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A.Z. Louise | T.O. Tate @azlouise.bsky.social · 12h

Hell yeah congrats!

A.Z. Louise | T.O. Tate @azlouise.bsky.social · 15h

A Seething Heart: Ophelia Requited is the third Shardfall novella. It's set in the same world as ACC:MR, and I recommend listening to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald real quick before you start reading (for vibes)

A Seething Heart: Ophelia Requited (Shardfall Book 3)

On the unpredictable waters of the Great Lakes, the cargo ship sails from port to port in a world torn apart by a mysterious illness. Orris is an oddity, born wrapped in thorny vines that have lain...

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A.Z. Louise | T.O. Tate @azlouise.bsky.social · 15h

A Starless Eye: Othello Reloaded is the second Shardfall novella, and this time it's sapphic! It's set in the same world as ACC:MR, but you don't have to read them in order

A Starless Eye: Othello Reloaded (Shardfall Book 2)

In this post-apocalyptic novelette, Ollie, a former sniper, has been forced into retirement by a mysterious disease known as sliversickness. A perpetual outsider in an isolated underground military ba...

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A.Z. Louise | T.O. Tate @azlouise.bsky.social · 15h

A Concrete Crown: MacBeth Retold is exactly what it says on the tin! A postapocalyptic retelling of MacBeth in a world infected with mysterious shards of crystal that have made people start merging with the plants and inanimate objects around them. Novella length and book 1 of Shardfall

A Concrete Crown: MacBeth Retold (Shardfall Book 1)

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A.Z. Louise | T.O. Tate @azlouise.bsky.social · 15h

Bitterbound is romantasy! Two bisexuals are sad at each other, one because her soul has been stolen and the other because his family has abandoned him. Lots of magic, fight scenes, and a very slow burn 😈

Bitterbound: An Assassin x Target Romantasy

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A.Z. Louise | T.O. Tate @azlouise.bsky.social · 15h

Off-Time Jive is a historical fantasy noir where black people perform magic based on joy! Main character Bessie Knox is trying to solve a murder but it's hard to be access joy-based magic when she knows she's probably next

Off-Time Jive by A.Z. Louise — neon hemlock

This title ships October 2023. An 8” x 5” novella. 70 pages. Set during an alternate Harlem Renaissance where new forms of magic created by Black joy strain against the white establishment, Bessie ...

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A.Z. Louise | T.O. Tate @azlouise.bsky.social · 15h

Thread of all my books and where to buy them!

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Bethany @bethanyrobison.bsky.social · 1d

If you're in Washington State pls take a look at this and consider lending your support for these vulnerable kids 💚👇 boosts appreciated

Bethany @bethanyrobison.bsky.social · 3d

Earlier this year @treehouseforkids.bsky.social lost about 1/3 of its funding to support kids experiencing foster care in WA; now we have the opportunity to petition the governor fund this critical support again 💚 see link below & boosts appreciated:
www.treehouseforkids.org/take-action/...

Treehouse - Advocacy Action Center

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Brandon Pope TV @bpopetv.bsky.social · 1d

Trying my best to enjoy life despite knowing facts and information

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(V)Ladz The Impaler @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 1d

If you like your vampires weird, horny, violent, noble, AND monstrous, THE FEALTY OF MONSTERS is set in a world where vampires live alongside humans, both as nobles and as beasts,

The beasts are based on mosquitos and bats because I wanted to honor where I'm from in Poland and nod to common lore

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 1d

Spooky season is upon us! Tell me about your Vampires 🧛 #WritingPrompt

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A.Z. Louise | T.O. Tate @azlouise.bsky.social · 1d

WET. GROSS. WEIRD GENITALS

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 1d

Spooky season is upon us! Tell me about your Vampires 🧛 #WritingPrompt

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 1d

From Darcie @littlebadger.bsky.social in 2024: We were often one disaster or unpaid bill away from displacement. We just had to struggle. We still do. In the eyes of the government, we are breathing ghosts.

Return to Kíłááhíí: An Elder Is Restored to the Lipan Apache People—750 Years Later

"I imagine this Elder’s life alongside the arroyo, where water flows in the desert and prickly pears grow in fountains of green paddles and red fruit."

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Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 1d

Today is a great day to support Native art! New items are available on my website for the upcoming Native American Heritage Month (November) 🤍💛❤️🖤

#Mvskoke #Native #Indigenous #Beadwork #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 1d

HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY (aka fuck Columbus day 😝)
For me making my beadwork, and for yall buying/wearing beadwork is a great way to say fuck Columbus, fuck colonizer assholes, fuck fascism. Im gonna stay celebrating my culture, the culture that they tried to wipe out from this land → cvkvlv.com

My hand holding a pair of long black beaded dangle earrings with red, orange, and yellow accents and silver bugle beads

My hand holding a pair of black beaded loop earrings with red, orange, and yellow accents and silver bugle beads

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A.Z. Louise | T.O. Tate @azlouise.bsky.social · 1d

Upstairs is very far away today

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(V)Ladz The Impaler @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 1d

THE FEALTY OF MONSTERS was Indie Ink Award nominated for This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty ☺️☺️☺️

Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 2d

Since I see posts talking about the Garlic book again, the stunt is doing its job, a reminder: Countess does not smell like Trinidadian food but it will make you want to eat Trinidadian food.

Which SFFH books make you hungry?

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Sasha Devlin @sashadevlin.bsky.social · 1d

Publishing trying everything except paying authors living wages

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 2d

I want everyone to the think of the poor production teams having to act on increasingly unhinged requests. They didn't ask for this. They don't deserve this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...