Alexandra Spada - Author
@alexandraspada.bsky.social
It's 🔞 NSFW around these parts.
Neurodivergent science fantasy writer who loves dogs, gardening, and books. Join me to read my stories 💜 Mostly trying to find joy in a dark world, and share my journey of survival.
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Neurodivergent science fantasy writer who loves dogs, gardening, and books. Join me to read my stories 💜 Mostly trying to find joy in a dark world, and share my journey of survival.
🆓🍉 + ⛔🍊 + 🙅♂️💣
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Dormant Planet: Chapter 3
Aisha tends her garden while the cat Sourdough keeps watch
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#HappyHalloween! Chapter 3 of my #spacehorror is out now, always FREE to read! 🚨
When alarms blare "HULL BREACH," Aisha has seconds to decide: follow evacuation orders or trust her instincts? What would you do?
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When alarms blare "HULL BREACH," Aisha has seconds to decide: follow evacuation orders or trust her instincts? What would you do?
Read now ⬇️ authoralexandraspada.substack.com/p/dormant-pl...
(art/words by ME, no AI)
#HappyHalloween! Chapter 3 of my #spacehorror is out now, always FREE to read! 🚨
When alarms blare "HULL BREACH," Aisha has seconds to decide: follow evacuation orders or trust her instincts? What would you do?
Read now ⬇️ authoralexandraspada.substack.com/p/dormant-pl...
(art/words by ME, no AI)
When alarms blare "HULL BREACH," Aisha has seconds to decide: follow evacuation orders or trust her instincts? What would you do?
Read now ⬇️ authoralexandraspada.substack.com/p/dormant-pl...
(art/words by ME, no AI)
Dormant Planet: Chapter 3
Aisha tends her garden while the cat Sourdough keeps watch
authoralexandraspada.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
#HappyHalloween! Chapter 3 of my #spacehorror is out now, always FREE to read! 🚨
When alarms blare "HULL BREACH," Aisha has seconds to decide: follow evacuation orders or trust her instincts? What would you do?
Read now ⬇️ authoralexandraspada.substack.com/p/dormant-pl...
(art/words by ME, no AI)
When alarms blare "HULL BREACH," Aisha has seconds to decide: follow evacuation orders or trust her instincts? What would you do?
Read now ⬇️ authoralexandraspada.substack.com/p/dormant-pl...
(art/words by ME, no AI)
Me: writes space horror
Also me: gets scared reading my own writing 💀
Chapter 2 of Dormant Planet gave me the creeps and I literally wrote the thing. Latest chapter up on my Substack! It's free, it's bloody, and it ends on a cliffhanger because I'm evil like that 😈
Also me: gets scared reading my own writing 💀
Chapter 2 of Dormant Planet gave me the creeps and I literally wrote the thing. Latest chapter up on my Substack! It's free, it's bloody, and it ends on a cliffhanger because I'm evil like that 😈
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Me: writes space horror
Also me: gets scared reading my own writing 💀
Chapter 2 of Dormant Planet gave me the creeps and I literally wrote the thing. Latest chapter up on my Substack! It's free, it's bloody, and it ends on a cliffhanger because I'm evil like that 😈
Also me: gets scared reading my own writing 💀
Chapter 2 of Dormant Planet gave me the creeps and I literally wrote the thing. Latest chapter up on my Substack! It's free, it's bloody, and it ends on a cliffhanger because I'm evil like that 😈
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Star Trek is so cool (btw)
October 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Star Trek is so cool (btw)
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“6 inches isn’t enough and 12 inches is too much” - @michaelhobbes.bsky.social speaking about Subway has never been more correct.
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“6 inches isn’t enough and 12 inches is too much” - @michaelhobbes.bsky.social speaking about Subway has never been more correct.
Frayla and Nesh thought they were heading to paradise. New planet, new life, new beginning.
Instead, they're hiding in a closet listening to screams echo through their ship.
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#SpaceHorror #SciFi
Instead, they're hiding in a closet listening to screams echo through their ship.
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#SpaceHorror #SciFi
Dormant Planet: Chapter 2
Nesh and Frayla find themselves on an empty spaceship. Or so they think.
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September 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Frayla and Nesh thought they were heading to paradise. New planet, new life, new beginning.
Instead, they're hiding in a closet listening to screams echo through their ship.
authoralexandraspada.substack.com/p/dormant-pl...
#SpaceHorror #SciFi
Instead, they're hiding in a closet listening to screams echo through their ship.
authoralexandraspada.substack.com/p/dormant-pl...
#SpaceHorror #SciFi
taking a 🔫 class today for the very first time, never used one or disabled one so it will be good to have that knowledge under my belt. Yknow. Because this is America.
September 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
taking a 🔫 class today for the very first time, never used one or disabled one so it will be good to have that knowledge under my belt. Yknow. Because this is America.
I am genuinely distressed by the fact that my own family would rather erase me over supporting and defending me.
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This Week in Trans Anxiety: Fascist Family Members
How do you survive when your family chooses fascism over you?
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September 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I am genuinely distressed by the fact that my own family would rather erase me over supporting and defending me.
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went apple picking this weekend
September 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
went apple picking this weekend
they’re just saying it out loud now. Sickening.
September 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
they’re just saying it out loud now. Sickening.
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🙇🏾 thank you coffee, you saved me
September 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🙇🏾 thank you coffee, you saved me
we said goodbye to the pool for the season today 😭🥲
September 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
we said goodbye to the pool for the season today 😭🥲
a steamy summer hookup story in three acts 😏 enjoy my original memoir writing hehe #originalwriting #romance #memoir
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How to Woo a Tourist (Bring the Weed)
A summer hookup story in three acts
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September 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
a steamy summer hookup story in three acts 😏 enjoy my original memoir writing hehe #originalwriting #romance #memoir
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My latest blog dives into what it's like to grow up in a right-wing home. And let me tell you, it's a helluva lot like dealing with the US government right now as an American.
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The Same Chains
Surviving child abuse and US government oppression
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August 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
My latest blog dives into what it's like to grow up in a right-wing home. And let me tell you, it's a helluva lot like dealing with the US government right now as an American.
authoralexandraspada.substack.com/p/the-same-c...
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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The NonBinary Review by @zoeticpress.bsky.social is open for submissions. Current theme is metamorphosis. More here: www.zoeticpress.com/submit #writingcommunity
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August 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The NonBinary Review by @zoeticpress.bsky.social is open for submissions. Current theme is metamorphosis. More here: www.zoeticpress.com/submit #writingcommunity
I hand draw all my own illustrations on my “old” (2021) iPad Pro, no AI 🥰 One more reason to check out my stories and their accompanying illustrations 🥰👍🏻
August 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I hand draw all my own illustrations on my “old” (2021) iPad Pro, no AI 🥰 One more reason to check out my stories and their accompanying illustrations 🥰👍🏻
Wow! I forgot to share my two latest blogs, oops! I’m learning this social media / author thing hehe. But here’s what I wrote last Sunday (memoir reflection) and yesterday (sci-fi horror fiction)
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Mac n' Cheese and My Granite Soul
Reflections on a breakup
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August 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Wow! I forgot to share my two latest blogs, oops! I’m learning this social media / author thing hehe. But here’s what I wrote last Sunday (memoir reflection) and yesterday (sci-fi horror fiction)
open.substack.com/pub/authoral...
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it’s a perfect summer day 😌☺️
August 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
it’s a perfect summer day 😌☺️
and a relief to know he’s gone, and hopefully his indoctrination methods will disappear into the ether
James Dobson dying is a staring into the middle distance type of event. You have likely directly suffered bc of him. Few have done more to harm humanity at large in the past few decades. A principal architect of our current nightmare. No redeeming aspect. He was a rat made entirely out of plague.
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
and a relief to know he’s gone, and hopefully his indoctrination methods will disappear into the ether
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Please read!!!! Let’s start a movement on Substack to get them to add more payout merchants. African writers can’t get paid because of Stripe restrictions in African countries. Join me in spreading the word to get African writers paid!! open.substack.com/pub/sophieau...
Gods of Substack, Have Mercy on Africans
Dear Substack gods, we need to talk.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Please read!!!! Let’s start a movement on Substack to get them to add more payout merchants. African writers can’t get paid because of Stripe restrictions in African countries. Join me in spreading the word to get African writers paid!! open.substack.com/pub/sophieau...
getting outside is good for the brain 😊🥰💜
August 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
getting outside is good for the brain 😊🥰💜
My baby monstera leaf opened up 🥹
August 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My baby monstera leaf opened up 🥹
Anyway, trans rights are crucial to defend right now and at least in my circles, it’s devastating to see people who call themselves allies turning their backs on trans neighbors in favor of worshipping TSwift, pretending illegal detention isn’t a big deal, and saying absolutely nothing about Gaza.
August 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Anyway, trans rights are crucial to defend right now and at least in my circles, it’s devastating to see people who call themselves allies turning their backs on trans neighbors in favor of worshipping TSwift, pretending illegal detention isn’t a big deal, and saying absolutely nothing about Gaza.
2.8 million Americans like me that just want to live. I wish we weren’t under attack right now. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
More than 2.8m people in US identify as trans, including 724,000 youth, data shows
Exclusive: largest data analysis of its kind counters Trump’s aggressive efforts to deny trans minors’ existence
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August 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
2.8 million Americans like me that just want to live. I wish we weren’t under attack right now. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...