First lines: "Aaoran-peras, how many turns has it now been since we last saw each other?" One wrong step and the monster in Otar's veins kills. 🛣️ indiana jones but gay 🌎 rooooadtrip ♥️ third chance at love 🌈 queer Buy: jdrivers.itch.io/the-edge-of-... books2read.com/u/mdwgNw 📚🌈📚🪐📚💙📚⚔️📚📢

(muttering) Hey, fellow deck.blue users: has anybody else been noticing problems with double-posting lately (i.e., d.b reports "couldn't post" but does it anyway)? ...Beeing seeing this often of late.

Phone calls to reps are still the best way for citizens to influence legislation. If you've avoided the phone thus far, use this tool from @everylibrary.bsky.social to help oppose H.R. 7661. If you do that today, you can take the rest of the weekend off! :)

You know what I hate? Chapter 15s. Absolute hack work every time. Name me a good Chapter 15, in any book, ever. That's right, you can't. Everyone skips them, authors all use AI or just type asdfghj. Stop lying and admit it. #BookTok #Discourse #Chapter15Sucks

Can I ship toad and starfox now?

Fondamentalement, ce que propose le RN et toute la droite pour l'éducation et l'enseignement supérieur, c'est "hé, les gars, on serait pas mieux si les travailleurs étaient de moins en moins qualifiés ? C'est bien comme ça que marche l'économie, non ?"

New essay! Abraham Aondoana looks to what's happening in Nigerian speculative fiction - literature, film, comics: why it's important, what it's saying, and generally how cool it is. Read it now for free: www.speculativeinsight.com

Job Alert 📢 Join BTO as a Senior Research Ecologist! Apply now➡️ www.bto.org/jobs This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of BTO’s climate change work! 📆 Application deadline: Sunday 26 April. 📝 £44,637 per annum. 📍 Hybrid, HQ in Norfolk or one of our country offices. #Ornithology

👻 Boo! The Ghost Stories bundle is now ready to haunt you! itch.io/b/3601/ghost... #indieapril #booksky 📦📚💙 🩸📚💀 📚🪐

i have a story in the DUXX In a Row anthology! it's one of my trio of stories about a trio of horny immortal husbands (two demons, one god), with a good dose of tooth-rotting fluff. bsky.app/profile/duck...

Did you know I have commissions open? I can draw your characters, I take book cover commissions, I can illustrate your books/ttrpg projects! Contact on my pinned post / profile link! Or commission me through vgen! Slightly updated prices. vgen.co/maybarros

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Me: okay brain listen we got a short story idea. Brain: show me. Me: short, you got me? Brain: yeah sure Me: short! Brain: I know what short means! Me: so the idea... Brain: great, listen how about... something something novel Me: *whimpers*

I might be biased on this one because of the number of "not today, not in this grocery store" moments I have with my own daughter.

"All authors are using AI now! No, of course they are, they're just not saying so yet, but *everyone* is doing it so it's totally okay. You don't want to be left behind, do you? You're not uncool, are you?" --the slop shillers, sounding increasingly like drug pushers in a 1980s kids TV show

I've seen people trying to defend it today by saying "No, no, I just use it to brainstorm, bounce ideas, I do the actual writing" and with all the kindness in the world I need to tell you: if there is a stage of writing you are not good at, you need to get good, not use the plagiarism machine.

Our annual viewing of the Brutalist Easter Bunny in Jyväskylä, Finland. www3.jkl.fi/taidemuseo/v...

There are so many. But the one I tend to think about is Miette, and the owner jailed for a thousand years.

The Witch Door wednesday update is here: 🆕 www.thewitchdoor.com/comic/chapte... New reader? Start here: www.thewitchdoor.com/comic/prolog... #thewitchdoor #webcomics #comicoop

It's been heartening to see various publishers, including my own, @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social, make statements on this. Though obviously I wish they didn't have to.

Signed. I grew up under Section 28. My school years were a living hell and I've never forgiven the UK Government for decades of second-class citizenship and the sanctioned social bigotry and exclusion of queer folks that it encouraged (and does to this day) either. It should be addressed. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

🏳️‍⚧️🌿HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY!🌿🏳️‍⚧️ i'm viktor, a trans man illustrator from the u.k (unfortunately), and historical fiction, fashion, and fantasy is my cup of tea 🍵 look upon my visible self and artworks (and hire me) 🏳️‍⚧️ #tdov #transdayofvisibility

For being unemployed I'm a surprisingly busy person.

Lol. No. I don't use AI and I wont. My brain thinks on its own.

Same score. AmIATechBro.com

I have room in my heart for this one.

Just five days before we announce our COMMON BONDS 3 lineup now 👀

This is not a joke. Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction will be an ongoing series! And we’re open to submissions for the second volume starting today: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

Back on my bullshit

Want: Questionable archaelogical procedures ala Indiana Jones? With desaster queers? A romance plot so strong it could be the main plot, but isn't? A shit ton of secrets and questions? Otar's Universe provides it all and more! Buy now: books2read.com/u/mdwgNw 📚💙📚🌈📚🪐🌈📚📚🪐📚🚀💫

Want: Questionable archaelogical procedures ala Indiana Jones? With desaster queers? A romance plot so strong it could be the main plot, but isn't? A shit ton of secrets and questions? Otar's Universe provides it all and more! Buy now: books2read.com/u/mdwgNw 📚💙📚🌈📚🪐🌈📚📚🪐📚🚀💫

i hope everyone around me on the subway enjoyed my look of abject disgust as i read this.

if you don’t like the process of writing then don’t be a fucking writer, it’s not that complicated

This makes me so angry. Tucker is one of the gentlest ppl I know and I cant imagine him ever posting anything warranting suspension! I've written the ppl at Medium and if you have an account, encourage you to write too! Tucker writes so much on behalf of ⚧️ issues and lit. RESTORE HIS ACCOUNT NOW!

For Autistic People's Month, I've gathered 34 fellow autistic authors, many with an autistic main character, some also queer led. Our books feature monsters, friendship, an invisible library, a shipwreck, ravenous crabs, hope/ horror, romance & more! Mini blurbs in 👇 🧠📚🌈📚🪐 itch.io/b/3598/autis...

Back on my bullshit

We're shockingly prone to "cognitive surrender."

I’m doing a bit of research for a potential article on reading habits of SFFH fans. So, if you read SFFH do you also read other genres and if so, which ones? All answers welcome and reposts appreciated for visibility. Thank you!

Never trust the internet as a general but especially today.

Hey gang, from today until April 30th, Juniper Books is gonna be donating a portion of sales of the fancy Sworn Soldier editions to Trans Lifeline!

Honored to have made the cover for another top-tier horror anthology, filled with some phenomenal talent, from my friends at Tenebrous Press. 🖤🏳️‍⚧️🖤 Much love to you all!

Denver Leary is having a shit day. Sent home from work, his girl's about to leave him, his band STILL needs a new singer, and now... #KeepingTime is queer, bittersweet bummer of a romance between bandmates and it just updated! #webcomics 🎸 Latest: keepingtimecomic.com 🎸Start from the beginning

Come one when you make a stop in the netherlands as a band, just take a few steps east and cross the border. please?

ICYMI, the second book in this grimdark series!

Visibility feels very not needed. I'd rather make trans books visible, especially if they have a trans main character(s)! So drop us your trans book recs! If you're a trans author & or have a trans MC; give us a description, link & graphic of your own books! 🌈📚💙🏳️‍⚧️ Boosts appreciated!

And my updates have gone out on Patreon

Moooore news (Wow, I'm on a roll today)! I added sample chapters to itch.io/c/5631027/ot... for Book 1 and 2. So, if you have been unsure so far, check them out! 📚🌈📚💙📚🪐

We've crossed 50% funded! btw, since it's tdov, I thought I'd mention - around a third of the authors involved in this project are trans and/or nonbinary, and multiple of the stories feature trans and/or nb characters!

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! We’ve gathered a list of 40 books we love by authors who are openly under the broad trans umbrella – transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer, etc. Many of these books also feature trans characters, and all are queer! text version: duckprintspress.com/2026/03/31/q... 📚🏳️‍⚧️

some that i’ve read & enjoyed and a few others that are currently on my tbr! 🏳️‍⚧️🖤 #booksky