You won't believe what he just told me about you...

Sacha, when you give the folklore lecture... Will you look normal? Me: Of course. Super super normal.

"When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how I've learned to survive through everything I don't know. The only thing I do know... is that we have to be kind. Please, be kind." Waymond Wang 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'

I feel like despite the obvious difficulty us leftists need to find a way forward without all this nihilism. Somehow. Please.

Join us next month at @trumanbooks.bsky.social's Midsummer Weird: A Day of Strange Fiction, Folklore and The Uncanny, featuring authors @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social (Folklore) and @sachacoward.bsky.social (Queer as Folklore). Tickets here: trumanbooks.co.uk/event/midsum... #Leeds #FolkloreThursday

girl are you Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey because you haven't even gotten here and a bunch of weird dudes are already whining that you weren't created specifically to meet their expectations

I'm going to be extremely white and extremely born-in-the-80s but 'Say less' feels like a personal attack... because I literally can't... I can't.

I am as the young screen addicted people say 'locking in'

First draft of first chapter of book 2 submitted...

Look who’s back at Proud Geek! I had a bunch of people at last weekend’s Book Extravaganza event asking when I’d be able to get copies of Queer As Folklore by Sasha Coward back in again – so I went and bought a big ol’ stack of them. Buy it here: www.proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/q... #queerbooks

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I don't write books to tell people what I think about stuff. I write books to find out what I think about stuff.

A lot of conversation between me and my queer friends amounts to: Teehee my body image is incredibly warped and my soul is tired but make it fuuuuuunny!!!

I think... I think some people who are very passionate about ancient Greek heroes as symbols of heterosexual masculinity need to learn just how much gay sex ancient Greek heroes had.

Three topics that you can half-assedly post about and end up destroying your entire week: Vikings Taylor Swift Videogame character design

Barber: So you like rugby? Me: No not really, sorry. Barber: *Talks excitedly about rugby for 25 minutes* Me: *Gay panic Wallace and Gromit smile*

“Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf” is pretty funny.

For once...could the soft left learn the correct lessons from their repeated failures?! Be. Left. Wing. -Like actually represent working class and humanist values. -Stop pandering to the right. They will not vote for you. -It's not 'mad' or 'radical' to speak out against genocide. I'm so tired!

Panel season is in full swing and I recently threw my hat in the ring with @hollyelson.bsky.social & @sachacoward.bsky.social talking about LGBTQ+ Gaming at @conwayhall.bsky.social 💁🏾‍♂️ Any chance to rant about gaming I will always take. Can’t wait to do more of these 😋

When you order a sturdy milkmaid from Temu...

I gave a talk yesterday about mythology and folklore for Seed Talks in Brixton... and honestly it was up there as one of my favourite talks I've ever done! FABULOUS audience, thank you! But I was also very sleep deprived so I may have said some deeply insane things...

Received an AI generated email. And now we wait...

Spotted @sachacoward.bsky.social at Stockholm’s The English Bookstore this afternoon

I'm trying this thing where when someone is cooler/bigger/smarter/funnier than me... rather than quietly envying them, I will openly ask them how they do it. 1. It's flattering to be asked! 2. I may learn something from them. 3. So I don't slowly morph into gollum...

I own those silly little grip exercisers that feel decidedly 1980s teenage older brother in a Spielberg film coded! I use them on long train journeys because I hate having to sit still for a long time... also because maybe I'll end up with really... yolked... hands?!

Accidentally took my ADHD medication twice this morning... today's tour of the Natural History Museum is going to be breakneck!

Do you like videogames? Do you like museums? Do you like existential dread? THEN COME ON MY VIDEOGAME THEMED TOUR OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM ON SUNDAY MAY 31ST! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/copy-of-th...

Me: *Closes door* Oh thank god they've gone. *Breathes* Cough: 😃 Me: Oh! Ha... yeah sorry I thought you... no cool... you're still.... Cough: 😃 Me: So its getting late *yawns* and I have work. Plus sneezing and snotting have gone now, soooooo Cough: 😃 Me: How long are you staying? Cough: 😃

I just can't stop thinking about that damn alien rock spider...

I've ALWAYS wanted to do a desert island discs style interview, so thanks so much to Voices Radio for having me on to share my mind vomit and a few special tunes! soundcloud.com/voicesradio_...

Book no 19: Queer As Folklore. A thoughtful, thought-provoking exploration by @sachacoward.bsky.social of the links between LGBTQ+ people and myths, stories and fantastical creatures, both ancient and modern. It's meticulously researched but written with passion. 1/2 #Booksky 📚

There's a straight guy at the gym who once told me he liked my 'funny' He-Man tshirt. Now I have to wear a funny tshirt to the gym every day just in case I see him. There is zero flirtation here, zero attraction, I just want the nice man to think I have cool tshirts.

All the chores chored, and now it's time to sit down for an hour in the warm late afternoon sun and indulge myself. Thanks to @sachacoward.bsky.social for the laugh raised by the title of the Author Notes!

If I saw this in a film set in an awful dystopic future I'd call it unsubtle, ham-fisted, bad writing...

Saint Sebastian at Diocletian's house the day after being sent for execution

So. Guess what? I just bounced a 40kg dumbbell off a weight bench and into my own chin.

Tomorrow I'm going to be at @conwayhall.bsky.social with @mahinthemachine.bsky.social talking about videogames and queerness! From playing Princess Peach in Mario Kart to being cussed out online by teenagers from Tennessee! (Use GAYMINGAPR25! for a discount) www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

This year has been tough so far, very tough. So I'm delighted to announce some happy news: I have been awarded a £2000 grant from @societyofauthors.bsky.social through the K Blundell Trust. I can't tell you what a relief this is... I am, incredibly incredibly grateful. X

OI! Want to hang out at the British Museum on Friday night and let me tell you all about the stories behind constellations and the Zodiac?! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stars-in-t...

I used to be good at Computer. Now Computer thinks it is good at me. But it actually isn’t??????

Oi!!! If you're about in LONDON on Wednesday evening I will be at @conwayhall.bsky.social talking about the queer history of videogames! (Also if you use GAYMINGAPR25! you get a nice little discount on your ticket) www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

Cartoon: My brain had a visit from a couple of fae children tonight.

I think the fact that a film about an alien five-legged blind rock spider making best friends with Ken from Barbie is doing so well... is actually pretty hopeful for humanity as a whole.

I've never really feared getting older, but now, having two parents with severe life-limiting illnesses is really triggering something. I'll be 40 in a little over a year. And before you rush in, I KNOW 40 isn't old! But I'm still scared... 1/

Currently writing this message on a tiny square, via satellite, from a car, inside a train, under the sea...

We saw you from across the Round Table and we like your vibe...

Squeeeeee!

'Strapping' is such an underutilised compliment, it's so wonderfully folksy, makes you feel like a burly 18th century tavern brawler!!

Sacha high on industrial grade antihistamines and chocolate: *Slurred medieval history facts*