summervillain / a. lee welles
@summervillain.bsky.social
user experience, safe biking, all the musics, many books. all opinions solely mine. he/they. apprentice romance author. aleewellesfiction.com 🦖 trans rights or i bites
Can Jay trust his heart despite all he was raised to believe?
Can Derek trust Jay with his heart, despite everything he's experienced ?
If they can make it through a semester as roommates... can they make it forever?
"When I Trust You" is a short (~50pp) collegiate MM romance
books2read.com/b/bwDw7G
Can Derek trust Jay with his heart, despite everything he's experienced ?
If they can make it through a semester as roommates... can they make it forever?
"When I Trust You" is a short (~50pp) collegiate MM romance
books2read.com/b/bwDw7G
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Can Jay trust his heart despite all he was raised to believe?
Can Derek trust Jay with his heart, despite everything he's experienced ?
If they can make it through a semester as roommates... can they make it forever?
"When I Trust You" is a short (~50pp) collegiate MM romance
books2read.com/b/bwDw7G
Can Derek trust Jay with his heart, despite everything he's experienced ?
If they can make it through a semester as roommates... can they make it forever?
"When I Trust You" is a short (~50pp) collegiate MM romance
books2read.com/b/bwDw7G
I've seen this (on a much smaller scale) with rideshares but failed to appreciate the implications. Wow.
A difference between robot cars vs. regular cars is that with regular cars, drivers walk to where they park, spreading traffic out.
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I've seen this (on a much smaller scale) with rideshares but failed to appreciate the implications. Wow.
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If anyone's got a moment to give indie authors feedback on what does/ doesn't work for you as a reader re. Itch book bundles, please answer these 9 questions.
(They're mostly multiple choice 😉).
(They're mostly multiple choice 😉).
Book Bundle Questionnaire
Help organizers improve indie book bundles!
If you've ever considered buying a book bundle on itch.io, but decided NOT to, let us know why!
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November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If anyone's got a moment to give indie authors feedback on what does/ doesn't work for you as a reader re. Itch book bundles, please answer these 9 questions.
(They're mostly multiple choice 😉).
(They're mostly multiple choice 😉).
personally, I've moved on from "Abolish ICE" to "Dismantle DHS"
We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
personally, I've moved on from "Abolish ICE" to "Dismantle DHS"
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We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
such a great event with @authoremmabarry.bsky.social , @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social and @oliviawrites.bsky.social courtesy of @lovessweetarrow.bsky.social ! a very fine way to enliven a rainy Saturday :)
November 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
such a great event with @authoremmabarry.bsky.social , @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social and @oliviawrites.bsky.social courtesy of @lovessweetarrow.bsky.social ! a very fine way to enliven a rainy Saturday :)
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
when this is all over, there needs to be a reckoning.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
when this is all over, there needs to be a reckoning.
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Candace's books are amazing with so much love for fat sapphics and older sapphics 😍😍
I have a large car repair and an expensive cat vet visit to pay for in very short order. It would mean a lot if you would consider buying something.
HEY YOU!
Looking to start your holiday shopping for the reader in your life? You're in luck! I've got queer books, bookish stickers AND awesome crocheted book sleeves and bookmarks!
All made, designed or written by me and available to ship to you for a reasonable price!
shop.foxglovefiction.com
Looking to start your holiday shopping for the reader in your life? You're in luck! I've got queer books, bookish stickers AND awesome crocheted book sleeves and bookmarks!
All made, designed or written by me and available to ship to you for a reasonable price!
shop.foxglovefiction.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Candace's books are amazing with so much love for fat sapphics and older sapphics 😍😍
Lots of people talking about headlights again, but haven't seen anyone sharing this 2024 article by Nate Rogers. I thought it was really helpful for perspective on how different people perceive the problem. (I do think it's a problem.)
www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/t...
www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/t...
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Lots of people talking about headlights again, but haven't seen anyone sharing this 2024 article by Nate Rogers. I thought it was really helpful for perspective on how different people perceive the problem. (I do think it's a problem.)
www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/t...
www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/t...
IMO it's weird that brief deep ebook discounts are now a thing, even for new books, but it DOES mean that it's often possible to pick up a cheap digital convenience copy of a book on my shelves. Case in point: "The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy" is less than $2 at multiple US retailers now.
Currently reading: The (Most Unusual) Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish
Both on the strength of The Remaking of Corbin Wale and because ooooh, spooky
I mean look at this cover
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Both on the strength of The Remaking of Corbin Wale and because ooooh, spooky
I mean look at this cover
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy
Jamie Wendon-Dale may design haunted houses, but they d…
www.goodreads.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
IMO it's weird that brief deep ebook discounts are now a thing, even for new books, but it DOES mean that it's often possible to pick up a cheap digital convenience copy of a book on my shelves. Case in point: "The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy" is less than $2 at multiple US retailers now.
i will save you a click to a substack site: allegedly the crap art is not being torn down because of the nightmarish ai constructions, but because it subtly humanizes immigrants making small-boat crossings of the English Channel. to which I say, sometimes your enemy's enemy can be even worse. SMDH.
“There’s clearly something political about it but nobody knows what it is,” said the restaurant manager.
