Helen Wiley
@helenwiley.bsky.social
Queer Southerner, recently moved to the Third Coast. I read and write constantly (mostly fantasy), play the organ occasionally, and want to be friends with every cat and dog in the world.
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If you, like me, have Peacock for a limited time so you can watch the Olympics and Paralympics, give yourself the gift of watching We Are Lady Parts as many times as possible before you cancel your subscription. We Are Lady Parts. Just over and over again. Your life will improve.
February 20, 2026 at 2:22 AM
If you, like me, have Peacock for a limited time so you can watch the Olympics and Paralympics, give yourself the gift of watching We Are Lady Parts as many times as possible before you cancel your subscription. We Are Lady Parts. Just over and over again. Your life will improve.
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
1) Jean Grey (always thought she had bi vibes!)
2) Faramir (but, like, book Faramir) (who is also bi!! he was 100% crushing on Aragorn)
3) Wonder Woman ( obviously bi, not to mention 6 feet tall and gorgeous!!)
4) I don't know much star trek, but to keep it on theme.....who's bi lol
2) Faramir (but, like, book Faramir) (who is also bi!! he was 100% crushing on Aragorn)
3) Wonder Woman ( obviously bi, not to mention 6 feet tall and gorgeous!!)
4) I don't know much star trek, but to keep it on theme.....who's bi lol
You are unattached and can date one choice each from the following categories.
Whom do you pick?
1) A Marvel mutant
2) A Tolkien character
3) A Justice Leaguer
4) A Star Trek Character
One choice for each category, GO!
Whom do you pick?
1) A Marvel mutant
2) A Tolkien character
3) A Justice Leaguer
4) A Star Trek Character
One choice for each category, GO!
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
1) Jean Grey (always thought she had bi vibes!)
2) Faramir (but, like, book Faramir) (who is also bi!! he was 100% crushing on Aragorn)
3) Wonder Woman ( obviously bi, not to mention 6 feet tall and gorgeous!!)
4) I don't know much star trek, but to keep it on theme.....who's bi lol
2) Faramir (but, like, book Faramir) (who is also bi!! he was 100% crushing on Aragorn)
3) Wonder Woman ( obviously bi, not to mention 6 feet tall and gorgeous!!)
4) I don't know much star trek, but to keep it on theme.....who's bi lol
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Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
February 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
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This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
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So much profound harm has been done by the inane, ultra-popular notion that talent is innate, fixed, and semi-mystical
February 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
So much profound harm has been done by the inane, ultra-popular notion that talent is innate, fixed, and semi-mystical
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Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.
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I joined my friend Greg and other cartoonists to draw something to welcome Liam Ramos home, but ~3800 children remain in ICE custody, including at least three students from Liam's school (and 25 parents). Join us at #Comics4Liam !
February 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I joined my friend Greg and other cartoonists to draw something to welcome Liam Ramos home, but ~3800 children remain in ICE custody, including at least three students from Liam's school (and 25 parents). Join us at #Comics4Liam !
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CHICAGOANS!!!!
Voting is open for the annual snowplow naming contest. And “Abolish Ice” is one of the options.
You know what to do (vote): chicagoshovels.org
Voting is open for the annual snowplow naming contest. And “Abolish Ice” is one of the options.
You know what to do (vote): chicagoshovels.org
February 1, 2026 at 6:55 PM
CHICAGOANS!!!!
Voting is open for the annual snowplow naming contest. And “Abolish Ice” is one of the options.
You know what to do (vote): chicagoshovels.org
Voting is open for the annual snowplow naming contest. And “Abolish Ice” is one of the options.
You know what to do (vote): chicagoshovels.org
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F/NB WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT
Ship's cook Tai is horrified to discover their new crewmate is a terrifying alien: an ordinary human woman. Now Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #QuestPit #Q #SF #A #R #LGBT
Ship's cook Tai is horrified to discover their new crewmate is a terrifying alien: an ordinary human woman. Now Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #QuestPit #Q #SF #A #R #LGBT
January 31, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Commoner best friends Lor and Firmen don't have wealth or magic—just ambition and each other. But when they align with rival noble houses, they don't realize they're sabotaging each other—or that one's ambition could mean the other’s ruin.
THE RAVEN SCHOLAR x C.L. Polk
#questpit #Q #A #F #LGBT
THE RAVEN SCHOLAR x C.L. Polk
#questpit #Q #A #F #LGBT
January 31, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
![Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73t3muu2pudsajp7a2fj3aly/bafkreigfz6fzbu65haq7nfqgaoe7m42gsaonpinpmaaptuzd5atkqvya4i@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
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BRIDGERTON X DIVERGENT
In this social season, debutantes vie for positions of power, not proposals. The only things standing in Genevieve Tiel's way? Her ruined name in every scandal sheet, her traitorous brother, and the steaming allure of the Lady's Guard.
#questpit #q #F #NA
In this social season, debutantes vie for positions of power, not proposals. The only things standing in Genevieve Tiel's way? Her ruined name in every scandal sheet, her traitorous brother, and the steaming allure of the Lady's Guard.
#questpit #q #F #NA
January 31, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Firmen, a clerk for a wealthy noble house, is drowning in debt. So he sells the only valuable thing he has: his employers' secrets. But when he falls in love with a man the nobles are blackmailing, he must find a way to save them both.
THE RAVEN SCHOLAR x WITCHMARK
#questpit #Q #A #F #LGBT
THE RAVEN SCHOLAR x WITCHMARK
#questpit #Q #A #F #LGBT
January 31, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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OUABH x Studio Ghibli
A young pianist travels through purgatory-in-the-clouds alongside the God of Time’s Apprentice to save her dying sister
🧡 YA romantic fantasy
🕰️ identity & self-acceptance
🌠 sister-story
🌥️ gods based on human psyche
💌 whimsy island in the sky
#questpit #YA #RF #F #AG #OS soon
A young pianist travels through purgatory-in-the-clouds alongside the God of Time’s Apprentice to save her dying sister
🧡 YA romantic fantasy
🕰️ identity & self-acceptance
🌠 sister-story
🌥️ gods based on human psyche
💌 whimsy island in the sky
#questpit #YA #RF #F #AG #OS soon
January 31, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA × BEST SERVED COLD × THE BUTCHER BOY
When a Court Jester snaps and brutally murders the tyrant king, he must perform and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels, while his sanity slips and fractures.
#QuestPit #A #F #DF #H #W
When a Court Jester snaps and brutally murders the tyrant king, he must perform and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels, while his sanity slips and fractures.
#QuestPit #A #F #DF #H #W
January 31, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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Now querying A SONG AGAINST RUIN (119k), queer political fantasy with romance.
RAVEN SCHOLAR x THE UNBROKEN x WITCHMARK
🌈queer best friends
🎹 high-stakes auditions
💔sapphic pining
📝magic contracts
👨❤️👨m/m friends to lovers
💃villain as love interest
🔪eat the rich
#questpit #Q #A #F #LGBT
RAVEN SCHOLAR x THE UNBROKEN x WITCHMARK
🌈queer best friends
🎹 high-stakes auditions
💔sapphic pining
📝magic contracts
👨❤️👨m/m friends to lovers
💃villain as love interest
🔪eat the rich
#questpit #Q #A #F #LGBT
January 31, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Querying now!
Virtuoso organist Lor plans to dazzle noble society with her musical skill—and win back Veren, the noblewoman who broke her heart four years ago. But Lor doesn't realize that Veren is at the center of a deadly political conspiracy.
THE RAVEN SCHOLAR x THE UNBROKEN
#questpit #Q #F #LGBT
Virtuoso organist Lor plans to dazzle noble society with her musical skill—and win back Veren, the noblewoman who broke her heart four years ago. But Lor doesn't realize that Veren is at the center of a deadly political conspiracy.
THE RAVEN SCHOLAR x THE UNBROKEN
#questpit #Q #F #LGBT
January 31, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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I say all this with love and in the hope young creators won’t burn themselves out or feel bad they can’t emulate this, because the real secret of any artist is often their partner’s full time job (and sometimes THEY are their partner’s full-time job—or they just have rich parents, sigh)
January 29, 2026 at 12:59 PM
I say all this with love and in the hope young creators won’t burn themselves out or feel bad they can’t emulate this, because the real secret of any artist is often their partner’s full time job (and sometimes THEY are their partner’s full-time job—or they just have rich parents, sigh)
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Mural of Alex Pretti in Seattle, Washington. Artwork by Topsy.
January 26, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Mural of Alex Pretti in Seattle, Washington. Artwork by Topsy.
This sounds incredibly fun!! Bridgerton meets BSG (but with lesbians) sounds like a book written specifically for me! 🤩
I have a new novel coming out next year from Erewhon Books! It's Bridgerton meets Battlestar with a bit of Gideon the Ninth, and my agent called it "unhinged" (in the best way possible). I can't wait to share it with you!
Erewhon Books Announces The Hollow Crown of Heaven by Karen Osborne - Reactor
A necromancer and a gunslinger find themselves at the center of a centuries-old conspiracy...
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January 26, 2026 at 9:58 PM
This sounds incredibly fun!! Bridgerton meets BSG (but with lesbians) sounds like a book written specifically for me! 🤩
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You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
January 24, 2026 at 9:22 PM
You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.