“Sharp, inventive, and deeply human, The Grief Shop is a look at how emotions make us who we are and the way those same feelings link us together. Simultaneously zooming in to the personal and out to the global, DiFrancesco is an astute observer of how we all tick.”​ ~ @never.horse

A 🧵of some publications of mine from 2025 I'm especially proud of: A short story about two of the feminine archetypes that have shaped me, namely Margaret Atwood and She-Hulk, in HAD:

It maybe mostly breaks into independent segments that can be read as separate poems? Two of my favorites involve Sara leaving her world entirely: “[Sara came upon a seashell covered with ants.]” (p.162) and “[Sara met Time in a pretty void.]" (p.44).

19, 20. _Sara_, from @never.horse, is my favorite book from a year with a bunch of good books. I want to memorize it. It’s like The Little Prince had a baby with the glimpse of infinity I got from watching the Philip Glass circle animation, but for grownups. It has a heart that is so so so too big.

Just a few days left to vote in the TFR awards! Did you vote in the Outstanding Individual Poem category? If you want some ideas, here's my personal longlist of my fave 20 transfeminine poems of 2025. Would love to hear your favorite 2025 poems (or your best work if you're a tf poet) in replies!

I also love the "This page intentionally left Sara" at the end (I haven't finished the book yet but I found it looking for your bio)

I'm loving the way @never.horse formatted the page numbers in her book "Sara, or 'I lived my life as a cloud that followed overhead'"

I just happened to have the video with this song playing and started videoing and it sync'd up perfectly

Squirrel vs Lesbian, starring @megg.lol youtu.be/0kaVHQb6kNE

Also, also! When you pre-order @never.horse 's book, Black Hole Science Is Filled with Apologies, you can also order one (or more) of our other palm-sized books with it! All orders will be shipped out late January. <333333333 Itch: traumbooks.itch.io/the-little-b... Payhip: payhip.com/tRaumBooks

SEASON'S GREASONS

All I want for Hannukah is a mythical trans poetry connoisseur to descend from the heavens and vote for three poetry collections on their ballot. In other news, Jewish Santa, I am still accepting that unicorn.

Part 2 arrives: a first attempt at a timeline of 500 years of Native trans men and transmasc history landbodymind.substack.com/p/notes-towa...

My pediatric endo was one of the sweetest doctors I've ever had and the idea of her being tried for a felony conviction is unfathomable.

This is incredible, go read

I took an AP lit class when I was 17 and still planning on going to major in comp sci in college. In that class my teacher had us read Kafka and Beckett and Ionesco, and had us write creative piece inspired by something we read, and I wrote a one-act play inspired by Waiting for Godot.

Fighting puffins on Skomer Island, Wales #birds #seabirds #skomerisland #pembrokeshire #wales #birds #nature #colours #wildlife #dominance

I have a flash fiction piece titled CRUSHED EAGLE BEAK up at Bull today. Those interested in some trans-penned gallows humor about living in America, proceed.

this is so cute

hi my name is prior (not actually megg im sorry for lying) and my birthday is fast approaching (jan 29th) and i have decided i would like a nun outfit, like many other jewish women if you would like to help me realize this dream you may donate to this important cause here: ko-fi.com/priory

Alright, back to reading :))) Today we've got another book from the wonderful @yaffasutopia.bsky.social! I've been meaning to read it all year, so very happy to finally sit down with it now 🍉 Remember to vote in the TFR Awards: thetransfemininereview.com/2025/12/01/v...

I love her work. meticulously planned and crafted, biologically precise, miniature marvels of art by renowned Hungarian artist Fanni Sandor

This is our new ordeal with the new storm this morning. My orphaned children are huddled together, trying to keep their thin bodies warm from the cold of our tattered tent. We need a new tent to protect us from the cold and rain. It costs $500. Please don't ignore us. tinyurl.com/7kv295bc

Coming in January/February: Black Hole Science is Filled with Apologies a collection of odd poem and proses by Never Angeline North from tRaum books <3 (preorder below)

The really wonderful thing about tRaum's library is that even though every publication is so different from the one that came before it, I guarantee if you love one you'll find something to love in all of them. It all comes down to Rysz's immaculate taste in books!

I have a flash fiction piece titled CRUSHED EAGLE BEAK up at Bull today. Those interested in some trans-penned gallows humor about living in America, proceed.

You are welcome to vote for SARA, or, 'I lived my life as a cloud that followed overhead' in this, but I gotta tell you, I have no idea what genre to tell you to vote for it in. No shade to TFR, this is the lot in life I've made for myself.

Similarly: Are you a trans academic? Do you enjoy reading trans nonfiction? There are several nonfiction categories up for grabs, and your insight makes a huge difference. YES, the TFR Awards wants your professional opinion, no matter how obscure 🩷 If it's transfemme nonfiction, it's eligible.

Are you a fan of trans poetry? Or are you a trans poet yourself? The TFR Award has two categories recognizing trans poetry this year, and we need your help building the best sheet of nominations we can! Help us celebrate trans poetry by voting in this year's TFR Awards 🩷

Legally you have to tell me if your smile lights up a room

Do you like terrible women? What about toxic friendships? What if they're trans though? Okay, but what if there are birds? My latest short story, A Crow for Brunch, is out in @unlikely-stories.bsky.social today. Read here: www.unlikelystories.org/content/a-cr...

It's that time of year! We're running a sale on all of our non-physical books, including a chance to grab our entire catalogue as a bundle, on Itch! Grab the title you've been missing. 🎇🎇👀 ITCH: traumbooks.itch.io PAYHIP: payhip.com/tRaumBooks

Coming late January of 2026! It's tRaum's very first poetry release and from none other than THE Never Angeline North @never.horse !!! Pre-orders are now available for palm-sized paperback or epub, on various platforms, including Amazon! 🎇🎇🎇 traumbooks.com/black-hole-s...

And here's a reminder that THIS preorder link has NOTHING to do with amazon and is locally printed in germany where tRaum is based. I'd prefer you have this one if you can afford it! <3 -S

It's time for slower art. The constant churn and grind pushed by techno capitalism has reached its inevitable conclusion with AI slop. Let's make our best work and be patient with our process. Let's release art that's worth stopping for and savoring. Let's show each other what humans can do

Would you like to be one of the very first to read BLACK HOLE SCIENCE IS FILLED WITH APOLOGIES by @never.horse and leave your impressions?? We've got an ARC sign-up form for ePub or PDF copies! 👀🎇🎇 forms.gle/PN63wBuLEzPX...

oh yeah, did I mention this will be the first of my books to exist in ePub because Rysz (tRaum editor) is amazing?

Review my book...? It's more likely thank you think

ended up with credit from a cancelled flight that will expire in a year if i don't use it and i realized "oh i could just like...fly to alaska by myself to look at birds. just because i want to."

“What does it mean that so many eoty lists are being topped by artists who aren’t on Spotify or are self-released” is a question with a pretty easy answer, which is that music critics are still doing an admirable job of exploring what’s out there despite the contraction of the market.

And we should also have a Bookshop dot org and a Blackwell's (UK) link up soon!! <33333333333

buy Never's poetry, every collection I've read from her has been so truly fantastic. support the arts!! read great poems!!!!!

Also!! We fixed this book's page so you can now pre-order directly on the book page (Sorry for any confusion that may have caused!) 🙏🔽🔽🔽

Yall should buy this. Twice. One for you and another to lend out

And here's a reminder that THIS preorder link has NOTHING to do with amazon and is locally printed in germany where tRaum is based. I'd prefer you have this one if you can afford it! <3 -S

HIIII Here's a cheaper pre-order link. It is through amazon, but like tRaum said, I get not everyone can afford the locally-printed-in-europe option.

i've had my last.fm since 2004

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."