hey @bendibarrett.bsky.social 🎙️ what does “gossip” mean to you?

Pssst have you heard? @bafflingmag.bsky.social is doing a Gossip issue? Mmhmm. That's right. Well, you didn't hear it from me, but if you submit, you should put a little piece of harmless gossip in your cover letter. No names, of course. Again,you didn't hear this from me. I'd never say a word.

We weren't fucking around with this one, y'all

This afternoon!

Book 92: really enjoyed this novella! Sex magic AND a ravenous manifestation of a thing living in a sun showing up and bothering somebody?! I'd read more of this world and story, but sometimes it's the purpose of a novella to leave you hungry.

my FUCKING GOD I was going to take my time with this roll-out, however, a bitch needs to go to urgent care !! in place of itch, we have two new store fronts to support me directly: digital works: payhip.com/ladz signed copies (US only for now): ladz-merch.square.site/shop/books/I...

My loves, if the market you're submitting to caps word count, please don't submit something that's twice as long. We'll both end up heartbroken. 🥺

HAPPY PRIDE, Y'ALL 🌈 🥹😤

Shoutout to the guy on the street corner raving "you're an abomination" at the intersection of the queer health clinic... in boot cut jeans with a 2006 blink-182 haircut. Glass houses, bro.

Any day that someone mentions me in the same breath as the effortlessly formidable @haileypiperfights.bsky.social it's a good day.

1/7 daily(ish) #Pride #SmallPress #books: The Crawling Moon edited by @davering.bsky.social (@neonhemlock.bsky.social) #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky 🌈📚 #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈📚

A vital and necessary anthology! AMPLITUDES is timely, at moments painfully so, rooted in persistent determination, and powerful in its hard-won perseverance. We have always been here and we will always be here, come flood and famine, beyond the atmosphere and in the heart of memory. A must read.

Help us punch (also smooch, maybe????) some giant monsters!

Stoked about all the metallic fisticuffs and nuclear breath weapons we're about to read.

We'll be open soon for submissions of queer speculative SFF. Stand by for some thoughts on the Mecha vs. Kaiju call by Associate Editor D. A. Vorobyov, who'll be editing this particular theme issue. More info: www.bafflingmag.com/submissions

Tagging contributors to spread the word! 💜 @sentencebender.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @bendibarrett.bsky.social @domsdickey.bsky.social @margaret.bsky.social @mayadeane.bsky.social @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social @megelison.bsky.social @katharineduckett.bsky.social @itsneonyang.bsky.social!

ICYMI! I wrote a @criticalrole.bsky.social book with some pretty amazing people, and I can't wait for you all to enjoy it!!!

My story for this is so weird. 🫣

The best training I ever got was doing writing sprints with my mentor in high school. He'd assign me a prompt and time me; I'd just write. It became second nature to be limber enough to live in a new idea on the fly. And it broke me out of the habit of being precious about ideas.

Dom/sub is OVER. Start writing sub/sub. Or are you a spineless coward??

Stories are allowed to resolve with failure. Characters are allowed to do wrong. Bad consequences are better than convenient ones.

Lovely to see EMPIRE OF THE FEAST by @bendibarrett.bsky.social on this rad list (alongside a few other favs ✨) (cheers to @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for the rec) reactormag.com/backlist-bon...

Need to make some fucked up art so I can at least filter out the people who think they can divine morality through somebody's creative output

I hope this cover art by yours truly may be the last piece of art you see this year 🍆🐙

Some real all-stars in this one, folks! Auspiciously, it was the first issue I read for. Destiny!

Make jiggle physics for fat stomachs too, you fucking cowards.

Sentences you never imagine yourself saying until you say them: "Oh my God, these fucking baseboards. What the fuck is happening here, dude?"

Random quotes from my partner: "... I wish Daft Punk had a Christmas album."

Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no

Baffling Magazine is open for submissions, fam! Cool stuff is already flooding our shores, so join the party. Check sub guidelines here: www.bafflingmag.com/submissions and I look forward to reading your work! (we're looking for work under 1,200 words, but would love more 500 word submissions!)

If you’re looking for a free way to support an author, did you know you can ask your library to stock a book you want to read that they don’t have yet? And usually it’s a very basic online form? Google your library name plus the words “request a title” or “suggest a title” to find yours.

My boy Bendi can write his ass off and this book is just fucking excellent. Its like a gay porno smashed into Warhammer 40k but if a demented Hozier was choreographing the sex scenes. If this sounds batshit in the best way—it absolutely is

Think Caligula plus this gif and more fluids, and everyone makes the worst possible choices, and you’ve got the vibe.

Just spilled homemade vanilla extract all over my kitchen counter. So, oh no! But also, it smells so good 😭

Just (FINALLY) bought a copy for myself and one for another queer nerd in my life. I can't wait for this book to arrive! And there's a sale right now! What are you waiting for!? www.hachettebookgroup.com

Hiya, Some of you have followed me! It occurs to me that you might have very little idea who I am. Here's a novella I wrote: Empire of the Feast. It's a little weird, a little horny, queer (natch!) and it's got big space-opera vibes. What's not to love? www.neonhemlock.com/books/empire...

Today is the LAST DAY to grab the "Never Too Old to Save the World" #StoryBundle 👀👀👀 Ten books. Older protagonists. An amazing deal. Plus support for Girls Write Now. Come on, add to your TBR, I know you want to. Any boosting appreciated for this final day of bundle! storybundle.com/nevertooold

I wrote about the need to rethink our approach to direct action in changing times.

I struggle so hard with doing social media correctly, so: Hi to people who've followed me here! Welcome! Also, you know what's so good? Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle". Just heard it at brunch and woof. Really holds up. Also, "Lovefool" by the Cardigans. Top tier. Anyway, <3 you. Bye!

Everyone involved in this was brilliant, btw. Such a good time. Did you know writers are frequently hilarious? Because they ARE!

This panel ROCKED, thank you @bendibarrett.bsky.social, @andreagstewart.bsky.social, and Sienna Tristen. We could have talked for hours -- what a juicy, chewy topic Godpunk is! Thanks @brandoncrilly.bsky.social and @canconsffh.bsky.social !!!

BEHOLD! GODPUNK, IN ALL ITS GLORY! Another of the fantastic panels coming up THIS SATURDAY at Can*Con Virtual, featuring @bendibarrett.bsky.social, @andreagstewart.bsky.social, Sienna Tristen, and moderated by the great @kellyrobson.com!! DO NOT MISS!!

I'm extremely pleased to be the editor of the inaugural AFTERLIVES anthology because it gave me the opportunity to showcase some truly stupendous work from eighteen brilliant writers. The full TOC is 👇🏾 and the authors whose incredible work we are proud to feature are: <drumroll>

full ToC on Psychopomp, but shout out all these great authors we'll be working with: @bendibarrett.bsky.social @avramargariti.bsky.social @osahon4545.bsky.social @jtewwrites.bsky.social @jawmccarthy.bsky.social @sydneyficant137.bsky.social @gabbyharry.bsky.social

This is your one-week-left countdown reminder: open submissions for ‘Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity’ end on October 15th!! Get your stories in, pals. Further details here 👇👇 www.erewhonbooks.com/amplitudes-s...

@brentclambert.bsky.social I finally accepted your invite to the party. I fully apologize for being such a mess and ENORMOUS congrats on your book now being in the world! Look at these beauties next to each other! 💚

Let’s all welcome @bendibarrett.bsky.social to the skyline!

I have arrived. Expect me to become fully unhinged shortly.