jay kang romanus
@jelliclejay.bsky.social
he/him 🏳️🌈 sffh writer, big fan of the separation between fiction and reality. editor of DUDES ROCK (the circus '25), short stories in anathema: spec from the margins, prismatica magazine, and more 🔞
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jay kang romanus
@jelliclejay.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Our new anthology DUDES ROCK, edited by @jelliclejay.bsky.social with assistance from @audriserat.bsky.social, is out now ❤️🔥✨
From buff aliens to gender-affirming werewolf bites, this anthology is about celebrating everything that queer masculinity can be, and we want you to rock with us!
From buff aliens to gender-affirming werewolf bites, this anthology is about celebrating everything that queer masculinity can be, and we want you to rock with us!
we rly did it guys im gonna cry 🥹 my baby is out in the world now, and i feel so lucky to have gotten this opportunity. i'm deeply proud of this anthology; it's everything i could've ever hoped it would be, and frankly i think the world needed a book like this! queer joy! queer men being dudes!!
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In 2025, we published two short story collections, one unusually structured anthology, and ten zines! This year might be a little slower--gotta sustain energy and money--but you can still expect some wonderfully strange, grotesque, and unsettling fiction from us. Thanks for your ongoing support!
January 2, 2026 at 5:42 PM
In 2025, we published two short story collections, one unusually structured anthology, and ten zines! This year might be a little slower--gotta sustain energy and money--but you can still expect some wonderfully strange, grotesque, and unsettling fiction from us. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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my story “you visit a witch” is out now in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social 🧙♀️🌱 one of the first stories i wrote, nearly 5 years ago, it’s much cozier (for lack of a better word) than most of my works, but it also still asks how we can bear to live in this world
kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
“You Visit a Witch” by Jay Kang Romanus
kaleidotrope.net
January 1, 2026 at 11:39 PM
my story “you visit a witch” is out now in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social 🧙♀️🌱 one of the first stories i wrote, nearly 5 years ago, it’s much cozier (for lack of a better word) than most of my works, but it also still asks how we can bear to live in this world
kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
my story “you visit a witch” is out now in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social 🧙♀️🌱 one of the first stories i wrote, nearly 5 years ago, it’s much cozier (for lack of a better word) than most of my works, but it also still asks how we can bear to live in this world
kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
“You Visit a Witch” by Jay Kang Romanus
kaleidotrope.net
January 1, 2026 at 11:39 PM
my story “you visit a witch” is out now in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social 🧙♀️🌱 one of the first stories i wrote, nearly 5 years ago, it’s much cozier (for lack of a better word) than most of my works, but it also still asks how we can bear to live in this world
kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
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New fiction by Emily Linstrom, EC Dorgan, @rkduncan.bsky.social, @phoebebarton.bsky.social, @danpeacock.bsky.social, @clhellisen.bsky.social, @prioryruins.bsky.social, @jaydeholmes.bsky.social, @amulderwrites.bsky.social, @jelliclejay.bsky.social, @kmveohongs.bsky.social, and @ernerker.bsky.social!
What's this?! A message tossed backward in time, from the far-flung future worlds of literally tomorrow—it's the table of contents from Kaleidotrope's upcoming Winter 2026 issue!
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
New fiction by Emily Linstrom, EC Dorgan, @rkduncan.bsky.social, @phoebebarton.bsky.social, @danpeacock.bsky.social, @clhellisen.bsky.social, @prioryruins.bsky.social, @jaydeholmes.bsky.social, @amulderwrites.bsky.social, @jelliclejay.bsky.social, @kmveohongs.bsky.social, and @ernerker.bsky.social!
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Hey, it's the future now! The Winter 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope is live! kaleidotrope.net
January 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Hey, it's the future now! The Winter 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope is live! kaleidotrope.net
whoa hey guys is that me starting the year with a story on the first day???
What's this?! A message tossed backward in time, from the far-flung future worlds of literally tomorrow—it's the table of contents from Kaleidotrope's upcoming Winter 2026 issue!
January 1, 2026 at 5:20 AM
whoa hey guys is that me starting the year with a story on the first day???
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What's this?! A message tossed backward in time, from the far-flung future worlds of literally tomorrow—it's the table of contents from Kaleidotrope's upcoming Winter 2026 issue!
January 1, 2026 at 12:31 AM
What's this?! A message tossed backward in time, from the far-flung future worlds of literally tomorrow—it's the table of contents from Kaleidotrope's upcoming Winter 2026 issue!
my baby sister raised her hands and cheered when the ball drop broadcast showed a gay couple kissing woke is so back!!
January 1, 2026 at 5:19 AM
my baby sister raised her hands and cheered when the ball drop broadcast showed a gay couple kissing woke is so back!!
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Here we go, my end-of-year roundup to join all the others: publications and links and recommendations!
leemandelo.com/f/2025-a-yea...
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2025: A Year in Review
Somehow, it’s December 31st again.
leemandelo.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Here we go, my end-of-year roundup to join all the others: publications and links and recommendations!
leemandelo.com/f/2025-a-yea...
leemandelo.com/f/2025-a-yea...
weird year! but
- i edited and published an anthology that i’m very proud of
- wrote a novella (unpublished)
- began my clinical rotation and am currently killing it
- more stories published than ever before
- bf and i started having sex with whoever we want and it’s amazing
- i edited and published an anthology that i’m very proud of
- wrote a novella (unpublished)
- began my clinical rotation and am currently killing it
- more stories published than ever before
- bf and i started having sex with whoever we want and it’s amazing
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
weird year! but
- i edited and published an anthology that i’m very proud of
- wrote a novella (unpublished)
- began my clinical rotation and am currently killing it
- more stories published than ever before
- bf and i started having sex with whoever we want and it’s amazing
- i edited and published an anthology that i’m very proud of
- wrote a novella (unpublished)
- began my clinical rotation and am currently killing it
- more stories published than ever before
- bf and i started having sex with whoever we want and it’s amazing
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This year has been unrelentingly miserable. But the best thing—the thing that has sustained me—has been @othersidespec.bsky.social. After almost a year and a half of work, we officially launch in 2026… and we open to submissions at midnight! Make OTHERSIDE your first sub of the new year? 🌈 🪐 🗡️
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This year has been unrelentingly miserable. But the best thing—the thing that has sustained me—has been @othersidespec.bsky.social. After almost a year and a half of work, we officially launch in 2026… and we open to submissions at midnight! Make OTHERSIDE your first sub of the new year? 🌈 🪐 🗡️
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At the end of the day, you can’t control if there’s a market to sell your story to, if it will buy your story, or if its readers will like it. The only thing you can control is whether *you* like it.
Write the stories you want to write. Because then, no matter what happens, no matter what markets are or aren’t there, you’ll at least have written the stories you want to write.
December 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
At the end of the day, you can’t control if there’s a market to sell your story to, if it will buy your story, or if its readers will like it. The only thing you can control is whether *you* like it.
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that time of year again! this is the first year where i've really felt like part of the publishing ecosystem (in my own small way), and i have a feeling that the publications i've got lined up for 2026 wouldn't be happening without the work i put in this year
December 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
that time of year again! this is the first year where i've really felt like part of the publishing ecosystem (in my own small way), and i have a feeling that the publications i've got lined up for 2026 wouldn't be happening without the work i put in this year
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So if you wanna read more stories about guys in their early twenties dealing with closeted queer desire, masculinity, grief, and ultimately coming to terms with their sexuality… might I suggest Summer Sons?
December 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So if you wanna read more stories about guys in their early twenties dealing with closeted queer desire, masculinity, grief, and ultimately coming to terms with their sexuality… might I suggest Summer Sons?
that time of year again! this is the first year where i've really felt like part of the publishing ecosystem (in my own small way), and i have a feeling that the publications i've got lined up for 2026 wouldn't be happening without the work i put in this year
December 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
that time of year again! this is the first year where i've really felt like part of the publishing ecosystem (in my own small way), and i have a feeling that the publications i've got lined up for 2026 wouldn't be happening without the work i put in this year
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Monthly Disabled & Chronically Ill Creators Boost!
- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.
- Go into the replies and look for works to read and share.
- Follow new creators and make your feed brighter!
NSFW and erotica welcome.
#BookSky #WriteSky
- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.
- Go into the replies and look for works to read and share.
- Follow new creators and make your feed brighter!
NSFW and erotica welcome.
#BookSky #WriteSky
December 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
DON’T WATCH HEATED RIVALRY I PASSED OUT EIGHTEEN TIMES
December 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
DON’T WATCH HEATED RIVALRY I PASSED OUT EIGHTEEN TIMES
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now that the contract is signed i can finally reveal some big news: my story “The One Who Carries Abinakhee Has Died” is being published by @podcastle.org !! they’ve been a dream venue of mine since i started writing and i’m unbelievably excited to hear one of my stories narrated 😭🫶
December 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
now that the contract is signed i can finally reveal some big news: my story “The One Who Carries Abinakhee Has Died” is being published by @podcastle.org !! they’ve been a dream venue of mine since i started writing and i’m unbelievably excited to hear one of my stories narrated 😭🫶
now that the contract is signed i can finally reveal some big news: my story “The One Who Carries Abinakhee Has Died” is being published by @podcastle.org !! they’ve been a dream venue of mine since i started writing and i’m unbelievably excited to hear one of my stories narrated 😭🫶
December 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
now that the contract is signed i can finally reveal some big news: my story “The One Who Carries Abinakhee Has Died” is being published by @podcastle.org !! they’ve been a dream venue of mine since i started writing and i’m unbelievably excited to hear one of my stories narrated 😭🫶
happy to publicly confirm that i never received payment or an author copy for my story “desert silver blue” which was published in their anthology KOSMOS OBSCURA (though they at least did the courtesy of letting me know that the exclusivity period is now waived)
Alert: I've gotten several reports of non-payment by Graveside Press, from authors w/ stories in one or more anthologies. Also failing to provide author copies, & failing to respond to emails & messages. Anyone w/ similar experiences, pls contact me (Writer Beware) in confidence: beware@sfwa.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
happy to publicly confirm that i never received payment or an author copy for my story “desert silver blue” which was published in their anthology KOSMOS OBSCURA (though they at least did the courtesy of letting me know that the exclusivity period is now waived)
there are more serious problems with generative ai but the one that upsets me on the most visceral level is it being used to create cute animal contentslop. destroying THEIR environment and using their innocent likenesses and they don't even KNOW it makes me nauseous
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
there are more serious problems with generative ai but the one that upsets me on the most visceral level is it being used to create cute animal contentslop. destroying THEIR environment and using their innocent likenesses and they don't even KNOW it makes me nauseous
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DUDES ROCK: A CELEBRATION OF QUEER MASCULINITY IN SPECULATIVE FICTION, is an anthology of short stories, edited by @jelliclejay.bsky.social, and my contribution has sexy Jews in space.
What does masculinity mean to you?
Available in eBook or paperback here: www.amazon.co.uk/Dudes-Rock-C...
What does masculinity mean to you?
Available in eBook or paperback here: www.amazon.co.uk/Dudes-Rock-C...
November 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
DUDES ROCK: A CELEBRATION OF QUEER MASCULINITY IN SPECULATIVE FICTION, is an anthology of short stories, edited by @jelliclejay.bsky.social, and my contribution has sexy Jews in space.
What does masculinity mean to you?
Available in eBook or paperback here: www.amazon.co.uk/Dudes-Rock-C...
What does masculinity mean to you?
Available in eBook or paperback here: www.amazon.co.uk/Dudes-Rock-C...
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Hello! My name is Johannes T. Evans (he/him), and I am a gay, transgender, disabled author of fantasy, romance, horror, and erotic fiction based in West Yorkshire.
I write a huge array of fiction and non-fiction, and lots of it is available to read for FREE on my website:
www.johannestevans.co.uk
I write a huge array of fiction and non-fiction, and lots of it is available to read for FREE on my website:
www.johannestevans.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Hello! My name is Johannes T. Evans (he/him), and I am a gay, transgender, disabled author of fantasy, romance, horror, and erotic fiction based in West Yorkshire.
I write a huge array of fiction and non-fiction, and lots of it is available to read for FREE on my website:
www.johannestevans.co.uk
I write a huge array of fiction and non-fiction, and lots of it is available to read for FREE on my website:
www.johannestevans.co.uk
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I am usually in the camp of 'all reading is good' but in some very rare cases an absolute dunderhead will pick up a book and be like "the hobbits are a direct endorsement of fascist racial supremacy" and I don't think it's really helping them or anyone else, like maybe reading actually isn't for you
October 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I am usually in the camp of 'all reading is good' but in some very rare cases an absolute dunderhead will pick up a book and be like "the hobbits are a direct endorsement of fascist racial supremacy" and I don't think it's really helping them or anyone else, like maybe reading actually isn't for you