Aster
@lavendersbook.bsky.social
this is how you lose the time war #1 fan 💙❤️
he/him nb 🏳️⚧️ | lesbian & aroace-spec | baby bird-looking butch
📖 part-time sapphic romance reader, full-time PhD student
https://linktr.ee/Lavendersbook
he/him nb 🏳️⚧️ | lesbian & aroace-spec | baby bird-looking butch
📖 part-time sapphic romance reader, full-time PhD student
https://linktr.ee/Lavendersbook
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@lavendersbook.bsky.social
· Jun 18
my anticipated 2026 (queer) releases
The upcoming (queer) releases have been my most popular posts two years in a row, that I have seen referenced by many people online. This…
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Early I know but I'm making sure it's out there for the people looking for it. It will update, etc... yes it's slightly lying bc I'm not planning to read everything mentioned i make the list for other people etc...
my anticipated 2026 (queer) releases
my anticipated 2026 (queer) releases
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A new Clem & West novel just dropped yesterday, and I am frothing at the mouth. If you're into cosmic horror and secondary-world modern fantasy, you HAVE to check out this sapphic fantasy series by Hiyodori. It's easily my favorite thing on the market right now. I need more people to understand!
October 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A new Clem & West novel just dropped yesterday, and I am frothing at the mouth. If you're into cosmic horror and secondary-world modern fantasy, you HAVE to check out this sapphic fantasy series by Hiyodori. It's easily my favorite thing on the market right now. I need more people to understand!
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If you're interested in what I believe is the best thing I've ever written...
The Kickstarter for our 2025/6 publications is NOW LIVE!!
Oct 2025: Dark Paths: A Queer Horror Romance Collection
Dec 2025: Light Paths: A Queer Fantast Romance Collection
Feb 2026: trans romance novella Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
Oct 2025: Dark Paths: A Queer Horror Romance Collection
Dec 2025: Light Paths: A Queer Fantast Romance Collection
Feb 2026: trans romance novella Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
Queer Horror, Fantasy and Romance by A Coup of Owls Press
Help us publish our 2025-2026 collections and novella: Horror Romance (Oct '25) Fantasy Romance (Dec '25) and Trans romance (Feb '26)
www.kickstarter.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If you're interested in what I believe is the best thing I've ever written...
*throwing oil onto the fire* you people only ever fight for the right to use the word sapphic on relationships and stories that include a cis man because you know that would be transphobic and misgendering to do that to a trans man
September 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
*throwing oil onto the fire* you people only ever fight for the right to use the word sapphic on relationships and stories that include a cis man because you know that would be transphobic and misgendering to do that to a trans man
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Anyway, can we start a recommendation list of media with butch trans women?
As a big reader of trans lesbian lit I've found some (not enough, but some), and I think it's important to highlight the good as well as complain about the bad.
I'll start, but please do feel free to add on! #samreads
As a big reader of trans lesbian lit I've found some (not enough, but some), and I think it's important to highlight the good as well as complain about the bad.
I'll start, but please do feel free to add on! #samreads
September 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Anyway, can we start a recommendation list of media with butch trans women?
As a big reader of trans lesbian lit I've found some (not enough, but some), and I think it's important to highlight the good as well as complain about the bad.
I'll start, but please do feel free to add on! #samreads
As a big reader of trans lesbian lit I've found some (not enough, but some), and I think it's important to highlight the good as well as complain about the bad.
I'll start, but please do feel free to add on! #samreads
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Hey everyone,
I hate to ask for help again, but I think we're really going to need it. My mental illness has made it hard to earn anything for the past couple months, and we barely have enough for this month.
Everything helps! Thank you!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-may-a...
I hate to ask for help again, but I think we're really going to need it. My mental illness has made it hard to earn anything for the past couple months, and we barely have enough for this month.
Everything helps! Thank you!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-may-a...
August 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Hey everyone,
I hate to ask for help again, but I think we're really going to need it. My mental illness has made it hard to earn anything for the past couple months, and we barely have enough for this month.
Everything helps! Thank you!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-may-a...
I hate to ask for help again, but I think we're really going to need it. My mental illness has made it hard to earn anything for the past couple months, and we barely have enough for this month.
Everything helps! Thank you!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-may-a...
Taylor Swift fans review bombing a trans sapphic book by a trans woman: more likely than you think. Fuck this conservative singer and her equally bigoted fans
August 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Taylor Swift fans review bombing a trans sapphic book by a trans woman: more likely than you think. Fuck this conservative singer and her equally bigoted fans
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Well, time for some pretty big news. Wolffie is moving to Canada and going back to school. But I really need your help to make it happen.
