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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 6h ago

Surprise!!! I get to write about werewolves now too!!! I so firmly believe in this book, and I'm SO thrilled to have found a home with Orange Blossom! I hope you're all ready to fall in love with a chronically ill werewolf, her nerdy best friend, and the shenanigans they get up to along the way!

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · last wk.

i have vague publishing news I can share next week and I am SO excited!!!!!

Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 2w ago

#2026debuts authors: Women & Weapons edition! 5 debut adult fantasy novels featuring women entering their vengeance era from @jlombardi.bsky.social, @smhallow.bsky.social, @florencechien.com, @monatewari.com, and yours truly. Swipe through to see our many faces of vengeance ⚔️

Kara (Questpit pinned) 🗡️@karasiert.bsky.social · 2w ago

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST X CASTLE AND THE CLOISTER //Find the truth, even it if kills you.// 💀 Seven deadly sins x monsters 🗡️ Platonic best friends 🩸Chronic illness rep 🥀 Corruption vs. truth 🖤 Complicated families #Questpit #w #ya #f

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Got my final copy of Why Aren’t You Dead Yet?! I hope the surreal joy of putting a book with my words on the shelf never gets old!

A bookshelf showing the front covers for why aren’t you dead yet, a bedazzled cover of child of the dragon, and Artifice & Access. You can see the spines for more copies of child of the dragon (including the version I printed years ago), and A&A

Casper Falls (he/fae)@casperfalls.bsky.social · 2w ago

WHY AREN’T YOU DEAD YET? A DISABILITY IN DYSTOPIA ANTHOLOGY is out now 🥳 ft. 16 disabled authors & 16+ disabled protagonists in (sometimes literal) shit situations, fighting to survive, thrive, love, and resist. Bookshop & Amazon here: linktr.ee/casperfalls #📚 #Booksky #disabled #queer #books

A book mockup of the anthology Why Aren't You Dead Yet? stands centered against a dark background sprinkled with colorful star confetti.
Across the top, white stylized text reads: "16 stories about disabled..."
Flanking the left side of the book are the words:
... rage
... solidarity
... resistance
... survival
Flanking the right side:
... love
... ingenuity
... stubbornness
... connection
The book cover features a postage stamp frame depicting a glowing green mushroom cloud over a dark street with silhouetted figures, including a person using crutches. Below the main title Why Aren't You Dead Yet?, the cover tagline reads: "No offense, but the end of the world isn't exactly a 'disability-friendly' event 🤨".
Across the bottom, large distressed white font reads "NOW AVAILABLE", followed by script text: "on Bookshop.org, Amazon, and co!"

Sarah Goehrke, Author (✨THE KEEPERS now available✨)@sarahgoehrkewrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

Won't you be their angel? #BookSky #IndieBooks

Mia V. Moss@magicrobotcarnival.com · 2w ago

They're cold, alone, and terrified. This year, won't you give a small press debut a warm space on your shelf? Or if you can, adopt 2 or more, as small press debut books are social creatures and do better in a multi-book home. #booksky 📚💙 #indiebooks

Kristen Argyres || MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES @kargyres.bsky.social · 2w ago

You can adopt your copy of MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES, my adult #retelling of the Scottish faerie tale “Tam Lin” at books2read.com/MyThornsForYourRoses or by ordering through your favorite local bookstore. As the first in a trilogy, MTFYR can stand alone, but the story will continue next year.

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Mia V. Moss@magicrobotcarnival.com · 2w ago

BBNYA @bbnya.bsky.social · 2w ago

Congratulations to Fimbulvinter's Fires by @amweald.com You are through to round 2 of #BBNYA2026 Well done!

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 2w ago

For less than 1 cup of coffee, you can support a small press debut by getting an ebook 😔

Mia V. Moss@magicrobotcarnival.com · 2w ago

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ah! thank you!

BBNYA@bbnya.bsky.social · 2w ago

Congratulations to Child of the Dragonby Ashley N.Y. Sheesley You are through to round 2 of #BBNYA2026 Well done!

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy book birthday to this anthology! @ellatholmes.bsky.social has done it again! Where Artifice & Access was a love letter to disabled people, Why Aren't You Dead Yet? is a hate letter to the systems that want disabled people to disappear.

a blurry green, purple, and white background with pink and gold glitter behind the cover for Why Aren't You Dead Yet? (a primarily green cover with a scalloped stamp-like frame around an image of a green mushroom cloud in a purple neighborhood. two people are moving towards the cloud, one on a bike, one using forearm crutches. Someone sits on the roof on the left side and is throwing out a cloud of glitter. On the right, someone lounges on the roof top, kicking up their prosthetic leg. Across the top reads An Anthology of Disability in Dystopia. The title reads: Why Aren't You Dead Yet? and at the bottom, the tag line says "no offense, but the end of the world isn't exactly a "disability-friendly" event)
Text at the top in a sci-fi glitch font says Out Now!
at the bottom it reads: “What do you get out of this? Some sick pleasure
from destroying government property?”
“Nah, I take a deep, righteous pleasure in annoying you.”

E.M. Anderson | THE LORD OF THE WOOD is out now!@elizmanderson.com · 2w ago

just a reminder I have a whole bunch of events next week to celebrate my book's release on Tuesday [internal screaming], including both in-person and virtual events! please come to one! I would love it if people showed up!

E.M. Anderson | THE LORD OF THE WOOD is out now!@elizmanderson.com · 3w ago

here's where you can find me next week celebrating the release of THE LORD OF THE WOOD! while most events are in-person, @wordsiren.bsky.social and I have a virtual event next Friday, which you can register for here: www.eventbrite.com/e/em-anderso... #author

Events:
July 21 at Gathering Volumes in Perrysburg Ohio from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. EST.
July 23 at Black Cat Books and Oddities in Medina, Ohio from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. EST.
July 24 virtual event in conversation with Kamilah Cole from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. EST.
July 25 at Booksweet in Ann Arbor, Michigan from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. EST.

E.M. Anderson | THE LORD OF THE WOOD is out now!@elizmanderson.com · 3w ago

THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in *3-almost-2 days* [internal screaming], it's a Beauty & the Beast-inspired queer cozy horror and I'd love if you'd preorder it, request it at your library, tell your friends, attend a launch event, etc #LateNightWrite www.elizmanderson.com/the-lord-of-...

the lord of the wood — author e.m. anderson

queer cozy horror coming in july 2026 from hanover square press

elizmanderson.com

Blackbird@blackbirb.bsky.social · 3w ago

#LateNightWrite Thank you for joining us this week! Feel free to use this space to share links to your work, or anything you want people to go and check!

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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 3w ago

Though I have not read her book yet, I have to give a shoutout to @ashintheashes.bsky.social, who was one of my co-panelists at the recent 2026 WriteHive Annual Conference. Go check out her book that has dragons, queer rep, and disability rep! #SFFChat

SFFChat@sffchat.bsky.social · 3w ago

#SFFChat Q4: Share a favourite disabled author or character (besides your own).

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Celebrate disability pride month with some good old fashioned disabled rage and preorder Why Aren't You Dead Yet? A disability in dystopia anthology releasing July 20th #DisabilityPride #DisabilityRage #Dystopia #anthology #books @ellatholmes.bsky.social

a red background with a green smoke. The cover for Why Aren't You Dead Yet? has been cut into the shape of a 5 so it says 5 Days Why Aren't You Dead Yet? Releases July 20th
Celebrate Disability Pride Month with some good old fashioned disabled rage

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Kara (Questpit pinned) 🗡️@karasiert.bsky.social · 3w ago

#📖 #W #YA #DIS #BluePit When a simple investigation turns deadly, Seints Ren and Tori become embroiled in a broader conflict of corruption and deception within their own ranks. To find the truth, they must unearth the past, even it if it means unraveling everything they believe in.

Collage of dark, moody, gothic style photos, including a cathedral window, angel statue, deer skeleton, statue of a woman, hands reaching for the sky, and a dark house. Text reads: Who will I be if I return?

Nicole Field 🧛‍♀️🏺🏳️‍🌈@faerywhimsy.bsky.social · last mo.

Can’t recommend this anthology enough! Some truly great talent 👀 Just finished “Someone’s Gotta Shovel It” by @sallysultzman.bsky.social and now I can’t believe now I’ve gotta wait till 2027 if I wanna read her debut novella coming from @apexmag.bsky.social 😭

ella t. holmes (wizard)@ellatholmes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET? ARCs are now available on Netgalley! Do as Snoop Dog says and DROP it like it's hot: D-ownload it R-ead it O-h my god this book is great, I should... P-ost about it online 😉 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #booksky #dystopian #ARCs #disability

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 4w ago

Acquisition announcement! I am thrilled to announce that @inkedingraypress.bsky.social is letting me write more Child of the Dragon books!! I can't believe I get to actually write more books! I cannot WAIT for everyone to return to this world with new and familiar friends and magics!

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Coming soon from Inked in Gray Press:
heart of the dragon and blood of the dragon
two more books from the world of Ashley N.Y. Sheesley's CHILD OF THE DRAGON

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Heart of the Dragon

Pact of the Ancients Book 2
After learning the tyrannical dragon kings were only a part of the curse over the Rhaegynne—that dragon shifters are only a small piece of the greater magical world—Kat and her friends must embark across the world to seek blessings from ancient and powerful beings to finally break the curse that doesn’t just take their freedom but now threatens their lives.

a smokey blue and red background with fancy corners and little dragons around text that reads
Blood of the Dragon

Pact of the Ancients Prequel
A prequel taking take place prior to the events of Child of the Dragon and will follow the young dragon rider Z and her family as they attempt to rip out the heart of the Council of Mages from the inside.

a smokey blue and red background with fancy corners and little dragons around text that reads
For better or worse, there’s no going back.

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · last mo.

YOU THERE! Do you like cursed, disabled, gay dragons? Of course you do! Child of the Dragon has an all queer central cast of cursed shapeshifting dragons and one of the POVs is a chronically ill ex-assassin 👀 seeing as it's disability pride month and I am a disabled author with a disabled MC....so👀

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · last mo.

Took almost the entire month as a writing break, but I’m back in the saddle and getting back in the habit and man it feels good!

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · last mo.

full disclaimer: we don't get this much crew interaction in the actual short story, but oh my gosh, I adore these characters so much and would love to expand this world some day! Why Aren't You Dead Yet? Is available to request on Netgalley and BookSirens!! #CrippingDystopia #Heist #DisabilityRep

a manilla folder with text on it that reads: Meet the Crew

of Cat & Mouse
My story in the upcoming disability in dystopia anthology about a sassy disabled heist crew

We only get them for a few pages, but I know the Deep lore(tm), so now you do too
coming July 20
A binder clip holds a picture of the cover of Why Aren't You Dead Yet? (a primarily green cover with a scalloped stamp-like frame around an image of a green mushroom cloud in a purple neighborhood. two people are moving towards the cloud, one on a bike, one using forearm crutches. Someone sits on the roof on the left side and is throwing out a cloud of glitter. On the right, someone lounges on the roof top, kicking up their prosthetic leg. Across the top reads An Anthology of Disability in Dystopia. The title reads: Why Aren't You Dead Yet? and at the bottom, the tag line says "no offense, but the end of the world isn't exactly a "disability-friendly" event)

the inside of a manilla folder showing a paper with a sticky note and a photos paper clipped/binder clipped to the page:
the sicky note reads: Name: Phoenix
Pronouns: She/her
Disabilities: Chronic pain, hEDS, POTS
The photo is of a pic crew illustration of a girl with a side-shaved under cut and black hair in a bun in front of the bi and ace flags.
the main paper reads:
Bio
Daredevil, sarcastic leader of the rebellion (above this is an arrow saying "and super awesome in phoenix's handwriting and a note in Janz's handwriting that reads "Nix...") who took her childhood best friend, Rydden, deciding to work for the government personallly. Appearance: Shaved side of her head with a tattoo behind her ear (right side), naturally black hair, usually dyed red. brown eyes, hair usually up in a messy braided bun. Has a bad left leg—especially her hip.

Quote: “You can’t kill hope, you bastard”

the inside of a manilla folder showing a paper with a sticky note and a photos paper clipped/binder clipped to the page:
the sicky note reads: Name: Boots
Pronouns: He/him
Disabilities: ADHD and lower limb amputee
The photo shows a young man with brown hair wearing a jacket in front of a rainbow flag in an illustrated pic crew
The main text reads: You might think the code name Boots came because of the leg brace on one leg and the prosthetic foot on the other, but the nickname actually came before either of those things. No, the true story is, he once lost both his boots on a mission and had to run home barefoot and no one let him live it down. He's a college student and a little more aloof, a little more serious, but he can nail a punch line as well as the rest of them.

An underline under the story of losing his boots leads to a note in boots's handwriting that reads: Really guys? We put this in my file??
then, in phoenix's handwriting: Ha...yeah. I did that

the inside of a manilla folder showing a paper with a sticky note and a photos paper clipped/binder clipped to the page:
the sicky note reads: Name: Riggs
Pronouns: Any (slight preference for she/her)
Disabilities: ADHD and undiagnosed chronic pain, likely autoimmune
the photo is a pic crew illustration of a nonbinary individual with short ginger hair under a beanie in front of the nonbinary flag.
The main paper reads: a tech prodigy, especially mechanics, but is motivated by trying to be a better hacker than her older brother, Milo (not on this crew) (he'd never admit it, but she already is).

in rigg's handwriting, You couldn’t misgender me if you tried
in boots's handwriting "okay buddy"
in rigg's handwriting: never mind. apparently Boots figured out how

R. Lee @acozykettleoffish.bsky.social · last mo.

Finished my ARC of "Why aren't you dead yet" today! If you have ever been sick of disabled characters being treated as easily expendable in dystopian fiction, then this book is for you! ♿️📚 5/5⭐️

A book cover for the book "Why aren't you dead yet? - an anthology of disability in dystopia" showing a green mushroom cloud against a red sky, in the middle of a neighbourhood.

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · last mo.

As we prepare for disability pride month in july, I just want to mention that I am a disabled author with disabled stories and books! Child of the Dragon has a chronically ill ex-assassin POV character (with symptoms based off my own with POTS and migraine),

Sally Sultzman @sallysultzman.bsky.social · last mo.

I have a story in this!! PREORDERS! Get yours now!

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON@ashintheashes.bsky.social · last mo.

The ebook for Why Aren't You Dead Yet? is up on B&N for the preorder sale! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/why-arent-...

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · last mo.

The ebook for Why Aren't You Dead Yet? is up on B&N for the preorder sale! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/why-arent-...

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · last mo.

What’s more unhinged than your editor’s cat, named cheese, ALLEGEDLY leaving her own edits to the first print round of your debut…and then you accidentally build a cult for cheese and she’s now gone viral 3x and technically also won an award as my co-author?? #unhingedPit #YA #P #F #CheeseTheCat

sierramoeykens.bsky.social @sierramoeykens.bsky.social · last mo.

My main character's search history (if the Regency era had the internet or computers). Pluck is a YA Historical Fantasy Romance about a young lady in a magical Regency era trying her hardest to survive high society and also not turn into a bird. #unhingedpit #YA #Historical #Fantasy #Romance #Q

A fake google search history. TEXT: How much does it cost to lift a curse? How to pull off a successful heist? Can someone successfully hide a giant pair of wings under a dress without anyone noticing. Sewing pockets into a regency ball dress video. Am I smitten with a gentleman? Is a gentleman smitten with me? Quiz. Define social etiquette. How to tell if an ankle is broken or twisted. FAST CURSE CURES. HOW TO STOP TURNING INTO A BIRD ASAP. End text.

Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · last mo.

Editors! Find out why my mom said "Such a fun read! Loved it!" #unhingedpit #MG #F #P #pancakes #humor #cozyspooky #DIS #Sub

A meme that has the phases of the moon against a black background. above it says "the moon is round and important to werewolves" below it says "pancakes are also round and important to werewolves" then on a white background is a roughly painted version of the phases of the moon but the moon phases are pancakes instead of the moon. underneath it says "Behold! the Phases of the Pancake!"