I need to save some money for a chair that won't exacerbate my dislocating joints and migraines while I work, so I'm now taking 🧜‍♂️MERMAID COMMISIONS!🧜‍♀️ ko-fi.com/c/40c0e2f663 I also offer wizard commissions, and thus have invented the best economy ever known to humans. and i'm very humble about it 😘

Scylla will be participating in #smallpitch again! Pitches are open to all unagented authors in all categories/genres - however, we will obviously only be looking for sapphic specfic! It's happening on JULY 13-19, 2026! @smallpitch.org

Someone emailed me about this so I will post here too: I always price these Anthologies as low as is literally possible for libraries specifically, so if you can/want to/need to, please do request it from your local libraries! 🥰

there is a very specific series (derogatory) that, if I encounter anything about it, i will immediately devolve into "AND ANOTHER THING—" territory and it is a curse for me and everyone who is unlucky enough to listen

am I allowed to laugh when someone says "I think [insert author name] just wrote this book to be enjoyed" in defence of literally any critical thought regarding writing as a craft. because I can and I will

dislocated my thumb doing the dishes too hard. dislocated my thumb a second time doing the dishes even harder because i thought "you can't do this to me" and ignored the first time i just dislocated my thumb doing the dishes too hard

WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET? ARCs are now available on Netgalley! Do as Snoop Dog says and DROP it like it's hot: D-ownload it R-ead it O-h my god this book is great, I should... P-ost about it online 😉 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #booksky #dystopian #ARCs #disability

i watched The Minecraft Movie yesterday and i'm really interested in how Jack Black feels about the fact that everything he appears in has at least 2-3 fatphobic comments for "comedy". what the hell are we doing

Bullying works!! I have a chapter outline and am thinking about Plot (some will say this is a miracle)

Have you ever wanted to bully an author? Now's your chance! Why? I am struggling to find motivation at the moment + I work well under pressure. This is healthy, right? 😂 So wield your peer pressuring skills! Have your grandma shame me! Give me a judgemental look! Have fun!!! #booksky #writersky

i need a loaf of bread where every single slice has the crust and texture of an end piece. i yearn for the crunch

can someone please talk me into/out of just commiting to self publishing my novels

where were these so-called ""screwworms"" when I needed to assemble my new chest of drawers??

If you got AI to write your book you didn’t write your book. Stephen King wrote your book. Octavia Butler wrote your book. Jilly Cooper wrote your book. Dav Pilkey wrote your book. Lisa Jewell wrote your book. I wrote your book. Every author whose work has been digitised wrote your book. You did not

I hate being so unwell that I can barely move, because it means my brain is just slouching in a gooey puddle of "i want/need to do this, this, this—" with no outlet 😮‍💨

I enjoy Natalie's work so much, and think everyone else should too! 💖

Blimey! That looks great! Let's see, a hint... outer space and inner space are both involved.

Hint for mine: annoyance as resistance. Sass. destruction of government property. Glitter bomb.

Local Man is Just DYING for a Good Nap

“Did I lose my glasses, or is this apocalypse just extra blurry?"

🔥COVER REVEAL🔥 'Why Aren't You Dead Yet?' features 16 stories, 1 essay, and a bunch of internal artwork! ❓️Authors who are #CrippingDystopia can we please get a hint about what your story is about? Add it to your TBR on GoodReads and StoryGraph now. Links Below. #booksky #authorsky

Broadly--interdependence and overlooked skills. Your dorky lone wolf fantasy is going to fail if you fall trying to fight the zombies because you didn't know how to sew a button back on and your pants fell down. All kinds of people and skills are relevant and important in a dystopian setting.

with such a hostile environment, there SHOULD be more disability and chronic illness & pain in dystopian books! I want that explored more! I want people who care for their sick! people who find cool tech for disability that doesn’t erase their disability! let it be in your future societies!

Honestly, just acknowledging that the dystopia will BE cripped would be great. People out here thinking the next dystopia is going to leave them untouched? Really? C'mon. Be serious.

Personally, I want to see more disabled people being disabled and not being shamed for it, left behind, or pitied. I want them to have complexity alongside/instead of just wanting a cure, and for their lives to be deemed just as vlauable as their nondisabled peers!! ❤️‍🔥

These sneak peeks of the cover of WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET? are so ridiculously exciting to me 🤩 ❓️ What is something you would like to see more of in the dystopian genre, that would help us with #CrippingDystopia ❓️👀 #booksky #bookish #anthology #disability

This is one of the reasons the anthology is titled 'WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET?'. Because that is the message we get in 1000s of ways, big and small, obvious and covert.

For me, it's about rejecting the idea of “overcoming” disability, surviving in spite of it, or immediately becoming cannon fodder because of it. It’s about experiencing a great, irreversible shift in the world in the only way available to you.

It's when our survival skills--the ones we've honed just to get through the day in normal times--are MORE useful in a dystopia than any normal, able-bodied person's non-adaptions are. I'm STOKED for my story in this--hope you are too!

For me (and the characters in my story), #CrippingDystopia is all about the defiant refusal to leave the vulnerable behind, even and especially when the system is doing everything it can to get rid of them I'm so excited for this anthology y'all

🥹🥰 writing disabled main characters in a dystopian setting is such a joyful act of resistance

I think the dystopian genre loves using disability and the political lived experiences of disabled people as a narrative tool, so having such fantastic authors like Ashley writing disability and disabled characters with intention and mindfulness and authenticity is such a joy!! 💖

WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET cover reveal is coming very soon! In the meantime, here are some sneak peeks 👀 ❓️I must know: What does #CrippingDystopia look like for you? For me, it's letting disabled characters LIVE in all their complex & embodied ways, reflecting reality. #booksky #disability

just a quick doodle that I did after work, because all day i kept thinking about the extremely vivid dream i had where a wizard messes up his first "abra ka-dabra" and ends up with a candelabra for a wand😂

Some of the @scyllapublishing.bsky.social team are at #SwanCon today, having a bookish blast! I am currently in a presentation about how to create better monsters 🔥

Have you got a sapphic short story about a goddess or monster that ISN'T medusa? 👀 Send it our way! And read this blog post for more info on what the current submissions look like 😉

Here is a super accurate vibes teaser for WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET? the sickest disability in dystopia anthology. This anthology isn't just #CrippingDystopia it's also recommended by 9/10 dentists* #booksky #authorsky #readersky #disability *allegedly

I can't wait to get my grubby, shaky little hands on this. And you all, too, since I've got a story in it that I'm excited to share. But mostly me

⭐You saw it here first!⭐ The title of the upcoming disability in dystopia anthology is WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET? 16 wonderful authors, 1 cool essay, fantastic internal artwork... you're going to be happy you read it! ❤️‍🔥 Cover reveal starting June 1st. Keep an eye out 👀 #booksky #book #disability

MOOD. This is how you can picture me trying to make this work in the layout of WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET? (and not losing my mind laughing. look at this guy) And I can't wait for a new edition of the mag 💖

⭐You saw it here first!⭐ The title of the upcoming disability in dystopia anthology is WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET? 16 wonderful authors, 1 cool essay, fantastic internal artwork... you're going to be happy you read it! ❤️‍🔥 Cover reveal starting June 1st. Keep an eye out 👀 #booksky #book #disability

What's that? We want #sapphic goddesses and monsters in unfamiliar settings for our next anthology? Right-o. (Psssst, submit here until July 31! www.scyllapublishing.com/anthology)

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Personally I think everyone should read this book so they can avoid the Evil Curse™️ but that's just me... 🤭 The cover looks so cute on a business card 🥰 #booksky #authorsky

As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.

It was a bright cold day in May, and the clocks were striking depression

I'm writing an essay about the authority of narration and why it's important disabled people be enabled & empowered to write disabled experiences (as opposed to nondisabled people doing it). If you're a #disabled writer/reader and have any thoughts on this topic, please hit me up!! #writersky

I'm writing an essay about the authority of narration and why it's important disabled people be enabled & empowered to write disabled experiences (as opposed to nondisabled people doing it). If you're a #disabled writer/reader and have any thoughts on this topic, please hit me up!! #writersky