lesbians and their swords are so important to me (and also them having hot, magic-empowered sex) art of Martis (L) and Valerin (R) by @satansmasque.bsky.social:

"Ruined by Women"? yeah I'd like to be

I know this is half the point but “biological pronouns” is functioning like a cognitohazard for me obviously all pronouns are artificially assigned at birth by cis standards, but as someone who is intersex on top of being nonbinary, it’s doubly grating

Skadi🙏

Readers in Arizona, Michigan, & Georgia! Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare. If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call! Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.

the cis urge to consider yourself personally injured by basic civility

🏳️‍⚧️ For US-based trans people 🏳️‍⚧️ The applications for Point of Pride's Annual Trans Surgery Fund will open on Nov 1, 2025. This is a fund that aims to provide direct financial assistances to trans people who can't afford gender-affirming surgeries. More info: www.pointofpride.org/annual-trans...

I am very serious when I say I truly do love and care about erotic art as a form of exploration and celebration. It’s so important, especially in these times where there’s so much vitriol about adult content. S/o to other adult artists, adult performers, writers, all yall!

I hope you have an appetite for horror… 🩸 📚 @laurelhightower.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social @rascalhartley.bsky.social @tenebrouspress.bsky.social @riengray.bsky.social @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social

Raising money to feed my family. The unfortunate delay of SNAP benefits affected us and am opening commissions to help feed my family. Please DM if interested.

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Your friendly semi-regular reminder that the single greatest way to help your favorite authors is to rate and review the books you've read. Goodreads, Itch, Kindle, they all give you the opportunity to rate/review and it REALLY helps us get visibility!

@scarleteen.com has been doing inclusive, loving, queer and trans-led sex ed for ALL since 1998. Their work includes direct services for young people all over the world who need support from help with pregnancy scares to advice about homophobic parents. Please consider donating!

Page of Swords

Book mail! #booksky #urbanfantasy #fantasy #sciencefiction #romantasy

liquid metals in your blood

Hello, new followers. I'm an author with a current focus on queer and trans sword & sorcery fiction. You can learn more about my work and where to find it at breadsonja.wordpress.com 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ⚔️ 🤼‍♀️

Getting into boxing has been really good for me. I missed having a regular martial art and constantly pushing against my own physical limits to improve.

Re indie marketing scams: if someone is asking you if they can review your book, they want money for it if they really loved it, they'd be posting about it without your permission

everybody transgender

Thank you for including Valerin the Fair!

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

apologies for beating this absolutely perished horse but i woke up to yet ✨another✨ job rejection, if you like what i do and have the means i'd appreciate any and all support, thank you 💖🌿 🛒 nooskaart.etsy.com ☕ ko-fi.com/nooska 🌸 nooskadraws.gumroad.com

Your new bodyguard

YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE

Writing fantasy Arthuriana is constantly having to go “wait is this a specific medieval reference or did someone toss it in four hundred years later”

The word loanword is a calque of the German noun Lehnwort. In contrast, the term calque is a loanword, from the French noun calque ("tracing, imitation, close copy"), and I would like to file a complaint.

Gold ink lineup ☀️ #printmaking #linocut

Making a huge pot of stew for the week was such a good decision 🥣

The direct book link is here as well! indiestorygeek.com/story/9487

Hey, queerly beloved! As we're moving into the holiday season, please consider giving your bookish friends and family the gift of trans books. Not only can you help your nearest and dearest discover their new favorite author, just a few extra sales can be huge for an indie writer!

Want some tentacle romance with trans, anti-capitalist, and environmental themes? DisposableMagic has you covered. danifinn.itch.io/disposable-magic books2read.com/u/mvJXa8 Paperback on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1960173154 Or order it from your favorite online or brick & mortar bookstore!

If anyone is interested in nominating THE SCALES OF SEDUCTION, the following categories apply: - Best Setting - This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty - Lesbian Representation - LGBTQ+ Representation - Trans Representation 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

The only cons I’ve been able to table at were subsidized by (lovely!) bookstores who agreed to take any extra stock I had afterward, and being under their banner guaranteed a lot of traffic. Otherwise? No way. I don’t have the funds.

One of the major fruits of research is delight. Think of how often you’ve read about a discovery and really enjoyed it. Often the most pleasurable kind of news. Public delight isn’t discussed enough as one of the major outputs of funding research.

Do I know anyone who'd be interested in doing some kind of sword & sorcery panel at Emerald City Comicon next year?

Enmity in the Sanctum of the Swelling Sun // 2025 // watercolor and gouache 🌞

I saw this trend going around back in #IndieAugust, but I was so busy with work that I didn't get around to it until now 😅 You can support this soul possessing a suit of armor by buying their trans and lesbian romances here: riengray.shop riengray.itch.io www.amazon.com/stores/Rien-...

I got Rien's books ages ago and BUY THEIR BOOKS. READ THEM. THEY'RE SO GOOD

I saw this trend going around back in #IndieAugust, but I was so busy with work that I didn't get around to it until now 😅 You can support this soul possessing a suit of armor by buying their trans and lesbian romances here: riengray.shop riengray.itch.io www.amazon.com/stores/Rien-...

Toughest choice you have to make every morning when getting dressed.

If even half of my followers sent me 5 dollars, then that would cover what we need for rent and give us some cushion while I wait to start a new job. Please, if you can spare anything, it helps. #mutualaid www.paypal.me/devyntheauthor

I'm up to 85 books now and I'd like to make an end of year thread with some comments on all my trans books of 2025, so it would be nice to get started here already so I can work my way through them slowly :) It would be very motivating if you would send me a number that I can reply to <3. #samreads

Heidi Klum debuts her costume at her #Halloween Celebration in NYC.

So... after what happened at the border today, Clover and I are essentially homeless. I've got no choice but to change my GoFundMe while we look for housing. Anything you can spare will help. www.gofundme.com/f/help-autum...

The boiling frog progression of so many apps/programs/etc. turning their "no" buttons into "maybe later" will never stop being wildly messed up to me. You can give consent for what they want, but never revoke it. Not completely. They reserve the right to harass you incessantly.

#savesleech #stopKOSA Hey. More shit keeps changing so I changed my script. Use it if you'd like and follow the resources in the linked post. Short Script

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Just one of those people who can fucking DRAW, man.

“This is the story of Gawain: crashing through in-progress myths that don’t belong to him, brushing against gods. This is the story of Gawain, stumbling through the forest, his soul bared, searching: for himself, sure, but most importantly, for his legend.”