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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They)
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Writer, poet, editor, reviewer. @anathemamagazine.bsky.social co-founder. Publisher at @huldrahouse.bsky.social. Trans. (She/They)

https://kayaskovdatter.wordpress.com/
https://mathesonfreelancing.com/
https://www.huldrahouse.com
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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 8d
While pre-orders for The Collected Hulderotica Year One are open Hulderotica 1 & 12 are now free - 20k of romance/monsterfucking/horrorotica to try before you buy.

And 24 stories (160k) in the collected version for $5.99 USD:

www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/pre-o...
huldrahouse.itch.io/the-collecte...
Cover image of a book called The Collected Hulderotica Year One, written by Kaya Skovdatter. Background is a figure in a shadowed figure in a scarf and dress, holding an umbrella. Their face too is covered in shadow, only two unnerving points of light shining out of that darkness. Around the figure is a lush, overgrown forest painted in a variety of greens, and before them is a rock-edged forest pool with the figure's reflection cast in its green-tinged surface. The title is overlaid against the cover image, its text matte white.
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clarionwest.bsky.social
Full and partial tuition scholarships are available. Learn more about the workshop and available scholarships on the workshop page. www.clarionwest.org/programs/sum...
Text over abstract background reads: Scholarships Available What is the Six-Week Workshop? Clarion West’s acclaimed Six-Week Workshop is a space for honing your sense of short fiction and other writing skills in a workshop format. We welcome speculative fiction writers across all backgrounds to apply, and we’re looking forward to reading your application! For more information, visit: https://www.clarionwest.org/programs/summerworkshop/
February 10, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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msbeaeli.bsky.social
Wish I could also be all la-di-da and shitpost all day, but there is so much work that needs to be done to get the trans community to MAKE SPACE for Black trans folks.
February 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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diannalgunn.bsky.social
Sharing again for all of the late night weirdos who love queer vampire books 🥰
diannalgunn.bsky.social Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 11h
You preordering Woman of Sorrow and Blood and locking in your support for aggressively bisexual sapphic gothic horror that will break your heart in the most delicious way

On Itch: diannagunn.itch.io/wosab

And elsewhere: books2read.com/u/m0p0kW
Faith holding a knife beside Buffy’s head, grinning. Faith is labelled “You” and Buffy’s head has been replaced with the cover for Woman of Sorrow and Blood by Dianna Gunn, which features a woman in a quasi-historical flowing red dress holding a rose.
February 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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charlenedraws.bsky.social
This book has the most scathing dedication by an illustrator I have ever seen (and he is completely right)

#kidlit
Photo of I Will Not Be Scared picture book Photo of the dedication page of I Will Not Be Scared
February 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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thebase16.bsky.social
“It has some risk” and “we learned a lot internally from the last issue” is crazy fucking weasel work for “we let two million photos of people’s legal government identification be released on to the dark web.”

Keep bullying them
legendofnerd.bsky.social Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 8h
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social
Im teaching Clarion West this summer. Not too late to join us!
clarionwest.bsky.social Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social · 10h
If you're still thinking about applying for the 2026 Six-Week Workshop, applications close on Friday, February 13 at 12:00 PM PT (Noon!).

The 2026 workshop is virtual with instructors @taracampbell.bsky.social, @indrapramitdas.bsky.social, David Thomas Moore, and @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social!
The Clarion West logo and text that reads: Six-Week Workshop Applications Are Open: Applications Close February 13 at Noon Pacific Time.
February 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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diabolicalplots.com
....
I just...
I will just never understand the measures to which some publishers will go to avoid doing right by the writers who actually make the stuff they build their magazine out of.
This ain't it.
victoriastrauss.com Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 8h
For those following the Red Ogre Review saga, he has made good on his promise to change his licensing terms...by doubling down.

On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
Content submissions of any type to Red Ogre Review are conditioned on, and evidence of, your explicit agreement that in exchange for Red Ogre Review’s evaluation of your content submission for potential publication with Red Ogre Review or any other publication outlet, you intentionally and unreservedly grant Red Ogre Review an unrestricted, transferable, and nonrevocable worldwide license and right to use the submission content on this site and in any reproduced, related, or derivative materials, including in print books and in electronic books produced by Red Ogre Review, and on social media channels operated by or affiliated with Red Ogre Review, without expectation of any cash payment, royalty payments, or any other valuable compensation; you also irrevocably waive in their entirety any current or future exercise of “natural rights” or “moral rights of authors” as may potentially be asserted. Content submissions of any type to Red Ogre Review are conditioned on, and evidence of, your explicit agreement that in exchange for Red Ogre Review’s evaluation of your content submission for potential publication with Red Ogre Review or any other publication outlet, you intentionally and unreservedly grant (absent mutual written agreement to the contrary) Red Ogre Review an unrestricted, transferable, and nonrevocable worldwide license and right to use the submission content on this site and in any reproduced or derivative formats, including in print books and in electronic books produced by Red Ogre Review, and on social media channels operated by or affiliated with Red Ogre Review, without expectation of any cash payment, royalty payments, or any other valuable compensation, as of the moment of Red Ogre Review’s written agreement to publish your creative work; you also irrevocably waive in their entirety any current or future exercise of “natural rights” or “moral rights of authors” as may potentially be asserted in contradiction of these terms of service, to the extent consistent with the laws of the applicable jurisdiction(s).
February 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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keguro.bsky.social
Struggle is not the goal.

It’s the method.

To get free.

