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Author Stephen Coghlan

@wordsbysc.bsky.social
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Multi-Genre, Small-Press-Published author from Ottawa, Canada. Trying to be open-minded in a world occluded by fear. He/Him, legal adult scoghlan.com

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 10h
Chiitan loves transgender people 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Even a plain statement like this now brings slander and insults, but I think a society where people can live happily as themselves matters more than silence, so I will keep saying it until the account is gone. love everyone🤍
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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our last submission window of 2026 is now open through October 14. Send us your solarpunk short stories, poems, essays, and art!! Sub guidelines and link at solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My book for this morning before work! A fun rainy day read!
Werecats Emergent by Mark J. Engels
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
gocomics.com/johndeering
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 01/10/2026
As promised, the cover reveal for my ridiculous vampire novel, FANGS NOT INCLUDED, coming 25 May 2027!!! 🧛🏾‍♀️🧛🏾‍♀️🧛🏾‍♀️ (Illustration by Kushiaania; cover design by Julia Tyler and Alison Klapthor.) www.harpercollins.com/products/fan...
A blue background with the text "Fangs Out 05/25/2027" and a cover with four vampiric girls on it. The main one, a rakshasi, is holding a camera and filming. The title says, "Fangs Not Included."
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pathetic and Insanity 😡 I've been there.
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Blue Turquoise @bluet-urquoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How do we really feel? This is the time we all need to speak out the elections are up ahead and anyone that reads our comments will benefit.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Release ALL the Epstein files NOW!
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sums it up perfectly.
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🏃‍♂️The Runner🏃‍♂️ @therunnner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Classic cartoon updated
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When you write a book you actually write several books. There's the one you know you wrote. Then there's the one your readers bring their experiences to. This is a big part of the magic. As soon as it goes out into the world, your book multiplies & becomes many versions of itself, all equally valid.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Author Stephen Coghlan @wordsbysc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Years ago I made a very complex literary biography It's time to update it again, as I once more put my book babies out into the world for submissions. #amwriting
A small list of my books that have been published
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Author Stephen Coghlan @wordsbysc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just a reminder to myself: I am not a one-trick pony I am an established independent author. No one can take that away from me. #amwriting
A Collage of books and anthologies Stephen Coghlan's stories have appeared in.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Listen…. I audibly laughed….. it was heard for miles I’m sure.
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Author Stephen Coghlan @wordsbysc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For those who joined me at Ottawa Comiccon this last weekend, you saw it, it was there. It's not over yet. Dark Brew Press will be making it available online, and my promise about the NET PROCEEDS STANDS! #CYBERPUNK #NEWRELEASE
In a world where prison sentences outlast flesh, Roca’s release is no mercy. Paroled into a cybernetic shell shaped by the state, he must navigate a society built on paranoia and profit where one wrong move means losing everything again in...A Mollusk Among Man.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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THEE NWMagpie - I Don't Argue With Ppl John Brown Would've Shot @thenwmagpie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I enjoyed Mike Luckovich for years, and then he created this cartoon. I sat and cried for several minutes. Then I cut it out of the Los Angeles Times, and I've kept it ever since. Thank you, Mr. Luckovich.
Mike Luckovich's editorial cartoon showing the 9/11 NY firefighters who died in the collapse of the Twin Towers, finally making it to the top.
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mikeymomo.bsky.social @mikeymomo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dennis Goris
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This cartoon was created by Pulitzer Prize winning artist Adam Zyglis for The Buffalo News in November, 2024. It hits even harder now.
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Author Stephen Coghlan @wordsbysc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I know, I know, more boring spreadsheets... I took a few days off of editing to write a short, Last night, I got 1/5th through my second draft. I'm not cutting, but, I like the changes, and I'm proud of them.
A Spreadsheet showing changes in chapter word count and title, from first to second draft.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
For Labour Day a reflection on the fight by miners in Cobalt for the 8 hour day, the establishment of the Workers Compensation Act and how their activism had national implications in the fight for justice. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The Class War Comes to Cobalt
Cobalt was a battleground for multiple visions of how the wealth of the earth could be used and who should be its beneficiaries.
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Author Stephen Coghlan @wordsbysc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's nice to be affirmed sometimes, about being an author An editor had the heart to let me write for an anthology whose submission had just passed the day before Today, I got the first confirmation that they would like to use my story Sometimes, we need the opposites of rejections to keep going.
Two chalk board signs hang in the air. One says "affirm" the other says "confirm"
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 03/09/2026
Ecological destruction now recognized as sins against creation and the Creator? Fuck yeah, hook that shit to my badly lapsed veins!
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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
British editorial cartoonist David Parkins illustrates the bottom line.
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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Author Stephen Coghlan @wordsbysc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
ORIGINAL WORD COUNT NEW WORD COUNT CHPTR 1 1865 2088 CHPTR 2 2446 2503 CHPTR 3 2050 2371 CHPTR 4 2879 2686 CHPTR 5 2261 1962 Got a lot to go, 1/10th down #amediting
Thanos holding out a knife, claiming it is perfectly balanced, as all things should be
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Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Theresa McLeod @westtexascatlady.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So much truth here! 😢
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Author Stephen Coghlan @wordsbysc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Gatewatchers Wanted I'm going to need a few. I can't decide if I can properly call this story a #Romantasy, or a #FantasyWithRomance There are two separate couples involved!
A Sign that says GATEWATCHER WANTED, Fantasy Romance VS Romantasy
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 30/08/2026
Photo of a part of the sticker wall, near the gum wall in Seattle. A large glued poster of a cat holding a sign reads, “A.I. IS DẠTA
& CAN ONLY LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
CREATIVITY IS TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GO.”
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caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Height differences are great as long as they are not between two books from the same series.
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A Bloody Woodstake @tenderbeefsteak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My SIL is teaching remotely at a school in southern Illinois and I was not ready to learn about the mascot
A mascot painted on the wall of a high school. It says  “cornjerkers” and the mascot is an awful ear of corn with brown hair holding a football and kicking, I want to say, a soccer ball.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Senile Satan: “I’m signing an Executive Order that changes the name of German Measles to American Measles.” 🇺🇸
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Oldman Teeps @oldmanteeps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Any tech company that changes “LAKE ONTARIO” to anything else, should be taxed into oblivion by the Canadian government. No exceptions.
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Author Stephen Coghlan @wordsbysc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I have a rule when I #amediting Never edit more than 1 chapter at a time. Take breaks when done, and allow my brain time to cool down, because if I don't, I end up getting lazy and skipping important changes and grammatical errors.
A dog in a blue sweater pops some sweet dance moves in front of a boom box, while the words, "STOP! HAMMER TIME" are overlayed in big, bold letters
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Aud Connelly: transcribing #Dogwood3 (71.9/95k) @audconnelly.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Get to know Aud! Find my books here: www.amazon.com/stores/Aud-C...
Meet the author Aud Connelly! One of those damn scribbling women, strange to behold, even worse to behear! Writes fantasy with extra whump. Anti-AI. Friend to spiders and pollinators.

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The author is white, 30s, with short brown hair and glasses. There is a cartoon frog on her head.My books:

Wings in the Valley is a high fantasy in which two fauns and a harpy must save their homeland from a dragon. It features a non-human, polyamory, low heat, enemies-to-parents romance, and cover art by Arden Powell. (The cover is the silhouettes of 2 fauns and a harpy against ancient ruins, flamed by squash vines and grapevines, with the shadow of a dragon behind the title.)

The Consort and I is a m/m court romance with a slash of treason! (And some explicit sex scenes.) The cover is by The Author Buddy.My work-in-progress is the Dogwood Chronicles, a 4 book series that asks "In a modern-day fairytale where all the worst villains are human, who's going to save the big bad wolf?" The series begins with Hound Fatale, with an estimated release for Spring 2027, with pre-orders becoming available (hopefully!) this winter.

The graphic is pink text on a purplish mountain/forest scene, and pink flowers along the bottom of the page. There is a rabbit, paws raised as if in prayer.These are a few of my favorite things!

My favorite authors:
-Ann Leckie.
-Sarah Monette.
-Ray Nayler.
-CG Drews.
-Jane Austen.
-CS Pacat.

My favorite books and fics:
-Pride & Prejudice.
-The Goblin Emperor.
-The Little Prince.
-The Europa University series by DiscreteQuanta, on AO3.

Favorite movies:
-Jumanji.
-Jurassic Park.
-Megamind.

Bonus faves:
-Sunny days.
-Steamed buns.
-Box turtles.
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Author Stephen Coghlan @wordsbysc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
One-hundred eight-thousands, four-hundred and ninety-six words long, this FIRST DRAFT IS COMPLETE. Now, to gather my puppies, and have a victory nap!
A word count showing 108,496 words in length
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Brian Cave @oldschoolevil.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It's the first issue of Every Day is Saturday Morning! I'm looking back at Transformers today, starting with a tribute to Peter Cullen. #saturdaymorning #cartoons substack.com/@briancave/n...
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Every Day is Saturday Morning: Transformers
A look back at Transformers, one of the most iconic cartoons of the 80s.
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QuyetPawz @quyetpawz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you are child free and someone asks you when you're going to have kids or that your life will not be fulfilling without kids... Feel free to say "would you have said that to Dolly Parton?"
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Canada and Mexico should just rename the US to “South Canada” and "North Mexico" and call it a day.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My suggestion is to cancel your subscription to any media company that refers to Lake Ontario as Lake America.
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Peter Cullen 

The voice of Optimus Prime and Eyeore will be joining Dolly, Tim, and too many good souls
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