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@mererain.bsky.social
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Author of speculative fiction of all genres. Pubbed by JMS Books, Mischief Corner, Flametree, CossMass, Mad Scientist Journal, Astral, Things in the Well...

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 1h
I enjoyed this anticapitalist dinosaur disaster story from @kaleidotrope.bsky.social kaleidotrope.net/summer-2026/...
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“Jurassic Perk” by T. K. Rex
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 22h
I'm sure someone will know the answer to this question...
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Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
First is “Lucinda Espinosa’s Twenty-Seventh Death” in Fusion Fragment @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @fusionfragment.bsky.social
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Issue #24
“All the Pretty Starships Fly Like This” by J.R. Dewitt: freedom from imperial control / mindships / hot fudge cherry berry”As Big As A Whale” by Avra Margariti: obsession /…
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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Next month is October, which means Halloween, which means vampire season So I'll be hosting a BIG GAY VAMPIRE BUNDLE on Itch & applications are open NOW! If you've got a queer vampire book on Itch, you'll want to be part of this: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Dane will return at NYCC H-05 @monkeyminion.com · 30/09/2023
Just a reminder for folks who may not know - Inktober is a trademarked brand and using it promotes a person who has some some shady things to other artists. Not saying don’t do it, but be careful with it, and if you sell your art or sketchbooks, make sure you don’t use Inktober in your listings.
Screenshot of a Facebook post warning about the Inktober trademark.
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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Scythian Wolf is back with its third open call & third historical horror anthology. This time it's Ancient Rome. Here are the initial details. More info soon.
Ars Moriendi: Horror Tales of Ancient Rome
Payment: $75 USD per story
Word Count: 4500-10000
Open: February 1 - February 28, 2027
Submit to: the.scythian.wolf [at] gmail.com
story Must be set between the years 753 bce and 500 ce 
story must include a supernatural element
with setting and details, historical accuracy is vital 
Reprints Welcome but Note when submitting
stories that utilize Generative AI will be rejected
submit as .docx attachment (no links)
subject line: rome submission: story title 
multiple submissions? no
simultaneous submissions? Yes
no submissions or inquiries prior to february 1, 2027
Payment via Paypal Only
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@whistberry.northsky.social reviews my Labyrinth-inspired mm fantasy & other, scarier new releases by @coyhall.bsky.social @pemryjanes.com @kristalstittle.bsky.social et al. If you haven't, check out Helen's art and books (some are in a current itch bundle)! www.helenwhistberry.com/blog/2026/9/...
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Book Review: Come Away Again by Mere Rain — HELEN WHISTBERRY
Simple and sweet romantic fantasy…
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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 03/09/2026
Did you know before I turned my hand to weird fantasy and horror that I wrote a classic mystery series featuring a wise guy reporter, the love of his life, and a lot of nods to the great noir detective films of the 40s and 50s? I'm running a special itchio bundle: all 3 books for $3! A buck a book!
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Malhaven Mysteries Bundle by Helen Whistberry
A bundle by Helen Whistberry, $3.00 for The Weird Sisters: Malhaven Mysteries Book 1, The Avenging Angel: Malhaven Mysteries Book 2, The Ghostly Groom: Malhaven Mysteries Book 3
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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 27/09/2026
I believe they are not technically #quills, but this is the closest I have to today's theme for #SciArtSeptember 😅
Digital drawing in white ink against a black background of a cute hedgehog facing the viewer with a little smile on their face. They are wearing a crown of tiny daisy like flowers in the blue, pink, and white colors of the trans pride flag.
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 27/09/2026
Encouraging anyone interested in ambiguous erotic difficult queer fiction with lots of giallo guts to request & review. Think of it as unsolved mysteries with butt sex. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
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Dead Boys Don’t Cry
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you're this friend you'd probably enjoy Alan Garner's "Treacle Walker" ... or be really sad about it, idk.
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yule cat! @angelmartinezsff.bsky.social has a story about that...
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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just under a week to go 👀⏳ and we're a little over $600 away from the goal... now is a great time to back some time loop fiction! Can you join in??? www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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OPPORTUNITY WINDOW: An Anthology of Time Loop Stories
Deja vu doesn't begin to cover it... OPPORTUNITY WINDOW will bring you a book of brand new time loop stories (and maybe some you've seen before) from across the SFFH genres!
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Jean-Michel Basquiat @basquiat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Riding with Death, 1988 botfrens.com/collections/27/content…
Riding with Death
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The embarrassing realization that you only succeeded in your quest last time because the villain was going easy on you because he thought you were cute. 😳 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
"Come Away Again" queer Labyrinth-inspired romance by Mere Rain 
cover is blue with lights among branches
To save my brother, I made a promise to the strange and powerful lord of the woods. I didn’t keep that promise, and now he’s taken my little nephew. I swear I’ll get him back, no matter how dangerous the forest between the worlds may be, or how angry its lord. I succeeded when I was only sixteen, after all, surely I can prevail again.

