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Underground Bookshelf
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Writer of Queer, disabled femme stories and creator of Underground Bookshelf
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I’ve modeled a lot of Starling’s character after myself, especially her #disability. But it was important to make her Captain of the #fantasy vessel, make her a leader and give her autonomy while still making disability part of her daily life.

#novella #booksky

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Gold and track shading gives the impression of a map. The title, Airphibious, is framed with daggers and ship’s wheels.
January 29, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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Lately, a lot of the #reading resources on my website have been in response to the awful actions of the current US gov’t.

The next series will be on #ice, deportations, and camps. Please share your #BookRecommendations in comments.

#booksky #books #iceout

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Resources | Underground Bookshelf
Book bans have limited our access to stories about diverse characters and plots. This resource page helps you access banned books and books about diversity.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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I’m not great at fundraising, but I’m trying to fund my secondhand bookshelf. If you’d like to buy a pin to help support me, I’d be so grateful!

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#booksky #fundraising #bookbans
Five pin-style buttons arranged atop a wooden table. The top one shows the Underground Bookshelf logo (a graphic of a bookshelf with a rainbow of books and a lit flashlight illuminating them). The second button: “Read Diverse Books” in black, playful text and teal paint splatter. The third button: circular rainbow with a tiny heart in the center. Bold black text says, “Read Queer Books.) The fourth button has a large headset in the center with a book between the ear pieces. Smaller text reads, “Audiobooks are Real Books.” The fifth button has playful black text in a circle saying, “Disabled Characters Rock.” In the center, a team of disabled superheroes pose ready for heroism. The background is ombré tones of pink, purple, and yellow.
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Five days left to submit your work to the January #writingcontest!

Theme: FANTASY, SCI-FI, or SPECULATIVE FICTION

Word limit: 2,000

#shortstories, #poems, #essays, creative #memoirs are all welcome!

#writers of all levels of experience welcome

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January 20, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Art doing what art does…reflecting the words and actions of the people
katbaumann.bsky.social ScaredyKat Bonemann 💀🦴 @katbaumann.bsky.social · 9d
My contribution (a little late) to the #ICEOUT #ICEOUTMPLS comic posts. My experience with ICE in my city so far, keeping the language as vague as possible to protect the groups on the ground helping people here.
Digitally-drawn comic panel in tones of blue, showing a map of southern Minnesota with several cities marked: St. Cloud, Willmar, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester, Mankato and Albert Lea. Boxed captions say "We're an hour south of MPLS, a blue dot in the MN valley with a large immigrant population." Digitally drawn comic panel in blue hues, showing an angry crowd of city residents in the foreground, silhouetted, a police officer sitting at a table and shrugging in the midground in medium blue, and a semi-circle table of council members sitting in front of 3 limp flags in light blue in the background. Captions say "After ice pepper-sprayed civilians in old town last week, we packed a 3.5 hour city countil meeting, begging the head of police to use their $2M budget to stop kidnappings." Panel showing a person looking around on a street while removing a paper grocery bag from the back seat of a sedan, with captions saying "It basically feels like we're on our own. But we're tenacious. People are taking part in mutual aid and filling needs as they arise, regardless of weather." Panel in various blue hues, showing the view from the driver seat of my car with my gloved hand resting on the bottom of the open window; an elderly person has reached out and placed one mittened hand over mine while the other holds a whistle. The elderly person has a speech bubble saying "You're here to help?" My speech bubble says "yeah" and theirs responds "me too." The captions say "I ran into myn neighbor, who I rarely see, when several of us were keeping watch at our local elementary school. Things feel scary, but not lonely."
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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I wrote The Wood when I started dealing with #longCOVID. I needed to process my feelings & wanted more #representation for characters experiencing a nebulous illness. Journaling turned into a #dystopian fable about #ableism & exclusion.

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#booksky #fiction #chronicillness #disability
Book cover for The Wood by Laura M. Browne-Lambert. Green, earthy, leafy background overlaid with the image of a gnarly tree. Elaborate scrollwork decorate all four corners of the image.
January 15, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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About halfway through the submission period!

Send in your #shortstories, #poems, creative #memoirs, #essays, etc. by January 25th!

#fantasy #sci-fi #speculativefiction #writersky #booksky
January 14, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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Writing contest theme for January is #FANTASY, #SCI-FI, and #SPECULATIVEFICTION.

#Flashfiction, #shortstories, #poetry, first chapters, excerpts, creative #memoirs, #essays related to the genres are all welcome.

Details at: www.underground-bookshelf.com/writing-cont...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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Do you have any reading or writing goals for this year?

I’m hoping to release Book Two of the Stone Series, a series about the fallout after trying to terraform Mars.

What about you?

#booksky #writersky #scifi #speculativefiction #spaceexploration
January 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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Just a couple days left! Calling all last minute submissions!!

#writersky #writesky #booksky #submissions #writingcontest
ugbookshelf.bsky.social Underground Bookshelf @ugbookshelf.bsky.social · Dec 28
December is almost over! If you’ve got a short story, short memoir, or poem (or excerpt) to enter into this month’s writing contest, send me your last minute submissions! The theme is WRITER’S CHOICE!

#writersky #writesky #booksky #shortstories #poems #writingcontest #submissions #memoir #fiction
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December 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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December is almost over! If you’ve got a short story, short memoir, or poem (or excerpt) to enter into this month’s writing contest, send me your last minute submissions! The theme is WRITER’S CHOICE!

#writersky #writesky #booksky #shortstories #poems #writingcontest #submissions #memoir #fiction
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December 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Wishing everyone happy holidays!
December 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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How to Build Your Story's Setting #writingadvice #writinglife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity www.amazon.com/dp/1948872390
Build Your Story's Setting (Storytelling 101 Quick Read Series)
Build Your Story's Setting (Storytelling 101 Quick Read Series) [Bignell, Rob] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Build Your Story's Setting (Storytelling 101 Quick Read Series)
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December 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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7 Tips on Drafting and Revising Your Story
• Always research details of your fiction story• Use parentheses and keep going • A finished draft beats a perfect draft • Revising is my friend • Editing tip: Don’t worry about being satisfied • C…
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December 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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My first book on Itch is updated! I may add a few more poems in the future, but, for now, it's complete. I've set it at pay-what-you-want to keep it affordable. This #book of #poems explores the #mythology and #folklore of #Acadian and #Cajun culture.

#vampires #werewolves #witches #ghosts #spirits
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December 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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The December #writingcontest is still open, and the theme is #writerschoice!

#poetry, #shortstories, #memoirs, #flashfiction, #microfiction, #excerpts, and #firstchapters are all welcome! #generalfiction, #genrefiction, #fantasy, #romance, #scifi, #speculativefiction, send me your work!
December 2025 Writing Contest Submissions | Underground Bookshelf
I'm extending the deadline because I didn't get the announcement posted to the website as early as I usually do. Rather than closing contest submissions on December 14th, submissions will remain open ...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Sometimes I wish I had read more #books this year, but then I remember all the work folks submitted, that I had the honor of reading, and I remember, I've been #reading all year! I might not have made a big dent in my TBR list, but thanks for all the great reading material you've been sending me :)
December 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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In Airphibious, Captain Genessa Starling and the crew of the airphibious vessel, the Comeuppance, must cross the Craven Traverse to deliver supplies to the villages who live at its doorway.

#booksky #readsky #fantasy #lgbtq #womanprotagonist
Airphibious: Book One of The Starling Chronicles
Amazon.com: Airphibious: Book One of The Starling Chronicles eBook : Browne-Lambert, Laura: Kindle Store
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December 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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In Aftermath: Shayna had agreed to join the scientific colony tasked with terraforming Mars in the hopes of offering a better life to her family who suffer the aftermath of war and famine on Earth. She did not foresee getting left behind...

Book 2 in the works!

#booksky #readsky #scifi
Aftermath: Book One of The Stone Series
Aftermath: Book One of The Stone Series - Kindle edition by Browne-Lambert, Laura. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Aftermath: Book One of The Stone Series.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Just joined Itch! The first book I've uploaded is The Call of Feu Follet: A Collection of Poetic Retellings of Acadian & Cajun Folklore. Currently pay-what-you-want

#booksky #writesky #readsky #mythology #folklore #vampires #werewolves #witches #sprites

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Laura M. Browne-Lambert
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December 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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The Wood is a coming-of-age story set in a small village on the edge of the wood, this novella tells the story of self-acceptance, found family, and the power within.

#booksky #readsky #writesky #witches #foundfamily #disability
The Wood
Amazon.com: The Wood: 9798326274564: Browne-Lambert, Laura M.: Books
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December 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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In case you're doing any last-minute shopping...

I have a little merch store to help support Underground Bookshelf with apparel, buttons, and other goodies.

#booksky #writesky #readsky #apparel #merch #disability #lgbtq #diversity #literature

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Disabled Characters Rock 3? ⭐ Disabled Characters Rock 3 ❗ Disabled Characters Rock 3
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December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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8 Tips for Avoiding Bland Writing
• Use active voiceVerbs give sentences and books vibrancy. When too many of them in a story are passive or weak, the writing sounds drab.• Show don’t tellWant to slow your story to a glacial …
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December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Sharing this goal again 💕
I’m raising money to support the secondhand bookshelf 📚 and continue to grow Underground Bookshelf.

I hope to bring free secondhand books to events in my area to help keep literature accessible to all!

#booksky #writesky #readsky #KofiChallenge

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December 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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I forgot to get this out sooner 🤦‍♀️
The contest theme this month is WRITER’S CHOICE!

#booksky #writesky #writingprompts #writingcontest #shortstories #poems
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December 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM