Jemma "Not Underground" Topaz
@jemma.bsky.social
She/Her | Trans | Lesbian | 🔞 Author
All links: jemmatopaz.carrd.co
PFP: @anemoneart.bsky.social
All links: jemmatopaz.carrd.co
PFP: @anemoneart.bsky.social
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No preorder or cover yet, but my next book, "Lo Nuns!" is a set of stories set in a late medieval pseudo-Europe. As normal (for me) there are loads of lesbian and transfem nuns, and they do more than just pray.
By the grace of the Saints (also mostly trans) please prepare to get hype!
#transbooks
By the grace of the Saints (also mostly trans) please prepare to get hype!
#transbooks
Pensioner with a sign - 🚨 All police forces on alert, ready the riot gear, clear the prisons! 🚨
Actual AI CSAM ‐ 💤 Sure, we'll get to it sometime. We're definitely going to think about forming a committee to consider drafting an email, and then a further committee on possibly sending it.
Actual AI CSAM ‐ 💤 Sure, we'll get to it sometime. We're definitely going to think about forming a committee to consider drafting an email, and then a further committee on possibly sending it.
Ofcom *might* "undertake a swift *assessment* to determine *whether* there are *potential* compliance issues that *warrant investigation*."
Hard to believe, but we waste almost a quarter of a billion pounds of public money annually on this absolute shower of a regulator.
Hard to believe, but we waste almost a quarter of a billion pounds of public money annually on this absolute shower of a regulator.
January 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Pensioner with a sign - 🚨 All police forces on alert, ready the riot gear, clear the prisons! 🚨
Actual AI CSAM ‐ 💤 Sure, we'll get to it sometime. We're definitely going to think about forming a committee to consider drafting an email, and then a further committee on possibly sending it.
Actual AI CSAM ‐ 💤 Sure, we'll get to it sometime. We're definitely going to think about forming a committee to consider drafting an email, and then a further committee on possibly sending it.
Okay, in Our Monsters / The Essence of the Eye I have a mobile phone that get magically bugified. (It actual gets more useful.)
Anyhow, I imagine him looking a lot like this...
Anyhow, I imagine him looking a lot like this...
January 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Okay, in Our Monsters / The Essence of the Eye I have a mobile phone that get magically bugified. (It actual gets more useful.)
Anyhow, I imagine him looking a lot like this...
Anyhow, I imagine him looking a lot like this...
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A Rotten Girl is still just $3.50! Read the novel that won @thetransfemininereview.com's Outstanding Contemporary Fiction of 2025!
January 5, 2026 at 7:55 AM
A Rotten Girl is still just $3.50! Read the novel that won @thetransfemininereview.com's Outstanding Contemporary Fiction of 2025!
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I think this is how you know Jemma has broken out as a writer.
@jemma.bsky.social I wish your book had been kinder to fujoshi. That is to say, I wish fujoshi had been kinder to you.
January 5, 2026 at 5:14 AM
I think this is how you know Jemma has broken out as a writer.
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You'll notice that there's only one piece of art from each artist, even though they've typically done a lot more than one thing of GO fanart. This is because I wanted to entice people to click through to the artist's socials or artbooks (and hopefully buy those).
We now have a fanart gallery page on the Gunmetal Olympus website! Featuring @anemoneart.bsky.social @araclaire.bsky.social @lotusws.bsky.social with more to come as I get permission from artists to include their work.
hadescalculus.com/2026/01/02/f...
hadescalculus.com/2026/01/02/f...
January 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM
You'll notice that there's only one piece of art from each artist, even though they've typically done a lot more than one thing of GO fanart. This is because I wanted to entice people to click through to the artist's socials or artbooks (and hopefully buy those).
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@jemma.bsky.social I wish your book had been kinder to fujoshi. That is to say, I wish fujoshi had been kinder to you.
January 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
@jemma.bsky.social I wish your book had been kinder to fujoshi. That is to say, I wish fujoshi had been kinder to you.
Is there a term for a heterosexual twink? I need one.
(For writing, not dating.)
(For writing, not dating.)
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Is there a term for a heterosexual twink? I need one.
(For writing, not dating.)
(For writing, not dating.)
I mean, that's fine, but when's the Gay World Darts Championship?
January 4, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I mean, that's fine, but when's the Gay World Darts Championship?
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It's time for sleep. This is my last chance to raise the rest of what I need before Monday.
Please make it so I wake up to enough so I can cover my rent.
www.paypal.me/devyntheauthor
Please make it so I wake up to enough so I can cover my rent.
www.paypal.me/devyntheauthor
Pay Devyn Kennedy using PayPal.Me
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January 4, 2026 at 6:39 AM
It's time for sleep. This is my last chance to raise the rest of what I need before Monday.
Please make it so I wake up to enough so I can cover my rent.
www.paypal.me/devyntheauthor
Please make it so I wake up to enough so I can cover my rent.
www.paypal.me/devyntheauthor
The British government leaps into action, pulling strings and making backroom calls, in order to get Starmer the vital, public, and maybe even true information fully 5 minutes before me (because I'll probably forget).
Britain under Starmer: no one's laughing at us now!
Because they've forgotten us.
Britain under Starmer: no one's laughing at us now!
Because they've forgotten us.
Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The British government leaps into action, pulling strings and making backroom calls, in order to get Starmer the vital, public, and maybe even true information fully 5 minutes before me (because I'll probably forget).
Britain under Starmer: no one's laughing at us now!
Because they've forgotten us.
Britain under Starmer: no one's laughing at us now!
Because they've forgotten us.
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Everyone check out so much cool art of all your favorite fucked up mecha lesbians right here! @anemoneart.bsky.social ' s Hades has a rent free space in my head and heart ❤️❤️ just look at the abs and the "you haven't seen half my power" pose
We now have a fanart gallery page on the Gunmetal Olympus website! Featuring @anemoneart.bsky.social @araclaire.bsky.social @lotusws.bsky.social with more to come as I get permission from artists to include their work.
hadescalculus.com/2026/01/02/f...
hadescalculus.com/2026/01/02/f...
January 2, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Everyone check out so much cool art of all your favorite fucked up mecha lesbians right here! @anemoneart.bsky.social ' s Hades has a rent free space in my head and heart ❤️❤️ just look at the abs and the "you haven't seen half my power" pose
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
I'm a pair of sweatpants.
I'm sleeping wrong.
I'm sleeping differently wrong.
(Really, reality could do with mixing it up with the odd assassin, hungry tiger, etc.)
I'm a pair of sweatpants.
I'm sleeping wrong.
I'm sleeping differently wrong.
(Really, reality could do with mixing it up with the odd assassin, hungry tiger, etc.)
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
i’m decades of conversion therapy from my fundamentalist shrink parents
i’m decades of conversion therapy from my fundamentalist shrink parents
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
I'm Infected Vocal Chords
I'm Infected Vocal Chords
January 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
I'm a pair of sweatpants.
I'm sleeping wrong.
I'm sleeping differently wrong.
(Really, reality could do with mixing it up with the odd assassin, hungry tiger, etc.)
I'm a pair of sweatpants.
I'm sleeping wrong.
I'm sleeping differently wrong.
(Really, reality could do with mixing it up with the odd assassin, hungry tiger, etc.)
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That @anemoneart.bsky.social Hades redesign is absolutely amazing (bonus point, cannot be accused of Handler Haircut)
January 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
That @anemoneart.bsky.social Hades redesign is absolutely amazing (bonus point, cannot be accused of Handler Haircut)
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We now have a fanart gallery page on the Gunmetal Olympus website! Featuring @anemoneart.bsky.social @araclaire.bsky.social @lotusws.bsky.social with more to come as I get permission from artists to include their work.
hadescalculus.com/2026/01/02/f...
hadescalculus.com/2026/01/02/f...
January 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
We now have a fanart gallery page on the Gunmetal Olympus website! Featuring @anemoneart.bsky.social @araclaire.bsky.social @lotusws.bsky.social with more to come as I get permission from artists to include their work.
hadescalculus.com/2026/01/02/f...
hadescalculus.com/2026/01/02/f...
It's different from a lesbian perspective, because if you said younger women can never date older women, you would be in danger.
But it kind of balances out: one side has a salt-and-pepper wolf cut, and her own place, and the other can stay up past 11 without getting sleepy, and understands TikTok.
But it kind of balances out: one side has a salt-and-pepper wolf cut, and her own place, and the other can stay up past 11 without getting sleepy, and understands TikTok.
My controversial hot take:
If people are consenting adults, I can’t find myself that upset about age gaps in romantic relationships. I don’t get why anyone cares.
It’s assumption of the worst on everyone’s part and it’s not my business.
Am I wrong?
If they are CONSENTING ADULTS only.
If people are consenting adults, I can’t find myself that upset about age gaps in romantic relationships. I don’t get why anyone cares.
It’s assumption of the worst on everyone’s part and it’s not my business.
Am I wrong?
If they are CONSENTING ADULTS only.
January 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
It's different from a lesbian perspective, because if you said younger women can never date older women, you would be in danger.
But it kind of balances out: one side has a salt-and-pepper wolf cut, and her own place, and the other can stay up past 11 without getting sleepy, and understands TikTok.
But it kind of balances out: one side has a salt-and-pepper wolf cut, and her own place, and the other can stay up past 11 without getting sleepy, and understands TikTok.
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One more reset bro one more reset
January 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
One more reset bro one more reset
I'm not sure that it's good that we have developed "pundits" who either do not understand simple things, or are forced to pretend they don't understand simple things.
We have a whole class of commentors wondering around doing the Garfield looking at the "No Garfields" sign thing and going "???".