But as I stumble from one peril to another, I begin to think he was taking it easy on me last time. Maybe he doesn’t want me in his realm after all, even though he once offered me a home here. Maybe I waited too long. Well, he’ll have to tell me so to my face. I’m not giving up until I find the heart of the woods, or die trying.

I’ll save my family and escape again. I want to return to my normal life ... don’t I?
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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's still Bi Visibility Day! Hooray! ❤️💜💙 You know how you should spend today? Picking up or pre-ordering awesome books from awesome bi+ writers! Here are some suggestions to get you started!
A graphic with a background featuring the colors of the Bi Pride flag (pink, purple, and blue) with black letters at the top that say Happy Bisexual Visibility Day!

The graphic features twelve book covers of bi+ authors: Girl in the Creek by Wendy N. Wagner, Cracks by Kristy Park Kulski, Cyanide Constellations and Other Stories by Sara Tantlinger, This Fever Called Living by Azzurra Nox, Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris, Eminence Front by Rebecca Rowland, Sleep Alone by J.A.W. McCarthy, Sinner Man Hand by Tracy Cross, Sabbath of the Fox-Devils by Sam Richard, This B Just Won't Die! by Tanya Pell, The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls by Angela Sylvaine, and This Is Not My Body by Lindsay King-Miller.
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Nico Martinez Nocito 🏳️‍⚧️ @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
✒️✨ Calling all SFF poetry enthusiasts! 🌈💫 Stardust & Verse is a new review site where I read and recommend fantastic free-to-read SFF poems. Here's a sneak peak of what to look forward to in September... #StardustAndVerse www.patreon.com/cw/StardustA...
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Stardust & Verse | SFF Poetry Reviews — Positive reviews of new science fiction and fantasy poetry
Get more from Stardust & Verse | SFF Poetry Reviews on Patreon. Positive reviews of new science fiction and fantasy poetry. Support Stardust & Verse | SFF Poetry Reviews and get exclusive access to th...
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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A sale or two at my shop would be a colossal help. This helps support me as a fabric artist, unofficial town sorcerer, and human being. I'd love for you to check out my Jeremy Creatures. Each one is designed and hand-sewed by me and takes many hours to create. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com
Here's a lovely photo of a plethora of hand-sewn fabric art creatures. There's a watermelon creature with a red face, eight black seed-like eyes, and a wide mouth with five sharp teeth. There's a white ghost trinket bag covered with purple embroidered flowers. She has a gray face, sparkly black eyes and a little frown. There's a strawberry creature with three bulbous green eyes. There's a watermelon ghost, and a black creature with sharp teeth wearing a bulbous eye earring. There's a large purple creature with many yellow eyes and an open mouth, with a little green creature popping her head out. All the creatures are sitting on green fur and there's a galaxy print fabric in the background.
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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Available for pre-order most everywhere now (the print edition can be pre-ordered through Barnes & Noble, because some other big company thinks small publishers don't need that). magazine.trollbreath.com/trollbreath-...
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Trollbreath Magazine Volume One (2024-2025) - Trollbreath Magazine
From the pages of Trollbreath Magazine comes Volume One, an anthology of short speculative fiction. We’re celebrating the amazing authors whose short stories and poetry we were privileged to bring to readers in 2024 and 2025, our first two years. Between these covers, you’ll find:   A dancer faces a rising rival The survivor of…
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Keira Perkins @thatkeira.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Have you ever been at a concert where the music has transformed you to something else, something fierce and powerful? Remember that feeling. Hold it. Then imagine a man there that keeps grabbing you by the hips despite your “friendly” efforts to make him stop. You get to kill him in this poem.
