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@lukejsuth.bsky.social
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writer, librarian, publisher 🪻@lilacperil.bsky.social linktr.ee/lukesutherland

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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hey. I wrote this
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thrilled to have a story out in @therumpus.net today about poisoning yourself on the internet getting turned on by what you fear
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thrilled to have a story out in @therumpus.net today about poisoning yourself on the internet getting turned on by what you fear
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Proud ally of the nightjar community
Wikipedia entry that says “nightjars and their allies”
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Last night I witnessed a cabaret performance in which someone dressed as a car (fake headlights, inflatable wheels) was beaten with a baseball bat while Before He Cheats played. Sometimes you really are exactly where you want to be
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Do you think he’ll like the ftm detrans fetish story I have coming out soon?
Dennis Cooper followed me on Instagram 😵
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It’s gay boyfriend summer. If you don’t have a gay boyfriend, STAY IN LINE!
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Portrait I made of my gf and I with our two imaginary circus dogs for our 5th anniversary :)
Black ink on yellow paper block print of two transsexuals standing behind two dogs in circus hats, framed in bright blue wood
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I fucking hate deckle edges. Books do not have permission to touch me like that
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I really wanted to see By Hook or By Crook at Suns this weekend, but in the spirit of the film I’m hanging out with my transsexual lover at his wife’s house instead
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Hung out with my cis friends and they all made me look at their wide toe box shoes
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
My manager wrote that I have “good literary taste” in my performance review. I’m never topping this high
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Me and the other out gay guy are both scheduled to work on dc pride but the office’s closet queen isn’t….. makes you sick
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Every freak its leash Every leash its freak
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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I love this poem
Ode To The Maggot
By Yusef Komunyakaa


Brother of the blowfly
And godhead, you work magic
Over battlefields,
In slabs of bad pork

And flophouses. Yes, you
Go to the root of all things.
You are sound & mathematical.
Jesus, Christ, you're merciless

With the truth. Ontological & lustrous,
You cast spells on beggars & kings
Behind the stone door of Caesar's tomb
Or split trench in a field of ragweed.

No decree or creed can outlaw you
As you take every living thing apart. Little
Master of earth, no one gets to heaven
Without going through you first.
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Happy month of buy a gay book on sale
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I actually think it’s beautiful when trans art is bad. Like aw we can be hack too :)
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Yaaaaaay Nick 🖤 read an early draft of this and loved it, it is well worth your time!
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I really enjoyed this biting little noir from @traumbooks.bsky.social. Such a lovely reminder of how much you can do in the space of a novella (let alone a cute pocket sized one!) traumbooks.com/wake-up-book...
Wake Up! by R Merey. It is a small white book with a sketch of a woman falling and a mahjong tile
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silas denver 🍎 @sweatermuppet.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
i will succeed because i am a pervert 🥳🫡
an edit that reads "i will succeed because i am a pervert." the text is in all caps and is distorted. above the text is a pair of legs in fishnets. behind one foot is a red star with many points. the entire image is textured to look grainy.
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
If you change your sex hard enough you end up running a small press and getting birthday cards from two different Blakes
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Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
May 27, save the date DC!!! All the learned transsexuals will be there 🧐🍷 @submorstua.bsky.social
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Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
May’s free (virtual) workshop: THE GENRE SELF with Isle McElroy Sunday, May 17 at 6 PM EST Virtual | Registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-genre-...
A graphic with a photo of a figure in an elaborate costume. The text reads: Lilac Peril presents
The Genre Self
Virtual
May 17 at 6 pm EST
a free workshop for trans writers with ISLE McELROY
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like sarah in the movies @trisarahtops.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
could i interest you in siobhan fredericks' "jean genet obviously has no idea about transvestites" review of our lady of the flowers from 1963?
Siobhan Fredericks' review of Our Lady of the Flowers, from Turnabout No. 2 (October 1963)

This latest U.S. publication from the works of Jean Genet, one of France's most powerful writers, was recommended to me by a transvestite friend as being "straight TV from beginning to end." My TV friend should have known better.

