M. Lopes da Silva

I call it “a journaling ecosystem” because I just added duckweed to it.

Today at Tia Chuchas in Sylmar, California. Join me at 5PM for a reading of The Fib. I've also signed 20 copies, which the bookstore will be gifting to folks who stop by!!

Hey, folks, please consider grabbing a copy of this anthology. I hope to keep it going.

Our first author announcement for SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION is @tashise.bsky.social with Drawn to Death, a tale of cartoonish cruelty felt from both sides of the animator's table.

Welcome also to @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social with their vivid and unsettling poem, the animators.

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A cis man and woman (as a couple) reached out to me on a dating app with a challenge: are you truly solo Polyamory??

And like, wow, y’all are right: I haven’t gone on the True Quest of Polyam and slain the seven-headed Hydra of Monogamy yet - I’ll get on that.

Winter and the Blog Update I hope that everyone has been able to connect with friends and loved ones recently. Even if you don’t celebrate holidays, I think that winter brings out an urge to reconnect that’s very…

Writing Blog Update - new posting schedule and an announcement about a workshop on Poetry and Ritual that I’ll be leading in December: meatthink.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/w...

Infinity Mathing at the Shore & Other Disruptions - M. Lopes da Silva | Weirdpunk Books A non-binary model discovers that an artist is attempting to paint their soul. Glitter-vomiting deer take over the streets of Los Angeles. A trans man drives out to the desert to investigate rumors of...

Buying books today and want to support weird sexy messed up speculative horror fiction by a trans masc palm tree punk? Well, you’re in luck: weirdpunkbooks.square.site/product/infi...

Supporting indie artists isn’t gross though - and they made some cute stationery, too :)

Happy turkey day from me and the cat lads :)

Mourn the dead, and fight like hell for the living #tdor

Much love to all of my trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming friends and acquaintances on the transgender day of remembrance. 🏳️‍⚧️

Trans rights are human rights. Here's to a brighter and less bigoted future.

Cover art, a swan alights on a cosmic celestial sea, the sky in the colors of the trans rights flag

🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥

YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices

A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️‍⚧️

Art by @mxmorgan.com

All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...

happy International Men's Day to trans men only, you guys worked your asses off to earn this and are playing the game on a level cis men cannot even imagine

If an author tries very hard to “not be political” it is assumed that they are in alliance with the status quo, and the status quo is overwhelmingly fascist atm so congratulations - you’re declaring your political affiliation through your silence.

Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez: 9798217047574 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A vivid, surreal Gothic 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. It is 1968 Oakland, and Nat...

Again for the morning crowd: Cover and pre-order link for Muñeca, out next June!

A vivid, surreal Gothic 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.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...

Blikada

Hello! today is 🎂🎉MY BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎂

For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!

Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.

blikada.com?pg=1#showComic

Lesson Five: Symbolism and Ritual Part One We are taught rituals, and we create rituals. Some rituals have religious origins, like saying prayers before a meal. Some rituals have superstitious origins, like knocking on wood when you declare…

Updated over the weekend: meatthink.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/s...

1 like = 1 random line from the book

Most Minors Who Are Married Can't File for Divorce — Even if They Want To The final installment of Wedlocked, our series about child marriage in the U.S., explores divorce.

Child marriage is heinous, but one thing I never see brought up in those discussions is that if you are under 18, you cannot file for divorce. If you are under 18 and married to an adult, they are your legal guardian and make decisions for you. That is not a partnership.

SPLIT SCREAM Vol. 2 (eBook only) SPLIT SCREAM has a new home at Tenebrous Press! The second volume of editor Alex Ebenstein's acclaimed series is back in print, featuring two novelettes: The Shivering World – Cynthia Gómez Nayeli’s b...

A very happy birthday to Split Scream Volume 2! Released 3 years ago today, it’s still available through @tenebrouspress.bsky.social spend some time with my lesbian Los Angeles vore horror novelette, What Ate the Angels + @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social store.tenebrouspress.com/products/spl...

Blasphemeet two day event schedules

ComaVVitch presents Blasphemeet:Three Rings of Violence Dark Art & Oddities Market Ritual Expo Nov 15,2025-Nov 16, 2025 333 S Mission Rd DTLA 60+ Dark Art & Oddities Vendors|Food & Drink|Drag Showcase|Burlesque|Performances Free admission & Free parking

THE FINAL MARKET RITUAL ComaVVitch presents Blasphemeet:Three Rings of Violence Dark Art & Oddities Market Ritual Expo Nov 15,2025-Nov 16, 2025 333 S Mission Rd DTLA 60+ Dark Art & Oddities Vendors|Food & Drink|Drag Showcase|Burlesque|Performances Free admission & Free parking

Hey yall, #MMIXArt is vending at a huge two-day dark artsy event all weekend in #DTLA . Join us to support live artists and performers! Blasphemeet has taken an active stance against admitting AI art, and curates all original vendors.

#IndependentArtists #Occult #Oddities #DarkArt

Going into the winter hole

A black starlit cosmos, descending to a vague green glow. Text: YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY Companion Volume (crossed out) Follow-up (crossed out) Sequel (crossed out) EVOLUTION Title Reveal Cover Art Reveal Submissions Details Coming Next Week

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What if I told you that the best modern horror anthology series is a Japanese found footage show on youtube called Fake Documentary Q?

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📺 “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles”
Sat 11/22, 7:30 p.m.

Join us for a specially curated best of “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles” (1964–9) featuring Angels Flight, Clifton’s Cafeteria, Sunset Blvd., the long-lost landmarks Hollywood Ranch Market and Beverly Park, and other iconic places. Free! ucla.in/4921qo0

While this EO is much more subtle in the language they use, their intentions have been laid out in court cases across the country. Earlier this year, a district court judge in Texas blocked the Biden HHS protections in court, allowing prospective foster/adoption by vocally unaffirming parents.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TYLER DIVISION STATE OF TEXAS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al., Defendants. § § § § § § § § § § § § § Case No. 6:24-cv-348-JDK MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) imposed a nationwide rule requiring experimental and controversial treatment on our nation’s most vulnerable: children in foster care. The problem for HHS here is that the agency lacks any statutory authority to do so.

Finally, the Rule likely conflicts with Texas law. For example, Texas prohibits providing to minors several medical procedures for "the purpose of transitioning a child's biological sex" or "affirming the child's perception of the child's sex" if "inconsistent with the child's biological sex. See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE $ 161.702; Docket No. 19-1 41 16-17 (noting that such procedures may constitute child abuse under Texas law). These prohibitions are inconsistent with the Final Rule, which requires that "LGBTQI+ children receive an environment that will "support the child's LGBTQI+ status or identity and "facilitate" the child's access to "age- or developmentally appropriate services that are supportive of their sexual

orientation and gender identity or expression. 45 C.F.R. $ 1355.22()(1)@)-(ii), (e). Nor could DFPS investigate potential child abuse or prohibited medical procedures without violating the Final Rule's retaliation provisions, which bar any attempt at "conversion therapy, the restriction of a "LGBTQI+ child's" access to "age- or developmentally appropriate materials, the disclosure of a child's perceived "LGBTQI+ status or identity" in a way that causes harm or risk to the child, using information about the child's claimed "LGBTQI+ status or identity" to initiate or sustain a child protection investigation, or taking action against caregivers who support a child's purported "LGBTQI+ status or identity. Id. $ 1355.22(d)(2)(i)-(vi). This conflict between Texas law and the Final Rule constitutes irreparable harm. See Texas v. Becerra, 2024 WL 3297147, at *10 (holding that irreparable injury occurs where a federal agency interferes with the enforcement of state law) (collecting cases); Wyeth v. Levine, 555 U.S. 555, 576 (2009) (recognizing that "an agency regulation with the force of law can pre-empt conflicting state requirements")

Signature page the reasons stated above, Texas's motion (Docket No. 19) is GRANTED. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the Final Rule entitled "Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children" 89 Fed. Reg. 34,818 (Apr. 30, 2024), and its corresponding regulation codified at 45 C.F.R. $ 1355.22, are STAYED pending conclusion of this proceeding. So ORDERED and SIGNED this 12th day of March, 2025. D kee JEREMY D. KERNODLE

Nauseating ruling that previous HHS requirements prohibiting trans children from being placed with deliberately unaffirming foster families violates Texas law. In part, they argue it would interfere with the ability of DFPS to investigate affirming families.
law.justia.com/cases/federa...

Short story: “The Hazards of Werewolf Taming” God’s Cruel Joke 5

And just released TODAY(also not pictured):
Flash fiction: “Fleshprinted Frankenstein” The Bleeding Margin Issue 1

As always, I appreciate your support of a trans poet horror writer dude just doing his weird things 💜