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Ocean @oceanwrites.bsky.social · 7h

Happy Friday #lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Today’s theme is ****GLANCE**** Who’s doing some GLANCING in your story? 👀😍🤩

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Xenia Onatopp's Intense Glance

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Chloé Stawski @chlowski.bsky.social · 7h

Sabrina & Salem 💖

full art version of my cover for Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 published by Oni Press
Sabrina is depicted sitting on grass, plants behind her, around her are scattered classical teenager stuff, but also a magic book
she's petting Salem who looks delighted

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Looking for stories with trans woman protagonists? Sapphic? Perhaps with a dash of vampires, dragons, foxes, and healthy relationships? Oh, and DRM-free as well, of course ^^ www.amazon.com/stores/Issy-... (Amazon) books2read.com/issy-waldrom (universal) issy-waldrom.itch.io (itch)

A chart showcasing a little bit about my (being Issy Waldrom) books:
In the Urban fantasy bracket:
Heart's Claim (dragon shifter, trans, lesbian)
Heart's Whisper (wolf shifter, lesbian)
Best Friends' Promise (vampires, trans, lesbian)
Esper and the Witch (litrpg lite, trans, lesbian)
What Lies Within (FMFF poly, trans, lesbian, pansexual)
and in the Epic Fantasy bracket, we have the Soul Flames series, which also has dragons, foxes, and vampires too. Rep is trans and lesbian for the mc's.
Finally in the new Fantasy Romance bracket (technically Romantasy, I guess ^^) is my upcoming release The Princess's Dragon (trans and lesbian).

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SimzArt @simzart.bsky.social · 19h

Cocoon. 📖

A character with black butterfly wings drinking from a cup and reading. The smoke coming from the cup has a ghost cat shape. The character is surrounded by plants and there's a window behind them. A lamp is lighting the scene from the top.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I first met Chlöe in 2016, when she was a young up-and-comer speaking at the Young Greens Summer Camp. Even then, with very little standing in the party, she was immediately willing to call bullshit and challenge people. She's always been real, and it's good to see her getting her laurels.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 01/10/2026

this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time

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Ocean @oceanwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Thur #lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Tomorrow's theme is ****GLANCE**** Is anyone tossing a quick GLANCE around in your story? Or maybe an evil GLANCE? or just shyly GLANCING away? Share with us! 👀🤩😍😎

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Really fun eggfic/sapphic romance, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it! Definitely worth picking up.

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alyson “end journalism” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is multiplicative for marginalised women, too, not just in the harassment and violence inflicted but in the social calculus they must perform. More places becoming unsafe, harassment escalating more quickly or more severely.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026

Transgender girls have a biological advantage at... winning homecoming queen? That's apparently what Clayton County Public Schools in Georgia believes. They have blocked a transgender girl from running for homecoming queen in her high school Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Georgia School Blocks Trans Homecoming Queen, Citing Title IX

A Georgia school district is saying Trump’s Title IX crackdowns means only cisgender women can run for Homecoming Queen.

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

Cover for Best Friends' Promise by Issy Waldrom and Mackenzie Sutton. Features not, not two, but three vampires! ^^

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September is over for the me, so here are my reads for the month. No as many as usual, but honestly, it's been a tough month on many fronts. Three vampire books, though, of which I do intend to get 2 as paperbacks. And Project Underworld releases today (I had an arc for it).

September reads:
Project Underworld by Serena J Bishop
The Book of Blood and Roses by Annie Summerlee
The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen
The Assassin's Guide to Dating by Natalie C Parker
They Call Me An Angel by Autumn Wolff
Cinderella Countess of Blood by Alana Archer
Pact by Moira Darling
All sapphic books.

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Irene 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @irenesings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is a really great story and this is your chance to dive in and try it for free!

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you're an avid reader and would like to support indie authors directly, this post has a large list of authors selling direct through avenues like Ko-Fi, Payhip, or Itch, where we receive much larger shares of the sale price than anywhere else! Take a look 👇️

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Queer-Normative SciFi & Fantasy Direct from Authors - Elise Carlson

Introducing 20 Fantasy/ SciFi authors, where your can purchase books directly from them & their queer, disability & BIPOC character rep.

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Lila Gwynn @lilagwynn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s Missouri week at I Heart Sapphfic! If you’re looking for lesbian vampires, fairies, and witches in an urban fantasy Missouri setting, my Olympia the Bounty Hunter trilogy takes place there! I hope everyone’s reading challenges are going well!

A graphic that reads Week #36 Mississippi/Missouri/Netherlands in a rainbow banner with a rainbow globe. Bottom reads I Heart Sapphfic 2026 Sapphic Reading Challenge. Above the graphic are two white women, a blonde and a brunette, from the cover of Kissed the Mark by Lila Gwynn.

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Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September Rain 🌧️🍂 #art

A woman in a brown trench coat holdkng an umbrella and a suitcase stands beside a tree. She is looking at an old historical house in front of her. The tower of the house has one illuminated window

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If this book sells really good I can use that to convince more authors to commission me. So you should buy it. 😆

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PhoenixFang @phoenixfang.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The audiobook for Elite Ascent, the third book of my debut series is out today. www.audible.com/pd/Elite-Asc...

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

While I'm talking about how tough discoverability is for books these days...I keep hearing that people didn't realize I've got a book coming out! So yes! The third and final book of The Echo Archives, THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID, is out on Nov 10! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Last Star in the Void

The brilliant conclusion to Melissa Caruso's Echo Archives trilogy; a whip-smart adventure fantasy where a detective has to solve the greatest mystery of all--her own murder. Kembral Thorne is back o...

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hi, I'm Autumn, and I wrote a lesbian romcom for trans women who wanted to see themselves in a fun, low-stakes story. Because we deserve to have those nice, light reads, too. buy.bookfunnel.com/ar67zvbc7p

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This #SapphicSeptember, why not try some trans sapphic fantasy? Dragons, vampires, foxes, and trans women just living their lives ^^ www.amazon.com/stores/Issy-... issy-waldrom.itch.io

Poster advertising Trans Sapphic Fantasy by Issy Waldrom, featuring the covers of:
Heart's Claim (Where Our Paths May Cross book 1, a trans sapphic shifter romance)
Best Friends' Promise, a trans vampire romance
Soul Flames vol 1 (Soul Flames book 2, yup, I know it's a bit confusing, but Dawn Weaver is the first book of the series), a trans sapphic epic fantasy
and Esper and the Witch, a trans sapphic litrpg/romance

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This Sapphic September, support sapphic stories written by human authors. Every book represents someone's time, imagination, lived experience, sleepless nights, edits, and years spent learning their craft. #KeepSapphicBooksHuman books2read.com/u/m25XQR issy-waldrom.itch.io/hearts-whisp...

Graphic with the words "Sapphic September, Keep Sapphic Books Human", and the cover of Heart's Whispers, by Issy Waldrom

Full promo text:
This Sapphic September, support sapphic stories written by human authors.

Every book represents someone's time, imagination, lived experience, sleepless nights, revisions, edits, and years spent learning their craft.

As AI-generated publishing increasingly floods online bookstores, we're asking readers to support the human authors who make this community what it is. Buy a book from an author you'll find below. Recommend a human author’s book to a friend. Leave a review. Request a book from your library. Tell an author you loved their work.

Authors: If your sapphic book is 100% generative-AI-free, please add it to the comments so readers can discover your work!

Readers: Check out the books in the comments and find your next sapphic read.

Support human authors. Keep sapphic fiction human.

#KeepSapphicBooksHuman

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This Sapphic September, support sapphic stories written by human authors. Every book represents someone's time, imagination, lived experience, sleepless nights, edits, and years spent learning their craft. #KeepSapphicBooksHuman www.amazon.com/Soul-Flames/... itch.io/c/4739349/so...

Graphic with the words "Sapphic September, Keep Sapphic Books Human", and the covers of all 5 books of the Soul Flames series, by Issy Waldrom (yes, the series starts with Dawn Weaver, and yes, Soul Flames vol 1 is the second book in the series)

Full promo text:
This Sapphic September, support sapphic stories written by human authors.

Every book represents someone's time, imagination, lived experience, sleepless nights, revisions, edits, and years spent learning their craft.

As AI-generated publishing increasingly floods online bookstores, we're asking readers to support the human authors who make this community what it is. Buy a book from an author you'll find below. Recommend a human author’s book to a friend. Leave a review. Request a book from your library. Tell an author you loved their work.

Authors: If your sapphic book is 100% generative-AI-free, please add it to the comments so readers can discover your work!

Readers: Check out the books in the comments and find your next sapphic read.

Support human authors. Keep sapphic fiction human.