Like City of Night, this novel portrays the life of the homosexual prostitute but it has nothing in it of transvestic interest. Unlike Reichy's (sic) book, it is important as literature.

The "Our Lady" of the title is a member of the demimonde of gay homosexuals whom Genet knew intimately. While "Our Lady" lives most of the time either in "drag" or in highly effeminate male clothing, this is merely a convenience, an affectation, a trick of "the trade," and possibly a symbol of his status among homosexuals. There is no description of clothing per se, none of the cataloguing of feminine wear, none of the insight into the feelings of a transvestite which would be characteristic of a novel devoted to transvestism.

I seriously doubt if Jean Genet (or my TV friend, for that matter) knows what a real transvestite is. In Genet's case, he couldn't care less.
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Ok I want this to be the year I read my first Genet and Pynchon but don’t know where to start with either; suggestions welcome!
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Have we considered that bloodletting was less of serious medical practice and more of like, a pervert thing? lol
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A kid at work told me they’re an “animal researcher” and that their favorite animal is SIPHONOPHORES??? Perfect answer, almost started crying on the spot
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Cat Fitzpatrick @catfitzpatrick.net · 24/03/2026
Luke Sutherland and Aris Cumara:
LS: I think hope can be kind of a cheesy word, but I’m thinking of the Mariam Kaba quote that “hope is a discipline.” When I think about that in terms of my personal writing and in terms of Lilac Peril, I think putting your energy into a long-term publication project like this is a practice of hope, because you have to believe there will be a future where this book exists, or this magazine exists. It’s investing in the belief that there is a tomorrow, there is a world after this. 

AC: I agree entirely that it’s a discipline, it’s work. It’s showing up again and again to make something you believe in, and hope other people will believe in.
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Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
April's workshop is coming up QUICK, and it's a good one... WRITING THE TRANS EROTIC with Lucie Fielding ( @sexbeyondbinaries.bsky.social ) Sunday, April 5 at 1 PM EST Rhizome DC | 6950 Maple St NW, Washington, DC 20012 *** 18 + ONLY ***
A graphic with an illustration of a woman raising a whip by Aubrey Beardsley. The text reads: Lilac Peril presents: writing the trans erotic. Sunday, April 5 at 1:00 PM. Rhizome DC. A free writing workshop with Lucie Fielding. 18+only.
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Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
If you’ve been on our webstore recently, you may have noticed something: our first book, Issue 00 is available again! lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
Two books laid side by side
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Loved working on this story with @ruecodey.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥 I’m super proud of the issue the smoke + mold team put together. smokeandmold.net/issue-13-spr...
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issue 13 | spring 2026 trans eco horror
fiction Kraken by Anemone Crown Her With Many Crowns by Fariha  Show Me Your Fangs by Crystal Odelle I Have to Be the Hottest Oracle at the Shrine of Dodona for Some Reason by Cody Sooy Home b…
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Anemone @anemonebythesea.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
My latest short story, “Kraken,” is finally out from smoke and mold. It’s gross, it’s sad, it’s basically tentacle porn, and it’s the best short story I’ve written so far. Check it out here: smokeandmold.net/issue-13-spr...
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ISSUE 13ANEMONEPABLO V. CAZARESADDA FARCUSFARIHACRYSTAL ODELLECODY SOOYT.R. STEELEJACKIE VONDROSS Anemone lives in Washington, DC, where she is currently working on a sci-fi novella about the end o…
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This happening in dc is extra funny, a city where one could easily meet 42 trans people at the Petworth farmer’s market alone
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Why do gay guys make that face. You know the ine
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Another day at the Candy Darling factory
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 03/03/2026
NEW: In Minneapolis, @cameronoakes.bsky.social and Sam Donndelinger report, ICE’s Operation Metro Surge is preventing Latino patients from accessing HIV care. This story was produced in collaboration with @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social, an investigative LGBTQ-focused nonprofit news publication.
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Too Afraid to Leave Home: ICE’s Toll on Latino HIV Care
Operation Metro Surge is leading some Latinos to delay or cancel HIV prevention or treatment appointments.
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Zoe Tunnell ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I have never needed a 2XL t-shirt with a specific image on it more in my life
Shadow the Hedgehog and Bobby Hill witb shotguns
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Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 28/02/2026
Lorraine Schneider, 1967.
Art: "War is not healthy for children and other living things."
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Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
MARCH WORKSHOP! We’ll be writing IN-PERSON with Benny Peterson on Sunday, March 15 at Rhizome DC 🧠🧠🧠
A graphic with a yellow background and a drawing of an anatomical heart. The text reads: 

