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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

i rly am the friend that's too woke bc i get why ppl like narnia but it's just so damn christian. u cannot extricate it! lewis may not have liked the word allegory but aslan is literally jesus idk what to tell u

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

went to a potluck/baby shower (i know) and i made tuna noodle casserole that nobody ate and a dairy free chocolate cream pie that melted. should i kill myself y/n

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

i think i deserve some noise for this

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

i know u can never count on publishing to align with ur tastes but im somewhat surprised that NOBODY seems to like my essay pitch abt vampires and aids

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

cosmic horror is when there’s a gross baby that’s kinda evil

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.uk · 28/08/2026

there's a VERY disturbing cultural shift atm toward sex negativity and demands for "purity" around sex, a lot of guilt and shame, and it's largely about cultural control - when you control and punish open sexual desire or discussion, you also control discussions of consent and autonomy

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

so happy to be in this company 😊

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R Lochlann @runesword.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Reposting in mech pervert solidarity

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

thank u as always for all u do!! my flash story "the reykjavik disaster" abt the fallout of a fetish for violence and sexy giant robots was published by @bafflingmag.bsky.social www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...

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The Reykjavik Disaster — Baffling Magazine

by Jay Kang Romanus “It’s a dance.“

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 19/08/2026

the government of canada’s advice on what to do if you encounter a moose is “moose are unpredictable” & I just feel like this is a particularly dazzling proof of that

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.uk · 19/08/2026

Not to be bigoted against normie queers but like. Their books are just boring. Like yeah i'm sorry that you were yearning over his "toned" and "taut" body for ten years and that you're "so in love with him" and he feels identical about you and your identical body but like. Who cares. Kill somebody

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

snippet from my book playlist since i'm almost done revising (again) (for the third time) (this book is good and commercially viable i promise)

a list of songs:
maggie rogers - anywhere with you
caroline polachek - sunset
olivia rodrigo - can't catch me now
gillian welch and alison krauss - i'll fly away
bleachers - 45
sandy crow - learning 037
greyson chance - haymaker
haley heynderickx and max garcia conover - red river dry
the killers and weyes blood - my god
matt champion - spj

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

yesterday i signed the offer for a full time job at one of the best hospitals in the world and got an extremely unexpected story acceptance and i got worried that things were going too well for me, and then i remembered that i also got gonorrhea so it balances out

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If you see this, post your art with marginalia! (these are of course illustrations from my novel The West Passage, out now)

Insular Celtic-style illustration of a young man with a book, a girl, and two women. The girl and women (in vaguely nun-like dress) look at a broken mask. A winding border of knotwork terminating in a bestial head divides the image into two zones, one for the boy, one for the other three characters.

insular celtic-style illustration of a young woman in nun-like dress holding onto a small ape dressed like a medieval scholar. A border containing the white knotted body of a beast arches over them, connecting to two pillars of knotwork. Atop each pillar is a vignette of an open hand.

Gothic-style illustration of two young men (one with rabbit ears) in a room of bookshelves with a checkered floor. they speak to a black-robed person whose head is veiled in a headdress of white strips. On each side of the image are marginalia of people in black armor standing on plinths

gothic-style illustration of a bottle-like tower menaced by a multi-armed black figure, surrounded by crowds of people. Beneath the tower, an ambiguous form lies connected to it by a dark chain. A gothic arch frames this image. Four other arches (two on each side) hold other surreal black figures. Weird medieval guys crawl around atop the arches

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

rob and bona do such amazing work in this community!! please don’t let him get kicked out of the uk!!

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hi all, our lovely editor Rob is in danger of getting kicked out of the UK if he doesn't raise enough money for immigration fees by 27 Oct, so he's set up a GoFundMe. We very much want him here, making queer books, so if you're able to donate or simply share his campaign, we'd be so grateful!

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Donate to Help Me Stay in the UK For Good (After 10 Years Living Here), organized by Robert Berg

Who I Am My name is Robert Berg and I’m raising funds to hel… Robert Berg needs your support for Help Me Stay in the UK For Good (After 10 Years Living Here)

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A lot creative work is already being called porn. Book banners are calling books with queer people simply existing "porn" to get them pulled out of schools and libraries. We are in this together whether you like it or not. Solidarity is the only way to fight.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

What kind of psyop nonsense is this? Yes, it is. Living is literally the point of being alive.

'Dying isn't as bad as you think'

A woman faces us.

BBC
And a lightbulb.

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Elijah J. Mears @elijah.mea.rs · 01/08/2026

HELLO AMERICA IT IS OFFICIALLY HOT 🥵 BOULEUTOPHAGY 🍔 SUMMER 💃

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Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Don't forget to read and vote for the Ignyte Awards! The deadline is August 16th, and "Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity" is nominated alongside so many excellent books and stories.

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Universal Fabulous Income NOW

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

After giving it some thought, I figure there's never going to be a perfect time to open for horror/Weird fic collection submissions. Why not now while my job is still in a slow period? If you're BIPOC and/or queer, I'm especially interested in reading your work: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

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Submission Calls

Horror and Weird Fiction COllections Submission Call (OPEN NOW UNTIL FILLED) Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. The submi…

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

so say we all

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My annual “here’s a ton of free publishing advice” post. You can access: TWENTY successful query letters. Six book proposals that sold. A guide to research agents. And a guide to writing I.P. All for free, right here. www.ericsmithrocks.com/perfect-pitch

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Perfect Pitch — ERIC SMITH

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

my main professional goal is to become the kind of writer this is said about

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LEVITICUS x YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN Elton is running, but he can't remember from what. When his path crosses with lonely trucker Beck, they learn together what it takes to rebuild a person, but remembering may destroy him, and what he's forgotten may destroy the world. #QuestPit #Q #A #H #R

A collage with images of sweaty boys almost kissing, a human/bird monster, and a cowboy pulling a horse under an intensely cloudy sky. There are also the words “A love like that made me someone new. Not even because I chose to change, I had no choice in the matter; the feeling swept me up and molded me into someone I didn’t recognize before I could look down and understand just what I had gotten myself into.”

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

feel like odyssey is hitting hard even if it's not to everyone's taste because there is a yearning for the idea that a bunch of people can work hard on a film of this scope and have it pay off, but also everyone wants an imaginary dad to come home and beat the shit out of greedy ruinous fucks

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

someday someone will want my cosmic horror bdsm space opera novella but today is not that day

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Look, you simply must be reading Neon Hemlock books. You simply must!

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey draws inspiration from Emily Wilson's 2017 translation of The Odyssey; today, we're revisiting a conversation between Wilson and @franwilde.bsky.social on mistranslations, movie casting, and interpreting the voices of heroes long past:

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All The Voices of The Odyssey: Emily Wilson On Language, Translation, and Culture - Reactor

I recently finished another great boat-centric book that contained the hallmarks of modern action-adventure fantasy: shipwrecks, monsters, intrigue, heroes, a complicated good guy, evil-smashing, regr...

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Big Writing doesn't want u to know that u can just use "says" multiple times in a row instead of killing urself over synonyms. follow me for more writing tips

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

See ya at One of Us Horror Book Fair this September in Iowa City! If you come, we'll have copies of our November release, Lonesome and Festering, a full two months early and available for purchase.

Sept 5th 2026 Noon to 4pm Public Space One, Iowa City, Iowa. Authors, Publishers, Music, and More! Midwest Weird Lives Here. Special Guest: Cursed Morsels

Graphic also shows cover of Under a Malevolent Eye

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Queer authors, today is the FINAL DAY to submit your speculative fiction and/or poetry for Issue 3! Spread the word and send your work our way—we can’t wait to read it! 🪐 Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/ 🗡️ Pay: 8 cents/word, $50/poem 🌈 Deadline: July 21st, 11:59 pm Eastern

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Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE

Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

ferran torres pls come shoot in my net 😋

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Elton is running, but he can't remember from what. When his path crosses with lonely trucker Beck, they learn together what it takes to rebuild a person, but remembering may destroy him, and what he's forgotten may destroy the world. #BluePit #📖 #Q #A #H #R #LGBT #DIS #ND #POC #OV

An art piece of a buff wasian man with a scruffy red beard and hair in a baseball cap and white t-shirt playfully holds a scrawny white guy wearing a dark hoodie with yellow eyes and stringy black hair in a headlock, both are smiling.

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

i literally don't have time to get a vagina rn stop tempting me!!!

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Pre-gaming Pride Month with a Queer Anthologies rec post! I used to not enjoy short stories because I get too attached to characters and have a hard time letting them go in such a short time, but I've read five of these and really like short stories and anthologies now! (1/2)

A graphic captioned Queer Anthologies with nine ebook covers. Queerly Loving edited by G Benson. Transcendent 2 edited by Bogi Takacs. Love is Love brought to you by the survivors of the Orlando Pulse Shooting. Artifice and Access an anthology of disability in fantasy. Trans and Disabled edited by Alex Iantaffi. Ace and Proud edited by A.K. Andrews. The Pinoy Monster Lover Anthology After Dark. Dudes Rock edited by Jay Kang Romanus. The Color of Always edited by Brent Fisher.

A graphic captioned Queer Anthologies with nine ebook covers. Love After the End edited by Joshua Whitehead. Amor Actually. Brave Boy World edited by Michael D. Takeda. Dead Cowpokes Don't Wrangle curated by Mars Adler. Not a Phase edited by Delliom Ellidom. Unconventional Love compiled by Effie Joe Stock. Bi the Way, I Love You. These Bodies Ain't Broken edited by Madeline Dyer. Young Men in Love edited by Joe Glass.

A graphic captioned Queer Anthologies with nine ebook covers. I Want That Twink Obliterated! edited by Trip Galey. Terrors an Inclusive Anthology edited by Vince A. Liaguno. Transpoethicalbody translated by Bruna Barros. Astrophobia curated by Vesper Doom. Being Aro edited by Madeline Dyer. To Belong Here edited by Rae Garringer. Soverign Erotics edited by Qwo Li Driskill. Remants of Relics edited by Jake Vanguard. An Outstretched Hand curated by RHWQ Productions.

A graphic captioned Queer Anthologies with nine ebook covers. Indigenous Pacific Islander Eco-Literatures edited by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner. Bingo Love edited by Tee Franklin. From Me to You Anthology of Human Connections. Other Ever Afters edited by Melanie Gillman. Xenocultiars edited by Isabela Oliveira. A Queer and Cozy Winter edited by Rainbow Crate. So Many Stars An Oral History of Trans Nonbinary Genderqueer and Two Spirit People of Color by Caro De Robertis. QDA edited by Raymond Luczak.

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Elijah J. Mears @elijah.mea.rs · 13/07/2026

What if I told you about King Midas. What if I did it three more times. What if it was queer. What if it was trans. What if it was in Small Wonders TODAY.

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

in regards to my last repost, my first publication was sold to @anathemamagazine.bsky.social which WAS in fact defunct for a bit, but i'm so so happy they're back!! that being said, my second publication was published by prismatica and now not even the website is around so u never know

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Writers (of whatever), if you've ever sold a short/poem/essay, is the first venue that you sold to still in business? My first actual sale was to Ideomancer back in 2002 or 2003. They are defunct. What was yours?

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 13/07/2026

i think about form size a lot, bouncing between epic fantasy series and standalones, short stories, and novellas. generally, i’m pretty disinterested in the categories themselves, but i’m interested in using the space well, to best effect. so how do you write a good story at any length?

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