🎂 it's my birthday next week! 🎂 ...and i could use a little halloween treat, if you're feeling generous. 🎃👻 (and by "treat" i mean "i need to stop dislocating my shoulder in the shower, please help me buy a back scrubber".) 🔮 wishlist: throne.com/subvertebra 🔮 tip jar: ko-fi.com/subvertebra 👁‿👁 💜

This is what I mean when I say that present-day covid denialism is right wing. It was a plan born of corporatists and wholly adopted by centrists and even leftists eager to pretend the pandemic was over, which should immediately give anyone thinking about it pause.

Beyond Bringers is on sale through itch's halloween sale! Go ahead and pick it up for $1.02 (bc it was the closest to a dollar that I could get it.) Beyond Bringers is a sci-fi horror novel about limits, language, and control. Each chapter has accompanying art. visceralhit.itch.io/beyondbringe...

To do this, the Walz administration is temporarily suspending payment to 14 programs, asking the providers to work for free while this oversight gets put in place. The programs serve disabled Minnesotans for things like getting transport to doctor's appointments. This some fucking Trump shit.

“The things I do for a pretty face,” murmured Verris as Faine turned the corner. Had Verris said that loud enough for Faine to hear her? "Did one of you assholes remember to buy stain remover?” Bloodbound. Two separate sections but it really funny put together like this.

I know lot of us have been waiting for a digital market like this! Fill out the interest form!

BOOK-LOVING FREAKS in my computer: any recs that stand out to you? the only thing they're Not looking for is forum-style or other very snappy, modern communication format. indie, self-pub, and self-rec is ✅ okay ✅!

Mastercard thinking they don't need extra people to man the phones? Make them regret that decision! Make them regret that the Corpse Party ESRB Tetralogy got scrapped. Ask what stuff you ARE allowed to buy for the holidays. Go through your entire shopping list item by item, store by store

Things are out of my control right now in so many ways so naturally this means Id like to start a bunch of projects around the house

Was waiting in line to get some food tonight, the only masker in the crowd as usual, and this cute little girl kept staring at me and smiling at me. So I waved and said hi. Her mom caught sight of me out of the corner of her eye and immediately like yanked her kid forward and kept saying (cont)

Sometimes Im watching a horror movie and I get scared and I feel like Ive failed some test. But like no....that's....that's what horror is about...doing the fear...

“ummm most people who receive SNAP work” doesnt work for me bc i can just hear the “they aren’t ALL freeloaders” tacked on everyone deserves the means to eat, regardless if they work or not, if they “contribute to society” or not. if theyre good people or bad people or the literal fucking devil.

For whatever reason, the bottom half of my body really hates fall/winter. My ankles basically only dislocate starting in september (unless Ive really fucked my leg up). Ive sublunxated my hip twice today and my ankle twice...

Me working: oh my god Im so behind oh my god oh my god this is taking so long The clock: showing me Im completely and utterly on time, if not ahead of schedule

Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

hi! 👋 i'm still at $1100 needed by the end of this week for bills at the start of the month. please consider tipping or hiring me; anything helps. thank you! 💜

We assume a ghost is evil when it knocks things off shelves, but maybe it’s just really clumsy

Just a note that menstrual products are the most requested / least donated items in food pantries so if you have the means to pick up supplies perhaps consider it

My writing tip of the day is make sure your promo tells me what the book is about and NOT just the tropes. Something. Anything. Even if it’s just in your post text and not the image. A crumb of what the book is actually about.

ideal social media is you see your friends posting about the fermented cabbage they ate today or the art or music they made and youre like thats so cool. an update on the lives of my friends and their gay little hobbies. and you decide to do your gay little hobbies in response

I made my students a little “book” (just using Google slides) to show them how you all answered my question about how you take notes for research. Just to show the variety.

I did a breakdown of the cover creation process for Chapter 15: Covenant of Beyond Bringers over on patreon. Available to all subscribers! Go check it out. www.patreon.com/posts/chapte...

As always, today is a good day to support artists, writers, creators. If you have the means, maybe consider signing up for a Patreon. Buy a book, a game, a painting. Commission a new piece. Tell a creator what they mean to you. Signal boost their work.

Hello! I'm Lily (they/them). I'm a disabled writer working on several projects, all of which are queer and some variation of SFFH. You can check out my free serial Bloodbound about queer vampires in a couple places: linktr.ee/lilyflowerbo... Support my work here: patreon.com/ALilyFlower

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

if you would like to help me pay my stupid bills so i can maybe chill out 2% more on my birthday, and you haven't seen my kofi link enough lately: i still need minimum $1180 by next week to break even 🫠 i'm also very hireable for book editing, formatting, and some graphic design; check my pinned!

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

Posted a rough draft of the start of part four on my patreon. If you like it when lesbians yell at each other, boy do I have a snack for you. www.patreon.com/posts/small-...

Posted a rough draft of the start of part four on my patreon. If you like it when lesbians yell at each other, boy do I have a snack for you. www.patreon.com/posts/small-...

My boss rush frostpunk yuri illustrated by @pompoison.bsky.social turns 1 today !! Thank you so much for your support; if you've been waiting to get it, it's $0.99 on ebook 📚 books2read.com/thecradleofe... 🔗 payhip.com/b/p6Ux7 ✒️ ladz-merch.square.site/product/the-...

Folks if you usually do end-of-year/holiday charity giving, consider moving it up to the beginning of November instead and hit up however many local food pantries you can afford to give to. (Check if you or a spouse/partner's employer does charity matching, too.)

hi 👋 i could still use a lot of help with this if anyone has a dollar, repost, or gig work to spare! at minimum i'm at about $216/1400 for the first of november. you can find everything i'm available for in my pinned post, or here: linktree.com/subvertebra

May post a little bit of draft part four on patreon in a few days because I promise I am working on it. It will be behind paywall (sorry) because its unedited. If you want to check it out, my patreon is patreon.com/ALilyFlower You can also do join for free option and get some access to stuff.

Vampires 🏳️‍🌈

is anyone having even an okay time right now? cause it seems like no

Ive been thinking a lot about earnest creation and representations of trust in art. I dont know that I have an entire thought together yet but like itll go on patreon eventually

I dont really have enough words for how much I enjoy working with Vert. He's a great editor. Hire him

Sometimes when Im watching horror movies Im like, wow how do I get a house like that? The answer Ive gone up with is war criminal, doctor, or evil pact. I dont wanna do any of those things...

Bloodbound is a story about transformation and autonomy. Faine Monroe is stuck in the in-between, not human and not vampire. She seeks the help of the vampire Verris to understand what is happening, keep her safe, and discover what it means to be a vampire. alilyflower.itch.io/bloodbound-a...

Maybe they could go anyway and present the info they have? Im not a big fan of unpaid labor but like mutual aid organizers doin shit everyday for free, including preventing disease. I know that isn't the point--the point is how our gov is fucking over public health but like just sayin

Is the mental health doin a thing or is this actually reasonable to be upset over....hm...

my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract

my right eye has finally stopped twitching for the first time inlike 48 hours

Can't believe people don't get this; but the reason this payment processor shit has to be all or nothing is because once these freaks establish a line on what fiction is or isn't okay the line will only move further and further in. You have to fight against the line entirely.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: our punk and drag shows have more covid mitigation than disease foundation summits and physicians conferences. Why can we do what people whose careers supposedly depend on the knowledge—with far more resources— can’t? #WeKeepUsSafe

If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days. Covid is not over. You can infect others before you feel symptomatic. People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing. We need to protect each other.

I get the sentiment but equating independent creators trying to sustain financial support in the same breath as the enshittification web 2.0 corporate feudalism is ghoulish should be worth pointing out creators often offer their work nearly completely free, subscription models are for bonus perks

Nieve is the new head of Biotheology in a shrinking world. Will she rise to meet the entity devouring society, or will it subsume her? 🌌 Sentient landscapes 💉 Erotic Medical Malpractice 🩻 Can your body hold all that you are? [#SLUDGEPIT #h #r #WIP #scifi ] (illustrated by me)