-binary authors. They are Gellert's New Job by Johannes T. Evans, Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan, Mery by Ian Haramaki, The Orchid and the Lion by Gabriel Hargrave, The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen and Sword of Avalon by A. K. Faulkner.
December 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Went WILDLY off-prompt for this one. 😅 This story had ~opinions~ on what shape it wanted to take. And I do like the result despite it not being what I had in mind when I started.
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The Defiant Ghost Of Jackie Frost
They thought they’d killed her. But it’s remarkable what one can achieve through magic, determination, and stone-cold spite.
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December 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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What Barry failed to consider is that fey LOVE the atypical and unexpected.
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Wistless
Barry hadn’t gotten anything (other than cereal) out of his cereal box since he was a child, and certainly never an explosion of sparkles bearing an invitation…
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December 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Check out the end of the year #SciFi Bundle with 41 books for only $25!

All human created books with the best that Indie Sci Fi has to offer!

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#writingcommunity #booksky #Books #readingcommunity #bookcommunity #readers #readersofbluesky #booksonbluesky #readersky #queersky
The End of the Year Sci Fi Sale by Niranjan and 28 others
The End of the Year Sci Fi Sale: 41 items for $25.00
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December 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Are you telling me that maybe we should not rest our entire economy on this?
December 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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The BMA has come out swinging for the rights of all trans people in healthcare settings and beyond - both patients and healthcare providers.

Genuinely brilliant news amongst the bad - please read it and share, and remember that we are NOT alone. Not by a long stretch.
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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As the holiday season approaches, here's a reminder that you can get my books nearly everywhere ebooks are sold.

The best place to buy is direct from me. You can put in a request to your local library too!

#booksky #queersky 💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 🩸
Books - Niranjan's Books
SHOP PAYHIP KO-FI ITCH-IO OTHER RETAILERS (NIRANJAN) OTHER RETAILERS (GEETHA KRISHNAN) OTHER RETAILERS (RARI RAJESH)   Blade of Castrial (The Echelon Prequel) by Niranjan Blade Broken (The Echelon 1)…
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December 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Speedrun Cratering Reputation any%
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Once again thinking about the editor who responded to a ms. with: "I wanted this to be more like [Bestselling Cozy Fantasy], but it wasn't, so I have to pass." No shade to that book, with its many shiny editions--I like it and get why it's popular. But we have to talk about uniformity in publishing.
December 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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How much was true? Is ANY of it true? I don't know, and I decided the story was stronger that way.
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An Errant Child And Woodland Gossip
Everyone respected how Noel’s family were clinging to hope that their child might be found, but the rest of the village had mentally buried him. Until...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Larian going from beloved industry darling to everyone spilling all the dirt on them after the CEO praises gen AI is not what I was expecting at the start of the week.
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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It's funny anyone identified as using generative AI, like Larian this week, trot out excuses like, "we're only using it for X and Y, never for Z".

They do this because they *know* people don't like it, they know how problematic it is, but they just don't *care*

They only care about getting caught.
December 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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This quote from the WaPo rocks. Artists with integrity are such badasses.
From WashPost article with the photographer, Christopher Anderson: “I don't think there's anything I missed that I wish I'd gotten. I'll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, "Should I smile or not smile?" and I said, "How would you want to be portrayed?" We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, "You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people." And I looked at him and I said, "You know, you do, too."
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM