K.A. Doore

@kadoore

Insufferable Morning Queer - She/they Author of THE CHRONICLES OF GHADID trilogy (queer assassins save the day!) Shouter of queer sff books.

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K.A. Doore@kadoore· 22d

It's time for a new pinned post! Hi, I'm Kai (yes that rhymes), author of the Chronicles of Ghadid trilogy aka queer assassins save the day! I also put together an annual queer sff books list, shout about queer books, and lift. Queer SFF Books: kadoore.com/2025/11/26/2... Books: kadoore.com/novels/

A cartoon person with short teal hair showing off the cover of the Perfect Assassin. Beside the cover are a tea cup, an asexual pride flag, and a dagger. Below it is the following text: "a reluctant assassin must find—and stop—a murderer before the victims become personal;
all while evading angry ghosts, holding down a dayjob, and having tea with the cute guy in the pub"

A cartoon person with short teal hair showing off the cover of the Impossible Contract. Beside the cover are three camels, one of which is crossed out with a big red X, and the lesbian pride flag. Below it is the following text: "the daughter of the infamous Serpent has her first contract... for an asshole who is surprisingly difficult to murder. Can she kill this guy while dodging undead, wooing a cute healer, and stopping an ancient evil?"

A cartoon person with short teal hair showing off the cover of the Unconquered City. Beside the cover are a skull with glowing eyes, a pansexual pride flag, and a bronze metal cuff. Below it is the following text: "turns out the only guy who can stop the hordes of undead from overrunning the city has a dangerous secret and there’s no limit to what you’ll sacrifice to stop the past from repeating"

Outtakes. For the Perfect Assassin: "maybe the real treasure were the murders we stopped along the way." For the Impossible Contract "when the mark is a wanker but--ugh--needs to be alive to help save the world." For the Unconquered City: "oops, all trauma."

K.A. Doore@kadoore· 26d

What about a cute kitty?

A tuxedo cat lpunging on a window ledge and staring into the camera

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Jul 10

That moment when you realize it's been almost exactly 10 years since you left Tucson 😭

A lone saguaro (the kind of cactus that's tall and has arms) standing on a hillside overlooking some housing/buildings below with mountains in the distance. The lighting is very sunset, the sky is cloudy.

A pale dirt trail weaving between a "forest" of saguaros

The Catalina mountains to the north of Tucson covered in snow

A saguaro arm extended toward the camera with several flower buds and two glorious white flowers against a blue sky

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Jul 10

And now for something completely different: it's Cat Rug!

A patterned gray rug with two cats stretched across it, perpendicular to each other. One cat is orange and loafing, the other is a tortie with one paw outstretched.

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Jul 9

I keep thinking specifically about this part

AI-Literacy Training will be vital: Slush readers and editors are our first line of defence, and should be given the necessary tools, and a safe environment, in which to spot AI warning signs and feel confident in raising concerns

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Jun 13

I should've screenshot the "high of 90F" weather dot gov was showing this morning

Screenshot of weather app showing 102F. Real feel is circled in red at 115F with a sad face drawn next to it

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Jun 12

I fixed it

Screenshot of a weather app with the temp showing 101F and the real feel at 110F, except now the dude chilling to the side is on fire

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Jun 12

Me: Maybe I'll take a break and go for a little walk The weather: r u sure

Screenshot of a weather app. The temp is 101F, but with humidity it feels like 110F

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Jun 7

First attempt at dip-dyed rainbow hair for Pride. Room for improvement but at least you can tell it's a rainbow.

A person with angled, chin-length bleach blonde hair, the ends of which are dyed rainbow, starting with red at the front

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Jun 6

We are home from Beach and already I'm politely asking for More Beach

A very calm Beach with an overcast sky that looks like a blanket cloud. The water is more green than blue and the sand is only lightly speckled with shells.

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Jun 1

oh hell yeah THE IMPOSSIBLE CONTRACT is on sale at Bookshop for just $2.99: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... which means it's time for this classic

That trope meme with all the arrows pointing at the cover of THE IMPOSSIBLE CONTRACT but instead of tropes it's just GAY, GAAAY, SO GAY over and over

K.A. Doore@kadoore· May 29

In the current WIP I'm editing, there's a lingua franca in the city and among researchers, but the quirks of individual languages still bleed through. #SFFChat I do have an ongoing bit with a specific language being used for warnings, but it's always poorly translated:

...appeared to be an indoor pool, but with warning sign after bright red and yellow warning sign, menacing but still poorly translated Dwarven runes (“unacceptable froth,” “internal re-arrangement,” and “doom” twitched amusement at the corners of Nori’s lips), and a tall-sized...

