A. E. Bratchford (they/them)

Preorders are open (ebook & paperback) for ‘With Love, the Stars’, the short story collection I have written with T. W. Night 💜✨

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✨ Author Wrapped 2024 ✨

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Will do! Don’t worry it’s all good! 😊 Thank you!

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Thank you!! 😍 This is so sweet! 🏳️‍🌈 I’ll DM you now 😊

The cover of Rescue Her Heart for 2024 Sapphic Book Bingo. Sapphics in Space List Hidden Gems #11.

How about some Sapphics in Space ?!? It's time for a Hidden Gem on Jae's Sapphic Book Bingo. "Rescue Her Heart" made the list of 15! 🥳🥳🥳 I really should write another book in this series. They are so much fun!
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🌈📚💜💙 | Sapphfic | Lesfic | Sapphic Book | Queer Romance |

I am honoured to be a part of the cover reveal and share this gorgeous cover my friend designed and illustrated for their upcoming sapphic fantasy romance novella ‘The Fox and the Bladesworn’ 💜🦊🗡️
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A night scene with two figures kissing in front of a big fullmoon. One, Gou, is floating in midair as though taken by a gust of wind, the other, Endres, standing with a paper lantern in his right hand. Flower petals fly around them.

We revel in Death
Like two suns
To eclipse each other
In an infernal kiss

#originalcharacters #art #illustration

A sun-flooded hall with tall windows and marble flooring and a big statue of a dancer. On the wall a big painting depicting a musician and a young lord holding a book. The hall is visited by three people, two of which hold each other closely.

my first cover I did for the Worldbuilding Magazine's The Arts issue in 2020 — hope you enjoy an oldie but goldie

Authors! Let's start a chain of posts of your FIRST published book. "Quote post" the cover, a link, and three words about it. Here is mine.

Hearts, Cages, and other Locked Boxes (2022)

🩷 reflective
🩷 queer
🩷 poetry

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Image is of a mock up book cover with text overlaid over a photo of a garden. Text reads "Finding Dragons With You". There are arrows around the cover that share tropes for the book, which read: Enemies with a question mark next to it to lovers, slowburn, dragons, the Princess saves herself, found family, and sapphic

'Finding Dragons With You' AKA Book One of Dragon WIP 🧵

✨Cosy noblebright adventure fantasy
✨Sapphic, slowburn, enemies(?) to lovers
✨The Princess Saves Herself (and then the Prince)
✨Dragons, Magic, Legacies

#LGBTQwriters #writingcommunity #writesky #queerwriters

The challenge of being an author on social media is making your potential readers aware of your books without being too annoying about it.

I can’t say I always succeed at the latter 😂

The second love interest and best friend in FIRST ROSE - Julyen!

He's the sweetest guy, cares deeply about Helio, and is thrown right into self-discovery.

Want to meet him?
🌸 OUT MAY 25, 2025 🏳️‍⚧️ PREØRDER & ARCs NOW! 🌸
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The (main) love interest in FIRST ROSE - Ambroz!

He's handsome, sweet, and absolutely smitten with Helio
Want to meet him?

🌸 OUT MAY 25, 2025 🏳️‍⚧️ PREØRDER & ARCs NOW! 🌸
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Congrats!! 🎉🥳

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‘Forget Me Not: a sapphic sci-fi verse novel’ www.goodreads.com/book/show/212023983-forget-me-not

FMN is a sci-fi sapphic romance told in verse through the perspectives of two characters.

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HCaoLB is a short collection of poetry focused on self reflection and growth. This is my debut collection.

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🧵 Book Release Thread! 🧵

I’ll be sharing books I’ve already released as well as future publications in this thread as they are published ☕️💜