Dei Walker
@dei2dei.bsky.social
Queer | Codex | SFWA | fibercrafter, language nerd
Today we are outbound from Ballarat to the Great Ocean Road and points westward! I have to say, though, that the centerpiece of Ballarat being the lake is fabulous. It's a gorgeous piece of wetlands/marsh lake and I love it.
February 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Today we are outbound from Ballarat to the Great Ocean Road and points westward! I have to say, though, that the centerpiece of Ballarat being the lake is fabulous. It's a gorgeous piece of wetlands/marsh lake and I love it.
I can't say enough good things about @cjtavares.bsky.social 's story The (Mis)Fortunes of Saint Ilia’s School for Gifted Girls, In No Particular Order; the format is amazing and the story is great and definitely worth multiple reads to take it all in.
The (Mis)Fortunes of Saint Ilia’s School for Gifted Girls, In No Particular Order - The Dark Magazine
On June 17, 2004, six students and two faculty members from Saint Ilia’s School for Gifted Girls were found dead. A not altogether shocking occurrence, as mishaps of the fatal variety often happen…
www.thedarkmagazine.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I can't say enough good things about @cjtavares.bsky.social 's story The (Mis)Fortunes of Saint Ilia’s School for Gifted Girls, In No Particular Order; the format is amazing and the story is great and definitely worth multiple reads to take it all in.
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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL FANWORKS DAY! Duck Prints Press is 100% fandom folks - every single contributor, including me as owner, started as fan creators. It's a requirement to apply to us! So of course we're celebrating today with a rec list! Enjoy our favorite fanfic: duckprintspress.com/2026/02/15/h...
February 15, 2026 at 1:16 PM
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL FANWORKS DAY! Duck Prints Press is 100% fandom folks - every single contributor, including me as owner, started as fan creators. It's a requirement to apply to us! So of course we're celebrating today with a rec list! Enjoy our favorite fanfic: duckprintspress.com/2026/02/15/h...
Sock Madness quali specs are up. Looks like I WILL need 3 of the 4 skeins I had packed (and thankfully not the beads I hadn't). And tomorrow we start the Great Ocean Road drive...except I'm the solo driver. If I get in as a cheerleader this year, it'll be a miracle.
February 15, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Sock Madness quali specs are up. Looks like I WILL need 3 of the 4 skeins I had packed (and thankfully not the beads I hadn't). And tomorrow we start the Great Ocean Road drive...except I'm the solo driver. If I get in as a cheerleader this year, it'll be a miracle.
ugh, the timing! if i wasn't literally flying out the day before... i would be flying up there first.
Ok Sydney friends (and people who can fly here!), there are STILL tickets available for the Sapphic Shorts program featuring the Australian premiere of MAGIC on Feb 22 and that’s incomprehensible to me. #earpers and #switches assemble!! queerscreen.org.au/sessions/sap...
Sapphic Shorts
From early sexual awakenings to late-in-life discoveries and everything in between, this collection of sapphic films features T’Nia Miller and Dominique Provost-Chalkley.
queerscreen.org.au
February 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
ugh, the timing! if i wasn't literally flying out the day before... i would be flying up there first.
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
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this Valentine's Day, 🔥⚔️🔥 BURN UP IN VICTORY🔥⚔️🔥
Serafina's brother has eloped, and left her with their mother, and society.
Lorenzo's best friend eloped, and left his damnable sister here.
they're not really enemies but they might as well be
books2read.com/burnupinvict...
Serafina's brother has eloped, and left her with their mother, and society.
Lorenzo's best friend eloped, and left his damnable sister here.
they're not really enemies but they might as well be
books2read.com/burnupinvict...
February 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
this Valentine's Day, 🔥⚔️🔥 BURN UP IN VICTORY🔥⚔️🔥
Serafina's brother has eloped, and left her with their mother, and society.
Lorenzo's best friend eloped, and left his damnable sister here.
they're not really enemies but they might as well be
books2read.com/burnupinvict...
Serafina's brother has eloped, and left her with their mother, and society.
Lorenzo's best friend eloped, and left his damnable sister here.
they're not really enemies but they might as well be
books2read.com/burnupinvict...
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I cannot get over the language in Cypress Teeth by @pelagicnatasha.bsky.social - www.khoreomag.com/fiction/cypr... . Rhythmic, evocative, and it hits perfectly through the whole story. The narrator's voice is chef's kiss; the building, building, building up to that very end, that sweet challenge?
Cypress Teeth
They send you down into the swamps of Atchafalaya to die with nothing between your teeth but contract ink and shame. There’s a lot of misery to sow across the continent, after all, and no room for a…
www.khoreomag.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I cannot get over the language in Cypress Teeth by @pelagicnatasha.bsky.social - www.khoreomag.com/fiction/cypr... . Rhythmic, evocative, and it hits perfectly through the whole story. The narrator's voice is chef's kiss; the building, building, building up to that very end, that sweet challenge?
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Today in your parasol reportage. Found this one at Wat Phra That Doi Suthep (Golden Temple) in Chaing Mai, Thailand.
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Today in your parasol reportage. Found this one at Wat Phra That Doi Suthep (Golden Temple) in Chaing Mai, Thailand.
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we've posted the poll for our Patrons to pick what the inspiration for our next QUEER FANWORKS INSPIRED BY... anthology will be. The choices are...
🌟 Van Gogh's art
🦊 Robin Hood
🧛 Dracula
🚣♂️ The Odyssey & the Iliad
👑 Arthuriana
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🌟 Van Gogh's art
🦊 Robin Hood
🧛 Dracula
🚣♂️ The Odyssey & the Iliad
👑 Arthuriana
Become a member to cast your vote! www.patreon.com/posts/help-d...
Help Decide the Inspiration for Our Next "Queer Fanworks Inspired By..." Anthology! | Duck Prints Press
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February 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
we've posted the poll for our Patrons to pick what the inspiration for our next QUEER FANWORKS INSPIRED BY... anthology will be. The choices are...
🌟 Van Gogh's art
🦊 Robin Hood
🧛 Dracula
🚣♂️ The Odyssey & the Iliad
👑 Arthuriana
Become a member to cast your vote! www.patreon.com/posts/help-d...
🌟 Van Gogh's art
🦊 Robin Hood
🧛 Dracula
🚣♂️ The Odyssey & the Iliad
👑 Arthuriana
Become a member to cast your vote! www.patreon.com/posts/help-d...
I will not be there, but my stuff will be! I'm not sure which anthologies (or zines) will make it, but I've got sapphic cleric/mercenary smut, Mary Bennet With Anxiety In Spaaace!, and more.
It’s that time again: Boskone 63 will be taking place next weekend, February 13th to 15th, in Boston Massachusetts at the Westin Boston Seaport Distict!! If you're in the Boston area and you love science fiction and fantasy books, I hope I'll see you there!
boskone.org
boskone.org
February 11, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I will not be there, but my stuff will be! I'm not sure which anthologies (or zines) will make it, but I've got sapphic cleric/mercenary smut, Mary Bennet With Anxiety In Spaaace!, and more.
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I want it on the record of history that artists realized the harm immediately and were (and continue to be) loud bitches trying to stop the idiots who are out of their minds.
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
VC, founder, dumbass
February 9, 2026 at 8:16 AM
I want it on the record of history that artists realized the harm immediately and were (and continue to be) loud bitches trying to stop the idiots who are out of their minds.
we're gonna keep this short and sweet: what's your favorite trope?
(bonus: what's your favorite thing about it?)
(bonus: what's your favorite thing about it?)
February 10, 2026 at 11:04 PM
we're gonna keep this short and sweet: what's your favorite trope?
(bonus: what's your favorite thing about it?)
(bonus: what's your favorite thing about it?)
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Also, really the only thing formulaic about most romance is the HEA. But that’s not new, either. Mysteries? Intrepid detective solves crime. Fantasy? Magic previously thought impossible will become possible. Lit fic? Character alienates important people in their lives.
February 10, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Also, really the only thing formulaic about most romance is the HEA. But that’s not new, either. Mysteries? Intrepid detective solves crime. Fantasy? Magic previously thought impossible will become possible. Lit fic? Character alienates important people in their lives.
There was one in Melbourne on Sunday and we were there as some of it was setting up. It was a good opportunity to talk with the kids about what protests are, what they look like, organizing one, rules that go with it to make it safer where possible, and what it was about. Good experience for them.
#Auspol Protests Update
Today
Sydney: Police Brutality, 5.30pm, Surrey Hills Police Station
11th
Adelaide: Vigil for Palestine, 5pm, Parliament.
12th
Brisbane: Free Speech on Palestine: Parliament, 12pm.
Melbourne: Protest Herzog's Presence, 3pm, Southern Cross Station
13th
Bendigo, Herzog, 5pm
Today
Sydney: Police Brutality, 5.30pm, Surrey Hills Police Station
11th
Adelaide: Vigil for Palestine, 5pm, Parliament.
12th
Brisbane: Free Speech on Palestine: Parliament, 12pm.
Melbourne: Protest Herzog's Presence, 3pm, Southern Cross Station
13th
Bendigo, Herzog, 5pm
Activist Events | Green Left
www.greenleft.org.au
February 10, 2026 at 7:48 AM
There was one in Melbourne on Sunday and we were there as some of it was setting up. It was a good opportunity to talk with the kids about what protests are, what they look like, organizing one, rules that go with it to make it safer where possible, and what it was about. Good experience for them.
Currently reading City of Others by Jared Poon: thoroughly enjoying the prose, the very real stressed bureaucracy, the cultural complexity of life in Singapore and the various types of Others (in more than one way) that make it up. About halfway through and loving it.
what are we reading???? I just finished Lia Amador's wonderfully Cuban diaspora-inflected rom-com Witch You Would and then somehow fell into a partial Wimsey reread, though I've got Meg Elison's forthcoming Founding Fathers queued up too.
February 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Currently reading City of Others by Jared Poon: thoroughly enjoying the prose, the very real stressed bureaucracy, the cultural complexity of life in Singapore and the various types of Others (in more than one way) that make it up. About halfway through and loving it.
While I'm off on hols, have another one from my backlist! I have the first Jórunn story, THE EXILE'S PYRE, in @cdbrown.bsky.social's Dirty Magick Magazine, #16 (Dec 2025). An outlaw völva gets a slim chance to do some good—if she can keep her head in the process.
Dirty Magick Magazine Volume Two Issue Sixteen
About Dirty Magick Magazine Issue Fourteen Dirty Magick Magazine is a monthly fantasy, urban fantasy, and gothic horror magazine first published in September 2024. The editor and publisher is C.D.…
weightlessbooks.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
While I'm off on hols, have another one from my backlist! I have the first Jórunn story, THE EXILE'S PYRE, in @cdbrown.bsky.social's Dirty Magick Magazine, #16 (Dec 2025). An outlaw völva gets a slim chance to do some good—if she can keep her head in the process.
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It’s that time again: Boskone 63 will be taking place next weekend, February 13th to 15th, in Boston Massachusetts at the Westin Boston Seaport Distict!! If you're in the Boston area and you love science fiction and fantasy books, I hope I'll see you there!
boskone.org
boskone.org
February 8, 2026 at 7:56 PM
It’s that time again: Boskone 63 will be taking place next weekend, February 13th to 15th, in Boston Massachusetts at the Westin Boston Seaport Distict!! If you're in the Boston area and you love science fiction and fantasy books, I hope I'll see you there!
boskone.org
boskone.org
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there's so much disrespect of romance writers and romance readers baked into the idea that AI-driven production of novels is 'better'. as if writing romance isn't skillful, hard and joyous work. as if romance readers aren't discerning, loyal and savvy.
February 8, 2026 at 9:17 PM
there's so much disrespect of romance writers and romance readers baked into the idea that AI-driven production of novels is 'better'. as if writing romance isn't skillful, hard and joyous work. as if romance readers aren't discerning, loyal and savvy.
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We have 12 days to go on our crowdfund for WHAT ELEGANT STARS and still need to raise about $7k. We've just added a reward "add-on" for a short story critique with editor dave ring if that would be of interest.
We also still have two Benefactor Rewards at $1k that would be incredibly impactful.
We also still have two Benefactor Rewards at $1k that would be incredibly impactful.
February 8, 2026 at 9:39 PM
We have 12 days to go on our crowdfund for WHAT ELEGANT STARS and still need to raise about $7k. We've just added a reward "add-on" for a short story critique with editor dave ring if that would be of interest.
We also still have two Benefactor Rewards at $1k that would be incredibly impactful.
We also still have two Benefactor Rewards at $1k that would be incredibly impactful.
@criticalrole.bsky.social spotted at ACMI!
February 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM
@criticalrole.bsky.social spotted at ACMI!
@aliettedebodard.com Found you! (Amplify Books in Melbourne, AUS)
February 7, 2026 at 11:58 PM
@aliettedebodard.com Found you! (Amplify Books in Melbourne, AUS)