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Vico Whitmore
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Trans man, memoirist, and mental health unfluencer who will absolutely make you worse. My writing aims to make people uncomfortable in their own heads, the way the good lord intended. https://lnk.bio/vicowhitmore
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Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · May 11
I've made a brand new list on Medium of all my favorite essays available on that platform. These essays are entirely free to read, and represent a good chunk of the pieces that I'd love for more people to see. Enjoy!
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List: My Favorites | Curated by Vico Whitmore | Medium
15 stories
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It feels like we are already moving on from the implications of the Epstein emails.

As Judith Herman observed:

“The knowledge of horrible events periodically intrudes into public awareness but is rarely retained for long. Denial…and dissociation operate on a social as well as an individual level.”
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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And quote posting to get more eyes on this. If you have need this explains how to seek mutual aid and gives tips. Check it out.
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I got to beta-read this and it's wonderful, definitely give it a shot if you're into robots or scifi or surviving dystopia by the power of community.

#BookSky #Writing
aimeecozza.com Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 11h
Have I made an annoying post yet today? Yes? Well, here's another one. You should totally back TheLuckyMachine.com It's a novella I wrote. It's about a robot who befriends a cyborg down in a multi-leveled dystopian city & helps him out bc she feels nice doing it. :)

#Booksky #TLM #Scifi #Cozy
The Lucky Machine paperback mockup on top of an image of a white woman with gold accents and blue eyes. It says "The Lucky Machine: A sci-fi friendship story" and "Live now on Backerkit"
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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So the visual novel is based on a fanfic I wrote that careened off the rails into an urban fantasy leaving the fanfic elements far behind. I'm revamping and recasting the licenced characters into OCs with a similar purpose.

It's so much more than a love story.
Black text on a white background. An excerpt from a larger document. I looked at him quietly for a long time. Giving his words careful thought. "I think I understand." "Good. Don’t deprive yourself for fear of pain." He touched my face running his thumb over my scar. "Pain is never permanent. The scars might be but the pain will eventually end." "They said I was gone for six months but I was only in Faerie a little more than a week. Time moves faster here , doesn’t it" I asked the question I’d been ruminating on all night. "That’s true. What are you thinking?" He looked amused by my question "A year here is three weeks in Faerie about. Is there a way to live in both?" I asked, watching him closely. He grinned at me chuckling "Of course there is.".
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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In honor of the upcoming holidays, this one's for everyone who's looked up and realized that the darkness your family hides is the rule, not the exception. #amwriting
Legacy
One of my cousins beat his parents half to death a handful of winters back. My grandma told me by letter in the paragraph beneath the local…
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November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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always fascinated by idea that i am not being sincere or that my tinglers are a joke or that this is a 'bit'. on one hand i get it because my art is BY DEFINITION unusual, but i just think WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE? what would me being 'fake' even mean? imagine writing 400 books over 10 years for a 'bit'
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
vwwhitmore.bsky.social
My shadow work book is now available on Medium! Designed for everyone who's ever thrown a shadow work book at a wall for not understanding the concept of masking or insisting that forgiveness is necessary to heal!
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Background: Light purple background with a white, rectangular text box. Text: 63) Does it feel scary to let yourself hope for a better future?
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
vwwhitmore.bsky.social
It's still my birthday week for two more days so I'm gonna keep being annoying!
I'm trying to save money for a car so I can leave the damn house! My therapist is ready to show up at my house about the level of agoraphobia. Please spare me her wrath and donate to my car fund.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Good morning y'all. Be gentle with yourselves today.
genuscorvidae.bsky.social Corvid Dallas Multipass (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @genuscorvidae.bsky.social · Dec 1
Taking my meds!

If you've forgotten yours, this is a reminder! Hello!
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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aimeecozza.com
Good morning! It's a lovely day to back a hopeful sci-fi novella filled with robots and cyborgs, don't you think? 🌟 TheLuckyMachine.com

#TLM
The Lucky Machine
A sci-fi story from the POV of a plucky robot who escapes her life of servitude to help a down-on-his-luck cyborg with his dream of becoming a fashion designer.
TheLuckyMachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Come join us tonight for a reading of Hush, Hush from The Dark Side of Super. Read by yours truly (and I am so sorry that.)
the-book-bazaar.com The Book Bazaar - LIVE NOW until Dec 3rd 2026! @the-book-bazaar.com · 18h
TONIGHT at 6 pm ET @backwardsknight.com will be hitting our Twitch to bring Hush, Hush to you in audio form! A peek at what you'll get by backing The Dark Side of Super audiobook story!
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
vwwhitmore.bsky.social
I have one of those bosses who's so good at her job it makes you suspicious after all the bad managers and anyway she just complimented me for having a good memory about a file and I'm in my closet office like 👀👀👀 does she know it's cause that person was an ass or?
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Only got 3 chapters done on developmental edit today, mainly because I've been frantically refreshing Space Wizard Year 4 part 2!
We're over $2000 funded just this afternoon! Go check out some #queer books and get us to the goal!
#amediting #amwriting #BookBazaar25
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2!
We're releasing 7 new queer science fiction and fantasy books from December 2025 to June 2026! We're changing formats just a little this year so you get your rewards earlier.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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We are fully funded for my minimum goal, friends, but the hype train has only just left the station.

