Only a scientist because I can't figure out how to be a wizard irl | She/her | virology | Masters of Public Health | Author | CHILD OF THE DRAGON Coming 2026!! | 💚🤍🩶🖤demi/demi🖤🩶🤍💜 ♦️| disabled as heck
My (award-winning!!! oh my gosh!) queer YA contemporary fantasy Child of the Dragon is officially out in the world!! It's about a ragtag team of shapeshifting dragons in high school taking fate into their own hands to break a curse, take down an evil dragon government, and still pass calculus.
It's kind of like Percy Jackson but with dragons instead of demigods!
Check it out if you like:
🐉shape-shifting dragons
✨Ancient Curse. Modern Setting.
🐉forehead kisses
✨More sass than self preservation
🐉angst, sarcasm, and high school
✨sword swinging disability rep
🐉queer rep (demiromantic/ace, questioning ace, gay, & bi in the main cast alone!)
You can get it online wherever books are sold! But if you're in the US and want some quick links including directly from my small press or from some of my local, queer-owned indies, you can find those links + Goodreads & Storygraph links here!
And @queerliblib has it in their Libby catalogue!
and if you've already read, I will love you forever if you leave a review on the review platforms of your choice!
Cover art by @jv.arts.2020
(image descriptions in alt and under the cut!)
There are six images! each will be described separately and labeled image 1-6!
[image 1: A smoky blue and red background with fire and ice coming out the sides of the cover for Child of the Dragon (A cover with fire on the left edges and ice on the right edges centering around a girl in shorts and a tank top, raising a sword high and summoning lightning in front of a massive purple-y european dragon inside some sort of arena. The title: Child of the Dragon is written across the center in a curly, silver font, and the author name is in a smaller version of the same and says Ashley N.Y. Sheesley) blue torn paper across the bottom reads "Child of the Dragon as Memes" //end ID]
[Image 2: A smoky blue and red background with the meme of a car skidding onto the exit lane with the sign above the car showing straight ahead is "grieving, putting energy into school and friend, literally anything normal" and to the exit is "becoming a dragon idk" the car is labeled "Kat" //end ID]
[image 3: A smoky blue and red background with text that reads "it's always ily it's never siywaawiayptbwwygtkak" with a picture from a book with the text highlighted in pink that reads "so, if you were an assassin--which I'm assuming you're planning to become--where would you go to kill a king?" //end ID]
[Image 4: The wolverine comic meme of him in costume in bed looking at a photo frame. The second image is a panel of what's in the frame. Across the top is a speech bubble that says "I want a memory of a warm moment with your friend--Jason, right?" Wolverine is labeled as "coleman" The picture frame reads "[a memory of unimaginable horror and violence but it's kinda gay]" //end ID]
[Image 5: A smoky blue and red background with the meme of a guy turning away looking disgusted next to text that reads "fake dating the hot, mysterious new guy" below is the same guy but he looks happy. There's a transparent demiromantic flag over his picture. the text next to him reads "holding out for your best friend bc why in the world would you date a stranger" //end ID]
[Image 6: A smoky blue and red background with the meme of a guy bringing pizzas into a chaotic room on fire. Across the first image it reads "Aaron just wanting to help his best friend and secret crush." on the second image, a guy swings a flaming object around that reads "she's a dragon" on the fire on the ground it reads "a literal dragon war" and next to that is someone lying on the ground with a tag that says "multiple assassination attempts" //end ID]
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Knitting finished as of last night! Still need to weave in a few ends, wash, and block.
Was aiming for 48” x 60”, came out 39” x 60” so far, but I’m hoping to be able to block it to a little wider and I’m ok losing a few inches of length for that
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I finally finished the book by my lovely lovely mutual on main @chronicallydragons and TL:DR it is fantastic.
I have so many thoughts about this book that are a bit of a mess to succinctly put in a review so bear with me. May contain very minor spoilers but I don't care about that.
the worldbuilding is phenomenal. I love how the magic is explained as Kat learns to use her newfound abilities from multiple different mentors, showing many perspectives on how magic can be used. Urban fantasy isn't usually my cup of tea but I liked how the fantasy was combined with the modern.
Aside from Kat, Aaron is my favorite character. He's so confused but he's got the spirit.
