The cover for the short story owl/dyke by a.c.d
a 4k-word short story about Lune, a lesbian living in an apartment full of ghosts, who decides to become an owl. It's harder than s/he thought.
originally published in Sinister Wisdom Issue 139: Mad Dykes, Queer Worlds.
on my website: acd.works/writing/od
on itchio: acdworks.itch.io/owldyke
A tan, paper-textured image with brown accents. The words “CELEBRATING OBESITY!” sit at the top in a large bubble font. A round botanical drawing is faded into the background of the image. Two round abstract shapes almost like a person kneeling frame the top paragraph. The text reads, in alternating cursive and bubble fonts: “You are invited—cordially of course—to the wedding of A.C.D & THE FAT THAT HANGS OFF HER BULGING STOMACH. On the EVERY DAY of the EVERY MONTH of the EVERY YEAR. At THE SOFT FEELING OF SUNLIGHT DANCING ACROSS HER EXPOSED THIGHS. Join the 300 POUNDS OF WONDERFUL, UNDULATING FLESH for a night to remember and a large, full life to treasure. The DENSITY OF LOVE, the WEIGHT OF HUMOR, and the HEAVINESS OF SPIRIT to follow. P.S. All gifts in the form of advice, diet pills, or similar smelling bullshit will be torn open and stabbed with a thin person’s fragile rib. P.P.S. The happy couple is only accepting well wishes, poor wishes or any wishes in between in the form of COLD HARD CASH. P.P.P.S. Pay up, shut up, crack like the twig you are.”
@acd.works's "CELEBRATING OBESITY" was our first acceptance for this issue, and an enthusiastic one –– a satirical + deeply serious piece on self-love and a refusal of anti-fatness.
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issue 11 Dandelion Jester The Monster Was Only A Child Robin Kapon bb my step is a terrifyd sprint Obstreperous Allotrope a word for my caregiver KM Bezner this morning my coffee is bitter Mei Backof Do Stop Asking, Please Joanne Merriam Three Erasure Pieces alienation echo Competing with churches for the imagination of present-day metamorphosis (chrysalis) ju(mia) for Brother Marcellus Williams – may he know life in death Ashton Freeman Neither, Both Odin Meadows Two Pieces Elbow gor(g)e(ore) a.c.d CELEBRATING OBESITY Jacob Nye Hole in the Ground Nonbeaunary You Are Not My Mother (for Alison Bechdel)
Welcome to issue 11! It shaped up to be thick with liberatory gestures – on disability, fatness, Blackness, youth, and more.
Creatives across/against genre and medium tackle pressing issues of disposibility and resistance.
manyworlds.place/issue-11/
Some highlights:
glad you liked it!! <3
hey this bangs and you should spend ~45 mins of your time playing it
i have no idea why no images i post on this account actually show up but. ah well! i guess i will just pretend it was a deliberate aesthetic choice lmao
The cover of THE OCEAN WELCOMES YOU by a.c.d
THE OCEAN WELCOMES YOU
interactive fiction by a.c.d that begins as a murder mystery and morphs into a horror when the story wants more bodies.
made with Videotome:ADV by @spdrcstl.bsky.social
play for free on my website: acd.works/games/towyinfo
play for free on itchio: acdworks.itch.io/towy
you can order the issue of Sinister Wisdom (lesbian literary journal) that my work is in! it's called "Mad Dykes, Queer Worlds" and i wrote a story called "owl/dyke" about a lesbian who lives in an apartment full of ghosts trying to become an owl
order here: sinisterwisdom.org/sw139
+ stopping these atrocities, but it does give me a little more control over what i'm contributing to. i'm selling things. i'm engaging in The Economy and Capital. i have a responsibility to understand what that engagement really means and factor that into my decision making.
+ i realized i had no idea where my stickers were being printed and by who or how much they were being paid. obviously the supply chain into the imperial core is riddled with atrocities (who is making the vinyl sticker paper i use? who made my cricut? etc etc) so doing it "myself" isn't +
that thread was already too long so i didn't want to add more, but another reason i added the materials section to my about is because i think everyone should be upfront about how they're making physical goods and where their materials are coming from. i stopped using a printing service because +
+ things and make art and help others and build something lasting, they just have no idea where the fuck to start and there's not a lot of places that will tell them. AND SO, i added a new section to the about in my website and on my online shop that talks about the materials and programs i use
+ knowledge that so many others spread to me. i also work in a lot of spaces where knowledge hierarchies cause these huge blindspots that are dangerous if they aren't filled. part of my efforts to reduce those (with things like my degoogle workshops) have been super eye-opening. people WANT to do +
+ encouraging was a huge reason why i started making weird PDFs and handing them out in the digital sphere. now that i table at markets and zinefests, i've acted as a lot of people's first introduction to the concept of making their own art. i get questions about it! it's really cool to spread the +
i've been thinking a lot lately about knowledge hierarchies and the accessibility of creating things. recently i tabled at an art market where someone was confused by my minizines but when i explained them, they were so excited because they wanted to make one. zine culture being very DIY and +
this zine took me a million years to make because i collaged everything meticulously by hand! there was a lot of trial and error and things i would've changed about the process, but i'm very proud of the final result regardless!
you can also download on itchio here: acdworks.itch.io/falling if you feel like tossing me a few bucks! (or snag a community copy for free if you don't haha)
The cover for baby teeth / falling out by a.c.d
baby teeth / falling out
a reversible zine featuring 5 of my poems in one direction, as well as the same 5 poems recreated—as best as I could—using words collaged from misprints of my other work when you flip the zine upside down.
download to read/print on my website: acd.works/writing/btfo
THE OCEAN WELCOMES YOU will be released on Sunday, January 25th 2026.
it's an interactive fiction game that starts as a whodunnit murder mystery and morphs into a horror as the story wants more bodies. i'm excited to share it with the world!
i'm really excited to finally do a remote version of this workshop since that's been a consistent ask since i started doing these IRL! i promise you don't have to be super tech savvy to de-google! i am just a guy but i've managed to pretty much completely cut google out of my personal life.
de-google your life. Virtual and remote via jitsi. Free informational co-working space to work towards divesting from google and similar tech corporations. To attend, go to acd.works/workshop on Monday, December 15th 7pm-9pm EST
about the workshop. Join remotely for a short presentation about the why and how of divesting, as well as a look at different open-source and privacy-focused alternatives. Then an hour and a half of body doubling dedicated to making new accounts, switching emails, or anything else you might need. To attend, go to acd.works/workshop
DE-GOOGLE YOUR LIFE!
i'm hosting a remote workshop i've done a few times IRL dedicated to divesting from google/similar tech companies! i'll give a presentation and then body double with folks for an hour and a half as we de-google together.
join at acd.works/workshop on december 15th at 7pm EST!
Happy Itch.io Creator Day! from a.c.d works. Get all of my writing (7 zines, 2 poetry chapbooks, 1 short story, 1 TTRPG) for $15. acdworks.itch.io
it's itchio creator day so i'm doing a bundle until december 3rd! all of my writing is available to download for free regardless but if you want to chuck me $15 for it, it would be greatly appreciated
buy the bundle: itch.io/s/168997/acd...
and of course you can still download all of my minizines frmo my website if you scroll down far enough here: acd.works/writing/
a.c.d works Minizine Collection
since i already have them all on my website (along with download links), i uploaded all of my minizines onto one itchio page called a.c.d's minizine collection!
you can download any/all of them here: acdworks.itch.io/minizines
i'll be updating it regularly as i make new ones!
The cover for the zine "How to lie to doctors" by a.c.d
How to lie to doctors
a zine by a.c.d
An instructional zine on how best to work with doctors when they refuse to listen to you.
Download to read or print yourself here: acd.works/writing/htltd
Print/distribute to your heart's content! No need to link me but I'd love to know where you share it.
started writing a new short story about a girl who dies and meets death A LOT. i'm excited for where i'm going with it :-D
started a new zine! i'm planning on printing the 5 poems on my website and then mirroring them using only the words from misprints of my 10 songs zine, with all the missing words blacked out/redacted. i want it to be a kind of reflection on my own personal themes in my writing and what i prioritize
A canvas painted in swirls of green and blue and black and pink and yellow. Words from different sources pasted on it that read, "Exploring Your World. How many lines of the poem have specific gravity. each line of a poem has a secret to tell. How many lines read commonly tarnished and iridescent. fracture: perfect. Quarter to six in the morning is occasionally prismatic. Does it take about 30 hours, 1 hour, 30 minutes, or 1 minute to answer the sun? Choose the correct answer for each. a) There's a picture opposite me b) My story's infinite" Illustrations in gold ink on black backgrounds surround the words, including a stylized sun in the corner.
ExploringYourWorld
a collage poem by a.c.d
i ran a found/collage poetry workshop a few days ago and this is one of the things i created. i like how it turned out!
you can also see it on my website: acd.works/writing/collages/exploring
