5yo, holding his chicken stuffie: I am feeding her popcorn chicken Me: Oh sweetie, that's cannibalism. Maybe feed her something else? 9yo: What about turkey? 5yo: I am feeding her popcorn turkey, om nom nom.

What folks fear is going to happen when they join a new gym: regulars growling, staring at them, or outright ignoring them What actually happens when someone new joins a gym: if not friend, why friend-shaped???

Which game will you have a preorder in for when you shuffle off this mortal coil? Fallout 6? Elder Scrolls 7? Red Dead 4? GTA 8?

Not to be all "it's my birthday, buy my books" but it is and you should. THE DEAD WITHHELD: tiny, quick read, queer, paranormal neo-noir, grumpy protag with questionable decision-making YEAR OF THE MER: big, special editions, fantasy, slow burn sapphic tragedy, grumpy protag, worse decisions

New Releases: July 2026 This post is sponsored by Rien Grey in honor of Sapphic Fantasy Romance Galeas the Keen!... https://lgbtqreads.com/2026/07/07/new-releases-july-2026/

Oh yes, good reminder that they can tell if you even opened it, and since some folks have pointed out these scams are successful if they can simply confirm an active email, well

Fellow writers: w/o context, what's the first line of your current WIP? this is incredibly drafty b/c I'm just noodling on a story seed, but: "Yarrow stood ankle-deep in muck, purple beautyberry juice smeared behind her ears and seemingly oblivious to the mosquitoes drawn by the promise of blood."

🌈Florida folks… The Golden Crown Literary Society’s sapphic books con will be in Orlando from Aug 05, 2026 thru Aug 09, 2026 It will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Universal, 5780 Major Blvd, Orlando, FL 32819. #SapphicBooks

Every academic I know is burned the fuck out from the obscene publishing requirements, let alone teaching loads, but sure, go off about them not doing enough 🤬

THIS IS NOT A DRILL (Also I have to admit I almost didn't reskeet because I want to watch this myself but alas probably won't be able to for a while 😭)

Brain: I have a story idea! Me: ...is it necromancy Brain, kicking dirt over a suspicious pile of bones: Nooooo 👀

I wrote the book that eventually got me published during my 1 hour lunch break, supplemented by 1-2 hours in the evening after work and whatever extra energy I had on weekends. Most writers have dayjobs. 🤷‍♀️

If you want to pre-order a novella whose climax @stephanieburgis.bsky.social called "operatically fantastic and also deeply cathartic and timely," now's a great time! hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du... (Next week also good!)

I saw some family last week and my 10yo nibling, upon seeing me for the first time in a hot minute, immediately asks: you're the aunt who writes books, right? Me: ...yes...? 10yo: So I've got a story idea for you Me: 🤦

I've always identified culturally as a Floridian, which feels about as fraught to claim as a USAian these days 🥲

I love comparing what we learned in school with folks from other states. We're such a big country, each state has a separate curriculum.

Every day, I look outside and think "I would like to do some gardening" Every day, I step outside to do said gardening and immediately melt into a pile of goo. 🫠

🧵 Running for office takes a lot of work, time, and money

This is horrifying on several levels: a, that common writing techniques stolen by genAI are now all but *owned* by genAI; b, that scant evidence is enough for a checker to call it 100%; and c, that we're again granting a program better judgement that a human* *with training, anyway

I love the idea of Queer Wrath Month following Queer Pride, but since July is Disability Pride month I'm just saying you should take us too. I'd like some Disability Wrath, as a treat.

The Romancing the Vote auction is live!!! I'm donating a set of signed and personalized copies of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS and THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID, along with bookmarks and a signed & personalized bookplate for book 3! Lots of other great stuff too! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Happy Disability Pride Month 2026! It’s Disability Pride Month, and we’re celebrating with books that have queer disabled main characters! For more books with queer disabled MCs, or to look for specific conditions, check out… https://lgbtqreads.com/2026/07/01/happy-disability-pride-month-2026/

Welp, PRIDE month is over, looks like it's time for WRATH month

June's aspec releases (as I've found them anyway) post is here! Get your shiny, hot-off-the-press aspec books today! www.patreon.com/dovelynnwrit...

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - MAY 2026🏳️‍🌈 I round up over 20 works by @rkduncan.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @straith.ca @eliaseells.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social @effies.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social & many more!!!! www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

TOMORROW Pasha the Storm makes landfall. massive second world fantasy epic where a dirtbag dyke auntie takes on queens, gods, men, and monsters. and comes out... mostly intact.

We are officially two weeks away from The Dragon Has Some Complaints! So I want to play a game. Give me a number between 1 and 371, and I’ll give you a line from that page in the book.

June 2026 Deal Announcements Adult Fiction Alt-pop country singer-songwriter August Ponthier's EVERYWHERE ISN'T TEXAS, following a queer used electronics store employee in 1980s small-town Texas who is drawn into an alternate… https://lgbtqreads.com/2026/06/29/june-2026-deal-announcements/

Such a great in depth dive into the history of aspec characters in SFF 💜

Ok so why am I only just learning about the ridiculous game, What the Car?

Hey #booksky! What are some of your favorite novels with asexual and/or aromantic main characters?

Oh we had internet on the phoneline, all right. And if anyone called, it'd knock you offline.

Yeah, but can an AI do *this* *creates an unholy behemoth of a run-on sentence using em dashes*

The scary thing was letting my boss know I'm leaving dayjob. Now that the rest of my colleagues know, I can be more open about it. I'll be a part time administrative assistant, but mostly a SAHM, come August.

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hey friends!! Tell me about your favorite GENRE-BENDING books! I'm looking for sci-fi mysteries, fantasy horrors, science-fantasy, literary specfic, and all that stuff that doesn't fit neatly into one category.

I have lived in FL and AZ where the heat is notoriously horrible and even I barely survived 3 weeks without a/c in Michigan during a heatwave. Places not adapted for excessive heat are simply not safe during excessive heat, there's no brute-forcing your way through.

Did you have a queer SFF story out in May? Then let me know about it so I can get it on my list. Thanks!

Much later than June, but THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID (last book in my Echo Archives trilogy with a bi ace MC) is coming out in November! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/none/... Thank you for doing this!!!

Hit me with your June (or later) aspec releases! I wanna know about them all! (And then I want to add them to my aspec releases column going up at the start of July.) (Also: if you're running an aspec crowdfunding thing it'd make sense to include in that posting time frame, let me know that too!)

It is once again time to sing the song that if you want good, varied, ensemble aspec rep you need to look at indie and selfpub books. We’re out there writing them. At this stage, if you’re telling me you haven’t found one, you’re telling me you haven’t even bothered to look.

Queer. Space. Pirates. And an incredibly unreliable narrator who was literally born yesterday.

Not even slightly. I am both the geniusy genius to ever write and somehow simultaneously a worm that isn't even worth touching words while I'm writing. The pendulum swings wildly both directions.

Oh. Yay. :l

i keep trying to find a chill or ironic way to post this and there is simply nothing chill about it!!! ahhhhHHHhhhhhhhh!!!!! variety.com/2026/tv/news...

My little announcement - I have a new book in 2027, and this is the cover!

50% off all ebooks until July 4th in dishonor of Amaz*n. Use code COMPOSITE at www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks.

It's just three weeks until The Dragon Has Some Complaints flies into the world! And this week is the big Barnes & Noble preorder sale, meaning you can get 25% off my dragon with the code PREORDER25. Do you need a lonely dragon in your life? #booksky

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN MAY 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's April's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...