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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub

@sollizyy.bsky.social
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Writer, editor and artist for Phosphor Press (and independent work). Transmasc lit enthusiast. He/Him. email: solomonskalozub@gmail.com Community: Stoat: stt.gg/q15P0AXq Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/11855549204…

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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 5h
Am sleepy...
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 9h
What does it say about my reading habits that I regularily have to add/update books in storygraph?
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Cåråbine à Citron 🍋 @carabinacitron.eurosky.social · 18h
If you believe in humanity, Don’t skip 👋🏻 Aboud suffers from epilepsy & severe, sudden seizures that are becoming more frequent without medication. His condition is worsening, but his family cannot afford his expensive treatment. Please help him get his medication💔 chuffed.org/project/1844...
Picture of Abood Picture of Abood with a text 
I’m Abood from Gaza
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 9h
Been back on T for 4 months! Yesterday was shot day 😁
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 21h
Gay book
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 17h
Will be starting 4T with my partner tonight!
Solomon holding a print copy of Tiny Time-Traveling Terror by Tripsout2
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Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨Please do not ignore me. I am writing this while weeping and utterly devastated. My tent and everything I owned have burned down;my child and I narrowly escaped being burned ourselves.I lost my husband and everything else. You are my only hope;I need $200 to buy a tent😭🙏 chuffed.org/project/1730...
Selfie of Shaima wearing a black hijab, looking worried, her left fist raised.A fire in the night: silhouettes watching the flames and smoke in the dark.The ground after a fire: ashes, mud, water, dust and burnt belongings in cardboard boxes where a tent used to be
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 17h
Please help Ibrahim get food and medical care!
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 17h
Will be starting 4T with my partner tonight!
Solomon holding a print copy of Tiny Time-Traveling Terror by Tripsout2
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Crash Tako | Indie Animator @crashtako.bsky.social · 18h
Happy Black History Month✨💪 Please support black creators and artists (as you should be every month) ✨
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Ladz ❄️🖤🩸 @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
hello!! agender here, and I write grotesque fantasy and horror my latest is an F/F/F Polish folk horror retelling of Carmilla about a lady of the house, the maid trying to rob her, and the vampire in the basement 📚 books2read.com/ourcrimsoncage ✒️ ladz-merch.square.site/product/-fir...
A ghostly foggy home

6 logos sit in the upper corner, top row being Amazon, Apple Books, Itch, and the bottom row being Kobo, Smashwords, and payhip

OUT NOW in ebook & paperback

a series of torn papers with the following text on each one:

gothic folk horror
HEA (horribly ever after)
1850s Poland
fuck/marry/kill
menstruation
toxic lesbian vampires

The cover of OUR CRIMSON CAGE by Ladz. It features a witchy woman hovering her hands over a flaming skull
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 21h
Gay book
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tittyvillus.bsky.social @tittyvillus.bsky.social · 22h
They see trans guys as Manic Pixie Dream Girls that they can "fix'.
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 22h
Tea tastes better in tea cups, on that note, look at this pretty tea cup I got today
Solomon holding a tea cup with colourful flowers painted inside it, the edges almost look like lace, the pattern is so delicate
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 23h
Try testosterone
A pre T photo of Solomon, you can see his face is both rounder and slimmerA recent photo of Solomon, some time on T, his jawline is way better, and he doesn't look like he wants to die
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mahmoud needs urgent medical care!
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My partner is the sweetest person alive. They bought me that out of print Ukrainian Canadian book I've been wanting as a belated birthday gift 🥹
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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Seeing headlines about a potential economic crisis. Then looking at the economy right now and being confused, because aren't we already in one??
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I can have tea while I take my T and read 4T 🤔
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Climate crisis" in bio but uses AI image as if gen AI isn't a huge contributor to the climate crisis! Also the handprint across the mouth is for missing and murdered Indigenous woman, it's incredibly slimey to appropriate that symbol.
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Finished reading this with my partner last night! It gave me a lot of food for thought for the review I will write. Also, I don't often see het t4t romance, and easily the romance is the best part of this book.
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Sam @horrorbutch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Due to *gestures vaguely at state of the world* my tbr has been thrown into chaos, so I wanted to ask for some book recs that I can safely dive into. Trans + lesbian, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, weird lit. Please no sexual violence at all. Doesn't need to be cozy though. Thank you! #samreads
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emily - oh help @oh-help.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#fefw the giver
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Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨 Will you leave Mahmoud until he loses his legs? 💔 Sepsis is spreading through his body, his life is at risk, and he now faces the danger of losing his legs. He is a father, and his dream is to stay alive and hold his daughters, not lose his legs before their eyes. 🆘😭 chuffed.org/project/omsh...
Selfie of Mahmoud on his hospital bed, wearing a hospital gown with an IV access on his left handMahmoud asleep in a hospital bed with both his legs completely bandaged and stabilized with metal fixators Three sad girls on a grey couch. The youngest one in the middle is crying A young girl sitting on a couch, crying, with her right hand covering her face
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Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Look at Elias and see your own son or brother.Gaza's cruelty stripped away his first eye, and now his last drop of light is dying.We have no money,no hope, only tears.I beg you on my knees:please,don't let my little boy sink into permanent darkness! Verified:moly shah✅ chuffed.org/project/196611
Elias wearing thick glasses and a patch on his left eye, sitting on a rug, crying. His right wrist is bandaged.
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've had people misunderstand my pov on this before. I think weird horny art, esp by trans artists is awesome, this is not a comment against that. It's merely an observation that a lot of trans headcanons of characters (esp by cis people) are not about depicting a trans character, not really
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Periodic reminder that I am more than happy to talk out disagreements I have with friends, acquaintances and mutuals! I don't look negatively upon people just bc I disagree with them (obviously this doesn't include things like genocide denial or not respecting people's human rights)
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
All I'm going to say about the "Malfoid" trend is that I think it's pretty gross that the first few things I saw of a transed/genderbent depiction of a teenager are all incredibly sexualized
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Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨 PLEASE DON’T SCROLL PAST AHMED 🚨 Ahmed’s fever is 41°C. His body is covered with painful spots and sores, and he’s crying in pain. 💔 He still hasn’t received his medicine since yesterday. I urgently need $200 tonight for treatment. Please help me get his medicine. 🙏💔 chuffed.org/project/mahm...
Ahmed crying in bed with sores and bruises on his arm and face. He has an IV drip connected to his right forearm.
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Please do what you can to support Mahmoud!
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Om Jameel urgently needs medical care!
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Please help Om Amir get treatment for her eye!
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
These kids need urgent medical care!
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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's everyone's favorite time of the year! Over in my hoard we are celebrating with a 31 Days of Spooky Reads for every reader. From the creepy and unsettling to the downright terrifying I'll have a book for you! To kick the season off we have Junji Ito's Frankenstein! #booksky 📚💙 📚🩸
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Thirty-One Days of Spooky Season
Happy Spooky Season Everyone!! Here in my hoard spooky season is very special! Especially this year as most of you know I've been on a horror kick recently and needed the excuse to mess up my TBR!! Much like with my 31 Days of Pride this will be a list of all of my favorite horror stories. Well okay not all we'd need way more than 31 days.
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CLAYFACE: CELEBRITY DIRT #3 out now @judedoyle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WRITING TIP: If you meet your word count for the day, you can have yourself a little cookie If you don't meet your word count for the day, you can also have yourself a little cookie No gods, no masters Only cookie Yum
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ko-fi.com/post/Solly-r... The review is up! I wrote over 2k words about how much I adored this book and I rambled at length about the transmasculine rep in it, if that interests you. Also, read this book, it's excellent.
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Solly reads Synthetic Sea
Sol Skalozub published a supporter-only post on Ko-fi!
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Please do what you can to help Mahmoud and his family!
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Don't get me wrong, I love angry art where rapists face gory death--I've written stories with some scenes like that. I also have complicated feelings about the way people talk about rape/SA, there is a lot of bioessentialism and gender essentialism there.
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Ahana the Sun Goddess ☀️ 🌞 @antisanitygirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anyways if you want to read my first meaningful formulation of anti-sanity theory, here it is!
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Amongst all the discourse, what fucks me up the most is that when trans people with small followings get misgendered/deadnamed--basically everyone ignores it. Like yes, approach all with nuance, I agree, but some things are inexcusable. Misgendering other trans people is inexcusable.
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think I'll archive this on kofi as a free post, it's a rare find and a neat piece of history
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h-hf.bsky.social @h-hf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
💔 Her father passed away, and she was born with a cleft lip, preventing her from breastfeeding normally. Baby Amal urgently needs reconstructive surgery to restore her smile and her life. Your donation or sharing of this post could save her life and ease her grieving 👇 spot.fund/HopeForAmal
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every donation, no matter how small, helps me continue my work and complete my medical treatment. Your support truly means a lot. www.gofundme.com/f/help-fared...
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Donate to Help Fared Recover and Return to Photojournalism, organized by Sean Hastings
Fared is an independent conflict photojournalist whose work has brought… Sean Hastings needs your support for Help Fared Recover and Return to Photojournalism
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ko-fi.com/post/Solly-r... The review is up! I wrote over 2k words about how much I adored this book and I rambled at length about the transmasculine rep in it, if that interests you. Also, read this book, it's excellent.
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Solly reads Synthetic Sea
Sol Skalozub published a supporter-only post on Ko-fi!
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
buying my partner and friend (both indigenous) chicken today because it has become a yearly thing where they ask me to buy them chicken on this day as reconciliation I did ask them to pick the same restaurant this year at least.
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LA Knight & Co. (NEED RENT HELP, CHECK PINNED) @laknight89.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Struggling to afford groceries & AC! Struggling to make Oct rent. Our goal is $400. Even just $5 helps. Bewst if you can! Please help us & our elderly cats! #Crowdfunding #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2026 #RentHelp #ClimateRelief #DisabilitySky venmo.com/LAKnight89 paypal.me/LAKnight89
Three cats hang out together on a single-size bed with worn sheets in front of a window. The cats are a tired 17 year old disabled orange tabby, a 16 year old disabled brown tabby reaching one sleepy paw to the orange cat, and a 12 year old Russian blue lying sphinx-style between the other two cats.
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P H Lee 🪬 @p-h-lee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
seeing yet another uptick in people trying to speak on behalf of all sexual assault survivors lately and i just want to make the incredibly bland public statement that survivors are a very diverse bunch, there is almost nothing we agree about, and no one is authorized to speak for us collectively.
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Ahana the Sun Goddess ☀️ 🌞 @antisanitygirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ADHDers can struggle with auditory processing because of inattention. It was so bad for me as a kid that my parents and doctors tested my hearing. They thought I had hearing issues.
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Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Chat, is it common for ADHDers to lock onto text as both an artform and communication and have a harder time focusing on anything auditory (including face to face interaction?) Or is there something else up with my brain?
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