@aniking.bsky.social
Michigan writer and stuff. gender noncompliant. Saying no to AI and Subst*ck. https://aniking.net — Family Night: Stories (Mason Jar Press, 2026) — SmokeLong Submissions Editor — EiC: syntaxandsalt.com (permanently closed)
Voter Suppression
The "show your papers" SAVE Act would require US citizens to show a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Thanks to @librarianjones.com and @everylibrary.bsky.social for spotlighting the State Dept's shuttering of library passport centers.
apnews.com/article/pass...
3 copies of the novella in flash, MOTHER KARMA, by Sumitra Singam. Illustration of mother and child on cover by Mallika Narayanan.
After many delays and journeys across land and sea, MOTHER KARMA by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social will finally make it into the hot hands of the Frantics!
@philippabowe.bsky.social & @janeb.bsky.social - look forward to talking about with you and Sumitra!
Four books on a floral bandanna. Glitter + Ashes Unfettered Hexes Luminescent Machinations The Crawling Moon
This “queer tales” series has been a labor of love since we founded Neon Hemlock in 2019.
GLITTER + ASHES: QUEER TALES OF A WORLD THAT WOULDN’T DIE was sorta the first, but it stole the series title from…
I just finished this collection of speculative fiction short stories today, and WOW. Each one is a gem. I'm biased because I know Vanessa, but she truly is an amazing writer, and I highly recommend this magical collection.
Write more soon, please, Vanessa!
Can't express enough appreciation for A.D. Lauren-Abunassar's insightful essay up today at @splitlipthemag.bsky.social. It's a relief to know that the anxiety and care and even anger that went into "Maybe the Body" reaches the reader on the other end. splitlipthemag.com/reviews/0226...
15.02.2026 20:08 — 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0Hi, I want this book to happen. Please make this book happen—back, hit repost, tell a friend. Four days to raise just over $3000, four days to bring more queer stories into the world.
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weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️ (sorry about the bridge 😂)
youtu.be/Fjp_rz4_HoQ
Thanks for publishing my medieval inspired story Flash the Court. I appreciate it!
“Precious Alchemy in the Margins” by Denise Bayes – Flash the Court share.google/OaVGSeyIIwux...
New Mexico has banned ICE detention centers. The Immigration SafetyAct was approved by the Senate 24-15.
14.02.2026 23:26 — 👍 54 🔁 14 💬 5 📌 4Today we have a story of the war in Ukraine, by a writer who lives in Kharkiv. Don't want to give anything away, but the swerve this story takes is brilliant. wigleaf.com
04.02.2026 18:01 — 👍 30 🔁 10 💬 6 📌 8I helped mobilize a group of neighbors to provide direct aid to nearly 50 families who are in hiding from ICE.
These folks deserve fresh, familiar foods. So we're purchasing groceries direct from neighborhood Latino markets whenever we can.
Venmo @kristina-halvorson to help, and please repost.
"Some dragonflies prefer to fly backwards to visit the places they've already been, maybe they think there are happier times back then, something magical before everything started to go wrong." @tcboudreau.bsky.social @natflashfictionday.bsky.social flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2024/06/bug-...
14.02.2026 13:56 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1If you're reading over coffee this Saturday, this novelette is temporarily available online again for the next month or so. Thanks if you check it out.
undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons
A moving piece for a rainy Valentine's Day (like in Singapore rightj now) "Vessels" by @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social in Issue 1. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
14.02.2026 08:42 — 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
Love at a breakfast buffet? Sweet as straweberries, this one. Non-fiction by @karinhedet.bsky.social in Issue 1. Read "Alpine Strawberries" here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
14.02.2026 09:00 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
Sometimes love is a little grumpy too. We absolutely love the moodiness & the longing in this nonfiction piece by @biddablesheep in Issue 1. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#happyvalentinesday
It's my birthday, hurrah! For my birthday I'd really love as many shares on this post as we can make happen!
Hi, I'm AK, and I write exceedingly queer books! Feel free to ask me about them!
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Ida holding a micro canvas of a violet robot sitting on a hill pointing at the moon
A circular canvas of robots floating in bubbles
Captain Henrik Krakenson, space octopus, all in blue with a gold and silver space helmet, floating against the background of a green and purple nebula.
A copper collar with twisting loops of copper supporting a large blue labradorite.
It's official - my debut art exhibition will be at this year's @easterconuk.bsky.social 🥳 Come and see fun UV paintings, space octopuses and adorable robots. I will also be selling some jewellery and clay pieces.
#eastercon #art #spaceart #wirewrap
Until We Sot This Out by Mere Rain. Fake fiance-ing for Reasons, no steam.
Blizzards and Bullets by Mere Rain. One blizzard, several bullets, lots of sex. Somehow also the most overtly romantic thing I've written.
LGBTQ+ romance publisher @jms-books.com is having a 40% off sale for Valentine's weekend. My books, lots of other authors! Spec fic and mysteries as well as contemporary romance. I don't have V-day story but here are a cuter romance and a hotter one, respectively.
www.jms-books.com/mere-rain-c-...
Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
"The grass doesn’t scream,
just splits its dry mouth to cradle him.
I watch from the bluff
where the sky folds white into a tired napkin."
Stunning poem @chrissystegmanpoet.bsky.social
rattle.com/my-father-as...
Blue flier listing 12 story titles, as the 2026 Blue Frog Finalists.
The 2026 Blue Frog finalists have been selected!
Congrats to these 12 authors! (but don't mention which story is yours) and best of luck! @camilleuadams.bsky.social has some really difficult decisions to make!
ICE is really stepping up their activities out here in rural Minnesota today. I pray that someday my neighbors will be able to leave their homes again.
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The cover of the graphic novel, a colored illustration by Daun Han depicting King in the foreground, Luz and Harpy Eda behind him, and the other cast of characters framing them including Willow, Hunter, Gus, Papa Titan, the Collector, and Amity.
We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!
The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social
Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social
We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
If you want to know what we are doing here, contact me.
I made this quote post so anyone can interact. Let me know here and we can move the convo to more secure channels.
Please learn, prepare, and get ready.
Infuriating to watch black and trans people warn folks about Newsom--JUST LIKE THEY WARNED FOLKS ABOUT TRUMP--and see everyone respond with "But he's a Democrat."
12.02.2026 19:22 — 👍 989 🔁 298 💬 22 📌 12ICE “left” Chicago in November, but they’ve disappeared three people from my community in two days this week.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
we have a story by Lizzie Challen Hubbard ! it's about a woman who becomes obsessed with how fear causes couples to cling to each other.
she starts scaring her dates to prompt a love connection
v entertaining story ! it's got a stampede of rats
xraylitmag.com/fear-theory-...
Excited to see my weird adventure up at The Bulb Region!!
10.02.2026 21:06 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 0Absolutely fantastic, Travis!
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