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
i will save you a click to a substack site: allegedly the crap art is not being torn down because of the nightmarish ai constructions, but because it subtly humanizes immigrants making small-boat crossings of the English Channel. to which I say, sometimes your enemy's enemy can be even worse. SMDH.
This book was already on my radar before I read this essay, but now it's in my bike bag. ;-)
This essay about Cinder House is definitely the most vulnerable, personal thing I've ever written; it took me over a year to get to the point where I wanted to tell this particular story. Thanks to @booktrib.bsky.social for giving it a home! 🏠🔥
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booktrib.com/2025/11/18/h...
Housing the Heroine in “Cinder House” | BookTrib.
If you asked me today, and if you'd asked me two years ago, I'd tell you I'm very fond of my house. It's nothing special. It's a townhouse surrounded by other townhouses that look just like it, formin...
booktrib.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This book was already on my radar before I read this essay, but now it's in my bike bag. ;-)
Got my copy of the new @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social ! So looking forward to this.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Got my copy of the new @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social ! So looking forward to this.
pleased to report the new @kjcharleswriter.com is as gorgeous in person as it looked online
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
pleased to report the new @kjcharleswriter.com is as gorgeous in person as it looked online
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I am truly and genuinely so glad you asked!
This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!
refuseuline.com
This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!
refuseuline.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I am truly and genuinely so glad you asked!
This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!
refuseuline.com
This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!
refuseuline.com
Not really the point but this typo breaks my brain. Holiday weak? what?
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Not really the point but this typo breaks my brain. Holiday weak? what?
hey music-fan friends, if you haven't seen "I Have That on Vinyl" check it out! And maybe toss a coin to this labor of love. (There's a patreon, we talk about records, it's chill and fun.) ihavethatonvinyl.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
hey music-fan friends, if you haven't seen "I Have That on Vinyl" check it out! And maybe toss a coin to this labor of love. (There's a patreon, we talk about records, it's chill and fun.) ihavethatonvinyl.com
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Chace Verity's Christmas Chsale! 50% off books!
Spouse's car died unexpectedly. We need a new car and will be ok on the car front! But I look forward to buying Christmas gifts for the whole family every year, and I now won't have the funds for it.
Unless *you* can help!
itch.io/s/167653/cha...
Spouse's car died unexpectedly. We need a new car and will be ok on the car front! But I look forward to buying Christmas gifts for the whole family every year, and I now won't have the funds for it.
Unless *you* can help!
itch.io/s/167653/cha...
Chace Verity's Christmas Chsale by Chace Verity
A bundle by Chace Verity, $17.00 for 17 games
itch.io
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Chace Verity's Christmas Chsale! 50% off books!
Spouse's car died unexpectedly. We need a new car and will be ok on the car front! But I look forward to buying Christmas gifts for the whole family every year, and I now won't have the funds for it.
Unless *you* can help!
itch.io/s/167653/cha...
Spouse's car died unexpectedly. We need a new car and will be ok on the car front! But I look forward to buying Christmas gifts for the whole family every year, and I now won't have the funds for it.
Unless *you* can help!
itch.io/s/167653/cha...
Y'know what there are awesome people named Olivia in #romancelandia !
For instance @oliviawrites.bsky.social writes bawdy romcoms with big hearts. "Second Chance Romance" is out next week! And she just announced (and shared an awesome cover for) "World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon"
For instance @oliviawrites.bsky.social writes bawdy romcoms with big hearts. "Second Chance Romance" is out next week! And she just announced (and shared an awesome cover for) "World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon"
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Y'know what there are awesome people named Olivia in #romancelandia !
For instance @oliviawrites.bsky.social writes bawdy romcoms with big hearts. "Second Chance Romance" is out next week! And she just announced (and shared an awesome cover for) "World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon"
For instance @oliviawrites.bsky.social writes bawdy romcoms with big hearts. "Second Chance Romance" is out next week! And she just announced (and shared an awesome cover for) "World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon"
Resharing this Price Change of Consumer Goods and Services since 2020 (in the US) graph with better alt text.
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Resharing this Price Change of Consumer Goods and Services since 2020 (in the US) graph with better alt text.
I've dreamed of having a story in F&SF for somewhat fewer years than Scott*, but will not even be submitting again until I hear that the offending contractual terms have been changed.
*we'll avoid specifics, thanks
*we'll avoid specifics, thanks
Scott's stand is principled. I'm so disappointed that the company that bought the print magazines is blaming authors rather than taking responsibility for their own bad contract and changing it for everyone.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I've dreamed of having a story in F&SF for somewhat fewer years than Scott*, but will not even be submitting again until I hear that the offending contractual terms have been changed.
*we'll avoid specifics, thanks
*we'll avoid specifics, thanks
i did not ruin the charming repost with a crack about how we're entering the 10th year of Doom, yay me.
(i counted it on my fingers several times because i couldn't believe how long it has been.)
(i counted it on my fingers several times because i couldn't believe how long it has been.)
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
i did not ruin the charming repost with a crack about how we're entering the 10th year of Doom, yay me.
(i counted it on my fingers several times because i couldn't believe how long it has been.)
(i counted it on my fingers several times because i couldn't believe how long it has been.)
this is very charming
I found the reference! Or at least, the reference someone quoted.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
this is very charming