Strange Horizons is open to fiction submissions from Indigenous authors! The window will close after 500 stories are received. More information: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti... If you submitted in April or June, you CANNOT submit. #fiction #shortstories #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi

The reviews are in... and they're saying you should get a copy of Of All the Stars so Nipa can have endless beef jerky* 👉 kris-madigan.itch.io/of-all-the-s... 👉 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/of-all-the... *please don't feed the fox beef jerky

2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn: 1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business; 2. worry over small presses closing or paring down. Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀 IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:

Whale Fall

I have all the spaces open for #editing right now, please share my services so I can earn some money to get through December! (Or you could always leave me a tip on ko-fi, too!)

A Study on Magic and Crystals is out now! Talita must travel to the fairy city to learn magic and count on the necromancer Marcela, and the fairy Solis for help! Together, they learn a lot about themselves. maybarros.com.br/a-study-on-m... 🌈📚 💙📚 📢📚

From a collection of Sapphic thoughts on love, loss, laughs, and life titled "Love You Like A Woman" 💞🌈 #SapphicPoetry #Lesficfri a.co/d/3MXfi9F

Fellow indie authors, give me your books! More specifically, your Kindle Unlimited books, because it's Black Friday, KU was comically cheap again, and I wanna read some cool indie stuff. Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, romance, or any combination of these. 📚❓

I'm not saying the thing I thought of last night would have cured my burnout but what I am saying is that I fell victim to being too comfy cozy in bed to get my phone and write it down it and now it's lost to the nether

Free up your brain. Take a break. Actively seek out boredom, it helps wonders to give your mind breathing space. Or engage with other sources of creativity and inspiration, submerge yourself in what gives you energy and motivation. I personally always return to my favorite music playlist for that.

Brandi's a good friend who could still use some support, shares and donations both help.

Every so often I log into my other itch account where my friend and I published an interactive fiction novel (pre pen name RIP) and am pleasantly surprised that we still get a smattering of people checking it out!

a world without trans people has never existed and never will

Did you know? This is still going on! I've heard people are being shorted their SNAP benefits and that the gov't is trying more bullshit. Keep donating to your food pantries! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Me to the egret with a wriggling fish in its beak: you uh... you gonna eat that, buddy?

friendly reminder to tell a creative you liked something you enjoyed from them, repost, whatever. it goes a long way.

"who cares? no one will like my work I share" I bet there's bound to be some cool freaks who care. but giving up, that doesn't do anything. yeah, it's discouraging at times. I get it. but your self-worth isn't tied to engagement. you CREATED something. YOU did that bro. that's worth more than enough

Women want one thing*, and it's disgusting. *A cozy sapphic romance where a crystal elf slowly falls in love with a bird woman amidst the backdrop of a religious war that serves as overt criticism of Western Church ideals

So apparently: "authors shouldn't be political," is doing the rounds again. So let's go over this again. • trans rights are human rights • LGBTQ+ rights are human rights • gay people deserve to marry and adopt • Women's rights are humsn rights. • Believe women • black lives matter

HUGE fan of my health insurance premium more than doubling next year :)

This feels.... bad.... corp.roblox.com/newsroom/202...

Well fuck me, Rent is apparently going up in Janurary so please i need to get this up to 100% now.

Itchio is back up! ardenpowell.itch.io ✨You own the ebook files for keeps ✨I make the highest royalties on Itchio compared to any other storefront ✨You can tip creators above the sale price if you want to give extra support ✨Buy queer indie books from a queer indie author 🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜

Good Morning, World.

It's my birthday. Please preorder my novella today. Thread celebrating friend books later today. Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTWJ89VC Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/guitar-con...

It’s transgender awareness week so please be aware of 🏳️‍⚧️🌸💖✨h e r✨💖🌸🏳️‍⚧️

Writerly reminders 🖤✨ ✨ You will write someone's favorite book ✨ Take breaks + treat yourself ✨ Write that series ✨ Your first books aren't failures for not hitting goals on release, they're paving the way for success ✨ Build your backlist ✨ Enjoy the process

❄️ POLAR LIGHTS 4: APPS OPEN! ❄️ A digital charity zine for polar life, we welcome nature ARTISTS and WRITERS at any level with an appreciation for these extreme environments. • More info: polarlightszine.tumblr.com • Apply here: forms.gle/s515VFAhKG9h... #polar_zine

Luiza wants adventures, Amara just wants her safe home. 🔮 Queer latina Witches 🪐 Space travel 💚 Queerplatonic relationship ✨ Magic! Cover by Ren Nolasco 🌈📚 💙📚 📢📚 maybarros.com.br/en/journey-h...

okay now that the new pinned post is up and my lunch break is over, it is time to resume Email Tasks.

I'm Kris! Writer, gamer, archer, occasional crafter, & critter enthusiast. I write sapphic short stories & novellas where things always turn out okay & the yearning is abundant! Check out my work or come say hi :) ✏️ kris-madigan.itch.io ✏️ linktr.ee/krismadigan #BookSky #WriteSky #IndieAuthor

It's raining again and I have to do my job but it doesn't mean I can't listen to the playlist for my last project and think about how much I love it while I send endless emails. Also I woke up having apparently slept funny and my neck hurts 🥲 save me lesbians, save me.

Call campaigns work! But we need as many people joining as possible Join today and yell at paypros to stop discriminating against adult content and sex workers! stop-paypros.neocities.org

I made some little themed bookmark & sticker sets! most have 3 bookmarks, a sticker sheet, & sticker

Love this so much. 💜

Still looking to try and pay for the paperback publication by either the end of the year or January 2026. I also have my domain bill coming up in a few weeks and would appreciate any support for this goal to help balance those expenses.

ive gotten asked "how do you write sex if you dont have it" before and i always say "does stephen king moonlight as a child-killing clown? its called having a fucking imagination" and we really need to push that point louder cuz it aint that hard

hello i am looking for queer porn created by ace/gray ace/demi people that is available to read for free online (legally!!) whenever i hear "Well i'm ace so i don't know anything about porn" i want to be able to go "here is a list of the horniest shit you've ever seen made by VIEWERS LIKE YOU"

Just for my own edification, if you are BIPOC and living in Canada and write gothic horror do you mind saying hi to me on this thread? Off the bat respectfully I know of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Premee, Nalo Hopkinson, I love all of their work and have their books.

🍊🐻 Capybara (2022) #telekitneticart #formline #indigenousart

It's deeply unfair that falling asleep past 10:30 causes me such awfulness the following morning. But watching people in armor fight each other was probably worth how gross I feel now that I'm awake 😂

Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free” the library bought it. which in turn means that the community bought it. In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.

🗡️ fantasy novella ⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals 🏹 gallant knights 👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom 🌲 enchanted plants and forests 🥀 romance and friendship 🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR 💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-... 📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Learn the difference between ‘that story sucked’ and ‘that story was not for me’ challenge.

One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.

'Unfortunately it was paradise' -Mahmoud Darwish

What's better than toxic yaoi summer? Hot vampire winter! As the nights grow colder it's become the best time of the year to pick up my custom vampire universe reads. Take a gander at the highlights and snag both this weekend! Skia: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVWJ7TBJ Letifer: www.amazon.com/dp/B09KNCWNQ3