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filipino writer of the gothic, the glamorous, and the grotesque ⋆ wuthering heights 🫢🏼 ⋆ words in uncharted, mekong review + elsewhere

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hi! i’d definitely be up for this. feel free to send me a dm πŸ’›

26.11.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
anthology call - A FUTURISTIC QUEER HORROR ANTHOLOGY

Short stories of
2,500-8,500 words

Queer characters and/or themes
Futuristic settings combined with horror elements

Preferred subgenres: techno-horror, cosmic horror, biomechanical horror 

Submissions open until:
20 January 2026

Curated by
Ezra Wren & Jake Vanguard

Send us an email on moo.and.meeks@gmail.com

anthology call - A FUTURISTIC QUEER HORROR ANTHOLOGY Short stories of 2,500-8,500 words Queer characters and/or themes Futuristic settings combined with horror elements Preferred subgenres: techno-horror, cosmic horror, biomechanical horror Submissions open until: 20 January 2026 Curated by Ezra Wren & Jake Vanguard Send us an email on moo.and.meeks@gmail.com

We already received some amazing submissions for our futuristic horror anthology - but we'd love to receive some more!
Submission is open for 2 more months. If you have any questions, send us an e-mail or message 🩷

All info can be found via moo-and-meeks.carrd.co#horroranth

15.11.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

not a yaoi but certainly baby cath’s first yaoi

04.11.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you’re a brilliant beautiful princess and i love u

08.10.2025 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Background is varying shades of gray. In black and white magazine letters the words BUTCH BAIT are spelled and underneath is gray, large text says A BUTCH4BUTCH ANTHOLOGY.

All other text on the graphic is as follows:
Art, poetry, fiction, erotica, photography 

NSFW art and contributors must be 18+

Sub window open Oct. 1st, 2025-Jan.1st, 2025
No reprints
Sim subs and multiple subs are fine
Submissions edited and finalized to the best of your ability 
Subgenre doesn’t matter. We encourage erotica, pulp, horror, dead dove, taboo, romance, western, speculativeβ€”as long as it features butch4butch!
Transgressive work is encouraged but NO: SA/Noncon, snuff, or b*astiality

submissions are open to anyone, but we’re prioritizing creators who identify as butch, stud, masc or trans masc

Going for the vintage zine feel

Background is varying shades of gray. In black and white magazine letters the words BUTCH BAIT are spelled and underneath is gray, large text says A BUTCH4BUTCH ANTHOLOGY. All other text on the graphic is as follows: Art, poetry, fiction, erotica, photography NSFW art and contributors must be 18+ Sub window open Oct. 1st, 2025-Jan.1st, 2025 No reprints Sim subs and multiple subs are fine Submissions edited and finalized to the best of your ability Subgenre doesn’t matter. We encourage erotica, pulp, horror, dead dove, taboo, romance, western, speculativeβ€”as long as it features butch4butch! Transgressive work is encouraged but NO: SA/Noncon, snuff, or b*astiality submissions are open to anyone, but we’re prioritizing creators who identify as butch, stud, masc or trans masc Going for the vintage zine feel

THE TIME HAS COME! after long lamenting the lack of butch4butch content out there, we (@bloodinkbonewriting and @mj.marlowe ) decided to take matters into our own sticky dirty little butch hands and launch an anthology.

Introducing Butch Bait: a collection of fiction art and photography celebrating butch4butch, stud4stud, and masc4masc desire. 

 We cannot wait to make this happen for you all!! 
(And for ourselves). In the meantime, subs are open! We want your work! Sensual portraits, nasty erotica, odes to butch love and gnc lesbian culture, you name it. If it’s celebrating butch4butch it belongs. Subs open until Janβ€” we can’t wait to see what you come up with. 
Feel free to hit us up with any questions!

THE TIME HAS COME! after long lamenting the lack of butch4butch content out there, we (@bloodinkbonewriting and @mj.marlowe ) decided to take matters into our own sticky dirty little butch hands and launch an anthology. Introducing Butch Bait: a collection of fiction art and photography celebrating butch4butch, stud4stud, and masc4masc desire. We cannot wait to make this happen for you all!! (And for ourselves). In the meantime, subs are open! We want your work! Sensual portraits, nasty erotica, odes to butch love and gnc lesbian culture, you name it. If it’s celebrating butch4butch it belongs. Subs open until Janβ€” we can’t wait to see what you come up with. Feel free to hit us up with any questions!

Contact us: butch.bait.anthology@gmail.com

Phoenix Mendoza: email is bloodinkbonewriting@gmail.com
IG @bloodinkbonewriting
Pronouns she/her

MJ Marlowe: email is authormjmarlowe@gmail.com
IG @mj.marlowe 
Pronouns they/them

Contact us: butch.bait.anthology@gmail.com Phoenix Mendoza: email is bloodinkbonewriting@gmail.com IG @bloodinkbonewriting Pronouns she/her MJ Marlowe: email is authormjmarlowe@gmail.com IG @mj.marlowe Pronouns they/them

πŸ“’πŸ’₯SUBMISSION CALLπŸ“’πŸ’₯

Subs are anon.
Full guidelines are posted in a carousel on my instagram, but if you need info (or don’t have insta) email us and we’ll be happy to provide you with it!!

