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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe
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Indie author & academic librarian. 🇵🇷. Disabled and neurodivergent.
A 🏳️‍⚧️ nonbinary, agender ✨DELIGHT✨

Publishing under A.E. Bross
AO3 fanfic under SkepticalCybrarian
https://linktr.ee/aebrossbooks

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · Nov 18
Hello, lovely folks. So happy to have y'all here! My name is Addy, I'm a queer author, poet, & librarian.

My books:
🏴‍☠️ The Elysium Proposal - F/Enby Pirate Adventure Romantasy
💞 Where We Converge - M/M Contemporary Paranormal Romantasy set in modern day Chicago.

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Background of a cracked wall with a vine growing up the sides. Light text reads, "All Kyle wants to do is propose to the love of her life. Unfortunately, it seems that toxic family, a hopeless voyage, & the search for the Well of Eternal Life all have different ideas for how Kyle should be spending her time." The Elysium Proposal "Because nothing ever goes as planned..." Image of the Chicago cityscape in the distance, icy Lake Michigan in the forefront. Text over top reads: "Every so often, life gives us a shot at redemption. When Darius Adair is sent to help a stranger in the dead of night, he never expects that man to be a time traveler who threw himself back in order to stop a threat so severe, it endangered the world as they knew it. He also didn't expect to catch feelings for him." Features the cover from Where We Converge by A.E. Bross.
aebrossbooks.bsky.social
Good night, Bluesky. Sweet dreams 💛
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Dear gods, NO.
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 20h
For real, check this out. Evil.
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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mommunism.bsky.social
Mohammed has a super detailed chuffed that is a very good read if you’re interested at all about life in Gaza- he also has done a thread in the post I’m quoting ⬇️ about his family history that is very interesting
mommunism.bsky.social Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohammed. Mohammed is 22 and was studying electrical engineering (you can read about his family in the 🧵 ). He’s trying to help his family including his pregnant sister Rasha and his 4 year old nephew Khamis who started kindergarten yesterday!
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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#QueerWritersChat Q5

Check out my website! Blogs, poetry, stories. And of course, if you ever need to hire a freelance editor, let me know!

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November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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I'm so behind on my "Patreon post every day in November" challenge, but I did post a few free snips since the last chat. These are from #Nomads:
Making up from the fight www.patreon.com/posts/30-day...
The turning point (NSFW!) www.patreon.com/posts/novemb...
#QueerWritersChat #amwriting #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈⚔️💘
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Money’s real tight and if you support my subscribestar you can get serial fiction chapters on the weekend: bsky.app/profile/robm...
#QueerWritersChat
amaralynn.bsky.social AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺BACK NOW: GEMS & STAR FLOWERS! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 12h
#QueerWritersChat

Question Five: Self promo! Drop your links!

Interact with, boost others, and feel free to answer the questions late! DO NOT promo unless you participated in the chat!

Theo will be hosting next week!

@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
#QueerWritersChat Question Five: Self promo! Drop your links! Every Friday 8pm EST All LGBTQIAP writers and allies welcome Background: gray wood with multicolor art supplies around the border.
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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#QueerWritersChat A5: I would love it if folk checked out the Aven Cycle: Historical fantasy set in an alternate ancient Rome with elemental magic.

Available in ebook, print, and audio, and if your library doesn't have it, ask 'em to get it!

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Book cover for FROM UNSEEN FIRE: teal embellishments on a dark background with the central image of a fire in an ancient-style brazier. Text and arrows surrounding: Yearning | Fierce determined women | Elemental magic | Dinner with a side of snark | Cutthroat politics | All this blood | An awful lot of swords Book cover for GIVE WAY TO NIGHT: purple and bronze embellishments on a dark background with the central image of a temple door surrounded by spooky trees. Text and arrows surrounding: Grouchy + sunshine friendship | Creeply cultists | A siege | Sapphic subplot | Roman ghosts | Bad things happen at the beach | Even more blood Book cover for THE BLOODSTAINED SHADE: red and gold embellishments on a dark background with the central image of a Roman temple split by blue lightning. Text and arrows surrounding: Chaos unleashed | Reunions and revelations | Weaponized snark | Big Badass Battle Sequence | Heroine's Journey | Sapphic sweethearts | Still just so much blood
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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You can get copies of the first two books in my martial arts/bisexual/eldritch octopus series in the campaign I'm currently running!
You can also preorder 7 brand-new #queer #fantasy and #sciencefiction books!
#QueerWritersChat
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November 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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#QueerWritersChat, you ask this of me, on this International Pickle day!?

Well, alright, I suppose 😑....🤭

Check out Fairy Seasons of @the-book-bazaar.com! It's sure to make you feel a lot of terror and just as much delight.

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November 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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amaralynn.bsky.social
#queerwriterschat 5:

IT LIVES! Back Gems and Star Flowers now!!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Photo of a sharpie and a black piece of paper with white or silver text that reads “say no to generative ai art; buy art from real degenerates”
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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notalegalrecord.net
abolishing the private #adoption industry and ending the legal practice of plenary adoption—the irreversible rewriting of a child’s legal identity and falsification of their natal kinship relations—does *not* mean abolishing long-term custodial care for a child who needs it. +
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
aebrossbooks.bsky.social
#QueerWritersChat Q4

Pie. I mean, you can have pie all year round, and I do, but they really come out and into their own around October through December. Pumpkin, apple, pecan... There's a lot to love 🥧
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
aebrossbooks.bsky.social
#QueerWritersChat Q3:

Honestly, no. I mean, they might at some point, but not in the course of the book. I feel like the Xmas season would be big in the setting, but it would be more about the consumerism than anything else. 🙅🏻
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
aebrossbooks.bsky.social
#QueerWritersChat Q2:

Favorite holiday? That's a tough one. Probably a toss up between Halloween and Yule. Honestly, the season of October to December is just a fav place to be in the timeline.
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
aebrossbooks.bsky.social
Hello, hello, #QueerWritersChat!

I'm Addy and I am back to working on my cyberpunk Snow White retelling. Just got the first round of edits back from my editor and I'm so psyched to be getting back into it!

How 'bout y'all? #WritingCommunity
amaralynn.bsky.social AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺BACK NOW: GEMS & STAR FLOWERS! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 13h
Welcome to #QueerWritersChat!

To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on! No links, please!

Next question at :10!

@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
#QueerWritersChat Question One: Introduce yourself and your current project Hosts: @amaralynn and @theodoresnapdragon Every Friday 8pm EST All LGBTQIAP writers and allies welcome Background: gray wood with multicolor art supplies around the border.
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
aebrossbooks.bsky.social
- Prisons absolutely can & should be abolished.
- Defunding police to fund social & educational programs will do more for crime than any amount of funding to police ever will.
- Until UBI, housing, medical care, & food are guaranteed to ALL parents & pregnant folks, adoption is unethical at best.
taliabhatt.itch.io Talia "Estro Junkies" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 1d
"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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authorkaraj.bsky.social
None of asked to be here, so everyone should be provided food, clothing, housing, and medical care. The first three should be done through UBI, but the latter is free.
I also think anything involving education should also be free, including the "extras" like school trips for kids.
taliabhatt.itch.io Talia "Estro Junkies" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 1d
"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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📢📚 LESS THAN 14 HOURS LEFT TO GRAB THIS BUNDLE! 🌈📚

32 tales of Trans People Taking on the World for only $35. It's a deal you really can't pass up and you're supporting the trans rep you want to see in your books! Wins all around! #BookSky

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Trans People Take on the World itchio book bundle 32 books for $35.00 November 1 through November 15 Features "The Elysium Porposal" by A.E. Bross, an ebook cover with a silhouette of a long-haired individual against an eerie green background. Secondhand Origin Stories by Lee Brontide Non-Player Character by Veo Corva Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault What Lies Within by Issy Waldrom Synthetic Sea by Franklyn Newt My Personal Trainer Cracked My Egg by Fern V. Bedek The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle by Steve Westenra All Roads Lead to This by Kay Claire Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis The Uncontinented Stars by Haden Cross Blood on the Snow by Finn McLellan A Memory of Blood and Magic by K. N. Brindle Structural Integrity by Tabitha O'Connell The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud The Elysium Proposal by A.E. Bross Between You, Me, and the Moonlit Sea by Linn Silver FIRST ROSE by Jake Vanguard Manipulator's War by Elise Carlson Like Salt and Whisky by Merlina-Garance Illusory by Mx Misfits Enemies to Enemies by Ash Kreider Garden of Rotten Roses by Nic Hidalgo Echo Sight by Cian Verati The Poison Fruits by EM HAEGER Dragon's Soul by J.F.R. Coates A Demon to Save Me by H.S. Kallinger Powder and Feathers by Johannes T. Evans The Strangers' Sanctuary by S.E. Robertson Our Simulated Selves by Nikki Null Songs of Broken Bells by Lilly Lockwood A Life in Too Many Margins by S. E. Thomson 1000 Lotuses Part 2 - Seamstress (with Part 1) by LotusCarp
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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clbergpowers.bsky.social
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
ips-dc.org Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 2d
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Proud to be the 16th backer 😍 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Gems and Star Flowers Audiobook Campaign! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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The world is out of control. Let's burn it down.

Or, for those who aren't aspiring arsonists, there's our bundle featuring 17 stories that do exactly that and give tyrants exactly what they deserve.

So, 17 books for $16 - how could you resist?

📚

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https://itch.io/b/3348/burn-it-down Alt text for ad graphic: A background of flames. Text reads: BURN IT DOWN! Bundle 17 books for $16 November 13-16th Thumbnail book covers line the top, bottom, and left margins of the image: Now and Then and Back Again by A.P. Howell Fruits of the Gods by William C. Tracy Rise of the Resistance by Niranjan Into The Forest by Natasha O’Connor The Killing Song by Felix Graves Birthright by M.A. Vice Heirs of Hyarch Book One: The Spellking's Heir by Chris Mitchell Shadows Dark and Deadly by Andrea Marie Johnson The Backwards Knight by Matthew Siadak Loyalty to the Max by Maya Darjani What May Rise From the Ashes by Susanne Schmidt Their Village, Their Fortress by Dylan Madeley Gift of Snow by C.L. Carhart When In Erebus by Paris Vivian Kotov Syndrome by S. Morgan Burbank Wherever the Stars Call by S. Jean A Path of Endless Crossroads by M.C. Burnell
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Indie authors, small publishers, and book enthusiasts take notice! The Book Bazaar is running until December 3rd, 2025!
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November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM