iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“Hello, I’m Lydia Tàr, and this is Jackass”

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

in case you missed it, i had a novelette published in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social yesterday, go check it out! “The Beasts of Altain” is dear to my heart. as the product of multiple cultures, there’s a sense of displacement, but also divided loyalty. this story is about that and also a cool beastie 🐅

a watercolor painting of a futuristic astronaut android, accompanied by little cat astronauts. overlaid on top is a screenshot of some text: “The Beasts of Altain” by Jay Kang Romanus. The news comes to Asahar on the wings of bees first. They’ve always been the quickest to bring him information from across Altain, transmitting it to each other through their dances in exponentially growing spirals.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Like stories? Like poems? Then have I got fantastic news for you!

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Kaleidotrope - Autumn 2026

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Interested in Gothic #horror? A fun, fast read? Supporting a #novella and #indie author? Pre-order THE GHOST OF HIGHTOWER POND, coming out October 13! Reposts appreciated 💙📚 Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6PC6JJJ Signed copies: www.etsy.com/listing/4571...

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The Ghost of Hightower Pond

Cordelia Delacroix has only been in London for a season when plague strikes. Desperate to escape both the plague and her declining financial situation, she accepts a mysterious invitation to join a pa...

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Jennifer Skogen @jenniferskogen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What an honor to share this issue with so many amazing stories and poems! And once again I am speechless over the beauty of a journal's cover. Wow!

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

2nd time in kaleidotrope, and my 1st novelette! “the beasts of altain” is about the byproducts of colonization, the people who fall through the cracks, and the inertia of a life that is Good Enough. enjoy!

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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And it's October! Still trying to figure out where the last $600 of October's rent is coming from. Couple possible jobs didn't pan out, so still working away at this. If anyone has work to pass along, or has something of their own I can take on, my rates, etc. are at: mathesonfreelancing.com

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Matheson Freelancing

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

(ask me how i know they love it (my bisexual tradwife sister who got married at 22 to the delight of my catholic parents))

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

it’s a very specific experience that happens to make the cishets quite happy when it happens irl, and i have a sneaking suspicion that its prevalence is so these publishers can get the praise for publishing queer stories without risking the comfort of the great heterosexual (2/2)

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

there’s a recent trend in modern sff that i’m not a big fan of where books will be promoted as lgbtq, and then the rep is a bisexual woman who alludes to past female dalliances and then her primary romantic storyline is with a man. i’m not saying this isn’t lgbt rep, bc it obviously is, but (1/2)

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

every JCO take is the kind of thing your meanest, least-sober great aunt might announce at thanksgiving dinner. sometimes you're like yeah, let em have it!! and then very shortly you're like uh oh aunt joyce time for bed

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Going live, October 1.

FICTION
“The Bargain” by Mari Ness
“Soul Food” by Rob Gillham
“Rain” by Emily O’Malley Liu
“Boxed In” by Stuart Docherty
“The Sea Calls” by Jennifer Skogen
“A Brief History of the Doorway Program” by Damian Stockli
“Monsters in the World” by Jenny Rae Rappaport
“The Beasts of Altain” by Jay Kang Romanus
“Unsought Books” by Corey Farrenkopf
“The Commodore’s Dreams” by Jake Stein
“Something in the Air” by Chris Barnham

POETRY
“Good Morning Forgetfulness” by Kit MacAllister
“Bluebeard at Midnight” by Faith Allington
“Spellbound” by Robert Borski
“The Old Vagabond Club” by Marisca Pichette
“Field Notes from a Failing Simulation” by David Anson Lee
“Takoyaki Tuesday” by K.M. Praschak
“And Yet” by Neile Graham

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There's a new issue of Kaleidotrope today!

kaleidotrope.net

Kaleidotrope - Autumn 2026

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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

ooh i want that recipe!! it was rly tasty i just couldn't leave it out of the freezer for more than ten minutes before it lost all shape 😭

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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 · 20/09/2026

jealous!! my day was also full of friends but being at a baby shower there was less rope than i would've liked...

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

it’s blood, ppl! we love blood!!

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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 · 10/09/2026

take the bull by the uhhh well u know

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

what do i have to do to get tuckerized as the cosmic cumdump

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

if it’s in the next issue we’ll be issue buddies haha

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

ahhh that’s all i want to hear 😊 that’s super exciting tho i can’t wait to read it!!

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

thank u very much 🥰 i had another robot pervert story published but unfortunately the magazine went down so i don't believe i have any way to share it lol

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

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The Reykjavik Disaster — Baffling Magazine

by Jay Kang Romanus “It’s a dance.“

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

u gotta do it (for some reason!!) but ughhhghghhh

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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

i'm not being facetious i do genuinely believe in this book which is why im still here after three years of querying! i do see all that advice that's like "it's okay if your first novel doesn't get published bc u can do better" but fortunately that sign can't stop me bc i can't read!

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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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