Sea Minor/Irving Benitez

Cover of She Isn't Herself Tonight by Hailey Piper, art by Caroline Johnson, depicting a woman caught between neon lights, her face fracturing into reflections of itself. Beneath the title is a quote from Rachel Harrison calling the novel "Blissfully twisted and genuinely heartfelt."

Cover reveal day!

I'm thrilled to announce my new novel coming from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social, SHE ISN'T HERSELF TONIGHT

Alien abductions, a break-up from hell, and what we become when our worst enemies are ourselves.

Light your skies, October 27th 🛸

www.simonandschuster.com/books/She-Is...

OKAY BUT THIS IS MY STORY. LIKE LITERALLY THIS IS MY TAG. SOMEONE TOOK A SCREENSHOT OF MY TAG!

WE NEED PEOPLE TO READ THE STORY !!!!!!

archiveofourown.org/works/788073...

Okay, someone has pointed out that I haven't really said what "Lo, Nuns!" is about.

It is 12 tales of nuns, saints and unusual women, set in the same alternate history medieval world. Lesbian and transfem focused, these tales concern women finding love (often NSFW), community, justice & revenge!

this is the kind of content that ends up getting censored with crackdowns on sex and queer content. people trying to help queer (or straight) homeless kids trying to navigate safe ways to get it on--and they will encounter it either way, just like every kid will

Firefox tab that says "MTF Birdo artwork".

didn't occur to me until now that Mario Tennis Fever abbreviates to MTF and got jumpscared by the mario wiki

80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"

The 3 genders

Hi, I'm Sam. I'm mainly here to reblog cool stuff, but I will also be posting links to some of my book reviews & hype up trans/weird/disabled/mad lit over here!
Please always feel free to send me book recs. I read a lot, but there's always great stuff I just haven't found yet!

Open self-promotion thread.

Fiction, non-fiction, film, art, academic stuff, or your baby's first steps. Indie, non-indie, all welcome. Anything and everything.

What are you up to? Where can we buy or get it?

The only rule is, play nice with the dreams of others.

ITS GORE!! ITS THE FULL OF GORE WORKSHOP

I cannot remember the name for the life of me but if yall remember the trans body horror writing workshop where you watch films and then make art and poems from your experience PLEASE let me know! I’m searching my emails bc I know I had one but nothing!

Current Issue - digital literary anthology accepting submissions based on theme to open conversations aimed at interpersonal understanding.

ISSUE 7: INTEGRITY is now LIVE!

Please read, share, and discuss! And watch this space all week for lots of spotlights.

Thank you to everyone who is a part of this issue and our wonderful #EpistemicLitFamily!

epistemiclit.com/current-issue/

Against a backdrop of marble, a flower grows from a broken statue of a bird in a cupped pair of hands. The statue is obscured by the text, which announces: ISSUE 05: FRAGMENTS OF A PAINTED CULT sculpture garden/classical statuary The image is colored pale shades of green & pink.

Against a backdrop of marble, a staff-wielding shepherd gazes out at his flock, a lamb nestled in the crook of his arm. The text bubble reads: SUBMISSIONS OPEN NOW THRU JAN 31 BLEATINGTHINGMAGAZINE.COM

SUBMISSIONS ARE !! OPEN !! For our fifth issue now thru JAN 31

Guidelines and theme description are available @ bleatingthingmagazine.com/submit

Appreciate all my buds checking in on me for res evil 9 launch including
"Lor how's your husband"
"Hope you are breathing correctly today"
"Lor is so normal about old Leon"

first few hours of RE9: it's out there and it can smell my fear

rest of RE9: welcome to mr. kennedy's wild funhouse ride

We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell. Here's how. | Video Game History Foundation We've stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here's everything we learned—and how we beat them.

Genuinely a very cool and weird game that got caught up in the most BS takedowns I've ever seen. This is a monumental success and I hope this case helps other games going forward gamehistory.org/cookies-bust...

Support lor gislason Support lor gislason

An upcoming publisher closure means that 3 of my books are now currently unavailable. The best way to support me rn is to get Cosmic Dykes or Bound In flesh from ghoulish.rip , lil guts via lil ghosts, or directly thru ko-fi.com/lormaggot 💖

considering love like this today

Maybe the Body, poems by Asa Drake.

"The body is full of attempt without the guarantee of resolution."

Don't miss A.D. Lauren-Abunassar's review of @asaldrake.bsky.social's poetry collection MAYBE THE BODY from our FEBRUARY ISSUE. 💕 Enjoy it right here: buff.ly/lVpi9D5

ty for your patience as we get this ready!! you'll meet them soon <3

Screencaps of text that reads "There's a fat dyke with engine problems out front. You deal with it. That's how Harriett first met Marcy Bukowski--"

I'd also like to say I'm p sure I wrote the best meetcute of all time and it starts with this line

Fanny Howe

"Self-Portrait as the Eight of Swords", Anna Laura Reeve

The Universal Amplified | ONLY POEMS The Universal Amplified — A Review of At the Louvre: Poems by 100 Contemporary World Poets, edited by Antoine Caro, Edwin Frank, and Donatien Grau

"...there is no better place to find the materials for that cosmopolitan education in poetry than by reading through the poems that make up the anthology At the Louvre: Poems by 100 Contemporary World Poets,

Another review from Ancci in @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social

at least it’s almost february

my grandpa leon design also making hearts throb 💕

purple graphic with teal circle and Foglifter logo. The header reads, “Save the Date.” text reads, “Call for Print Issue 11.2, Feb 1 - Apr 1”

purple graphic with teal circle and Foglifter logo. The header reads, “Save the Date.” text reads, “Call for Print Issue 11.2, Feb 1 - Apr 1”

This year, we’re trying something new! We’ll be moving up our submission periods by one month: so save the dates and start thinking about what work you might like to send our way!

✨ Print Issue 11.2 ✨
February 1 - April 1, 2026

✨ Digital Issue 1.2 ✨
February 15 - April 15, 2026

aquarius symbol and foglifter logo. text reads, "creative prompts for aquarius season."

yellow half circle graphics. text reads, "aquarius as a creative energy. the urge to question, challenge, experiment, reform, rebel, disrupt, liberate, be unique, invent, organize with others, imagine the future, break free, radicalize, QUEER THINGS UP."

text reads, "creative prompts. aquarius season invites you to consider liberation. AQUARIUS: liberation as a gesture, expression, or movement. PISCES: liberation as dreams or messages from ancestors. ARIES: liberation as uniting for a common good. TAURUS: liberation as the role(s) people might play. GEMINI: liberation as beliefs, philosophies, or sacred entities. CANCER: liberation as grieving, intimacy, or mutual aid."

text reads, "creative prompts. aquarius season invites you to consider liberation. LEO: liberation as relating or relationship. VIRGO: liberation as service, work, or ritual. LIBRA: liberation as joy, play, or fun. SCORPIO: liberation as loved ones and what feels like home. SAGITTARIUS: liberation as neighbors and neighborhood. CAPRICORN: liberation as values & what someone has to offer."

in honor of aquarius season, creative prompts on liberation for your sign. 🌠 ♒ 🏺

The text WHAT ELEGANT STARS on a background of swirling void and glittering stars, amidst two neon-lit inlaid columns. Spaceships with fiery tails behind them in the distance. (An excerpt from the cover illustrated by Lyss Menold). Plus the Neon Hemlock logo.

We'll be reading stories for ✨ What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style ✨ from January 15th to April 15th.

Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.

<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.

www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

This call is now open 🚀

Looking forward to your queer space opera fashions!