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Amy Nemmity @amy.wrestlejoy.com · 1d

I've been seeing quite a few MAGA edgelord accounts today.

Friendly reminder:

Block immediately, and do not engage.

I know they're not having as much fun on twitter with so many of us here, but it's not our job to pet them and feed them little treats of attention.

Do not engage.

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The Stillfleet Studio ☉ more than play 🇵🇸 @stillfleet.bsky.social · 11h

Y’all gotta watch us make striking union workers fight mutant zombies in medieval Constantinople. This is the most indie game nerd shit EVER.

Seriously, watch 10/23 and show solidarity with @kickstarterunited.org! Stronger together!

Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 13h

This week our Twitch fundraising continues! Follow us on Twitch to see Kickstarter workers play a one-shot (funded on Kickstarter!), do some live drawing, and then play the brand new Danse Macabre with @stillfleet.bsky.social www.twitch.tv/kickstarteru...

Kickstarter Strike streaming schedule graphic:
Twitch Streaming Schedule
10/20 D&D 5e One-Shot by Roll & Play Press 2:30 pm ET - 3:30 pm ET
10/21 D&D 5e One-Shot by Roll & Play Press1:30 pm ET - 2:30 pm ET
10/22 Live Drawing 1:30 pm ET - 2:30 pm ET
10/23 Danse Macabre w/ Stillfleet Studios 7 pm ET - 9 pm ET

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 12h

If you're in a heist mood, I have a book with a bi cat burglar and a nonbinary con artist who are sorting out their messy ex feelings for each other by trying to steal the same set of smutty photos from the Chicago Institute of Art.

Includes competence porn galore 😆

www.amazon.com/Double-Expos...

Rien Gray's F/NBi romantic suspense book about two art thieves surrounded by five start reviews.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 17h

I will say that it's rare I find myself in a situation where I've read and enjoyed a book with a lot of typos, because they usually do take me out of the story. But sometimes some weird alchemy happens. 😂

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 17h

I generally feel like if a reader can tell from the sample that there are going to be a lot of typos, I don't need to say anything. Or occasionally, if the book is from a publisher, I'll say something like "I do wish the publisher had provided better copyediting / proofreading support."

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 1d

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itch.io mega bundle
Oct 19 - 25 | 50+ books for $50!
Book covers for the following books are listed top left to bottom right:
Non-player Character - Veo Corva
A Dragon’s Treasure - Elis Madsen
The Blood Divide - Zan Lowell
The Grand Duke’s Masseur
Child of the Forest - Audrey Simmons
Wherever the Stars Call - S. Jean
How Six Saved the Grogs - Blaine D. Arden
City of Strike - Claudie Arseneault
In Spite of the Inevitable - Morgan Biscup
Structural Integrity - Tabitha O’Connell
Of Spells and Love - Odessa Silver
Inarora’s Excursion - Astrid E. Abell
Puppetry - Nina Waters
Sidetracked - S. K. Kelley
Lost Blades - Liz Sauco
Claimed by the Undead - C. L. Carhart
The Star-Crossed Empire - Maya Darjani
Triple Strike Threads of Fate - G. M. Grey
Curse of Souls - Niranjan
Courtly Love - T. D. Cloud
Song of the Wolf - T. C. Smith
Blood - D. C. Hart
Chai and Cat-tales - Lynn Strong
The Thirteenth Key - Cara Nox
The Dragon Next Door - Vanessa Ricci-Thode
Walking the Knife’s Edge - Elise Carlson
Yours Celestically - Al Hess
Pet - H. S. Kallinger
The One He Brought Home - Skye Kilaen
Junk Junction - Sara Codair
Secondhand Origin Storie - Lee Brontido
Riyati Rebirth - Kai Zeal
Bridges of Smoke - Julie March
The Whisperer in White - Y. R. Liu
In the Eye of the Beholder - Beverly Anne Michel
Peace in the Sky - Caye Marsh
A Spark in Space - Janina Franck
Journey Home - May Barros
Doce Drosera - Anita
The Audacity - Carmen Loup
Bloody Space - Brittany M. Willows
Enemies to Enemies - Ash Kreider
Devil’s Deal - Tessa Hastjarjanto
Merchants of Knowledge and Magic - Erika McCorkle
A Life in Too Many Margins - S. E. Thomson
Where We Converge - A. E. Bross
Lantern - Burgundy Athena Pendragon
A Designer Magick - Fox N. Locke
The Harmony of Falling Snow - Andora Brohaw
The Thread That Binds - Cedar McCloud
Towers of Nine - Alyssa Louttit

All books by ace authors and/or ft. ace characters across a variety of genres!

riyati.ink/acepride2025

Ace Pride Week
itch.io bundle 1
Oct 19 - 25 | 25 books for $25!
Book covers for the following books are listed top left to bottom right:
Enemies to Enemies - Ash Kreider
Devil’s Deal - Tessa Hastjarjanto
A Spark in Space - Janina Franck
Child of the Forest - Audrey Simmons
A Dragon’s Treasure - Elis Madsen
How Six Saved the Frogs - Blaine D. Arden
City of Strife - Claudie Arseneault
In Spite of the Inevitable - Morgan Biscup
Peace in the Sky - Caye Marsh
Bridges of Smoke - Julie March
Where We Converge - A. E. Bross
Sidetracked - S. K. Kelley
Lost Blades - Liz Sauco
Claimed by the Undead - C. L. Carhart
Pet - H. S. Kallinger
Chai and Cat-tales - Lynn Strong
The One He Brought Home - Skye Kilean
Puppetry - Nina Waters
A Life in Too Many Margins - S. E. Thomson
Doce Drosera - Anita
Merchants of Knowledge and Magic - Erika McCorkle
Secondhand Origin Storie - Lee Brontide
The Harmony of Falling Snow - Audora Brokaw
Riyati Rebirth - Kai Zeal
The Whisperer in White - Y. R. Liu

All books by ace authors and/or ft. ace characters across a variety of genres!

riyati.ink/ace2025-1

Ace Pride Week
itch.io bundle 1
Oct 19 - 25 | 26 books for $26!
Book covers for the following books are listed top left to bottom right:
Non-player Character - Veo Corva
The Blood Divide - Zan Lowell
The Grand Duke’s Masseur
Wherever the Stars Call - S. Jean
Structural Integrity - Tabitha O’Connell
Inarora’s Excursion - Astrid E. Abell
The Star-Crossed Empire - Maya Darjani
Triple Strike Threads of Fate - G. M. Grey
Curse of Souls - Niranjan
Courtly Love - T. D. Cloud
The Thirteenth Key - Cara Nox
Of Spells and Love - Odessa Silver
The Thread That Binds - Cedar McCloud
Yours Celestially - Al Hess
Walking the Knife’s Edge - Elise Carlson
Junk Junction - Sara Codair
Song of the Wolf - T. C. Smith
In the Eye of the Beholder - Beverly Anne Michel
Journey Home - Mary Barros
Towers of Nine - Alyssa Louttit
The Audacity - Carmen Loup
Bloody Spade - Brittany M. Willows
Lantern - Burgundy Athena Pendragon
Blood - D. C. Hart
The Dragon Next Door - Vanessa Ricci-Thode
A Designer Magick - Fox N. Locke

All books by ace authors and/or ft. ace characters across a variety of genres!

riyati.ink/ace2025-1

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 1d

YES

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 1d

I have returned from Dallas with zero speeding tickets, which is one fewer than I got last trip.

I'm giving half the credit to me for driving slower than the prevailing (speeding!) traffic at all times, and half the credit to the Mexican vanilla milkshake. 👍

Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 4d

I really want to be in Dallas tomorrow but I really do not want to *drive* to Dallas tomorrow.

Unfortunately that's how I'm getting myself and my mother-in-law there as I promised.

I'm totally getting myself a Mexican vanilla milkshake on the way for breakfast.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 4d

I really want to be in Dallas tomorrow but I really do not want to *drive* to Dallas tomorrow.

Unfortunately that's how I'm getting myself and my mother-in-law there as I promised.

I'm totally getting myself a Mexican vanilla milkshake on the way for breakfast.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty!

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 4d

RIGHT?!

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 4d

No idea how I completely forgot to answer this, sorry! I did like getting a bit of knowing Gemma! Especially how they met, it was adorable! But like, we got 2 pieces of important info during that whole episode - yet at the end, *nothing had changed* for the characters. And I'm with you on your Qs.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 4d

I was honestly blown away by this tender portrait of trans life behind bars, by LGBTQ+ incarcerated journalist B Speaks who spoke with a trans woman in his prison.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 4d

What's it like for a trans woman in a men's prison? B Speaks brings us this haunting, hopeful look at a woman remaining true to herself through unimaginable hardship.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Freedom is Something You Carry Inside — Assigned

A trans woman’s account of life in a men’s prison in Georgia.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 4d

💌🩹

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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social · 4d

Would you like to host of postcard writing party to support Mass's right to read legislation? If so, we'll provide the postcards! Just fill out this form: airtable.com/app3MTRqolF2...

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 5d

This is disgusting. The *laugh*.

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Lauren Morrill @laurenmorrill.bsky.social · 5d

Indie authors being expected to divest from Amazon while NYT bestsellers and every major publisher play in their landscape feels very similar to how Exxon tells individual households to lower their thermostats in winter to save the environment

Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 5d

My three audiobooks are currently exclusive to Amazon/Audible, because laziness and higher royalties, but I'd like to distribute them more widely. Except every time I investigate other platforms, it's like "Google Play will use your audiobook to train their AI." NO.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 5d

It's gonna be a shock when y'all get up one morning and it's chilling at the kitchen table waiting for breakfast.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 5d

I... didn't know they could or would do that. 😂

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 5d

Leave Dr. Tingle out of this!! 😂

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 6d

Black queer surfers. Black queer bank-robbers. Black queer sea monsters. Black queer sorcerers. Black queer rootworkers. Black queer sailors. Black queer saints. Black queer sinners.

It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!

Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock

A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....

www.neonhemlock.com

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like this week is being unkind to you.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 6d

😭

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 6d

🎉

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 6d

I love it!! 💙💜

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