You can read more about my upcoming move here: www.patreon.com/posts/137119...
And you can contribute to my GoFundMe here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-autum...
You can read more about my upcoming move here: www.patreon.com/posts/137119...
And you can contribute to my GoFundMe here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-autum...
August 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Well, time for some pretty big news. Wolffie is moving to Canada and going back to school. But I really need your help to make it happen.
You can read more about my upcoming move here: www.patreon.com/posts/137119...
And you can contribute to my GoFundMe here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-autum...
You can read more about my upcoming move here: www.patreon.com/posts/137119...
And you can contribute to my GoFundMe here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-autum...
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Last day for this sale! Pick up some sapphic books for Sapphic September!
Out of the ashes of itchio, I have built my own independent shop for direct sales of my books!
riengray.shop is now live, and all titles are 50% off, so get a stack of lesbian and trans romances with blood and heat to spare while you can 🔥🩸💘
#BookSky #Lesbian #Romancelandia
riengray.shop is now live, and all titles are 50% off, so get a stack of lesbian and trans romances with blood and heat to spare while you can 🔥🩸💘
#BookSky #Lesbian #Romancelandia
August 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Last day for this sale! Pick up some sapphic books for Sapphic September!
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anyway, read my trans magical girl novel (and its upcoming sequel). I hate AI and my girls and I are always in favor of loudly opposing transphobic bigots
magicariot.com
magicariot.com
Magica Riot - The Official Site
A novel about Portland's hard-rocking queer magical girls, Magica Riot.
magicariot.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
anyway, read my trans magical girl novel (and its upcoming sequel). I hate AI and my girls and I are always in favor of loudly opposing transphobic bigots
magicariot.com
magicariot.com
People on Threads seem very unhappy about the concept of stealth trans men who do not disclose their transness
August 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
People on Threads seem very unhappy about the concept of stealth trans men who do not disclose their transness
Threads is truly the social media with the worst reading comprehension
August 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Threads is truly the social media with the worst reading comprehension
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Plan A: Spend the summer at camp hiding from your influencer mother.
Plan B: Accidentally break your arm and then blackmail your grumpy skater crush into letting you hide at her house all summer.
YOU CAN PREORDER SUMMER OFFICIAL NOW! 🛹🩵🍦
rebekahweatherspoon....
#booksky #romancebooksky
Plan B: Accidentally break your arm and then blackmail your grumpy skater crush into letting you hide at her house all summer.
YOU CAN PREORDER SUMMER OFFICIAL NOW! 🛹🩵🍦
rebekahweatherspoon....
#booksky #romancebooksky
July 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Plan A: Spend the summer at camp hiding from your influencer mother.
Plan B: Accidentally break your arm and then blackmail your grumpy skater crush into letting you hide at her house all summer.
YOU CAN PREORDER SUMMER OFFICIAL NOW! 🛹🩵🍦
rebekahweatherspoon....
#booksky #romancebooksky
Plan B: Accidentally break your arm and then blackmail your grumpy skater crush into letting you hide at her house all summer.
YOU CAN PREORDER SUMMER OFFICIAL NOW! 🛹🩵🍦
rebekahweatherspoon....
#booksky #romancebooksky
As a reader/reviewer I find it pretty gauche and unappealing when authors devalue themselves and look down their own works but as an author I really feel the pressure to do it so no one set their expectations too high
July 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As a reader/reviewer I find it pretty gauche and unappealing when authors devalue themselves and look down their own works but as an author I really feel the pressure to do it so no one set their expectations too high
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I desperately need to go to sleep, but please spread this far and wide. Itch.io may not be as big of a platform as Steam, but this is a significantly more aggressive act of censorship.
They're using the queer marginalized artists as test cases to see what they can get away with.
They're using the queer marginalized artists as test cases to see what they can get away with.
July 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I desperately need to go to sleep, but please spread this far and wide. Itch.io may not be as big of a platform as Steam, but this is a significantly more aggressive act of censorship.
They're using the queer marginalized artists as test cases to see what they can get away with.
They're using the queer marginalized artists as test cases to see what they can get away with.
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the most extreme part of your new policies provide no rationale or explanation as to why
likely because you are not allowed to
likely because you are not allowed to
July 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
the most extreme part of your new policies provide no rationale or explanation as to why
likely because you are not allowed to
likely because you are not allowed to
I love when Americans get to tell the entire world what they can buy and share because they own all the credit cards company
July 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I love when Americans get to tell the entire world what they can buy and share because they own all the credit cards company
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🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: In a dangerous evening escalation of the anti-porn war on the gaming industry, indie platform @itch.io has banned a number of NSFW titles and delisted thousands of others.