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Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've launched a GoFundMe to help me get my cats to a safer home in Scotland, and you can pay-what-you-want using the GFM system and get 15 of my books as eBooks as a Thank You every Friday as an update! www.gofundme.com/f/help-autho... That's almost 700,000 words of fiction, pay what you want!
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Donate to Help Author Tobias Buckell and His Cats Move to Scotland, organized by Tobias Buckell
Hi, I'm author Tobias S. Buckell, and these are my two cats, P… Tobias Buckell needs your support for Help Author Tobias Buckell and His Cats Move to Scotland
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lor gislason🪱 @lormaggot.ca · 19/09/2026
P.p.S if you're going to LITTLE GHOSTS FEST and would like a book lmk i will bring it right to ya
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lor gislason🪱 @lormaggot.ca · 19/09/2026
My buddy @stevenealwrites.bsky.social is running a crazy giveaway on IG, USA folks take note!! www.instagram.com/p/DdcFEiJnap...
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This sounds so good
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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Really excited to be one of the keynote panelists for RSM! The whole schedule looks incredible. If you haven’t registered yet, now is the time!
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Princess Laura @laura2915.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Also, the headline "complicated by court records" is such disgusting "both sides" bullshit. The transphobes lies weren't "complicated" by court records, they were "proven to be outright lies". In attempting neutrality, you murder objectivity.
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Author Jay Mountney's recent reading and watching recs, including my mm fantasy "Come Away Again" and a wide variety of fiction and non. jaymountney.com/2026/09/21/s...
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Summer reading and viewing reviewed 2026
foxglove in our garden Viewing The excellent Cumbria’s Red Squirrels***** iPlayer. Lovely film about conservation. An undeclared war Season 1 Ch4*****Vaguely remembered… quite gripping. GCHQ in a b…
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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
the Three-Lobed Burning Eye kickstarter is at $6,365 out of the $10,000 base goal LET'S GET THIS BREAD donate! share! donate! share! www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...
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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2027
Publishing original horror, fantasy, and science fiction since 1999. Let’s create another year of strange and wondrous tales!
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C.M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 21/09/2026
Who wants to hear me do a live reading from THE CROWS next Friday (02 Oct) at 5pm UK time? (12pm EST) I'm up first so don't be late! #Horror #Gothic #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity www.eventbrite.com/e/first-frid...
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First Friday - Third Thursday QuickRead
6 authors * 8 minutes each - come find your next favorite read with us!
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If I hypothetically did write this, should Wet Construction Freaks star 🦫 were-beavers 🧜‍♂️ aquatic mythological creatures 🫂 both, it takes two to bang (1/2)
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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph) @bitterkarella.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Monoceros will be available from RoShamBo Press in November as part of the new bizarro author series and, buddy, you owe it to yourself to check out the WHOLE series
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
[without downloading new pics, describe your gender] Yeah, could sure stand to be androgynously lost in an enchanted forest making creature friends rn.
Come Away Again queer fantasy by Mere Rain
cover shows dark-haired figure on forest filled with glowing lights

