For most of the time I’ve been writing this book, I’ve worried people would not care about all the obscure Church political stuff and would just stick around for the vampires. I am beginning to suspect I might be wrong about this.

It's finally here!! An article on trans faggotry, powerful and orientating queer affects, gender formations that don't or can't map neatly onto essentialist binary hierarchies, and the Lou Sullivan archive(s)... among other things.

Tensions are rising, today on Sable: A Ghost Story. New pages are up now. Sablecomic.com

Disturbing presence https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19517

How to care for your cats (and other animals) during the heat wave. via Alley Cat Allies

Let's go DR Congo!

hi we are doing HIGH FANTASY AU www.marvel.com/articles/com...

Don't do any of this.

Peter Harskamp www.peterharskamp.com

Hennepin County has cancelled the monthly outdoor warning siren test today due to the potential for severe weather. If you hear sirens today, assume it is a real alert and seek shelter immediately.

What a day for it, but here we go — I’m over at r/Fantasy today answering whatever questions you’d like to ask. Stop by if you’d like for sci-fi mystery discussion, crafting, birds, and anything else that comes up over the course of the day! www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

It’s TELL THE WIND AND FIRE day. My dystopian NYC tale, in which a magical celebrity’s life changes forever when her sweet boyfriend is rescued by his own sinister doppelgänger, re-releases a new Sarah’s Version with a LOVELY new cover by Colin Verdi! www.harpercollins.com/products/tel... #booksky

I got to see an early version of this, and am so excited to be able to pick up the actual book!

love to my trans friends. fuck SCOTUS.

I’m just gonna note that the current head of public health policy in the US government has decided this technology should not be researched anymore.

But the vice president is super Catholic, so obviously, he will be really upset about this, right?

Applications for the 2027 Porter Square Books Writers in Residence are now OPEN! All in the info about the program & the form to apply at the link!

All current HMML catalogers and curators contributed to a new exhibition, “Lost & Found in Translation." Co-curated by Dr. Jennifer Carnell and Rylie Owen, the exhibition explores the challenges of translation and the connections it fosters. View in-person and online: hmml.org/programs/exhibitions.

Jacob Lawrence, "Prayer," from the War series, 1947 whitney.org/collection/w...

The replies are full of unexpected delight. (Vampires are Catholic, werewolves are protestant.)

All these batshit book takes: if you write bad things, you support bad things! If you write sad stuff, you are bad for infecting readers with sadness! Skip prologues! Read only dialogue! 3rd person too harrrd! I refuse to believe any of this is real. These are not readers, they are rage farmers.

Finished Shen Tao's The Poet Empress last night and was really impressed, particularly with the way the characters were written. A brutal book at times for sure, but so good.

A Congo fan honors iconic superfan "Lumumba Vea", famous for standing completely motionless throughout matches in honor of independence leader Patrice Lumumba, after he was denied a U.S. visa to attend the team's match in Atlanta.

On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”

Oh hey, turns out it’s true today also!

On July 17 we're talking about the freedom to read and raising money for @authorsabb.bsky.social This is going to be an incredible event (look at that lineup!) so don't forget to register for the Crowdcast.

Closing soon! Get those stories in!

I am obligated to remind folks that @coyotemedia.org is queer as fuck, worker-owned, and published this today.

Kat was tremendously helpful with a novel project I sent her earlier this year. Strong recommend!

I have some openings in my editing calendar. I do mainly developmental edits, and work with novellas and novels in a variety of genres and categories. I don't use AI for any of it. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and always happy to answer questions.

It is a coincidence that 'emoji' and 'emoticon' sound alike. 'Emoji' is a Japanese term meaning 'pictograph.' 'e' is "picture, drawing" + 'moji' is “letter, character” 'Emoticon' is 'emotion' + 'icon.'

helpful coverage from @elpais.com english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...

Coming on October 6th 2026 is my new nonfiction title DEAR BLIND LADY from @sasquatchbooks.bsky.social I’m so excited to share this snarky but helpful guide to how to be better humans to one another. Preorder anywhere you buy books, and check out snarkbat.com for more!

Kat did a very helpful developmental edit on what is now an Eisner nominated webcomic. Just saying.

Wow, this is such a gross, rude thing to ask an artist to do.

I have some openings in my editing calendar. I do mainly developmental edits, and work with novellas and novels in a variety of genres and categories. I don't use AI for any of it. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and always happy to answer questions.

my first for @defector.com! The Omen was released on this day fifty years ago, three years after Roe v. Wade. I wrote about Kathy, bodily autonomy, the arc of abortion rights in America, and Arkasha Stevenson’s The First Omen. defector.com/diabolical-m...

With seven decisions with the *same* 6-3 lineup over the last three days, I really can't wait for all of the hot takes from the folks who keep insisting that #SCOTUS *isn't* defined by its ideological division.

Kagan makes sure that Trump’s gutter racism — and the majority hand-waiving it away — gets into the record.

And Justice Sotomayor goes there in her Al Otro Lado dissent (where SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to nullify asylum guarantees if they stop people at/outside the border): "The current asylum system developed in response to the international moral reckoning that followed the Holocaust...."

little demon, france, 15th century

🚨BREAKING: Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

does Yuko hate wearing the cone? there is no way to know

We’re really gonna regret wasting the name “Watergate,” huh

My boy needs a last minute surgery tomorrow. I'm on the hook for 1500 bucks I did not plan on. Anything grabbed from here helps out. Thank you so much! www.peculiarityshop.com/sourcedsterl...

Free shipping today on Bookshop.org! Maybe find out what happens when two women on the verge of a friend breakup get stuck in a time loop in the Louvre. Art! Deceit! Ambition! Slow apocalypse! Tech idiots! Love! End of the World House! bookshop.org/p/books/end-...

Take advantage of free shipping from @bookshop.org! Do it! And maybe pick up a fabulous now-in-paperback copy of We Lived on the Horizon. Keep your local Erika in business. 🥹1/3 bookshop.org/p/books/we-l...

New Orleans man becomes first in Louisiana functionally cured of sickle cell disease: https://www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/new-orleans-man-becomes-first-louisiana-functionally-cured-sickle-cell-disease/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_

Unicorns at play: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1688...