The one thing I love to do to annoy my spawnling is to sing songs at him with changed lyrics. Not quite as fancy as Weird Al, my go to is: What if cod was one of us Just a fish like one of us Just a sturgeon on the bus Trying to swim his way home?

We're on to our seventh author preview, and the time is flying by! @maxturneruk.com is today's Author, and he's gifting us a little highlight that may trigger thalassophobia or curiosity. Or both. We like both. Preorders are still open until Dec. 12th! monstermashzine.bigcartel.com

Every year I make my son a Halloween costume in the hopes he'll wear it. In 2023 it was a Camerman costume (Skibidi toilet), and at the last minute he decided to go as Pink Among Us. 2024 I made a Moon (FNAF) costume and at the last minute he got into his Ghostbusters costume...

Hey look, it’s the monthly annoucement of blood money acceptors - aka Harry Potter actors. Which actor I loved will I be sad is here? Which will show their ass in an interview & reveal how little they give a shit about trans people? Such a fun game this has become… fml. deadline.com/2025/10/harr...

Check out a sneak peek at my newest novelette! If you love those shots in David Lynch projects where there's headlights on a dark country road, I think you're gonna love this.

Check out our latest update: We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications. Latest - The Sphecanthrope by Leigh V Twersky www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth... #queerfiction #queerhorror #horrorromance #booksky 🌈📚

Check out our latest update: We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications. places where you cannot be: an afro-american travel guide by @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth... #queerfiction #queerhorror #booksky 🌈📚

#Fannibals, our time has come.

We're so excited about Dark Paths and our other two publications! We have 17 days left on our Kickstarter and unfortunately are no longer fully funded after a pledge was rescinded! Please help us get to our £500 goal, and on our way to the first stretch goal!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Have you pledged yet? We have 24 days to go and we're just £79 away from our goal! Help us smash it and get moving towards the first stretch goal! We're posting regular updates about the publications too so do check them out! #supportindiepress #supportindiewriters #indiepress #booksky

Check out our latest update: We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications. Glory to God by @amandamblake.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth... #queerfiction #vampires #vampire #vampiregoddess #queerhorror #gayvampires #booksky 🌈📚

Check out our latest update: We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications. Up first - Vampire Joe by Clinton Seiter www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth... #gayfiction #queerfiction #vampires #vampire #gayvampires #booksky #queerwriters 🌈📚

Take it from a longtime editor/author/musician: no legitimate publisher/agent/book club/record label will ask you for money to work with you. Anyone who does is scamming and won’t do anything for you.

🎃STARTS WEDNESDAY🎃 My horror-loving friends, it is time 👻 #31DaysofHorror bingo 1. Each day in October watch a horror movie. 2. For each horror movie, mark a tombstone on the bingo board. 3. Post your progress and challenge others. 4. Tag me to be entered to win a RED WALLS gift box.

Looking forward to this! Myself and Leonie from the Owls team will be there representing @acoupofowls.bsky.social and selling BOOKS, MERCH and BOOKISH BITS!!! Come along and say hi if you're in Norwich on 25th October!

The spammers aren’t even putting in the minimum effort any more!

✊🏿 Paid opportunities for Black LGBTQIA+ writers and journalists! The @thelovetankcic.bsky.social Phil Samba @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social is joining @WeAreQueerAF.com as our Black History Month UK guest editor Details in 🧵 or apply now 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/black-histor...

It's a great time to write queer horror

Kickstarter has been such a great platform for us, and we're looking forward to once again bringing more stories to life and putting them into reader's hands (physical or digital!). Whilst you're over checking out our Kickstarter, be sure other amazing projects! www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...

With just over a month to go until our Kickstarter ends AND we send out the first of our 2025 publications, we are currently at 69% funded! We would love to smash through the £500 goal so that we can include some great stretch goals!! #booksky #queerwriters #writersofcolour 🌈📚 #supportindiewriters

An aimless retail worker discovers new, elusive residents of the store, and decides to be delighted rather than frightened. Miracle Aisle by Bethany L. Sherwood is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a #BookSky #ShortStories #RetailHell

A humanities major hitchhiking in Jordan embarks on a quirky road trip that becomes a mysterious quest for the Ark of the Covenant. Backpacking Through the books of Exodus... by Rowan Tate is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a #BookSky #ShortStories #RoadTripwithGod

A retelling of the Norse myth of Fenrir and Tyr… from Fenrir’s perspective. The Hand that Feeds by Phoebe Bush is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a #BookSky #ShortStories #NorseMythology

A man encounters a midnight stranger who issues him a task, in the process of carrying it out he discovers himself, and experiences culture. The Visitation by Nwafor Emmanuel Okechukwu is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a #BookSky #ShortStories #NigerianFiction

A woman obsessed with a coworker takes matters into her own hands. L’Amour, Thy Name is Ana by Sylvie Soul is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a... #BookSky #ShortStories #WritersofColour

It’s hard to break the cycle. Drain by Fallon Buchholz is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a... #BookSky #ShortStories #QueerWriters

Remembering and grieving the loss of a loved one. Grief of the Ones Left Behind by Lavanya Arora is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a... #BookSky #ShortStories #IndianFiction #IndianWriters

We are so excited to announce the #BannedBooksWeek honorary chair for 2025: legendary actor/author/activist GEORGE TAKEI! "Please stand with me in opposing censorship, so that we all can find ourselves — and each other — in books.” bannedbooksweek.org/legendary-ac... @georgetakei.bsky.social

The Kickstarter for our 2025/6 publications is NOW LIVE!! Oct 2025: Dark Paths: A Queer Horror Romance Collection Dec 2025: Light Paths: A Queer Fantast Romance Collection Feb 2026: trans romance novella Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste. www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...

Death and Obsession... 🍂 Our Autumn issue is now LIVE 🍂 Feat. stories from Lavanya Arora, Fallon Buchholz, Sylvie Soul, Nwafor Emmanuel Okechukwu, Phoebe Bush, Rowan Tate and @theherocomplex.bsky.social acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a... #Booksky #shortstories

I don't think this is a case of being unaware of the harm JRK has caused. These people live in or near the UK, no way they don't know what she's been up to. I think they just don't care. I think they are able to justify this as "separating the art from the artist" so they can cash a paycheck.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

We're thrilled to be able to share more details about our 2025-2026 publication line-up. With two novelette collections and a novella that span across genres but feature romance (of one sort or another) at their core, we are excited to be working with a number of talented authors! 🧵

Accidentally brundle-fly'd my microwave potato.

Pre-orders are now available for the next batch of Adapt Evolve Become (2nd edition), including a pick-up at RDC8 (Feb 2026) option! The pre-order form is here: forms.gle/L4teLG5nsbha... #Hannibal #Hannigram #Fannibals

Excellent fundraising for great causes over at @transhanniday.bsky.social (another project from our publisher @maxturneruk.com!). #transrightsarehumanrights

Four shows worth binging.

Okay, well. Queer & especially trans authors of erotica and other content deemed 'nsfw' by major platforms, please drop links to where people can find your stories in the replies. Everyone else: Repost people's links. Stop worrying about the sanctity of your feed & help the most impacted authors.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to an error with the shipping on the listings, they have been cancelled and relisted. They are now open to Worldwide bids, apologies for the inconvenience. You can find both auctions here: www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?i... You have 7 days to bid! #Hannibal #Fannibals

I have been so focused over the last year on @acoupofowls.bsky.social that I've really lost touch with a lot of my writing. I'm looking forward to us going back to just quarterly issues for a while so I can pick up some old WIPs again! Hopefully I remember how to write! 😬😆

this is what you look like as a Harry Potter fan in 2025

Hey everyone, Trans Actual are collecting responses to the EHRC consultation because it sounds likely they're going to try and obscure them If you saved them (a good idea if you haven't filled it in yet!) please can you email the address below with them! I personally trust Trans Actual and Helen

Doesn't matter. The money she makes for it will still go to anti-trans initiatives. Stop trying to find ways to make Potter shit guilt-free again. It's not going to happen.

#TransAllies in the UK STEP UP! We need your help because we don't have the mental or emotional bandwidth to do this alone GI have created this guidance to complete the consultation relating to the supreme court ruling that impacts trans rights. 30 June deadline! transactual.org.uk/equality-act...

if i can be y’all’s dad for a second: one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better