hi. i'm saltpeter. if we haven't met: sometimes #NSFW, sometimes #ecology, all the time #queer.

This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to read @reproutopia.bsky.social's "Enemy Feminisms" to understand what "conservative feminism" means & its complicated history. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2440-e...

Our portal is still open to submissions by Indigenous Authors! Here is more information about our submission process including the link to our amoksha submission portal: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

CT & Tri-State friends, please join us! Very much looking forward to this book talk with @writesloud.bsky.social in a few weeks! obodoserendipitybooks.com/event/2025-1...

hump day perspective 🍑 #queerart #queerartist

"One of the most compelling of recent memoirs, a story that shows both the pain and the joy that follow when you decide to become fully yourself." Read the rest of this fantastic review of FRIGHTEN THE HORSES in Cleaver Magazine here!

lil sketch of @adrianf.bsky.social 😍♥️

panel for a wip on queer cruising... ✌️

Experience "Muses, Lovers, & In-Between" on 6th November at TOM House. It does not seek to subvert masculinity in disgrace, but to honor its tenderness, creating space for Queer POC bodies who hold both with unapologetic grace. Join us for Ryan Davis’s residency exhibition. RSVP: buff.ly/8jLhab5

cruisin'... 🍄 #queerart #queerartist

and we get up again

Morning.

double-crested cormorant (ref #audubon) #naturedrawing #queerartist

"success for me means connection." amen! 🙌

curious nature... 🐞 #comics #naturedrawing

Emotional resonance? Yes, please! Some thoughts on the subject by SLM staff @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social @michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social @ruthlefaive.bsky.social @cedarchromatic.bsky.social @razishadmehry.bsky.social @maxpasakorn.bsky.social @terivela.bsky.social & more!

"tell me how to love / decay / how to love nature after its ruin / how to appreciate / ruin / tell me what it means to / love an invasive species / how to explain the beauty of kudzu" —arushi (aera) rege :: “nuclear winter, burning planet” alocasia.org/2025/10/20/a...

lil sketch of @beefybuck95.bsky.social 😍

reading is what? 📚💅

had to do it, @writesloud.bsky.social

had a hard day? have a Miss Coco Peru... 💅 #queerart #queerartist

and I'd say it all again, @vermontstudioctr.bsky.social!

it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!

lil sketch of @danafterdarklv.bsky.social 😍 #queerart #queerartist

Need anymore motivation?? It’s my BIRTHDAY! Come hang out with us!!!

we have a list of 11 books for Halloween, by Matthew Kinlin @matthewkinlin.bsky.social ! check it out !! & buy a book to read tonight while teenagers in hockey masks piss on yr front door xraylitmag.com/nightmares-c...

mikey burrito watches @adrianf.bsky.social make dinner...

after party... 🎃 #kinktober #queerart #queerartist

study of "The Dying Gaul" (220 BC) #queerartist #arthistory

hi, Karen ☺️ www.smokelong.com/stories/by-t...

thinking about the eagle... 👨‍🦰 #queerart #queerartist

#smallpoemsunday acceptances start pubbing today, with fave Benjamin Niespodziany!! https://www.havehashad.com/rhbk1

69 at sunset... 🌈 #queerart #queerartist

there are 30-50 feral @havehashad.com & / or @hexliterary.bsky.social poems or stories here!

our friend the red fox ambled through last night... (cc: @adrianf.bsky.social)

"If they come for trans people, I will not be able to leave. I feel like a plastic mug, I am bound to certain places. My mother says I should not be afraid of the fascists. I ask my father if he still loves me if I cannot work." —Willow Bram Desjardins anmly.org/ap41/willow-...

little piece of 𝘶𝘯luck today from Reese Sterling Alexander "The doctor tells me, 𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘. My throat has questions: who, and where?" https://www.havehashad.com/7ghb5

Without further ado, here are our wonderful nominations for the 2026 Pushcart Prize! ❤️ 👏 buff.ly/r1wftay

The Analysis of Greg (2025)

lil illustration of @hazharlan.bsky.social 🥵

Two hours! (12pm/noon ET) this will be the link. y'all probably know the deal — link dies when we hit cap of 150 submissions, which usually takes *minutes*... sometimes SECONDS havehashad.submittable.com/submit/34010...

lil sketch of @dionysusdad.bsky.social 😍

a lil afternoon sketch...

We've got a #smallpoemsunday call coming on Sunday at noon ET from @tomsnarsky.bsky.social !! full info in image, alt text, and replies!

New York, looking forward to seeing you on Monday at KGB Bar! So excited to read with Richie Hofmann and @heidiseabornpoet.bsky.social! With love and gratitude to Tyler Allen Perry for the opportunity. 💜💜💜

lil sketch of @nooodist.bsky.social ✌️

chihuahua love no touch ♥️🚫

is this what football is? 🏈

If you're teaching creative courses or AA lit courses or women/gender/sexuality courses next semester and you need fiction or poetry, consider teaching my work! I'll visit your class online for free or come to your school if you cover travel! demistybellinger.com/publications...