We have a whole class of commentors wondering around doing the Garfield looking at the "No Garfields" sign thing and going "???".
But can anyone tell me what this bit means? “For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I'm not sure that it's good that we have developed "pundits" who either do not understand simple things, or are forced to pretend they don't understand simple things.
We have a whole class of commentors wondering around doing the Garfield looking at the "No Garfields" sign thing and going "???".
We have a whole class of commentors wondering around doing the Garfield looking at the "No Garfields" sign thing and going "???".
Snow on the ground this morning! Really thin and quite patchy, but it always cheers me up.
January 2, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Snow on the ground this morning! Really thin and quite patchy, but it always cheers me up.
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Still VERY pleased that @jemma.bsky.social won against tradepub authors--not because I think her competition wasn't good, but because she publishes with far less support (and money) than her counterparts. A Rotten Girl hit hard, and hit at the right moment.
Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
The 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards
Over 275 authors, critics, editors, and readers came together to vote on their favorite transfeminine literature of 2025.
thetransfemininereview.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Still VERY pleased that @jemma.bsky.social won against tradepub authors--not because I think her competition wasn't good, but because she publishes with far less support (and money) than her counterparts. A Rotten Girl hit hard, and hit at the right moment.
Happy birthday to all (northern hemisphere) horsegirls, who I presume follow the same rule.
January 1, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Happy birthday to all (northern hemisphere) horsegirls, who I presume follow the same rule.
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Folks, we didn't win this election unfortunately, but I'm proud of the campaign we ran. To my family, my campaign manager, and all the volunteers who knocked on doors: thank you.
I'll carry my Distinctions for Short Story and Underground Writer proudly into 2026 as I hit the fundraising circuit.
I'll carry my Distinctions for Short Story and Underground Writer proudly into 2026 as I hit the fundraising circuit.
January 1, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Folks, we didn't win this election unfortunately, but I'm proud of the campaign we ran. To my family, my campaign manager, and all the volunteers who knocked on doors: thank you.
I'll carry my Distinctions for Short Story and Underground Writer proudly into 2026 as I hit the fundraising circuit.
I'll carry my Distinctions for Short Story and Underground Writer proudly into 2026 as I hit the fundraising circuit.
2026 Resolutions
🔸️Make it to 2012 followers minimum.
🔸️Do at least three (3) things this year.
🔸️Be bound by the physical laws of the universe vis-à-vis gravity, not moving faster than light, etc.
🔸️Make it to 2012 followers minimum.
🔸️Do at least three (3) things this year.
🔸️Be bound by the physical laws of the universe vis-à-vis gravity, not moving faster than light, etc.
January 1, 2026 at 10:12 AM
2026 Resolutions
🔸️Make it to 2012 followers minimum.
🔸️Do at least three (3) things this year.
🔸️Be bound by the physical laws of the universe vis-à-vis gravity, not moving faster than light, etc.
🔸️Make it to 2012 followers minimum.
🔸️Do at least three (3) things this year.
🔸️Be bound by the physical laws of the universe vis-à-vis gravity, not moving faster than light, etc.
Not too keen on 2026 so far. My fire alarm went off at 3 in the morning. It stopped after 10 minutes, but I stayed awake for half an hour making sure the house wasn't burning down. And then another half an hour in case the fire was lazy. And then I couldn't get back to sleep.
2026 - ⭐️⭐️ 2 stars
2026 - ⭐️⭐️ 2 stars
January 1, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Not too keen on 2026 so far. My fire alarm went off at 3 in the morning. It stopped after 10 minutes, but I stayed awake for half an hour making sure the house wasn't burning down. And then another half an hour in case the fire was lazy. And then I couldn't get back to sleep.
2026 - ⭐️⭐️ 2 stars
2026 - ⭐️⭐️ 2 stars
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Stonesense, the isometric front-end for Dwarf Fortress I made with friends... which was the inspiration for Minecraft's pixels-and-cubes look.
When Notch was considering pivoting graphical styles to something higher-res, our chats might be what convinced him to keep the pixels-and-cubes look, too.
When Notch was considering pivoting graphical styles to something higher-res, our chats might be what convinced him to keep the pixels-and-cubes look, too.
January 1, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Stonesense, the isometric front-end for Dwarf Fortress I made with friends... which was the inspiration for Minecraft's pixels-and-cubes look.
When Notch was considering pivoting graphical styles to something higher-res, our chats might be what convinced him to keep the pixels-and-cubes look, too.
When Notch was considering pivoting graphical styles to something higher-res, our chats might be what convinced him to keep the pixels-and-cubes look, too.
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A big thank you to my community for coming together for the important goal of trolling me
I look forward to being ineligible for this category next year ❤️
I look forward to being ineligible for this category next year ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A big thank you to my community for coming together for the important goal of trolling me
I look forward to being ineligible for this category next year ❤️
I look forward to being ineligible for this category next year ❤️