You DON’T have to have experience to submit!

www.instagram.com/mj.marlowe

#bluesky #booksky #anthology

02.10.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hi! i’m visually impaired and have significant experience as a sensitivity reader. feel free to send me a dm <3

01.10.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

not a perfect fit (i’m bi but nonbinary) but otherwise have tons of experience sensitivity reading + have lots of experience too with historical fiction and have dated trans men πŸ’› shoot me a dm in case you’re interested, though!

24.09.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So happy to announce that my latest short story, HEARTS AND HALF-MEASURES, about a t-girl manananggal eating transphobes and sex tourists while solving the serial killings of her manananggal sisters, is out now with @pseudopod.org πŸ«€

23.08.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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PseudoPod 990: Hearts and Half-Measures You eat the hearts of men because your father says that if you consume enough, you’ll turn back into one. You think it’s all bull. Anyone in their right mind would. But he watches you like a hawk…

β€œYou eat the hearts of men because your father says that if you consume enough, you’ll turn back into one.”

PseudoPod 990: Hearts and Half-Measures, by Cassiopeia Gatmaitan

Narrator: Jess Lewis
Host: Scott Campbell
Audio: Chelsea Davis

C/W: murder, transphobia
(see show notes for more)

22.08.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

happy birthday!

03.08.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

good luck!

18.07.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cassiopeia Gatmaitan ("Cath") - Salt and Sage Books Cassiopeia (β€œCath”,ο»Ώ they/them) is a historical and literary fiction writer who has been lost in books since they could hold them. Aside from writing, they’re also working towards a degree in archaeol...

you can check out my page on Salt & Sage, though my reading areas aren’t updated! you can message me on here for further info or to request my email (and we can talk there!)

www.saltandsagebooks.com/profiles/cat...

18.07.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

hi! my specialty as a sensitivity reader is historical novels! i read for disability issues in general but not specifically Down’s syndrome. would still love to help if i can, though. just let me know!

18.07.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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contract signed!

if you like trans rage and folkloric filipino horror, then you might wanna stay tuned for HEARTS AND HALF-MEASURES, my blood-soaked story featuring a trans girl solving the serial killings of her fellow manananggals πŸ«€

coming soon from @pseudopod.org!

19.05.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

does anyone have any tips for writing body horror πŸ‘€

14.05.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
An excerpt from Grace Nono's book, talking about the different terminologies used for a spiritualist

An excerpt from Grace Nono's book, talking about the different terminologies used for a spiritualist

BTW if you guys haven't heard yet, folk singer and ethnomusicologist Grace Nono has a book called Babaylan Sing Back: Philippine Shamans, Voice, Gender, and Place

If you are curious about the traditions of the spiritualists of our isles and how it survives this age, you guys should read it :D

06.05.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🌌πŸŽͺ x Sapphic Moulin Rouge

Raised on war and lost love, Carina acts out revolutionary stage plays in colonial Manila. Dissent is a death sentence, but she’s willing to risk it all when a familiar face from her past sits down one night to watch her perform

#QuestPit #WIP #novella

07.05.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IDOL!!!!!!!!!

04.05.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
digital painting of the resurrected Christ as a brown trans man

digital painting of the resurrected Christ as a brown trans man

digital painting of the Four of Wands tarot card as a queer inter-abled couple in precolonial Southeast Asia

digital painting of the Four of Wands tarot card as a queer inter-abled couple in precolonial Southeast Asia

digital painting of my OCs Joey and Tristan on a pickup truck with a white dragon perched in the back.

digital painting of my OCs Joey and Tristan on a pickup truck with a white dragon perched in the back.

I heard it's tradition around here to share your art on your birthday? πŸŒΈπŸƒ

04.05.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 382    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 1
Sample commissioned art of Al Acevedo’s characters Zylix and Xolotl with fiery purple powers, beside the header β€œCommissions Open.” Portfolio link β€œartiodaktyl.carrd.co” and email β€œganicabz.art@gmail.com” are listed below.

Sample commissioned art of Al Acevedo’s characters Zylix and Xolotl with fiery purple powers, beside the header β€œCommissions Open.” Portfolio link β€œartiodaktyl.carrd.co” and email β€œganicabz.art@gmail.com” are listed below.

Graphic labeled β€œCharacter art: Bust - 30 USD, Half body - 40 USD, Full body - 60 USD.” Comic  style artworks of various characters include mecha and humanoid and anthro characters.

Graphic labeled β€œCharacter art: Bust - 30 USD, Half body - 40 USD, Full body - 60 USD.” Comic style artworks of various characters include mecha and humanoid and anthro characters.

Graphic labeled β€œIllustrations, starts at 100 USD,” followed by samples of six illustrations of mine in various art styles.

Graphic labeled β€œIllustrations, starts at 100 USD,” followed by samples of six illustrations of mine in various art styles.

Hello! Taking more #commissions while I'm still looking for a day job. If you need some OC art (mechas, furries, and creatures ok!), then I'd love to work with you! 🎸✨

It's also my HRT anniversary this month, so comms will really help me cover upcoming medical transition needs. πŸ«‘πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ Thanks!

10.03.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

Pokemon fanfiction when I was 7 years old 😭

05.03.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover for LORD OF RUIN by K. M. Enright. Black cover, with a dark haired Filipino man in a Gothic style embodied suit jacket in shades of blue and gold. Black wings with a similar gold embroidered design stretch behind him against a background of blue with white flowers. His hands are tipped in black talons and he holds a bright red anatomical heart. Blurb from Thea Guanzon β€” ”K. M. Enright is definitely one to watch.”

Cover for LORD OF RUIN by K. M. Enright. Black cover, with a dark haired Filipino man in a Gothic style embodied suit jacket in shades of blue and gold. Black wings with a similar gold embroidered design stretch behind him against a background of blue with white flowers. His hands are tipped in black talons and he holds a bright red anatomical heart. Blurb from Thea Guanzon β€” ”K. M. Enright is definitely one to watch.”

AND IT'S HERE

The gorgeous cover for LORD OF RUIN with art direction by Ella Garrett and artwork by @superstarfighter.bsky.social

Isn't he just stunning? Isaac will be coming to you this August from Orbit! Pre-orders are available now!

03.03.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 7

Need Isaac in ways I can’t describe in public,,,,,,, also HELL YES THIS COVER IS STUNNING. I LOVEEEEEEE THE FLOURISHES ON THE MANANANGGAL WINGS I AM SOOOOOOOOO FUCKING EXCITED

04.03.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A graphic promoting a preorder campaign for THE STARVING SAINTS by Caitlin Starling. The book, an art print showing an ethereal woman holding three decapitated heads on a platter, and a mock up of an enamel pin showing a pomegranate with lung shaped sections and a bee larva as a heart, with an adult bee perched on the side, are all on a gilded background. The art is by Mia Minnis, the pin by Miss Daisy Dee. You can preorder through Copper Dog Books.

A graphic promoting a preorder campaign for THE STARVING SAINTS by Caitlin Starling. The book, an art print showing an ethereal woman holding three decapitated heads on a platter, and a mock up of an enamel pin showing a pomegranate with lung shaped sections and a bee larva as a heart, with an adult bee perched on the side, are all on a gilded background. The art is by Mia Minnis, the pin by Miss Daisy Dee. You can preorder through Copper Dog Books.

Announcing the official preorder campaign for THE STARVING SAINTS!

Order through @copperdogbooks.bsky.social and you’ll get an extremely cool pin designed by @missdaisydee.bsky.social and a gorgeously gory art print by @miavern.bsky.social πŸ‘€

www.copperdogbooks.com/starvingsaints

03.03.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

YESSSSSSSSSS SO EXCITED

28.02.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

CONGRATULATIONS

21.02.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

hi! i can’t message you for some reason but i have a potential submission + would love to know more!

21.02.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Call for contributions to edited book:

Unearthing Ancient Horrors
Representations and Receptions of Uncanny Archaeology

Editor: Gabriel Moshenska, UCL Institute of Archaeology, London

Archaeology is a powerful and pervasive theme in horror. Meddlesome antiquarians, cursed artefacts, empty tombs and ambulant mummies have been mainstays of fiction and popular culture for centuries, shaping public perceptions of archaeology and the ancient world.  

The aim of the proposed book is to bring together critical reflections on uncanny archaeologies, to highlight the quality and variety of contemporary studies, and to encourage future developments and new directions in scholarship. 

Send c.200 word abstracts to g.moshenska@ucl.ac.uk by Friday 14 March.

Call for contributions to edited book: Unearthing Ancient Horrors Representations and Receptions of Uncanny Archaeology Editor: Gabriel Moshenska, UCL Institute of Archaeology, London Archaeology is a powerful and pervasive theme in horror. Meddlesome antiquarians, cursed artefacts, empty tombs and ambulant mummies have been mainstays of fiction and popular culture for centuries, shaping public perceptions of archaeology and the ancient world. The aim of the proposed book is to bring together critical reflections on uncanny archaeologies, to highlight the quality and variety of contemporary studies, and to encourage future developments and new directions in scholarship. Send c.200 word abstracts to g.moshenska@ucl.ac.uk by Friday 14 March.

Call for abstracts: I’m putting together an edited book on archaeology and horror. Details below. Contact me for full CFP or to discuss potential submissions. πŸΊπŸ‘»πŸ§ŸπŸ›οΈ

21.02.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 23
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Original Horror from the Margins A panel featuring contributors to Death In The Mouth Vol 2, a horror anthology showcasing BIPOC and other ethnically marginalized writers and artists from around the world.

firestorm.coop/events/3279-...

15.02.2025 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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