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H.S. Kallinger (he/they)
@xakana.bsky.social
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#LGBTQIA+ Author: Lost & Found Humanity series, disabled, queer SFF writer, geek, gamer. Trans♂️ enby. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

http://patreon.com/xakana
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E pulvis vitae noster ad astra.
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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · Jul 12
Hi! I'm H.S. Kallinger, a disabled, queer author of queer SFF. I have a complete, published psych/urban fantasy series available at multiple online retailers, & I'm working on a new one. My works are character-driven, blend real science with fantasy, and I like to kick tropes in the face.
A banner for H.S. Kallinger featuring six book covers: Hotel of Lost Souls, Pet, Bridges, Predators, Castles, and World of Lost souls in the front center, while behind, the image is split into two: on the left is a fiery scene with a partial image of a topless tan man in jeans with his hands together by medical straps, holding a black shock collar. In the center, fire is bisected diagonally with red on the top and blue on the bottom. To the right is a dark blue scene with sparkling glitter lights over someone barely visible with perhaps pink hair and closed eyes colored by dark teal blue lighting.
xakana.bsky.social
I love the found family trope. I think a big reason is that I grew up without a reliable biological family, so I had to build my own. That's probably also why I'm drawn to writing polyam stories and QPRs. I love building a community with all sorts of love but especially familial.

I'm not alone!
xakana.bsky.social H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 2d
"Blood is the answer to everything" -- except family. The best family is the one you make yourself.

From today until Nov 21st, snag 'A Demon to Save Me', along with 24 other books with found families for $20!

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Pale purple, blue, and pink palate knife blotches with black text that reads: Not all family is blood an itchi-io bundle with found families/friendship November 17 to 21 https://itch.io/b/3334/not-all-family-is-blood
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
xakana.bsky.social
Do I start focusing on book 2 in writer games now that 'A Demon to Save Me' is published?
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
THE TIPPING WORLD IS FINISHED
and it has everything you want in an epic

✨political intrigue
✨big battle sequences
✨new heroes coming into their own
✨morally gray ancient adepts
✨unique magic system
✨complex plot
✨vivid worldbuilding
✨terrifying villains

🌈📚🪐 #Booksky
books2read.com/Symbols-End
Cover of a book called Symbols’ End by MC Burnell depicting a slender young woman seated on a bench in a fine gown in the rain; the walls of the garden are close and too tall. Text reads: THE GRAND FINALE. Symbols’ End, Vol. 9 of The Tipping World.
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
xakana.bsky.social
I had the dentist today for a deep cleaning.

Ugh. I can feel my mouth again, and my jaw is soooo sore
White dude in a black n95 mask with pastel yellow, pink, and teal hair in a stripe between his leopard print cat ears. Some auburn beard is visible running from the mask to temple. Visible ear has multiple piercings. He's wearing a black shirt, black rectangular wire-rim glasses, and black and red over-the-ear padded headphones
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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indiebookdirectory.bsky.social
Hey #booksky we have a fully searchable Indie Book Directory! You can search by Title, Author, Genre and Trope! It’s super easy to use and authors can submit their books for free. Come check us out!
September 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
xakana.bsky.social
Yeah, I love bingo cards, too XD
Indie Book Directory 2025 Bingo (filled). Cross off what you have achieved so far in 2025 and tag @indiebookdirectory. want to read more indie books? Check out www.indiebooksdirectory.com bingo squares: read a book with a pretty cover (starred), found a new fave indie author, listened to an audiobook, read a book that stressed you out, finished a book series (starred), read past midnight (starred), read multiple books at the same time (starred), read a book over 500 pages, read a romantasy book, followed an indie author (starred), borrowed a book from a friend (starred), read an indie book (starred), used indie book directory, checked out a library book (starred), dnf'd a book (starred), added an indie author to your tbr (starred), read a non-fiction book, finished a book in one day (starred), didnt buy a book on impulse, cried because of a book (starred), read a book under 200 pages (starred), read a banned book (starred), read a thriller (starred), neglected your tbr pile (starred), read a book outside your comfort zone (starred).
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
xakana.bsky.social
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

It's "perfect" in the sense that I loved every song on it and listened obsessively... even if I didn't discover it until 1997, when my BFF loaned me her CD after I fell in love with the song 'What Do I Have to Do in the movie "Masterminds."
What looks like a wooden jewelry box frame full of miscellaneous items, including a rosary floating in red, an elaborate cross on a tangled beaded necklace (another rosary?), a do you light candle with a partially melted holographic exterior, a leaf, a seashell, and a tiny bust of what might have been a cherub in crumpled purple fabric. The band name reads Stabbing Westward in white, stylized lettering, and written in a small center compartment at the bottom is the album name: Wither Blister Burn & Peel, with a cross ampersand in place of the word "and."
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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clcarhart.bsky.social
Two of my standalone romantic fantasy books are in this bundle! Both books feature queer main characters. 💖

'The blood of the covenant is stronger than the water of birth.' #foundfamily #bookbundle 📚📦
xakana.bsky.social H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 2d
"Blood is the answer to everything" -- except family. The best family is the one you make yourself.

From today until Nov 21st, snag 'A Demon to Save Me', along with 24 other books with found families for $20!

itch.io/b/3334/not-a...
Pale purple, blue, and pink palate knife blotches with black text that reads: Not all family is blood an itchi-io bundle with found families/friendship November 17 to 21 https://itch.io/b/3334/not-all-family-is-blood
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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clarislamauthor.bsky.social
The "Not All Family Is Blood" Itchio book bundle sale is LIVE and it includes my murder mystery book, "Winner Takes All!" 📚🫂

#booksky #writesky #readers #booksale #sale
xakana.bsky.social H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 2d
"Blood is the answer to everything" -- except family. The best family is the one you make yourself.

From today until Nov 21st, snag 'A Demon to Save Me', along with 24 other books with found families for $20!

itch.io/b/3334/not-a...
Pale purple, blue, and pink palate knife blotches with black text that reads: Not all family is blood an itchi-io bundle with found families/friendship November 17 to 21 https://itch.io/b/3334/not-all-family-is-blood
November 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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devanbarlow.bsky.social
Also includes my book An Uncommon Curse!
xakana.bsky.social H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 2d
"Blood is the answer to everything" -- except family. The best family is the one you make yourself.

From today until Nov 21st, snag 'A Demon to Save Me', along with 24 other books with found families for $20!

itch.io/b/3334/not-a...
Pale purple, blue, and pink palate knife blotches with black text that reads: Not all family is blood an itchi-io bundle with found families/friendship November 17 to 21 https://itch.io/b/3334/not-all-family-is-blood
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
xakana.bsky.social
"Blood is the answer to everything" -- except family. The best family is the one you make yourself.

From today until Nov 21st, snag 'A Demon to Save Me', along with 24 other books with found families for $20!

itch.io/b/3334/not-a...
Pale purple, blue, and pink palate knife blotches with black text that reads: Not all family is blood an itchi-io bundle with found families/friendship November 17 to 21 https://itch.io/b/3334/not-all-family-is-blood
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
xakana.bsky.social
I meowed at them.
Two orange tabbies on the back of a recliner with a black and flower print cover, their mouths open as they meow back. The cat on the left is long haired and his very fluffy tail is hanging down in front of the chair, while the cat on the right is a darker orange, tubby shorthair.
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
xakana.bsky.social
All right. I should get ready for bed now.

My thirdborn turns 14 today! It doesn't feel like it's been that long.
November 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
xakana.bsky.social
Copyright page train? Huh. Okay. Here's my most recent.
Text on a yellow-cream background: Copyright © 2025 by H.S. Kallinger All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), nor may artificial intelligence models be trained on it or the cover art without the prior written permission of the copyright owner of this book. H.S. Kallinger has asserted their moral right to be identified as the author of this book. This is a work of fiction (in this universe). The names, characters, places and events—even those based on real people, places and events—are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, places or events, living or deceased, is entirely coincidental. This eBook was first published in October, 2025 by H.S. Kallinger. Kallinger, H.S., 1980- A Demon to Save Me: Book One of the Found Humanity Series/H.S. Kallinger https://hskallinger.weebly.com/
November 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
xakana.bsky.social
"It doesn’t look real, at first glance. There must be a green screen right behind the shadowed silhouette of a falling man. It must be AI-generated. But it’s real: a snapshot of a man in freefall, eclipsing the high-resolution surface of the Sun behind him."

This is really neat, though
How This 'Preposterous But Real' Photo of a Skydiver in Front of the Sun Was Taken » Explorersweb
ExplorersWeb's resident astrophysicist explains how a solar photographer set up and took an astonishing shot of a skydiver against the sun.
explorersweb.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
xakana.bsky.social
Me: has a whole, gorgeous scene playing in my head. Goes to type it.

My brain: I've never had a thought in my life.
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
xakana.bsky.social
Also, no, not everywhere makes them wait until 18. And the ones who start earlier? Yeah, they do great.
drkalenzeiger.bsky.social Dr. Kalen Zeiger (they/them) @drkalenzeiger.bsky.social · 3d
Trans kiddos deserve normative puberty experiences. That should be our goal.

And not getting to start estrogens or androgens until they are 18+ is the result of transphobic policies. Not the result of the science that repeatedly tells us that trans kids absolutely know their own genders.
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
xakana.bsky.social
To everyone who celebrates!
stavvers.bsky.social Another Angry Woman @stavvers.bsky.social · 4d
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming by the perimeter fence day to all who celebrate. A solemn 30 second screaming before vanishing will take place at 11am.
Watchmen panel depicting a human skeleton with some muscle on it screaming by a fence while guards look on in horror. Text box says november 14th: a partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for 30 seconds before vanishing
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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jeremyrayne.bsky.social
I can't be the only one who likes mm faerie romantasy...

🌈📚🌶️ #Romancelandia
jeremyrayne.itch.io
books2read.com/jeremyrayne
A background of spooky mossy trees shrouded in fog. The cover of a book that shows an eye/ moth's wing amid trees. The book is called Fear the Wood, Thin the Trees by Jeremy Rayne. Text reads: Ever gone into the woods and felt eyes on you?
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
xakana.bsky.social
Without downloading new pics, describe your gender:
Magic: the Gathering art for Opulent Palace: Fallout set. A grey, cloudy night scene in Appalachia with a tall lighthouse glowing dimly next to damp ground, but no great body of water. Fireflies are scattered around the scene as nuclear green glowing orbs. Next to the lighthouse sits a giant, fluffy black moth, a vengeful mothman, with glowing pink-red eyes while another hovers in the air a ways away, wings splayed in flight.
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
xakana.bsky.social
Heh. Heheheheh. Heh.

Asking for help? Like... putting myself out there and hoping I don't just get cold wind blowing cricket chirps at me in response?

I'm totally normal about asking for help. Really. I have done it. It's happened!

#SpoonieAuthChat

(I opened this yesterday and forgot to post it)
spoonieauthnet.bsky.social Spoonie Authors Network @spoonieauthnet.bsky.social · 6d
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), November 12, 2025:

As a writer, do you ever feel uncomfortable asking for help?

(Please quote-post and add
#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
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November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
Tired of lying awake at 3 am raging about how shit everything is? Like to have something to read instead?

How about a bundle of great fiction about authoritarian regimes and heroes who stick knives in evil systems?

📚🪐 #Booksky
itch.io/b/3348/burn-...
A background of flames. Text reads: BURN IT DOWN! Bundle 17 books for $16 November 13-16th Thumbnail book covers line the top, bottom, and left margins of the image: Now and Then and Back Again by A.P. Howell Fruits of the Gods by William C. Tracy Rise of the Resistance by Niranjan Into The Forest by Natasha O’Connor The Killing Song by Felix Graves Birthright by M.A. Vice Heirs of Hyarch Book One: The Spellking's Heir Chriss Mitchell Shadows Dark and Deadly by Andrea Marie Johnson The Backwards Knight by Matthew Siadak Loyalty to the Max by Maya Darjani What May Rise From the Ashes by Susanne Schmidt Their Village, Their Fortress by Dylan Madeley Gift of Snow by C.L. Carhart When In Erebus by Paris Vivian Kotov Syndrome by S. Morgan Burbank Wherever the Stars Call by S. Jean A Path of Endless Crossroads by M.C. Burnell
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
xakana.bsky.social
CN: kink talk

Gabby is a kinkster right out the gate, which is the opposite of Zack, who started his series as vanilla as a milkshake. Zack mostly found interest through Sarah. Gabby's gf Vicky brought it to him originally, but he was immediately interested.
xakana.bsky.social H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 5d
Gabby's got a praise kink, is an exhibitionist, a masochist, and both a service dom and sub.

He talks about how he's into the whole BDSM acronym, and he practices RACK.

I'm probably forgetting something, but I think that's his list?
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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shaneblackheart.com
I'm running an Itchio sale for Nonbinary November💛🤍💜🖤

Grab a bundle of 3 novels & 1 novelette for $8.50, normally valued at $17. All of them have a nonbinary character in them, either as a main character or side character. (You can also purchase individually)

Running for a week🙌🏻 #discountbooks 💙📚
Nonbinary November by Shane Blackheart
A bundle by Shane Blackheart, $8.50 for 4 games
itch.io
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
xakana.bsky.social
Men of a certain age thread. 40+ besties drop a (non nude) selfie.

45 🖖
White nonbinary trans guy with pink cheeks leaning against a chair with a fuzzy, dark red blanket on it. He has blue eyes, auburn eyebrows, beard, and mustache, short, colorful hair (yellow, blue, teal, pink, and purple), six earrings in the visible ear, a purple lip ring, and a space-themed black t-shirt.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM