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Chris DiCocco
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Rom-com writer, bug lover, purveyor of general silliness (they/any)
Rep: Bethany Fulk @ Spencerhill Associates
https://linktr.ee/cdicocco
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indiebites.bsky.social
We are THRILLED to announce the full list of authors and illustrators who’ll be contributing to our 5th anniversary special edition hardback: The Quintessential Indie Bites!
Sign up now to be notified the minute the Kickstarter goes live!

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November 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
cdicocco.bsky.social
Creating the color-coded outline for my time loop rom com was one of the most satisfying things I've ever done as a writer
Index cards laid out in rows on a countertop. Each row is a different color. The index cards are covered in writing, though it can't be read clearly from the camera's distance.
May 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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al-distortion.bsky.social
The SFF Trans Visibility book bundle is live on itchio! Runs thru the 31st!

38 books & a few shorts from 32 fantastic authors. I've set a goal of raising $2k bc it's never been a better time to support & encourage trans authors.

Please share 🏳️‍⚧️💕
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a clipart vaporwave style graphic of a nighttime cityscape with sparkling stars and a full moon. it says" itchio sff trans book bundle! 30+ authors - 3/28 to 3/31" a collage of 38 books from trans sff authors on itchio participating in the sff trans visbility book bundle.
March 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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akenningtonwrites.bsky.social
r/resurrection: I tried to summon my unalived brother’s spirit but now I’m stuck with the bratty crown prince of our rival kingdom 😫 what do I do??

#YA #F #R #OS #AG #UnhingedPit
A meme with four images. The first is a piece of paper that says “Resurrecting people is heathen behavior”. The next is SpongeBob looking at the paper. The last two are SpongeBob throwing it into a fire while smiling. A couple is making out. They’re labeled the MC and the newly resurrected love interest. The second image zooms out to show a person standing by awkwardly, labeled the MC’s brother who was m*rdered for the inciting incident “My brother was k!lled” = panic “I worship the Goddess of Justice, she’ll handle it” = calm “The Goddess refuses to launch an investigation” = panic
March 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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heykellyjensen.bsky.social
GIANT dent made in the last hour. Down to $221 to fund classroom #26!

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Books For Your Class Library Bookclub and Staff Bookclub!!, a project from Mrs. Alamo
Help me give my students and coworkers books to help them in the classroom with the black culture and the adults as well to. Materials for my small groups for math groups! 21 Must-Have Books by Bla...
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February 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
cdicocco.bsky.social
Hit 20k on my time loop rom-com today! It now includes the word parasaurolophus ☺️
February 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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dhstrange.bsky.social
THE FIFTH ELEMENT x HOT FUZZ w Eleanor Shellstrop

After a job gone wrong, data thief Enmity and space cop Mirek end up handcuffed together, at the center of a political coup, and on the run from space thugs, disco-dancing assassins...and catching feelings for one another. #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #R
Eight images total. First column, three images, top to bottom: the planet Jupiter, a colourful alleyway with wet pavement and purple and blue lighting, a spaceship flying across the sky with a red trail. Second column, two images, top to bottom: a M/F couple kissing under red light, the words “We can be heroes just for one day” in neon yellow lights. Third column, three images, top to bottom: two disco balls hanging from ceiling, a ringed planet in purple and blue neon lights, a couple in space suits holding hands on a rocky terrain.
February 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
cdicocco.bsky.social
FAKE PSYCHIC x REAL PSYCHIC @ the beach: On sub!

🎲 A D&D nerd who can’t catch a break
🎸 A grumpy musician who needs a day job
✨ Fake fortunes & real psychometry
🔮 (Crystal) ball jokes
🕯️ Wait that candle’s for what
💖 Big rom AND com

#QuestPit #OS #AG #A #R
It's in the Cards is a queer rom-com with light speculative elements, perfect for fans of romances with just a touch of magic, like New Adult and One Last Stop. Elliott: When a rent hike threatens to price Elliott out of their apartment, they scramble to bring in more cash - specifically, by offering tarot readings at the metaphysical shop they manage. They've spent plenty of time playing roleplaying games. Playing the role of a psychic reader should be just as easy...right? A photo collage shows dice, a person giving finger guns, and tarot cards fanned out on a table. Adrian: Adrian Reyes has psychic abilities - when he touches an object, he learns about it and others who've interacted with it. After years of feeling alone, he's finally met another psychic, one who conveniently offers him a job right when he needs one. A photo collage shows a close-up of a hand, a person playing guitar, and a partially melted candle.
February 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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thatchazza.bsky.social
A BRUSH WITH LOVE x DO YOUR WORST

🩺An anxious med student with a teleportation curse
🗞️The sunshiny journalist who saw him vanish
🎆Fake dating in the Highlands for NYE
💕Unspoken feelings
🤙🏻Chaotic flatmates
🧠OCD rep
🏳️‍🌈Bi disasters
🥃And quite a lot of whisky

What could go wrong?

