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Lauren Taylor Bak

@laurentaylorbak.bsky.social
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Speculative smut. 👉👈 Reader, writer, peddler. laurentaylorbak.wordpress.com ♥ buymeacoffee.com/laurentaylorbak

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Folded Space, an Audio Science Fiction Anthology @foldedspace.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Great new cover art by @addi.social! Great work Addi, you are amazing! #sciencefiction, #anthology, #podcast, #coverart
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Wish I could be there with you! Attending in spirit 👻
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Christian Pan @christian-pan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Come join us for this in-person launch / reading / signing of the Best Bi #3 anthology on Sat, 24 Oct: @eskaykabba.bsky.social @bgsqd.bsky.social www.bgsqd.com/event/book-l...
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Adrian’s hat! Rocky in a snorkel (he doesn’t have eyes of a mouth 😆)! Gah so cute
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy Bi Visibility Day! Today is the release day of The Best Bi 3rotica of the Year, Vol 3, edited by Christian Pan: 18 erotic bi+ stories in one convenient package!
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Happy Bi Visibility Day (and book birthday to Best Bi Erotica 3!)
Happy Bi Visibility Day! Today is also the release day of The Best Bi 3rotica of the Year, Vol 3, edited by Christian Pan. Volume 3 contains 18 stories by contributing authors from the US, Canada, and the UK, pushing the boundaries of bi representation, expression, and experience through storytelling Ilsa Rayne, "What We Crave"Eskay Kabba, "Swap"Tabitha Grey, "Ask Me to Stay"
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Christian Pan @christian-pan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy Bi Visibility Day! @jennacitrus.bsky.social @polly-liticat.bsky.social @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social @eskaykabba.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Best-Bi-Erot...
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Alex, the Writing Boo-basaur @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
FINALLY a trad pub fantasy book where the lesbians actually fucked but also they have their political schemes to keep in mind and they make terrible, TERRIBLE choices oh my word (Read A Snake Among Swans pls pls pls!!!)
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21/09/2026
Don't fuck your staff, folks
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Jinti is Making Passive Notice Checks @jinti.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
y'all should push for Universal Basic Income 'cuz artists that aren't stressin' over rent and groceries and taxes all the time WILL draw freakier, more unmarketable shit
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 31/08/2026
Also, to all you SICKOS comparing the Hugo to a DILDO and making jokes about the FLARED BASE and all that DISGUSTING AWFUL STUFF: Yes, indeed, we've all been saying that for years, welcome
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research, including the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Quietly funded high school band programs We lost an incredible person.
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Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Few things quite as annoying as people bashing on things in smut/kink bc “it’s not realistic/I could never do that irl” bc like. 1) So fuckin what 2) it’s fiction 3) your experiences are not universal!! Who gaf! The erotic isn’t meant to be real it’s meant to be erotic!
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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Canadian culture is announcing how we're better than the US before devolving into regional insults, then a loud, unified FUCK YOU to an American engaging in those same Canadian regional insults. Canadians: fuck Alberta America: yeah fuck Alberta Canadians: SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH HOW DARE YOU
Bluesky users celebrate Canadian culture
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I am over the moon to announce that I have a story forthcoming in The Best Bi Erotica of the Year, Vol 3, edited by Christian Pan! 🩷💜💙 My weird and wild tale mixes MF/FF/MFFF human erotica with filthy MM and MF Dragon/Halfling smut. 😱
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The Best Bi Erotica of the Year, Volume 3 ⚢⚣⚤
It's almost that time of year again: September is Bisexual Visibility Month, and I am over the moon to announce that I will have a story included in The Best Bi Erotica of the Year, Volume 3, edited by Christian Pan! The anthology will release on 23 September 2026, AKA, Bi Visibility Day. This incredible cover was designed by…
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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Yup. Tis I.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/08/2026
Noticing some folks seem to think writers just say clever things without understanding how the world works, as if we're all naifs who just happen to be good with words instead of people with formal educations and a professional interest verging on requirement in the ability to conduct research
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Advice my phd supervisor gave me: Submit to the highest tier, most unattainable journal your paper fits. If they say yes, congrats, your work is perf. If they say no, take the peer review feedback and submit it to the next best journal. Even a “no” can be productive! You never know if you don’t try.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
my fav genre of Odyssey criticism are the ones that blame Nolan for the plot
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Those are great stats! I usually end the year around 12-18%. (I aim for 100 rejections rather than a certain rate or number of acceptances). Submit submit submit!
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Just because an author hasn't released a book in years doesn't mean that they're lazy or not working hard on their next one. There's so many reasons for a big gap between novels. Granted, in my case, it's because I'm lazy and not working particularly hard but I mean for others.
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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 19/07/2026
I've discovered that listening to etymology podcasts helps with my insomnia. Instead of staring at the ceiling, wondering if society is going to collapse, I just close my eyes and dream that "polymer" comes from the Greek word for "a mermaid with three boyfriends."
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 04/07/2026
new romantasy dedicated bookshop is opening in Oxford today and 10/10, no notes
Three sections labelled LGBTQ+, monster smut, and unhinged
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Matt Rouse (Author) 🇨🇦🍁🐔 @authormattrouse.hookdm.com · 05/07/2026
The hot new issue of Black Cat Weekly 253 is out! It includes some amazing stories & my first near future #scifi tale. “I Am Still,” by Matthew Rouse Mark called it a machine. Lena called it alive. Then it called back. Get it: blackcatweekly.com/b/Tqtup Edited by @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Fantastic stats! Way to go!!
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Folded Space, an Audio Science Fiction Anthology @foldedspace.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I am very excited to present the authors that will be included in season one! @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social, @bethgoder.bsky.social, @meganjkerr.bsky.social, @christinwrites.bsky.social, @arthurmanners.bsky.social, @swpisciotta.bsky.social, @addi.social, @annewilkins.bsky.social, @horrorsong.blog
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Get it in the FLESH: happy (belated) book release day! Flesh Fiction Volume 1: A collection of erotic short stories launched yesterday, 1 June 2026! The book contains 300+ pages of smut that make the unsexy irresistible, including my sapphic ghost story, "Laundry Day." Blurb In 2025, the Not Quite…
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Get it in the FLESH: happy (belated) book release day!
Flesh Fiction Volume 1: A collection of erotic short stories launched yesterday, 1 June 2026! The book contains 300+ pages of smut that make the unsexy irresistible, including my sapphic ghost story, "Laundry Day." Blurb In 2025, the Not Quite Write Prize for FLESH Fiction enticed authors aged 18+ from around the world to craft erotic short stories that ‘make the unsexy irresistible.’ This anthology is the forbidden fruit of those endeavours.
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NYGEL 🐙 @nygelmag.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Anything you're willing to give, we're eager to receive 😈 Subs are wide open from now until the end of June and we want to see our inbox STUFFED 💦 Send us the kind of weird smut you think will get you kicked off the internet: www.nygelmag.com/submissions
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NYGEL 🐙 @nygelmag.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
✨️New author interview is up!✨️ @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social author of "Pride and Protocol," a sizzling sci-fi smut from our second issue, talks her influences, inspirations, and what makes good monsterfuckery! 🍆🍆🥵 Read Lauren's interview: www.nygelmag.com/squid-blast-... #erotica #monsterfucking
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Jay @drjayunbound.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I recently watched an interview where actor /comedian Martin Short, talking about his daughter who passed away, said: “She did the best she could until she couldn’t,” and described mental illness as often being a “terminal disease.” We need more compassionate honesty and conversations like this
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NYGEL 🐙 @nygelmag.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
What if the Beast had four arms and two dicks and was your cocky alien subordinate on the spaceship where you work? 👀🍆🍆💦 Enjoy a sneak peek of "Pride and Protocol," a furry fuckfest from our second issue by the incomparable @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social 🥵 www.nygelmag.com #monsterfucking #erotica
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
*FOUR arms
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Way to go! That’s a fantastic ratio so far. I average 5-6 rejections per acceptance.
