@sachacoward.bsky.social's Queer as Folklore was the perfect Christmas gift for my husband! We both look forward to diving in. (Now need to figure a way to get Sacha to the Pacific Northwest so he can sign the book!)

I think we gave dad a really special Christmas this year. Alzheimer's is a beast of an illness but he smiled all day long. X

My mum thinks the leftovers I'll be heading home with will see me through to February... I don't think my mum has even met her son (me)! 😬

I shall be making Christmas dinner today and honestly it's one of my favourite things in the world! I have a project to work on... access to booze... control over the music... magic!

He was so tiny... 😭

To all those driving a long way home for Christmas with very pissed off pets... Solidarity and strength 💪

Sproutsword Fagdad The final boss of Christmas

My workout app chose violence today...

So excited that I finally found this! Can’t wait to dive in. @sachacoward.bsky.social

Watching my cat watching birds... in a sense he's my favourite live streamer.

Oh look its me... and it turns out I say 'you know' and 'right?' a lot when interviewed! 😅 Thanks for chatting @lgbtqnation.com xxx

Nice article about @sachacoward.bsky.social and queer folklore.

Just read a BBC article about thieves who targeted gay men using Grindr. They threatened and humiliated their targets, hoping they'd be too ashamed to report the crimes. The blatant homophobia used by lawyers in court about the victims is really awful! It basically reads as 'they deserved it'!

Hey. Just to say... If you happen to receive a copy of 'Queer As Folklore' for Christmas... do share it online. You'll make this little egotistical author grin like a total buffoon. 👉👈

Remember 'Happy Birthday Miranda from the Shard in London! Missing you, Loving your FACE!'? God I feel I've aged 40 years since then...

I'm really enjoying writing my YA. Hoping to have the second draft finished before Xmas. But... my god I've put my three protagonists through hell. They're basically just trauma-bonded human pincushions!

It's your birthday, Duane.

I'm like a compliment squirrel: When I get a compliment I often can't deal with it in the moment, so I bury it for 'winter'! Then, when I'm feeling rubbish and ugly and dumb, I dig them up! Although, also like a squirrel, my brain is tiny so I'm not very good at remembering where I've put them...

My novel: Sacha no! No more worldbuilding. I'm almost finished! There's already a lot going on, you don't need another layer of narrative. Please it's too mu- Me giggling malevolently:

Last night went to a Christmas disco at the local pub. A group of school teachers were there, very drunk. The PE teacher came up and tapped me on the shoulder. Scowled. Said 'I can tell you work out'. Shambled away. I'm healed! 38 years of trauma gone! 14 year-old me is free!

Yesterday I shared the first half of my YA novel with a writer friend and I'm frigging terrified...

this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member

It's all 'protect women and girls' until its actually a legitimate situation that affects women and girls.

So excited that @sachacoward.bsky.social ‘s book, Queer As Folklore has arrived in time for Christmas. Thanks @thecommonpress.bsky.social! This will make my housebound Christmas very cosy and folklorish and 😀🐉🧚‍♀️🦄🏳️‍🌈

Ecstatic to be running a really cool workshop for teens around character creation, gaming and queer history at @natlibscot.bsky.social in February! For any young folk who are fans of DnD, gaming and story writing this might be for them! www.nls.uk/whats-on/rol...

This Valentines day I'm at @natlibscot.bsky.social where I will be hosting a very unvalentines evening: Celebrating queer heart break! 💔 'Burnt Love Letters' is an antidote to pink hearts and cuddly toys as we delve into tearstained history of LGBTQ+ desire... www.nls.uk/whats-on/his...

Tonight I will be telling a creepy 'ghost' story loosely based on a Greek Myth... Alongside other fantastic storytellers and folklorists! 👻🍂🔥☠️ Grab a mulled wine and join us at 7pm online for an evening of midwinter storytelling. www.eventbrite.com/e/midwinter-...

People who make hate a core value frighten me. Yes, but the most disturbing thing, more so than even the most passionate bigots, are the hollow people... The people who dont believe in anything, but will happily be a mouthpiece or a spokesperson if it benefits them.

As a gay man I am very inexperienced with receiving female attention but it turns out shoving a Christmas tree on your shoulder... well, yeah, seemingly that's the ticket! Straight men (and probably lesbians) here's the secret: Shove a tree on your shoulder!

Wrapping Christmas prezzies @sachacoward.bsky.social

Have made a slightly non-traditional Xmas card for my husband...

Thank you @munroebergdorf.bsky.social @goodlawproject.org @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social @philippaeast.bsky.social @kateosbornemp.bsky.social for the fab quotes for the paperback Her Name Is Alice out March 26 Pre-order or Xmas gift the hardback to the person in your life with ‘reasonable concerns’

One of my favourite ever lads: egg thief

Carrying a 7 foot Christmas tree 2.5 miles home in the rain because the bus was cancelled?! Don't mind me... just being the love interest for every straight to Netflix Christmas film ever made!

This Thursday evening I will be taking part in a very 19th century Christmas tradition of recounting creepy tales. I will be reading a short 'ghost' story of my own devising based loosely on a Greek Myth... Would be fab to see you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/midwinter-...

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Do it! Whether you like queer things, folklore things, or just well-researched interesting things, you’ll love this. 🧜🧚🧛🧟👽

Really, you should treat yourself. It's a fantastic book, packed full of fascinating information, and would make the perfect (self)gift for any mythology geeks out there. Pick up a copy now. Or risk a visit from Krampus.

Buy my bloody book 'Queer As Folklore' this Christmas... otherwise you're getting coal. 😠 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781807070397/

Honestly my ADHD medication isn't magic, it's not a cure or a crutch... but every now and then it is a friendly hand on the ol' metaphorical radio tuner; bringing me back onto a stable station and out of the static.

Them: Sacha? Me: Yeah? Them: What're your two favourite things? Me: Easy. Hollow Knight: Silksong and mermaids. Them:

—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter —Infanta? —No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly

Trying to organise two events with groups of people I love... ad I am so close to just becoming a friendless bogwitch!

I really want to be a cat.

Does the fact that Noel Coward is my second cousin three times removed make me a nepo baby?

Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is, in fact, a tortology

It may not be as cool as Storm or Cyclops but my superpower is getting free biscuits off tea ladies on trains.

I'm starting Clare Obscur: Expedition 33... I'm only a couple of hours in, so veeeery early on. But it is just not grabbing me: The characters, the combat, the visuals all seem a little flat? Am I being ridiculous, can you help me enjoy this clearly beloved game?!

Welcome to Day 6 of #TwelveDaysOfChristmas WCLF2026 reveals. @sachacoward.bsky.social is an historian who has run LGBTQ+ focused tours for museums, cemeteries, archives & cities around the world. Can't wait to hear Sacha talk about Queer As Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths & Monsters