Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com Trans independent journalist. Policy researcher. Youth gender-affirming care ban survivor. Occasionally hated by red states for asking too many questions.
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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team i'm the most RESPECTFUL transsexual journalist in the world™
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social evolutionary genomics of maize and wild relatives. erstwhile ethnobotanist. purveyor of bad puns. dad. prof and HPC director at UC Davis. not actually a cool cow from 1994. rilab.ucdavis.edu. views, especially bad ones, mine only (he/him)
natou @tichatnwa.bsky.social digital courtesan • full time artist • part time muse • queer • mentally ill • anarchist • haitian • switchy succubus with a bad attitude • im probably rolling a blunt • she/they/it • pdx
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Deesha Philyaw @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social Author of THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN (on sale 9.29.2026; pre-order: https://bit.ly/firstladyfreeman) and THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
la grande dame du jazz & l'incomparable chanteuse @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app poet, visual artist, & nyeusiphile
entering my fifth intermediate period of poetry
Crystal Wilkinson @crystalwilki.bsky.social Novelist, Food Advocate, Professor. National Bestselling Author of PRAISESONG FOR THE KITCHEN GHOSTS, PERFECT BLACK, BIRDS OF OPULENCE
https://linktr.ee/CrystalWilkinson?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=d3c6b47f-690c-483b-9898-8faed08cd35d
Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social THE GREAT WHEREVER (forthcoming from Holt, summer ‘26); COMPANY, 2024 winner of the L.A.Times Book Prizes Award for First Fiction: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/company. Mom, twin mom, lawyer, Silver Springer. She/her
Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social Christina Sharpe. Writer/Professor/CRC. Ordinary Notes (2023). In the Wake: On Blackness & Being (2016). Monstrous Intimacies (2010). What Could a Vessel Be? (2027). Black. Still. Life. (2028) Agent: Jackie Ko/Wylie
Jacky Alciné @jacky.wtf Captain of @olamaelcu.net + other things.
I write on my blog at https://www.jacky.wtf.
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social Pre-order Bogland at https://wwnorton.com/books/bogland
Author, scientist, mom. Bog adventurer. Permafrost detective. Learn more at merrittraeturetsky.com
Michael G. Williams 🏳️🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social I write queer horror & sci fi. Gay, Appalachian native, infosec professional, 2020 Manly Wade Wellman winner, co-host of Arcane Carolinas. He/him. michaelgwilliamsbooks.com #BlackLivesMatter #TransLivesMatter #SFWA #HWA #LGBTQ #FuckICE
Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social Daily #ShareGoodNewsToo
Novelist (SF & fantasy), historian (UChicago Renaissance, censorship, radical thought), composer (filk, Norse myth), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), pics #SomethingBeautiful Blog exurbe.com Podcast “Beforecast”
Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social Assistant Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Toronto Mississauga
Co-Director, APPLY Lab (www.applylab.org)
Least important mammal in his house (just ask the cats).
"If vision worked like *that*, we'd all be dead."
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social critic @vulture
Redwall Feasts Bot @redwallfeasts.bsky.social Delicious descriptions from the kitchens at Redwall Abbey // every four hours // artwork by Christopher Denise // powered by @bluebotsdonequick.com
Firestorm Books @firestorm.coop Queer feminist collective in Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on Tsalagi land. Ⓐ Ⓔ Ⓥ
DFW Support Committee @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social https://www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWprotestors
Danny Caine @dannycaine.com author HOW TO PROTECT BOOKSTORES AND WHY • work @ Institute for Local Self-Reliance • books from Microcosm, Mason Jar Press, Autofocus and more • dannycaine.com
LaDarrion Williams @itsladarrion.bsky.social USA Today & New York Times Bestselling Author of Blood at the Root. Also a Playwright, screenwriter, and filmmaker.
Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social Archaeologist, anthropologist, once upon a time blogger. Author “The Future of Nuclear Waste”, “Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives”, “Sites, Traces and Materiality”. Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, Honorary PhD, Leiden Univ
Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social feelings, now more than ever!
wrote some stuff in some places
Dr. Headbutt 🌈🧪 @nicoleackermans.com Assistant prof neuroscientist studying TBI in headbutters 🐏🐂🐐🪶 at U of Alabama CVN lab.
Science correspondent for DTNS.
I'll happily ID the random bone you found in the woods!
Tell Your Cat I Said... @allmydeadcats.com Empathetic and friendly pet end-of-life advice from @sesmith.lol, author of ALL MY DEAD CATS: PRACTICING GOOD GRIEF IN A CULTURE THAT FEARS MOURNING (July 2026).
Read, subscribe, and order my book at allmydeadcats.com.
paris martineau @paris.nyc investigative journalist @consumerreports.org • tech podcastin’ @twit.tv • previously @ The Information & Wired • @parismartineau on the other site
send tips: paris@cr.org, or securely via Signal (267.797.8655) or Proton (tips@paris.nyc)
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The Terry Pratchett Estate @terrypratchett.bsky.social Official account of the Terry Pratchett Estate. The first place for Discworld, Good Omens & Terry Pratchett news.
Richard Roberts @inscrutablemachine.bsky.social Writer of the Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm A Supervillain series and a bunch of books that are awesome but don't sell as well. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Richard-Roberts/author/B005XOLGVU
I tell a lot of funny stories.
(He/Him)
Dr Samuel McLean - This Meeting Could Have Been A Fistfight @canadianerrant.bsky.social Maritime Historian. Chief Mate (150 GT). Dad & Husband. Gardener, Cook & Brewer. Ngāi Tahu & McLean of Duart. Toitū te Tiriti. TCEU 416/CUPE L79. Canadian & Kiwi. Go Blue Jays. Cymru am byth. Alba gu brath. Go All Blacks. He/Him. Likes fashion/style
Meghan McCarron @meghanmccarron.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering food & culture. Work in NYT, Atlantic, Bon Appetit. Also a science fiction writer. Recent work in Lightspeed. Nebula & World Fantasy finalist. I live in Los Angeles.
Trash Mob Minis @trashmobminis.bsky.social (He/Him) Minis that put the “best” In bestiary
Join the Trash Mob! https://www.patreon.com/trashmobminis
Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com Author: Tigers Between Empires (2025). Owls of the Eastern Ice (2020, Best Book per NYT/WSJ, PEN America winner, Nat Book Award longlist). Work: Regional Director Temperate Asia @wcs.org. Home: Mpls https://linktr.ee/jslaght
NYC Public Library Action Network @nycplan.org To amplify, strengthen, and progress the futures of New York City’s three public library systems through community-led organizing, action, and increased funding.
https://nycplan.org/
SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social Writer, whiskey drinker and cat dad
Ndgree, the Grand Remonstrator @ndgree.bsky.social Travel tips, complaints, and observations from 6 years of full-time travel.
Mom of @Faineg but not responsible for Alf except tangentially.
Likes are free. Don’t be stingy.
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social “Hilarious.” - Stephen Fry. “Made me laugh out loud.” - David Sedaris. “Very funny.” - Kate Atkinson. "Psychedelic." - The Guardian. “Not humerus at all.” - Amazon reviewer. https://www.tom-cox.com/
Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net Michele Banks
Artist inspired by science
Friend to squirrels
https://www.etsy.com/shop/artologica/ 
Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social (he/him) Author, podcaster & tabletop games writer. Books: The Game Changers, Coward, The Honours & The Ice House.
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-game-changers-how-playing-games-changed-the-world-and-can-change-you-too-tim-clare/7687024
Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com It’s no neopets, but…
Comedy, writing, podcasts
Collab: workwithme@akilahhughes.com
Listen to How is This Better
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-is-this-better/id1815792142
Listen to REBEL SPIRIT rebelspiritpodcast.com
Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social Former Producer/Head of PR at MyDearest. Used to write about games at GamesBeat, Game Informer, Kinda Funny, Restart Dot Run, Fanbyte full time; IGN, Kotaku, Washington Post, basically everywhere freelance. Contact: imran@prosekhans.com. He/him.
People's Book @peoplesbooktakoma.com Mom 'n pop bookshop in downtown Takoma Park, MD. New books, hot zines, and Sunday storytimes. We're DC City Paper's Best Bookstore of 2026, 2025 and 2024. 👍 See upcoming events and membership options here: https://wfr.bio/peoplesbook
Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social Writer of dictionaries and books about nerd fights at the dictionary factory (WORD BY WORD [2017]; TRUE COLOR [2026]; more TK). niila myaamia. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2106554/kory-stamper/
Barg @barghestblack.bsky.social Barg (she/they) - VFur! / Artist / Streamer / Full Time Toy Designer / 18+
I have a lot of hobbies I'm sorry
Banner: syakunetuu
Icon: hisurii
Ask OC questions -> barghestblack.straw.page
Nsfw -> Bargnoir
Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social Writer. Canadian. May I be a star in the dark time. She/her. My opinions & views are mine alone. Am guaranteed AI-free.
Farming While Beige @sylvanaquafarms.bsky.social linktr.ee/sylvanaquafarms for my book (First Generation Farming), meat, poultry, eggs, pet treats, merch, and mutual aid.
Punished Cat Guy (aka Johnny Bag o’ Snails) @majima.club 🏳️⚧️ Cat-loving disabled autistic. Kamurocho’s #1 Majima simp, kitten wrangler. Pillbug-pilled. Mothmaxxing. Purveyor of deep cuts. Walks with an air of confidence rarely seen in this day and age
Buy shit from me!
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I ❤️ my schnauzer. Hawaii. ✡️🕊️ She/her.
Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide:
https://imakeupworlds.com/where-should-i-start-with-your-novels/
geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social festive seasonal homosexual, tinned fish enthusiast, citrus enjoyer, los angeles evangelist, he/him
made @fionaapplebot.bsky.social
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Martha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social More like Aunty Mame every day. Behold fat femme wizardry, bisexual hullabaloo, culinary feats of derring-do, progressive theology, and kitty cats. Probably posting from the bath. she/her
Nashville-->Boston-->SF-->OAKLAND BABY
Emily Monosson @emonosson.bsky.social Trained as toxicologist. Now I write. New book, Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic. Next book, Toxic Legacy: from early Earth to the industrial age why some chemicals are more harmful than others. Also think about non traditional ways to do science 🧪
Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social Artist/marine geophysicist (PhD Physics)
Printmaker
Find/contact me at:
minouette.Etsy.com
minouette.blogspot.ca
Instagram.com/the.minouette
https://cara.app/minouette
I post art, science, #sciart and stuff with typos. She/her, Settler in Tkaronto 🇨🇦
Shane M. Bailey @shanembailey.com Comic Colorist/Web Design-Dev/Writer
Portfolio at https://cara.app/shanembailey
shanembailey@gmail.com for coloring opportunities/commissions
He/Him - 🏳️🌈 Ally
Comics will heal your heart, kid. - Me (after Kirby)
Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social A husband, father, actor, director, & a climate justice advocate with an eye out for a better, brighter, cleaner, & more hopeful future for all of us.
Veronica Roth @veronicarothbooks.com Recently: Seek the Traitor's Son (dystopian fantasy)
Next: The Sixth Faction (a Divergent alternate universe story)
Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social Naturalist, Author, Peru wildlife guide, all photos mine 📷 Brain-only creator🪲 Host of the So Much Pingle herpetology podcast 🐸 Co-author of "The Field Herping Guide" 📗 Co-creator of HerpMapper (herpmapper.org) 🦎 Herpetofauna blogger at fieldherping.org 🐢
Kaveh Taherian @kavehtaherian.bsky.social Author & illustrator of PermaFriends, Mothman’s Compendium of Southern California Cryptids, and Avocado Chronicles. I also co-host @500OpenTabs.bsky.social and sometimes I do movie stuff.
https://www.blacksmithfilms.com/store
Dove 🐥 @dovahcaine.bsky.social iranian concept artist & illustrator
26 || she/her
open for work! AI / NFTS fuck off
#eldenring #art #burnoutproject
dovahcaine@gmail.com
etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Dovahcaine
Roya Shahidi | Looking for work @rsdream12.bsky.social (They/She) Iranian American story artist and animator | Coordinator @ Studio Sunflower
https://royashahidi.carrd.co/
John Chu @johnchu.bsky.social The writer who won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. Not the movie director. (He/him/his) Mastodon: @john_chu@wandering.shop 
Full Story Baltimore @fullstorybaltimore.tours Walking tours for the curious and compassionate
Find more info & get tickets at https://fullstorybaltimore.tours !
FAQ page @ https://fullstorybaltimore.tours/frequently-asked-questions/
Logo by @curses.zone 🙌
indi @indik.bsky.social "but who are we, so small in times such as these?"
#Mefite. Here to talk to my friends. Posts seldom, reposts lots. Super boring.
PBS News @pbsnews.org We are home to the PBS News Hour and @washingtonweekpbs.bsky.social.
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski Bluesky literacy crisis actor. Opinions mine.
📍Charlottesville
en / de / es
Posts autodelete after 2 days or if viral. Some posts automated.
Web:
- emilygorcenski.com
- registry.blue
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social research on the UN, peacekeeping, peace processes, and international relations. interested in joy, screwball comedy. custodian of world’s sweetest dog. opinions mine! 🧿🦒
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social Priest, mediaevalist, geek, Scot. All views personal. She/ her
Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social Weird little stories in Analog, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and other fantastical places. Always seeking human creativity (NO AI), coffee, and petrichor. https://www.marvincent.com/
Currently in the liminal space known as novel revisions. 📝✍️✍️
Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social your friendly neighborhood soft butch // she/her // @thesicktimes.org engagement editor // http://theheatherhogan.substack.com // #LongCOVID
What The Trans?! 🏳️⚧️ @whatthetrans.com News outlet for trans people, by trans people
Podcasts, articles and live reporting
WhatTheTrans.com
Navigation: #Podcast #Article #Opinion #Analysis #Interview #LiveReport #Protest #Action #Fundraiser #Research #Photography #UK #US #Japan #World
Dr. Jen M @awesomebiota.bsky.social PT Bio Prof 🧪, mycologist 🍄, knitter 🧶, urban wanderer 🥾, captain of the Thoop Troop 🍲, ice cream eater 🍦, follower of Floaty Boaties 🛳️⛴️🚢.
Halifax, NS
📝 https://medium.com/@jennifer.mcdonald_12106
☕️ https://ko-fi.com/awesomebiota
Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social Ras Beiruti journalist & writer
Senior Reporter in Beirut, Al Jazeera English
Non resident fellow, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy '25-'26
Journalist-in-residence, Orient-Institut Beirut '25
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I report on ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant.
Third-Country Removal Tracker: https://gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all-of-trumps-third-country-removals-that-we-know-of/
Signal: gbrockell.44
C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social https://cen.acs.org/
Sharing the world of #chemistry: News🗞 Research⚗️ Infographics #PeriodicGraphics ℹ Pictures #CENChemPics 📷 Comics #SketchChemistry 🗯 #FluorescenceFriday ❇️
Deanna Hoak @deannahoak.bsky.social Copyeditor specializing in fantasy and science fiction. 
Sarah, manic pixie dream MILF @goatsarah.org 👩🏼❤️💋👩🏼,🩷🩵🤍🩵🩷,🟤🟡🦋🟠🔴➕💊,∞,💛⬜️🔵🔴🟣,🔜🔵🟡,🧗🏻♀️,⛵️,🐎(🔥),🏠🟰🟢🟡🔴
Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social Natee Himmapaan (Puttapipat). Illustrator. Londoner.
Art, literature, history, natural history, food, handwriting.
Depression, anxiety, & all that jazz.
Fatigued by and bitter about social media.
Non-binary (they/them). 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/himmapaan
Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social Baltimore-based indie bookstore. Currently online until we get a new space for the bookstore. Generally won't DM people, unless maybe you're a publisher and we need info to stock your books.
https://carpelibrumbaltimore.com/
Rebekah Baglini @rbkh.bsky.social Associate Professor of Linguistics at Aarhus University + Interacting Minds Ctr.
Semantics, pragmatics, NLP.
Co-Director Center for Language Generation & AI (http://clai.au.dk) and TEXT Center (text.au.dk).
🇺🇸 immigrant in 🇩🇰. She/her.
Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social Bestselling author of 50+ books. PRINCESS ACADEMY, AUSTENLAND, PRINCESS IN BLACK, REAL FRIENDS, DREAM ON, ITTY BITTY KITTY-CORN. Mom of 4 awesome young adults. she/her. Curiosity and compassion. www.shannonhale.com
Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social writer. gardener. cailleach na luatha 🦋
moryan.com 💚
linktr.ee/maureenryan 🚀
I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica. I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. I’ve been a critic & journalist for 100 years. More at links above 🌸 Abolish ICE
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
alexwinter.com
Krista D Ball is Canada's Trade War Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social Krista D. Ball is an award winning Canadian author who hasn't met a potato she didn't like.
Krista's motto: don't let the randos steal your joy. She posts on reddit: she's been called worse by better than you.
kristadball.com for books, contact, etc.
Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social Writer
Julie Ingersoll @julieingersoll.bsky.social Author: "Building God's Kingdom" (OUP). I teach and write about religion, politics, violence, and the far right. I'm probably in my camper.
Void (they) ON BREAK @gendervoid.gay 784 yr old eldritch whore.🖤
21+ MDNI
6’ demon. 😈
SW. MA. Abolition. Harm Reduction. Indigenous. ACAB.
Be kind and do good recklessly. 🖤
🧏♿️🇲🇽🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ENG/ESP/ASL
Runs @mutualaidvoid.bsky.social 💕💸
https://linktr.ee/gendervoid.gay
Feral Appalachian witch in Texas 🌞🌻🏳️🌈 @cybrarerin.bsky.social Hikes and crochet.
She/they 🏳️🌈
STEM Librarian, Critical AI literacy professor
Feral Appalachian witch and general menace with Crohn’s disease living on DMB, Cleveland baseball and all the books.
Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social 📚The new, non-Twitter home of #MSWL! We are a way for agents and editors to tell writers what they *wish* they had in their inboxes. Full agent profiles here: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/ Newsletter: https://manuscriptwishlist.com/subscribe 
Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org Gaming & Rescue Cats! I stream games and my kittencam to raise $ to support cat rescue & TNR, shelter & foster cats! Registered 501c3 non-profit in Northeastern MD 🏳️⚧️ Cat Dad
https://linktr.ee/crits4cats
Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com Writer of queer romance and sff. Half agony, half hope, bisexual. She/her. Romance fiction columnist for the NYTBR: #RomanceColumn OliviaWaite.com
The Poster's Madness Mutual Aid Telethon @posters-madness.bsky.social to spare ourselves watching the State of the Union, we threw a 4-hour PowerPoint party for some of Bluesky's most unhinged posters to share their hot takes and raise over $21k for mutual aid. Watch the whole thing at https://postersmadness.wordpress.com
Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | indexer | lay canon @stedscath.bsky.social | series editor for @universitypress.cambridge.org
Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social Hugo and Nebula nominated author with over 100 works in print, computer programmer, weirdo from Cleveland.
Class-conscious science fiction. Unionize the world.
Marianne Kirby @therotund.bsky.social Writer, editor, semi-professional fat person.
SFF/spec/soft horror/whatever. Here for the weird stuff.
she/they
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Timberdoodle @timberdoodlydoo.bsky.social Same weird forester/forest ecologist/occasional essayist you knew from Twitter. Just a big damn squirrel specializing in regenerative forestry practices and encouraging old growth character
Known by some as "Gandalf" and "That God Damned Tree Wizard"
STP Guy @stpguy3.bsky.social Reviewing the UK's Sticky Toffee Puddings
70k on Instagram (with full review backlog)
90k on Tiktok
ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com Senior editor at The American Prospect, cohost and producer of the @leftanchor.bsky.social podcast https://www.patreon.com/leftanchor
Newsletter: https://www.ryanlcooper.com/
Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co Hey, I'm a climate and energy writer / data analyst who focuses on corporate + govt accountability
Creator + curator of the Greensky feed: https://ketanjoshi.co/greensky/
Based in Oslo but write about US, Europe, Aus too - ketan.joshi85@gmail.com
Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social Author of bawdy romcoms with a big ♥. She/her. Out now: ZOMROMCOM and SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE!
My website: oliviadade.com
My newsletter: http://go.oliviadade.com/Newsletter