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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph) @bitterkarella.bsky.social · 14h

Calling all Jerkers! @eveharms.com and Bitter Karella are livestreaming progress on the hot new novella JERK OFF THE HORSE BUT ONLY FOR LEGITIMATE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PURPOSES YOU SICK BASTARD: A NOVELLA ON CRAFT www.twitch.tv/eveharms

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Working on a fake writing craft book by an extremely divorced sword-guy | !qotd !keepadfree !socials | Streaming writing & reading.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 14h

Day 29 of my 30 Day Countdown until Palm Tree Punk officially comes out, and I guess I’m keeping this copy 😭 serves me right for trying to get a cute cat photo with the book lol

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This Friday, October 2nd, 7 - 9pm, come out to North Figueroa Book to celebrate the launch of Palm Tree Punk by @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social! Refreshments, poetry, community, readings. Let's gooooo! 🌴👊

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Day 28 of the 30 Day Countdown until my new poetry book Palm Tree Punk comes out from @alienbuddhapress ! Today I took the books on a bus trip to North Figueroa Bookshop where they’ll be available for purchase starting this Friday! :) :) :)

Christ-like chicken man offering a bucket of his own flesh to us

The books safely arrived at the North Figueroa Bookshop!

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 20/09/2026

🎃🎨 #hARToween26 Prompt List for anyone who wants to peruse it &/or start early. Will repost it on the 25th & 30th. We start Oct 1 Anyone is welcome to draw using all or any of the prompts, w one rule: *ABSOLUTELY NO AI* Use the hashtag for your art to pop up in the feed (link is in comments)

#hARToween Drawing Challenge Prompt List

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Day 27 of the 30 Day Countdown until my poetry book Palm Tree Punk comes out, can you believe it?? This Friday my poetry book gets to meet the world! Today’s video is an incomplete list of books that were an influence on my work - a lot of my reads had to be returned to the library!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you missed it, today’s Countdown post was an Instagram Live interview with Karla Lamb! We’re working to have a copy of it uploaded for you soon.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Day 25 of the 30 Day Countdown until the release of my poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today I’m reading my poem “popcorn soul” to the owner of Doto - please forgive the background noise 💜 Their vinyl nights inspired me to bring my uncle’s old vinyls to the bar, and the rest is poetry

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s Day 24 of the 30 Day Countdown until the release of my new poetry book ✨🥹📖 This Sunday at 10am PST we’re going Instagram Live! Karla Lamb is going to be interviewing - feel free to drop in and check us out while the caffeine has barely started to permeate my mind - it’s gonna be a hoot 🦉

A flyer for an IG Live event. The text at the top reads: Instagram Live Poet-on-Poet Interview! The picture on the left is a portrait of Karla Lamb, the picture on the right is of M. Lopes da Silva. The text at the bottom reads: Sunday, Sept 27th, 10am PST

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Day 23 of the 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! This video represents 6 years of publication - I couldn’t be prouder! October is apparently my month for debuts 🎃🦇✨

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy Bisexual Visibility Day! Legend has it that if you spot a bisexual today you’re lucky for an entire year - I’m just out here giving free 🍀🍀🍀 #bivisibilityday

Bisexual author M. Lopes da Silva on a bus

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They’re heeeeere! Available Oct 2nd from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social - Day 22 of the 30 Day Countdown until Palm Tree Punk hits the streets!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Now you can watch me take stuff out of a box:

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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This Saturday, folks!!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Day 21 of the 30 Day Countdown until Palm Tree Punk arrives from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social is a TEASER! The complete unboxing will be available soon :) www.instagram.com/reel/DdmSoq1...

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ways to help authors you love: - Review their books. - Share their posts. - Tell people about their books. - Learn the true name of the universe and manipulate it to make their book a bestseller. - Get your library to order in their books. - Ask local events to book them for appearances.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s Day 20 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my new poetry book, Palm Tree Punk from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! Flashback to earlier this year reading “walk gently, young giants” at The Queer Mercado

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Day 19 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today I’m doing a little flipthrough of one of my sketchbooks - the interior illustrations in Palm Tree Punk were all born here!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Day 18 of the 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today you get a sneak peek of me working on some cool new poetry for @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social at the Little Tokyo branch of the library, and a new post up on my blog!

POV of someone with an iPad and a notebook at a desk inside of the Little Tokyo branch of the library, facing the garden feature.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s Day 17 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today I’m celebrating my third book, Infinity Mathing at the Shore & Other Disruptions. These stories vibe like a sexy trans mashup of Ray Bradbury and Creepshow. Available from @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My therapist wants me to stop “bribing myself with little treats” so I guess it’s back to blackmail.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The next book we'll be tabling at is Bloodcurdling Book Bash in Bloomington, Minnesota this October! Come buy some horror books, get your tarot read, and pet some puppies (yes, this event has adoptable puppies). Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/bloodcurdl...

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Bloodcurdling Book Bash

AHHHHHH!!! Horror/thriller authors, crafters, tarot readers, themed drinks, and more at this horror-filled book bash!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s Day 16 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today I dropped off flyers at the North Figueroa Bookshop - so excited for the book launch!! Looking forward to seeing folks there on Oct 2nd!

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Lush, bleak, sublime, and strange. Those are the vibes of The Writhing, Verdant End, featuring ecohorror stories by Corey Farrenkopf, Tiffany Morris, and Eric Raglin. Snag a copy here: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...

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The Writhing, Verdant End paperback | Cursed Morsels Press

An ailing community traverses a chasm of nightmare animal amalgams to reach the lush paradise beyond. Lovers in a plant apocalypse fight for survival and search for meaning in the face of immeasurable...

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Day 15 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry collection, Palm Tree Punk, from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! Today I’m reading my poem “what the garden told me” 💜🍃

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Day 14 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! I love the cover art so much. I asked my dear friend Adam to make it for me, and I feel like he did a phenomenal job! Truly blessed to have such wonderful, talented friends in my life. 💜

An abstract pink and blue painting, with palm tree stencils interspersed throughout.

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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You know how billionaires suck? Well, there's a whole anthology of stories where they get their, um, just desserts. (Or they are the just desserts?) My story is, well, quite gentle. Hopeful. Almost wholesome. And there's good compost in it. Very rich stuff. bookshop.org/p/books/eat-...

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Eat the Rich: Stories of Carnivorous Anti-Capitalism

If there's a problem in the world-literally any problem-you can bet there's a billionaire behind it somewhere, exacerbating untold suffering for their own personal gain. War, famine, pestilence, and d...

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT is out today! In 1994, three girls go to the movies to see an obscure film. Only one comes out. 30 years later, the survivor learns the movie isn't done with her yet. Now playing in a bookstore near you 😈📽️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827994...

Hailey Piper in a red dress holding a copy of her book This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want, cover art by Julia Lloyd, showing a fedora over a suit, but there's no one inside except the light of a projector. Out of the book juts a ticket for Blood-Curse of the Toad Man.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Day 13 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk, from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! My sticker paper arrived, so there’s been a flurry of stamping activity today! Just gotta wait for everything to dry before these stickers are ready to be cut

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Day 12 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! Today we’re celebrating with a video of my recent reading of “what is a man?” at Chevalier’s Books last open mic

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Day 11 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today we’re celebrating by looking back at my 2nd book, a “double feature”-style pub that I’m proud to share with the fantastic Cynthia Gómez in Split Scream Vol. 2!

A copy of the book Split Scream Volume 2 placed on top of a sticker bombed laptop on a cutting mat.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Day 10 of the 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book Palm Tree Punk from Alien Buddha Press! Today is a double feature - including a blurb from poet Amabilis O’Hara, and me cutting up flyers for the Book Launch and Open Mic Night (any excuse to use the swing arm cutter tbh)

A quote in white text in front of an abstract pink and blue painting, stating: “Palm Tree Punk is a resistance punch to the sky - a scab-knuckled fist twist of poetry wrapped in the compassionate promise of trans resilience” - Amabilis O’Hara, poet

A flyer being sliced on a swing arm paper cutter

A couple of flyers being sliced on a swing arm paper cutter

A close-up of some flyers, post-slicing.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Day 9 of my 30 Day Countdown until my debut poetry book Palm Tree Punk comes out! To celebrate I’m at what I consider the top contender for “most romantic library printing station in LA”, aka the Hollywood Branch, printing out flyers for my book launch/open mic event - hope to see you there :)

A library print station underneath an antique poster of L’impossible Amour

A hand lifting up the corner of some freshly-printed event flyers

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hey, folks! I'm extending the Cursed Morsels: A Food Systems Horror Anthology call, so you now have until September 28th to submit a story. I was worried I wouldn't have enough stories to fill the book, so it seemed like the right move. Details here: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

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Horror and Weird Fiction COllections Submission Call (OPEN Until September 14th) Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. Ideal…

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Day 8 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today we’re looking back at my first published book, Hooker, which is (sadly) currently out of print. I’d love to get Sylvia back in print one day 💜🥹🪝

A photograph of a paperback copy of Hooker by M. Lopes da Silva on top of the sticker-bombed laptop that it was written on.

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We are going to be celebrating books in early October, friends! So excited to support @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social and his new poetry collection, Palm Tree Punk. Let's go!!!🌴🌴🌴🤘🤘🤘

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s official! The Palm Tree Punk Book Launch + Open Mic Night is happening at the North Figueroa Bookshop Oct. 2nd, 7-9pm. With an open mic hosted by Karla Lamb, featuring poetry by @eveharms.com and @tmbwrites.bsky.social , handmade swag, and free refreshments! Hope to see you there!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Day 7 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! I’ve been teaching myself Procreate/cursing audibly at my iPad for hours, and these are my favorite results! I’m updating my profile pics with the pink version to celebrate.

A pink-tinted photo of author M. Lopes da Silva blending into a pink and blue background

An ochre-tinted photo of author M. Lopes da Silva blending into an ochre background

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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This event is this Thursday!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Day 6 of the 30 Day Countdown until my book Palm Tree Punk comes out! 🌴🏳️‍⚧️📖 Last night I read a couple poems from the book at the Chevalier’s Books open mic - here’s me reading “the problem with polyamory”

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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Heyyyyy, so L.A. writer of all things goopy and scary, and my book buddy for Split Scream Volume Two, M. Lopes da Silva, has a poetry book coming out! 👀 below:

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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Look at this super cool magic!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It’s Day 5 of my 30 Day Countdown until my debut poetry book comes out! Yesterday I carved a stamp to make sticker merch for folks who come to the book launch - I had a lot of fun doing it. I habitually forget how much I love stamp carving and linocut printing, but I make a few of them every year.

A completed stamp of a palm tree next to the word “PUNK”, the stamp print, and the initial stamp sketch

A rough pencil transfer of the design is applied to a linocut, which is being outlined

A partially carved stamp, outlining a palm tree

A mostly completed stamp carving alongside a pile of shavings, the cutting tool blades visible

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Day 4 of my 30 Day Countdown until my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk, is released by @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! Today I’m celebrating with a blurb about the book from the fantastically talented @pedroiniguez.bsky.social

"Palm Tree Punk is an introspective odyssey that delves into themes of love, heartbreak, sex, transformation, dreams, and political resistance. Every poem is crafted with sincerity, playfulness, pain, and the deft touch of a lyrical maestro. Part manifesto, part diary, part love letter to Los Angeles, this collection is a pertinent poetic masterwork for our turbulent times."
--Pedro Iniguez, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Mexicans on the Moon: Speculative Poetry from a Possible Future

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Day 3 of my 30 Day Countdown until my poetry book Palm Tree Punk comes out from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! Today I’m celebrating by posting a video of me reading two poems that made it into the book “we are opposites in so many ways” and “what is a man?” Originally read at Poetik LA.

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Oakland Public Library @oaklibrary.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Local author Cynthia Gómez comes to the Main Library to discuss her newest novel, Muñeca, a Gothic horror story about a "queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process." Register ➡️ bit.ly/4x6odrK

A promotional poster for a "Meet the Author" event featuring Cynthia Gomez. The event is scheduled for Thursday, September 10, from 6 to 7:30 PM at the Main Library. The poster includes an image of the book cover "Muñeca" by Cynthia Gómez. Below the book cover is a portrait of the author. The text describes Cynthia Gómez's work and writing themes, and contact details for the Main Library are provided at the bottom.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Day 2 of my 30 Day Countdown until my poetry book Palm Tree Punk comes out from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! Today I’m showing off the excellent author photos that the incredibly talented Karissa Agabon took.

A medium shot of M. Lopes da Silva wearing a hat

A close up of M. Lopes da Silva wearing a hat.

A wide medium shot of M. Lopes da Silva wearing a hat.

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