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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hourglass gauntlets an actual gauntlet design from circa the 14th century. Not to be confused with, say, gothic gauntlets. So purely aesthetic.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 27/09/2026

and I love them anyway the community is kinda hit or miss for me, though

anime girl looking at her hands and saying "fighting games are about endless, grueling labor."

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Horseman of War. Looks like Sailor Mars. Painting minis. While singing Gilbert & Sullivan.

Phoenix led them towards a room with a bright green door. Behind it was a room with a window offering a view of the vast wasteland outside. Four couches arranged to form a perimeter around a center table with a holographic centerpiece that shifted images every few minutes to display a variety of works of art from various sentient cultures. There was also a large plastic table positioned near the corner with hard light rigging to display a false terrain resembling rocky, narrow mountain pass. Next to it was another table with various small figures in old uniforms, some on foot and others mounted on four-legged animals with hooves — horses, she realized. War made her way to that table, pulling out a metal case full of small brushes and paints in plastic containers. And there the Horseman of War sat in her little red sailor schoolgirl outfit with a skirt just short enough to tease that maybe there wasn't anything under it, and started painting the little figures in all manner of colors while singing a cheery little song.
War, with her creamy skin and jet-black hair, looked quite content as she painted. "I am the very model of a modern Major-General~"
It was, Bone-Ash Blossom thought, the sort of poetic absurdity the fae adored about the galaxy.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 16/08/2026

Grab the "A Better World" bundle, available right now on itch! Because we could all use a reminder that we can make a difference, that we can make the world we're in better for everyone. itch.io/b/3829/a-bet...

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 11/08/2026

20 books from 20 people who saw how the world could be better, even if we have to fight the system to make it happen. A Better World. Because we all need to imagine a world worth fighting for. itch.io/b/3829/a-bet...

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 06/08/2026

We all dream of a better world, of a better society. But sometimes you have to fight for your dreams. And the status quo is a dangerous opponent. Grab the "A Better World" bundle now, see visions of a better world and the people who fight to build it. Up on itch! itch.io/b/3829/a-bet...

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 01/07/2026

As for Rowan, I think a snippet might do better here.

From the north she arrived, walking alone under the glare of a Black Sun. The old colors on her coat were bleached away to faded memory, punctuated by more recent bloodstains, and the sheen that once adorned her gloves and boots as lifeless as the mountainous bones in the distance. The blade of a sword dragged across stark white sands as green eyes gazed out into the heat-haze of the horizon with the ravenous intent of a circling vulture.
Rowan Grim sucked in a labored breath.
Rowan Grim, who wandered through the arid land with a morbid, weary tread. Who walked the Badlands in a loose coat meant to keep out dust and sand, whose garments underneath were chosen more for their lightness and durability than their aesthetics. Who dragged a fine sword behind her with the same disregard as a gravedigger hauled corpses of the plague-dead. Who marched onward, heedless of the devouring grind of entropy, her brow cast in an inexorable glare at her immediate objective in the distance.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 27/06/2026

QTP with a ship that makes you happy I don't care that Capcom will never confirm it.

Juni hugging Cammy from behind, Street Fighter V

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 24/06/2026

An excerpt from one of the stories in The Neon Garden, my cyberpunk + wuxia short story collection. #shortstory #cyberpunk belligerentsnake.itch.io/the-neon-gar... www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/5... www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

“You won’t win. Can’t win. The corporations. The greed. The slow decay of the ecosystem. The corruption of humanity itself. It’s all too big for us to fight. Why don’t any of you see that?”
He pulled her head back up, but the arm froze before he could drive her down again. Sparks from his chest emerged, the coolant goo no doubt messing with the internal workings.
She pried herself free and stumbled to her feet, ignoring the pain. “You’re right, you know. It’s all too big. Too big for one person.”
Paladin Pan caught him by surprise. Punched him in the teeth.
He stumbled back.
She hit him again. Broke his nose. “But no war is won by just one person.”
He tried to block.
A hard kick almost took a leg out from under him. “Wars like this are won in small ways. Little people fighting battles.”
Red Tiger Liu staggered back from a backhand across his face.
She followed up with a kick that almost took off his jaw. “Small enough to win.”
His face strained, his metal parts sluggish in their movements.
Her heel smashed his cybernetic arm. Sparks and shrapnel flew in a dozen different directions. “But big enough to matter.”

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 08/06/2026

Time's running out! If you still haven't decided to grab this bundle, why not? Okay, I know life is hard these days, and if you can't, I won't judge you. But if you can, grab it now! There are some amazing stories here. And mine, if that's your thing. itch.io/b/3676/pride...

Pride Book Fair 2026 Bundle #2: Pride Hard with a Vengeance; a black graphic with over thirty-five covers of various LGBTQIA+ fiction books available on itch.io.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 06/06/2026

Forgotten Gods is about a girl who sees gods humanity has lost to history and time, and she acts as their link to the world. She's also got a crush on a creepy-cute proto-Celtic death goddess, who also has a crush on her. It's in the bundle, along with other great books! itch.io/b/3676/pride...

Pride Book Fair 2026 Bundle #2: Pride Hard with a Vengeance
Fear the Wood Jeremy Rayne; The White Ribband Mason Hawthorne; The Cruel Gods The Thirteenth Hour Trudie Skies; 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

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 04/06/2026

Folks, I suck at marketing. Can we all just pretend I said something witty and convincing to get you to buy this bundle of delightfully queer books? Or you could buy it to spite the bigots in your lives. Pride and Wrath, baby. itch.io/b/3676/pride...

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 01/06/2026

Look at all these great books! Your TBR list will thank you. And be sure to check out the other bundles! itch.io/b/3676/pride...

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 31/05/2026

I am blind and missed this on the first pass! Someone else already mentioned Yoshitaka Amano, and that reminded me of another awesome artist I'd love to somehow do art for my covers: Yoji Shinkawa, who did the Metal Gear Solid games.

Artwork of Solid Snake, from the series Metal Gear Solid. As done by Yoji Shinkawa.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 29/05/2026

Hey. You. Buddy. You want some books with some queer characters? It's happening June 1. Lots of really good stuff waiting for you. Really good stuff in all sorts of genres. Something for everybody. Oh, and one of mine is there too if that's your jam.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 19/05/2026

I am one or two sales away from the payout minimum on D2D. If I get that, I can make a clean break from them and their Poor Authors Tax in June. If you are interested in a print copy of any of my books, do consider helping me spite D2D one last time.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 07/03/2026

And last but not least, Rowan Grim. Actually, this outfit is more of a snapshot than the others because the current plan is for Rowan to end up dressed and armed differently each time because her gear gets ruined. Though this is the look she's got some fondness for.

Woman in cowboy-style outfit, armed with a rapier.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 07/03/2026

And here's Pimi. The outfit is a deliberate attempt to get away from the styles of her homeland, though the red and gold are typical Shang colors. She's the bustiest of the girls, and actually also the tallest. Combined with the severity of her face and she can come across as dommy.

Woman in fancy, fur-lined dress, wielding a wooden staff against a desert ruin background.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 07/03/2026

And this is Kessa, in her "business" getup. The attire is almost a uniform among sorcerers, but the stripes and colors are Irina's influence. The gloves and monocle are Kessa's, though. Not shown here is that she and Irina are about the same height, but Kessa has less muscle and bulk.

Woman wearing a zebra-stripe outfit with black gloves, arms spread, standing in ancient ruins with her back to the sea.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 07/03/2026

So I tinkered with some SC6. This is Irina. Yes, that is her fabulously pink sword. I used tattoos to substitute for her white scales. She's also in armor dyed in complementary colors to the sword. Somewhat less visible is how lean and mean she is, physically speaking.

Gray-skinned warrior woman in pink armor, with a pink sword, against a desert ruin background.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 03/03/2026

If you're looking for urban fantasy that goes into stranger places, try Rat City Chronicles! One city, three protagonists, and a whole lot of strange things hidden in the cracks. #shortstory #urbanfantasy books2read.com/u/bQ5zed?for... books2read.com/u/3R2gYY?for... books2read.com/u/3J7Yeg?for...

a banner showing Rat City Chronicles book covers

* urban fantasy short story collections
* people helping each other out
* secret society of superhuman martial artists
* sorcerers and mystics solving problems no one else can
* folks with the power to eat demons
* old rivalries and older secrets
* strange magic and dark cults
* three different protagonists

Available in Print

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 01/03/2026

Fantasy lesbian samurai. I wrote three short story collections based on that premise. Welcome to Izumo, where sapphic romance and samurai drama come together! books2read.com/u/br1pgw books2read.com/u/b5WG6R books2read.com/u/381Bnd ko-fi.com/alinalee91/s... #shortstory

promo image for the Izumo series of short story collections
- three short story collections
- 17 stories per collection
- tales of sapphic romance combined with samurai drama
- fantasy setting inspired by the folklore, history, and culture of Japan
- stories of love found, happy endings, unrequired feelings, unspoken passions
- a world with gods and spirits, political conflict, and the brutality of war
Books are available in print and ebook

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 24/02/2026

Violence. Irina enjoys her violence, as long as it doesn't ruin her outfits.

A clown with a stolen sword came at her, taking advantage of her moment of distraction.
With a displeased hiss, she unclasped her cloak and threw it in her assailant’s face. Blinded for a moment and unable to cut through the fabric right away, he stumbled. The viper stepped behind him and cut him off at the hamstrings, pulling the cloak away to keep any blood from getting on it. Cleaning out bloodstains was such a chore.
All the effort was for naught when another lit the cloak ablaze with a torch, forcing her to discard it. She lured him towards the table, letting her rage seize her thoughts as she kicked it towards him. Before he could remove himself from it, she cut his head off at the neck. Her annoyance at losing a perfectly good cloak made her punt his head to the face of another assassin as a final, petty insult.
She let one of the disguised guards finish the man off, turning her focus elsewhere.
Irina let out an irritated hiss as she parried another assassin’s dagger, then cut him open from stomach to throat. The profane magic used to forge the blade in her hands made killing an easier process, requiring less effort to carve open flesh and cleave through bone. In her mind, it was a small boon compared to how the blade really just paired well with all of her outfits.
“Black goes with everything, whether blade or dress.”

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 19/02/2026

Fantasy lesbian samurai. I wrote three short story collections based on that premise. Izumo, where sapphic romance and samurai drama come together! Also available on Ko-fi books2read.com/u/br1pgw books2read.com/u/b5WG6R books2read.com/u/381Bnd ko-fi.com/alinalee91/s... #WriterShareWednesday

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 13/02/2026

#SFFChat Q4 So, this is from an older short story of mine. It is a father answering his daughter's questions on romantic love.

“How do you know if you feel that kind of love for someone, father?”

“You do not truly know love, but instead find...an understanding of it,” he answered. He turned to face his daughter, one hand stroking his forked beard. “Love is the interplay of complex pieces held together by time, affection, and respect. It is built, not felt.”

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 07/02/2026

Messed around a little with the character generation function of RPG Maker VX, and ended up with very rough approximates of Kessa, Pimi, and Irina. The color of Irina's scales are wrong, but that's only because there's no option to make them white. I should try making them in something else.

face shots for three female characters (Irina, Kessa, Pimi), with included sprites in the 16-bit style

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 29/01/2026

Fantasy lesbian samurai. I wrote three short story collections based on that premise. Welcome to Izumo, where sapphic romance and samurai drama come together! Also available on my Ko-Fi books2read.com/u/br1pgw books2read.com/u/b5WG6R books2read.com/u/381Bnd ko-fi.com/alinalee91/s...

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 24/01/2026

If you're looking for urban fantasy that goes into stranger places, try Rat City Chronicles! One city, three protagonists, and a whole lot of strange things hidden in the cracks. #booksky #indieauthor books2read.com/u/3R2gYY?for... books2read.com/u/bQ5zed?for... books2read.com/u/3J7Yeg?for...

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 16/01/2026

From one of the stories in the collection "Cherry Blossom Blooming"

She watched as the dead simply walked on thin air, rising as if there were steps or an incline that led them to the door of the castle. When she tried, nothing happened. There was only air and her foot landed on the ground, even though Mayu stood in front of her as if there was something holding her above it.
“Only the dead may climb, it seems,” she mused. “I really didn't think this whole thing through at all, did I?”

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 14/01/2026

You all thought I was joking, didn't you? I am absolutely not.

a white page with pink text that reads "A Path of a Thousand Blossoms" and black text showing the name Alina Lee and "No AI was used in the creation of this book"

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 08/01/2026

Post something beautiful to combat the awful. I find few things in life to be as soothing as Hidamari Sketch.

four anime girls sharing a meal at a restaurant, their table is near a window, and there is a stack of empty dishes in the middle

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 01/01/2026

If you see this, post a random image from your device:

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 15/12/2025

If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 12/12/2025

Smashwords is having an end-of-year sale, and I'm in on it! Grab any of my books at 75% off! I've got short story collections and novels up for grabs. #booksky #shortstory #fiction #wlw #writesky www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 27/11/2025

There is something very freeing about having a narrator who both rambles and may or may not know everything. #amwriting #writesky #writers #WIP

Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Nikitakatuku. He was not named Nikitakatuku at the time, but he’d long since chosen to discard the memory of what he’d been named when he was still a little boy, young and ignorant of the world, still flesh and blood rather than cloth, cog, and composites. He was a curious boy back then, with big, bright, brown eyes that took in so much of the wonders. Wonders as mundane to others as the herd of goats his family raised for their cheese business, or the way flowers poked out from under melting snow and seemingly-dead dirt. Wonders as delightful as those curious moments when the sun appeared in the night sky to bludgeon the moon with a stick made of stars welded together, resulting in a looming eclipse.
The simple wonders of The Realm, one could argue.

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