Kirstyn
@kirstyns.bsky.social
Book editor and copy editor/writer.
Culture journo.
Sex, erotica + horrotica writer/editor.
Head mainly empty.
she/her
Culture journo.
Sex, erotica + horrotica writer/editor.
Head mainly empty.
she/her
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🏘️👻 It's today 👻🏘️
Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) is out now. Go grab it at diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) is out now. Go grab it at diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🏘️👻 It's today 👻🏘️
Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) is out now. Go grab it at diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) is out now. Go grab it at diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
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Cheers to everyone who made contact, book the book, etc at Thought Bubble this weekend. You too can make like the early birds and get your copy of Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) - officially on sale tomorrow 👻🏘️
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November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Cheers to everyone who made contact, book the book, etc at Thought Bubble this weekend. You too can make like the early birds and get your copy of Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) - officially on sale tomorrow 👻🏘️
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Five more days.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Five more days.
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"I love it when a protagonist sucks a little bit in terms of being a person."
Thank you so much for the Imperfect Creatures shout-out, @friendspersecond.bsky.social 🤘
Thank you so much for the Imperfect Creatures shout-out, @friendspersecond.bsky.social 🤘
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"I love it when a protagonist sucks a little bit in terms of being a person."
Thank you so much for the Imperfect Creatures shout-out, @friendspersecond.bsky.social 🤘
Thank you so much for the Imperfect Creatures shout-out, @friendspersecond.bsky.social 🤘
One thing about Batumi is there'll always be some flavour of chiseled, topless dude rollerblading along the promenade.
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
One thing about Batumi is there'll always be some flavour of chiseled, topless dude rollerblading along the promenade.
TBH, more men should live in fear of what their partners will say about them when they inevitably break up.
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
TBH, more men should live in fear of what their partners will say about them when they inevitably break up.
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🎃Sale alert🎃
Get a terrifying 31%* off your pre-order of Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) when you enter CREATURES at checkout.
Exclusively at diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
*It's 13 backwards, you see.
Get a terrifying 31%* off your pre-order of Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) when you enter CREATURES at checkout.
Exclusively at diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
*It's 13 backwards, you see.
October 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🎃Sale alert🎃
Get a terrifying 31%* off your pre-order of Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) when you enter CREATURES at checkout.
Exclusively at diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
*It's 13 backwards, you see.
Get a terrifying 31%* off your pre-order of Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) when you enter CREATURES at checkout.
Exclusively at diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
*It's 13 backwards, you see.
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Are you a poet? Do you know it? Until Nov 30, we're looking for:
📖 Verse novels
🫀 Novel-length narratives told through poetry
💥 Free verse or formal verse
🛹 Minimum of c. 40,000 words
For more information, go here: diachroneitybooks.com/Submit
📖 Verse novels
🫀 Novel-length narratives told through poetry
💥 Free verse or formal verse
🛹 Minimum of c. 40,000 words
For more information, go here: diachroneitybooks.com/Submit
Submit — Diachroneity Books
SUBMIT ︎ We need to publish your weird shit, your uncanny valleys, the fiction that doesn’t fit in ✦ Diachro’s next submission window...
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October 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Are you a poet? Do you know it? Until Nov 30, we're looking for:
📖 Verse novels
🫀 Novel-length narratives told through poetry
💥 Free verse or formal verse
🛹 Minimum of c. 40,000 words
For more information, go here: diachroneitybooks.com/Submit
📖 Verse novels
🫀 Novel-length narratives told through poetry
💥 Free verse or formal verse
🛹 Minimum of c. 40,000 words
For more information, go here: diachroneitybooks.com/Submit
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The author | the main character | the questions | the vibe
Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) - out Nov 18.
diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) - out Nov 18.
diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
October 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The author | the main character | the questions | the vibe
Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) - out Nov 18.
diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) - out Nov 18.
diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
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What should you be reading this spooky season? Imperfect Creatures by @writelikeashark.bsky.social, natch. Out Nov 18, pre-order here: diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
What should you be reading this spooky season? Imperfect Creatures by @writelikeashark.bsky.social, natch. Out Nov 18, pre-order here: diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
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Don’t you know the world is ending? The countdown to the release of Imperfect Creatures by @writelikeashark.bsky.social starts now.
