Kerbie Addis

An Unbreakable World and Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings. A venn diagram shows An Unbreakable World at the top and Under Fortunate Stars at the bottom. In the Unbreakable World slice: a revenge scheme worth risking it all, a petty thief with lost memories & a mysterious past, an isolated planet with big secrets, complicated families. In the shared center: standalone space opera, twisty plot, character-focused SF, themes of memory, choice & history, set in the same universe. In the Under Fortunate Stars slice: accidental time travel, the perils of meeting your heroes, a history nerd to the rescue, one chance to save the future.

An Unbreakable World is a standalone novel set in the same universe as Under Fortunate Stars; they can be read in either order 💫

Under Fortunate Stars is out now from @solarisbooks.bsky.social; #AnUnbreakableWorld is out Fall 2025!

Can't wait to share this story with new & returning readers💕

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

Happy Trans Day of Visibility 2025! Children's Just Like Queen Esther by Ari Moffic and Kerry Olitzky (text) and Rena Yehuda Newman (illustration) Atara loves to wear her crown - to the library, to the dentist, even to her swim lessons. It gives her confidence, and shows the world that she is a girl, not a boy, like everyone thought at first. But when Atara reads the story of Queen Esther, on the Jewish holiday of Purim - she realises that you don't need a costume to express who you really are...

Happy Trans Day of Visibility 2025!

Children's Just Like Queen Esther by Ari Moffic and Kerry Olitzky (text) and Rena Yehuda Newman (illustration) Atara loves to wear her crown - to the library, to the dentist, even to her swim lessons. It gives her confidence, and shows the world that she is a…

It's Trans Day of Visibility! But I don't have any pithy statements, so instead, I am asking for your support.

If you are cis, please step up. We need allies more than ever. Call your reps, donate, be the shield to protect us from those who would eradicate us.

We need you, today and every day.

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