K.A. Doore
@kadoore.com
Insufferable Morning Queer - She/they
Author of THE CHRONICLES OF GHADID trilogy (queer assassins save the day!)
Shouter of queer sff books.
Author of THE CHRONICLES OF GHADID trilogy (queer assassins save the day!)
Shouter of queer sff books.
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K.A. Doore
@kadoore.com
· Nov 26
2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
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it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
Welcome to Void Week, where everything is made up and the points don't matter.
December 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Welcome to Void Week, where everything is made up and the points don't matter.
Sigh. Yeah.
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Sigh. Yeah.
Nothing says Christmas like boss-adjacent dropping a big project on your doorstep (due 1/1) and then conveniently disappearing until the New Year to avoid any questions. 🙃
December 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Nothing says Christmas like boss-adjacent dropping a big project on your doorstep (due 1/1) and then conveniently disappearing until the New Year to avoid any questions. 🙃
Pour one out for everybody who still has to work this week 😮💨
December 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Pour one out for everybody who still has to work this week 😮💨
First day of winter sure catapults us straight into the Void Times.
December 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
First day of winter sure catapults us straight into the Void Times.
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It's been a really rough year, but in July I started lifting again twice a week and I'm really proud of how well I've stuck with it.
What little victory did you have in 2025?
What little victory did you have in 2025?
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It's been a really rough year, but in July I started lifting again twice a week and I'm really proud of how well I've stuck with it.
What little victory did you have in 2025?
What little victory did you have in 2025?
Happy Solstice ☀️ It only gets brighter from here.
December 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Happy Solstice ☀️ It only gets brighter from here.
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blergh, I HATE having to ask coz I know it’s super hard for everyone especially around this time of year… but I’m also about to hit negative balances and I don’t get paid til next Friday :/
been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful
ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor
been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful
ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor
Support Merc Wolfmoor
I appreciate you! (And the kitties do, too!)
ko-fi.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
blergh, I HATE having to ask coz I know it’s super hard for everyone especially around this time of year… but I’m also about to hit negative balances and I don’t get paid til next Friday :/
been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful
ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor
been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful
ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor
So one of the reasons I've been sharing the progress and snippets for this WIP is to make it very very clear I'm not using genAI, because that accusation is going to come at all of us.
To be clear, I don't use genAI for any part of my writing process.
To be clear, I don't use genAI for any part of my writing process.
Oops, my finger slipped and now I've opened a doc for the rewrite.
I'm curious if this will be just as wild a ride as the initial draft 👀
I'm curious if this will be just as wild a ride as the initial draft 👀
And 73k and exactly 6 weeks later, I have reached "The End."
That was a wild journey, folks.
That was a wild journey, folks.
December 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
So one of the reasons I've been sharing the progress and snippets for this WIP is to make it very very clear I'm not using genAI, because that accusation is going to come at all of us.
To be clear, I don't use genAI for any part of my writing process.
To be clear, I don't use genAI for any part of my writing process.
Update: new laptop on the way.
I splurged on one that is known for being highly repairable, so hopefully I won't have to do this song and dance again for a loooooooong time
I splurged on one that is known for being highly repairable, so hopefully I won't have to do this song and dance again for a loooooooong time
My laptop seems to be behaving, maybe I don't need a replace--
*screen flickers, turns off completely*
--ment :/
*screen flickers, turns off completely*
--ment :/
December 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Update: new laptop on the way.
I splurged on one that is known for being highly repairable, so hopefully I won't have to do this song and dance again for a loooooooong time
I splurged on one that is known for being highly repairable, so hopefully I won't have to do this song and dance again for a loooooooong time
Still need a gift for that friend/family member/mortal enemy?
Why not get them a book?
Why not get them a book?
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
kadoore.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Still need a gift for that friend/family member/mortal enemy?
Why not get them a book?
Why not get them a book?
PSA: The kids are now saying "tesla, no tes-backs" instead of "punch buggy, no punch backs," and I am not sure how to feel about this.
December 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
PSA: The kids are now saying "tesla, no tes-backs" instead of "punch buggy, no punch backs," and I am not sure how to feel about this.
The publisher's marketing team should absolutely be utilizing those venues, because yeah, unfortunately, video is where a lot of readers are
But authors should be allowed to do whatever they do best, which is--weirdly!!--most often words-based
But authors should be allowed to do whatever they do best, which is--weirdly!!--most often words-based
I honestly don't understand why people are mad at Jamelle for this unless they didn't read his thread.
He's not wrong. Currently if you want the best chance to influence a lot of people it's not gonna be on bluesky.
But even he said pretty clearly IF YOU WANT.
I don't so I'm not in that post.
He's not wrong. Currently if you want the best chance to influence a lot of people it's not gonna be on bluesky.
But even he said pretty clearly IF YOU WANT.
I don't so I'm not in that post.
i'm still getting angry replies about it too. absolutely furious. you'd think i walked up to some of these people and spit directly in their mouths
December 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The publisher's marketing team should absolutely be utilizing those venues, because yeah, unfortunately, video is where a lot of readers are
But authors should be allowed to do whatever they do best, which is--weirdly!!--most often words-based
But authors should be allowed to do whatever they do best, which is--weirdly!!--most often words-based
My laptop seems to be behaving, maybe I don't need a replace--
*screen flickers, turns off completely*
--ment :/
*screen flickers, turns off completely*
--ment :/
December 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
My laptop seems to be behaving, maybe I don't need a replace--
*screen flickers, turns off completely*
--ment :/
*screen flickers, turns off completely*
--ment :/
Coworker: As one the few remaining anti AI holdouts on our team, I feel like we're at that point in the zombie movie where everyone else has already been bitten.
Me: Yeah, and they keep trying to convince us that eating brains is good, actually.
Me: Yeah, and they keep trying to convince us that eating brains is good, actually.
December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Coworker: As one the few remaining anti AI holdouts on our team, I feel like we're at that point in the zombie movie where everyone else has already been bitten.
Me: Yeah, and they keep trying to convince us that eating brains is good, actually.
Me: Yeah, and they keep trying to convince us that eating brains is good, actually.
Dayjob is a lot right now, so have a cat
December 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dayjob is a lot right now, so have a cat
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Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Romances: January-June 2026
Pumped by K.M. Neuhold (January 2nd) I’m just a nerd, standing in front of a bench press, asking it not to humiliate me in front of my gym crush I’ve never walked into a gym on purpose in my life, and I’m not sure which part is more shocking, the…
Pumped by K.M. Neuhold (January 2nd) I’m just a nerd, standing in front of a bench press, asking it not to humiliate me in front of my gym crush I’ve never walked into a gym on purpose in my life, and I’m not sure which part is more shocking, the…
Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Romances: January-June 2026
Pumped by K.M. Neuhold (January 2nd) I’m just a nerd, standing in front of a bench press, asking it not to humiliate me in front of my gym crush I’ve never walked into a gym on purpose in my life, and I’m not sure which part is more shocking, the massive beefcake who immediately challenges me to arm wrestle or the fact that I kind of want to come back.
lgbtqreads.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Romances: January-June 2026
Pumped by K.M. Neuhold (January 2nd) I’m just a nerd, standing in front of a bench press, asking it not to humiliate me in front of my gym crush I’ve never walked into a gym on purpose in my life, and I’m not sure which part is more shocking, the…
Pumped by K.M. Neuhold (January 2nd) I’m just a nerd, standing in front of a bench press, asking it not to humiliate me in front of my gym crush I’ve never walked into a gym on purpose in my life, and I’m not sure which part is more shocking, the…
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Before I scoot, feel free to give me some book recs with your favorite bi characters. Romance or SFF.
I, FOR SOME REASON, think I could use some new comfort reads for the next bit.
I, FOR SOME REASON, think I could use some new comfort reads for the next bit.
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Before I scoot, feel free to give me some book recs with your favorite bi characters. Romance or SFF.
I, FOR SOME REASON, think I could use some new comfort reads for the next bit.
I, FOR SOME REASON, think I could use some new comfort reads for the next bit.
Little cat snores
That's it, that's the skeet
That's it, that's the skeet
December 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Little cat snores
That's it, that's the skeet
That's it, that's the skeet
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Just give me a world where we can walk/roll to most things. That’s it.
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Just give me a world where we can walk/roll to most things. That’s it.
Bring back webrings!
aside: what we really need to be better at for the sustainability of writer communities is a communal indie web that is not bound to social media. Build webrings! Write newsletters in reply to your friends' newsletters! Be better at not only maintaining our own digital spaces but opening their doors
I will say re: the current discourse that I don't think OP was selling text social media short, but also as someone who wants to make a lot of video essays and only hasn't because of a lack of Action Points, there's high virtue in any forward-facing medium, offset only by where the audiences are.
December 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Bring back webrings!
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Winter is the perfect time to read Feed Them Silence and feel, like, so extremely bad
bookshop.org/p/books/feed...
bookshop.org/p/books/feed...
Feed Them Silence
Check out Feed Them Silence - <p><b>Lee Mandelo dives into the minds of wolves in Feed Them <i>Silence</i>, a novella of the near future.</b><br><br>What does it mean to "be-in-kind" with a nonhuman a...
bookshop.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Winter is the perfect time to read Feed Them Silence and feel, like, so extremely bad
bookshop.org/p/books/feed...
bookshop.org/p/books/feed...
Loved this essay. Such a good reminder that words written by real humans may seem simple, but often have depth; whereas slop by genAI may seem deep, but is simple.
I wrote this, a long analysis of a single line of Shakespeare and what it’s doing. How good writing is an ethical practice. And my continuing attempts to work out what it is that I’m spotting when I look at a piece of text and go “oh that was written by AI.”
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
a single line of Shakespeare contains an ethical universe
on what we get from individual word choice, what good writing is, plus: what I put in my ChatGPT settings to make it helpful
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Loved this essay. Such a good reminder that words written by real humans may seem simple, but often have depth; whereas slop by genAI may seem deep, but is simple.
Reposted by K.A. Doore
get my nebula award-winning book for 50% off on smashwords! it's a spooky queer tween fantasy novel about a girl who can see ghosts on an adventure with her sister, a dragon and a ghost. 🌈📚
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December 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
get my nebula award-winning book for 50% off on smashwords! it's a spooky queer tween fantasy novel about a girl who can see ghosts on an adventure with her sister, a dragon and a ghost. 🌈📚
#EOYSale25 #ebook #IndieBooks #fantasy #kidlit #booksky
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
#EOYSale25 #ebook #IndieBooks #fantasy #kidlit #booksky
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
Every time I've seen the iconic photo I've wondered how it was taken, so I really appreciate this.
Time could Never.
Time could Never.
December 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Every time I've seen the iconic photo I've wondered how it was taken, so I really appreciate this.
Time could Never.
Time could Never.