ash vale

@ashvalewrites.bsky.social

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🇨🇦 canadian writer, game master, gremlin (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 co-founder @othersidespec.bsky.social 🖋 fantasy, romance, horror 📖 works at Nightmare, Heartlines, PseudoPod, Small Wonders and more website: https://ash-vale.ca/

A very fluffy, large cat standing with her foot fully in the water dish
A very good cat laying on his back with his paws curled up. He is black and white.
A disgusting looking squishy bunny toy. It's missing an ear, covered in some kind of white stuff, and has an eye melting off
A black and white old cat, peering menacingly over a blanket barrier
my daughter is almost 3 (he is 5) she loves frozen (does he like frozen?) she likes our cats (does he have pets?) she loves her grandparents (will he see his again?) is he scared? (she would be so scared) does he miss his mom? (she cries at daycare drop-off sometimes) he's wearing a bunny hat (she sleeps with a stuffed pig) he is 5 (what are we doing) she is almost 3 (what the fuck are we doing)
Picture of Bean the cat. She has very green eyes, and long brown/black/white fur. She's pretty cute.
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag Bunny by Mona Awad Metal From Heaven by august clarke The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield The Traitor & the Wretch by Jasmine Walls
The cover for The Traitor & the Wretch by Jasmine Walls, displayed on a kobo ereader.
A pink and blue image. At the top it says "awards eligibility (short stories) for Ash Vale". The stories are: “Dread and Faith” Blood Lust (Black Hare Press), February 2025 (horror, 800 words). “Hope Carried on An ANcient, Isolated Back” Dreamforge Anvil, March 2025 (Fantasy, 2,700 words). “Fireweed, ferns, and Moss” Choices: An anthology of reproductive horror, Sept 2025 (cli-fi/horror, 2,700 words). “Results of Groundwater formaldehyde reduction...” DIe laughing, October 2025 (Horror/comedy, 1,200 words). “Lanugo” Uncharted, December 2025 (Horror, 2,400 words).
A latte in a decorative gold rimmed cup. It has lots of foam and little purple petals on top.
I am In your area, With the boys, Can I bring you a coffee? A grandpa to a little one About the same age Can I show you some pictures? Going to get tickets To that thing you like Can you come? Packing up clothes That no longer fit my kids Can you use them? Making a blanket For your baby Can you let me know what colours you like? Sorry, Immeasurably, For your loss and Can I hold your grief? Sending you Way, way too many Instagram reels Can I send you one more? It's really good I promise Coming over with dad And supper And fresh bread And a fix for that thing you said was broken Can you let us in? And isn't that really what's being asked Again and again Heart to heart Can you let us in?
Black text on a white background. The text reads "Alt txt in the genocide. Image description #1: the warm hand of the father, the warm hand of the daughter, together clasp the cold son. Image description #2: please don't make me write another, I beg you. How many hauntings must we bear"
Text that says 399 backers
A still frame from 2001 movie "Donnie Darko." It's a shot of Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays Donnie, laughing somewhat hysterically. He's in his bed, with a soft blue shirt on.
A stack of library books that includes: Fat Talk, The Spear Cuts through Water, The Anxious Generation, I Who Have Never Known Men, My Best Friend's Honeymoon, and He Who Drowned the World
A very large and fluffy cat. She's brown, white and black, and has a really silly look on her face.
A black cat standing in the interior of a car. The text around it is just a bunch of nonsense yelling
Screenshot of the news section of a website. Under top stories, it links to an article headline that says "a modder has already removed all the fog from silent hill f"
A pink and black wavy background. The text on the image says "Flights of Foundry" at the top, and then Ash's schedule for the weekend. Sept 27, 10 am MT: Chill-n-Chat with the @othersidespec.bsky.social editors 9 pm MT: A reading! By me! Help Sept 28, 10 am MT: Panelist on Creating While Parenting 4 pm MT: Moderator for Gods Help Us: Processing Religious Trauma through Spec Fic
Mini pumpkin and zucchini muffins with chocolate chips. They're cooling on a wire rack. There is a small seasonal bouquet of flowers behind them.
An artsy photo of a latte on a brown wooden table.
A silver laptop cover. It has a bunch of stickers on it, but most notably an Otherside holographic one
A vet's office with an office chair. In it is a white and grey kitten sitting politely. Under a cabinet nearby is a large Bengal cat.
The freebie booth at Seattle WorldCon. Below Clarkesworld cards, there are cards for Otherside Spec, a new magazine of speculative fiction, poetry and art by queer creators.
Ash, a white person in their 30s. They have pink and blonde hair, and a white mask on. They're giving the peace symbol
A small black and brown dog with a cheesy smile. It has hearts all around its head
A fake wood kitchen island. On it are two large yellow zucchini squash
A large squash plant growing on a trellis. It has one squash starting to grow.
Ash, a white person in their 30s with chest length blonde hair. They're wearing a green flannel shirt. Their tongue is sticking out and it's very blue
A book sitting on a grey couch. The cover has a large bat with flowers around it. The title is "Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng" by Kylie Lee Baker
A wooden raised garden bed sitting in the grass. Inside the bed there are 4 green tomato plants with green trellises, a zucchini plant, a squash plant with a trellis, and a large row of carrots.
Book cover for Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta. The text is a purple, pink and yellow gradient, and there is a woman's reclined face with a monstrous hand to the side of it.
A large brown and black, fluffy cat sitting on a patterned black and white rug. She has bright green eyes.
A page from Metal in Heaven. The text reads "Forgive me that another place could so quickly become my home. Forgive me for loving twice. I'll do it again. I'll fall in love again. It doesn't diminish you. It was for you, in its way. We fell in love together, the shard of you in my brain and me."
A horse looking contemplatively over the ocean. The text at the top says "man"
A book propped up against a grey couch. It's a large, hardcover red book. It has a black and white photograph of AIDS activists. The title is Let The Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993, by Sarah Schulman.
A black fireplace set into a white wall. Inside the fireplace is a white-skinned plastic baby doll with pink clothes.
A small rhubarb plant that's thriving!
A very large, fluffy cat named Bean. She's laying on a hardwood floor surrounded by cheap, plastic easter eggs. There are some underneath her too.
A bath bomb made to look like a yellow chick. It has orange feet and black eyes and looks like its staring into the abyss.
A white and brown cat laying on a pillow looking heartbroken
A white van with 2 red hockey nets on top. The license plate says LOOVE and on the side, in duct tape, is written "stop war, play hockey".
A small black and brown dog smiling with hearts above its head.
Serena Gomez looking pained. The caption says SHIT
Picture of Antoni from queer eye looking afraid. The caption says "gay fear"
Cover of Hammajang Luck soft cover. It features the main character, Edie, wearing a red hoodie, jeans and boots, looking out over a futuristic city.
A backyard with some patio furniture. There's a little skiff of snow on the ground.
A large, fluffy cat. Her coat is different shades of brown and she has bright green eyes.
Picture of Ash, a white person in their mid-30s with chest-length blonde hair. They have a large tattoo on their arm of The Golden Compass
Book cover for Iris Kelly Doesn't Date. It has a blue background and in the foreground are two white women. One has curly brown hair and is dressed in neutral, more masc clothes, and the other is a very pale redhead in a tied Jean top and a floral skirt.
A picture of a TV screen. On the screen there's a photo of a bunch of fuzzy brown penguins.
A clay figurine of a Norwegian troll. It has a large belly with pants hanging loose around it. It has a jolly face, a very large, bulbous nose, and brown eyes. It also has a lot of wiry head on its head.
A crab holding a knife
A very fluffy brown cat laying on a couch on the floor. She has a pillow, a book, and several toys on her.
A purple fairytale background. A white logo is in the foreground that seems to feature a sword with a ring around it, but it's blurred for effect.
A white person with medium length blond hair. They're holding their fingers up in a peace sign.
A large brown and orange cat named Bean. She's laying in a bed and has a very pleased look on her face.
a small black and brown dog with a very goofy grin. He has little hearts around his head
Screenshot of a weather app. It says the temperature is -31C, and with the wind chill feels like -41C.