Links, Books and About
As I can’t fit everything into my description box, let’s have a post!
Me
I’m an adult, Australian, autistic, agender, allosexual (abrosexual) aromantic (nebularomantic/arovague and idemromantic). The gods cursed me with mental illnesses, coeliac disease, dermatitis and chronic hand, wrist, shoulder and back pain ... leaving me with an equally-chronic spoon shortage. I make simple stock images for as many shades of the aromantic umbrella as possible, I sew and design cross-stitch pride patches, and I write flash fiction, short fiction and essays while sighing at the novel projects my chronic pain made me surrender. Lastly, I consider myself a loveless aro and have written an essay about that.
If you want to read my essays, head on over to the discussion post category on my Aro Worlds website.
If you want to help me survive capitalism as a disabled aro creator, please follow my pointing hands to Patreon and Ko-fi. Patrons get early access to stories, essay posts, images and patterns, as well as a few exclusive stories.
Aro Arrows
Aro Arrows is an archive of free to use aromantic-spectrum stock images intended for websites, flyers and publications, including:
Arrow dividers
Bunting banners
Banner bases
Gradient flags
Cross stitch icon bases
Text and page frames
Pixel art letter stickers and icons
Pixel art text stickers and banners
Block text stickers and banners
Phone-sized wallpapers and backgrounds
Combination (aro and non-aro identity) arrows and bunting
I’ve also started an archive category for high-res versions of aromantic pride flags. All flags here are 5000 x 3000, 300 PPI images with links to the original announcement post/flag creator.
Allo-Aro Information Hub
People should keep in mind that this is a work in progress and is in want of updating with more recent content. It is, however, somewhere folks can begin to find allo-aro-authored information, discussions and community.
Current pages include:
Allo-aro 101
Allo-aro friendly uses of a-spec terminology, a guide
Allo-aro erasure, a guide
Allo-aro community inclusion, a guide
My allo-aro manifesto
My allo-aro post archive
My allo-aro fiction archive
An allo-aro Tumblr community directory
An allo-aro flag guide
How allies should write allo-aro characters, a guide
How to ally, a post series
How (not) to ally, a post series
The main hub page also includes links to playlists, other folks’ essays and media posts.
Aro Pride Patch Tutorials
I have a tutorial series for making cross stitch pride patches, ranging from simple square flag designs to text, arrow, ace of spades and heart shapes! If you’re a beginner in hand sewing or embroidery, I recommend starting from the first tutorial and working your way through in order as listed here.
Folks can find my many patterns (including other queer and LGBTQIA+ patterns) archived in my patch pattern gallery.
Fiction and Books
Most of my fiction is free for anyone to read, even on Patreon!
Folks who are interested in shorter, stand-alone aromantic stories may enjoy:
Hallo, Aro
What If It Isn’t
The Wind and the Stars
Ringbound
Folks who want a longer, interconnected series of fantasy short stories and novelettes that aren’t just about aromanticism may enjoy:
The Mara and Esher stories
The Darius stories
The Eagle Court stories
Folks who want collections of aromantic stories may enjoy:
Hallo, Aro
Bones of Green and Hearts of Gold
When Quiver Meets Quill
Spirits Most Singular
Folks who want allosexual and non-asexual aromantic protagonists may enjoy:
Hallo, Aro
Bones of Green and Hearts of Gold
The Nine Laws stories
About my Blogs
@aroworlds: an archive for free creative media (fiction, poetry, art, images and music) encompassing as much of the aromantic spectrum as possible. Content is tagged by format, identity and creator.
Links: About | Content Advisory | Artist Profiles | Post Prompts | Links Page
@alloaroworlds: an archive for any allo-aro content (including creative media, positivity and discussion posts).
Links: About / Content Advisory
@aroflagarchive: an archive for aromantic spectrum (and related) flags. Content is tagged by identity and creator, meaning one can search for “aroace” or “aroflux” to find a wealth of flag variations.
