yves.
@yvesdot.bsky.social
Queer Jewish speculative fiction author (Something's Not Right, 2023). Plot & vampires.
Tumblr (home base): @yvesdot
Website: https://yvesdotbooks.com/
Find oodles of free fiction, including erotica, here: https://yvesdotbooks.com/works/
Tumblr (home base): @yvesdot
Website: https://yvesdotbooks.com/
Find oodles of free fiction, including erotica, here: https://yvesdotbooks.com/works/
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"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
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SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN, BABY
Lilac Peril Issue 02: IDOLS
Send work to [email protected] until February 7
Expected pub: late 2026
Lilac Peril Issue 02: IDOLS
Send work to [email protected] until February 7
Expected pub: late 2026
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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We have a Patreon and our posts are all free, to any tier. If you pledge $5 (or more) even a single time, you will be mentioned in the back of each of our books as a supporter. :) Thank you to the people who have stuck around!! <33333
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Get more from tRaum Books on Patreon
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December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We have a Patreon and our posts are all free, to any tier. If you pledge $5 (or more) even a single time, you will be mentioned in the back of each of our books as a supporter. :) Thank you to the people who have stuck around!! <33333
www.patreon.com/c/tRaumbooks
www.patreon.com/c/tRaumbooks
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Hey, real quick:
It’s creator day on itch today. For the next 24 hours, all platform fees are WAIVED. Anything you buy (like da bundle) goes STRAIGHT to artists like myself
PLEASE send this stuff to your friends, make noise, repost, etc
It’s creator day on itch today. For the next 24 hours, all platform fees are WAIVED. Anything you buy (like da bundle) goes STRAIGHT to artists like myself
PLEASE send this stuff to your friends, make noise, repost, etc
The Bundle With Benefits is now LIVE!
33 items are available for $10, with an extra 18 items available at a $15 tier! Contributors include @leaftilde.bsky.social, @beedokfern.bsky.social, @grumpy-tg.bsky.social, @ela-bambust.bsky.social, @autumnwolff.bsky.social, and more!
itch.io/b/3377/bundl...
33 items are available for $10, with an extra 18 items available at a $15 tier! Contributors include @leaftilde.bsky.social, @beedokfern.bsky.social, @grumpy-tg.bsky.social, @ela-bambust.bsky.social, @autumnwolff.bsky.social, and more!
itch.io/b/3377/bundl...
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Hey, real quick:
It’s creator day on itch today. For the next 24 hours, all platform fees are WAIVED. Anything you buy (like da bundle) goes STRAIGHT to artists like myself
PLEASE send this stuff to your friends, make noise, repost, etc
It’s creator day on itch today. For the next 24 hours, all platform fees are WAIVED. Anything you buy (like da bundle) goes STRAIGHT to artists like myself
PLEASE send this stuff to your friends, make noise, repost, etc
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Well, the rabbit's out of the PM bag! I have a lot of thoughts on what it means at last to be fulfilling the dream I've nurtured since I was 7 years old, but for right now I'm afraid all I have for you is the mental image of me flapping in a circle while I shout, I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Well, the rabbit's out of the PM bag! I have a lot of thoughts on what it means at last to be fulfilling the dream I've nurtured since I was 7 years old, but for right now I'm afraid all I have for you is the mental image of me flapping in a circle while I shout, I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!
Great example of why AI is totally unnecessary to fool people. It's not how realistic something looks, it's how much you want to believe the point it's being used to make.
Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world
October 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Great example of why AI is totally unnecessary to fool people. It's not how realistic something looks, it's how much you want to believe the point it's being used to make.
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Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world
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We’re on Tumblr now! Updates will be a bit sparse until we start publishing issues but if you want to share our Kickstarter around there, we would appreciate it!
👀 www.tumblr.com/othersidespe...
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💬 0 🔁 5 ❤️ 6 · Hello, hello! We are OTHERSIDE!
OTHERSIDE is a quarterly queer-led literary magazine of speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists. We will open for su…
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October 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We’re on Tumblr now! Updates will be a bit sparse until we start publishing issues but if you want to share our Kickstarter around there, we would appreciate it!
👀 www.tumblr.com/othersidespe...
👀 www.tumblr.com/othersidespe...
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YOU DID IT! We are at $12,000 exactly!! REPRINTS REPRINTS!!
Literally ONE more annual subscription will allow @othersidespec.bsky.social to publish reprints!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!
A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.
www.kickstarter.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
YOU DID IT! We are at $12,000 exactly!! REPRINTS REPRINTS!!
So grateful & honored to have been interviewed! Hope everyone enjoys Mortality Play, which is out now in Best Bi Erotica of the Year Vol. 2: www.amazon.com/Best-Bi-Erot...
October 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
So grateful & honored to have been interviewed! Hope everyone enjoys Mortality Play, which is out now in Best Bi Erotica of the Year Vol. 2: www.amazon.com/Best-Bi-Erot...
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Celebrate Bi Visibility Day by getting your copy of The Best Bi Erotica of the Year, Vol 2
@ruanwillow.bsky.social @eskaykabba.bsky.social @phoenixdragon1.bsky.social @yvesdot.bsky.social @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social
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@ruanwillow.bsky.social @eskaykabba.bsky.social @phoenixdragon1.bsky.social @yvesdot.bsky.social @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social
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September 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Celebrate Bi Visibility Day by getting your copy of The Best Bi Erotica of the Year, Vol 2
@ruanwillow.bsky.social @eskaykabba.bsky.social @phoenixdragon1.bsky.social @yvesdot.bsky.social @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Best-Bi-Erot...
@ruanwillow.bsky.social @eskaykabba.bsky.social @phoenixdragon1.bsky.social @yvesdot.bsky.social @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social
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I'm in this! I'm in this?! I still can't quite believe it myself. MORTALITY PLAY is quick, steamy, and somehow the first piece of actual vampire erotica I (will) have published. Get your hands on a copy!
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I'm in this! I'm in this?! I still can't quite believe it myself. MORTALITY PLAY is quick, steamy, and somehow the first piece of actual vampire erotica I (will) have published. Get your hands on a copy!
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@bookshop.org @americanbookseller.bsky.social considering how many books are written by queer people; how many of those books are challenged each year; and the fact that Stripe is Bookshop's payment processor: I hope you're not only keeping an eye on this, but pushing back
NEW from me: This morning, a Stripe customer representative confirmed to me that they do not allow LGBTQ content and haven't for a month--at first.
Later, after putting me on hold, the representative confusingly said they were wrong and that they don't ban LGBTQ content, only "abusive" content.
Later, after putting me on hold, the representative confusingly said they were wrong and that they don't ban LGBTQ content, only "abusive" content.
August 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
@bookshop.org @americanbookseller.bsky.social considering how many books are written by queer people; how many of those books are challenged each year; and the fact that Stripe is Bookshop's payment processor: I hope you're not only keeping an eye on this, but pushing back
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I know lots of you have strong opinions on this topic, so I hope this will be of interest:
"You are being asked to participate in a survey of romance authors and readers that is being conducted by Prof. Bridget Kies in the Film Studies and Production program at Oakland University."
"You are being asked to participate in a survey of romance authors and readers that is being conducted by Prof. Bridget Kies in the Film Studies and Production program at Oakland University."
Romance and AI Survey
Survey of romance authors' and readers' attitudes toward generative AI
oakland.az1.qualtrics.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I know lots of you have strong opinions on this topic, so I hope this will be of interest:
"You are being asked to participate in a survey of romance authors and readers that is being conducted by Prof. Bridget Kies in the Film Studies and Production program at Oakland University."
"You are being asked to participate in a survey of romance authors and readers that is being conducted by Prof. Bridget Kies in the Film Studies and Production program at Oakland University."
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Just started listening to the Audiobook of @vyriadurav.bsky.social's The Dragon and Her Princess and it's so cute so far! Clueless egg + hot buff lady that wants to kill her abusive dad is one of the top 10 pairings of all time tbh. It seems like its gonna be short, but very cute so far! #samreads
July 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Just started listening to the Audiobook of @vyriadurav.bsky.social's The Dragon and Her Princess and it's so cute so far! Clueless egg + hot buff lady that wants to kill her abusive dad is one of the top 10 pairings of all time tbh. It seems like its gonna be short, but very cute so far! #samreads
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Affirmations for every artist here!!!