Pre-order here: diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
Pre-order here: diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
October 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Don’t you know the world is ending? The countdown to the release of Imperfect Creatures by @writelikeashark.bsky.social starts now.
Pre-order here: diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
Pre-order here: diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
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Our next author @writelikeashark.bsky.social gives us his spookiest recommendations in this month’s newsletter. Don’t you know the world is ending?
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Oddities and Odysseys: Oct 2025
Imperfect Creatures now available for pre-order!! Plus other spooky bits and bobs
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October 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Our next author @writelikeashark.bsky.social gives us his spookiest recommendations in this month’s newsletter. Don’t you know the world is ending?
diachroneitybooks.substack.com/p/oddities-a...
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🎃 Need a Hallowe’en read? Into time loops, meta narratives, dysfunctional father/daughter relationships, grief and cults?
Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) is now available for pre-sale. Click the link to experience all the horrors.
diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) is now available for pre-sale. Click the link to experience all the horrors.
diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
Shop — Diachroneity Books
SHOP ︎ A note on shipping If your country is missing from shipping... Email us at books🐌diachroneitybooks.com, and we can add a shipping profile...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🎃 Need a Hallowe’en read? Into time loops, meta narratives, dysfunctional father/daughter relationships, grief and cults?
Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) is now available for pre-sale. Click the link to experience all the horrors.
diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) is now available for pre-sale. Click the link to experience all the horrors.
diachroneitybooks.com/Shop
Last night, I dreamt I was at the funeral of the Fiddley Foodle Bird, and they played a sombre, acoustic version of the theme song as they lowered him to rest.
October 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Last night, I dreamt I was at the funeral of the Fiddley Foodle Bird, and they played a sombre, acoustic version of the theme song as they lowered him to rest.
Just looked into how to become a nun; turns out I'm too old. So I decided to rejoin Tinder, and they locked me out of the app.
September 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Just looked into how to become a nun; turns out I'm too old. So I decided to rejoin Tinder, and they locked me out of the app.
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Come, join us in Harrow. Meet the House.
Seeking Advanced Readers for Joe Butler's forthcoming mind-melting horror *Imperfect Creatures* (Nov 2025)
Sign up: forms.gle/mPRirtP2gEv3...
Seeking Advanced Readers for Joe Butler's forthcoming mind-melting horror *Imperfect Creatures* (Nov 2025)
Sign up: forms.gle/mPRirtP2gEv3...
August 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Come, join us in Harrow. Meet the House.
Seeking Advanced Readers for Joe Butler's forthcoming mind-melting horror *Imperfect Creatures* (Nov 2025)
Sign up: forms.gle/mPRirtP2gEv3...
Seeking Advanced Readers for Joe Butler's forthcoming mind-melting horror *Imperfect Creatures* (Nov 2025)
Sign up: forms.gle/mPRirtP2gEv3...
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🤘We'll be opening for submissions very soon🤘
From Sep 1 to Nov 30, we're looking for:
📖 Verse novels
🫀 Novel-length narratives told through poetry
💥 Free verse or formal verse
🛹 Minimum of c. 40,000 words
More information here:
diachroneitybooks.com/Submit
From Sep 1 to Nov 30, we're looking for:
📖 Verse novels
🫀 Novel-length narratives told through poetry
💥 Free verse or formal verse
🛹 Minimum of c. 40,000 words
More information here:
diachroneitybooks.com/Submit
Submit — Diachroneity Books
SUBMIT ︎ We need to publish your weird shit, your uncanny valleys, the fiction that doesn’t fit in ✦ Diachro’s next submission...
diachroneitybooks.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🤘We'll be opening for submissions very soon🤘
From Sep 1 to Nov 30, we're looking for:
📖 Verse novels
🫀 Novel-length narratives told through poetry
💥 Free verse or formal verse
🛹 Minimum of c. 40,000 words
More information here:
diachroneitybooks.com/Submit
From Sep 1 to Nov 30, we're looking for:
📖 Verse novels
🫀 Novel-length narratives told through poetry
💥 Free verse or formal verse
🛹 Minimum of c. 40,000 words
More information here:
diachroneitybooks.com/Submit
Few more Fringe recs for your cabaret needs: Tomáṣ̌ Kantor, Kat McGarr and Izzy Kate Ward as their alter-egos Sugar, Star Dust, and Mr P from HR
festmag.com/2025/07/27/i...
festmag.com/2025/07/27/i...
Interview: Tomáš Kantor, Kat McGarr and Izzy Kate Ward
The three performers discuss debuting their alter-ego cabaret characters…
festmag.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Few more Fringe recs for your cabaret needs: Tomáṣ̌ Kantor, Kat McGarr and Izzy Kate Ward as their alter-egos Sugar, Star Dust, and Mr P from HR
festmag.com/2025/07/27/i...
festmag.com/2025/07/27/i...
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"There’s safety in what you know, even if what you know is kicking you in the nuts"
Joe Tracini discusses the value of honesty, life with BPD and the five-year journey to his #EdFringe show
Joe Tracini discusses the value of honesty, life with BPD and the five-year journey to his #EdFringe show
Interview: Joe Tracini
Joe Tracini discusses the value of honesty, life with BPD and the five-year journey to his Fringe show
festmag.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"There’s safety in what you know, even if what you know is kicking you in the nuts"
Joe Tracini discusses the value of honesty, life with BPD and the five-year journey to his #EdFringe show
Joe Tracini discusses the value of honesty, life with BPD and the five-year journey to his #EdFringe show
I miss the Fringe, don't tell anyone.
July 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I miss the Fringe, don't tell anyone.
My small press's next book is one for House of Leaves/Twin Peaks fans 👀
👻🏘️ Book announcement 🏘️👻
Our next release will be Imperfect Creatures by @writelikeashark.bsky.social
diachroneitybooks.com/Imperfect-Cr...
Our next release will be Imperfect Creatures by @writelikeashark.bsky.social
diachroneitybooks.com/Imperfect-Cr...
July 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My small press's next book is one for House of Leaves/Twin Peaks fans 👀
It feels alien to not be at the Fringe this year, but that doesn't mean I'm not still yapping about all the stuff you should go to see. For example, Joe Tracini:
"The first half of the show is an incredibly detailed trigger warning for the second half of the show."
For @festmag.bsky.social
"The first half of the show is an incredibly detailed trigger warning for the second half of the show."
For @festmag.bsky.social
Interview: Joe Tracini
Joe Tracini discusses the value of honesty, life with BPD and the five-year journey to his Fringe show
festmag.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It feels alien to not be at the Fringe this year, but that doesn't mean I'm not still yapping about all the stuff you should go to see. For example, Joe Tracini:
"The first half of the show is an incredibly detailed trigger warning for the second half of the show."
For @festmag.bsky.social
"The first half of the show is an incredibly detailed trigger warning for the second half of the show."
For @festmag.bsky.social
This is beautiful
For @theguardian.com I wrote an introduction to a feature on “My Toys,” a new photography project from Gabriele Galimberti www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘It’s not just pleasure – it’s resistance’: portraits of people with their sex toys around the world
Gulim in Kazakhstan keeps her very first one as a souvenir while Coco in Thailand breaks the law by having them, and Serena in Italy says they’re essential. But there’s still a stigma when it comes to...
www.theguardian.com
July 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is beautiful
Moving somewhere new and not having any sweet treats in the flat is torturous when it's Friday night and you really need a sweet treat.
July 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Moving somewhere new and not having any sweet treats in the flat is torturous when it's Friday night and you really need a sweet treat.
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Heeeeelp us. We have cover blindness!
An experimental metanarrative horror with eldritch creatures and heavy family histories should have WHICH COVER: 1, 2, 3, or 4?
Let us know in the comments or vote here: diachroneitybooks.substack.com/p/help-us-de...
An experimental metanarrative horror with eldritch creatures and heavy family histories should have WHICH COVER: 1, 2, 3, or 4?
Let us know in the comments or vote here: diachroneitybooks.substack.com/p/help-us-de...
July 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Heeeeelp us. We have cover blindness!
An experimental metanarrative horror with eldritch creatures and heavy family histories should have WHICH COVER: 1, 2, 3, or 4?
Let us know in the comments or vote here: diachroneitybooks.substack.com/p/help-us-de...
An experimental metanarrative horror with eldritch creatures and heavy family histories should have WHICH COVER: 1, 2, 3, or 4?
Let us know in the comments or vote here: diachroneitybooks.substack.com/p/help-us-de...