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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON
@ashintheashes.bsky.social
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Author | ARTIFICE & ACCESS out now! | CHILD OF THE DRAGON coming 2026 | repped by
@redpenkaitlyn.bsky.social | disabled as heck | MPH | Epidemiology | Virology | she/her 🖤🤍💜
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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · Sep 12
I've been dreaming about the day I'd see my own name on a book cover. A massive thanks to JV Artists for making the cover of my dreams! Child of the Dragon is releasing March 10, 2026 from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social and preorders are available now on their website!
A purple background with the cover for Child of the Dragon (A cover with fire on the left edges and ice on the right edges centering around a girl in shorts and a tank top, raising a sword high and summoning lightning in front of a massive purple-y european dragon inside some sort of arena. The title: Child of the Dragon is written across the center in a curly, silver font, and the author name is in a smaller version of the same and says Ashley N.Y. Sheesley). Fire and ice surround the cover in a way that gives it a somewhat 3D effect. The text reads Cover Reveal at the top and across the bottom it says Coming March 10, 2026
ashintheashes.bsky.social
I have a really exciting announcement to share tomorrow!!
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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🎂It's my birthday so dropping my holiday catalogue~ Kawaii, cryptids, & everything pink!! (Psst use BIRTHDAY for 21% off)
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ashintheashes.bsky.social
I just turned in copy edits for Child of the Dragon. I can't believe we're almost done with edits. It's already being sent out to some of my favorite authors and I think ARCs are on the horizon and it comes out in less than 4 months and
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November 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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ellatholmes.bsky.social
No, no, that typo isn't a mistake.
It's a spirit typo; a deliberate imperfection inserted into a story in order to allow the writer's spirit to safely exit the document
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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ellatholmes.bsky.social
🚨 I'm compiling a list, I'm checking it twice
ellatholmes.bsky.social ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 16d
Disabled & chronically ill folks: I NEED YOUR HELP. YES YOU!

The disability in Dystopia Anthology is coming along, and...

It needs a title! ✨️

Have any ideas? Let me know!
We're #CrippingDystopia 😈
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November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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kargyres.bsky.social
My post for #AceWeek with Lark representing.

#BookSky #AuthorSky #2026Debut #FaerieTale #Retelling #Tamlin #MTFYR #Fantasy #Romance
Krisien Argyres My Thorns For Your Roses Aduli Faerie Tale Retelling / Romantasy Rep: Demisexual "I never expected to marry for love - or lust. I possessed an immunity to their thrall, even as a girl blossoming into womanhood.” - Lark (My Thorns For Your Roses) MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES is an adult retelling of the Scottish faerie tale "Tam Lin" written in the queer spirit of the original. My Tamlin is a shapeshifter who changes from male to female, plants and animals, and the occasional article of clothing. Lark learns that true love takes many forms and her relationship with Tamlin mirrors my own relationship as a demisexual to my trans wife, so the story is near and dear to my heart.
October 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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kargyres.bsky.social
For #AceWeek, I’m highlighting my fellow aspec #2026debut authors! First up is @erinjoeldry.bsky.social with A River Like Mine. I love that she compared her book to A Goofy Movie! ❤️

#booksky #indieauthor #lgbtqiap #readingsky
Erin Jo Eldry A River Like Mine Upmarket/Book Club (July 2.2026) "I can only be who I am, and who I am is a man who wasted precious years of life in pursuit of what I feel comes so naturally to people like you." - Gustavo Pinheiro (A RIVER LIKE MINE) Rep: asexual flag ; Argentinian flag A RIVER LIKE MINE is a story that spans several decades among two families and their descendants. While there are many queer characters in the novel, one main player, Gustavo Pinheiro, is an Achillean Ace. We meet him on his 60th birthday in 1995 when he is accidentally kidnapped by a pregnant receptionist that works at his nursing home. Gustavo becomes something of a mentor to this young woman as they set out together on a cross-country road trip. The wisdom from his lived experiences, especially finding comfort in his queer identity, is a theme close to my heart as a Biromantic Ace myself.
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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kargyres.bsky.social
For #AceWeek, I’m highlighting my fellow aspec #2026debut authors! Today is @artemiswhelan.bsky.social with their adult cozy fantasy, The Education of Imryn Dyre. #booksky #readingsky #lgbtqiap #cozyfantasy
Artemis Whelan The Educalion of Imryn Wizard's Apprentice Adult Cozy Fantasy (2026) "I've only known him for a few months," I said, and suddenly I felt very small, as if I were admitting something I oughtn't. "I'm not sure I understand what I feel. Or what I want." - Imi (THE EDUCATION OF IMRYN DYRE, WIZARD'S APPRENTICE) Rep: - Asexual flag; nonbinary flag (Imi) Bisexual flag (Elim) Quiet, half-goblin Imi becomes the live-in healer for handsome and jovial wizard Elim. Their budding romance grinds to a halt when Imi discovers the curse he was hired to cure is incurable-and it's killing the man he's falling in love with. Imi is non-binary and demisexual... His journey is one of self-acceptance, as he recovers from a previous bad relationship and slowly opens his heart to friendship-and, for the first time in his life, love. ariemiswhelan.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
ashintheashes.bsky.social
hey that’s me!!
kargyres.bsky.social Kristen Argyres || Add MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES on Goodreads @kargyres.bsky.social · Oct 22
For #AceWeek, I’m highlighting my fellow aspec #2026debut authors! Today is @ashintheashes.bsky.social with their YA contemporary fantasy, Child of the Dragon. Kat doesn’t find a dragon, she discovers she IS one. #Booksky #readinsky #lgbtqiap #ya #yafantasy
Ashley N.Y. Sheesley Child of the Dragon YA contemporary fantasy (March 10,2026) Weird butterflies filled my stomach when I thought about going with him, and I - oh no. Was this a crush? Is this what alloromantics feel all the time? I'm doomed. -Kat (Child of the Dragon) ASHLEY NY SHEESLEY Rep: from the top, going clockwise: asexual, bisexual, asexual and demiromatic, gay. Child of the Dragon features a queer central cast. Kat is one of the POV characters and is openly demiromantic and asexual. She's at a point where it's just a part of who she is, and she doesn't really think about it much. Aaron is another POV character and he's alloace, but isn't quite ready to claim that identity yet. Being aroace spec myself, my characters kinda end up being aspec whether or not I planned for it. Kat's and Aaron's POVs had already been written when I found out I was aroace, so it was fun going back to them with that knowledge and seeing how their relationship already had aspec themes. It was important to me that Kat identify by name as demiromantic/ace because I didn't know those words until I was in college.
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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COVER REVEAL DAY!!

Huge thank you to @frostbitestudios.bsky.social for this insanely gorgeous cover, to @featherfully.bsky.social for making it happen, and @keiralekseii.bsky.social for making my dreams come true!
October 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Well, the rabbit's out of the PM bag! I have a lot of thoughts on what it means at last to be fulfilling the dream I've nurtured since I was 7 years old, but for right now I'm afraid all I have for you is the mental image of me flapping in a circle while I shout, I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!
Publishers Marketplace Deal Report for THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter. Imprint: Page Street. Marley Rose-Teter's THE BONE BRIDES, pitched as Howl's Moving Castle by way of Guillermo del Toro, in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faerie realm before they both end up trapped in skins not their own, to Lauren Knowles at Page Street, for publication in fall 2026, by Hannah Andrade at Bradford Literary Agency (world English). The PM announcement is decorated with a border image showing a moody autumnal forest and some cute skeleton bunnies.
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ashintheashes.bsky.social
I don’t WANT to work today. I want to talk about DRAGONS
October 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
ashintheashes.bsky.social
I'm just vibin. Surviving. Survibin' if you will
October 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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ellatholmes.bsky.social
I want your empowering/supportive/disability justice messages, poems, and sentiments for the Disability in Dystopia Anthology!

I'm going to make them into art for the collection.

Submit a picture or typed message to dis-anthology@outlook.com 💌 from now until November 1st!
#books #disability
This image contains text on a two-toned green background. Header text in white reads "Handwritten message submissions wanted". Below that, a ripped piece of paper has brown handwriting that reads "We will survive. Together!". In the bottom left there is a slightly askew neon green mail sticker with the image of a green gas cloud and a skull. To the right of that is light pink text that reads "Write an empowering and supportive disability justice message, poem, or sentiment. Take a picture & submit to dis-anthology@outlook.com It will be included in a collage inside the upcoming anthology!" At the very bottom, centred, in bright green text, is the message "if you cannot hand write it.I can do that for you! Simply submit it as a typed message."
October 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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malindalo.bsky.social
That said, books are still gonna get banned after banned books week, so if you didn’t get around to contacting your legislators last week you can still do it this week, and next, etc. Apparently our reps won’t do their jobs unless we push them, so let’s keep pushing them to protect our rights.
October 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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phenomenapress.bsky.social
We've got a website! And a Linktree!

(And something else coming soon 👀)

phenomena-press.com
linktr.ee/phenomenapress

#writesky #booksky #writingcommunity 📚🌈💙📚🪐
Phenomena Press
an indie press championing aromantic and asexual speculative fiction stories
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October 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people?

Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help!

A thread!
October 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
ashintheashes.bsky.social
Are we doing #IndiePit here too?
CHILD OF THE DRAGON is a YA contemporary fantasy about a ragtag team of cursed (and queer) shape-shifting dragons in high school trying to break their curse, take down a magical dragon government, and still pass calculus. Coming March 10! #YA #F #PN #DIS
A purple and blue galaxy background with art of 4 teenagers in kind of a diamond shape. Kat is in front and she has blonde wavy hair, a gray shirt, silver eyes, and gold magic coming out of her upraised hand. The glow of the magic lights the other 3 characters. Coleman is on Kat’s left and closest to her and has red hair, red eyes, freckles, a tattoo on his arm, and is wearing a green shirt with a jacket wrapped around his waist. He has blue magic coming off his hand and casting a cool glow on his face. To Kat’s left and behind is Jason. He has brown skin, black hair, blue eyes, and is wearing a black jacket and holding a sword point down and looking back at Coleman. Aaron is in the back, looking to the right, wearing a dark jacket over a red hoodie, you can see backpack straps and a lacrosse stick sticking out. He has dark blond hair and green eyes There is a gold frame around them all
October 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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ellatholmes.bsky.social
We are almost at 50 written reviews for Artifice & Access! 😍

If you're a #reader of fantasy #books 👀 you may have a good time with this one!

And if you've already read it, writing a short review will help me continue uplifting disabled & chronically ill writers 😁💖
An image of shrek running, facing toward the bottom right corner, with a bright green wavy pathway beneath him. Above him is the green text "we're on the way to...". The path stops in the lower right corner where a wooden sign reads "50 written reviews". in the bottom left is magazine cutout letters that read "help" above small green text that says "graphic design is my passion". on the right side of the image is a screen shot of the 4.64 rating and orange stars from Goodreads. Two images of the blue book cover for ARTIFICE & ACCESS sit on the left and right of the image.
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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phenomenapress.bsky.social
Wanted: A person not easily frightened with which to spend the evenings with. Food and aged wine will be provided, candelabras will not

Sincerely, an aromantic vampire lord simply wishing for company
Image is a tumblr post set to the background of a Gothic cathedral amd reads: [User] Vampirisms maidens if you are going to flee dramatically from my castle in the middle of the night once i reveal my true nature to you please leave your candelabra on the little ledge by the portcullis we are running out of them [User] Vampirisms starting to think these maidens are stumbling in soaked through from the rain just to steal my beautiful gowns and homewear are any of you actually lost [User) elektrashocktherapy At the checkout in Home Goods loading the belt with nothing but candelabras in all shapes & sizes while the cashier watches sympathetically and asks if it’s the maidens again
September 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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phenomenapress.bsky.social
It's the 1st of October, which means it's officially spooky season 👻

What are you reading, what are you writing, and what haunts your halls this month?

#booksky #writingcommunity 🪐📚🌈
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October 1, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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ellatholmes.bsky.social
just spoke to paul rudd* (yep) and he said you should buy this book.

*the paul rudd i spoke to may or may not be the famous one
ellatholmes.bsky.social ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · Sep 25
if you like #reading you may, like this totally real picture of Paul Rudd, enjoy ARTIFICE & ACCESS 😁

14 short stories by authors from around the world, exploring disability in fantasy. It really is that cool!! 😭

#books #booksky
An image of paul rudd wearing black framed glasses , wiping his eyes as he cries. he is wearing a gray t shirt, and is holding a book. The cover for Artifice & Access has been hastily pasted on top of the book cover in the original photo. Black text to the left of paul rudd reads "it's just so good!" and "really and honestly brings a tear to his eye".
September 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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phenomenapress.bsky.social
It's the end of the week, and we want to see more aspec rep!

If you write paranormal stories with #asexual or #aromantic characters - check out our submission details here: paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co

💙📚🪐📚🌈
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September 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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phenomenapress.bsky.social
We've put together just a few of the vibes we want to see brought to the anthology!

Weird, wacky, wicked, and wonderful - and all of them paranormal in their own ways!

🌈📚🪐
Image is a collection of media covers and banners surrounding text in the middle that says "Inspiration and Vibes" with spider webs in the top corners and a ghost in the bottom corner The graphics of the media are: - The Addams Family - The Magnus Archives - Hollow Knight - Being Human (UK) - Constantine (comic) - Carmilla - What We Do In The Shadows (movie)
September 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
ashintheashes.bsky.social
it's been one week of having this cover public and I'm so happy 😭
ashintheashes.bsky.social Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · Sep 12
I've been dreaming about the day I'd see my own name on a book cover. A massive thanks to JV Artists for making the cover of my dreams! Child of the Dragon is releasing March 10, 2026 from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social and preorders are available now on their website!
A purple background with the cover for Child of the Dragon (A cover with fire on the left edges and ice on the right edges centering around a girl in shorts and a tank top, raising a sword high and summoning lightning in front of a massive purple-y european dragon inside some sort of arena. The title: Child of the Dragon is written across the center in a curly, silver font, and the author name is in a smaller version of the same and says Ashley N.Y. Sheesley). Fire and ice surround the cover in a way that gives it a somewhat 3D effect. The text reads Cover Reveal at the top and across the bottom it says Coming March 10, 2026
September 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM