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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🐏 New Absolute Units 🐏 Same-sex relationships have always been part of rural England, but they've been underrepresented in our collections. In the first of 2 episodes, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares his work tracing queer rural lives in The MERL archives. merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

The Absolute Units art. Three giant sheep hover over the English countryside.

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine: FANTABULOSA! Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical. & thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘

Bona Books Presents

A new queer literary magazine

FANTABULOSA!

Tales of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical, from radical and unapologetic queer voices.

Science fiction, fantasy and horror
Short fiction & poetry

Submissions open now

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

GUESS WHAT. I've got another book coming out. A VOW MADE TWICE is a queer, polyam #historicalromance set in the 1300s. After inheriting his father's title, Ash Barden needs to marry... but the memory of his long-dead lover still haunts him. Will he be forced to choose, or can a heart belong to two?

The cover for "A Vow Made Twice" by Emma Denny. It depicts three people against a forest green background, framed with darker green trees and bushes with green leaves and red flowers.

The three figures are:

Agnes, on the left, who has ginger hair tied in a plait and is wearing a long green dress and holding a taut bow in their hands. Ash, in the middle, who is tall with long, shaggy hair and beard. He has a scar on his face and is wearing the fancy clothes of a medieval lord, including a fur collar.

To the far right is a third figure who stands further back than Agnes and Ash. He has long, blond hair and stands with arms crossed over a plain white tunic.

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Looking for advice from other #historicalromance authors, agents or publishers - is the state of histrom trad publishing really that bad? Does anyone have any experience/anecdotes to share?

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I am terribly ill and dying today (I have a cold) so I treated myself to this and as expected, it's LOVELY. What a cute idea, and gorgeously brought to life. I'd read a whole graphic novel about these two 😍

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

oH this sounds very up my street 👀

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Things the UK gov will let me see: a real person being shot in the neck Things the UK gov will not let me see: a drawing of a penis

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

just tried to access r/reduction - a subreddit I've been using regularly to get references and advice about the sort of radical reduction I'd like to get, for Gender Reasons - and now I can't see any photos without submitting my ID.

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Starting to put feelers out re: finding an agent, so if anyone knows of anyone looking for some fun queer #historicalromance (medieval/regency) please do point me in their direction 👀

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

This is SUPER important. Additionally: if you're in the UK and don't have an agent, I REALLY encourage you to join the Society of Authors, who provide free legal advice and contract vetting for members. Don't sign anything before you're sure you're not being screwed over!

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

anyway now my passion for the Ash Prequel WIP is back - who knows how long it'll last this time 😅

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Okay. So. Full disclosure: I bought this like two years ago, a few months after Hartswood came out. Everyone recommended it. Everyone said "oh hey medieval m/m? READ THIS." And then I wrote two more books and my brain fell out and it was placed on the TBR. Until a couple days ago.

A photo of a Kobo with the cover of The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi on it.

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Jonah Walker | Local Wizard! @galacticjonah.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Resist. Rejoice. Remember. I dedicate this year's pride knight to my community. My trans family, friends and loved ones are beautiful, resilient and amazing and we will continue to thrive like the weeds society treats us as. Happy Pride. Trans liberation at any cost. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

An illustration of a knight facing to the right. They are clad in silver armour, and carry a shield with trans pride colours, which shows a unicorn and the slogan 'Resist, rejoice, remember'. Additionally there is a trans pride coloured decoration on their helmet. The image is framed with a border of dandelion and hanging pride flags.

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

One Night in Hartswood and All the Painted Stars are both $0.99 on Kindle/Kobo all month long!! Grab yerself some cheap medieval queers while you can ⚔🏳‍🌈

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

To celebrate my first day (well, sort of) of funemployment I spent two hours cleaning the kitchen, including scrubbing the grout with a toothbrush. Can you tell? Not even a bit.

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

just saw a comment thread on a tiktok of someone asking for reading recs where one person recommended my book and another, totally separate person recommended my fanfic. Should I tell them lmao

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Casually reposting this one to the author acc bcos LOOK isn't it GORGEOUS?? I'm so pleased this is lovely 🥺 my wonderful girls done so perfectly!!

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Small update to the profile description today.....

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Just realised I have, somehow, totally failed to thank @aspencerhall.bsky.social & co for this. I read it while writing Book Three and it was an incredible starting point for my research about medieval trans identities - and one I kept returning to. I've recommended it so many times. 1/1

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

AMAZING NEWS. All the Painted Stars (which, incidentally, is now out in the US) is shortlisted for the RNA's Popular Romance Fiction award!! 🎉🎉🎉 So proud of my sword lesbian babes 🥺💖

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I keep seeing Takes about Meta and AI and LibGen and as an author who is currently facing a lot of employment uncertainty around my day job mostly I just want to get under the desk and cry.

