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First Place Winner (July 2025) "The Parking Placard (Black 'n) Blues" / Short Stories & Poems | Underground Bookshelf It’s an epiphany when you realize for the first time that the white stick-figure on the blue parking sign is you. That's you. Now you can park in that fat sirloin of a spot. Now you are “the disabled....

What a great short #memoir by @wheelieoutthere.bsky.social about the journey to self-acceptance and adapting mentally and physically to #disability living! Thanks for sharing your story!

#booksky #readsky #writesky #disabilitysky #shortstory #disabled

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#Boston #booksky, I need help stocking the shelves of the free secondhand #bookshelf. I’m low on #comics, #graphicnovels, #childrensbooks, and #middlegradebooks, but looking for all genres/ages. If you can help DM or email me at contact.undergroundbookshelf@gmail.com

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Graphic Novels and Comic Books on Protest and Activism Part 1 | Underground Bookshelf Graphic novels and comic books have long carried lessons of inclusion, fighting for what's right, and compassion for others hidden within their pages, but the books listed below make a point of teachi...

The latest resource - Graphic Novels and Comic Books on Protest, Activism, and Social Justice Part 1

#graphicnovels #comics #comicbooks #activism #socialjustice

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August 2025 Writing Contest Submissions | Underground Bookshelf We all want to be seen, understood, and accepted for who we are. Coming off the backs of LGBTQ (June) and Disability (July) Pride Months and starting Transgender History and Muslim Appreciation and Aw...

The theme for the August #writingcontest is FEELING SEEN!

We all want to be seen, understood, and accepted for who we are.

#shortstories, #flashfiction, #poetry, #microfiction, short #memoir, and first chapters welcome.

#writesky #booksky #readsky

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YA Books with Transgender Representation / Resources | Underground Bookshelf Below is a collection of books with transgender representation and/or books written by transgender authors. Literary representation is an important part of overcoming social stigma against trans and n...

Happy Transgender History Month!

Here’s a throwback to a resource list for YA books with trans representation:

www.underground-bookshelf.com/resources/19...

#yabooks #books #booksky #transhistorymonth #transgender #reading #writesky #readsky

I bring the free bookshelf with me to festivals, fairs, and other community spaces as a way to bring books into the community and help make literature free and accessible to as many people as possible.

#Boston #booksky, I’m looking to stock the shelves of the free secondhand #bookshelf. I’m particularly low on #comics, #graphicnovels, #childrensbooks, and #books for #middlegradereaders, but looking for all genres/ages. If you can help DM or email me at contact.undergroundbookshelf@gmail.com

Thanks so much for sharing your story!

🐉 🌈📚 New LGBTQ+ book releases: July 24, 2025.

🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR

Happy reading, y'all! 🖤🤟🏼

#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia

🐉 🌈📚 New LGBTQ+ audiobook releases: July 24, 2025.

🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR

Happy reading, y'all! 🖤🤟🏼

#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia

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I don’t have the bandwidth to ARC reads for you, but when you’re ready, I’m happy to do an author Q&A and a book release post

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I’m awful at remembering to share what’s going on - which has been a lot from great LGTBQ short memoir and poetry, author Q&As, essays by disabled authors, and resources on fiction and children’s books featuring activism.

#booksky #writesky #disabilitysky #queersky

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Spoonie Writer: Ignoring Writing Advice | Underground Bookshelf Once again, I'd like to thank Joey Paul for sharing one of the posts from her "Spoonie Writer" series in which she offers advice and personal experiences from working as a disabled writer. Paul is a p...

The prolific author, Joey Paul has been gracious enough to allow me to reprint a few posts from her “Spoonie Writer” series! In this one, she discusses ignoring certain types of common advice as a disabled writer.

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#disabilitysky #writesky #booksky

Disabled Author Series: Eden Gruger | Underground Bookshelf Q: Please introduce yourself! Share your name, pronouns, and something fun, interesting, curious, or important (take your pick) about yourself that you would like our audience to know about you.

Finally! The first Q&A of the Disabled Author Series is posted! Meet Eden Gruger, a writer who also shares her expertise with others in the community. She is a font of wisdom!

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#disabled #chronicallyill #author #writer #writesky #booksky #disabilitysky

Smashwords July Summer/Winter Sale. Background image starts with a life preserver ring floating on the water lapping against the shore of a beach with starfish and transitions to the right, where there's a forest of blue trees with snow.

Covers of The Thirteenth Key, The Vault, Trick, and A Hunt of Blood and Iron lay tiled against a background that matches the Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale background, with part of the water lapping onto the beach and a starfish. The Thirteenth Key has a price tag next to it that reads $1.24. The Vault has a price tag next to it that reads $2.49. Trick has a price tag next to it that reads $0.99. A Hunt of Blood & Iron has a price tag next to it that reads $1.24.

If you're looking for LGBTQ+ books in the Smashwords July Sale, I got a list for you!

Check them out here:
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🌈🚀💫 ♿️♾️📚 🌈📚🪐 💙📚👀 📢📚 🌈📚♠️ #SWSale2025

I feel like this book deserves more attention. It contains a host of great stories, along with my "A Tall, Thin House," about a mom turning her back on her faith to resurrect her dead son. Also, it's for a good cause.

#HorrorWritersChat

Anyway, I’m always looking for more folks in this community as well, so, HI!

Disabled Author Series: Eden Gruger | Underground Bookshelf Q: Please introduce yourself! Share your name, pronouns, and something fun, interesting, curious, or important (take your pick) about yourself that you would like our audience to know about you.

Right here!

Actually, I’m working on hosting a disabled author Q&A series on Underground Bookshelf at the moment. You would certainly be welcome to participate as a writer (let me know if you’re interested) otherwise, the first interview posted today: www.underground-bookshelf.com/2623884_disa...

Trans Resistance Festival | Trans Resistance MA

To #Boston folks! Come visit me at the #Trans Resistance Festival on July 19th! I’ll be giving away bookmarks and free secondhand #books at my booth!

#secondhandbooks #usedbooks #booksky #lgbtq

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It was great getting to know Avery! Thanks for sharing your story!

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I’m tabling at the #Trans Resistance Festival in Boston, MA, 7/19! If you’re in the area, I hope you visit! If you’re able, please consider helping me cover the cost of tabling at events this summer. I bring free #books in addition to info and resources! #kofi #freebooks
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It should feature disability but disability doesn’t have to be the main subject matter. For example, the main character could be disabled but the story could be about how the character solves a mystery.

July 2025 Writing Contest Submissions | Underground Bookshelf In the United States, Disability Pride is celebrated in July because the landmark legislation, the Americans with Disabilities Act, was passed on July 25, 1990. While the fights for inclusion and equa...

Looking for a fun #writingcontest? This month’s theme is #DisabilityPride!

#shortstories #poetry #flashfiction #sixwordstory #shortmemoir #memoir

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Wonderful!! It’s settled then😁 I will start putting together a written Q&A for us to work from. Is it ok if I reach out privately so we can exchange emails?

That way, we could still mark the occasion by sharing the stories of disabled writers, even if it’s in a different format.

So - I wish I could structure this as fireside chats, but I don’t think I can manage it— alongside flare ups, I have a 5 month old at home and am trying to fit everything from cooking to writing into his nap cycle. I’m wondering though, would you be up for doing a written Q&A by any chance?

#ICE took me from
mom, my #family.
Put me in #prison stripes.
Threw me in a #crowded box.
No pot to pee in.
Only water. No food.

Wonder if #pups,
instead of #children,
more people'd #revolt.

It's #fiction - #realityaskew.

#writer #poet #author #blueskycommunity #animals #photo #lessons #care

July 2025 Writing Contest Submissions | Underground Bookshelf In the United States, Disability Pride is celebrated in July because the landmark legislation, the Americans with Disabilities Act, was passed on July 25, 1990. While the fights for inclusion and equa...

The July writing contest is almost here! The writing contest will be DISABILITY PRIDE!

#shortstories, #flashfiction, #microfiction, #memoir, #poetry, and first chapters are all welcome. 2,000 word limit.

#disability #writesky #booksky #chronicillness

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I’m happy to share an Author Q&A with @authorcanditab.bsky.social! So grateful to her for sharing her story and expertise!

#booksky #writesky #readsky #romance #lgbtq #sapphiclit #authorinterview

www.underground-bookshelf.com/2565809_cand... Candi Tab | Underground Bookshelf

Third Place Winner (May 2025) "Never Existed" | Underground Bookshelf I long for a her who never existed

Swing by to read the third place winner of last month’s contest, “Never Existed,” by Rachel Bowers!

#poem #poetrycontest #writesky #booksky

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