To save my brother, I made a promise to the strange and powerful lord of the woods. I didn’t keep that promise, and now he’s taken my little nephew. I swear I’ll get him back, no matter how dangerous the forest between the worlds may be, or how angry its lord. I succeeded when I was only sixteen, after all, surely I can prevail again.

But as I stumble from one peril to another, I begin to think he was taking it easy on me last time. Maybe he doesn’t want me in his realm after all, even though he once offered me a home here. Maybe I waited too long. Well, he’ll have to tell me so to my face. I’m not giving up until I find the heart of the woods, or die trying.

I’ll save my family and escape again. I want to return to my normal life ... don’t I?
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This book was lovely, highly recommend for fans of magical girls and friendship.
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I thought it was fascinating how many authors went with the cyclical recurrence / removed from linear time quality of Arthuriana.
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's Saturday. Time to share your older books. Especially the ones from your backlist that need more love! Comment OR quote post and add > hashtag #BacklistSaturday > a link to your books > genre/subject information > any alt text for images #BookSky #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #ReaderSky 💙📚️
Your book promo. Text reads: Promote your older books. Comment or Quote Post and use the hashtag #BacklistSaturday to share your published backlist. 

Background image of full bookshelves with a duotone filter (purple and white) and a foreground image of older books showing their spines (in full colour). Logo for Mary Wyrd - a golden pen nib with a green handle branching off into tentacles.
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ngl, I was a bit worried the time a bat fell on my head while I was walking in the park in the middle of the day. I hope that cutie was okay!
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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 14/09/2026
The time is NOW, friends. The 2027 Lambda Literary Awards season is officially open. ✨ lambdaliteraryawards.submittable.com/submit #lammys2027
A starry dark background with the Lambda Literary Awards seal and the text “The 2027 Lammy Awards now accepting submissions 9.14.26 - 11.22.26 in the following categories:
Bisexual Fiction
Bisexual Nonfiction
Bisexual Poetry
Gay Fiction
Gay Memoir/Biography
Gay Poetry
Gay Romance
Lesbian Fiction
Lesbian Memoir/Biography
Lesbian Poetry
Lesbian Romance
LGBTQ+ Anthology
LGBTQ+ Children’s Books
LGBTQ+ Comics
LGBTQ+ Drama
LGBTQ+ Middle Grade
LGBTQ+ Mystery
LGBTQ+ Nonfiction
LGBTQ+ Poetry
LGBTQ+ Romance and Erotica
LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction
LGBTQ+ Studies
LGBTQ+ Young Adult
Transgender Fiction
Transgender Nonfiction
Transgender Poetry
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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
👁️EBOOK GIVEAWAY👁️ Under a Malevolent Eye is surveillance horror and Weird fiction anthology. For a chance to win an ebook copy, reply here with your favorite piece of art (any medium) about watching or being watched.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/09/2026
The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.
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New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is smaller than a house cat, slender and spotted. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Okay, maybe if enough of us send KJ chocolates and love letters... 🙏
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Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We weren't expecting to be posting this quite so soon... but good news: we're reopening to submissions! 🎉
WE'RE REOPENING TO SUBMISSIONS!
WE WEREN'T EXPECTING TO WRITE THIS QUITE YET. BUT OWING TO A BIT OF UNEXPECTED GOOD FORTUNE - WE'RE OPENING BACK UP TO SUBMISIONS!

WE'RE LOOKING FOR QUEER HORROR NOVELS OF AT LEAST 50,000 WORDS FOR A LATE 2027 EARLY 2028 RELEASE
IN EXCHANGE, WE'RE OFFERING A SMALL ($250) ADVANCE AND A LOT OF LOVE, CARE AND ATTENTIONIF YOU KNOW US, THEN YOU KNOW THE SORT OF THING WE LIKE, AND THE SORT OF THING WE DON'T. (IF YOU DON'T KNOW US: WORTH HAVING A QUICK READ AROUND TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THE RIGHT FIT)

PLEASE:
• NO "AI"-GENERATED ANYTHING
• NO RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA OR TRANSPHOBIA, ABLEISM OR MISOGYNY - TRUST US, WE CAN SMELL THEM ALL A MILE AWAY
• NOTHING THAT ISN'T QUEER HORROR

THINK YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR US?
EMAIL IT OVER TO
INFO @NEFARIOUSBATPRESS.COM
WITH A COVER NOTE AND SYNOPSIS, MARKED
"QUEER HORROR SUBMISSIONS"

CHEERS! ~ THE BATS
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
bat era coming to and end
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/09/2026
Finally made a page on my website that lists all my reports, briefings etc I've done! Man it has been a busy year :) ketanjoshi.co/reports/
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Reports
This page contains reports, analyses and other major or ongoing work I’ve led for various clients. Enjoy! February 2026 – The AI Climate Hoax The first investigation into greenwashing n…
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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And now I get to say that Muñeca won the Octavia E. Butler award! And I got to be there in person:) This is the first time I've won anything for my writing, and I'm so happy.
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Ann Brauer @annies330.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This Sunday is the opening of my show at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, MA as one of four new shows there. I hope some of you can attend. #artcomplex #duxbury #quilts #art #artquilts
Announcement for my two women quilt show with Marge Tucker. #quiltedvisions
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 24/08/2026
If you used an allegory like this in a novel, the editor would tell you it was too much.
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lor gislason🪱 @lormaggot.ca · 16/09/2026
Unexpected expenses means uhhh did u know I have books for sale on my Kofi?? Including a few DYKES! ko-fi.com/lormaggot/shop
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Visit lor gislason's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
and Night Shades rejection notes are professional and not weird! don't be scared!
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