Trans authors are caught in the crossfire.
MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.
Trans authors are caught in the crossfire.
MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.
Major Indie Marketplace Itch.io Shadowbans NSFW Content, Trans Authors Impacted
A dangerous escalation against free speech and literary preservation from a longtime haven for transfeminine literature.
thetransfemininereview.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: In a dangerous evening escalation of the anti-porn war on the gaming industry, indie platform @itch.io has banned a number of NSFW titles and delisted thousands of others.
Trans authors are caught in the crossfire.
MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.
Trans authors are caught in the crossfire.
MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.
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Hi all,
My work pace and income have slowed down a LOT because of my depression, and I'm worried about making ends meet through the summer while BG is out of work. Any help getting through that would mean a lot to us. Thank you all so much!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-may-a...
My work pace and income have slowed down a LOT because of my depression, and I'm worried about making ends meet through the summer while BG is out of work. Any help getting through that would mean a lot to us. Thank you all so much!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-may-a...
July 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Hi all,
My work pace and income have slowed down a LOT because of my depression, and I'm worried about making ends meet through the summer while BG is out of work. Any help getting through that would mean a lot to us. Thank you all so much!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-may-a...
My work pace and income have slowed down a LOT because of my depression, and I'm worried about making ends meet through the summer while BG is out of work. Any help getting through that would mean a lot to us. Thank you all so much!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-may-a...
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Itch is currently suppressing search results for anything nsfw, so please consider checking this out and sharing it where you can. I don’t feel great just straight up saying that, but the income I get from book sales is extremely important to my survival so I need your help here.
Sugar and Spice is officially up and available for download! June was a weirdly rough month for me in terms of writing, so it’s nice to finally have this sweet and spicy collection done and ready for yall to read finally 💛
bailey-saxon.itch.io/sugar-and-sp...
bailey-saxon.itch.io/sugar-and-sp...
July 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Itch is currently suppressing search results for anything nsfw, so please consider checking this out and sharing it where you can. I don’t feel great just straight up saying that, but the income I get from book sales is extremely important to my survival so I need your help here.
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In 2021 I warned itchio could one day face payment processor censorship. Many people thought I was creating drama by “attacking” the company
Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately
archive.is/nxbzh
Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately
archive.is/nxbzh
July 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
In 2021 I warned itchio could one day face payment processor censorship. Many people thought I was creating drama by “attacking” the company
Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately
archive.is/nxbzh
Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately
archive.is/nxbzh
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I need people to be much more alarmed about the Steam/itch situations than they are.
It’s a hop skip and a jump from banning NSFW stuff (which shouldn’t happen) to all queer media to even cishet romance to anything they find objectionable.
They keep trying to ban kids’ books about talking animals.
It’s a hop skip and a jump from banning NSFW stuff (which shouldn’t happen) to all queer media to even cishet romance to anything they find objectionable.
They keep trying to ban kids’ books about talking animals.
July 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I need people to be much more alarmed about the Steam/itch situations than they are.
It’s a hop skip and a jump from banning NSFW stuff (which shouldn’t happen) to all queer media to even cishet romance to anything they find objectionable.
They keep trying to ban kids’ books about talking animals.
It’s a hop skip and a jump from banning NSFW stuff (which shouldn’t happen) to all queer media to even cishet romance to anything they find objectionable.
They keep trying to ban kids’ books about talking animals.
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🚨🚨🚨 Indie website itch.io has just rolled out a major shadow ban of NSFW content. This drastic escalation in censorship already seems to affecting trans authors.
TRANS AUTHORS ON ITCH: Please check you pages.
I am going to report on this TONIGHT. To those affrcted, DM me with any info.
TRANS AUTHORS ON ITCH: Please check you pages.
I am going to report on this TONIGHT. To those affrcted, DM me with any info.
July 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
🚨🚨🚨 Indie website itch.io has just rolled out a major shadow ban of NSFW content. This drastic escalation in censorship already seems to affecting trans authors.
TRANS AUTHORS ON ITCH: Please check you pages.
I am going to report on this TONIGHT. To those affrcted, DM me with any info.
TRANS AUTHORS ON ITCH: Please check you pages.
I am going to report on this TONIGHT. To those affrcted, DM me with any info.