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

guess which game/ship I have, predictably, gotten very into again 👀

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

sometimes i get this stuck in my head, despite it not being a real song.

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.uk · 03/01/2025

A few months ahead of us yet, but here are the prompts in advance for 2025's #MonstrousMay Challenge! Monstrous May is an annual prompt fest celebrating monsters and monsterfuckery, where you're encouraged to create whatever you like for prompts that coincide with each day of the month of May!

est. 2021, the monstrous may challenge, #monstrousmay. kiss a monster today.

Day 1 — Tentacles

Day 2 — Sound

Day 3 — Hypnosis

Day 4 — Corrupted

Day 5 — Size Difference

Day 6 — In The Air

Day 7 — Aphrodisiac

Day 8 — Caught in Webbing

Day 9 — Knotted

Day 10 — The Werewolf

Day 11 — Living Armour

Day 12 — Consumed

Day 13 — Eggs

Day 14 — Grooming

Day 15 — Bitten

Day 16 — Pinned Down

Day 17 — Transformed

Day 18 — Belly Bulge

Day 19 — Parasitic Relationship

Day 20 — The Vampire

Day 21 — All-The-Way-Through

Day 22 — Spines

Day 23 — Impregnated

Day 24 — Dungeon

Day 25 — Clawed

Day 26 — Beneath the Earth

Day 27 — Addictive Properties

Day 28 — Commanded

Day 29 — Scent

Day 30 — The Minotaur

Day 31 — Underwater

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I really haven't been *here* in a while (nor have I been doing promo anywhere, really) partly because of the unending horrors, but also because I burned out real bad with the first draft of my book, and then I had a sudden family death. I am here, but I am very small and tired.

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

That last post is wrong, I now realise, because it's no longer on sale. But I am very tired and very burnt out so. eeehhhhhh.

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 10/06/2024

Apropos of nothing, have this review for my queer romance, One Night in Hartswood. Hartswood is currently only $0.99 on Kindle and Kobo if you wanted to fact check this egregious claim for entirely innocent reasons 👀

A review for the book One Night in Hartswood over a light blue background. It reads: “I was jolted out of the story (and my reading enjoyment) by the very long, very explicit sex scenes… I'm old enough to remember when romance was romance and any sex occurred off-stage. I suppose the scenes were well enough written.”

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I. What?? I just checked out the rest of their IG page and the rest of their info posts are equally insulting. Can we stop calling books "clean", already? Especially in the current political climate? jfc.

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

today's challenge: trying to get Microsoft to downgrade me back to the classic plan. Wish me luck.

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

hey SO, everything's a bit on fire so I've finally gotten my act together and started a NEWSLETTER. I've been sitting on this for literal months and now it's finally ready to go. Subscribe at the link and you also get access to a short story about the Barden kids! emmadenny.com/newsletter

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Emma Denny

Historical romance, abundantly queer.

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I seem to have acquired 100s of new followers overnight, so if anyone wants to out a trans author during a very stressful (& expensive) time, I have books about lesbian knights, nonbinary demigods, and a transfemme basilisk for your perusal. Lush prose and HEAs across the board!💙 riengray.itch.io

riengray.itch.io

Rien Gray

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

emmadenny.com

Emma Denny

Historical romance, abundantly queer.

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Just went to do this and, yeah. What the fuck?

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Joe @joeeasonart.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Hey! I’m Joe. Sometimes I draw queer fantasy art. Sometimes I write stories and music. Sometimes I act. ⚔️ Links: linktr.ee/joeeason 🦄 Patreon: patreon.com/joeeason 🏚️ My play: twocomehomeplay.com

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Bona Books is slamming into the new year with a brand new project. WRATH MONTH will be a punk anthology of queer rage. With the burning wreckage of 2024 behind us, we want SFF stories that crash mainframes, collapse empires, and trample normativity. Smash “Follow” on Kickstarter:

kickstarter.com

Coming soon: Wrath Month - An Anthology of Queer SFF

The punk anthology where queer rage kicks down the doors of fantasy, science-fiction and horror.

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Oh my gosh, HELLO NEW PEOPLE. I've been sort of rubbish at posting lately due to being stressed out of my mind, but hello!! I'm Emma and I write books about queer medieval people making out :3

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Was thinking so hard about an OC today that I fell up a curb and ended up in Minor Injuries. One x-ray later, the only thing broken is my phone screen (but only just) 💀

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Urgh, how shitty. The Bookish Type is awesome - please support them if you can!

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I've just realised that this is the first December since 2022 that I'm not going "I've got a book out next year!!!" and tangling myself into knots that I'm not on "most anticipated" lists and it's both a little weird and sort of freeing 😅

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Emma Denny @emmadenny.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I definitely don't have *this* level of luck (read the prev skeet), but as someone with a three book tradpub deal and no agent who has never been on query, I have to start a lot of career advice with a similar sentiment to this 😅

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