Too many people imagine struggle is the goal, so any acts of worldbuilding that prefigure freedom are dismissed as incidental, as distractions.
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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alyossan.art
Sorry to vent on main but I'm just so sick of being a grown-ass adult online who can't openly enjoy talking about or drawing sex stuff even in completely adult spaces where all minors are completely banned just because everyone has gotta be such fascist controlling fucking babies about it
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
Hey

y'all like urban fantasy

got a comic for ya
kelmcdonald.bsky.social Kel McDonald @kelmcdonald.bsky.social · 17h
My kickstarter is now up! Please grab yourself Shards of Reflections, the 5th book in my webcomic series The City Between! www.kickstarter.com/projects/149...

It follows a newbie vampire trying to track down her sire. Please spread the word!
The cover of Shards of Reflections. The header says Kickstarting now! There are several tags with arrows pointing to the book telling you what the book has in store. - Supernatural noir - Art deco future setting - Identity crisis - Unreliable POV - Psychological mystery - Vampires are capitalists - Stand alone in shared universe - She can do a little murder, as a treat
February 10, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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fiversdream.bsky.social
A life situation is potentially getting worse and it would mean a lot if I could build a groundswell of support. I have no income outside of disability which makes me dependent on my partner.
fiversdream.bsky.social Elliott Dunstan @fiversdream.bsky.social · 18h
Hello folks! I have a SubscribeStar, and I'd like to get my base of subscribers this month.

www.subscribestar.com/elliottdunstan

As an anti-spam measure, Star doesn't automate payments until I have 5 subscribers, which means I need 5 folks to subscribe during Feb.
elliottdunstan on subscribestar.com
Subscribe to elliottdunstan for more updates and exclusive content.
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February 10, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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mishiiarts.bsky.social
Apparently someone is hardcore sharing my Amazon divestment newsletter signup because I've been getting new subscriber emails all day 😂

Reminder that if you're a reader boycotting Amazon or an author divesting from Amazon, I'm putting together a little promo/support movement you can join in on!
mishiiarts.bsky.social Emery 🏳️‍⚧️ @mishiiarts.bsky.social · 5d
As promised, here is my starter pack of authors who've divested from Amazon! If you're a reader boycotting Amazon, you'll find some great authors to support here!

I recommend using the starter pack to browse since genres vary widely, but it's up to you! Authors, to be added see below 👇
February 9, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
Fuk yeah
mattsheridan.bsky.social Matt Sheridan @mattsheridan.bsky.social · 12h
So I read in some article that folks are adding deliberate typos to their writing in order to dispel suspicions that they’re getting machines to speak for them. That’s coward shit. I say just use the word “fuck” more.

In the face of enshittification, commence the enfuckening.
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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cxorlando.bsky.social
feeling extremely proud of the authors involved in this
February 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Please don't accuse people in knitted hats of only wearing their supposed politics if all you're doing is posting, which is basically just another way of wearing your politics. It's a silly thing to attack people over in any case. Using fashion to signal support for ongoing acts of rebellion is good
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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samtasticbooks.com
Excerpt, excerpt!
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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gothgreenwitch.bsky.social
I still have 4 donated freelance short story edit (dev, line, copy, whatever) slots open.

One per person. 7.5k max. Any genres welcome. Marginalized writers only, please.

If interested, reply here or DM.
a girl sitting on a couch reading a book and drinking from a cup
Alt: Anime gif: Frieren, a white-haired elf in mage's white robes with gold trim, sits on an ornate couch. A book is open in her lap, held with her right hand, in her left is a teacup she drinka from periodically. In the foreground are two more books stacked on a table, and the edge of a teapot (the rest is off-screen) on the lower right.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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nerdvolutionkurisu.bsky.social
Littke something to pin on Insta after the wave of A/I slop from this weekend
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
gothgreenwitch.bsky.social
This cover is so fucking good. It's almost June, right? The year's moving fast. Feels like we're nearly there...
elainechen.com E. L. Chen @elainechen.com · 18h
Hurrah, the cover for my slasher romp SLASHER SUMMER has finally been officially revealed on Insta! Look at that amazing art by @turksworks.bsky.social, it makes me want to read the book and I already know what happens. 😅

Coming in June from Crown (US/Can) and Michael Joseph (UK).
The cover of SLASHER SUMMER: the characters of the novel clustered together like a movie poster, and in the center a masked figure wearing a hoodie and red buffalo plaid jacket raises an axe. The cover itself is designed to look like a VHS tape.
February 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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erininthemorning.com
In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions.

Then covered it up again when caught.

Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.

Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up
A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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ecatherine.com
A reminder that we are gathering stories for AFTERLIVES 2025, curated by @mariahaskins.com. psychopomp.com/afterlives-2...
Afterlives 2025: Reprint Call - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
You may have read about Psychopomp’s recent reorg, but we are still doing Afterlives 2025: The Year’s Best Death Stories!
psychopomp.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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keffy.bsky.social
"Why don't victims come forward?"

*meanwhile a volunteer crew of angry dudes starts combing through every aspect of the survivor's entire life to find "evidence" that could be used to discredit the allegations no matter how irrelevant*
February 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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shadefish.bsky.social
I mean this as hard as I can: cancel your fucking nitro. it is LITERALLY the only thing that they fucking listen to.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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mxmorgan.com
Discovered this is more effective communication than email. Honestly do both lol: support.discord.com/hc/en-us/req...
Submit a request – Discord
support.discord.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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mxmorgan.com
also just sent an email.

if you are a monthly nitro subscriber do the right thing and cancel your sub, and let them know why you cancelled.
aimeecozza.com Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 19h
My email to support@discord.com is sent

Let the backlash be swift and unrelenting
theverge.com The Verge @theverge.com · 20h
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM