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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 16h

just two gals holding hands (romantically)

on a paper background, an illustration of two star shaped beads, the left purple and the right green. Each bead casts a rainbow.

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

imagine being so sure that the people working in the field of "look after people" actually did so reliably! 💀

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I wish I lived in the world that ableists who say "if you're really disabled your doctor would diagnose/help you" believe we live in lmfao

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Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is happening! “Who Am I?” officially releases on October 30 in ebook and paperback on our website and from online retailers globally. #sapphicbooks #smallpress

A blue tile with an ocean background show The Who Am I? book cover and says “
Save the Date” releasing October 30

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

new medication actually helps with my migraine pain but also makes me sleepless

a screencap of Spongebob smiling and raising his arms up, with dark circles under his eyes and an aged complexion to indicate his exhaustion

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hello Saturday. 🐇 A little marginalia. #InternationalRabbitDay

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hello, I hope this email finds you in a well. Yes you read that correctly, and your transformation into a frog shall begin imminently. Thank you for your time

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

genuinely getting medieval vibes from this. lying liar who lies is selling bath water and so many people are just... drinking it??

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS COVER? Genuinely one of the coolest covers I have ever seen!! @annalisejensen.bsky.social did such a brilliant job! 💖

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Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What could this story possibly be...? Cover reveal on Friday for "Who Am I? Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity & Purpose"!

A green sock with stuck on googly eyes hnaging by two pegs against a yellow background. It has 'Who Am I?" written down the side.

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Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Something cover-shaped is coming this Friday 👀 Until then, each image we post will give you a sneak peek at the vibes the Who Am I? sapphic speculative fiction anthology has to offer!

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Julie March @juliemarchbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#SpoonieAuthChat been a minute since I shouted about this anthology, but I'm still so incredibly proud to be included in this project! Me and 15 other disabled authors giving a giant middle finger to eugenics and ableism! www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

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Why Aren't You Dead Yet? ebook by Ella T. Holmes - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Why Aren't You Dead Yet? A Disability In Dystopia Anthology" by Ella T. Holmes available from Rakuten Kobo. A mother donates her fat for money. A woman must buy hormones in secret. A young man s...

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

somehow everytime I think "maybe I should start a podcast" the algorithms feed me at least one "you don't need to start a podcast" post and I am beginning to feel a bit targeted

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

can we add 'empath' to this list? 💀

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

they tie me to a spit and expect me to cry. little do they know the position they have put me in is finally decompressing my lower back, relieving my pain and increasing my power ten-fold

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I bet being torn limb from limb cracks all the right joints

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

👋✨ooooOOOooo you want to sign up to our newsletter so bad ooOOooooO✨ and get EXCLUSIVE access to stuff ooOOoooo and see what we're up to ✨👋

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Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab @bpal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Well dang, should’ve just memed it in the first place

An illustration by Gustave Dore for Dante’s Divine Comedy that shows two silhouetted figures standing on a tall summit gazing up at a great celestial conflagration of souls in heaven. Text reads “We already had free art for people who are broke or bad at designing things. It’s called the PUBLIC DOMAIN”

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Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For anybody in Sydney (or who can get there!) I'll be speaking on the publishers panel on Sunday. Book your tickets at: sydneyfringe.com/events/consy... It's going to be a fun weekend!

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

we aren't harming disabled people, we're um saving money or something! And if we are harming disabled people, it isn't that bad! And if it is that bad, it's not a big deal!! And if it is, that's not our fault!! And if it was, we didn't mean it!!! And if we did, they deserved it—

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The Australian government's decision to "save billions" by passing the latest #NDIS bill, thereby punishing, harming, and potentially killing many #disabled and #chronicallyill people, is heartbreaking and just so, so illogical. I'm actually fuming.

A fake screenshot of a tweet from the account “ausgovernment” (@ausgovernment4real). The tweet lists monthly expenses—Food $200, Data $150, Rent $800, Ignoring a pandemic actively disabling more aussies $?? BILLION, Military $51 BILLION—and ends with the humorous line, “someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying.” The tweet shows high engagement numbers, including thousands of replies, retweets, likes, and bookmarks.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here is the deal: you use any derivative of the r slur in your screen name, you don’t get to put “be kind” or “diversity equity and inclusion 💙” in your bio. In fact, you can just go to the block zone.

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay,

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Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

More story sneaks coming on our newsletter this week - and some small peeks at the cover! - which you won’t see unless you’re signed up. :) we wont be going to socials with the cover until it is 100% done! scyllapublishing.com/newsletter

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Veronica Holmes @veronicaholmes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Meet Lia - she’s a succubus in a symbiotic relationship with the city she prowls in, trying to save the woman she loves from a desperate bargain with a demon. Meet her in the @scyllapublishing.bsky.social anthology “Who Am I?”. Thanks @kholbatar.bsky.social for the pic straight from my brain!

High contrast illustration - blue eyed sexy women at night against a dark background.

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ooh! I just looked this book up and saw what a stunner of a cover art it has 😍 I'll need to read it some day!

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What are we #reading this week, friends? I am starting"Communities of Care: The Social Ethics of Victorian Fiction by Talia Schaffer! "First: care is an act, not a feeling." 🔥 I love a little disability studies before bed. #booksky #books

Ella's hand with red manicured nails holds up the book "Communities of Care: The Social Ethics of Victorian Fiction" by Talia Schaffer. The cover features a classic painting of a man and woman under cosy lighting.

Close-up of printed text in a book lit with purple light. A sentence is underlined in bright pink: "First: care is an action, not a feeling."

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Putting authors at risk of infection while celebrating the 'diversity' & 'representation' they write, suggests we care more about fictional disabled people than real disabled people. The fight cannot just be for representation in books; it must extend to real life. Sometimes that means masking <3

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My hot take today is: You should wear a mask when attending events for authors who mask (most of whom are disabled and/or chronically ill and among "the vulnerable"!!!). This helps ensure the author can continue writing, and shows them you value their life and labour, not just their work. 1/2

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant Oxford comma user never tastes of death but once

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 28/07/2026

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

😬😲😬🤢😱😬😲😲😬🤢😱😬 gang rise up

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

can confirm Ellis's story had me going 😬😲😬🤢😱😬😲😲😬🤢😱😬 too

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Shani 🫧 (Bluesky hates Palestinians) @mom4medicare4all.blacksky.app · 21/07/2026

www.instagram.com/p/DbCJF4Dtf4...

From artist’s image description under their IG post

Image description: a multi-colored illustration on a green background. Across the top and bottom reads in white handwritten all caps type, "I wish you all would love disabled people like you love disabled animals." In the center is an illustration of Jimothy, a raccoon with a spinal syndrome (SSS) that gives him a shortened torso. Surrounding him are different illustrated accents and flowers. To the side, reads the artist credit @CourtneyAhnDesign.

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Happy book birthday to this anthology! @ellatholmes.bsky.social has done it again! Where Artifice & Access was a love letter to disabled people, Why Aren't You Dead Yet? is a hate letter to the systems that want disabled people to disappear.

a blurry green, purple, and white background with pink and gold glitter behind the cover for Why Aren't You Dead Yet? (a primarily green cover with a scalloped stamp-like frame around an image of a green mushroom cloud in a purple neighborhood. two people are moving towards the cloud, one on a bike, one using forearm crutches. Someone sits on the roof on the left side and is throwing out a cloud of glitter. On the right, someone lounges on the roof top, kicking up their prosthetic leg. Across the top reads An Anthology of Disability in Dystopia. The title reads: Why Aren't You Dead Yet? and at the bottom, the tag line says "no offense, but the end of the world isn't exactly a "disability-friendly" event)
Text at the top in a sci-fi glitch font says Out Now!
at the bottom it reads: “What do you get out of this? Some sick pleasure
from destroying government property?”
“Nah, I take a deep, righteous pleasure in annoying you.”

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Wow, thank you so much for including the dystopian anthology! 💖

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🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This Must-Have Monday I have EIGHT new books to ft! Incl 🧑‍🦽 disabilities in dystopias by @ellatholmes.bsky.social et al! 🕰️ clockmakers and forest lords from @elizmanderson.com! 🐹 magic portals and hamsters turning into men with @bunnyisawriter.bsky.social!

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Disabilities in dystopias, queer forest lords, and – hamsters turning into men?!

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

You should be able to buy this anthology whereever you usually get your books! The price for libraries is as low as possible, to help make it accessible to our communities. The opening essay will be released for free in text and video format in the coming weeks 💖

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

What could be more on-theme and #dystopian than personal loss & health woes on release day? 😅 WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET? is officially out now! I am so proud of it and all the contributors for what we're doing for disability representation and Disability Justice 💖 #Booksky #DisabilityPrideMonth

Ella's hand holds a book titled "WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET? An Anthology of Disability in Dystopia." Below the title, text reads "No offense, but the end of the world isn't exactly a 'disability-friendly' event." A green badge at the bottom left reads "OUT NOW!" surrounded by bright star overlays.

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Celebrate disability pride month with some good old fashioned disabled rage and preorder Why Aren't You Dead Yet? A disability in dystopia anthology releasing July 20th #DisabilityPride #DisabilityRage #Dystopia #anthology #books @ellatholmes.bsky.social

a red background with a green smoke. The cover for Why Aren't You Dead Yet? has been cut into the shape of a 5 so it says 5 Days Why Aren't You Dead Yet? Releases July 20th
Celebrate Disability Pride Month with some good old fashioned disabled rage

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Nicole Field 🧛‍♀️🏺🏳️‍🌈 @faerywhimsy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Can’t recommend this anthology enough! Some truly great talent 👀 Just finished “Someone’s Gotta Shovel It” by @sallysultzman.bsky.social and now I can’t believe now I’ve gotta wait till 2027 if I wanna read her debut novella coming from @apexmag.bsky.social 😭

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I am indeed eyeing up a nice green one ✨

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

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 😘

A colorful digital advertisement with two illustrated mermaids holding tridents, signed “Ella T. Helmes.” The background has a pastel, iridescent ocean-like texture. Large text at the top reads “MERMAID.” Smaller text on the left reads “ever wanted someone to say ‘wow, cool merm!’ to you? I can make that happen.” Smaller text on the right reads “print-ready file & digital file included” and “you help me + i give you merm = perfect economy.” Large text at the bottom reads “COMMISSIONS OPEN!”

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Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

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! 🥰

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