Frankie Screams Into The Void

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[free-queer-books]

It's Aromantic Visibility Day!

Here's some previously-featured aromantic books that are still free:

Novels and novellas

Demon King's Gardener series by Rori Thornton - Demon king and his human gardener, both aroacespec, in an eventual romantic and sexual relationship

Elite Hunter by Alexandra Gardner: Aroace deuteragonist in an eventual M/M relationship

Message of Tomorrow by Elia Emory - fantasy, aroace protagonist

Pixel by Lexa Chara Meadows - Cyberpunk, alloaro/aceallo

Unbury the Bones by Coyote J.M. Edwards - Aromantic vampire protagonist

Short stories

@aroworlds has written many stories, particularly with allo-aro characters

aromanticism by bracken - free interactive poem

Create Your Own Place by Darkyukifer - Platonic intergenerational bonding between an alloaro character and an aroace character

Zines

Two single-page zines - Am I the Only Aromantic Person on Earth? by ohnothankskid and arospec by nebula galaxy

Aromantic Experiences Zine - 70 page zine with material from 23 aro creators

Arospec 101 by Meeni Levi - exactly what the title says

red nebula: the secret third thing by nebula and red - zine about "labels, relationships, and breaking the platonic/romantic binary."

[qwertycake]

happy pride month! I'm gonna take a sec to share my queer novellas again!

🗡 ARMOURED BODY - Apothiplatonic-aro-ace non-binary knight (xe/xem) is given the thankless task of slaying a loathed dragon (and forced to reckon with parts of xemself xe didn't want to face).

🐙 DAWN & NOON & THE TIME-STEALING OCTOPI - Silly nonsense book about pirates, robots, and time shenanigans, featuring an aro pirate, a non-binary carpenter, a maedic/NBLW relationship, and found family.

both are free to read with no ads on AO3 and they're both less than 20k words long, so super quick to get through. more writing will be shared soon-ish!!

[muppetshow2026]

fucked up in the club asking the dj to play flight of the bumblebee

[thebibliosphere]

Every so often I catch a glimpse of the book drama going on over on the Insta/Threads sphere of the Internet, and it makes me so glad I’m considered too Tumblrina to sit at their tables.

What do you mean an author is railing against people using libraries/the Libby app because it’s “free” (it’s not. you as the author get money from the library purchasing the digital lending license) and meanwhile their book is on Amazon for free to try and get readers??? Hello????

[thebibliosphere]

“But if people read it for free they might like it want to buy the rest of my work!”

You mean like how people read books at libraries, and end up buying them if they like them?

“That’s not the same 😡”

Correct! Because again, libraries pay us. You putting your books up on Amazon for free means you get nothing.

[thebookewyrme]

I am staring directly into the camera like I’m on the Office in Librarian. Libraries are literally an author’s best friend. We get books to people they never would have known about otherwise, & create Fans out of disinterested bystanders. And! Libraries are often paying MORE for a book than the average user, at least for digital editions, because it is expected that the library will lend it to more people, so theoretically we need to pay more to compensate the authors! (This is not I think how it works in practice, it more often just benefits the digital lending company instead of the actual author but. Greed is ever thus). Also, in some countries (sadly not the US, boo hiss) authors get paid for every checkout of a book. So, you can literally get royalties on those “free” books. (Also, they’re not free, they’re paid for with tax dollars for the good of everyone). How some fool can think temporary freeness on Amazon Kindle is superior to libraries I cannot fathom. Like, how does this person even manage to function in the real world?

Anyway. Authors. Love your librarians. We love you and seek only to help you get more readers so you can write more books. We have a symbiotic relationship, each needs the other.

[sarahreesbrennan]

I have been saving screenshots kind people send me of All Hail Chaos having many library holds with glee. This is all beyond my comprehension. The library is where I found Terry Pratchett. The library is my friend.

[reenamccarty]

There are *so many authors* I autobuy now because I read one of their books at the library. Libraries give you a risk-free trial! They let you try things you might otherwise never even look and and sometimes you find a new favorite! Also, I feel way less weird about asking people to request that their local library buy my book than I do about asking them to buy it themselves, but that's a personal hangup.

Anyway, libraries are the best, support your local library!

[irltardis]

The amount of times I (a broke bitch 🤙) have bought a copy of a book BECAUSE I read a borrowed copy from the library and wanted my own copy!! (including prevs book - everyone check out The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains by Reena McCarty) I wouldn't be a reader without the library so I wouldn't be being any books

[irlpretear]

100 trans/genderqueer musicians

Bands

Against Me! (rock, folk punk) (x)

The Oozes (punk) (x)

The Hirs Collective (metal, grindcore) (x)

GEL (hardcore punk) (x)

Urn (hardcore punk) (x)

The Black Dresses (noise pop, hardcore hyperpop) (x)

Party Ghost (rock) (x)

Lagrimas (hardcore punk, scream punk) (x)

Doll Skin (rock) (x)

Dazey and the Scouts (rock, indie) (x)

G.L.O.S.S. (hardcore punk) (x)

Dog Park Dissidents (punk rock) (x)

She/Her/hers (rock) (x)

Deli Girls (hardcore electronic) (x)

Dream Nails (punk rock) (x)

Sarah and the Safe Word (rock, dark cabaret) (x)

Pinkie Promise (punk rock) (x)

B. Fraser (emo) (x)

Newgrounds Death Rugby (emo) (x)

Scowl (hardcore punk) (x)

Feminazgul (black metal) (x)

Sports Bra (dream pop, light rock) (x)

Club Sofa (indie pop) (x)

The Cost ov Living (grindcore, harsh noise) (x)

Kuromy (punk) (x)

The Sonder Bombs (indie, pop) (x)

Lidocaine (rock) (x)

I'm letting unseen forces take the wheel (cybergrind) (x)

Gum Disease (punk) (x)

Cam Girl (rock, trash rock) (x)

Gully Boys (grunge pop) (x)

Arcadia Grey (sparkle punk) (x)

Schmekel (folk punk) (x)

Destructo Disk (punk rock) (x)

User Unauthorized (hardcore punk) (x)

The Spook School (indie pop) (x)

Pinkshift (emo) (x)

Glass Beach (emo) (x)

Butch Baby (light rock) (x)

VIAL (indie punk) (x)

Sister Wife Sex Strike (folk punk) (x)

homewrecker. (metal, hardcore punk) (x)

Mega Mango (indie rock) (x)

Keep For Cheap (prarie rock) (x)

Steam Powered Giraffe (cabaret, steampunk) (x)

Thotcrime (grindcore, cybergrind) (x)

Whirlybird (indie pop) (x)

Kampsport (hardcore punk) (x)

Um Jennifer? (alt-rock, punk) (x)

Scarlet Demore (alt-rock) (x)

HappyHappy (folk, folk-punk) (x)

Queen Zee (punk) (x)

Grumpy Plum (slop pop) (x)

Cheap Perfume (punk) (x)

Pollyanna (power-pop, rock) (x)

Ballista (metalcore) (x)

Faetooth (fairy doom, metal) (x)

Lacerated (death metal) (x)

Fortuna Malvada (hardcore punk) (x)

Peach Rings (bedroom power-pop) (x)

Solo Artists

Laura Jane Grace (rock, folk punk) (x)

Left at London (pop) (x)

ZAND (pop, ugly pop) (x)

Ada Rook (hardcore electronic) (x)

Ms. White (pop) (x)

Rett Madison (indie, folk) (x)

Murder Person for Hire (folk) (x)

Backxwash (rap, industrial hip hop) (x)

LustSickPuppy (electronic, rap) (x)

Babylungs (electronic, rap) (x)

Human Kitten (folk punk) (x)

Harley Poe (folk punk) (x)

Ewy (emo, folk punk) (x)

Averstaskta (instrumental) (x)

Andie Schoen (indie) (x)

Elliot Lee (dark pop, electronic rock) (x)

Urias (hip hop, ballroom) (x)

Twink Obliterator* (cybergrind) (x)

Rio Romeo (cabaret punk, indie) (x)

Knife Girl (art pop, indie) (x)

Alexander James Adams (folk) (x)

Starmaxx (pop) (x)

Sofya Wang (pop, alt-R&B) (x)

Boy Jr (indie/alt pop) (x)

Medusa (revenge pop, hip-hop) (x)

Mal Blum (singer-songwriter, folk) (x)

Gina Young (riot grrrl) (x)

Petra Fiyd (indie pop) (x)

awfultune (bedroom pop) (x)

Quinn Hills (alternative pop) (x)

Femtanyl (electronic) (x)

Vivivivivi (electronic, glitchcore) (x)

Lilac Boy (glitchcore) (x)

Rosie Tucker (indie rock) (x)

Ryan Cassata (singer-songwriter) (x)

Pain Chain (noise, synth) (x)

In Love With A Ghost (electronic, lo-fi) (x)

Alice Longyu Gao (hyperpop) (x)

Prophetic Nightmares (ambient synthwave) (x)

Saint Wellesley (indie folk) (x)

[thesonofgaytan]

The Companions: After killing my abuser, I just feel hollow. I thought revenge would fulfil me. But really, it’s left me with more complicated feelings.

Rolan: BITCH!! NO SPINE HAVING ASS BITCH!! YOUR HOUSE IS MINE NOW!!

[woundedsoul12]

And this is why we love him

[scythlyven-art]

I gave up about halfway through but I still tried to finish it I hope you enjoy~

[muzzledjaw]

[emarttt]

Mom and dad everyone

I couldn’t help but sketch them after I saw the leak for season 4 of TLOVM, I can’t wait to see more !!

[funkyboxofinterests]

I’ve had the most specific reading experience with books lately

[daily-dropout-screenshots]

get on the merch, lawyer boy.

[burr-ell]

he doesn't miss him. please don't put it in the newspaper that he misses him

[multifandomfynn]

he really does have that autistic death stare down

[wide-eyedbrowns]

yvonne hartman may have an evil soul and despicable plans but say not a word about her hair game. she ruled torchwood with her twinky PA and a bombshell blowout

[demiiwhiffin]

the mortifying ordeal of committing to the bit

[livearound]

tweets i think about regularly

[mrsnaildood]

We Dance at the Hour of Vespers