Fra-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la Moldaschl (To 'deck the halls')

The front cover of an egg-plant purple paperback. There are fall-themed doodles across the front and the text reads 'The Leaves Still Fallow: An Anthology of Queer Love'

A spread of two pages from within the paperback of the previous photo. The title says 'A Secret Third Thing' by Fran Moldaschl.

I am doing a shockingly bad job of staying off here, but I just wanted to shout about @bigthinkpublishing.bsky.social 's new anthology 'The Leaves Still Fallow'.

I'm in it!!

As the back says, 'every copy sold helps to support the work of TransActual and Mermaids'.

Magic Christmas present. 💪

I'm not really logged in - I just had to say 'Thank you' to the Carved in Stone team at @stoutstoat.co.uk
I got my book today and it is absolutely glorious, and I love it. The husband backed it for me when it was first announced and it was SO worth the wait.
The endpaper text was so needed today.🥹

A knight in multicolour iridescent armour, backlit by the sun, is stood in front of a castle tower. The overlaid text reads 'every time I heal I come back weirder'.

If you need me, and don't have contact details, you can find my email via my website (link in bio).

Until later friends, remember that books are the perfect gifts, that indie bookshops will give you amazing recommendations, and that alt text makes everyone's life easier.

Be kind to each other. ✌️

Yeah, so I'm off until at least the days between Christmas and New Year.

I'm mourning my left ear and my book release, I'm horrified at the state of the world, and I'm supporting horrified kids through it.

I need to prioritise and social media just isn't a priority (it's why I only bsky).

Sending solidarity. 💪

Reading The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by @nikostratis.com and am absolutely loving it so far.

Cannot recommend enough for music nerds - especially Dads.

Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in Aliens saying "Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?"

Every single god damn time I check the news. Doesn't matter which country's news.

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Yes! So much this!

They’re all excellent reading!

I've tried multiple times but I can't actually form words about all the deeply harmful transphobic policies being brought in everywhere right now.

It shouldn't need saying, but trans rights are human rights.

Also recommend graphic novels.

inquisitivenewt.com/2025/07/04/k... One for the teens today - the amazing graphic novel Kickflip by @ldlapinski.bsky.social and Logan Hanning.

Glad you're here 🥰

Hello New Followers! I’m LD Lapinski (sometimes Lucy Lapinska), and I’m based in the Scottish Highlands where I write queer scifi for adults, queer comics for teens, and queer magical adventures for kids. I also have two cats. Always looking for writers pals! Next book: Some Body Like Me pb, in Feb

An illustrated festive greeting card with some kind of archaic Pagan ritual of strange and enchanting creatures circling a fir tree.

I’ve just put the last of my winter greetings cards in my shop.

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inquisitivenewt.com/2025/06/16/c... I LOVED this book. Can't recommend enough.

You can read a snippet of it on my blog 😉🥰

New writers! The incredible @amdassu.bsky.social is offering a mentoring session as part of #Creatives4Sudan. Currently an absolute steal. Get publishing and writing advice for a wise, kind author and help us raise ££ for people fleeing genocide in El-Fasher in Sudan. app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

A panel from Frog and Toad where Toad is yelling at the floor. The text beneath the picture says, "Toad put his head very close to the ground and shouted, "NOW SEEDS, START GROWING!" Caps are in the text - not added by me.

I need more Frog and Toad memes. And more toast. Thank you ❤️

Oh, that's genius. Thank you!

I think you might have hit the nail on the head there - anything that is one thing at a time isn't something that I ever let myself do. Thank you. 🙏

What do people do to stay sane at the moment?

Hit me with your best low-effort self care, please. 🥹

Just a few weeks left for publishers to submit books to the Jhalak Prize...this is me and Rikin Parekh, the artist in residence 2022! I won for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths @piccadillypress www.jhalakprize.com

I love when this happens! It's so much fun wondering what Past Me was excited about!

Please write this. I relate to the Godsmacked already.

Everybody repeat after me:

Art 👏 saves 👏 lives👏.

Sometimes scientifically.

A New (Free) Hem Press Imprint is Launched! /plex editions

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So much this. And people are going to believe less and less in all the amazing wildlife photography there is, because AI slop is so prevalent, so people are going to care less about the lives beyond themselves. It breaks my damn heart.

Amen.

I love that for all the crap going on in the human world, the natural world* can still surprise me and fill me with wonder and hope.

*I don't normally separate - we're all part of the same eco-system etc. but also, the crap stuff is definitely human made for the most part, if not entirely.