@meredithkatz.bsky.social
Author, narrative game designer, and games editor! https://www.softcryptid.com/
Right!! Like. please I mean "AI-based plotline" in the retro sci-fi way not in the. the current way.
27.10.2025 17:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The Wilding of Em's Path (Ylva Publishing)
🍄 Appalachian backcountry
🍄 Sapphic dystopian
🍄 Dark Academia.
Love is Resistance ❣️
#sapphicbooks
#LoveIsResistance
mybook.to/TheWildingof...
A Summer with the Immortal 🪴
When Taryn is chosen to investigate why the renowned Acacia‘s telephone-flowers are wilting, she ends up uncovering a lot more.
F/F, bi MC, lesbian LI, agender SC.
Kobo: kobo.com/ebook/a-summer-with-the-immortal
Itch: parisvivian.itch.io/a-summer-with-the-immortal
👑 The Virgin Crown 👑
dark m/m fantasy
When young Prince Joska is banished from his home, he would do anything to find a way back and restore his honor—but a mysterious man who knows too much may prove to be a force he cannot resist.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DX...
(pls dm for non-amazon copies!)
The title says most of what you know, but it's probably worth adding that the 'harem' starts with two aliens and a vampire, as well as a childhood friend and a European princess. They vary in how ready they are to accept the news:
beedok.itch.io/the-harem-pr...
I wrote Opus, which is a trans self-discovery story where MC Daniel learns that the girl they've dreamed of for years wasn't an object of their desire, rather she was inside them all along. anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
27.10.2025 14:30 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
I wrote "Magica Riot"
New trans girl Claire comes out of the closet when she discovers her favorite local Portland band is a secret squad of magical girls…and she's just awakened to her own powers. Now she's learning how to be in a band, be a girl, *and* be a magical girl. 🥰 magicariot.com/buy
I am the author of The Wonders of Mundus, isekai adventures about a someone trapped in an MMO having such a blast as a foxgirl healer that she realizes she’s a transgender woman, and fighting alongside her guild to protect the now sapient NPCs from Griefers.
On sale here: tinyurl.com/j483e7dy
You know what? I’ve been showing off my books, so why don’t I do a Queer Indie Book Sharing thread.
Post a link to where we can find your book with a description of the plot and any other relevant details.
Human work only, AI delenda est.
Awesome! My most popular is the Cybernetic Tea Shop, a lesbian novella about an AI engineer and the world's last autonomous robot (written before the ai boom lol). It's asexual (the human too!) but NOT aromantic!
Learn more about it and my other books here: www.softcryptid.com/meredith-boo...
Some VERY exciting things have just happened for our protagonist, and they stand on the edge of some very major changes as they've uncovered four different entities in the cottage. Some they may ally with, or all may threaten them -- you can make this call! It's a great time to catch up.
19.10.2025 19:06 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We're TWO WEEKS in now and things are getting VERY REAL for Fern as they have discovered they're trapped in a forest cottage with *multiple* supernatural threats, unsure if the laughing voice on the radio is friend or foe... a great place to catch up and hop in!
www.softcryptid.com/2025/10/01/h...
Rivers of London: In Liberty’s Shadow - A Guide to Case Files in the USA is a sourcebook for Rivers of London: the Roleplaying Game, based on the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch.
www.chaosium.com/rivers-of-lo...
We're up to day 5 today! The spooky events are starting to ramp up, so it's a great time to hop on!
06.10.2025 18:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
www.softcryptid.com/2025/10/01/h...
Index is up! Each part will be linked here as it goes up, if you want to just watch one page.
Instructions are up! On the linked page, please suggest an oddity the protagonist might find in a rentable cabin in the woods; nothing powerful (no guns, no magical artifacts) bu something a previous guest left behind, or was placed by the owner as decor.
www.softcryptid.com/2025/09/30/2...
Want to see what it's like? Check out what we did on previous years over here: www.softcryptid.com/interactive-...
26.09.2025 03:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Themes of disconnection, identity, loss, and rediscovery. You'll meet several creepy crawlies in need of affection, help, and comfort. Or, perhaps, in need of fresh victims. It'll be up to you how this ends up going for our isolated protagonist!
26.09.2025 03:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0(If it's not there, adblockers sometimes get overzealous and hide the "subscribe to blog" email entry. If so, you can temporarily disable your adblocker just to put your email in and then put that adblocker on again -- once the email's in, it works.)
26.09.2025 03:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you don't want to manually remember to come back on Oct 1 or to check the blog every day, there's a "subscribe to blog" option in the bottom where you can enter your email to receive notices when I update! I promise I don't spam things in the blog, and you're welcome to unsub after if you like!
26.09.2025 03:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Ready to help join in a halloweeny choose your own adventure?
As you know, I'm an author and a game designer! I like combining my interests to run these little spooky queer interactive fiction projects every year in October. Learn more here: www.softcryptid.com/2025/09/25/g...
Screencap of a page from Rivers of London RPG: In Liberty's Shadow, reading: "In addition, Helena would like to thank fellow RoL:RPG writer Adam Gauntlett for his work on “A Regular Picture Palace Drama” and for introducing her to the world of 12-inch revolvers, as well as copy editor Meredith Katz for catching any inadvertent Britishisms, and for asking insightful questions about crime-fighting luchadores and Aleister Crowley’s sex goddess."
This is simply the best credit/special thanks I will ever receive probably, omg. Thank YOU, Helena! It's my delight and pleasure. [from Rivers of London: the Roleplaying Game - In Liberty's Shadow.]
18.07.2025 22:31 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0We are proud to announce that #StarCrossedLoveLetters was nominated for the 2025 Ennie Awards for Best Supplement! #TTRPGs #RPGs #GenCon2025
ennie-awards.com/2025-nominees/
Star Crossed: Love Letters is ENNIE nominated! The website only mentions me and Jason but you know the team who took it to the hoop: @bananachangames.bsky.social @lulavampiro.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com @ceciliatan.com @kierongillen.bsky.social @maxgladstone.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social
04.07.2025 19:11 — 👍 80 🔁 17 💬 7 📌 0
Illustration of a smiling Beatrix surrounded by a rainbow cascade of various slimes. A rainbow heart sticker adorns her cheek. Happy Pride!
We know a wiggly world is incomplete without our LGBTQ+ Ranchers! 🌈
So this year we're pledging a total of $15,000 to the Trans Wellness Center (LA), Seattle's LGBTQ+ Center, and Outside In (PDX) to provide support to some of our local communities.
Happy Pride, Ranchers! 🏳️🌈
Literally nine of mine. Great. I'm Canadian so I don' know if contacting them will work, but I can contact and check.
21.03.2025 05:18 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It is kind of ridiculous how much cool stuff we crammed into this thing bullypulpitgames.com/products/sta...
07.03.2025 23:20 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0It was a REALLY cool project with so much talent! #StarCrossedLoveLetters is a fantastic supplement to an already fantastic #TTRPG!
08.03.2025 18:37 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Wild how Shadowrun today feels like an optimistic alternate future. Native Americans gain independence from the U.S. government? A benevolent dragon becomes the president and governs by suicide? People still communicate primarily through message boards? Sign me the fuck up.
09.03.2025 03:07 — 👍 6924 🔁 1037 💬 179 📌 47Star Crossed: Love Letters is up for an Origins award! Wonderful to see the hard work of so many talented writers and artists recognized. This was a really cool project to put together with my pals at bpg
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