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@davevriser.bsky.social
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he/him. graduate student, writer, and transsexual horror.
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ghoul thing @davevriser.bsky.social · Mar 18
so pleased to have an essay in the #lore issue of #bloodletter magazine ! i talk about (gay) trans masc erasure and poppy z brite / billy martin's fierce and heartbreaking essay "Enough Rope." + how horror can soothe bad trans feelings ♡
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“Enough Rope:” Transmasculine Erasure, Violence, and Reading Trans Horror
There was a horror novel kept behind glass when I visited the Chicago Leather Archives and Museum. Poppy Z. Brite, or Billy Martin, is the author of Exquisite Corpse, a disgusting…
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
The Submissions window for YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM is open for another three weeks!

Get all the deets here:
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
December 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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emuanon34.bsky.social
Home | Doctors Without Borders - USA
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) treats people where the need is greatest. We are an international medical humanitarian organisation. We help people threatened by violence, negle...
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January 3, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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scumbelievable.bsky.social
What's left to say? May everyone involved in dropping bombs on Venezuela be punished swiftly and finally in pursuit of a just society and a lasting architecture of peace.
January 3, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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sweatermuppet.bsky.social
one of my most popular designs
a black and white typography edit. there is white text that reads "don't want to see trans people? pluck out your eyes." in the middle of the design is a hand holding a scorpion by the tail. between the scorpion's claws is a human eyeball. the entire image is edited to look photocopied.
September 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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toddedillard.bsky.social
me: oh hey cool you write towards certainty, that's great. I write towards *holds up fish*

fish: hey
December 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
davevriser.bsky.social
i had such a great time with Transmuted (and I have ordered Chasers!!), everyone should read these ASAP
eveharms.com Eve Harms, 2026 edition @eveharms.com · 17d
New editions of both books are in the works, but it could take up to a year, so now is the time to get them if you don’t want to wait!
Text over photo of the books Transmuted and Chasers. The text reads “REMINDER: Chasers and Transmuted (english) are going out of print at the end of the year!”
December 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...!
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Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
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December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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kjshepherd.bsky.social
It's your birthday, Duane.
Duane Kearns Puryear, holding his panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt. It reads, in block letters: "My name is Duane Kearns Puryear. I was born on December 20, 1964. I was diagnosed with AIDS on September 7, 1987 at 4:45 PM. I was 22 old. Sometimes, it makes me very sad. I made this panel myself. If you are reading it, I am dead..." There are several great resources to learn about Duane, his advocacy, his family, his panel, and the politics of memory and re-creation, especially this one by The Dallas Way: http://www.thedallasway.org/stories/written/2021/9/19/duane-puryears-and-the-quilt-panel Duane Puryear died in 1991.
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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interrobangbus.bsky.social
i *am* consumed by jealousy, i *am* obsessed with the bog body
April 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
davevriser.bsky.social
last day to submit! we would love to see you there!
davevriser.bsky.social ghoul thing @davevriser.bsky.social · Nov 20
It's that time... consider submitting to the Queer Horror Conference 2026 ! The call for papers is up now--it was so fun and generative last year, I would love to see all of you here this year! The conference is completely virtual, Feb 5-8th 2026 ♡
www.queerhorrorconference.com/call-for-pap...
Call For Papers — HSWG Queer Horror Conference 2026
www.queerhorrorconference.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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leemandelo.bsky.social
Winter is the perfect time to read Feed Them Silence and feel, like, so extremely bad

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Feed Them Silence
Check out Feed Them Silence - <p><b>Lee Mandelo dives into the minds of wolves in Feed Them <i>Silence</i>, a novella of the near future.</b><br><br>What does it mean to "be-in-kind" with a nonhuman a...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
davevriser.bsky.social
so suprised & happy to announce that Bloodletter Magazine nominated this essay for the Pushcart Award ♡
Screenshot from Bloodletter Magazine's instagram account, announcing their pushcart nominees.
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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genderplasmic.bsky.social
I have started an urgent gfm for my partner and friend Charisma and Robin. Please consider supporting them as they face financial hardship and housing insecurity! gofund.me/21cc825a8

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November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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leemandelo.bsky.social
As you’re doing holiday shopping, consider Amplitudes!

I’m proud of this project, and all our contributors—folks from more than 6 countries, each bringing unique perspectives and stories about queer/trans futurity, community, and survival even or especially through difficult times—did amazing work.
leemandelo.bsky.social Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · Nov 15
For #transawarenessweek, a bump for Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity!