I still need your love, help, and support. Especially if it's just screaming unto the void to keep going! T

here are stretch goals and more!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

#BookSky
Image of a book, The Dark Side of Super with the words "Audio book" added, on a broken glass bed. Red arrows point to tropes in the book: Twist ending, Super powers...with a cost, Thriller, Multi POV, Snarky Characters, Urban Fantasy, Normal People...?, Novella. Top text reads: Back it today!!!!!!!!
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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I'm working on my New Year's resolutions and like. Y'all know none of my listicles are meant to be used as advice, right?
Tell a secret to a stranger. Say it like it’s the most normal thing in the world. Pick someone going about their daily life with an air of unrecognized contentment. Really show them how much worse it could get.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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I love The Final Pam so fucking much this is incredible
fusspot.rip Fuss @fusspot.rip · 1d
Happy 10th, you magnificent freakshow.
#TheFinalPam
A digital drawing of The Final Pam, a woman in a fancy, fur-collared dress, white-rimmed sunglasses and a bouffant hairstyle. She's smiling at the viewer, fingers steepled, and an there's an explosion behind her. Dialogue: "Hello again, the Smiths. Is next time now. Did you remember to invite Pam?"
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Because it's just as weird getting a promotion during the apocalypse as it is to have a birthday, please enjoy this piece about how hard it is to celebrate anything while the world, or at least your country, is ending.
A Tuesday Kind of Apocalypse
It’s Tuesday. It’s the apocalypse. I feel like I’m going insane.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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SCRATCH THAT, 24.2% LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
backwardsknight.com Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d
#BookSky... IT IS TIME!

The Dark Side of Super's audio book Backerkit campaign is LIVE. We're already 16% funded and this is where I call upon you. IF you want an audio book of dark, gritty, super powered stories, or if you know someone who does?

LET'S GO!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
The Dark Side of Super Audio Book
The Dark Side of Super is an interconnected collection of super-powered shorts. Each features a dark, gritty, realistic take on powers, and adding another layer to the larger story arc being told. Loo...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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LIVE NOW: The Lucky Machine, a cozy (slightly dystopian) sci-fi friendship novella about regaining hope in the face of everything being SHIT. Available in paperback, hardcover, & ebook. Back it for all kinds of awesome goodies until Dec. 3rd: TheLuckyMachine.com

#Booksky #Scifi #TLM #IndieAuthor
The Lucky Machine
A sci-fi story from the POV of a plucky robot who escapes her life of servitude to help a down-on-his-luck cyborg with his dream of becoming a fashion designer.
TheLuckyMachine.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
vwwhitmore.bsky.social
Proud to be the 1st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Dark Side of Super Audio Book! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
The Dark Side of Super Audio Book
The Dark Side of Super is an interconnected collection of super-powered shorts. Each features a dark, gritty, realistic take on powers, and adding another layer to the larger story arc being told. Loo...
www.backerkit.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
vwwhitmore.bsky.social
Reminder that you can now but Shadow Work for the Present Apocalypse on Ko-Fi!
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White text box on a medium purple background. Text: 169) Do you know what would be left of who you are as a person if every symptom of your mental illness or trauma were gone tomorrow?
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Proud to be the 1st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Lucky Machine! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
The Lucky Machine
A sci-fi story from the POV of a plucky robot who escapes her life of servitude to help a down-on-his-luck cyborg with his dream of becoming a fashion designer.
www.backerkit.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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It's my birthday week! Please consider leaving a tip on my ko-fi page to help me buy a car so I can finally leave the damn house. I live with a geriatric chihuahua who never stops screaming. PLEASE HELP ME LEAVE THE DAMN HOUSE. Kay I love you bye!
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November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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HEY EVERYONE going live NOW on Twitch as we countdown the MINUTES (!!!!) until The Book Bazaar launch at 1 PM EST. Come join us!! www.twitch.tv/thebookbazaar

#BookBazaar25 #Streaming
The Book Bazaar: Live Now on Twitch
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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backwardsknight.com
Here's the first line of The Dark Side of Super, from the story entitled "Hush, Hush."

This is part of #BookBazaar25, which launches in less than a day, where I am aiming to bring the audio book version to life In your ear holes.

Follow here for updates!
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#BookSky
Image of a snippet from Hush, Hush, the first story of The Dark Side of Super. Text reads: He couldn't— Felix sucked in a breath, the air whooshing right back out through his barely parted lips. Repeating that, hand trembling as he placed it on his chest, he shook his head. He had to remember to breathe. Calm his mind down, even if it meant hiding in the club's bathroom.
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM