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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 5h

There's still plenty of room for more Trans authors in this SciFi & Fantasy bundle. Also, I forgot to say in the criteria below; Romance and NSFW which also has a SciFi/ Fantasy plot is welcome.

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StephenCox Wiz-4 "funny raunchy romantic, satisfyingly twisted" @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 5h

Groovy novella on preorder from Wizard's Tower press. It's in a two story tome Wiz-4., both are queer first contact stories mine is "boy meets boy lizard" and paired with @samarcand.northsky.social 's tender trans lesbian astronaut #books #SFF #indiebooks wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 18h

Today's a great day to support some creators. Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it. Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 19h

My cat has fallen asleep on my lap for the first time in what feels like months. I'm really happy at this occurrence. Even though I really need a pee.

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 03/10/2026

I had (I think) my first experience of lucid dreaming last night. There is a lovely place that I've visited several times in my dreams and always wished existed in reality. I was there last night and realised that being there meant I was dreaming. So I took a little bit of control to see if I 1/

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StephenCox Wiz-4 "funny raunchy romantic, satisfyingly twisted" @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One week to Wiz-4 launching. As well as @samarcand.northsky.social 's tender "Marooned on Ceres" with a world changing queer encounter... in "Top Tips for Loving a Lizard" Harry muses on the absolute unlikelihood of there being aliens secretly hiding on earth... ... while he's shagging one. #booksky

“The universe was so old and so big, Harry quite accepted there might be intelligence out there somewhere but it would take them thousands of years to travel. He was also convinced that the tribal god of a small sandy plot in the Middle East had not created the world, let alone the universe.
So, who knows what aliens would look like, or think, or how they would have sex? Maybe they’d reproduce by cutting pieces off and repotting them, like his Mum’s geraniums.
Normal people had no time for the idea that the aliens would turn up, then hide, so they could manipulate world zinc prices or something. And how long could they stay secret, really?”

You, Dear Reader, know that Aiden is a lizard. Harry is shagging him and doesn’t.

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 01/10/2026

There's one week to before Wiz Duos #4 is published. It's got EXCITEMENT! DANGER! AND REALLY WILD THINGS! For a pair of wonderfully queer stories of interspecies relationships by me and @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social, preorder our book from @wtpress.bsky.social. wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...

Excerpt from from Marooned Off Ceres.

So, there we were, walking through the centre of town. Mother had allowed me to paint her shell with a rainbow for the occasion and she looked very snazzy. I had blue, pink and white stripes on my cheek and lesbian flag-coloured nails. It was lots of fun. Loud and joyous and, frankly, queer as fuck. Emma was there as well, walking along beside me, unseen by anyone else. As we passed by the War Memorial, she turned to me, a look of fear on her face.
‘There’s somebody with a gun,’ she said. ‘He’s going to shoot me—I mean, Mother.’

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 30/09/2026

At long last, you can keep track of all your porn on Storygraph without anyone judging you!

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm considering starting a Blocked by Labour For Trans Rights Group Support Group. Please donate to our ko-fi.

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The Brexit Blocklist @brexitblocklist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Prior to last night Nathan had only ever blocked 4 bsky accounts. Since 29/09/2026 22:57 he has blocked 58 accounts, overwhelmingly made up of trans women. His most recent block was @oinkophobia.bsky.social at 12:30 today.

screen capture of the raw bluesky data feed showing all blocks from the user account nathanjramsden.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here's my revuew from the time of the Doctor Who episode Rosa. If you didn't like Jodie Whittaker - even if it wasn't because she's a woman but for some other reason you've convinced yourself is a real and valid one - you probably won't like this. timworthington.org/2019/02/06/d...

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Doctor Who And The Rosa

My review of Rosa, a Doctor Who episode based around a certain incident on an Alabama bus in 1955…

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'treat'. Your treat for today is an extract from 'Incoming' by JL George, one of the many fine stories in They Are Still Here, on pre-order now: wizardstowerpress.co...

Her people lived beneath the waves. They had done for centuries, since her father left dry land. Rhys Dwfn was his name—Rhys of the deep, the wise, the long-lived. He’d warned them to stay away from the world above. Land-dwellers had never done him any good, and surely they’d treat his daughters no better.
But Rhys had grown set in his ways. The longer he lived, the more adamant he was that the human world would never change.
He was not exactly wrong. They saw the evidence of that every day, washed into the sea—all the land-dwellers’ waste, plastics that never rotted as live things do, nets that caught up the creatures of the sea and throttled the life from them. Oil, sometimes, an acrid, clinging poison. And sewage, choking clouds of effluent that lingered in the water for days, making the sea-dwellers sick, so that they came to dread the rain.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I would like to buy à stranger à book please. Any book up to £20.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's #buyastrangerabook day! @hierath77.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £20. ANY book, not just what's on my website. So, if there's a particular book you'd like, get in touch. UK only.

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Eddie Campbell @eddiecampbell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Three months from now you'll be lamenting that you only got socks and underpants for xmas and wishing you'd signed up for this. www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...

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The Arts of Eddie Campbell, Comicker

The first ever Eddie Campbell Artbook

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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Absolutely it has! We now have the situation where, if a trans woman with a GRC were to get married, she’d be recognise as female for the wedding ceremony, but should not be using the women’s toilets at her wedding reception, unless they’re designated as trans inclusive.

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 28/09/2026

Continuing the Ellen-versaries, today is 11 years since legally changing my name.

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 27/09/2026

Finally finished the first edit of Ghostkin 2, going through the notes made by @densitypoint.bsky.social which has made it better already. Now printing it out so I can go through it again and make it (hopefully) even better. I really hope it's a worthwhile sequel after taking so long to finish it.

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is very weird. This is the first time I've seen a book on Amazon being sold for more than the RRP. Moral of the story: buy direct from Wizard's Tower and get a free copy of the ebook as well. wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...

Amazing page showing Wiz Duos #4 priced at £16.58.

Wizard's Tower Press page showing Wizard's Duo #4 with an RRP of £15.00, currently reduced to £13.00.

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🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

PREORDERED MINE AND NOW WAITING PATIENTLY BUT PASSIONATELY FOR RELEASE DAY

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 22/09/2026

EPISODE 164: Pees & Queues On our episode, Flint demonstrates their intrepidity while Ashleigh largely stays home. We cover: - Flint was on the ground for the mass lobby & spoke to some people who’d gone to London to speak to MPs. - A quick interlude from Malta Pride. whatthetrans.com/ep164/

Thumbnail of Episode 164, depicting the Houses of Parliament, a queue and a protest placard of "Farewell to Britain's standing on LGBTQ+ rights"

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can a gay lizard alien find love? Or a trans woman astronaut? Wiz Duos Book 4 has some very intimate first contact stories by Stephen Cox and Ellen Mellor. On pre-order: wizardstowerpress.co...

The cover for Wiz Duo 4; art by Roz Clarke.

The image for Marooned Off Ceres shows the head of an astronaut in her helmet gazing up at a turtle.

The image for Top Tips for Loving a Lizard shows a Godzilla-like creature cuddling an ape.

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today is the 11 year anniversary of starting to live full time as Ellen. That's one fifth of my life. On the one hand, it feels like it's been five minutes. On the other, it feels like forever. I need a lot more years of it.

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm watching the Storyville: The Librarians. When a documentary with that title begins with a quote from Fahrenheit 451 you know you're in for a rough time.

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 24/09/2026

Spoiler for the lalest episode of ST:SNW. The 'midwives' are the DS9 Prophets aren't they?

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Emory Ahlberg @emoryahlberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I had the pleasure of having "Marooned Off Ceres" read to me by @samarcand.northsky.social and it's an incredible, very funny, very moving novella. I cried, laughed, and then cried again! You should absolutely check this out.

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 24/09/2026

My new book, Wiz Duos #4 comes out a fortnight today. It consists of two novellas, the first, Top Tips For Loving a Lizard by @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social is a wonderful tale of love between a man and his Lizard man partner with a little bit of a major inter-species crisis to fill the time. /1

Cover of Wiz Duos #4. Two pictures - top right is a turtle with an astronaut below looking up at it.
Bottom left is a giant lizard hugging an ape.

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have just completed my CPD Accredited Document Controller course. I expect to receive my official Document Tamer Whip and Chair in the next few days.

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Emory Ahlberg @emoryahlberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

First three chapters of Taylor Made - my novel about a young man with an unusual condition that forces him to take desperate measures - is up on TG Comics. I love, love, love Taylor's story. It's one of my favorite things that I've ever written.

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Kwame Mbalia @kwamembalia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Out today!

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

FEAR OF THE OTHER: From my very first novel (OPEN MINDS, 2011), I was writing about Fear of The Other. You can't escape how fear is being weaponized right now: fear of trans people, fear of immigrants, fear of "blue-haired college kids" calling out the status quo... bsky.app/profile/sama...

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just had a PIP appointment. It took an hour and twenty minutes and I'm just utterly exhausted. Totally drained of everything. The woman was nice but it was just so invasive. Not the most invasive thing I've ever done - initial appointment at the GIC beats it hands down - but still pretty bad.

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Steven Flanagan @stoverfandango.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just learned that The Scum has a Blusky account. Blocked it, of course.

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Mikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 21/09/2026

Got a pre-interview-interview in an hour (fortunately on Teams) and I need to shower beforehand and I really can't be arsed. The one thing I really hate my last job for is sacking me when I was just getting myself debt free (I paid off the last of my credit card debt that month) and had plans /1

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My eternal frustration with Wonder Woman is that it could be much more credible with only a few small changes. For example, if you give the plane a second set of wings, it's a lot more believable, due to bi invisibility.

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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 20/09/2026

Hands up who wants some fun research into The Young Ones? Brand new on Dirty Feed: the truth about Colin Baker's appearance, or rather non-appearance, on the show. www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/09/evil...

Rick with his hands in the air, from The Young Ones, "Bambi"

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 20/09/2026

This #SapphicSeptember, why not preorder a book that is definitely 50% sapphic and comes out in err... l'octobre de lesbiennes? wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As promised for helping me fundraise part of my rent last month, I'm releasing my @magicariot.com fanfic, Ghost of a Girl, compiled as an .epub. Grab it for free here: dl.bookfunnel.com/zek85p83fd

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Documentally @documental.ly · 16/03/2026

“I’m coming in too fast!”

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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

just learned this today

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Ellen Mellor 🏳️‍⚧️ Preorder Wiz Duos #4! @samarcand.northsky.social · 17/09/2026

@jdawson001.bsky.social I have just received my book box and I'm absolutely overwhelmed by your generosity! I didn't have any of the books (I've read Frankenstein but only as an ebook) and they all look really intriguing. The other bits and pieces have left me with a huge smile on my face. Thanks! 💜

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an evan @elsplice.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Our final trailer for Wildwood. Bon Appétit! #laika m.youtube.com/watch?v=bJQG...

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