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ashintheashes.bsky.social
Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON
@ashintheashes.bsky.social
Author | ARTIFICE & ACCESS out now! | CHILD OF THE DRAGON coming 2026 | repped by
@redpenkaitlyn.bsky.social | disabled as heck | MPH | Epidemiology | Virology | she/her 🖤🤍💜
https://linktr.ee/ashley.sheesley
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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!
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
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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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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🚨 I'm compiling a list, I'm checking it twice
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 😈
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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October 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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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
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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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
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
hey that’s me!!
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
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!!
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I don’t WANT to work today. I want to talk about DRAGONS
October 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm just vibin. Surviving. Survibin' if you will
October 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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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
October 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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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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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
phenomena-press.com
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
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
October 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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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 😁💖
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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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
September 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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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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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
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
September 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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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

💙📚🪐📚🌈
September 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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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!

🌈📚🪐
September 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
it's been one week of having this cover public and I'm so happy 😭
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!
September 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM