@soulfullyalex
💜💚 aroace Feral Gremlin delivering niche book recs on IG 🍂 Indie Obsessed Mood Reader and Reviewer 🦇 Vampire Enthusiast and lover of kinda gross books 🎵 Atiny, Dreamer, Saturday, Black Rose, NCTzen, Carat, Stay Find me other places: soulfullyalex.carrd.co
We talk about all our favorite manga this year! There were so many good ones it was hard to choose!
#manga #thesummerhikarudied #amanandhiscat #deliciousindungeon #dungeonmeshi #happyoftheend #favemanga #mangarecs
Calling ourselves out and talking about our QL list of shame!
#bl #jbl #kbl #thaibl #4minutes #sugardoglife #semanticerror #thesign
November was full of surprises and good shows! We both tapped for too long about these shows!
Everything from Punks Triangle to Steal Hearts Club, and some Airplane love thrown in there, too!
#bl #blfans #kbl #Thaibl #jbl #skydaddy #punkstriangle #gbyfd #stealheartclub
We're talking about our fave food related series this time around!
#bl #blseries #sugardoglife #ourdiningtable #letseattogetherakiandharu #ihearthesunspot #blrecs #blfans
Our October Wrap Up is finally here!
We talk our fave shows, books, and music from the month!
#bl #jbl #yuta_persona #punkstriangle #kbl #anatawokorosutabi #semanticerror
Ace Pride Week 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
Middle of the week, have you checked out the Ace Pride Week itchio bundle yet? 50+ books featuring ace authors and/or ace major characters!! There's so many good books, so you should do yourself a favor and check it out!
(WHEREVER THE STARS CALL & Laurel are included!)
💜 riyati.ink/acepride2025
In addition to the previously posted Ace Week bundles (please check them out! There's so many good books!), I have put two of my books on sale for this week that feature two of my ace characters!! WHEREVER THE STARS CALL & ERRANT WINGS combo pack for $4! Half off!!
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💜♠️ Asexual Awareness Week 💜♠️
This is your periodic reminder that asexuality is a real thing 🏳️🌈
And yes, my grey-asexual ass actually wrote a book that <gasp> contains sexual content 😱 slow-burn but still 🔥 I'm no less ace 😌
Also: articles in the QP 📝
mylord.shimaira.com
🌈📚💙 #writingcommunity
Short Story: Doppelgänger Flash fiction <800 words Free Who is that? Who am I? Inspired by Prosopagnosia Unsettling I have been replaced.
Short story: INSANITY Free Induced Insanity Stay out of the kitchen Inspired by actual dream Gory A baby monitor starts broadcasting static, but through the noise a dark voice uttering strange words is audible.
Short story: THE MIRROR GAME Oops, I did what now? Better avoid mirrors Inspired by actual game Don't believe me? Play and prove me wrong When I was little and home alone, I used to play this amazing game. I'd take the old mirror from the bath-room and walk around the house with it. My mother was afraid I might drop and break it, though I found out later that breaking a mirror and getting a few years of bad luck isn't the worst that can happen...
Been busy uploading more shorts to itch and I hope to have even more for Halloween 🎃
~You can now claim Doppelgänger, Insanity, and The Mirror Game (the first 2 are free! 😁 )
shimaira.itch.io
📢📚💙🩸📚😱
Oh, and we also get to see Felipe go into dad mode for someone who isn't his actual kid 😂
All books in this bundle have either a major character that identifies on the ace spectrum, an ace-identifying author, or BOTH! Oct. 19-25, 51 Books, $50.00 Book covers pictured are: Secondhand Origin Stories by LeeBrontide City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault Sidetracked: Part 1 by SK Kelley In Spite of the Inevitable by Morgan Biscup The One He Brought Home by Skye Kilaen Riyati Rebirth by Kai Zeal Lost Blades by Liz Sauco Bridges of Smoke by Jule March The Whisperer in White by Y.R. Liu Where We Converge by A.E. Bross Child of the Forest by Audrey Simmons A Dragon’s Treasure by Elis Madsen Enemies to Enemies by Ash Kreider Chai and Cat-tales by Lynn Strong Puppetry by Nina Waters Devil’s Deal by Tessa Hastjarjanto A Spark in Space by Janina Franck The Harmony of Falling Snow, A Polyamorous Romantasy Novel by Andora Brokaw How Six Saved the Frogs Pet by H.S. Kallinger Merchants of Knowledge and Magic by Shadow Spark Publishing Claimed by the Undead by C.L. Carhart Doce Drosera by Anita Peace in the Sky by William C. Tracy A Life in Too Many Margins by S.E. Thomson Non-Player Character by Veo Corva Journey Home by May Barros Triple Strike: Threads of Fate by G.M. Gray Wherever the Stars Call by S. Jean Yours Celestially by Al Hess The Star-Crossed Empire by Maya Darjani The Audacity 1 by Carmen Loup The Thirteenth Key by Cara Nox In the Eye of the Beholder by Beverly Anne Michel A Designer Magick by Stefanie Carter Bloody Spade by Brittany M. Willows Structural Integrity by Tabitha O'Connell Curse of Souls by Niranjan The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud Of Spells and Love by Odessa Silver Courtly Love by T.D. Cloud Song of the Wolf T.C. Smith The Dragon Next Door by Vanessa Ricci-Thode The Grand Duke's Masseur by sbdrag Blood by D.C. Hart Lantern by Burgundy Athena Pendragon Inarora's Excursion by Astrid E. Abell The Blood Divide by Zan Lowell The Towers of Nine by Alyssa Louttit Walking the Knife's Edge by Elise Carlson Junk Junction by William C. Tracy
Happy Asexual Pride Week!
If you're craving asexual representation in your books, either from ace authors or books with ace MCs, then I have great news for you, the Ace Pride Week Mega Bundle has 51 eBooks (including LANTERN by me :) ) for $50.
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🖊️🌈📖📚🐲🏳️🌈
If you're looking for some Halloween or autumn themed BLs and series recs, check out our latest episode!
#BLRecs #ThaiBL #JapaneseBL #JBL #QLRecs #QL #Halloween #HalloweenBL
Mega-1 Ace Pride Week 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
For Ace Week, you can browse 51 books with asexual main characters, and or by asexual authors here ♠️🌈📚 itch.io/b/3318/ace-p...
If you fancy half, you can pick up a bundle of
25 for $25 itch.io/b/3321/ace-p...
The other 26 for $26 itch.io/b/3322/ace-p...
Or all 51 for $50 😄
AI impoverishes us at every step of the process: - data centers pollute our environment - energy use drives up costs - content theft robs creators of income - the actual output is used to displace workers and depress wages - using it harms our mental health and impairs our competence - the flood of AI slop is damaging our sociopolitical landscape All in service of making a worse product - and world - to enrich a handful of already spectacularly wealthy people
While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
Currently at:
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash
So, you want to leave Bluesky, but you don't want to lose your community and start all over again.
Great news! You can leave without losing anything. Here's how.
Please share if you find this helpful so people don't lose their shit and go back to twt for no reason 🙏💖
The Ultimate Swords & Sapphics Book Bundle: 19 sci-fi, fantasy, & horror books featuring weapon-wielding sapphics for $22, at tinyurl.com/sandsbundle. Includes the following books: Kiss of Death by Bryony Rosehurst Tide Breaker's Curse by Ivy H. Marikova Stars and Soil by Dax Murray Unchain My Heart by RJ Martin Her Lady of Steel and Fire by Fern V. Bedek Of Serpents and Sorrow by Katherine Shaw Shadows Dark and Deadly by Andrea Marie Johnson Jagged Shard by Dani Finn Valerin the Fair by Rien Gray Dame Ophis by Merlina Garance Soul Flames and Dawn Weaver by Issy Waldrom The Gift of Blood and They Who Brought the Storm by Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea Blood Bounty by Elena Abbott Beyond Bringers by visceralhit Born from Earth by Jake Vanguard My Lord by L.B. Shimaira The Price of Peace by Senka Heksum
CALLING STABBY SAPPHICS!
Add 19 new swords & sapphics-themed books to your TBR this autumn with our Ultimate Book Bundle! 19 books for $22 including:
⚔️ fantasy, romance, mythology, sci-fi, & horror
⚔️ lesbian, bi, & pan women
⚔️ will definitely include sharp objects
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It's back to school season so we're coming in hot with school setting BL recs!
Tell us your fave school recs in the comments!
#BL #BLRecs #ThaiBL #JBL #KBL #BLseries #LoveForLovesSake
On a blue to green gradient background, green text reads "Preorder Campaign" with the book cover for Dead & Breakfast (Two men stand in the foreground. On the left, a white man with graying hair wearing a suit and tie holds a cup of coffee. On the right, a shorter man with long dark hair, pale skin, and a ruffly cravat holds a goblet of blood with a silky straw. They both have vampire fangs. Behind them is a field of flowers and a large house with a cat perched on a sign that says “welcome. Over the top is the title “DEAD & BREAKFAST” the tagline “come for the vampires stay for the scones” and the byline “Kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor”) beneath. An orange and black bumper sticker says "COEXIST" with occult and paranormal iconography instead of religious symbols, and a die cut sticker says "The Dead & Breakfast" with a stack of pancakes and a stake through the middle. Beneath, text reads "Invite these vampires into your home via Always Here Bookstore before October 22nd to receive a signed copy and swag"
EXCITING NEWS!! Pre-orders for Dead & Breakfast through Always Here Bookstore will be SIGNED BY BOTH OF US!! You'll also get two spooky silly stickers and the joy of supporting an independent queer bookstore!
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August media faves video is up!
We talk physical music, books, BLs, and series!
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My bday sale is reaching the last stretch! Get my books for 37% off or 7 for 7 bundle on itchio! Last, we have ERRANT WINGS! My contemporary fantasy about a punk growing angel wings and figuring out where he belongs in life.
Find your copy today!
books.earlronove.com/errantwings
We have 10 days left, and are 80% funded!
The Voice of Wild Places follows two former childhood friends as they search for a lost explorer, and a legendary city.
🏳️⚧️ Trans Man x Cis Man Romance
🔥 Hot makeout sessions, no sex
🧭 Immersive historical facts
www.kickstarter.com/projects/noa...
Want to help an author open an indie bookstore? Check out @bailswrites.bsky.social and her Kickstarter to do just that. We have until August 24th, so let's show a little #IndieAugust love. Please donate where you can and sharing is always free 📢📚
I am very bad at promoting myself, but one of my best friends, indie author J.R. Hart, and I started a YT!
If you're interested in queer media, BLs/GLs, manga, books, and music, check us out!
The first video is a July Media Wrap Up
#bl #gl #queermedia
A graphic for a sale. In the background is a faded out shelf of books. Along the top is confetti raining down. Near the bottom is a line up of book covers, each one by S. Jean. There is Errant Wings, Wherever the Stars Call, The Devil in the Woods, Born of Scourge, The Magician & The Bard, Forevermore, and Hymn of Memory. The text detailing the sale reads: August Birthday Sale! 7 Books for $7 bucks! All AUGUST, find my books in a bundle on itchio for only $7 USD! (or find them 37% off everywhere else to celebrate my 37 revolutions around the sun!) https://itch.io/s/157306/7-dollar-birthday-sale https://sjean.carrd.co/#books Then, there is text along the bottom detailing a short blurb for each book in the sale. It reads: A lost punk with angel wings, space runaways and their vampire, an urban legend that’s real, a fallen star’s journey for revenge, a magician’s and a bard’s adventures, a necromancer’s tragic desire for more, & a young man’s memories eaten away by divinity...
It's AUGUST, which happens to be my birthday month. Why not celebrate with a birthday sale?
My 7 books for 7 bucks bundle is back on itchio (bc my bday is the 7th), but also! My books are 37% off elsewhere & retailers bc that's my revolutions around the sun! Pick up a cool new book!
Links below! 🎈
Boundless is going under, it’ll cease trading by end of day. Archna has emailed Neem Tree Press authors about this but not Unbound ones :/
Authors, a couple staff members are working hard to get reversions, subcontracts, and files to us—if you need them email NOW before the lights go off
A mockup of a Trans Books print catalog with mockups of author entries and QR codes.
#Trans #nonbinary authors! To combat bans, I'm making a print catalog of authors to distribute when I vend. Will also provide the master file when done. Please reply here with the name you'd like in the catalog, a link I can make into a QR code, tags, title feature, short URL. Please repost.
![ONE OK ROCK - Change [Official Video from "EYE OF THE STORM" JAPAN TOUR]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3llep66znxs7tm2cxr2pkxff/bafkreih7hdwfucyvchlnfpldj3q5ttu5tcszw6pqk622wj3esbvxebby6a@jpeg)
Okay, another music rec. ONE OK ROCK has been one of my hyperfixations lately, so I recommend everyone go listen to them.
I saw them live this summer, and it changed my life. They're amazing live.
A song to start is Change
I'll hit you with another indie rec since indies are the love of my life.
Our Bloody Pearl by @dnbryn.bsky.social
Murderous Mermaids, aro and ace rep, pirates, intrigue, found family, disability rep. One of my favourite books of all time. Another one I need to reread soon.
Next is an anime rec! My best friend and I recently watched My Happy Marriage in two sittings.
We were absolutely hooked. Full on yelling at the TV screen and desperate to know what happened next.