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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Dec 8
Brave and unflinching, Like Blood on a Dog's Teeth comes gracious & asking; From youth to adulthood, from lost pup to collared, Nivik reflects on bright lights and rough loves, the selfhood of aging, & all that it costs.
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The cover image, a charcoal and nearly white pale green photo of a person in profile in their pup hood. Their eyes are obscured by a scribble of the background colour over which the title is written in red, is accompanied by the following text LIKE BLOOD ON A DOG’S TEETH NIVIK January 21st, 2026 kithbooks.com “i want to feel you with alien skin just to touch the newness and strangeness of your flesh until i again know it for its sensitivity under this layer of warmth.” - Latex like blood on a dog's teeth i love like a dog with blood on their teeth caught up in the immediacy of the scent, singularly focused and ever pursuing eyes dilated, wracked with frenzy, possession, instinct, insatiable. i am a dog in pursuit baying and howling, consumed by my quarry, the trumpet beckoning me on to settle the hunt and feast i am a starving dog following the trace of you. finally locked in my jaws i gorge and gratify. Drone (love in a gas mask) there is perfection in unblemished latex skin a mask that reflects the viewer in eyes that are closed knowing only your warm touch magnified and heightened to guide me. There is transfiguration in a creature relying on exclusively on your command to guide and position me. To be an empty shell where words like 'I' escape meaning. To respond to the pulls at my collar. To be an object at your disposal. To be the thing you use and direct. To have no will but yours. An emptiness and silence punctuated by breaths through a gas mask and what moans you command me make. Breathe life into my vents and filters and play god a while. gentle i wish to live a quiet life stirred only by a gentle breeze that tickles wind-chimes in dulcet expressions and calls me to prayer yet here the gentility we build is surrounded by smoke and fangs and the roars of the bloodthirsty the peace i have this gentility i wish: the bloodthirsty remind you you only have this world because the wolves haven't come for you yet. they tolerate you for a while. in this shrinking, gentle world that hasn't yet turned to ash the desolate feeling (ever closer to the brink) that we must be quieter unhurried reasoning with those with bloodstained fangs in the hope they pass over our houses— (perhaps our bones and sinew are not yet offensive enough to warrant them gouging us.) i say to you these wolves will feast on us all— we must defend the last of this fragile world from these forests of ash and glinting teeth. we must defend our gentle peace our quiet and felicitous solitude by sharpening our teeth to meet the monsters' own. when the howls of the bloodthirsty are extinguished we can have our quiet peace again. On a background of pale green is the muzzle of a person in pup hood and the following text LIKE BLOOD ON A DOG’S TEETH NIVIK January 21st, 2026 kithbooks.com No one teaches us how to age gracefully in the queer community; Nivik does the best job of it I've seen thus far. Their poems are elegaic exposés on an utterly new queer condition: what it's like to have loved and lost, to have danced until you're no longer the pretty young thing in the middle of the rave, to have had raw, unbridled intimacy in an age where the only epidemic people are worried about doesn't have to do with your sexuality. The animal imagery throughout, often classical, often beat, tells the tale of a dog who is lost and abandoned, found again, found again, and still possessing an immense, inane appetite. And whether you're a pup or a furry, a kinkster or a prude, a dom daddy or a sadistic sub, Nivik's poems are a dog unto themselves: they'll go for your throat, and you won't know until you're done whether their bite is one of love or of hunger. Or maybe they're both the same -Thurston Howl, Fenris Publishing
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I fucking love indie lit. I love what @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @thirtywestph.com @gameoverbooks.bsky.social @malarkeybooks.bsky.social @kithbooks.bsky.social @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social Autofucus and more are doing. And how they are doing it. A god damn inspiration, every single day.
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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today's a beautiful day to take action
if you've called an elected representative, attended a rally, participated in a work stoppage, stood up to a bigot, or taken any other action on behalf of the people, code ABOLISHICE will get you a free eBook or $3 off any book in the shop
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January 25, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.

We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...
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January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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I wrote 13 100 line poems of found poetry from @sgj.bsky.social s MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW and he kindly wrote the foreword to it
check out IS MY CHAINSAW A HEART: 13 CENTOS at @kithbooks.bsky.social - all the links below

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cjsubko.bsky.social C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 1d
Authors, please talk about your books.

