Do you (like me) have strong feelings about worms and/or your voice (knife voice)?🪱🔪 You should read this incredible poem by @aporianautics.bsky.social I've been rotating it in my mind all week.

This book is SO good; you might go mad reading just one more page, just one more page, until you get to the end and you find something ancient has taken up residence within you.

My last poem released today is called "writing letters in our sleep" inspired by a recurring dream I have of meeting my father as a trans woman after so many years of him being in prison, and the dream letters we send to introduce ourselves #queer #poetry twistedtonguepress.com/poetry/writi...

last potato harvest of the season

Absolute banger, one of my favourite books I've read this year

I'm thrilled to see EMBODIED EXEGESIS included in this amazing list of transfem literature! This is some incredible company to be in!!!

“Alter shapes a defi­ant tale full of energy, sensuality, and drive, and leaves readers to be moved and shaken by the power of the story, which is intense and wonder­ful.” Yes yes ok thank you this is what I wanted Magical Girl Antifa War Machine to do #shortstories #amreading

this story infected me in the best way (don't inoculate yourself against this story; i want you to read it; let it seep into you, let it breach the blood-brain barrier)

my guilty autumn pleasure is to visit the local orchard and inject helium into all the trees

This is an abandonment of the most vulnerable trans youth, for whom Fenway Health was often a provider of last resort, and signals Fenway’s willingness to abandon all trans patients. They must be pressured over this capitulation. We need your help - reach out, call, demand answers!

If you're cis, please actually call them. I can't articulate how bad this news is.

I've spent time with family, gone on a beautiful canal walk, and eaten delicious ramen already today - time to round it out with one of the most important transfemme shortform anthologies ever published 🩷 This paperback is one of the coolest rare copies I've worked with.

Reading Miss Majors Speaks was an incredibly moving experience last year. I can't recommend this book enough for those unfamiliar with her work. Rest in peace 🖤

I made a crumb-catching cutting board for cutting bread. Made with cherry, hard maple, and poplar (all scrap wood left over from other projects)

Yesss! Rose Books uploaded the recording of Frack Me. I’m really proud of this one. Not sure how to give a cw without giving it away, but you’ll know after hearing the first line whether you want to hear more. on.soundcloud.com/3vHbB8uzAEl3...

This is a Jewish comedy noir novella that has less than $1000 to go and less than a day! www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

My backup is going to be The Transitive Properties of Cheese by @robotleblanc.bsky.social Link to my unhinged thread about it here: bsky.app/profile/gree...

We surpassed our 40% goal for today. We are ending with a Douglas Adams-like 42% Thank you! With five days left should we shoot for 60% Is $282 too ambitious? Too greedy? www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): Transfeminine Cyberpunk stories! #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/embodi...

I'm in this! With a little fabulist story about bird mom problems aka what happens when you have an immigrant parent and the choice to assimilate is made for you.

this book is fantastic, and contains some of the most fucked up time travel I've ever read

let's goooooo, there are a bunch of bangers in this one! I loved the range especially, most of the cyberpunk I'd encountered before this made me feel trapped in a tiny claustrophobic microgenre, but this anth covers so much ground

this is how i found out an anthology i had a story in won an award! that's so cool :D @robotleblanc.bsky.social did SUCH an incredible job putting it together, the results speak for themselves.

Today's read is a book I'm incredibly excited for - last year's award-winning cyberpunk anthology from @neonhemlock.bsky.social and @robotleblanc.bsky.social! Huge shoutout to the team at NH for the review copy, let's give it a whirl ✨

Huge congratulations to Elly Bangs! Her story in EMBODIED EXEGESIS is a finalist for the WSFA small press award!

got some extra stock on hand so who wants to buy a signed/personalized copy of DUDES ROCK ✨ $20 but i’ll pay domestic shipping! DM if interested

as lady bracknell famously said, magic is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. the whole theory of modern fantasy is radically unsound

I never expected in our mundane cyberpunk future we'd have to resort to just snail mailing each other cash

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.

I have an article series on this for anyone who wants to know about the legal precedent for anti-queer censorship ⬇️⬇️⬇️

It's apt that corporations/governments divided the internet into SFW and NSFW & are now making it all Safe For Work, because that is the defining frame they want to place on the world--everywhere you go is for Work, not pleasure or art or love or culture. You must always Work for Them, or die.

Welp, time to turn off all revenue sharing to itch then, as a recommendation to anyone who uses the platform. Y'all don't deserve your shares of our work anymore.

Some starting points on how to organize against payment processor censorship (in the US): * Contact your local politicians * Contact the ACLU & other free speech orgs * Send tips to reporters abt this issue * Create infographs and spread the word * Get the word out via TikTok shorts, YouTube videos

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: In a dangerous evening escalation of the anti-porn war on the gaming industry, indie platform @itch.io has banned a number of NSFW titles and delisted thousands of others. Trans authors are caught in the crossfire. MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.

I am a *happy camper*

So i ! have a chapbook ! of a long poem ! coming out later this summer ! From the Yew, or the Nocturne (might tweak the title) From @the-ethelzine.bsky.social I'm thrilled about it. Here's a small excerpt. Please keep an eye out for it!

I read DHALGREN this year, and I don't think I'll ever recover

I'm going to be at Readercon this weekend! Please say hello and/or ask me about woodworking!

My book has a cover! Look how beautiful this is WHAT WE ARE SEEKING, coming April 7, 2026

It's THE DEAD WITHHELD DAY!

Cool kids might also remember this amazing story from a reading at Flights of Foundry

Two more days for this part of the call! But if you miss it, or aren't eligible for this part, we'll be open again in October. 📚

One of my stories was chosen for this best-of anthology! "Memories Held Against a Hungry Mouth", about a hole in the world that emits information decay, and everything it eats (including names, love, sandwiches, and the abusive horror of academia) Originally published in @3lobedmag.com

"Ricardo doesn’t have time for this. “We don’t have time for this. That isn’t the heart, that’s the sun.” But he’s wrong. Above: Airplanes, contrails, hairline fractures, metal pins, the trajectory of a bullet. The body breaks." this story is a perfect little dose of unsettling weird horror

"Wormspace" (LC von Hessen, 2023)

Things I did not expect: My dad calling me out of the blue to tell me that my first Xtra article (xtramagazine.com/culture/eric...) helped him better understand my need to transition and furthered his desire to listen and learn. Happy Pride indeed. 🏳️‍⚧️

Another fantastic story by Dominique Dickey! I really enjoyed this one.

what a beauty!!!

Hey folks! Read this Chef's Kiss entry in the Would You Love Me If I Was a Worm (subjunctive NOT intended) genre and then donate if you can to Strange Horizons, because I know you'll love it and want us to keep publishing such incredible work!

personally i think they should rip up the interstate system and replace it with walkable clonal smooth muscle grafts. great pulsing loops of intestine, self-lubricating and all. get digested there