A. P. Howell

@aphowell.com

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SF/F/H writer. Member of Codex. She/her. Stories online and in anthologies. Web: aphowell.com Mastodon: https://wandering.shop/@aphowell Newsletter: sendfox.com/aphowell

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Pride Book Fair 2026 Bundle #4: A Good Day to Pride Hard; a black graphic with over thirty-five covers of various LGBTQIA+ fiction books available on itch.io.
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Cover of XVIII, black and white line art of an animal skull with a bird sitting in its mouth, dropping red berries.
Cover of Animal Noir. Anthropomorphic noir mysteries, edited by Elizabeth Mitchell. Anthropomorphic risograph animals stand against a black-and-white cityscape.
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Short Story Spotlight. A dragon happily curled up reading, in front of a set of book covers, accompanied by the text "and more for $20." Two of the book covers are for my stories "Like Gold Upon Her Tongue" and "Shared Space."
Paperback of Animal Noir, held in a white lady's left hand in front of a light gray wall. Anthropomorphic noir mysteries. Edited by Elizabeth Mitchell. Background image is a black and white cityscape. Foreground is a set of anthropomorphic animals rendered in collage/riso style.
Woodcut of a battlefield, prominently featuring a swordfight with a skeleton. Text reads: What are the four core character classes? Wrong answers only.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social skeet: Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men's hockey spectacularly sqaundered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as "pulled a Target." They pulled a Target. Immediately following is a quote-skeet by @nameshiv.bsky.social: official status designation fopr [sic] the US mens hockey team has dropped Quoted skeet by @outseide.bsky.social: Milkshake PUCK was right there Shiv
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Spring/Autumn Equinox Cozy itch.io Bundle. Image of a heart-shaped teacup and saucer sitting in a patch of sunlight beside lacy curtains.
A spider in its web, paying a lot of attention to an unfortunate insect.
Promotional image featuring all of the book covers, plus a starfield. Small is Magical. Itch.io bundle for short stories & novellas. 36 books for only $36. August 17 - 21.
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DVD cover of the anime series Dennou Coil, featuring two young girls being chased by a reddish jelly-bean shaped device with big, flat hands and a smiley face.
Promotional image with a starfield as background to a set of book covers. Science Fiction itch.io eBook Bundle. 29 ebooks for $23.20 (normally $105, save 78%). July 8 - 12. tinyurl.com/SFitch01.
Itch.io Indie Book Spotlight Pride Month Bundle. June 1st - June 30th. Rainbow text is framed by the covers of the included books.
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Promotional image featuring covers of the 11 books offered for $13.75 in the Sci-Fi & Fantasy (without spice) bundle.
Purple and pink background with 26 book covers. (One of them is for my story "When Mastered, a Graceful Accomplishment.") White text reads: Strong Women in Speculative Fiction Itch.io eBook Bundles. 2 bundles of 13 ebooks. $16.25 each.
Cover of Shared Space by A. P. Howell. Text is rendered in a bold black Courier font, over a stylized image of a cubicle farm.
Cover of Baubles From Bones Issue 3. Two travelers pause, in the medium distance, to regard a small village on a steep hillside. They are on a stony path stretching into the foreground, winding around a green hill; they are in shadow while the distant hillside is fully illuminated. The sky is blue and filled with clouds. Art by Lucas Kurz.
Cover of ParSec Issue 12, featuring a large blue crystalline/organic object, observed by a small figure in a space suit. Art by Jim Burns.
Rectangular graphic with a peach and gray watercolor-style border, with greenery at the upper left and lower right corners, and lightly calligraphic text reading: A. P. Howell 2024 Award Eligibility. "Adamere in Swan." Novelette, 8,600 words. ParSec Issue 12. "Farm Boy." Short Story, 1,000 words. Baubles From Bones Issue 3. aphowell.com.
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A stack of books on a stone-topped table: The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed, Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell, and The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills.
A bag of salt potatoes.
Legolas from Lord of the Rings, captioned "You have my bow."
The Kandyman from "The Happiness Patrol" episode of Doctor Who: A janky-looking android costume with a head made of tiny blue spheres, eyes resembling swirling peppermints, and foil mimicking facial hair.
My left hand holding a copy of Underland Arcana Deck Three, outside in natural sunlight. The cover is white, with a flight of keys rendered in black ink, with the occasional splash of red. The all point toward a large central lock reading "Deck Three."
A photo of my hand, holding a copy of Interzone 295 with a very pink cover.
Black and white photo of an Exmoor Horn ram, dubbed an "absolute unit" by the Museum of English Rural Life in their viral 2018 Twitter post.
A Space Invaders arcade game standing in the corner of gray and pink walls. Photo by Coentor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cover of Bullet Points Volume 3, depicting a line of soldiers and a tank in a desert environment.