Lilac Peril presents
CREATING CHARACTERS FROM THE BODY
Rhizome DC
Sunday, March 15 at 11:00 AM
a free trans writing workshop with BENNY PETERSONA graphic with a yellow background and an anatomical drawing of a brain slice. The text reads: 

Workshop topic:
CREATING CHARACTERS
FROM THE BODY
In fiction, we talk about very vivid characters as feeling "embodied" - through some mysterious creative alchemy, these words on a page take on a form that feels corporeal. As writers, how do we create characters that feel so real we can almost touch them, hear them, smell them? And what can we learn from our own experiences being a body in the world that we can then translate into an imaginary character's bodily experiences? In this workshop, we will read and discuss some examples of character-development to understand how writers create embodied characters. Well also do some somatic exercises to help us think about what physical reality actually "feels" like in our own bodies and how we can evoke that sensation through words. And we'll do some writing
exercises to work on conveying
that felt reality on the page. It will
help to have a character in mind
for this workshop- either one you've already written about, or one you're hoping to write
about. But there will also be space for creating a character during the
workshop, if you don't have one already in mind.
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I am reading at this!
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Here is everywhere I’ll be at AWP! It’s my first one :)
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Luke at AWP

with Lilac Peril

Book Fair - Booth T110
Thurs, Mar 5 - Sat, Mar 7 | 9 AM - 5 PM

Panel - Trans Publishers, Then & Now
Thurs, Mar 5 at 10:35 AM | Room 326

Offsite - Baltimore's Big Trans and 'Hon'-Binary Reading
Thurs, Mar 5 at 7:00 PM | The Club Car 12 W NAve, Baltimore MD 21201

Solo

Offsite - Slutty Reading
Sat, Mar 7 at 7:00 PM | Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
AI filmmaking and storytelling is punk rock. It’s hip hop. It’s counterculture. It’s a new type of creativity. It’s a new medium. It’s hated by the mainstream film and art establishment. It resists ideology. It ignores gate keeping. It’s uncomfortable. It’s scary. It’s viral. It’s accessible. It’s refreshing. It’s welcoming. It’s here.
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I’m excited to have a reprint in this :)
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Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE TOMORROW 2/7 AT 11:59 PM EST 📣📣📣
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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Their argument is: rich white people are allowed to do whatever they want, and that includes pedo islands or rounding up the rest in camps. There is no contradiction, no hypocrisy, no argument that will sway them. The ideology is: power is moral
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
How many people outside of DC realize that we’re still being occupied by the National Guard? Or, to put a finer point on it, care?
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Omg my ILL request finally came in all the way from Wichita and it’s signed 😱
The title page of the 1989 edition of Idols by Dennis Cooper, signed by Cooper
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Evangeline Gallagher @egallagher.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
In 2026 I am going to start calling people feckless and wretched
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Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Pickle Puss Armstrong, you will always be famous
A picture of the page of the book with the name “Pickle Puss Armstrong” highlighted in yellow. Pickle was allegedly a rum runner for a pirate themed bar during prohibition and was also paid to sweep glass after bottle throwing competitions at the bar.
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