#QuestPit #A #R #W
February 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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paolathomas.com
Food photographer Francesca won't be falling for her client TYVM. Sure, Luca's a legit snack, but he’s also in a celeb couple the whole world adores. Feelings boil over; Luca admits it’s a fauxmance. Too bad undoing a fake dating contract is much more trouble than setting one up. #questpit #q #r
Food photographer and Italian footballer turned food writer. Notting Hill, the Cotswolds, Naples and Sicily.
February 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
cdicocco.bsky.social
To drum up business, fake psychic Elliott offers REAL psychic Adrian a job at their metaphysical shop. But to keep Adrian employed, Elliott must keep up the ruse that their abilities are real - and avoid falling for his dry sense of humor or pretty smile. #questpit #OS #AG #A #R
A photo collage that shows a "psychic advisor" sign in a shop window, a person adjusting another person's tie, a person running their finger across another person's palm, a person touching a tarot card face-up on a table, and a beach boardwalk.
February 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social
A Southern inheritance is always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns them all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become.
#QuestPit #YA #H #T
This is a moodboard of orange and green images with a spooky, woodsy vibe including a hand with a vine, and deer at night, an eye reflecting fire, a set of pill bottles, top surgery scars with a barbed wire tattoo, and a black woman covered in ivy
February 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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valeriecnorton.bsky.social
In my comeback era
February 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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lgbtqreads.bsky.social
Happy Black History Month 2025!

Happy Black History Month! Like the other eleven months, it’s an excellent time to buy queer books by Black authors! For even more recs, check out previous years’ posts! Middle Grade Camp Twisted Pine by Ciera Burch Eleven-year-old Naomi loves all things…
Happy Black History Month 2025!
Happy Black History Month! Like the other eleven months, it’s an excellent time to buy queer books by Black authors! For even more recs, check out previous years’ posts! Middle Grade Camp Twisted Pine by Ciera Burch Eleven-year-old Naomi loves all things outdoors—birds and beetles, bats and bunnies—in theory. She explores nature in the best possible way: the cold, hard facts in books.
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February 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
cdicocco.bsky.social
Hoping to crack 20k on my time loop rom-com within the next week! We are here:
A list that says no food, more people, elevator, shellfish.
January 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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adiehartauthor.bsky.social
Artifice & Access is finally here! This anthology of disability in fantasy is so inventive, so warm, and so full of heart - I’m incredibly proud to be included among its authors.

Find my CFS Cinderella tale Stroke of Midnight, Shoes of Glass inside!

www.amazon.co.uk/Artifice-Acc...
A paperback copy of Artifice & Access, with a detailed turquoise hand-illustrated cover, on a background of fake grass. There is a trailing plant hanging across the bottom left corner and a gold and black masquerade mask in the top right.
January 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
cdicocco.bsky.social
Okay. Goal time. I want to finish the first draft of my time loop rom-com by the end of April, which seems reasonable despite all the (gestures vaguely)

Let's go!!!
January 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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cerilndomace.bsky.social
Twelve days to Fallen Knight!

To celebrate, I've put all my books at $0.99. While you're waiting, be sure to snag The Fae Queen’s Court series and Fortitude’s Prize while they're on sale!

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A group of three books and a single book over a sunset background. Two golden branches are on the top and two teal branches are on the bottom. Avalon and Hiraeth are under Haven on the left side. Written under that is "Most people think the fae are gone... Most people are wrong." Fortitude’s Prize is on the right. Written underneath it is "A young alchemist wrestles with secrets, storms, and pirates on a high-flying adventure across the skies."
January 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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adiehartauthor.bsky.social
Not sure where to start with my stories? Looking for particular rep? I mostly write cosy queernorm rom coms, with the occasional foray into darker territory.

Here are some (non-exhaustive) lists of my stories with sapphic characters!
Sapphic Romance in Adie Hart stories The covers of Once Upon A Spring, ft. my story “Far Far Awake”; “Merry Midmas, Myria”; and Once Upon A Summer, ft. My story “What Big Geese You Have”. More Sapphic Romance in Adie Hart stories The covers of Once Upon A Winter, ft. my story “A Pea Ever After”; Indie Bites Spirits and Spellcasters, ft. my story “Seventeen Souls”; and “Wedding Wings”.
January 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
cdicocco.bsky.social
🎶everybody's
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for an
email 🎶
December 11, 2024 at 6:52 PM
cdicocco.bsky.social
accidentally slam-dunking a bowl of ravioli onto the floor because i got too excited may be one of the most Italian things I've ever done
December 10, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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megelison.bsky.social
They should invent a year that you can make it through without feeling like it's trying to kill you.
December 9, 2024 at 11:01 PM
cdicocco.bsky.social
maybe this sandwich will fix me
December 4, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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YA Author Launches Auction to Support Trans Charities
Ali Hazelwood, TJ Alexander, Parnassus Books, Romance Con, and more have donated items to Brian D. Kennedy's auction, which will benefit three trans nonprofits and run December 2 through 5.
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November 27, 2024 at 3:59 PM