June 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Affirmations for every artist here!!!
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Allowing ‘no Blacks’ and ‘no trans’ while banning ‘no zionists’ is insane
![Several users received an error message that says "The following are not allowed: no zionist, no zionists," when they tried to add the phrases to their bios on Thursday.
I tested this myself on a new Grindr account, nd received the same error message. I was able to add "Zionist" to my profile (without "no"), however, and could also add any phrase I could think of: "no Arabs," "no Blacks," "no Palestinians," "no Muslims," "no Christians," "no Jews," "no trans," "no Republicans," "no Democrats," and so on. "No Zionist[s]" was the only phrase that was blocked in my testing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/bafkreifxa65y63tbp3ywd2ptw7coae66emjr3tibqj7qkbpr5abyfaz66m@jpeg)
July 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Allowing ‘no Blacks’ and ‘no trans’ while banning ‘no zionists’ is insane
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HELLO COMRADES
Could anyone affected by Itch removing items please send any evidence they may have to myself? I am filing a report with the Australian Consumer Commission, as I have reason to believe that Itch removing access may be a violation of Australian Consumers rights!
Drop em below or DM!!
Could anyone affected by Itch removing items please send any evidence they may have to myself? I am filing a report with the Australian Consumer Commission, as I have reason to believe that Itch removing access may be a violation of Australian Consumers rights!
Drop em below or DM!!
July 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
HELLO COMRADES
Could anyone affected by Itch removing items please send any evidence they may have to myself? I am filing a report with the Australian Consumer Commission, as I have reason to believe that Itch removing access may be a violation of Australian Consumers rights!
Drop em below or DM!!
Could anyone affected by Itch removing items please send any evidence they may have to myself? I am filing a report with the Australian Consumer Commission, as I have reason to believe that Itch removing access may be a violation of Australian Consumers rights!
Drop em below or DM!!
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We've gotten quite a few new followers over the past week, so hey all! We're a tiny queer and trans press and our latest is a nautical trans fantasy, by @martennorr.bsky.social ! We've released extreme horror, high fantasy, literary fiction, experimental fic--we just publish what we love.
May 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We've gotten quite a few new followers over the past week, so hey all! We're a tiny queer and trans press and our latest is a nautical trans fantasy, by @martennorr.bsky.social ! We've released extreme horror, high fantasy, literary fiction, experimental fic--we just publish what we love.
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The banning of pornography always, always ends with the forced removal of queer and trans people from anything remotely resembling public life. it is an attempt to keep us impoverished, to keep us desperate, to alienate us from each other and our communities.
So you know how Steam updates their TOS to restrict "NSFW" content at the request of payment processors like Visa and Mastercard?
The group behind that pressure campaign is coming after Itch.io.
If you are selling books on itch, this concerns you.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
The group behind that pressure campaign is coming after Itch.io.
If you are selling books on itch, this concerns you.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists', and things only get weirder from there
Everyone hated that.
www.pcgamer.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The banning of pornography always, always ends with the forced removal of queer and trans people from anything remotely resembling public life. it is an attempt to keep us impoverished, to keep us desperate, to alienate us from each other and our communities.
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said dozens of times already by dozens of other people but i can't reccomend revisiting the stuff you were into when you were 12-14 enough. worse case scenario is you go "ahaha man this was silly" and the best case scenario is a joint rejuvenation of your inner child and your tired adult self
July 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
said dozens of times already by dozens of other people but i can't reccomend revisiting the stuff you were into when you were 12-14 enough. worse case scenario is you go "ahaha man this was silly" and the best case scenario is a joint rejuvenation of your inner child and your tired adult self
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transsexualism will win. this is basically the only thing i know
July 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
transsexualism will win. this is basically the only thing i know
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Check out this review of the two first ever Vocaloids from back in March 2004: www.soundonsound.com/reviews/yama...
Yamaha Vocaloid Leon & Lola
Technology has threatened to put drummers and guitarists out of work, but until now, singers have been safe. Is Yamaha's Vocaloid going to change all that?
www.soundonsound.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Check out this review of the two first ever Vocaloids from back in March 2004: www.soundonsound.com/reviews/yama...