Kat and Aaron may be my favorites but not by much. I really enjoyed Coleman's POV especially in the early chapters, but even towards the end of the book his narration remains fantastic. I want to wrap Hope in a fuzzy blanket (her relationship with Tythan is just chef's kiss). And someone needs to give Jason a hug. Who am I kidding they all need hugs.
I love the dragon fights and how they constantly have to have illusions up to keep the general public from witnessing the dragon fights.
By far though my favorite scenes are the hurt/comfort, of which there are several, numerous characters get poisoned, cursed, stabbed, bludgeoned, and while they do have healing magic it's not a perfect solution, drawing out the suffering at some points.
Whump Rating: 8/10
(significant number of hurt/comfort scenes)
I FOUND THIS IN MY DRAFTS?! I thought I posted this like 18 months ago?!
anyway…uhh
Thanks @tildeathiwillwrite for the tag!
Rules: Fill out the bingo(s) of the person tagging you, then generate one for your OC here
Doing a character from Child of the Dragon for this one (didn’t use the wheel. I thought I might get a bingo but alas...) (the ~ are because it's complicated)
And tagging @illarian-rambling @gamerkats and @jayders-rocks if they want to do my bingo card below using characters from Child of the Dragon!
if you'd like to show support, here are some upcoming queer books:
When Life Gives You Corpses is a brilliant YA about a cursed praying mantis who falls for a young witch. Yield Under Great Persuasion is a raunchy, but surprisingly sweet story of two men repairing their relationship. Fabulous Bodies is a horror story about a queer rockstar rising from the dead.
This is Where the Future Bleeds is a fantasy set in a vividly imagined land, where two women (who happen to kiss) are the key to healing the broken sky. You're No Better is a story about a teen struggling in the shadow of his murderous parent. Oil on Canvas is about a woman who finds disturbing paintings in the home of her dead mother.
and then here's a list of 26 queer books by Black authors set to publish this year, and a 10 upcoming books by trans authors. if you want to fight back against queer censorship, use your wallet! or (if that's not an option) you can contact your local library and ask them to stock a copy.
Blood on the Icehouse Wall is a fantasy with a time travelling lesbian witch and her asexual werewolf girlfriend trying to undo their mistakes.
Salts of Mercury is the best book I've read this year and features a non-binary necromancer explaining why they did all that treason.
An Unexpected Attachment is an erotic novella about an android who's just got a penis attachment and wants to try it out for the first time.
Three Men in Orbit is inspired by Three Men in a Boat and tells the story of three men taking an excursion to a space station and then the moon. One of the characters is a trans woman and the author is openly trans.
Also! Support queer debut books too! The 2026 debuts cohort’s website allows you to filter by queer books and there are dozens! Check out the list here!
plus a lot are small press books, so that’s debut + indie + apparently queer now too that’s making it extra hard for some of these books to find their readers!
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1) Vaping is confirmed to cause cancer. Vaping coats the lungs with toxic substances, such as heavy metals and benzene, which are known to cause cancer
2) Many vapes contain diacetyl, which, when inhaled causes popcorn lung, or scarring of the lung
3) Ultrafine particles, when being inhaled, can be lodged in the trachea (not good!)
4) Ultrafine particles can also constrict the arteries in the lungs potentially causing A HEART ATTACK
5) Vaping is relatively new. Not much studies have been done in comparison to tobacco. Plus, the vaping companies are powerful people. There is a large chance that they are purposely downplaying and even burying any evidence that vaping is harmful - just like the tobacco companies before them. They do not care about you, or your health, or the truth. They only care for money
Please I’m begging yall as an asthmatic, your fruit-flavored vapor will still give people around you who are smoke-sensitive attacks. So will weed. Don’t do it inside; if you’re at a bus stop or something try to not stand right next to people or move downwind of them if you can.
Do you live in the U.S? Do you want to read my books for free?
Well, thanks to the Queer Liberation Library, you can!
Shadow's Hidden Blade - My debut novel, about a woman who teams up with an amnesiac circus performer to solve a murder in a steampunk world torn apart by a war between gods.
Splintertown- An orphaned mind reader must use her powers to enact a revenge plot to save her friends from a dangerous criminal.
Sisters of Vipers - A teen girl must team up with demons to overthrow the corrupt priests and priestesses who are stealing demon magic.
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