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hey look at that. I finally remembered the password I made for this account.

Please listen. It starts like this:

happy ✨cover✨ day (and some reading material for ya!)

Revealing The Iron Garden Sutra by A. D. Sui - Reactor A spaceship murder mystery — arriving February 2026 from Erewhon Books!

"Do not forget, do not make me repeat myself. The Infinite Light does not love."

We're THRILLED to share the cover for THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA by Nebula Award-winning author, @thesuiway.bsky.social with our friends at @reactorsff.bsky.social & an exclusive excerpt.

reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

We Reveal Gorgeous THOUGHTS BE BLOODY Book Cover & Excerpt From Queer, Trans HAMLET Retelling

Exclusive cover reveal and excerpt from Thoughts Be Bloody, a queer, trans retelling of Hamlet.

We Reveal Gorgeous THOUGHTS BE BLOODY Book Cover & Excerpt From Queer, Trans HAMLET Retelling We're delighted to exclusively reveal the book cover and excerpt from Thoughts Be Bloody, a queer, trans retelling of Hamlet.

The cover of my dreams for my debut novel THOUGHTS BE BLOODY (from @dawbooks.bsky.social in March ‘26) was revealed over on the Nerdist today, along with the prologue! To quote the article: “It’s Horatio/Hamlet. Yes, all your English class fanfic dreams ARE coming true.”

nerdist.com/article/thou...

In short:
* there is very little the author can do on social media to sell books
* the Good News Firehose is just as detrimental as the Bad News Firehose
* taking a walk >opening your feed
* if publishing is hard for you right now, you're not alone
* keep writing; we need your stories 14/14

the execution of le cabuc
#lesmis #enjolras

Artwork of a golden sword wreathed in flowers, all in a trans flag palette. The white text over top reads “fix your hearts or die”

Taps the fucking sign aggressively

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

I'm going to be a published novelist! THOUGHTS BE BLOODY is a queer/trans Hamlet retelling set at a magic college, about fate, ghosts, a beautiful memory that still hurts like a bruise, & relationships that spin out of control. Look for it early 2026!!

New Series!

YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR is a new non-fiction series by @patrickbarb.bsky.social in Shortwave Magazine.

Each month Patrick will interview a different author. Our first installment features @aijiang.bsky.social on Toni Morrison.

shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...

Watercolor of a deep grey-blue sky at dusk with a few scattered stars, a crescent moon, and billowy orange clouds. Text (white, all-caps, in italics) reads "IMPORTANT (BITTERSWEET) ANNOUNCEMENT."

After 7 years of putting our hearts into this passion project, the founding editors have decided Apparition Lit will close at the end of 2024. 

You can read our full announcement here:
www.patreon.com/posts/all-go... 

With gratitude to all our contributors and supporters, 
The Apparition Lit Team

Everything in the Garden is Lovely - Apex Magazine Now that I’ve failed as a woman, my punishment is to become a garden.

Publication day!! Thrilled that my short story “Everything in the Garden Is Lovely,” about a woman sentenced to transform into a garden, is out today in Apex 😊

You can read it for free here: apex-magazine.com/short-fictio...

Neon Hemlock's 2024 Kickstarter is *so* close to the finish line that dave is starting to ponder stretch-goals!

let's get that bread (to Neon Hemlock) 🔥

BIPOC writers!
the @apparitionlit.com MERCURIAL issue (which i am guest editing) is currently OPEN!!! we'd love to read your stories and have them in this absolutely amazing call! the submissions window is linked in the next post.

here's a blog post of what we're looking for!

Please repost! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from February 19-26! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

Annual PSA about "eligible" stories:

Any story published in 2023 is eligible for awards consideration. That's it. It does not have to be published in a pro-paying or even a paying publication. If it was published anywhere in print or online it is eligible and you can make an eligibility post.

A bright yellow tiger moth with splotches of red and an area of blue outlined in red near its body. It is standing on rocky ground.

Another fabulous moth from the Andean cloud forest. The coloring and patterns of this tiger moth remind me of something you might find decorating a playing card.
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador
(Amaxia sp.) 🌿🧪🐡 #invertebrate

Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale There’s more to “once upon a time” than meets the eye…

"Some Ways to Tell a Fairy Tale", which began as part of the short story reading project, is now out on @tordotcom to read for free (it is very short)
www.tor.com/2023/11/08/s...

Friendly Hercules beetle

Photo of a rolling landscape with a castle atop the highest hill and sunlight from the left.

Just another day in a castle in Spain.

Local trans masc making y'all aware that it's Transgender Awareness Week!

Hello, I'm Mx. Morgan and I'm a trans masculine artist and illustrator based in Seattle, WA. I'm also available for work!
If you'd like to show some appreciation (thanks!) check out my shop/tip jar at ko-fi.com/mxmorgan

Gender Envy by @patrickauden.bsky.social helped me to articulate my own complicated gender feelings and honestly is so fun to read and re-read
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/gen...

Thank you so much! I love that it resonated with you!

Mostly because I can’t stop quoting it in my head.

I GOT SO HIGH IN THE OPERATING ROOM BEFORE MY SEX CHANGE I THOUGHT I WAS A BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ANGEL MADE OUT OF BARBIE DOLL PARTS by @felixlecocq.bsky.social remains one of my favorite poems ever

“I post for people who’ve never been normal about anything ever” caption on angel drawing

Graphic quote card with words "I'd love to see works that play with the difference between the curse and the thing that curses, the difference between the ugly spread and the beautiful thing that grows from it, the difference between being cursed and not being defined by cursed-ness" Brandon O'Brien, Guest Editor

We will be open to BLIGHT themed submissions in THREE DAYS!! If you'd like insight into what the App Lit readers and editors (incl Guest Editor @therisingtithes.bsky.social) are looking for in stories & poems, check out this handy blog with thoughts on the topic
apparitionlit.com/what-does-bl...