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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

took my newest book, YOU’RE NO BETTER, into Washington DC (with @allyscottauthor.bsky.social and @emjayvii.bsky.social) to see some real locations from the novel! The Smithsonian, Eastern Market, and the Wharf 🙏💕

A copy of YOURE NO BETTER held up in front of a taxidermy elephant.

A copy of the book in front of a cave painted wall of hands, with two actual hands touching the wall.

A copy of the book with the US Capitol in the distance.

A copy of the book in front of the DC Wharf.

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Evangeline Gallagher @egallagher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

limited edition character art print of Morgan from You’re No Better, by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social

a trans boy with long hair in a school uniform on a DC metro car, hot pink blood dripping from his hands and splattered on his clothes

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 24/08/2026

What if we...

a button design: button is yellow and black for aposematic purposes, and reads 'if you use a.i. don't talk to me, i will bite your face clean off your skull.' in the middle is a bitey-looking beetle with a little skull making a sad face above its mandibles.

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

sometimes you write a book about an autistic trans kid trying to prove he’s not a monster - you know, on account of being raised by a serial killer - and your publisher casually hands you the prettiest final product EVER. no big deal (Illustrator: @egallagher.bsky.social !!)

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Trevor Henderson 🍉 (commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

have to remember this is my default reading mode when recommending books to other people

trent reznor of the band nine inch nails. he's saying: how are you tonight? having a good time? ready to party? have fun? well that was the last guys. wrong fucking band. we're here to have a bad time. (synthesizer playing)

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

YOU’RE NO BETTER (Peachtree Teen) by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the September/October 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/septem...

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

oh look. a childhood dream of mine casually coming true. no biggie. anyway, i will continue to write stories about violent tguys being psychosexually obsessed with older l men until i stop getting paid to do so, and today is not that day 🙏 (possum courtesy of @allyscottauthor.bsky.social lol💕💕)

A graphic set against a cold winter mountain backdrop. The top text reads “Anna Kaufman at Vintage bought North American rights, at auction, to Views from the Overlook, by screenwriter Jamie Flanagan (pictured I.), from Lane Heymont at the Tobias Literary Agency. The horror anthology features new stories set at the infamous hotel from Stephen King's The Shining, prior to the events of the novel, featuring such writers as Chelsea Cain,” and the bottom image is an Instagram screenshot. “Andrew Joseph White” is written on Overlook Hotel stationary and posted by Jamie Flanagan.

The same background, this time with a photoshopped Super Smash Brothers announcement reading “Andrew Joseph White joins the Anthology”

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nige 'dear ratboy' @niall.codes · 20/06/2026

That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools

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Laya 🌿🍄 ➡ nelson zinefest! @layahimalaya.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I redesigned the cover of The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social 🐛 I've spent so long on this...... #art #theworksofvermin

detailed digital illustration, with the title THE WORKS OF VERMIN in orange. It has 3 layers in a vaguely hourglass shape, with trees framing the edges. The top has a man impaling another with a sword on a stage, with people watching from the balconies. The middle has two people on balconies covered in plants facing each other. The bottom has a man in a steampunky exterminator suit being attached by a giant centipede creature.

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ashia 🕯️ @ashiamonet.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

My debut gothic fantasy novel has a new title: it is now THE LAST NECROMANCER OF MARNE HALL🫀🥀 The story is still the same haunting narrative surrounding the mysterious deaths of a group of (gay) necromancers in the 70’s, for fans of HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE + THE SECRET HISTORY

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victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 01/06/2026

happy pride month to those who celebrate. if you’re trans, you are my sibling, and i love you. same goes if you think you might be trans or if youre just figuring shit out. i love us, and they‘ll never be able take *us* away from us, no matter how hard they try

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

YOU’RE NO BETTER promo boxes are on their way 🙏👀🙏 including not just a map of the DC metro, but also recreations of the VISCERALLY ironic true crime paraphernalia sported by the protagonist’s [rival | blackmailer | love interest] lmao If you get one you have to tag me 🫵

A book promo box featuring an ARC if YOU’RE NO BETTER by Andrew Joseph White. The box contains stickers: of the cover, in the shape of a knife reading “True Crime Junkie,” and “Stay Cute and Don’t Die.” The box also contains a letter, black tissue paper, and a map of the DC Metro.

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Alice Scott @allyscottauthor.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Okay so the news is out, I can stop chewing drywall keeping this secret since October, my short story “The Two Great Love Stories of Egon Brechtford” is gonna be in @rainbowcrate.bsky.social’s newest anthology!! Ghosts! Bisexuality! Love that transcends time and death! Sentient stuffed animals!

Art of characters Egon and Roddy from my short story as drawn by my husband

Art of characters Elodie, Egon, and Kalev from my short story, as drawn by my husband

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

vibe/comp/aesthetic map for my upcoming YA thriller YOU’RE NO BETTER 🔪📸📱🏳️‍🌈 a deeply unwell kid tries to prove he’s better than his exploitative influencer mother and world-famous serial killer father. it goes badly.

A collage of several posters, articles, and books, containing the following:
- in the center, the cover of YOU’RE NO BETTER by Andrew Joseph White
- The movie poster for Thoroughbreds
- The official poster for Hannibal on NBC
- The cover of CRACKED UP TO BE by Courtney Summers
- Spotify cards for “Cacao and Cocaine” by SOFIA ISELLA, “Vicarious” by TOOL, and “Dog Years” by Halsey
- The DC metro map
- The trans and demigirl pride flags
- The headline for “True Crime is Rotting Our Brains” by Emma Berquist
- Wikipedia headlines for “Serial killer,” “intrusive thought,” “adverse childhood experiences,” and “complex post traumatic stress disorder.”

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Alice Scott @allyscottauthor.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Happy Bonesiversary everyone! An ENOURMOUS THANKS to my editor over at @kithbooks.bsky.social who managed to polish my old writing to a shine (I hope you aren’t sick of me yet) And to @artiodaktyl.bsky.social who took the doofy stick figure I gave him, and turned it into an incredible cover.

My book, YOU ARE NOT YOUR BONES & Lesser Misfortunes, resting against a floral backdrop with a small stoppered bottle of animal bones

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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This is not an April Fools: Coming April 15th-- Halfway to Halloween virtual and in person at the Anderson County (SC) Library. All Ages of Horror included. Rory Power, Lisa Springer, Andrew Joseph White, and Nat Cassidy. Moderated by me. Anyone can join via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

An event flyer for a virtual panel titled "Celebrate Halfway to Halloween," presented by the Anderson County Library System.

The top of the flyer features a dark purple background with green lightning bolts. The title "Celebrate Halfway to Halloween" is written in large, gold, stylized script. Below it, text reads "A Virtual Event" and "April 15th, 6:00pm - 7:30pm." A note in the corner mentions that registration is required to receive the Zoom link.

The middle section describes the event as an online discussion about the horror genre and writing processes featuring best-selling authors. Four portrait photos of the panelists are arranged in a row:

Rory Power

Lisa Springer

Andrew Joseph White

Nat Cassidy

At the bottom left, there is a portrait of the moderator, Becky Spratford, identified as the Co-Chair of the Horror Writers Association's Library Committee and author of "Why I Love Horror."

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

ICYMI: I have a short story in @wenyilee.bsky.social’s YA horror anthology, THE KIDS CAME BACK WRONG! It’s the last day of deer season in Whitepoint, Virginia, and Shrike + his boyfriend Possum (pictured below ✨) are about to have a very, very bloody morning. I can’t wait to share more!

A digital drawing of two boys in winter hunting gear. Shrine, on the left, is a white trans boy with long brown braided hair and glasses. He stares unsettlingly at the viewer. Possum, on the right, is a Latino cis boy with short black hair and teenage stubble. He looks off to the side, as if keeping watch.

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wen-yi lee @wenyilee.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I'm editing THE KIDS CAME BACK WRONG, a YA horror anthology for fans of Weapons & Stranger Things!!!! A class goes missing on a trip to the woods. 13 of the kids return, changed in ways they can't describe. 13 kids, 13 authors, 1 interconnected story. @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social, Fall 2027 🌲💚

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

btw, the B&N preorder sale is happening. 25% off for members or something with code PREORDER25. you know the drill. my wife made this:

The “fucked up evil creature experiences remorse” meme with the cat biting an arm labeled “the reader.”

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

advance copies of my fifth (!!!) book are finally home…

An advanced reader copy of YOURE NO BETTER by Andrew Joseph White being held in front of a planter of tulips.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

my hot writing take is that playing with POV is neat and you can do what you want. present tense first! close third! first-person-direct-address with bits of omniscient third! anything is legal if you look good doing it!!

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Esgalor🍊🌿 @esgalor.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Today is World Book Day? Let's go! I had the honor of illustrating the cover and edges of the special edition of You Weren't Meant to be Human, by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social for @illumicrate.bsky.social/@evernightbooks.bsky.social! It was one of the coolest projects I've worked on last year 💗

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

YOU’RE NO BETTER cover reveal!! My YA thriller about an autistic trans boy struggling w/ the legacy of his serial killer father in the age of true crime… is HERE!! (Check out the link for more!) Thank you to @egallagher.bsky.social for another amazing piece 💕 bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3...

A black, pink, and grey cover. The title is YOU’RE NO BETTER by Andrew Joseph White, written in scratchy text. The background is a shattered mirror with grey images - a man on the phone, a man drinking, an injured young woman - as a feminine trans boy in a school uniform kneels and looks at his bloody hands. There are crime scene photos on the floor at his feet.

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

what if I said “cover reveal scheduled for next week”

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

YOU’RE NO BETTER - my newest book, a queer & gritty YA thriller about a boy trying to prove he’s nothing like his serial killer father - is now… ✨ Up for preorder, AND ✨ Has digital review copies available for request on Edelweiss! More info below!! 🧵👇🏻

Black text reading “YOU’RE NO BETTER” in jagged, sketchy text.

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Derek @drawsderek.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊'𝖘 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖚𝖘 20x30in - made in procreate #art #artistonbluesky #illustration

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I was Consciously aware that the adult lit market is Lightyears larger than the YA/teen lit market, because Obviously, but my four-month-old adult horror EASILY outpacing my one- and even two-year-old YA books really drove it home

A Goodreads screenshot showing four books: HELL FOLLOWED WITH US, THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH, COMPOUND FRACTURE, and YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN. Certain statistics are highlighted to show that YWMTBH has a higher to-read and currently reading count than TSBIT, and more ratings and reviews than CF.

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

me, stating a plain and simple truth to my wife just now: “I am incapable of having fun! I have a stick up my ass and am deeply whimsyless”

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

my newest novel, YOU’RE NO BETTER—a teen thriller about messy trans kids and serial killers—has an official summary! this book is a rough one, and it tackles a lot of ugliness, but I love it so much and can’t wait to share it 💕

A white and pink graphic reading “YOURE NO BETTER: Official summary,” with broken glass in the background.

Black text on a white background, reading:

“Bestselling author Andrew Joseph White returns with another horrific YA thriller: a profound portrait of a struggling teen trying to convince the world—and himself—that he’s better than the serial killer who raised him.

Morgan Slaughter, a seventeen-year-old trans boy with autism, put his serial killer father in prison years ago. Despite that, everyone thinks Morgan will grow up to be just like his dad: including his volatile mother, the documentary crew following their family, and maybe himself.

Desperately, Morgan latches onto his father’s final victim—the only one who was never identified—hoping that if he unravels the mystery, he’ll finally prove he’s better than the man who hurt him. But this puts Morgan in the crosshairs of classmate Felicity Keating, who knows the truth about Morgan’s childhood—that he wasn’t just a witness to his father’s brutality, he was an accomplice. And if he doesn’t let them help with his investigation? They’ll tell everyone.

Forced to confront his past, Morgan’s ugly but carefully controlled world unravels. The film crew is manipulative. His mother’s temper spirals into malice, then violence. And Morgan and Felicity may be more tightly intertwined than either of them can stomach…

You’re No Better is a gritty and unapologetic coming-of-age suspense about teens who grew up surrounded by cruelty and are clawing their way to adulthood the only way they know how.”

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Chris Meddle @blackmeddle.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

WORMS!! Loved working on this piece today based on the book You Weren’t Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social !!! #tattoo #art

A hip tattoo in black and gray. A set of antlers on a bed of worms, framed in twisted tribal shapes.

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Back to writing after the holidays (a Neolithic fantasy-horror YA & a secret short story) ft. my finally(!!) clean office… AND the new bookcase (far left) that my wife @allyscottauthor.bsky.social loaded up with the majority of the books I’ve blurbed 🥰🥰

A photo of a home office packed with books and art. There are two full bookcases, a bean bag chair, a glass desk with a laptop, and a plethora of art, prints, certificates, and awards hanging on the wall. There is also a cat laying on the floor beside the printer.

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Lotta folks talking resolutions, so a quick reminder to focus on goals you can control. Instead of making it about agents or deals, focus on things like reading more to improve your craft, finding ways to support your peers, drafting something new… You don’t need anyone else, to chase those goals.

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

realized that not everyone knows I keep my HRT in an ammo can gifted to me by my father, which I feel like is extremely important info for understanding who I am as a person

A picture of a white hand holding a slightly open army green ammo can, with yellow text stating that its meant to hold 200 cartridges of 7.62 MM ammunition

The same can, just angled so you can see the band aids, testosterone, and syringes.

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

writing about queer, trans, and autistic boys and men is a gift 💝

A warm photograph of four books stacked on top of each other. From bottom to top: YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN, COMPOUND FRACTURE, THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH, and HELL FOLLOWED WITH US. In the background, a Christmas tree and a rainbow rug are out of focus.

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Guess what - I’ve followed my wonderful agent Jennifer March Soloway, @marchsoloway.bsky.social, to Starling Literary + Media! The SLM team has been working hard on this for a while, and I’m glad to be a part of it 🥰🥰

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I swear to god if you don’t download this game and play it right now. If you usually suck at horror games, there’s an “enemies are harmless” mode. Don’t look up the plot at all. The ending gave me such horrific existential dread that I got a stomachache. Get it NOW.

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Alice Scott @allyscottauthor.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Poppy cards are about half claimed so reminders if we’re mutuals and you want a holiday card from the Beastie (also @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social and me) drop a comment!

A brown fluffy tabby at in a box amidst my holiday wrapping station

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

realized I missed my sixth HRT anniversary in Sept because I was too busy celebrating the release of my fourth bestselling novel lol 🏳️‍🌈🤘🏳️‍⚧️

A selfie of a white trans man with asymmetrical blond hair sitting against a brick wall. He has no beard and his face is soft.

A selfie of a white trans man sitting in a car. He is visibly older and has a full beard, shorter hair, etc.

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

i start plotting my next adult project in the spring & I am rubbing my hands together. the feelings I have about being a developmentally disabled adult who struggles to live up to societal expectations of “adulthood” are gonna be y’all’s problem in *checks notes* several years

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I have a day job!! I have one of the most boring 9-to-5s on the planet!!! I make VERY GOOD money from advances/royalties alone (hi, I’m a bestseller!), but I’m also the breadwinner and we need health insurance. No way am I abandoning a stable, quiet, low-pressure “email job” in this economy.

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

BOOK FIVE COPYEDITS DONE my book about an angry & unwell trans boy, his serial killer father & controlling mother, true crime, social media, and the way that kids are failed by the adults around them…. it’s COMPLETE!! ITS DONE!! I can finally play video games again 😭😭

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Illumicrate ✨ @illumicrate.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Our Evernight October book was You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White! 📸: carsenslibrary; tabatha_reads_books; the_phantompages

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The Illumicrate/Evernight editions of YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN have been out in the world for a month now, and I just cannot BELIEVE how beautiful/horrific this is. It’s always such a blast to work with the team!!

The Evernight exclusive cover of YWMTBH, showing Crane (the protagonist) in a sports bra and cargo pants, holding his pregnant stomach and covering his face while staring at the viewer. The cover is dark and claustrophobic and eerie.

The naked hardback of the book, which is black and white with monochrome red blood splatters. It shows a massive wasp’s nest the size of a room, with skeletons and broken furniture scattered on the floor.

The signature page. The title is made of dripping letters in a circle, and the signature has a worm doodle on it.

One of the endpapers, showing a man in camo trapping the protagonist against the ground in a livestock auction lot (no animals), and holding his face. There is a shotgun leaning against the bars.

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Alice Scott @allyscottauthor.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

It’s that time of year again!!! If you’re mutuals with me or @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social and want a holiday card with a picture of Pop Rocks in it, let me know!!

Poppy, a brown fluffy tabby cat, peering over a bin of ornaments

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Trevor Henderson 🍉 (commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Drew a Hound of Tindalos from a short story by Frank Belknap Long, released in a short story collection of his work in 1946. The hounds are creatures that exist outside of time and space. They can emerge in the form of smoke from any angle of a certain sharpness, like the corner of a room.

a creature like a flayed hound, with a skull like a cow. it has two glazed blue-white eyes on the visible side of its head, suggesting two more on the opposite side. its drawn mid stride out of a bank of fog or mist, its back legs lost in the miasma, or forming out of it. it has four visible legs on the front end of its body.

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Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

well well well - looks like YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards in Horror! If you liked this miserable & cruel little shitshow about trans men’s invisibility in discussions of pregnancy, I’d be honored if you voted 🫵✨💕

A green and yellow-themed graphic reading ITS TIME TO VOTE! Goodreads choice awards nominee, best horror: You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White

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