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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Because Rose Tyler said “I create myself” and my heart exploded

Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Where are people finding freelance sensitivity readers these days? Question came up in my writer support group this afternoon.

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I've officially placed my first orders as an independent bookseller 🤯

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Home from WorldCon, exhausted and energized all at the same time, I love my job 🥰

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Happy book birthday to OUR CRIMSON CAGE!!

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I got too engrossed to record a video 😅 but today I got to play around with my dip pens for some of the bonus content in the THEN COME KISS ME paperback! The fun faux quill was a gag gift but it has awakened something in me!!! I’m dying to get a nice artist’s calligraphy set.

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Ladz ❄️🖤🩸 @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Now that the newsletter people got to see it first, presenting the official OUR CRIMSON CAGE art that will come with every signed pre-order of the book I'm fucking obsessed with the everything Artist: @exaltxix.bsky.social Pre-order link: ladz-merch.square.site/product/-pre...

A large woman cradling what looks a crystal ball of a blonde being bathed by a brunette. The characters are Karmilla, Laura, and Elżbieta from OUR CRIMSON CAGE, an F/F/F retelling of Carmilla taking place in 19th Century Poland

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Happy launch day to TIDES OF TIME!!

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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN JUNE 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's May's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

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Some Queer Short SFF - May 2026 | Charles Payseur

Pride Month might be wrapping up for many people, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop paying attention to awesome queer short SFF. Now,

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In honor of today's Cozy Up with Fantasy sale, this week's Friday snippet comes from A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, which you can snap up today for just 99c/99p: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave And check out all the other fabulous books on offer, too! cozyupwithfantasy.com #romancelandia

The illustrated cover for A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, by Stephanie Burgis, shows the silhouette of an elegant traveling carriage over the title and a bat with wings outstretched underneath, all of it framed by apples and with mirrors at the top and the bottom of the image. Above and beside the cover is this snippet of text: “Oh, you poor, innocent fools!” the voice groaned. “If you only had any notion of the dark horrors that lie in wai—oh.” The voice’s tone shifted abruptly as the glowing eyes reappeared and fixed on Lord Riven’s face. “You’re no human.”
“Indeed not.” Lord Riven smiled thinly, the tips of his sharp canine teeth visible by the dim glow of the nearby carriage lamp. “Nor have I been innocent for quite some centuries now, I assure you.”
“And I am no fool,” Margaret said briskly, “so if you’ll direct us to our chambers and arrange for our luggage and a meal to be sent there as quickly as possible, we would both appreciate it. Dawn comes early at this time of year, you know.”
“Not to thiiiiiis cursed house,” the spectral voice groaned...but soft footsteps shuffled obediently backwards, and the door finally swung fully open.

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Hailey Kaas - Cancer Fund ($285/$650) @transqueerfem.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hi all! I've updated my ko-fi with some good news! Also, we're still crowdfunding for my mom's cancer treatment. This week's goal is $750 for meds and utilities, so if you can help by sharing/contributing it'd be awesome! ♥️ #mutualaid #helpsky #trans #queer #cancer ko-fi.com/post/Some-go...

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Some good news!

Hailey Kaas published a post on Ko-fi

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

catching up on my correspondence (answering text messages I’ve ignored for weeks)

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sometimes when I’m working on my comic, my brain supplies commentary, like for sports games. “Oof, did you see that, Chuck? Cochrane is clearly flagging if he missed blending THAT.” “Well, he’s been at it for three hours, Tom. Besides, it’s the line work that will make or break this thing.”

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Many thanks to @camestrosf.bsky.social profiling all the finalists for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer, including myself. I'm really proud of my work last year on being a neurodiverse writer, along with my regular journalism and reports. 1/

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Ladz ❄️🖤🩸 @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#horrorbooks on sale !! Summerween Midnight Scream sale is live - and it's a Ladz vampire double feature This will be the only time you can pre-order OUR CRIMSON CAGE for less than $1 Check out the 18+ section of the sale: www.authordonnataylor.com/18horror Book links down below 🔽

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SCREAM

LADZ
VAMPIRE
DOUBLE FEATURE

$0.99

https://www.authordonnataylor.com/stuffyourkindle

A rainbow background and the words are on duct tape

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R. F. Daniels (they/he) @rfdwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The second issue of Blanket Gravity Magazine is out, with a story from yours truly about being able to reset your own memories, and how different types of pain can compete when you have limited spoons to deal with them: www.blanketgravitymag.com/past-perfect

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Past-Perfect — Blanket Gravity Magazine

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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

happy zine-drop Sunday to all who celebrate (it's me, I made a new zine and am finally posting about it). Get a paper copy here: ko-fi.com/s/51fd5e82d4 Or a digital one: ko-fi.com/s/9efbbdc548

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eshpur @eshpur.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

✣ Medieval Jimothy ✣

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Okay we have 3 hours to go and we're literally one (1) paperback pledge away from DOUBLE the original funding goal! 😱

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Jason A. Bartles @jabartlesauthor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

New story day @metastellar.bsky.social ! (First one in a while...) This disco light 🪩 is entering middle age 🧑‍🦳 and it's starting to show. www.metastellar.com/fiction/flas...

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The Night the Light Went Out at Georgia’s

A disco light in a gay bar enters middle age and grapples with changes to her physical body

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Home stretch!! THEN COME KISS ME: ACT ONE delivers: 💔 gay pining 🌹 Shakespearen innuendo 🫢 🎶 bardic wooing 😚 platonic smooching And of course, the 🏳️‍⚧️trans-a-genda🤌🏻 on every page! Pledge now: kickstarter.com/projects/itsneilcochrane/then-come-kiss-me-webcomic-print-edition?ref=6hq67h

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Maya Evan MacGregor / Eamhair MacGriogair @maigheach.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It’s Non-binary Day, so hello from your friendly neighbourhood agender void who writes fantasy books full of folk like me We’ve got YA Gaelic fantasy romance! We’ve got urban fantasy! We’ve got epic fantasy! We’ve got spicy epic fantasy romance! We’ve got gothic why-choose dystopian fantasy!

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Happy nonbinary day? I am nonbinary! Here are things about me!

Professional photo of Neil, an androgynous person wearing a black turtleneck and lilac wrap pants, mid-jump so they appear to be levitating. Overlaid with the text: Meet Neil! Born in Baltimore, raised in PA. Middle of 5 siblings. Cat person (who can never have cats). Grew up on Tamora Pierce, Diane Duane, Garth Nix. Panromantic, demisexual, trans/genderqueer. Once wrote a play in lieu of an essay. Cannot distinguish between good and mediocre coffee. Named himself after a Don Bluth movie.

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Omgggggg I hate drawing backgrounds 🫠

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

If I pick up the phone when you call me, you're one of my soulmates. I don't make the rules, I just live by them.

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

One week to go! We're Kickstarting for a print edition of Act One of Then Come Kiss Me, my queer Shakespearean webcomic. Check out the Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/its... Read the comic for free on my website: neilcochranebooks.com/then-come-ki...

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Then Come Kiss Me: Queering Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

Act One of the queer historical romance retelling of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, updated and expanded for its print debut!

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

👀👀👀👀 If this were a fairy trap in the woods, I would be gone forever

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 08/07/2026

i am really proud of this short story i wrote (published in @apexmag.bsky.social). pitch: Beau's been living on a giant jackalope for the better part of a decade. And then the murders began. It's hell living on the back of prey.

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Unsettled Nature

Once were a time on a jackalope when folks kept their thinking to themselves. People lived, and people died, natural-like, in this un-natural place. That was, ‘til the first un-natural death, when nob...

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I have developed severe seasonal allergies for the first time in my 37 years of life and I am Not. A. Fan.

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

100%. I get writing hangovers too, after working on particularly draining scenes.

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Hey Bluesky, you need more trans authored SF/F in your life-- follow these authors! go.bsky.app/VaypaqC

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Clayton @claytonwk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I am BEGGING the state of Oregon to realize that funding TriMet helps downtown recovery. It’s not just transit bringing folks to downtown, it’s also the fact that union TriMet employees make decent wages and those dollars get directly put back into small businesses in our city.

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Neil Cochrane @itsneilcochrane.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Fellow authors: without any context, what’s the first line of your current WIP? “I dreamt of him.” [does my serial webcomic count as a WIP lol]

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I am SO happy to announce the table of contents for [RECORDED]: An Anthology of Found Media Stories, coming to haunt you on October 13th, 2026! 🎥 📚💙 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

"A Memorandum on Military Etiquette in the Fourth Year of the Fae Crusade" by Nick Badot

"Helpdesk Ticket: Work Stoppage" by Bridget D. Brave

"NeuraCoat" by PS Cavanaugh

"The Last Episode of Captain Moonbeam’s Fun-Time Galaxy" by William R. Crichton

"Sleepless in the Notes App" by Megan Diedericks

"Case File 09987-296: Wildgrove Zoo" by Taylor Ellison

"Paracon 2026 Preliminary Schedule" by Dylan Freeman

"Witness Us Witness You" by Andreas Hort

"Mabaruga - the Ancient" by Diana J Kamieniarz

"The Seven Sins Of Selena Nielsen" by Hannya Kay

"The Old Mill" by Seoung Kim

"Side Effects" by Sam Logan

"The Man in the Leaves: an Index Case" by Aster Loxley

"The Pulling Hour" by Kieran McCaffrey

"The Masundanyika Files" by Masimba Musodza

"Cypress Hymns" by Jorja Osha

"Go Eat Some Worms with Callie Cooks" by C. H. Pearce

"What Follows Out of the Woods" by C. Piveral

"Federal Bureau of Ontology" by Rose Skye

"How to Breed Your Own Wish Fish - Babylon Curses Weekly, originally published October 31, 1899 [amended to include Sir Lamington’s letter to the Editor, 21 November 1924]" by Liv Strom

"Shelley’s System Data for the Play Test of Sinister Susurrations" by Catherine Tavares

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We're one week away from The Dragon Has Some Complaints flying into the world! And just a week away from my first real book tour. NYC, Pennsylvania, Delaware, D.C., and Baltimore! I shall see you soon!

We're one week out from The Dragon Has Some Complaints flying into the world!

July 14: The Strand, NYC, with Sarah Beth Durst
July 15: Doylestown Bookshop, Doylestown PA, with Chuck Wendig
July 16: Huxley & Hiro Booksellers, Wilmington, Delaware
July 17: Solid State Books, Washington DC, with Riley Black
July 18: Greedy Reads, Baltimore MD, with Jo Miles

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