A.M. Tuomala
@amtuomala.bsky.social
Author of fantasy novels about language nerds, dragonslayers, and roaming geologists. Pronouns are xie or zie/hir.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/amtuomala
Website: https://amtuomala.com/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/amtuomala
Website: https://amtuomala.com/
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A.M. Tuomala
@amtuomala.bsky.social
· Oct 3
Hello to anyone new! I write fantasy stories about loving broken things. My most recent book was The Map and the Territory, a post-apocalyptic picaresque about a cartographer and a wizard trying to get home in a shattered world haunted by a death goddess.
Outlined the master plot of knights yaoi to my wife, and she did not at any point say "that's dumb" or "that will never work," so I guess we're a go on the project
December 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Outlined the master plot of knights yaoi to my wife, and she did not at any point say "that's dumb" or "that will never work," so I guess we're a go on the project
Finally worked through all of my outstanding library holds; reloaded back to my limit of ten holds. Several series starters in this batch--I'm excited to see whether they're worth continuing!
December 27, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Finally worked through all of my outstanding library holds; reloaded back to my limit of ten holds. Several series starters in this batch--I'm excited to see whether they're worth continuing!
In creative professions, I've found that it is more important to have friends than to have contacts with an "in." You need relationships that are not transactional to flourish as a human being--and there is no true flourishing that is not flourishing as a human being.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
In creative professions, I've found that it is more important to have friends than to have contacts with an "in." You need relationships that are not transactional to flourish as a human being--and there is no true flourishing that is not flourishing as a human being.
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Please do join me in donating a couple of blankets to keep a family warm this winter, via RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project (h/t @workshops4gaza.bsky.social) chuffed.org/project/1491...
RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project
"GIVE WARMTH TO GAZA" this Winter season...
chuffed.org
December 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Please do join me in donating a couple of blankets to keep a family warm this winter, via RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project (h/t @workshops4gaza.bsky.social) chuffed.org/project/1491...
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HELLO NEW FOLLOWERS
I'm Ladz, my pronouns are they/them, I write queer dark fantasy books for fans of dark souls, frostpunk, and weird sex
today's a great day to check out my work because it's on sale in support of the Mary Cariola Center
Sale: megasale.yrliu.com
Specific book links below
I'm Ladz, my pronouns are they/them, I write queer dark fantasy books for fans of dark souls, frostpunk, and weird sex
today's a great day to check out my work because it's on sale in support of the Mary Cariola Center
Sale: megasale.yrliu.com
Specific book links below
December 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
HELLO NEW FOLLOWERS
I'm Ladz, my pronouns are they/them, I write queer dark fantasy books for fans of dark souls, frostpunk, and weird sex
today's a great day to check out my work because it's on sale in support of the Mary Cariola Center
Sale: megasale.yrliu.com
Specific book links below
I'm Ladz, my pronouns are they/them, I write queer dark fantasy books for fans of dark souls, frostpunk, and weird sex
today's a great day to check out my work because it's on sale in support of the Mary Cariola Center
Sale: megasale.yrliu.com
Specific book links below
Two books into the wildly popular Dungeon Crawler Carl series, and I don't ever want to hear "Readers won't like your books if there's too much exposition!" again
December 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Two books into the wildly popular Dungeon Crawler Carl series, and I don't ever want to hear "Readers won't like your books if there's too much exposition!" again
Vinegar~
ketchup isn’t available, what are you putting on your fries?
December 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Vinegar~
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Given the time of year, we'd like to re-share this wonderful article by @zzclaybourne.bsky.social about how reading is a way to connect with the world.
We hope you're all able to take the time you need to read. <3
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-w...
#BookSky
We hope you're all able to take the time you need to read. <3
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-w...
#BookSky
December 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Given the time of year, we'd like to re-share this wonderful article by @zzclaybourne.bsky.social about how reading is a way to connect with the world.
We hope you're all able to take the time you need to read. <3
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-w...
#BookSky
We hope you're all able to take the time you need to read. <3
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-w...
#BookSky
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Apparently we’re in the midst of another X-odus. Welcome one and all. If you’re a fellow fantasist you might want to check out my starter packs:
🧵 1/5
Fantasy Authors Part 1: go.bsky.app/2juFpGj
🧵 1/5
Fantasy Authors Part 1: go.bsky.app/2juFpGj
December 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Apparently we’re in the midst of another X-odus. Welcome one and all. If you’re a fellow fantasist you might want to check out my starter packs:
🧵 1/5
Fantasy Authors Part 1: go.bsky.app/2juFpGj
🧵 1/5
Fantasy Authors Part 1: go.bsky.app/2juFpGj
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This week's Friday snippet comes from Wooing the Witch Queen, which is on sale in North America for $2.99 for just 2 more days! Snap it up: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
December 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This week's Friday snippet comes from Wooing the Witch Queen, which is on sale in North America for $2.99 for just 2 more days! Snap it up: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
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THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS ebook is currently 99p in Amazon UK and will be for the next twelve days! It will also be $2.99 on Amazon US on Dec 31st, which obviously I will remind you about in a week, but just letting you know early. Happy holidays!
@vajra.me 's multi award-winning THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is part of Amazon UK's 12 days of Kindle deal!
UK readers, prepare to have your minds blown...
"an outstanding, genre-shattering work" - @theguardian.com
Grab it now before the deal ends on 5th January 2026!
UK readers, prepare to have your minds blown...
"an outstanding, genre-shattering work" - @theguardian.com
Grab it now before the deal ends on 5th January 2026!
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS ebook is currently 99p in Amazon UK and will be for the next twelve days! It will also be $2.99 on Amazon US on Dec 31st, which obviously I will remind you about in a week, but just letting you know early. Happy holidays!
Every single gay wizard in my stories is a special present to myself
Okay #WritingCommunity, what is a gift you give to yourself in your writing? What tropes or details or motifs do you use simply because you love them?
I love the tiny badass woman trope. I include the trope all the time.
I also love roses, and include them frequently as symbols and motifs.
I love the tiny badass woman trope. I include the trope all the time.
I also love roses, and include them frequently as symbols and motifs.
December 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Every single gay wizard in my stories is a special present to myself
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Wole Talabi has a new novel coming in October 2026 and it sounds terrific!
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Wole Talabi has a new novel coming in October 2026 and it sounds terrific!
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Today is my birthday! That means it's also time for my birthday recommendations thread!
🎂 Recommend me something that you really enjoyed this past year - can be anything, a song, a book, a story, a poem, a game, some art, some interesting factoids, anything! 🎂
I will be very happy to hear!
🎂 Recommend me something that you really enjoyed this past year - can be anything, a song, a book, a story, a poem, a game, some art, some interesting factoids, anything! 🎂
I will be very happy to hear!
December 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Today is my birthday! That means it's also time for my birthday recommendations thread!
🎂 Recommend me something that you really enjoyed this past year - can be anything, a song, a book, a story, a poem, a game, some art, some interesting factoids, anything! 🎂
I will be very happy to hear!
🎂 Recommend me something that you really enjoyed this past year - can be anything, a song, a book, a story, a poem, a game, some art, some interesting factoids, anything! 🎂
I will be very happy to hear!
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#DEAL ALERT! Calling all one-clickers because THE WIZARD HUNTERS @marthawells.com is on #sale on #Kindle for a limited time only!
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#TheWizardHunters #TheFallofIleRien #ad
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#TheWizardHunters #TheFallofIleRien #ad
The Wizard Hunters: The Fall of Ile-Rien (The Fall of Ile-Rien Trilogy Book 1)
Ile-Rien is in peril. A mysterious army known only as the Gardier has surrounded the country, attacking in ominous black airships.
amzn.to
December 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#DEAL ALERT! Calling all one-clickers because THE WIZARD HUNTERS @marthawells.com is on #sale on #Kindle for a limited time only!
amzn.to/3YdcibX
#TheWizardHunters #TheFallofIleRien #ad
amzn.to/3YdcibX
#TheWizardHunters #TheFallofIleRien #ad
Spending the holiday exactly as pleases me best: reading about absurdly dangerous cave diving in a possibly-haunted cavern. (The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling)
December 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Spending the holiday exactly as pleases me best: reading about absurdly dangerous cave diving in a possibly-haunted cavern. (The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling)
E. Catherine Tobler's "The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs" (pseudopod.org/2025/07/25/p...) -- An atmospheric short story set at a lake, about a search for a missing man that threatens to uncover a monstrous secret.
December 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
E. Catherine Tobler's "The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs" (pseudopod.org/2025/07/25/p...) -- An atmospheric short story set at a lake, about a search for a missing man that threatens to uncover a monstrous secret.
Lee Mandelo's "The Woods All Black" -- A novella that pits the horrors of being queer in rural Appalachia against the terrifying glory of the monstrous. This book does not equivocate or do "both sides" storytelling. It commits to its heroes, and lets them decide what justice looks like.