#KeepSapphicBooksHuman

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Jae 🏳️‍🌈 @jaeauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Have you seen part 2 of the sapphic fiction reader survey report regarding how sapphic readers feel about generative AI? If you had time to check it out, what did you think? If you haven't read it yet, here's the link: jae-fiction.com/sapphic-fict...

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Sapphic Fiction Reader Survey (Part 2)

Part 2 of the sapphic fiction reader survey examines how readers feel about generative AI in sapphic books, audiobooks, covers, and translations.

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nrcgray.bsky.social @nrcgray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Goth girl knight I sketched today:

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Have you ever wondered what Slayers meets Stargate would be like? No? Yeah, I'm not surprised. But this story mixes influences from both, and I think it's a pretty fun end result.

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Aoibh Wood | Sapphic Author @aoibhwood.com · 27/09/2026

One day. The Crucible is out tomorrow on InkColors — sapphic romantasy, enemies to lovers, a war academy where you graduate or you die. Everywhere else Oct 5. bit.ly/crucible-bsky

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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 27/09/2026

Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work.

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nrcgray.bsky.social @nrcgray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I finished the lineart for this witch and her crazy hat:

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Sophia Turner (Mara out now!) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophiajt.com · 26/09/2026

On a personal note, yesterday was really special to me for another reason. I felt like a full woman, confident and open. In a way, it was public a coming out after transition (which was no small feat!) Just gives me warm fuzzies thinking about it.

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Chimera Lucy @kurantatallulah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Are you looking for something new to read? May I suggest some lady and knight yuri where both have monstrous secrets? A slow burn romance where wolf lady and Dullahan knight bond across a long journey across the wilderness. Then check out Dullahan's Heart at chimeratallulah.itch.io/dullahans-he...

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Dullahan's Heart by ChimeraLucy

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Jae 🏳️‍🌈 @jaeauthor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Part 1 of my Sapphic Fiction Reader Survey report is up! I’ve spent a lot of time going over thousands of reader responses and came away with a much clearer picture of readers' book-buying and reading habits. I hope you find the results as interesting as I did. jae-fiction.com/sapphic-fict...

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Sapphic fiction reader survey (Part 1)

The sapphic fiction reader survey explores how the book-buying and reading habits of sapphic fiction readers have changed.

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SimzArt @simzart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Moth. 💡

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Heya! I'm Issy Waldrom. I write trans sapphic fantasy/urban fantasy, with dragons, vampires, and foxes all being common. Current WIP is The Princess's Dragon, for which the end is in sight, but still going a bit slow. But steadily getting there!

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Jill Writes @descriptivist.net · 25/09/2026

I’m Jill Rose. I write mostly queer YA. My main WIP is a follow up to my first self-published novel, Retconned. Same setting, but different MCs.

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Ocean @oceanwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Friday #lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Today’s theme is ****HAPPY**** Why not share some HAPPINESS happening in your stories? 😊🤩☺️

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Ada Vox is So Happy! Queen Of The Universe

ALT: Ada Vox is So Happy! Queen Of The Universe

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Nat 🌷 @fairyqrtz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Surprise fanart is one way to make my entire week ✨🥰 All I ask is to respect the established pairings (ie. Summer and Luna) SFW is preferred (ask first if you want to draw anything more suggestive) + platonic OC interactions are always welcome

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Queer authors, if you will be publishing a book on ITCH DOT IO and/or KOBO PLUS between now and Dec 31, please make that book known to me below. Especially if you're not publishing on the Evil River! Pre-order link is best, itch profile is great (so I can follow you), or whatever ya got. 🌈📚

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nrcgray.bsky.social @nrcgray.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lady knight sketch:

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Sofia 🏳️‍⚧️ @sofetia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have a easy depression detection system. If I need to reread my comfort books, shit's not going well. Honestly tho, great comfort books when depression be hittin. Thank you @iwaldrom.bsky.social and @autumnwolff.bsky.social

picture of two books. "Best friends promise" by Issy Waldrom and Mackenzie Sutton and "The postman becomes a bunny goddes in another world" by Autumn Wolff

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bi gals kissing a handsome girl. (And there's some lesbians involved.)

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 23/09/2026

The family keeps growing, and we're not even close to done yet! Read the Maidensong Magica series. An entire indie universe of 100% queer magical girl adventures, waiting to be discovered. Maidensong harmony power…go live! magicariot.com