A Quiet Universe, Kimmy, Brute of Greengrave, RCBG--this is all transgressive, messy stuff that no publisher would ever have touched. It's primarily within the indie sphere that they can be distributed and circulated at all.

Additionally in current political climates in the west, queer art is censored: Itch itself delisted works that were included in a 'toxic yuri' bundle a while back (which is why we have to be euphemistic with ours). Commercial queer fiction is, in general, very anodyne and palatable.

Much of what is thought of as misery in lesbian fiction is all about the misery of homophobia and corrective SA and comphet, and while that can be part of it, 'toxic yuri' is about the narrative agency of lesbian characters--the liberty to be, as it were, as awful as any fictional straight woman.

For me, this is the essential heart of it and why it can encompass a big range. It's about not just exploring strange, bloody subjects, but about having access to full humanity like any cishet reader. lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/about/

Let's talk a bit about toxic yuri. :) Definition is tricky: for some people it's just women being a little mean, for some it's women carving a hole into another and digging her fist inside to find her dead wife (I've written this).

Sentient obsessed swords. Heartless criminals. Domineering vampire mistresses. Star-crossed outcasts. Poison Lillies is a bundle full of women who know what the want and have no qualms about taking it for themselves. Sink your teeth in: itch.io/b/3364/poiso...

So, my financial aid package is pretty consistently a few hundred dollars short of what it actually costs to take semesters here. So far I've been making up the gap by begging for money from my parents, but if this gets big enough I might be able to cover it myself for once!

Really happy to see how well this bundle is doing! Remember, the creators here all really benefit, we have multiple trans woc for whom this is a HUGE deal for affording rent and groceries!

Oh wow! Anyway, bonuses! First: If the bundle hits its current goal of $7,000; I'll commit to writing an interlude for my current work in progress featuring Antigone's point of view. She's among the less lesbian as far as this cast goes, but she is extra toxic to make up for it.

Thanks to your support, a bunch of transfems and lesbians get to have a bit extra cash to pay their bills! And if we get to 7k, I will get to write a short story (lmao, me? short story?) about toxic lesbian sky pirates kissing and hunting a dragon! Trust me, you don't wanna miss it!

Kay is a talented voice in transfem horror and scifi, you'll want to see this preview!

I'm glad "the year of Dramione" is a thing because it clearly illustrates how the wizard kidlit franchise is being kept culturally relevant by cishet women who can't stop cranking it to plausibly deniable Nazi porn they hallucinated in their favorite children's media.

Been a while, enough for the name and pronouns on the GFM to become outdated 😅 However, thanks to your donations, I've been able to book a surgery date and get a more accurate cost estimate, lowering the overall goal. Please help me meet it before Jun 18! gofund.me/8749cfb86

One of the titles included in this bundle is These Rainy Autumn Nights by @shadell.itch.io, which is best pitched as: what if Dorley but instead of a basement, they're put in a weird eldritch school that's stuck in a timeloop for thousands of years? itch.io/b/3364/poiso...

Somehow we've blown past our second goal in just 6 days! I'll be raising the goal shortly, and many of our contributors will be announcing their new goal incentives.

Condolences to the Philippines, this is awful.

Imago is AMAZING

i started reading Imago by @mzakharuk.bsky.social yesterday and omgggg it's so good! i'm one chapter in and so hooked, and i just thought "hey, Zakharuk is a familiar name", checked her bluesky, and realised that she's also Emma of dolphindiaries and Cracked Ivory?! waow (based based based) dot jpeg

One of the most remarkable things about @jemma.bsky.social's upcoming transfem spy action thriller is that you read along and enjoy how fun it is, then it gut-punches you with the protagonist's tragic backstory and/or her dad being an abusive transphobic asshole in flashbacks. So good.

One of the things I've absolutely loved about getting to write RCBG is portraying trans lesbian life as rich and multifaceted---not always shiny, happy, and full of joy, nor a relentless slog of misery and bravery and inspiration porn, but messy and human and authentic, you know?

Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.

After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live! No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️‍⚧️📚 #transbooks The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.

PLEASE HELP if you can

I know what you're thinking: How did Bee allow us to add RCBG, a story about totally cis men* taking oestrogen for an underground competition? The answer is that what we lack in yuri**, we make up for in unfiltered toxicity: infidelity, public humiliation, hatefucking, broken hearts, and more!

women can do anything

Please help Emma!!!

120% of our second goal blown straight past, the people crave toxic yuri, and what a delicious thing to crave! still plenty of time to get your fix in, if you share that most magnificent and unusual of hungers :3

Please help out Emma if y'all can <3

Been a while, enough for the name and pronouns on the GFM to become outdated 😅 However, thanks to your donations, I've been able to book a surgery date and get a more accurate cost estimate, lowering the overall goal. Please help me meet it before Jun 18! gofund.me/8749cfb86

Nice (nice) itch.io/b/3364/poiso...

Don't say you love the anime if you haven't read the manga!!

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"but how is it yuri if-" oh don't worry. you'll figure it out

If you are concerned that the toxic yuri bundle won't have anything for the lads, look no further! Ranked Competitive Breast Growth is a MEN'S SPORT!

Citizenship is one of those defining evils of our epoch Moving to another country should require a change of address form for mail forwarding and nothing else

You really should read Imago it Fucks Severely

Here's what you can expect from me in this bundle: IMAGO: A DYSTOPIAN GOTHIC, a fantasy-horror dark academia novel about lesbian monsterfuckers and terrorism in dystopia APPETITE [preorder], a vampire thriller novella about an ex that won't stay dead, TBR later this year

92% of the way to our second goal! The people crave bitey lesbian fiction!

Did you know that A Quiet Universe has an audiobook? Both the digital version and the audio version are included in this bundle, a package typically costing $10 on its own! It's only $5 more for that and 23 other titles (including several other audiobooks!) It's hard to overstate the steal :3

2026 Primary Woke Wave

Yay communism in America

I believe the sober take on this is that irrespective of the average person's opinion on trans people, screeching about how they're putting trannies in your daughter's Little League team or whatever doesn't move the right-wing needle much and registers as kind of out of touch from real issues.

On the Toxic Yuri November bundle: Imago, a delicious dark tale of a disgraced academician, pursued by the secret police and a conspiracy, seeking scholarly recognition in the icy corners of the world... finding something else. itch.io/b/3364/poiso...

These articles elide exactly what Clanchy wrote in her book, so a reminder that she described girls going through puberty as having "Cypriot bosoms" and wearing "flirty hijabs". She also talked about Jewish noses and commented on the skull shapes of various children.

Yes, @clockwork-sapphire.bsky.social did a great job on the audiobooks!

How do you romance someone when you're a sword? All edges and teeth, that's how! Very fitting for it to have come out alongside @b-saxon.femfactory.tech's vampire princess. Once again: the girls are hungry! They are starving! Give them your blood!🩸😋

Thanks everyone for your interest and support! Did you know the bundle also includes audiobooks? With the bundle's purchase, you can listen to @jemma.bsky.social 's excellent erotic short stories from "Tempting Poison" and "The Brute of Greengrave." I can highly recommend both collections

Included in this bundle is @jemma.bsky.social's Brute of Grengrave, a collection of interconnected dollfic with commentary on class, gender, transition, and also lots of BDSM. Reviewed here. lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2025/06/28/r...

Next, The Grafting of Persephone by @autumnwolff.bsky.social, her foray into Gunmetal Olympus fanworks! What if Persephone is forcibly 'grafted' into the body of a lesser mark? Body horror toxic yuri.

Some titles new to this toxic yuri bundle: Blade of Shattered Bone by @dragonprose.bsky.social, a romance between a sentient sword and her wielder Exsanguinated Bliss by @b-saxon.femfactory.tech, about a lesbian vampire princess Support trans WOC! itch.io/b/3364/poiso...