Featuring contributors from across the globe, including both familiar and fresh voices, it gathers 22 speculative stories about queer and trans futures—and I hope at least one of them will hit for you 🖤
Cover art for Amplitudes, over a pastel rainbow heart Canva background Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity "The Republic of Ecstatic Consent" by Sam J. Miller "Trans World Takeover" by Nat X Ray "The Orgasm Doula" by Colin Dean "The Shabbos Bride" by Esther Alter "MoonWife" by Sarah Gailey "Forever Won't End Like This" by Dominique Dickey "They Will Give Us a Home" by Wen-yi Lee "There Used to Be Peace" by Margaret Killjoy "Fettle & Sunder" by Ramez Yoakeim "Six Days" by Bendi Barrett "The They Whom We Remember" by Sunny Moraine "When the Devil Comes From Babylon" by Maya Deane "Copper Boys" by Jamie McGhee "A Few Degrees" by Ash Huang "Where the World Goes Sharp and Quiet" by Ewen Ma "Circular Universe" by Ta-wei Chi, trans. Ariel Chu "Blueprint for the Destruction of Solitude" by Paul Evanby "The Garden of Collective Memory" by Neon Yang "Sugar, Shadows" by Aysha U. Farah "A Step into Emptiness" by Aiki Mira, trans. CD Covington "pocket futures in the present past" by Katharine Duckett "Bang Bang" by Meg Elison
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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sarahgailey.bsky.social
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com

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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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othersidespec.bsky.social
We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online.

🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines

🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Nonfiction: We are looking for personal essays, literary/media criticism, creative nonfiction, and more by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only considering full pieces (up to 4,000 words) and cannot consider pitches. OPEN NOW!! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines." Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Reprints: We are looking for previously published speculative short fiction (up to 17,500 words by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only looking for stories that cannot currently be read online for free. OPEN NOW!! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines."
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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rapidpunches.itch.io
Another bump for the homies 🙏😅
rapidpunches.itch.io RAPIDPUNCHES @rapidpunches.itch.io · Nov 12
Help if you can, boost if you can't (but no pressure)! They're my friends who have been struggling to stay housed. I need not explain in detail how difficult it is to be trans or to maintain stability in times like ours 😔 www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
Donate to Help Keep a Trans Family Mobile and Safe, organized by Uilleam Macgregor
We're two working trans artists, Uil and Moss, seeking financial … Uilleam Macgregor needs your support for Donate to Help Keep a Trans Family Mobile and Safe
www.gofundme.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
davevriser.bsky.social
Psst you dont have to be a conventional scholar to participate--the Queer Horror Conference also accepts presentations from artists and other creative practitioners, as well as grads, undergrads, independent scholars, and established faculty.
White text on a purple backgrounds reads: “It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.” Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818 We take our inspiration for this year’s theme from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein—a foundational text for the horror and science fiction genres, a feminist exploration of patriarchal hubris and violence, and a critical commentary on our technocratic present. We also seek to engage with the broader questions inherent within Shelley’s text, from the profound to the playful: What makes a monster? White text on a purple background reads: What are the risks (and rewards) in claiming monstrosity? What does it mean to be an unholy creation–and what does it mean to be someone who creates something "unholy"? Where are the limits of technological progress, and what are the consequences for those who overstep? How does horror continue to engage with and inspire works of self-creation and transformation? Where are the linkages between horror, DIY practices, crafting communities, and other forms of reinvention?
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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scumbelievable.bsky.social
Give us our roses while we're still alive.
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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eveharms.com
If they took these off the list, what’s left? These are the main ones
mirandayaver.bsky.social Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · Nov 20
This is fucking horrifying.

Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
davevriser.bsky.social
It's that time... consider submitting to the Queer Horror Conference 2026 ! The call for papers is up now--it was so fun and generative last year, I would love to see all of you here this year! The conference is completely virtual, Feb 5-8th 2026 ♡
www.queerhorrorconference.com/call-for-pap...
Call For Papers — HSWG Queer Horror Conference 2026
www.queerhorrorconference.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
🔥 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...
Cover art, a swan alights on a cosmic celestial sea, the sky in the colors of the trans rights flag
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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badgayspod.bsky.social
Episode 2 of Season 9 profiles Dorian Corey. One of Paris Is Burning's most quotable characters, Corey's life helps us explore the history of drag from balls for enslaved people in the 1870s to today. And when she died, friends found a mummified body in her closet. badgayspod.com/episode-arch...
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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hironennes.bsky.social
THE WORKS OF VERMIN OUT NOW!

"A brilliant, shapeshifting puzzle-box of a book"
- Christopher Buehlman

"A hallucinatory scorpion sting"
- Elizabeth Bear

"My dreams were plagued with anxiety and fear of toxins... Thanks for that."
- My barber

Get your copy from your local bookstore!
The WORKS OF VERMIN by hiron ennes surrounded by leaves and plants and shit
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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eliaseells.bsky.social
LEECH by @hironennes.bsky.social is the post-post-post-apocalyptic sci-fi gothic the world needs. Set in a bitter north with a scalpel's attention to bodies, this is a book I wish I could read for the first time again. Our drink, the Institute, bites back as you sip.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F21b...
LEECH by Hiron Ennes on a limestone hearth beside a stemmed glass with a pale drink topped with a dark float.
October 25, 2023 at 8:05 PM