We needs breaks from the suck or we won't make it.
January 29, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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two days left to apply!!
kithbooks.bsky.social kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Dec 22
kith crit: cohort one
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kith crit: cohort one a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick A FREE twelve week critique & craft workshop for writers of all genres who have been systemically, or functionally, excluded from traditional lit education spaces applications due: January 31st responses: February 15th workshop begins: March 16th-22nd DO NOT SELF REJECT wim@kithbooks.com kithbooks.com kith crit: cohort one Spring 2026 a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick What: a positive and nurturing collaborative workshop comprised of weekly group sessions; private discord access for day to day encouragement, community, and editorial support; and a behind the scenes look at the process of publication; ideally culminating in a press ready book.* Who: this workshop is open to anyone systemically or functionally excluded from traditional lit ed opportunities. while kith focuses primarily on trans, queer, Crip, and sick writers, please don’t self reject. ultimately participants will be chosen by fit. applications for inclusion will be recorded as proof of eligibility. no evidence of need is wanted or required. How: a brief statement outlining your hopes and/or expectations that includes a ‘state of the wip’ reckoning, along with a sample of the project you hope to workshop should be sent to wim@kithbooks.com by January 31st. access assurances, inquiries, and anxieties are welcome as well. kithbooks.com @KithBooks CRAFT SESSIONS: Who is a Workshop & How is Critique? Text: Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses Lyrical Wordscapes: Uncovering the rhythm of body and voice Text: Wrestling With Cadence: Essays on writing and intuition by Dennis Lee Internal Continuity in World Building aka King William would NEVER say that! Texts: Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill, The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde & Query by Zilla Novikov Reality Check: In which we talk about money & get mad about art Texts: How Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists by Dave Berry & The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog Whitespace & Wonder aka Books aren’t 8.5 by 11 and neither should you Texts: How I Bend into More by Tea Gerbeza, Cyclettes by Tree Abraham, & We Need A Breathing Tongue Between by Katarina Gotic Damiani Okay, But, Is It Working? aka Are we going to need eagles to get us out of this jam? Texts: Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin & Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz & David Hayward
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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there are cathedrals...
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under the title "there are cathedrals..." are the covers of the following books Book of Extraction: Poems with Teeth Adrian Dallas Frandle here i am, pry me open Atlas St. Cloud The Magi Come to Toronto E.G.N. Lafleur Angels & Insects are Creatures with Wings Amy Jannotti
January 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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today's read
Gigged The end of the job and the future of work Sarah Kessler
January 28, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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call a Democrat and tell them pre-capitulation will lose them your support and we'll give you a free eBook or $3 off any book in the shop.
code: ABOLISHICE
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January 27, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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four days left to get your applications in
kithbooks.bsky.social kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Dec 21
kith crit: cohort one
let's get into the weeds
kith crit: cohort one a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick Craft Sessions Who is a Workshop & How is Critique? Text: Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses Lyrical Wordscapes: Uncovering the rhythm of body and voice Text: Wrestling With Cadence: Essays on writing and intuition by Dennis Lee Internal Continuity in World Building aka King William would NEVER say that! Texts: Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill, The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde & Query by Zilla Novikov Reality Check: In which we talk about money & get mad about art Texts: How Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists by Dave Berry & The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog Whitespace & Wonder aka Books aren’t 8.5 by 11 and neither should you Texts: How I Bend into More by Tea Gerbeza, Cyclettes by Tree Abraham, & We Need A Breathing Tongue Between by Katarina Gotic Damiani Okay, But, Is It Working? aka Are we going to need eagles to get us out of this jam? Texts: Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin & Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz & David Hayward
January 27, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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excellent read
the cover of The Hammer: Power, inequality, and the struggle for the soul of labor by Hamilton Nolan the title appears in bold all caps red and black. In the upper right corner, a fist rises from inside an old style tool box
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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four days left to get your applications in
kithbooks.bsky.social kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Dec 21
kith crit: cohort one
let's get into the weeds
kith crit: cohort one a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick Craft Sessions Who is a Workshop & How is Critique? Text: Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses Lyrical Wordscapes: Uncovering the rhythm of body and voice Text: Wrestling With Cadence: Essays on writing and intuition by Dennis Lee Internal Continuity in World Building aka King William would NEVER say that! Texts: Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill, The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde & Query by Zilla Novikov Reality Check: In which we talk about money & get mad about art Texts: How Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists by Dave Berry & The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog Whitespace & Wonder aka Books aren’t 8.5 by 11 and neither should you Texts: How I Bend into More by Tea Gerbeza, Cyclettes by Tree Abraham, & We Need A Breathing Tongue Between by Katarina Gotic Damiani Okay, But, Is It Working? aka Are we going to need eagles to get us out of this jam? Texts: Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin & Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz & David Hayward
January 27, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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Friends and associates, we are mere DAYS from official BLACK HOLE SCIENCE by @never.horse Day!! About 3/4 of the books have been posted so far, so start looking out in the next weeks, and if you want the special print/stickers, we still have a few copies left!
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A physical palm-sized copy of Never Angeline North's poetry hybrid release, Black Hole Science Is Filled with Apologies. Two little girls look out a bedroom window at a giant snake. Illustration and cover by North. Three stickers on a bathroom wall, featuring the Black Hole Science cover, the author, and an alternative cover, of an old-timey family: a woman, a bear, and two children. These stickers come with each ordered special copy!! <3
January 27, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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today's read
cults like us: why doomsday thinking drives America by Jane Borden
January 27, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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get in kids, we're making folk heroes
dbrauer.net David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 2d
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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In solidarity with the boycotts, my indie books have officially been pulled from Amazon. If you have *also* pulled your books from Amazon for whatever reason, let me know. I'm putting together some more discovery for people whose books no longer benefit from or support Amazon.
January 27, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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if you're a self-pub author of eBooks looking for somewhere to host them that isn't propping up ICE, our inbox is open. give me a shout. we'll take no cut, hold no rights.
January 27, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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🎉The reviews are IN and the book is OUT🎉

Today marks the official pub date of @ravineangel.bsky.social's debut horror novel Persona!

You can buy the book right NOW on our website or at your local indie bookstore!
January 27, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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The American Dream adage of "you can be rich if you work hard" serves only to convince the rich that they have worked hard.
January 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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There's a publishing auction for charity running at the end of this week with a BUNCH of wonderful critique, books, art, and bookish items for donations to organizations that help immigrants and low-income communities experiencing the threat of ICE.

#writingcommunity 💙📚 #author #journal
Publishing for Minnesota
Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
kithbooks.bsky.social
call a Democrat and tell them pre-capitulation will lose them your support and we'll give you a free eBook or $3 off any book in the shop.
code: ABOLISHICE
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January 27, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Read a new review of Jameela F. Dallis’s Encounters for the Living and the Dead by Beth Brown Preston here: www.sinisterwisdom.org/node/1024
/In/ this rich and fecund poetic exploration... the presence of death in life, appears! like a pearl inside an oyster... ENCOUNTERS FOR THE LIVING AND THE POEMS DEAD JAMEELA F. DALLIS Beth Brown Preston, Sinister Wisdom: A Multicultural Lesbian Literary & Art Journal
January 27, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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retainingwater.bsky.social
Protest works, that’s why they don’t want you to do it
January 27, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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I've got a soft spot for the procrastinators, the last minute deciders, the justhitsendjusthitsend submitters so here's your set it aside for four more days warning. for the rest of you, doors close in five.
kithbooks.bsky.social kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Dec 22
kith crit: cohort one
kithbooks.com/crit
kith crit: cohort one a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick A FREE twelve week critique & craft workshop for writers of all genres who have been systemically, or functionally, excluded from traditional lit education spaces applications due: January 31st responses: February 15th workshop begins: March 16th-22nd DO NOT SELF REJECT wim@kithbooks.com kithbooks.com kith crit: cohort one Spring 2026 a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick What: a positive and nurturing collaborative workshop comprised of weekly group sessions; private discord access for day to day encouragement, community, and editorial support; and a behind the scenes look at the process of publication; ideally culminating in a press ready book.* Who: this workshop is open to anyone systemically or functionally excluded from traditional lit ed opportunities. while kith focuses primarily on trans, queer, Crip, and sick writers, please don’t self reject. ultimately participants will be chosen by fit. applications for inclusion will be recorded as proof of eligibility. no evidence of need is wanted or required. How: a brief statement outlining your hopes and/or expectations that includes a ‘state of the wip’ reckoning, along with a sample of the project you hope to workshop should be sent to wim@kithbooks.com by January 31st. access assurances, inquiries, and anxieties are welcome as well. kithbooks.com @KithBooks CRAFT SESSIONS: Who is a Workshop & How is Critique? Text: Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses Lyrical Wordscapes: Uncovering the rhythm of body and voice Text: Wrestling With Cadence: Essays on writing and intuition by Dennis Lee Internal Continuity in World Building aka King William would NEVER say that! Texts: Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill, The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde & Query by Zilla Novikov Reality Check: In which we talk about money & get mad about art Texts: How Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists by Dave Berry & The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog Whitespace & Wonder aka Books aren’t 8.5 by 11 and neither should you Texts: How I Bend into More by Tea Gerbeza, Cyclettes by Tree Abraham, & We Need A Breathing Tongue Between by Katarina Gotic Damiani Okay, But, Is It Working? aka Are we going to need eagles to get us out of this jam? Texts: Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin & Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz & David Hayward
January 26, 2026 at 7:47 PM
kithbooks.bsky.social
excellent read
the cover of The Hammer: Power, inequality, and the struggle for the soul of labor by Hamilton Nolan the title appears in bold all caps red and black. In the upper right corner, a fist rises from inside an old style tool box
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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WORKSHOPS ARE BACK, BABY 🫦

Writing For Trans Justice with KB Brookins

Join us for a free, virtual workshop about how to write and pitch op-eds, and what op-eds can do for trans rights!

Register here: Writing for Trans Justice with KB Brookins www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-fo...
A graphic with a brown background and an illustrations of a large lunar moth. The text reads: LILAC PERIL PRESENTS Writing for Trans Justice: the who / what / when / where / why of writing, pitching, and landing op-eds about trans issues with KB BROOKINS a free virtual workshop Feb 21, 2026 1 - 2 PM EST A graphic with a brown background an illustration of a butterfly on a branch. The text reads: WORKSHOP TOPIC. Writing for Trans Justice: the who / what / when / where / why of writing, pitching, and landing op-eds about trans issues. We'll be going over the basics of writing and pitching opinion editorials (op-eds) and what op-eds can do for trans rights! Free, trans led, and community oriented.This will be a 1-hour time commitment.
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 PM