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Thelma Mantey - author

@thelmamantey.bsky.social
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#author of dark, queer fantasy 💀🌈🖤 with a penchant 4 the morally gray & very dry humor; she/her; disabled, ME/CFS combatant 🤺 Find OCEAN'S BLOOD 🌊❤ on: Buy: mybook.to/OceansBlood GR: bit.ly/3GAy2Wt Linktree: linktr.ee/thelmamantey

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Bee 🍄🎃i'm making a webcomic @beeronicca.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
hello I've recently started creating my webcomic , if gay vampires and magic set in a Victorian aesthetic fantasy world is your thing consider giving it a read thanks
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Gabe 🏳️‍⚧️🦇 “Fealty” WIP 17.5k/100k @theeldervampire.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
ARC Readers Wanted for The Witch of Eden Hollow! A 170k queer fantasy romance about two older trans men (Witch x Witch Hunter) and a closeted gay man standing up against a Puritan cult. Includes themes surrounding grief, trust, and overcoming shame. 🌈📚 forms.gle/ytKBMqcY8Cc4...
Book cover for The Witch of Eden Hollow by G.T. Anthony

A forest green cover with golden font. In the center is a ring made of woven branches with wilted vines wrapped around it. In the middle is a brown hair. Behind the hare is a patch of daisies.Page one of The Witch of Eden Hollow.
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hallelujah. 23k into book 3. With the chain of writing blocks and my abysmal health I consider that quite an achievement. #fantasy #writers 🌈🚀💫
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Artemis Quinn 🏳️‍⚧️🎨📚 undead & thriving 🦇👻😱 @vampireantihero.com · 24/07/2026
Speaking of ARCs... I'm still looking for ARC readers for Aloe! LGBTQIA+ contemporary dark fantasy, 2nd in a series -- but the 1st is available too if you need! Form is closing August 14, I'll be getting back to responders on the 15th ♥ forms.gle/6caXEH5jAzgE... 🌈📚 📚💙 📢📚 🌈✒️ 📚🩸 #QueerWriters
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"Aloe" ARC Readers Application Form
Thank you for your interest! Aloe is the second book in the Tales From The Night Garden series, an LGBTQIA+ contemporary dark fantasy with both horror and romance elements. It's 144k words long and wi...
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Holly Baldwin @hollyollybeeee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
👽We Expected More👽 (REP: Ciara Smith) 40 years post-collapse, a queer crew quests to save the world! Yet each is facing a difficult question: Is saving humanity actually worth it? After all - who would want to save a species that had only ever hurt them? #queerpit #d #up #sf #cli #a
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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Check out a bundle of my books for pride! 📢📚💙📚📚🖤🤎💜🖤💚🌈🌈📚🪐 #booksky #queersky
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A Bundle for Pride by Niranjan
A bundle by Niranjan, $15.00 for 14 games
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Reese @reeselavine.com · 14/06/2026
Hi! I'm Reese, a lesbian indie author who is preparing to release my debut novella, ADORE, on July 15. It's a sapphic android mechanic/android sci-fi romance, and I'm trying to pick up a few more ARC Readers! Form: forms.gle/oMqqqRTFWvHu... #arcreaders #sapphicbooks #sapphicromance #wlw 📚💙
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wilt 🦂 @wiltking.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Mouth to Mouth to Mouth is a collection of short stories centered around transmasc horror erotica, featuring insects, elves, fairies and more. This is a ritual, a prayer, a plea. This is a sacrifice, a bloodletting, a need. 18+, seven stories, 45k words, out now 🩸 wiltking.itch.io/mtmtm
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Duchess of Doom @kilagreene.myatproto.social · 25/05/2026
May is nearly over. Before it leaves, feast upon my list of 56 new queer science fiction, fantasy, and horror book releases! 🪐📚 🌈📚 kilagreene.bearblog.dev/may-2026/
Cover of the book RADIANT STAR by Ann Leckie. It features a pattern of blue and gold curving lines on a dark blue background, along with simple shapes of a star, planet, and spaceship.Cover of the book TANGLED PAST by Claudie Arseneault. It features art of a group of characters seen from a distance, standing next to a wagon, looking at a large tree that appears to be breaking apart at the trunk from some sort of magic. The main colors are blue and green.Cover of the book A LONG AND SPEAKING SILENCE by Nghi Vo. It features slightly abstract art with whales, waves, raised hands and books, in a muted blue-and-green color scheme.Cover of the book ANDROMEDA by E.S. McLeod. The cover art shows a Black woman wearing a flowing red and orange dress. The background is blue and gold.
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Sunny Marshell @sunflowermarshell.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Not a single ARC request 🫠 Where are my disability romance fans? Where are my sapphic romantasy fans? www.sunflowermarshell.com/prrcs-arcs #IndieAuthor #Romantasy #Romance #Sapphic #Disability #ARC
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PRRCs & ARCs | Sunny Marshell
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
What can I say? We're at a point where, after the 100th rewatch of #mdzs, I installed a Chinese-learning app on my phone... 🙈
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Ruth Miranda @ruthmiranda.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
IT'S LIVE!!! #booksky The #comingofage #sliceoflife highschool #mmromance The Year After My Sister Died is OFFICIALLY LIVE. Find it here: books2read.com/TheYearAfter...
on a blurred background a stream of confetti atop the cover for Ruth Miranda's book The Year After My Sister Died
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Ruth Miranda @ruthmiranda.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The Year After my Sister Died is a #comingofagebook that follows the journey of self-discovery and growth of two teenagers after a fateful event. books2read.com/TheYearAfter...
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Atlas @cowboyatlas.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Congrats on the milestone!! Love how you work w markers <3 I'm Atlas, a queer Brazilian artist. I do a bit of everything, from animals to ocs, portraits, fanart, and landscapes. I do tend to have a focus on fantasy and ocean/water related subjects :)
A page filled with four drawings. On the top right, a young man’s side profile with long locs ties back in a low ponytail. On the bottom right, Pit-Fighter Vi wrapping boxing handwraps around her hand. On the top left is the side profile of a foot soldier wearing a helmet and holding a spear. Behind him is a white and red square pattern. In the bottom left is a fox standing on snow, arching its back in a defensive stance, looking at the viewer.A painting of a big rock sitting on smaller rocks, surrounded by the ocean. The big rock is triangular, with it's flat side facing the sun. The rock has blue highlights in it's shadows, it's tip at the top has a light shade of orange, and the side facing the sun has purple highlights on it. A spread with five drawings in it. On the top right is a bright blue shark basket with card games in it. On the top left is a young man with short hair wearing headphones and a flowy long-sleeved top with his arms open, drawn with only black linework. On the middle left is a blueberry with bright purple highlights. On the bottom left is a bright blue and pink lobster, its antenna are making a heart, its got a small heart in between its eyes, and the highlights in its eyes are also tiny hearts. Lastly, on the bottom right is a drawing of a man walking, facing this side profile. He’s wearing green cargo pants, a white checkered long-sleeve shirt with the sleeves pulled up to his elbows, a dark blue cap, and dark blue bag around his shoulders sitting by waist. He’s white and has a ginger goatee, and is drinking an orange drink in a see-through cup with a straw. There’s bright blue bounce light on the shadows of his shirt.A sketch page with several people on it. There is a older woman with a beret and rectangular glasses, a middle aged man with a mustache and stubble wearing a baseball cap holding a small flag in his mouth, an older middle eastern woman wearing a head scarf and a warm coat holding onto a bus grab bar, the side profile of a young woman wearing a scarf and a high hair bun, a young black woman with an afro and glasses leaning her head on her hand and pointer finger, the side profile of an older man with a big nose wearing a flat cap, and a younger woman with long straight hair wearing a bandana on her head while looking up. There is also two very rough gesture sketches, one of a man wearing a beanie and leaning against a wall, and another of a woman standing wearing a beanie with her baby strapped to her front torso and a backpack on her back. The sketches are done in dark blue with the gaps in-between them being a bright pink.
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💀Deryn Starling - Artist 💀🏳️‍🌈 @derynstarlingart.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🖤 Trans dark fantasy artist 🖤 Digital and traditional media. I make a variety of work for clients.
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Marsyas ☀️ Comms Open 🌙 @maysarart.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I'm Marsyas and i'm a trans freelance artist who does romance, fantasy and tarot cards ✨🏳️‍🌈 maysar.carrd.co
an elf woman running a strixhaven school shop. she looks at the viewer as she marks off items on the to do list. behind her are a variety of wares for sale.an elf woman that is melting into an ooblex, reaching her hand out to the viewer.a nonbinary elf man in latex, pinup stylea "The Devil" tarot card packed full of symbolism and imagery, featuring an elven woman being seduced by a innocent-seeming man. A snake is drawn above the man's head, and black butterflies drift across the card. On the top is ivy and a pomegranate and on the bottom various flowers that represent captivity, grief and evil intentions.
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Divination Hollow Reviews @divinationhollow.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Queer Your eReader is returning! Yes, friends, on 12th September, 2026, we're going to have a whole batch of free queer books for you. And authors - now is the time to sign up! The form will be open until 31st May. So, if you're a reader, bookmark the page...
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A Sleepy Mushroom @a-sleepy-mushroom.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Congrats and thanks for the artshare! I'm Eierschwammerl and I'm currently working on illustrated sapphic fantasy novels/comics inspired by Austrian folklore! I also draw my DnD and daggerheart characters from time to time!
Digital comic consisting of three panels. It depicts a young woman standing on a castle's balcony at sunset.Digital drawing of two women dancing with each other. One wears a uniform and has antlers. The other wears a dress and has a prosthetic hand.A digital drawing of a woman in a red dress  proping herself up on a stool and another woman in a blue dress leaning on the other and kissing her head softlyTraditional lineart with digital coloring depicting two humans walking through a forest at dawn. A castle stands behind them.
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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 17/03/2026
The Trans Rights Readathon starts today! Not sure what to read during this year's Trans Rights Readathon? We've put together a short list of trans and non-binary book recommendations to help you get started: #trr26 #transrightsreadathon
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Trans Book Recs For The Trans Rights Readathon
From books about trans elders to comics about trans joy, genderqueer adventure and non-binary memoirs, here are a few suggestions of trans books to help you get started on your reading journey this Tr...
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Me solving yet another plot problem 😀 #writerslife
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ALT: a squirrel is standing on its hind legs on a wooden deck holding a piece of ice .
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Tapling: Queer Zines 🏳️‍🌈 @taplingzines.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
"We've Always Been Here" has been featured by Kickstarter as a #ProjectWeLove !! And we're only one week into the campaign! 🌈 If you want some beautiful art celebrating queer history (and queer joy!), check it out and get yourself a copy! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...
A graphic with a large yellow banner in the middle announcing "Live on Kickstarter! We've Always Been Here: A queer historical zine." The bottom text is in a rainbow gradient with little rainbows framing the box. Above this is a mockup of the book's cover alongside some page mockups, and the bottom half features three other illustration previews.An official graphic from Kickstarter that says "Project We Love: Kickstarter" in white text on a black background, with a green decorative circle. In the middle is a pale red heart.
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
So Alien Clay is basically Annihilation. Just with elephants.
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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I have three Omnibus books under the diverse category on the Kobo VIP Sale in US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand! Grab any one at 40% off! 📚💙💕🌈📚🖤♿📚🌈📚🪐📚🌈♠️ #booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity www.kobo.com/us/en/p/feb-...
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A stolen voice. A forced bond. And the choice between freedom & the one he can't quite hate. ⚔️ true(!) enemies-2-a-giant-mess ❤️‍🔥 sloth burn 🦹‍♂️ an endearing villain 🤺 clash of 2 big egos 🌚 morally gray MCs CAPTIVE PRINCE x INTERVIEW W/THE VAMPIRE Find it on: mybook.to/OBL #WSpit #P #A #LGBT #F
Digital painting of two male characters against a dark red background. On the left, Asche has long black hair, pale skin, and sharp fangs visible as he leans in with a predatory smile, his hands resting on the shoulders of the other man. On the right, Vindt has a short blond beard, and long blond hair tied back. He gazes outward with a defiant expression. The image conveys tension and intimacy.Cover of the fantasy novel Ocean’s Blood by Thelma Mantey. The artwork shows a mysterious, otherworldly figure with long, flowing black hair and intricate, swirling white markings covering their face and body. Their eyes are closed and their expression is intense and ethereal. The background is a dark, stormy oceanic blue, with faint mirrored imagery of the figure behind them. The title "OCEAN'S BLOOD" is in bold white serif font above the figure, and below it reads “BOOK 1 OF THE DROWNING.”
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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 25/02/2026
In which I looked at the Riyati cast and went "hm. I can add more ND fMCs to this" and as such, did so. Okay and maybe more trauma too, but that's a perk, not a deteriment! And this time, less toxic friendship with free bromance 👀 PERSONA 4 x Buffy vibes #WSPit #P #NA #A #F #LGBT #Own #Dis #ND #In
The promo image is yellow and brown colors, with a faded yellow magic glyph with foreign characters. Header text reads, “Every act of defiance steers you into the person you were always meant to become.”

A 3d mockup of an ereader with Riyati Ripple’s cover is on the left. On the right, the following bullets are listed:
Third book in series
Buffy x Persona 4 vibes
Demi, AuHD fMC + Aro, Au fMC
Found family
Childhood friends slow burn
Intricate elemental magic
Classism & effects of generational poverty
Reincarnations
Contemporary & low dark fantasy with urban fantasy elements
97k words (~290 pages)

Retailer logos are listed as follows: [itch.io](http://itch.io/), ko-fi, Kobo, Google Play Books, Smashwords, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Hoopla, and Amazon Kindle. A plus sign with “more @ riyati.ink/ripple” is under the retailer logos.The promo image is yellow and brown colors, with a faded yellow magic glyph with foreign characters. Text reads as follows:

“After Nimaka’s death and the older selves returning to their own time, Kylie ran from all she’d known and grown up with at North Opal Pines, but she soon learns she can’t run far or fast enough.

She thought she could leave it all behind: go back to being a normal high school student, make new friends, keep her grades up and her mother happy. But Nimaka’s death has only rallied the two others, and now they’ve stalked Kylie to her new school. Even worse, they have a mysterious new leader who no longer seeks to just kill Kylie but all those she knows and loves…. and the body count is rising.

Kylie can’t get by on “just surviving” anymore: to protect herself — let alone those around her — she must become as strong and cunning as Siani was, or everyone she’s ever known and loved will die with her.”

Illustrated character art for Kylie Rae, Jordan Boyle, and Maya Van Daele are together. To their right are mockups of an ereader, smartphone, and print book that has Riyati Ripple’s cover. Under the mockups is the text “riyati.ink/ripple” in a bubble.
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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
"Virgil Mora burned in Hell. It was a pretty good job." Virgil has 3 months to turn around a vampire ran Ohio gas station to save Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for, from a celestial pink slip. But old mistakes, come back to haunt him. Literally. THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS #WSPit #W #A #F #Hu #LGBT
A grid of 5 images, at the top the words "I DIDN'T EXPECT 'GO TO HELL' TO BE CAREER ADVICE" and at the bottom "HELL IS WORK"


The images are, in order:
1 - An angel with a glowing orange halo casting him in a red light.
2 - A businessman stares at his shadow which has horns and a tail.
3 - The central image is a customized pentagram sigil with the name VIRGIL MORA around it in a circle
4 - A weeping man is crouched in a tunnel cut off from the light outside 
5 - A man in a white suit is back-to-back with a man in a black suit. They are holding hands
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A stolen voice. A forced bond. And the choice between freedom & the one he can't quite hate. ⚔️ true(!) enemies-2-a-giant-mess ❤️‍🔥 sloth burn 🦹‍♂️ an endearing villain 🤺 clash of 2 big egos 🌚 morally gray MCs CAPTIVE PRINCE x INTERVIEW W/THE VAMPIRE Find it on: mybook.to/OBL #WSpit #P #A #LGBT #F
Digital painting of two male characters against a dark red background. On the left, Asche has long black hair, pale skin, and sharp fangs visible as he leans in with a predatory smile, his hands resting on the shoulders of the other man. On the right, Vindt has a short blond beard, and long blond hair tied back. He gazes outward with a defiant expression. The image conveys tension and intimacy.Cover of the fantasy novel Ocean’s Blood by Thelma Mantey. The artwork shows a mysterious, otherworldly figure with long, flowing black hair and intricate, swirling white markings covering their face and body. Their eyes are closed and their expression is intense and ethereal. The background is a dark, stormy oceanic blue, with faint mirrored imagery of the figure behind them. The title "OCEAN'S BLOOD" is in bold white serif font above the figure, and below it reads “BOOK 1 OF THE DROWNING.”
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Julie Sondra Decker @juliesondra.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
If anyone has an in-development novel and wants to exchange #betareading , I'd really like some new eyes on my MS! I like queer lit, SF, and fantasy, YA or adult. Mine's a queer-led far-future SF coming-of-age YA with a sapphic romance in it. I'd like authentic volunteers, not paid pros please.
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Hey Bsky! I was wondering if someone w/ a KU subscription outside of the US or UK could do me a favor? It'd require downloading my book, Ocean's Blood, & navigating 2 pages in. That's IT 🙂 I want to test a theory. I'd offer an ebook as payment, but since you're on KU already... ;-) #booksky
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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
My SPFBO entry, Life Remains has been cut from the competition, with a really great review, so I'm calling it a win! To celebrate, Life Remains is on sale for the rest of this month! 📚💙💕🌈📚🖤♿📚🌈📚🪐📚🌈♠️ #booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky
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To choose what is right would bring him in conflict with the vampires, but can he avert his eyes yet again when a child needs his help?
In a world where Vampires make the rules, the hunters are bound by the terms of an ancient agreement and the witches are hunted. Ken is a vampire hunter having an affair with the vampire, Frederick. Navigating...
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Incredible but true, today it's been 2 years since Ocean's Blood was released. So happy birthday, my dear little book! ❤️🎉 🌈♥️✍️🔥🖤📚😱🌈📚💙📢📚👀
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Incredible but true, today it's been 2 years since Ocean's Blood was released. So happy birthday, my dear little book! ❤️🎉 🌈♥️✍️🔥🖤📚😱🌈📚💙📢📚👀
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Ocean's Blood's been nominated (aka I nominated it :-)) for the "Queer Fantasy & Science Fiction" (GR group) book of the month! Theme is "enemies to lovers". OB won't win, bc people always nominate well-known trad pub novels, but if u have a minute u can show it some love :-) bit.ly/4ak81Kv <3 🌈📚
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
When you spend days mulling over the political situation of a country now and during the past decade for a scene that's completely irrelevant to the plot. But you still need it 🙄 #writerslife #writingcommunity
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Rauni Reivonen - swords and mages and gays, oh my! @takatalvi.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Looking for #betareaders for #Nomads - a queer fantasy romance novella (24k words) with an enby love interest 😊🏳️‍⚧️ Two broken people trying to make their way in a broken world. Lots of wilderness survival, a little fighting, several spicy scenes 😈❤️‍🔥 #amwriting #writesky #queerbooksky #writingcommunity
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️ If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between! 📚 Open window: Jan 1-14 📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
White text atop a purple illustrated background. The OTHERSIDE logo is at the top. Below that, it reads: "FICTION: We are looking for unpublished speculative fiction (up to 4000 words) by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror: we love it all! Simultaneous submissions are welcome! We pay 8 cents/word (USD). OPEN NOW! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines"White text atop a purple illustrated background. The OTHERSIDE logo is at the top. Below that, it reads: "POETRY: We are looking for unpublished speculative poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. You can submit up to three poems at a time, and simultaneous submissions are always welcome. We pay $50 per poem (USD). OPEN NOW! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines"
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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
As the holidays wind to a close, here's a reminder that you can get my books nearly everywhere ebooks are sold. The best place to buy is direct from me. You can put in a request to your local library too! #booksky #queersky 💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 🩸
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SHOP PAYHIP KO-FI ITCH-IO OTHER RETAILERS (NIRANJAN) OTHER RETAILERS (GEETHA KRISHNAN) OTHER RETAILERS (RARI RAJESH)   Blade of Castrial (The Echelon Prequel) by Niranjan Blade Broken (The Echelon 1)…
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
A little wet #high for today's prompt 🙂 From book 2 of my dark, m/m fantasy trilogy: mybook.to/OBL #WIPSnips 🌈📚🌈🚀💫
The ocean—strong arms embracing him and a soft caress on his skin. Beams of light, dancing for his pleasure. Soothing darkness, a promise of oblivion. The ocean—weightlessness and a reassuring pressure on his bones, layers of color and temperature, of sound and touch and taste, entwining, twirling, ever-changing. The ocean’s melody was deep and sonorous in some places, high and sparkling in others. The ocean—shelter, home. Swimming was a dance, the currents his partner.
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Letters to the Gods Left in Fireplaces @letterstothegods.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Reminder: From today until 3.1.26, you can submit up to three pieces of prose, poetry, and/or art that fit the theme of the monstrous, eroguro, and always queer. See the website for more details: www.letterstothegods.com Happy holidays if you celebrate, Ezra (they/them/theirs)
A dimmed blue-hued picture of a creepy-looking outline of a person climbing out of a bathtub in the dark, and the following text: Until March 1st, 2026, the submission window is open for Letters to the Gods Left in Fireplaces. So, send us your most monstrous, erotic, and erotically gruesome fics, poetry, and art. We'll be waiting. For more information, see www.letterstothegods.com
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JJ Clapton @jjclapton.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
It is December and I only have 1 book on my 2026 releases list* 👀 This has never happened before. I am so out of the loop. Quick! Rec me 2026 releases that are any of the below: ✨Science fiction or fantasy 🔪Thrillers 🌈Queer SFFH (If it’s romance in any genre it has to be queer 🤷🏻‍♂️) 🌈📚💙 🪐📚🌎
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
A bit late, but here's a #hook (hopefully) 🙂 From book 2 of my dark, m/m fantasy trilogy: mybook.to/OBL #WIPSnips 🌈📚🌈🚀💫
Avoiding Asche’s gaze, he took the offered wrist and sank his teeth. The blood tasted of homecoming. It washed away all sensations, all thoughts. Inebriation took their place, unexpectedly strong, perhaps because two months had past since their last Binding.
Asche intoned the oath so quietly, it was hardly audible. Yet, Vindt felt what he had on their very first Binding: each word a nail the Singer drove into his mind, a hook he pushed into his soul. 
Only now, the hook also sank into his heart.
“With my blood, I bind you. I bind your body and your soul. My blood will fulfill your destiny. You will be my shield and my sword. You will be my voice. You will depend on me as I will depend on you. You will defend my life with yours, and I will do the same for you. This Bond is sacred. It shall only be broken by death.”
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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 28/11/2025
Do you know what makes a great present? Books. Especially queer books. Check out the 2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list, now with even more books!
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Letters to the Gods Left in Fireplaces @letterstothegods.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
In five (5) days, the submission window for the first issue will open on November 30th, 2025. So, if you're into queer monsters and eroguro, check out the website below for information on the theme, submission guidelines and a wish list, and how to contact the staff.
A dimmed red-hued picture of a femme person cradling the head of a demonic-looking monster, and the follow text: If you’re into queer monsters and eroguro, there are... Five (5) days until the submission window opens! For more information, see letterstothegods.carrd.co
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Thelma Mantey - author @thelmamantey.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Atticus sucks as a product (for my requirements), but the support - hallelujah! I wrote to ask how I could apply for a refund, and 5 minutes later I had the money on my PayPal account! 💯🚀 #writerslife #fantasy #writer
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Rauni Reivonen - swords and mages and gays, oh my! @takatalvi.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I will be looking for #betareaders eventually, so anyone interested in reading a #queer #fantasyromance story w/ a lot of wilderness survival, a little bit of fighting & 2 very broken ppl trying to find their way in a broken world, feel free to throw your hat in the ring #amwriting #writesky
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Letters to the Gods Left in Fireplaces @letterstothegods.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
The position for assistant editor is open! You'll be an extra pair of eyes to help me proofread and other assorted admin tasks I may ask you to help with for each issue's publication to run smoothly. For more information, including pay, see here: letterstothegods.carrd.co/#staff
letterstothegods.carrd.co
Letters to the Gods Left in Fireplaces
A queer lit magazine where the forbidden thrives.
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I said abolish and I fucking meant it @astridoverthere.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Next select Settings, and then Moderation on the next screen. At the bottom of the Moderation page under "Advanced" is a section called "Bluesky Moderation Service" that looks like an info box. It in fact leads to more settings.
Screencap of Bsky hamburger menu expanded, with the Settings option circled in red. Screencap of Bsky Settings page, with the Moderation option circled in red. Screencap of Bsky Moderation page, with the Bluesky Moderation Service option circled in red.
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🖤 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐨 🖤 @thenothingplace.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🌇 Speculative, near-future noir. 🤖 AI with flesh, feeling & memory. 🏳️‍🌈 A queer, brain-injured Indigenous ex-PI. 🕵️‍♀️ The investigation of a murdered AI child. 🔎 A truth that won’t stay buried. ❓ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ɪᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ ❓ #QuestPit #Q #A #DF #LGBT #SF #T #LF #Own #NativeAmerican
blurry black and white portrait of a woman with red streaking from her temple
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