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Cait Gordon ♿️
@caitgauthor.bsky.social
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Disabled, autistic, and queer. Award-winning author of the disability-hopepunk adventure, Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space! Award-winning co-editor of the disability fiction anthology, Nothing Without Us Too. I also like cake. (She/her) 🇨🇦
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Happening today! Hope to see you there! We’ll be selling our books and related crafts!
BRUCE D. GORDON and CAIT GORDON will be at the ottawa small press book fair on SAT NOV 22 from 12pm-5pm at the Tom Brown Arena: 141 Bayview Station Road Bring friends! Come and say hi! We can offer smiles with every book we sell and/or sign!
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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First hot chocolate of the season. Sláinte mhaith!
A mug with a Celtic theme and the words, “sláinte and good health” shows the chocolate foam and the whipped cream on top
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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I’M FEELING SO SHAMELESS!!!

So, I’m shamelessly promoting my award-winning, disability-hopepunk adventure, Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!

(I’ll be working on season two next year, if spoons allow!)

books2read.com/iatcS1 #SpoonieAuthChat #SFF #DisabilityRepresentation
SEASON ONE: IRIS AND THE CREW TEAR THROUGH SPACE! by Cait Cordon “I simply cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this! Best thing I've read all year." Robert Kingett, co-editor of Artificial Divide - accessibility is the norm - defying ableist pirates - found family - PEW-PEW-PEW - principle cast is queer and disabled - unbreakable friendships - and full of humour winner of the 2023 Indie Ink Award for disability representation!
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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First lit fire of the season!
A log is burning in our fireplace. On the glass table are photos, a card, and a sign that says: PEACE BUBBLE
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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I love when buttercream frosting comes out so light and fluffy. This is lemon buttercream, and I just put a tiny bit of food dye to make the yellow rosettes pop. The cupcakes themselves are lemon vanilla.
A white plate that has seven lemon cupcakes on it, which are decorated with yellow rosettes made of lemon buttercream cream Two white plates that have lemon cupcakes on them decorated with yellow rosettes made of lemon buttercream
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Hi, I’m Cait (like 🐈.) I’m an award-winning alphabet arranger who really loves cake. I have been sober for over 35 years now, and this was the cake I baked for it! (BTW, my WIP is Hot Wings and Sauciness, the meet-awkward-space-opera romance nobody asked for!) #WeeknightWriters
A small round chocolate cake with pink buttercream frosting and the number 35 written in mini chocolate chips The same cake cut into slices. It’s a three-tiered cake
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Oh oh oh! I did have a moment like this recently! When Talia and I were at Trent University talking about what it’s like to be disabled creatives in PublishingWorldLand and about disability representation in fiction. I felt supremely at ease! #SpoonieAuthChat
I’m sitting in a chair and answering a question. Behind me is a screen with the title: reading disability. I’m pointing words I have just written on a chalkboard that say: disabled and awesome
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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OK, so fun fact. My bread machine bakes my gluten-free flax bread in a cube shape. So I’ve started calling it Borg bread! Resistance to carbs is futile!
A golden loaf of bread resting on a cooling tray. The bread is cubed shaped.
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Happy Sober Day to me,
happy Sober Day to me,
happy Sober Day, dear Caitlín…
Happy Sober Day toooo meeee!
Slices of chocolate cake with pink icing
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Today, my sobriety turns 35! This is the cake I baked to celebrate it. 😊
A round chocolate cake with pink icing and the number 35 written in chocolate chips.
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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LAST DAY TO VOTE FOR BEV! My anti-ageism short story is up for an Indieverse Award, and voting ends at 11:59pm EST today, November 10! To read it free on my website and vote for it, please visit wp.me/p5J2LK-4wR. If you’ve read it, then visit indieverseawards.com/voting. Thanks for considering!
"BEV THE HACKER DOES TIME" A SHORT STORY BY CAIT GORDON VOTING IS OPEN UNTIL 11:59 PM NOVEMBER 10, 2025 AT INDIEVERSEAWARDS.COM/VOTING There’s a cartoon of a blue alien with a snout who has blue hair and is wearing goggles and blue coveralls. She’s also holding a red mop in a red bucket.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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I swear, this is true. I got my first publishing contract almost ten years ago because the publishing rep liked my fashionista dalek cosplay at a local con. Then I accidentally blurted out a pitch using my autistic blurty trait.

Be yourself! Be weird! You never know where it’ll lead! #WriteSky
I’m long wearing a silver wig and sunglasses. I’m also wearing a red construction helmet made to look like the top part of a a dalek. My sleeveless red dress has silver hemispheres like on the dalek chasis. I’m holding up a silver plunger
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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The 2025 Indieverse Awards voting window is now open until 11:59pm EST on November 10, 2025! This link shows where you can read “Bev the Hacker Does Time” and where to cast your vote: linktr.ee/CaitGordon

There are so many awesome stories and books this year! Congratulations to the nominees!
VOTE FOR BEV? "BEV THE HACKER DOES TIME" A SHORT STORY BY CAIT GORDON VOTING IS OPEN UNTIL 11:59 PM NOVEMBER 10, 2025 AT INDIEVERSEAWARDS.COM/VOTING A teen girl begins community service at a seniors residence after hacking the intragalactic network to route all sexy searches to display laxative commercials. But for some weird reason, there doesn't seem to be any "old people" anywhere! There is also an image of a blue alien with a snout who has scruffy shoulder-length blue hair. She is wearing goggles and blue coveralls, and is holding a mop in a red bucket
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Posting for @bgordonauthor.bsky.social (That guy who was at my wedding and still won’t leave my house!) Larry is so morally gray, he should be a paint chip colour! And there’s such a great sidekick too. To nominate this book, please visit indiestorygeek.com/story/10059. Thanks for considering!
Nominate my book? Eligible categories: - Best Morally Gray Character - Side Character MVP DISSATISFIED ME West Coast Larry BRUCE D. GORDON To nominate West Coast Larry, please visit https://indiestorygeek.com/story/10059
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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I had a wonderful time at Trent today, speaking with students about disability representation and my lived experiences as an autistic and disabled woman!
I’m seated in a chair, looking towards the audience with my hand gesturing while I speak. There’s a display that says Reading Disability behind me
October 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I truly believe in celebrating nominations! While I am happy to have won two lit awards, I am also proud of the nominations where I haven’t won (Or haven’t yet won?).

Have Cricut, will craft! 😊 #WriteSky
A little white diamond shaped frame houses my 2025 Indieverse Award nomination for my short story, “Bev, the Hacker Does Time” A little white diamond shaped frame houses my 2024 Indieverse Award nomination for Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space A little white diamond shaped frame houses my 2020 Prix Award Award nomination for the Nothing Without Us anthology
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Holy moly! Spec Shorts is #25 in Fantasy stories and made the top 100 for Disability Fiction on the Zon!

Thanks, folks, for seeking stories by disabled and queer creators! #CanLit #SFF
Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain is #97 in the Disability Fiction category Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain is #25 in the Fantasy Short Stories category
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Oh gosh, I’ve never made cookies that way. I love drop cookies. And this is my favourite lazy recipe! One bowl, make into little balls like clay, press with fork, then bake for 10-12 minutes. POOF!

I even added a teeny chocolate chip cookies

www.allrecipes.com/recipe/24461...
Two white plates filled with little peanut butter cookies
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Like short works? With disabled and queer rep? With humour? With an emotional support dragon?

Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain is available now! Ask your local indie bookstore to order it or check out this link: books2read.com/spec-shorts #SFF #CanLit #SpoonieAuthChat
"The stories in Speculative Shorts display Gordon's knack for making the reader privy to the protagonists' thoughts and reactions in an empathetic and often amusing way as the action progresses." Lisa Timpf for The Seaboard Review of Books Paperback copy of the book
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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I’m humbled and grateful. Thanks, folks! #CanCon2025
CAN-CON 2025 Thank you so much! To all who bought my new short story collection, my other books, and crafts! I also loved all of the authory chats! Thanks for the fellowship!
October 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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It’s Sunday! The last day of #CanCon2025! The official book launch of Speculative Shorts is at 11:30am and then at 2:30pm, Derek and I are presenting our workshop (no need to sign up), Cripping the ’Cosm: Writing Disability! And the rest of the time, I’ll be in the vendor room selling my wares!
CAN-CON October 17-19, 2025 Brookstreet Hotel, Kanata WHERE'S CAIT? SUN 11:30 AM-12:20 PM LAUNCH OF SPECULATIVE SHORTS: STORIES THAT FELL OUT OF MY BRAIN! Derek Newman-Stille will be the emcee! For paying attendees only. SUN 2:30-3:20 PM WORKSHOP: CRIPPING THE 'COSM, WRITING DISABILITY. (Cait Gordon & Derek Newman-Stille) For paying attendees only. I also have a vendor table with Dianna Gunn, and we are located to the left of the giant TARDIS. That's where you can find me most of the time!
October 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Hey, it’s the cool kids at the cool table! #CanCon2025

@diannalgunn.bsky.social and lil’ ol’ me!
Dianna and I are at our vendor table. The banner on our table says: Thank you for supporting the works of disabled creatives! DIANNA GUNN Dark fantasy author and killer for hire (in fiction, that is). Cait Gordon Disability advocate, SFF humour author, really loves cake:
October 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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I’ll be at the signing table today (Saturday Oct 18) from 2-2:30pm in the vendor room at #CanCon2025! Brookstreet Hotel in Kanata. Open to the general public!
Copy of my book, Speculative shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Hey! It’s Day 2 of #CanCon2025! I’ll be in the vendor room at the table I’m sharing with @diannalgunn.bsky.social being all vendory and stuff! (Come by because it’s a cool table!)

And you can catch me in that same room for a book signing at 2pm. Then a panel at 4pm! Hope to see you there!
CAN*CON October 17-19, 2025 Brookstreet Hotel, Kanata WHERE'S CAIT? SAT 2-2:30 PM, BOOK SIGNING! Open to the general public! SAT 4-4:50 PM? PANEL: FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH WRITING For paying attendees only.
October 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Hey, folks attending #CanCon2025, you don’t have to sign up for Derek’s and my workshop about writing disability on Sunday at 2:30pm! Just show up! Can’t wait to see you there for Disability Trope Bingo and more!
SUN 2:30-3:20 PM WORKSHOP: CRIPPING THE 'COSM, WRITING DISABILITY. (Cait Gordon & Derek Newman-Stille) For paying attendees only. Visit can-con.org_ to learn more and get your tickets!
October 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM