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AS Crowder

@ascrowder.bsky.social

Writer, nap taker, cat parent, mark AMM round 9, WriteHive Mentee 2024, WriteHive Mentor 2026 They/them Rep by Alex Land at Mad Woman Literary

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · last mo.

KNIGHT & THE MOTH x GODKILLER x Renn "Italy" Dante, witchkiller with baggage, has one chance to cure his soulrot--team up with witch Drina, kill 7 angels, slay the evil gods who oppress the kingdom. The final spell will make him immortal. But he didn't count on falling in love. #A #F #EF #QueerPit

[[a postcard with bloody marks on it that says be my beautiful enemy, from dante to drina. the second postcard has a picture of two stone angels embracing. the background is a medieval Italian city in black and white]]

Leon T.@leont.bsky.social · last mo.

OMELASxCAPTIVE PRINCE 🗡️ A prince-turned-mercenary seeking revenge 🥀 A rogue saint with no allies 💫 Sentient magic that can remake reality 🐯 An emotional support giant cat 💓 The enemy of my enemy is... also my enemy? #QueerPit #F #FR #A

A moodboard of several images in gold and warm colours. A hand gripping another's arm by the wrist, streaks of gold on white, a distorted image of a round stained-glass window, torn old paper, hands reaching for the moon, chipping discoloured paint on wood, ornate, gilded details on a painted ceiling, a marble statue with a white line across the eyes. Text at the bottom says: "I'll eat the world whole."

A moodboard of several images in shades of gold and dark blue. In the middle, a hand reaching for a crescent moon; beneath it, a set of ornate blades; a female lion sprawled in the sand; the tied hands of a marble statue; a golden gate opening to a starry sky; the sea at sunrise; the naked back of a light-skinned person streaked with gold. Text at the bottom says, “I won’t stop until you’re gone.”

Laura Blackwell @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I donated a short story critique to Literary Agents of Change, a nonprofit working for greater diversity among literary agents. Greater diversity in publishing = more stories, more books, and a better society. Bid on critiques, calls, books, and more from agents and authors! www.32auctions.com/LAOC

Red and white text on an orange background says, "I donated to the Literary Auction for Change" and "Auction: June 8-June 12" and gives the website literaryagentsofchanges.org https://www.32auctions.com/LAOC

Oleander Craw @oleandercraw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The campaign is LIVE! Come get your special early release edition of DEVOURING FORTUNE, a book about a doomed fortune weaver and a priestess who makes a cursed bargain that threatens the downfall of the woman she loves. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ole...

Devouring Fortune: Queer Science Fantasy Special Edition

A world decaying into salt, a doomed fortune weaver, and a priestess whose cursed bargain threatens the downfall of the woman she loves

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S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman BackerKit Coming August 3 @anotherindiewriter.com · 2mo ago

Beginning Jun 1st, you can get four different bundles of books as part of #PrideBookFair. Four bundles. All $40 each. All roughly 40 books each. Bundle 1 - itch.io/b/3675/pride... Bundle 2 - itch.io/b/3676/pride... Bundle 3 - itch.io/b/3677/pride... Bundle 4 - itch.io/b/3678/pride...

Pride Book Fair 2026 Bundle #1: Pride Hard
A Gaze So Longing River Flynn; A Lion Among Mice David Hardie; A Promise Broken S L Dove Cooper; Blood on the Snow Finn McLellan; Carved Water M K Nedjelkovic; Cherry Kicks Red Meat Mitch Miller; Cyber Snow A E Bross; Enemies to Enemies Ash Kreider; Graft Madeline Marie Rose; Have It All Beverly Anne Michael; Hurt To Kill Piamo; Hypatos Rey Rider; Iron Spirit Linn Foster; Javawocky Lou Ella Stone; Jevin Dark Joanna Masters; Lamb Stag Wolf Airic Fenn; Mind Pacc Sloane TVBand; Night Live Alba V Sarria; Non Player Character Veo Corva; Pirates and Poise Zach Prince; Saoirse Kennedy Old Ghosts Janina Franck; Scholarly Pursuits A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories; Silver Blood T L Morgan; Spice of Life ACM; Still So Illegible M K Zariel; Tales of Yamato Odessa Silver; The Edge of a World JD Rivers; The Emerald Hymnal Dylan Cassidy; The Hand That Feeds Sass Everett; The Modern Mythos Anomaly Juniper Lake Fitzgerald; The Thirteenth Key Cara Nox; The World of Juno Daniel Eavenson; Troubled Bodies Jake Vanguard; Unchain My Heart RJ Martin; Winner Takes All Claris Lam; Woman of Sorrow and Blood Dianna Gunn; As I Command Kel E Fox

Pride Book Fair 2026 Bundle #2: Pride Hard with a Vengeance
Fear the Wood Jeremy Rayne; The White Ribband Mason Hawthorne; Zimanges M C Burnell; A Study on Magic and Crystal May Barros; Awry With Dandelions J S Fields; Candy Apples Aleksander E Petit; Colors of Magic Liz Sauco; Imposter J M Rose; Common Accord K N Brindle; Consciousness Soup Girlie machine; Crown of Ivy Victoria Audley; Eating At Chain Restaraunts in the Future Cayce Kolodny; Echo Sight Cian Verati; Event Horizon Dan Bispo; Fools Rush In Sarah Clowder; Forest of the Morning Emmylou Kotze; Forgotten Gods Alina Lee; Goblin Girl K A Mielke; Her Majesty Alex Zandra Van Chestein; Hooked Sidney Quinn; I Knew Him Abigail de Niverville; Jane and the Sea Wight E M Anderson; Lantern Burgundy Athena Pendragon; Lifes a Zoo Snow Lupinwood; Many Drops Make a Stream Adrian Harley; Pane Bailey Elizabeth; Rainbow Islands Devin Harnois; Second Glance A E Bennett; The Killing Song Felix Graves; The Mycelium Palace S M Reiher; The Rising Dark Celia Thorn; The Stars Will Guide Us Back Rue Sparks; The Wolf And His Witch Elis Madsen; The Wonders of Mundus Talia Elliott Besler; When I Had Fears Holly Penrose; Wish Lists Lead to This Kay Claire

Pride Book Fair 2026 Bundle #3: Live Free or Pride Hard
1000 Lotuses Yu Zaozao; Black Hole Guns for Hire Friday Strout; Blade Broken Niranjan; Blood Desi Hart; Blood Dhampir H S Kallinger; Blood of the Gods Wren L Rivers; Bloody Spade Brittany M Willows; Cat Mouse Eliza Mares; Cheerleaders From Planet X Lyssa Chiavari; Duckett and Dyer Dicks for Hire; Firewing Jennifer R Povey; Fractures Between Beatrice McKinsey; Ghost of a Life Ruth Miranda; Guitar Concerto S Morgan Burbank; In Good Company Nicola Kapron; In Spite of the Inevitable Morgan Biscup; Lambent T D Cloud; My Lord L B Shimaira; No Love in LA Katta Kis; Off the Beaten Path Sienna Eggler; Rebecca and the Grinning Worm Gareth Barsby; Reins of Magic R Dawnraven; Riyati Rebirth Kai Zeal; Shadows Dark and Deadly Andrea Marie Johnson; Songs of Broken Bells Lilly Lockwood; Stars of Destiny Melissa Stone; STAWBAISTDIFMRRD Eskay; Stray Dogs Freya Faust; Structural Integrity Tabitha OConnell; The Clockwork Empire Lucas JW Johnson; The Dragon Next Door Vanessa Ricci Thode; The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle Steve Hugh Westenra; The Lucky Machine Aimee Cozza; The Nightstalkers Mark Joachim Heijndermans; The Silence of Storms Nico Silver; Well of Souls Harmonia Grey; Wolfsbane Franklyn S Newton

Pride Book Fair 2026 Bundle #4: A Good Day to Pride Hard
Only Dark Edges Katie L Caroll; Winds of Destruction Karen Lykkebo; A Life in Too Many Margins S E Thomson; A Love Less Travelled E H Timms; A Touch of Unicorn Magic Kit Muse; Act Like This Isnt Normal Vin Kiva; Adamere in Swan A P Howell; Afterlight Tana Welsummer; Between Me You Moonlit Sea Linn Silver; Child of the Sun Audrey Simmons; Commit to the Kick Tris Lawrence; Crystal Gunslinger Oliver Laws; Dark Heart of Ilmoure Cara N Delaney; Darker Worlds Argento nox; Errant Wings S Jean; Fattening Fantasies FatFuckingFox; Fimbulvinters Fires A M Weald; Firewinds Accord David J Stuart; In Pursuit of M Lachance J W Croemner; Lock the Last Door Vincent Lore; Lust and Found Sylvie Helstaff; Manipulators War Elise Carlson; Mermans Delight Skyler Nightshade; Moth Woods Amara Lynn; Physical Magic William C Tracy; Sweet And Wild Alex Larkspur; The Dark Side of Super Matthew Siadak; The Dragons Keeper Moira Carn; The Fall of the Rose Princess DCS; The Flowers of Time A L Lester.webp' The Fractured Balance N A Soleil; The Lizards Dance Manyface; The Night Fair Pax Asteriae; The Space Ace of Mangleby Flat Larre Bildeston; The WineDark Sea Kris Madigan; Triple Strike G M Gray; Yelen and Yelena C M Rosens

R. Haven @rhaven.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hey book world - here are some adult horror books I have on submission. Would you want to read 'em?

Rena @renathewriter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My book is out today! Check it out!!! #queerbooks #lgbtsciencefiction #lgbtqbooks #sapphic #lesbian

Mothball Magic, Out Now!
Saving the world was easier before she needed a new hip
The cat is a dragon
magic is back
old and still saving the world
The winter queen is out for blood

Oleander Craw @oleandercraw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Character art reveal day!! One month until the DEVOURING FORTUNE campaign launches, so I'll be sharing the incredible character art illustrated by @exaltxix.bsky.social for the next 3 weeks. Today I'll introduce you to REED, my transmasc disaster who is too impulsive for his own good.

Character art of REED. he's light skinned with blue eyed and light hair that is pulled back

LDVerrall (they/them)@ldverrall.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Would you like to read MILK TEETH, my story about unfortunate council workers investigating some fucked up roadkill and stumbling onto something zoonotic and terrifying involving cows? 🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄 Obviously you would! And good news, it'll in the @dreampunkpress.bsky.social anthology, TEETH, in October!

DreamPunkPress.com@dreampunkpress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Spencer Hixon, @pamelakkinney.bsky.social, @kaylawhittle.bsky.social, @diebooth.bsky.social, Verdell Walker, @bryngroverauthor.bsky.social, Mohd Amil, Lee Dart Verrall, Lindsay Sayers, Testimony Akinkunmi, M. L. Morrigan, Natalie J. E. Potts, and Benjamin Adams will be in TEETH, coming 6 Oct 2026.

S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman BackerKit Coming August 3 @anotherindiewriter.com · 3mo ago

My turn because I should talk about my own books and today was a fucking dumpster fire from hell. Please go follow Project Tasman's BackerKit project. Who knows. Maybe this will go well and I'll be in a position to write full time. But followers is the first step www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Get Ready for Project Tasman - A Sapphic Dystopian Novel

From S. Morgan Burbank - Get Ready for Project Tasman - A Sapphic Dystopian Novel

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AS Crowder @ascrowder.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Popping back on Bsky long enough to shout about the art I commissioned for my WIP. Look at them! Those are my guys! Thank you to Remi (vgen.co/reminiscence) for this wonderful art of my perpetually-exhausted demon hunter Bette and her frenemy demon Chicanery

Depiction of a slim but muscled tall white woman with red hair and brown eyes. She’s wearing a green t shirt and blue jeans, and she’s crouched with her hands on her knees. On her back and pulling her hair is a gray creature with red eyes and bug-like wings. It’s grinning with pointed teeth.

Stephanie Binx 😈 Pre-order HELLBOUND @stephwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m going to drop so much HELLBOUND news on y’all on April 29th. You are not prepared. Unless you take steps now to GET prepared. #booksky

GT Korbin @gtkorbin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Thrilled to announce that my short story "For Limited Appearances" will appear in Flame Tree Press' new Folklore Horror anthology! Loosely based on Northern Greece's carnival traditions, I'm so excited to share modern folklore for a change, especially with a story so close to my heart.

Gothic Fantasy | Successful Submissions | Folklore Horror

Our next Gothic Fantasy anthology is focused on all things Folklore Horror, and we're delighted to announce the list of authors included in the book! Available from August 2026 and featuring a forewor...

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S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman BackerKit Coming August 3 @anotherindiewriter.com · 4mo ago

Three days left. Please go write in Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina by S. Morgan Burbank for Best Novella in the Locus Awards. I have even made the famous advertising I do to ask nicely. poll.voting.locusmag.com

A black background with lime green handwriting scribbled on it reading "Please vote for me. Okay thank you, I love you."

Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 4mo ago

If you yearn for magic school stories there are plenty of amazing ones whose authors aren't funding anti-trans legislation. Here's a list of ones from last year! And this is just scratching the surface.

Updating the Curriculum: 2025 SFFH Dark Academia Novels You Won't Want to Miss - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

The phrase dark academia evokes haunted halls on elite campuses, dusty libraries and dour dorms, and toxic type-A friend groups. In fact, several of the books on this list contain one or more of those...

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Stephanie Binx 😈 Pre-order HELLBOUND @stephwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I hear you kids go crazy for *checks notes* Barnes & Noble pre-order sales. So I’m here to tell you that my book is on sale. Use the code PREORDER25, save some money, and make my day. #booksky

Save 25% at Barnes & Noble when you pre-order Hellbound with code PREORDER25. Valid for rewards and premium members only.

Why pre-order? We live in a capitalist nightmare and pre-orders allow me to continue living.

MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 5mo ago

Here she is!! The cover is absolutely spectacular and we can't wait for you all to meet Avis in all her snarky, Sherlockian, emotionally stunted glory. Read a bit more about her on our newsletter here: mkhardywrites.beehiiv.com/p/boat-book-...

Boat book cover reveal & more!

That's not the real title...

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Solaris Books@solarisbooks.bsky.social · 5mo ago

👻🚢🚨COVER REVEAL!🚨🚢👻 Feast your eyes on @mkhardywrites.com's forthcoming supernatural Victorian mystery - THE HAUNTING OF AVIS LOVELOCK - revealed by The Nerd Daily! Setting sail in August 2026. Preorder now https://geni.us/avisl Cover by Black Sheep Design.

Against a red velvet curtain background, the front cover for THE HAUNTING OF AVIS LOVELOCK by MK Hardy.

AS Crowder @ascrowder.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Look at that cover!!

S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman BackerKit Coming August 3@anotherindiewriter.com · 5mo ago

Cover reveal & crowdfunding announcement! I have written another book. Project Tasman is a sapphic dystopian book about a woman in a psychological experiment. I'm so excited to share this beautiful cover from @bmwillows.bsky.social Follow the BackerKit below, pls www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

AS Crowder @ascrowder.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This looks rad as hell check out Oleander’s Kickstarter

Oleander Craw@oleandercraw.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I'm happy to say today is the day for the book cover reveal of DEVOURING FORTUNE! @jeleynai.bsky.social did an incredible job on the illustration, I'm in awe. For fans of Tanith Lee and A.K. Larkwood, about bargains gone wrong. Follow the prelaunch page! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ole...

Devouring Fortune book cover. Features a woman with folded arms on the cover. Her arms are crossed. She has straight black hair and her skin is light brown. She has a haunted expression. She is dressed in a white priestess outfit with wrapped bandages up her arms. Behind her lurks a monstrous skeleton whispering in her ear. They are surrounded by red flowers.

Mad Woman Literary Agency @madwomanliterary.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Oleander Craw @oleandercraw.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We are now at Chapter 14 of TWWF! For those of you new, this is a queer dark fantasy novel releasing through my newsletter. It follows the seer Maxwell as he navigates a decaying magical land with the mysterious entity possessing him. Read (or listen) now - www.oleandercraw.com/the-wards-wi...

His attention turned towards the city as Abraham’s retinue entered Patr. His sense of wrongness grew as they passed through the streets. The city was a corpse, and its death recent. The method of its passing wasn’t apparent.

An entire populace didn’t up and vanish for no reason. Patr was bigger than South Point, maybe a little smaller than Brestil, which was a respectable size as far as Talmanic cities went. Displacing that many people was a staggering undertaking, but even more concerning—there would always be stragglers who refused to leave. If anyone like that existed here they were well hidden. Patr had the look of a place totally abandoned, a cursed place to be avoided.

Stephanie Binx 😈 Pre-order HELLBOUND @stephwrites.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I might have an indie bookstore pre-order campaign brewing. And this might be one of the pre-order bonuses I revealed on IG yesterday to celebrate reaching 800 followers there. HELLBOUND is coming. #booksky

A pre-order bonus on a dark background, featuring a holographic glitter sticker with the text SEE YOU IN HELL.

Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 7mo ago

AI can't take my job as a writer because I don't even have one

Stephanie Binx 😈 Pre-order HELLBOUND @stephwrites.bsky.social · 7mo ago

HELLBOUND ART REVEAL FEAT. @polinagipp.bsky.social “You keep lying to me, but this time I have a very large 💉 in my hand. Try again.” Absolutely floored by this incredible piece from one of my favorite scenes (I have too many faves.) HELLBOUND is available to pre-order everywhere. #booksky

A tall shadowy man tends to the wounds of a grumpy feral woman in the saddest kitchen you’ve ever seen.

Laura Blackwell @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Now with emphatic punctuation: My story "Breathing Night" appeared in the SIMULTANEOUS TIMES podcast in 2025, narrated by Jean-Paul Garnier of @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social! It's nominated in the "Other" category for the Critter Readers Poll! Voting is open through 1/14! critters.org/predpoll/sho...

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Laura Blackwell@pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Last year was busy with other things, and I had just one story out: "Breathing Night," in the SIMULTANEOUS TIMES podcast from @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social. Somehow it got nominated for a Critters Award? And voting is open for a few more days? critters.org/predpoll/sho...

MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 7mo ago

Our car has come to the end of its lifespan (RIP Lt Uhura) and we're going to have to get another one so if you've ever been tempted by a sapphic Scottish gothic perfect for the dark, cold months, you'd definitely be helping us out by picking it up! geni.us/needfire

The Needfire by MK Hardy

BUY NOW:

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AS Crowder @ascrowder.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I’m so excited to work on this story about grief and growth and navigating a world where you don’t fit after ruling one where you did

WriteHive 🐝@writehive.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#WriteHive Mentorship Pairing #14 @ascrowder.bsky.social will mentor Sophia Zhao for her Adult Contemporary Fantasy novel THIS SIDE OF AFTER

Stephanie Binx 😈 Pre-order HELLBOUND @stephwrites.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Screaming crying throwing up because it’s ART REVEAL DAY! Marian and Vale might have murder on their minds at this fancy gala, painted by the insanely skilled lisou____ on Instagram/Threads. HELLBOUND launches 8/25/25 with @alcovepress.bsky.social! You can pre-order it RIGHT NOW. #booksky

A digital painting features a tall blue eyed lan with black hair, and a woman with faded blonde hair. They both wear black suits as they dance together.

A closeup of the dark haired demon and blonde woman.

Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It’s the last Story Hour of the year! As has become tradition, Tim Melody Pratt and Heather Shaw return with Christmas stories. Whether poignant or sly, these tales will definitely be of the season. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PST! @timpratt.org @sundew.bsky.social #Booksky www.storyhour2020.com

Candid color photo of Tim Melody Pratt, a fair-skinned woman with glasses and long blonde hair. She grins into the camera.

Color photo of Heather Shaw, a fair-skinned woman with short auburn hair peeking out from under an elaborate blue cloche. She smiles impishly at the camera.

S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman BackerKit Coming August 3 @anotherindiewriter.com · 8mo ago

Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina is out today! (Omg, so brave! Love wins!) If you'd like a trans self-discovery story & enjoy short (~50 page) reads, it's perfect for you. Get it from the retailers below or many others Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus PayHip: payhip.com/b/7MrKy

Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina

A girl playing guitar in a bar was more than enough to catch Daniel's attention. But she was more than that: something hypnotic, something ethereal, something familiar. What if the girl of your dreams...

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