If I might be permitted a second ask, 83
December 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Lee Mandelo's "The Woods All Black" -- A novella that pits the horrors of being queer in rural Appalachia against the terrifying glory of the monstrous. This book does not equivocate or do "both sides" storytelling. It commits to its heroes, and lets them decide what justice looks like.
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Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
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The holidays is the perfect time to binge a complete book series, & we're here to enable this with a selection of Solaris Books!
Inc. @derekkunsken.bsky.social @karinlow.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @koldholdt.bsky.social @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social
Inc. @derekkunsken.bsky.social @karinlow.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @koldholdt.bsky.social @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The holidays is the perfect time to binge a complete book series, & we're here to enable this with a selection of Solaris Books!
Inc. @derekkunsken.bsky.social @karinlow.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @koldholdt.bsky.social @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social
Inc. @derekkunsken.bsky.social @karinlow.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @koldholdt.bsky.social @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social
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#TwinCities #Minneapolis #SaintPaul #StPaul
Observers at Whipple Federal Building, by the airport, report 12+ vehicles getting ready to move out, with 30+ federal agents preparing.
If you are out and about in the cities, stay alert. If you witness a raid, call the MONARCA hotline:
612-441-2881
Observers at Whipple Federal Building, by the airport, report 12+ vehicles getting ready to move out, with 30+ federal agents preparing.
If you are out and about in the cities, stay alert. If you witness a raid, call the MONARCA hotline:
612-441-2881
December 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#TwinCities #Minneapolis #SaintPaul #StPaul
Observers at Whipple Federal Building, by the airport, report 12+ vehicles getting ready to move out, with 30+ federal agents preparing.
If you are out and about in the cities, stay alert. If you witness a raid, call the MONARCA hotline:
612-441-2881
Observers at Whipple Federal Building, by the airport, report 12+ vehicles getting ready to move out, with 30+ federal agents preparing.
If you are out and about in the cities, stay alert. If you witness a raid, call the MONARCA hotline:
612-441-2881
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The Big Christmas Holiday Sale is still on! Queer indie romance, fantasy, and horror for your holiday weekend needs 🎄✨
Itchio: 5 books in a bundle for $7 or 50% off individually ($1-$3)
Smashwords: 5 books up to 50% off ($1.49-$2.99) including The Bayou on sale for the first time
🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜 🌈🩸
Itchio: 5 books in a bundle for $7 or 50% off individually ($1-$3)
Smashwords: 5 books up to 50% off ($1.49-$2.99) including The Bayou on sale for the first time
🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜 🌈🩸
Got a plumber coming this afternoon because Something Has Gone Terribly Wrong, so it's a great day to buy my books! 😅
✨Big sale at Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
✨And Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
✨Amz/KU: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden...
✨Big sale at Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
✨And Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
✨Amz/KU: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden...
December 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Big Christmas Holiday Sale is still on! Queer indie romance, fantasy, and horror for your holiday weekend needs 🎄✨
Itchio: 5 books in a bundle for $7 or 50% off individually ($1-$3)
Smashwords: 5 books up to 50% off ($1.49-$2.99) including The Bayou on sale for the first time
🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜 🌈🩸
Itchio: 5 books in a bundle for $7 or 50% off individually ($1-$3)
Smashwords: 5 books up to 50% off ($1.49-$2.99) including The Bayou on sale for the first time
🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜 🌈🩸
Asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas dinner, and she just wearily said, "Carbs and cheese," so that's where we're at right now
December 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas dinner, and she just wearily said, "Carbs and cheese," so that's where we're at right now
Brent Lambert, "A Necessary Chaos" -- A novella; Mr. and Mr. Smith with two spies from different magical factions. But when they become each other's missions, they have to decide where their loyalties truly lie.
47!
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Brent Lambert, "A Necessary Chaos" -- A novella; Mr. and Mr. Smith with two spies from different magical factions. But when they become each other's missions, they have to decide where their loyalties truly lie.
Rukman Ragas's "To Kill a Language" (www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...) -- "Teach him how to scream with every press and touch, and teach him in your language, with your tongue, until he is hoarse." Horrifyingly sensual and elegiac. Incredible prose. One of my top stories of 2025.
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Rukman Ragas's "To Kill a Language" (www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...) -- "Teach him how to scream with every press and touch, and teach him in your language, with your tongue, until he is hoarse." Horrifyingly sensual and elegiac. Incredible prose. One of my top stories of 2025.