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S.B. Milne @sbmilneca.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Happy book birthday to GENDER EVER AFTER - now available at bookstores everywhere! If you're looking for gender-inclusive sapphic romance, these 15 fantastic stories are sure to inspire and arouse. #NewRelease #NowAvailable #LGBTQIA #romance books2read.com/GenderEverAf...
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Loch Ness Monster 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
attention fellow indie authors
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
am i doing this correctly or
Burger King template meme that reads: "I like tons of meat between my buns" -- "FIVE GUYS"
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NYGEL 🐙 @nygelmag.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
🎊 RELEASE DAY! 🎊 May the Filth be with you😈 NYGEL Issue 2 has arrived, and it's stuffed to bursting with the wildest, weirdest monster smut you'll find: we don't call ourselves Not Your Gran’s Erotic Lit for nothing! 🐌🐙🪱🌷🐍👽🌈💦 Get Issue 2 and treat yourself 🤤 www.nygelmag.com
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Cover Reveal & Pre-Orders for FLESH Fiction My story “Laundry Day”, alongside the other fantastic longlisted stories for the Not Quite Write Prize for FLESH Fiction, will feature in Flesh Fiction Volume 1: A collection of erotic short stories, coming 1 June 2026! Check out the cover design! I love…
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Cover Reveal & Pre-Orders for FLESH Fiction
My story “Laundry Day”, alongside the other fantastic longlisted stories for the Not Quite Write Prize for FLESH Fiction, will feature in Flesh Fiction Volume 1: A collection of erotic short stories, coming 1 June 2026! Check out the cover design! I love the old school emoji look. Blurb In 2025, the Not Quite Write Prize for FLESH Fiction…
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Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 20/04/2026
Flesh Fiction Volume 1 is now available for pre-order! Containing 304 pages of the most "unsafe for work" content our authors could dream up. Trust us when we say, reading this book will blow your... mind! Ships worldwide from 1 June. Head to notquitewritepress.com to pre-order your copy now.
The cover of Flesh Fiction Volume 1 appears beside a quote from Blanche d'Alpuget, author of the Bunny Club, "I laughed a lot, and fell in love with a giant cockroach. Yes! Really." 
Available for pre-order now from not quite write press dot com. Write is spelled w r i t e.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The head of the FBI isn't supposed to be getting blackout drunk. He's supposed to be cross-dressing
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This one? I don't know what schlongs you've been looking at, but... okay no, I see it.
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Expecting LLMs to perform a function it was not built for and literally cannot do is, in fact, a bit silly. Any company claiming their AI “doesn’t hallucinate” is lying to you to make money. They are nowhere near sophisticated enough to do the things people want them to do.
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
It still won’t. LLMs do not “know” things. They don’t really follow instructions, either. In fact, a recent study suggests that asking AIs not to make stuff up actually makes them *more likely* to make stuff up, and then to double down / lie about lying. They just. Predict. Text.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 16/04/2026
Counterpoint: I use em dashes with abandon and will not let "AI" steal them from me. I was overusing them first and will continue to do so long after "AI" is a crater in our financial system, or our merciless overlords, or both
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" Austen 18:13
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Maybe forcing people to build their creative careers on private online infrastructure that can and does collapse semi-regularly wasn't the best of ideas actually
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
At least one? No. They all do this. It is what they were built to do. LLMs are not search engines, they are predictive text generators -- "this sounds like the answer to your prompt" is the goal, not factual accuracy.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
this is just to say I have had an issue fetching the posts that were on the timeline and which you were probably hoping to doomscroll forgive me the takes were so hot and so rate limited
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Gotta respect the hustle 🫡
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Fanfiction. I mean this seriously: that’s where all the good sex is. Check out Archive of Our Own, search for an IP you like (or are just familiar with) and then filter by Explicit.
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Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It seems like every day there's a new barrier going up to prevent new/indie creators from monetizing their work. It doesn't keep out slop, it keeps out the little guys.
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