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Hello world. I'm a 37 years old, poly trans woman who is living her best life. An enjoyer of board games and games of all types. Also trying to get back in shape by running and playing dance dance revolution.

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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 18h
Quack!
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
LA AREA FOLKS!!! AFTERTASTE is the book of the month for October's Queer Book Club at the South Bay LGBT center! I'll be in there in person chatting about the novel! If you want to come, RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/quacks-que...
QUACK"s QUEER BOOK
CLUB PRESENTS

Aftertaste

WARNING BOOK CONTAINS:
• TRANS
COMING-OF-AGE STORY
• GORE
• A TOXIC YURI
FEATURING T4T AND T4C ROMANCE
• A HORRIFYING
RIDE INTO A DYSPHORIC NIGHTMARE

Aftertaste by Emoria Weidner
Q/A WITH THE AUTHOR!

OCTOBER 25, 2026 @100 PM
SOUTH BAY LEBT CENTER
RSVP LINK IN BIOMeet the Author!!
Emoria Weidner is an author as well as a theatre professional and teacher. She worked at mainly one theatre for fifteen years, atraid of coming out as trans because of the fear that it would hurt her acting and teaching career.
Coming out in 202l as nonbinary, and more truly in 2025 as c woman both hurt her acting and teaching careers. She was right. And it doesn't fucking matter, because she would have been happier if she came out sooner. Bowing to accommodate people who cannot see you means scraping your face against the ground. Eventually, you start to lose your face.
Attertaste is her first novel. It you would like to support her work and help her continue writing, please consider visiting www.patreon.com/emoriaweidner and becoming a patron, where new chapters of upcoming novels will be posted regularly.Summary
The novel takes place in a magical-realist world where Yuri (lesbian), Yaoi (gay men), and Hetslop (hetslop) are not genres of fiction, but drinkable hallucinogens. When you want to have a delightful evening, a glass of yuri will deliver a unique fantasy directly to your imagination, determined by the vintage you choose to imbibe. And Simon? Well, despite being a 24 year-old man, Simon drinks a LOT of yuri. He just thinks it tastes better than hetslop or yaoi, you know? It doesn't mean anything that his preferred fantasies are of lesbians. Obviously. Couldn't mean anything else. About his gender. Or anything like that. Sure, Simon got a job as a server at a yuri bar, but that's just because it was convenient. Nothing to read into there. At all. Then, one night, a very intimidating Woman arrives at the bar and orders the most toxic drink on the menu. Before Simon knows what is happening, he finds himself serving Her in more ways than he could ever have imagined. And She has plans for him. And does it seem like her eyes are literally on fire? And are those fangs???
Not that Simon would be into that, or whatever. Obviously not.
Being made to serve a Powerful, Scary, potentially Monstrous Woman? Definitely not something he'd ever fantasized about.
Definitely not the subject of yuri after yuri he drank alone, nightly, after each shift. No. Simon doesn't want this. Obviously. It's not Like he's a girl or anything.
19 Chapters, 112,000 words (print edition is
352 pages single spaced at 1lpoint font)
No audiobook.Content Warnings
• Aftertaste is a novel only suitable for mature readers. It contains dissociation, gaslighting, violence, death, murder, gore, body horror, explicit sex, mild domestic violence, some BDSM, and a fantasy equivalent of alcohol/drug consumption and abuse.
• There are several passages where the idea of how much consent the lead character is capable of in their situation is intentionally muddy. This dubious consent is addressed as such later in the book, when the character understands the situation better.
• Sexual assault and rape are mentioned and discussed.
There is a scene where rape is threatened, but does not occur. This scene still qualifies as a sexual assault, however.
• The concept of forced-feminization, and what it might mean for people who fantasize about it, is explored regularly.
• Suicidal ideation, and a story about a suicide in the past, occur brietly.
• Dysphoria, internalized transphobia, and external transphobia are core motifs of the book and are present in every chapter. This is a story about surviving these things, but please use caution if reading the struggle of a young trans character finding themself through a lot of uncertainty is triggering for you.
• There is a detailed, chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the individual content in the back of the book and online.
• Love yourself, love your boundaries, and take breaks from the book if sections are hurting too much.
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
found a source of infinite renewable energy (siphoning off the anxiety from two trans women crushing on each other but both terrified that the other will laugh at her if she asks her out because of how OBVIOUSLY out of her league she is)
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A cute caniverous plant for a cute girl
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Emoria has created something absolutely iconic within the world of trans+ literature. It's a dark, sometimes-triggering, beautiful, and ultimately life-affirming piece of art." - @setna1312.northsky.social Read the first couple of chapters free on Kindle: www.amazon.com/Aftertaste-T... #booksky
While a hugely difficult read at times due to the content, Emoria has created something absolutely iconic within the world of trans+ literature. It's a dark, sometimes-triggering, beautiful, and ultimately life-affirming piece of art.

It's a book by a woman who has a gift for sharing the hardest of experiences - the daily traumas of being trans today -  while still demonstrating hope. 

Absolutely beautiful.
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you would like; you can also get the ebook at a website I am linking to! I would much prefer you buy it on my itch.io page, but I know for some folks it's just much easier to buy on Amazon, and now you can. The physical edition should probably be on Amazon as well relatively soon
amazon.com
Aftertaste - A Toxic Yuri
Aftertaste - A Toxic Yuri - Kindle edition by Weidner, Emoria. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Aftertaste - A Toxic Yuri.
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Y'all, I am COOKING, this one is going to be a blast to write. 8 trans people in a secluded mansion in the woods, and access to a knife that lets them undo their worst traumas. Via stabbing them. Follow along as I write, the quoted post is the start of the first chapter.
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🔪🧵 The instant Isadore pulls the knife out of her mother’s heart, she vanishes. Isadore’s mother, Genevieve, collapses into the empty space her daughter occupied a moment earlier. Blood pools around her chest as her fingers twitch. Once. Twice. Thrice. Then she draws still and we all vanish too.
Cult of the Transient Knife

Chapter One:
"Oh Fuck, It Worked?"
Emoria Weidner
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
You have til midnight PST! $6.25 for the book that has nothing but 5-star reader reviews on both Storygraph and Goodreads. And also it's hot and it's sweet and and it's mean and it's hopeful. emoriaweidner.itch.io/aftertaste-a... #booksky #writesky #trans
"[Aftertaste is] right up there with I Saw the TV Glow and Nimona."
- Pippa Primini on Goodreads, 5 Star Review
"An incredibly important piece of trans literature, one that I hope is seen by everyone..."
- Ashlynn Vanner on Goodreads, 5 Star Review
"Compelling characters, outstanding story, the occasional eerie feeling that the author had somehow managed to peer into my own past before setting word to virtual paper."
- Jaz Sakuranoseirei on Storygraph, 5 Star Review
"Not only did I end up enjoying it, it is now my absolute favorite piece of transgender fiction I've ever read."
- Shawndra Quinn on Goodreads, 5 Star Review
"I knew I was in for a treat, but I was woefully unprepared for how much Emoria sees and 'gets it' about the nature of being a trans woman and fighting the demon of our dysphoria."
- Brooke on Storygraph, 5 Star Review
"I've sought out and been recommended a lot of different portrayals of the trans experience - and while all of them contained nuggets that struck a chord with me, none of them have made me feel as seen as Aftertaste did."
- Royn Omberg on Goodreads,
5 Star Review
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Feeling very pretty today
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Pssst friendly reminder
All Capitalists Are Bastards
Aftertaste
50% 
Off
the acclaimed debut novel by Emoria Weidner
ACAB Labor Day Weekend Sale!
50% off the eBook, Through Monday, 9/7Zoomed in a bitOh son of a bitch it just says "I'm Emoria" again
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Ellie Dawn 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🥺😏💜 @awkward.gay · 04/09/2026
All Capitalists Are Bastards Labor Day Weekend Sale! 10% off every order now through Monday 9/7! Stick it to capitalist pigs by buying merch for a leftist commie trans author designed by leftist commie trans artists! merch.emoriaweidner.com
Promo image for the Emoria Weidner Merch Store
All Capitalists Are Bastards
ACAB Labor day weekend sale! 10% every order with code
АСАВ
Through Monday, 9/7
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
All Capitalists Are Bastards Labor Day Weekend Sale! Right now through Monday, 9/7, the eBook of Aftertaste is 50% off! Stick it to capitalist pigs by buying a novel written and published by leftist commie trans scum! (also the book is good too) emoriaweidner.itch.io/aftertaste-a...
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Also, let me be VERY clear, the book definitely supports that OTHER meaning of ACAB
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Take advantage of this, I promise it's worth it. I'm fucking broke but whatever, I'd much rather just have people read and talk about my book than make money.
MadScutter @madscutter.bsky.s... • 2m
@emoria.bsky.social
Just finished Aftertaste.
First and foremost: I love you.
Secondly: Fuck.
I've been "dealing with stuff" for a few years.
And I didn't see a good path forward.
And you changed that.
Thank you,
and fuck you,
and I love you.
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
lmao I’m about 20 years older on the right
Emoria, a god damn miserable eggEmoria, over 15 years later, beautiful
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Lmao
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Day two of Anaheim impulse was fun too!
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Having a nice time at anime impulse this weekend
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We’ve sold 233 copies of Aftertaste, and I’d love to get to 500 before Halloween. Want to read “the best book of 2026” (@daisygeekytgirl.bsky.social) and help out an independent trans author (aka me) (I’m Emoria)? If you haven’t grabbed a copy yet, get the ebook or print at pastitch.com! #booksky
Izani has been feasting, but she still has a deep thirst. 
Help get Lisa and Izani to 500 sales of
Aftertaste, the celebrated indie trans-lesbian horror-romance, in time for that
most horrific holiday of the year, Halloween (000000ooooooh scary!)

How?

Share posts, talk about the novel, buy a copy for a friend, send it to a trans-egg who might need it.

And if you happen to have to eat a transphobe or six to do it, who are we to judge?

Aftertaste
available at pastitch.com
&
emoriaweidner.com
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Ellie Dawn 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🥺😏💜 @awkward.gay · 15/08/2026
When your long distance gf coins a phrase about the wait to meet and you both think it needs to be memed @adrian256.bsky.social
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Aftertaste, my trans-coming of age romance with teeth, is available now at pastitch.com and emoriaweidner.com Grab a copy, and see why "Aftertaste is a transformative achievement..." - @annlee14.bsky.social and "An incredibly important piece of trans literature." - @lolzygag.bsky.social
Prepare to drink deeply, girl...

Past-Itch Publishing

Presents

Aftertaste

А Тохі Уuri...
by Emoria Weidner
• A celebrated trans coming-of-age story
• A lesbian T4T and T4C romance
• A horrifying descent into a dysphoric nightmare
All in one sweet & spicy yuri.
Plus, it has makeup tips.

"I really meant it when I said that this is the best novel I've ever read in my life.
- Marissa Soto on Goodreads,
5 Star Review

"Aftertaste is a transformative achievement and takes its place among
the pinnacle of the growing body of trans literature."
- Annabel Lee
Journey on Storygraph,
5 Star Review

"Artful, intelligent, witty, terrifying and true... With Aftertaste, Emoria Weidner has written the ultimate trans egg-cracking novel."
- Ellen Mellor on Storygraph,
5 Star Review

"It pulls no punches and leaves the reader never truly feeling safe, with each moment of joy shining with a clawing nightmare sitting in its shadow. A powerful mirror to the lives of trans people."
- Joslyn Jollenberg on Goodreads,
5 Star Review

Available Now 
pastitch.com
emoriaweidner.com
"[Aftertaste is] right up there with I saw the TV Glow and Nimona."
- Pippa Primini on Goodreads, 5 Star Review

"An incredibly important piece of trans literature, one that I hope is seen by everyone..."
- Ashlynn Vanner on Goodreads, 5 Star Review

"Compelling characters, outstanding story, the occasional eerie feeling that the author had somehow managed to peer into my own past before setting word to virtual paper."
- Jaz Sakuranoseirei on Storygraph, 5 Star Review

"Not only did I end up enjoying it, it is now my absolute favorite piece of transgender fiction I've ever read."
- Shawndra Quinn on Goodreads, 5 Star Review

"I knew I was in for a treat, but I was woefully unprepared for how much Emoria sees and 'gets it' about the nature of being a trans woman and fighting the demon of our dysphoria."
- Brooke on Storygraph, 5 Star Review

"I've sought out and been recommended a lot of different portrayals of the trans experience - and while all of them contained nuggets that struck a chord with me, none of them have made me feel as seen as Aftertaste did."
- Royn Omberg on Goodreads,
5 Star Review
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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 10/08/2026
I've been enjoying the heck out of Emoria Weidner's Aftertaste and appreciate the hilarious and informative Cis Guide to her book for those like me 😅. Perfect timing today for anyone who wants to pick it up as it's half off for her birthday! Wishing a happy birthday to her 🎉🎉🎉.
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Ellie Dawn 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🥺😏💜 @awkward.gay · 09/08/2026
Spending my time in hospital wisely
Selfie of me in a hospital bed, wearing a hospital gown, reading Aftertaste by Emoria Weidner
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I’m Emoria, I turn 40 in three days, and I didn’t start estrogen until 37. It’s the best thing I ever did for myself. It felt impossible to start, I felt like I was faking, I felt like a fraud. That was dysphoria lying to me. You can beat your dysphoria. You can be you. You have to.
Emoria takes a selfie, she is a trans woman wearing a floral print dress.
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I am the luckiest fucking woman on the planet.
Adrian, Emoria, Josey, and Jayne smile at the camera
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
She’s Adrian, she’s Jayne, she’s Josey I’m Emoria W/ @adrian256.bsky.social @plaidistic.bsky.social @jojosey.bsky.social
Adrian, Jayne, Emoria, and Josey, smiling in a selfie
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I think y’all should probably see the piece of jewelry @jste.au made me, and I think you should probably commission faer immediately so you can have one of her pieces too
Emory in a green dress wearing jewelry made by JayeA close up, the Peace is rose quartz wrapped in silver
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
@lolzygag.bsky.social messaged me a while ago to say Aftertaste cracked her egg. Last night, she wrote, "This book tricked me. This book made me laugh. This book made me cry. This book made me scream. This book made me love. This book made me feel. This book broke me. This book saved me."
This book tricked me. This book made me laugh. This book made me cry. This book made me scream. This book made me love. This book made me feel.

This book broke me.

This book saved me.

I can't say it enough, so thank you again, Emoria. Thank you for this beautiful, wonderful thing you created, for all the people, including me, that you've helped in some small but enormous way, and for putting this piece of yourself into the world. Thank you.
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Check out Val’s game and while you’re at it, follow Val! She’s sweet and smart and quite the wonderful girlfriend to my girlfriend @adrian256.bsky.social to boot. Follow Val!!
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Just a girl waiting for a beloved one to arrive.
A picture of a dark haired woman sitting in a chair with a white sweater and a black top.
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kai/critter 🦈 @sillysharkai.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
ari likes this book (aftertaste by @emoria.bsky.social) so you have to go read it now. it’s the rules, sorry. (not sorry. why are you still here reading this post? go read aftertaste. now!!)
ari reading the back of aftertaste
ari snuggling with aftertasteari snoozing with aftertaste
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kai/critter 🦈 @sillysharkai.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
@emoria.bsky.social @adrian256.bsky.social thank you for being in my life ^^
half of kai, emoria, and adrian playing wingspan
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Trans love will win.
Emoria smooching Adrian
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I’m not MANspreading I’m TRANSpreading
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Spend time with trans people. It will fill your soul. W/ @plaidistic.bsky.social @sillysharkai.bsky.social @adrian256.bsky.social @jojosey.bsky.social and Finn and Neon
Six trans people, and a disgusting, vile, heinous cisgender dog
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I’m Emoria, she’s @adrian256.bsky.social and you should follow her, she’s a marvelous, loving, smart and kind woman And Adrian’s necklace was made by @jste.au, who you should commission to make you jewelry too!
Emoria and AdrianEmoria and Adrian
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
new merch merch.emoriaweidner.com new designs by the incredible @valisdheart.bsky.social fuck yeah
Aftertaste logo on a mugAftertaste back cover on a tshirtAftertaste front cover on a tshirtAftertaste back cover on a crop top
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dinner for one today
A picture of me in a blue dress with floral print, sitting in a fairly empty dining hall
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
AFTERTASTE EBOOK IS NOW OFFICIALLY ON SALE emoriaweidner.itch.io/aftertaste-a... This is the full rewrite, *not* the online version. @elenaabbottauthor.com did an *incredible* job here. For now, it is an itch exclusive - other platforms will also be available in the future! #booksky #trans #lgbt
emoriaweidner.itch.io
Aftertaste - A Toxic Yuri by Emoria
Trans Coming of Age Horror-Romance with Teeth
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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Okay, I cannot recommend Ranking of Kings more. Thank you @adrian256.bsky.social for introducing me to this beautiful, sweet, and scary show
static.klipy.com
Bojji's Expressive Moments
Alt: Bojji's Expressive Moments
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Surprise surprise, the lesbian woman prefers going to the lesbian club.
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Today was a good day
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I love nature
A picture of my legs.

In the distance there are trees and mountains
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Ellie Dawn 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🥺😏💜 @awkward.gay · 09/07/2026
Discord screenshot of DMs between Adrian and me.

Adrian: Oh no! Melting kitty needs to cool off

Ellie: puts him in the fridge

Adrian: No wait not like that

Ellie: It's ok, he's chill with it
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Ollie is so sweet in the morning
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The joys of having sugar in the morning
A picture of me holding a tiny cupcake.
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The majestic Oliver, glowing on the sun rays
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Adrian @adrian256.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Today was a very good day.
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