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May I present my humble offering to anyone seeking a cozy sci-fi read?
Weaving In The Ends, a novella duology that starts with a summer fling & ends in a comedic Winter Solstice brawl.

It's a feel-good chosen family story that can be read as a standalone, or as an easy springboard into the world of 2 connected novels.
Print, ebook, & audio

https://books2read.com/WeavingInTheEnds

#Writing #Reading #Books #ScienceFiction #Romance #ChosenFamily #KnittingFiction

Green regtangle divided vertically. On the left, a block of text: Never Underestimate Knitters: Metal glinted between Serena's fingers, and she flung something at the front door. Two long, thin rods hit the wooden jamb one after the other and stuck there, quivering. She nodded at them while gazing at Felicity. “You taught him to use those. Do you still like a challenge?” Dee was staring at the door. “Are those knitting needles?” he asked. From the safety of the office Cee said, “Makes you think about her hobby a little differently, doesn’t it?” “It’s a craft, not a hobby,” Felicity said impatiently. “And yes, Serena, I do still like a challenge.” Right side: the cover of Weaving In the Ends by K. M. Herkes, from the "Stories of the Restoration" series. Cover graphic is a photo of pale hands knitting blue yarn on wood needles against a dark blue background

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Weaving In The Ends by K. M. Herkes

Kem Herkes

@kmherkes@wandering.shop · 2 days ago

May I present my humble offering to anyone seeking a cozy sci-fi read?
Weaving In The Ends, a novella duology that starts with a summer fling & ends in a comedic Winter Solstice brawl.

It's a feel-good chosen family story that can be read as a standalone, or as an easy springboard into the world of 2 connected novels.
Print, ebook, & audio

https://books2read.com/WeavingInTheEnds

#Writing #Reading #Books #ScienceFiction #Romance #ChosenFamily #KnittingFiction

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Weaving In The Ends by K. M. Herkes

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Jess Mahler

@JessMahler@indiepocalypse.social · 2 months ago

After a lifetime as a loner with no family, Tsouchm must now step up to become a parent and grandparent to five orphans and a spouse whose the love ey thought far beyond eir reach. Lefeng’s determination took them this far. Can Tsouchm take step in Lefeng falters?

Planting Life in a Dying City is a full length novel and chosen family fantasy set in a bronze-age world.

Find it now on
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPP3C99B
Other retailers: https://books2read.com/u/3JOR5E

#Fantasy #ChosenFamily #Queer

Image is split in half. Left side says “Seven strangers. One chance to make a family.” Dark blue text on yellow background, surrounded by dark blur border. Right side is a book cover. Central image is a seedling growing out of a small pile of dirt, surrounded by a golden oval. Text: “Planting Life in a Dying City” “Jess Mahler”. Background is a faded image of an ancient city.

Jess Mahler

@JessMahler@indiepocalypse.social · 2 months ago

Planting Life in a Dying City is a full length novel and chosen family fantasy set in a bronze-age world.

Find it now on
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPP3C99B
Other retailers: https://books2read.com/u/3JOR5E

#Fantasy #ChosenFamily #Queer

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Jess Mahler

@JessMahler@indiepocalypse.social · 3 months ago

Planting Life in a Dying City is a chosen-family fantasy set in an bronze age world. Including polyamory, agender societies, challenging the status quo, trauma recovery, elder characters, autistic characters, and second chances.

Now available for pre-order

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPP3C99B
Other retailers: https://books2read.com/u/3JOR5E

#Polyamory #Fantasy #ChosenFamily #Queer #books

Jess Mahler

@JessMahler@indiepocalypse.social · 3 months ago

Now available for pre-order

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPP3C99B
Other retailers: https://books2read.com/u/3JOR5E

#Polyamory #Fantasy #ChosenFamily #Queer #books

Jess Mahler

@JessMahler@indiepocalypse.social · 6 months ago

Write 500 words and edited 1500 words of Planting Life today. It's coming along well and I'm tentatively setting the release date for mid November.

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The hearth would be the first step, Chotaikytsai decided. The hearth was the heart of the home, as well as being namesake for two of their family. It needed to be respected.

In eir mind, ey drew out a map of how the home would look. Beds for children and grandparents there, along the west wall. Near to the door in case of emergency. Parents opposite on the east wall. Storage, food, logs around the hearth covered with rugs and furs for sitting.

Woven rushes across the floor, and eventually hangings on the walls to add more color…

Yes. It would take time, but they could do it.

First, though, to move the blankets in. Proper beds would wait, get them in out of the sun immediately.

#Snippet #PlantingLife #ChosenFamily

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@technotenshi@infosec.exchange · 7 months ago

Seventeen years ago, I thought I was in a cis-hetero relationship, trying to fit into the norms everyone around me expected. I wore the gender roles others gave me and performed a script that never felt like mine.

Today, I’m a trans girl in a loving, joyful lesbian relationship. My little one is queer, and during this Pride Month, all their closest friends have come out too.

This weekend, we celebrated my little one’s birthday in Capitol Hill—Seattle’s gayest neighborhood. Pride flags were everywhere, queer people surrounded us, and I felt such a sense of safety, belonging, and celebration. In our group of eight, only two were not queer—and for that moment, I wasn’t the odd one out. I felt the joy of being part of a majority—a community that embraced me just as I am.

I am so grateful to see my little one with like-minded friends, living free of the judgment and rejection I faced when I was young.

Happy Pride, fam! Let’s celebrate who we are, together. 🌈✨

#PrideMonth #QueerJoy #ChosenFamily #TransLove