YA & sci-fi/fantasy writer based in Jersey City. Author of Stronger than a Bronze Dragon, Starswept, and Artificial Absolutes. Co-editor of Brave New Girls. Life-long theater kid and proud circus freak.https://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lwpzz26sa22bBIG PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT* I'm starting a publishing house called Only Fan Press. Because I will be the only one doing everything. I'll write all the books. And edit. And format. And covers. And marketing and distribution and, why not, printing and binding too. *not really everything here is a lie19 Aug 2025 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwpzz26sa22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3ltl7o4vepk2oOur latest #BraveNewGirls antho is out now! Smart is the new superpower in this collection of short stories about tech-savvy girls in sci-fi worlds. Proceeds from sales are donated to the Society of Women Engineers! books2read.com/bravenewgirls910 Jul 2025 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltl7o4vepk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lss2wzwf3s2bBeen meaning to dive into the other stories in this anthology for a minute… excited to revisit the Phenomenons!30 Jun 2025 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lss2wzwf3s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lskmft36vc23Unplugging from the world tonight 📖27 Jun 2025 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lskmft36vc23https://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3ls3poccsyc2dJust proofed my stories for PRISM! Can’t wait to share this 1980s retro spy thriller with y’all!21 Jun 2025 04:28 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls3poccsyc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lrcjojhem222Been a minute since I made this shape on static trapeze 🎪11 Jun 2025 04:04 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrcjojhem222https://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lrcjnipwzk22So excited for this anthology!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2025 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrcjnipwzk22https://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lrbn2d7guc2kMe doing aerials Eska getting brushed 🤝 “What other side???”10 Jun 2025 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrbn2d7guc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lpzyjn5oms2nZOOMIES!!!!!!!26 May 2025 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpzyjn5oms2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lpyxzkit3c2cDang revisiting a fantasy world you first started building over a decade ago is hard… There’s all this mythology that I’m sure I could’ve rattled off back then but now I feel like I’m studying a history of places I made up 😅25 May 2025 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpyxzkit3c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lpyxtnmm222cCozy cabin getaway for the long weekend 🧙25 May 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpyxtnmm222chttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lou5pjbq3s2hThey say being a writer means giving yourself homework for the rest of your life… So here I am, thinking about completing an assignment I first set for myself in 2014… or was it 2013? Anyway, I finally published Windborn in 2020 and I’ve been meaning to get back to that world ever since.11 May 2025 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lou5pjbq3s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lo3i2rt4ds2kNormally I’d be writing a triumphant “OMG it’s finished” post upon completing a short story but this one is so late it’s more like “ugh, finally!” Still, writing 2 9k-10k word short stories in 1 month ain’t bad… and now I’m deadline free!01 May 2025 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo3i2rt4ds2khttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lnjm5xsck22fOut of sorts because I was gonna work on one short story but turns out I don’t have what I need for that, so I should just work on a different project… but my creative brain was still in the first one and I can’t seem to make it switch 😫24 Apr 2025 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnjm5xsck22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lmm7lgleyc2hPlayed TKTS roulette and ended up seeing a play I otherwise wouldn’t have known about (because I’m woefully ignorant about these kinds of things), and I loved it! Retrograde is a sharp and witty play about a meeting between Sidney Poitier, a “good liberal” writer, and a cutthroat studio exec12 Apr 2025 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmm7lgleyc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3llryq4bcns2t🔥🔥🔥 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2025 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3llryq4bcns2thttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3llq5atosl22nDid someone say STRETCH? 😉 We’ve hit our initial Kickstarter goal for PRISM, a collection of spy thriller tales, but we’ve got some amazing stretch goal authors waiting in the wings! Let’s invite them to the party, shall we? 😁 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/prism-2025/prism-501 Apr 2025 05:28 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3llq5atosl22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3llmpiho7522nSpent the weekend at #AWP25, where I spoke on a panel with Andrew K Hoe and Frankie Huang on positionality in publishing — a complex topic with no easy answers. Also listened in on some panels and talks, including Roxane Gay’s keynote30 Mar 2025 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3llmpiho7522nhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lkcscerumk2qBeen in Middle Earth the past few weeks 🧝🏻‍♀️14 Mar 2025 04:42 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkcscerumk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3ljdfcqzuok2lAlternate cover for THE GREEN HORNET AND KATO: DETROIT NOIR CITY unlocked! With 30ish hours to go, can we unlock our final stretch goal: an extra story from the creator of Thrawn himself, Timothy Zahn? Check out our campaign! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/greenhornet/green-hornet-noir01 Mar 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljdfcqzuok2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3lirv76mxp22fTimeline cleanse22 Feb 2025 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3lirv76mxp22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3liqh6zvors2sI was sweeping the snow off the hot tub cover…22 Feb 2025 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3liqh6zvors2shttps://bsky.app/profile/astralcolt.bsky.social/post/3linj4jg2dc2nWhat passes for lyrics in this score… can you tell what we’re signing? 🧝🏻‍♀️21 Feb 2025 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:n5dvejwrtidc2pj6mi26jpme/app.bsky.feed.post/3linj4jg2dc2n