K.A. Doore@kadoore· May 25

Ahhahhahah I unlocked the secret to buying French and German ebooks, I'm going to be so insufferable

A kobo eReader on its sleep screen, showing the cover for the French translation of Sarah Beth Durat's THE SPELLSHOP

K.A. Doore@kadoore· May 21

This is a cat checkpoint; relinquish your most recent cat picture. 😽

A grumpy orange cat staring into the camera with her little paws out while a human uses her as a pillow

K.A. Doore@kadoore· May 6

My royalty statement just dropped, which reminded me that I am only .8 of a book's advance away from earning out, so hey do you guys like queer books? do you like fun fantasy adventures and completed trilogies that you can binge in a weekend? do you like amazing audiobook narrators?

A banner graphic divided into three parts. Across the top, it reads: Which Chronicles of Ghadid Book should you read first?
THE PERFECT ASSASSIN: Start here if you prefer to read in chronological order. This one is a quieter, murder mystery about family, the ongoing relevance of history, and duty. Asexual lead with frought handholding and a bittersweet ending.
THE IMPOSSIBLE CONTRACT: Start here if you prefer to read in the order the books were written. This one is a fast-paced adventure fantasy about legacy, the dangers of imperialism, and owning your badass assassin self. Lesbian lead with sexy training scenes, kisses, and a Happy For Now ending.
Start with THE UNCONQUERED CITY if you are made of chaos and don't mind beginning a series at its end, you monster.

K.A. Doore@kadoore· May 5

Today is a day that ends in 'y' ...as in 'y' aren't there more cat pics on your feed?

An orange cat lounging happily on a pair of children's jeans, looking at you with yellowish green eyes

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 30

A study in wanting that which is just out of reach.

A tuxedo cat sitting on her haunches looking up at the shadow of a lizard visible throigh the front door windows.

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 30

🎵And I would bike 5000 miles And I would bike 5000 more Just to be the gal who biked a lotta miles To take you to the grade school door🎵

The digital display on an ebike. It reads 5007 miles as total distance traveled.

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 27

My kiddo has recently discovered CYOA books, which has led to me discovering this particular one and I don't think I can get across my sheer delight.

CYOA book At the Mountains of Madness laid atop of a tuxedo kitten

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 26

Aaaaand a loaf of bread, too, because why not 🤷‍♀️

A crispy round loaf of sourdough, still in its dutch oven.

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 26

Mmm, browned butter chocolate chip cookies 😋

A baking pan with nicely browned chocolate chip cookies, as seen from up close

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 23

Last (but never least), is the Unconquered City, paired with our Overly Anxious and Rarely Approachable, Trixie: (it took... quite a few attempts to get this close to her)

A tortie cat sitting on a windowsill and clearly uncertain about the paperback that has been positioned near her. This is our third attempt.

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 23

Then there's The Impossible Contract, which pairs a with our Climb the Curtains First, Ask Forgiveness Never, Nova:

A tuxedo cat standing on a white couch, sniffing the corner of the paperback that is being surreptiously held next to her by an out of frame author. Her tail is mid-movement and she looks ready to chomp the book.

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 23

Happy #WorldBookDay! To celebrate, I realized I had three cats and three books -- wouldn't it be funny to pair them up? Well, it works a little *too* well. First off, The Perfect Assassin paired with our Not a Single Thought in Her Orange Head, Maurice:

An orange cat curled up on a cat tree, with a paperback copy of the Perfect Assassin just sorta flopped on her tummy. She is sniffing it and only slightly unsure.

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 22

Today I got to Walk Into the Ocean. Always very healing.

An Atlantic beach with a cloudy sky and smooth, empty sand.

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 21

I'm not saying the entire SE is currently on fire... but it's giving 1998 wildfire vibes

A screenshot of the app Watch Duty, which shows active wildfires across the US. The area is focused on the SE, from Virginia down to Florida and across to Texas. Fire icons are heavily focused in north Florida and southern Georgia, but spread up the east coast of both Carolinas as well.

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 8

Ahh more opened!

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 8

The world's on fire but our prickly pear just put out blossoms for the first time.

Two yellow unopened prickly pear blossoms

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 1

The chickens do not believe that the snake is gone so we have started the egg hunt early

A patch of brown leaves and green vines. A single, brown egg sits in a divot near the middle of the image.

K.A. Doore@kadoore· Apr 1

The chickens were reallly mad about something so I went out to see why. It was a not-so-small spicy noodle: