Max Turner
@maxturneruk.com
Gay, trans writer of spec & science fiction, horror, furry fiction & LGBTQ+ romance and erotica, and more often than not, combinations thereof. Pro people, Anti AI.
He/Him
tumblr: maxturnerwrites
www.maxturneruk.com
Publisher of www.acoupofowls.com
He/Him
tumblr: maxturnerwrites
www.maxturneruk.com
Publisher of www.acoupofowls.com
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We're on to our seventh author preview, and the time is flying by!
@maxturneruk.com is today's Author, and he's gifting us a little highlight that may trigger thalassophobia or curiosity. Or both. We like both.
Preorders are still open until Dec. 12th!
monstermashzine.bigcartel.com
@maxturneruk.com is today's Author, and he's gifting us a little highlight that may trigger thalassophobia or curiosity. Or both. We like both.
Preorders are still open until Dec. 12th!
monstermashzine.bigcartel.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
We're on to our seventh author preview, and the time is flying by!
@maxturneruk.com is today's Author, and he's gifting us a little highlight that may trigger thalassophobia or curiosity. Or both. We like both.
Preorders are still open until Dec. 12th!
monstermashzine.bigcartel.com
@maxturneruk.com is today's Author, and he's gifting us a little highlight that may trigger thalassophobia or curiosity. Or both. We like both.
Preorders are still open until Dec. 12th!
monstermashzine.bigcartel.com
Every year I make my son a Halloween costume in the hopes he'll wear it. In 2023 it was a Camerman costume (Skibidi toilet), and at the last minute he decided to go as Pink Among Us. 2024 I made a Moon (FNAF) costume and at the last minute he got into his Ghostbusters costume...
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Every year I make my son a Halloween costume in the hopes he'll wear it. In 2023 it was a Camerman costume (Skibidi toilet), and at the last minute he decided to go as Pink Among Us. 2024 I made a Moon (FNAF) costume and at the last minute he got into his Ghostbusters costume...
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Hey look, it’s the monthly annoucement of blood money acceptors - aka Harry Potter actors. Which actor I loved will I be sad is here? Which will show their ass in an interview & reveal how little they give a shit about trans people? Such a fun game this has become… fml. deadline.com/2025/10/harr...
Harry Potter Audiobooks Adds Bill Nighy, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísu & More To Cast
Pottermore Publishing and Audible have announced additional casting for Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions, including Bill Nighy.
deadline.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Hey look, it’s the monthly annoucement of blood money acceptors - aka Harry Potter actors. Which actor I loved will I be sad is here? Which will show their ass in an interview & reveal how little they give a shit about trans people? Such a fun game this has become… fml. deadline.com/2025/10/harr...
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Check out a sneak peek at my newest novelette! If you love those shots in David Lynch projects where there's headlights on a dark country road, I think you're gonna love this.
Check out our latest update:
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
places where you cannot be: an afro-american travel guide by @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #queerhorror #booksky 🌈📚
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
places where you cannot be: an afro-american travel guide by @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #queerhorror #booksky 🌈📚
October 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Check out a sneak peek at my newest novelette! If you love those shots in David Lynch projects where there's headlights on a dark country road, I think you're gonna love this.
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Check out our latest update:
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
Latest - The Sphecanthrope by Leigh V Twersky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #queerhorror #horrorromance #booksky 🌈📚
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
Latest - The Sphecanthrope by Leigh V Twersky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #queerhorror #horrorromance #booksky 🌈📚
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Check out our latest update:
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
Latest - The Sphecanthrope by Leigh V Twersky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #queerhorror #horrorromance #booksky 🌈📚
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
Latest - The Sphecanthrope by Leigh V Twersky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #queerhorror #horrorromance #booksky 🌈📚
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Check out our latest update:
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
places where you cannot be: an afro-american travel guide by @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #queerhorror #booksky 🌈📚
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
places where you cannot be: an afro-american travel guide by @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #queerhorror #booksky 🌈📚
October 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Check out our latest update:
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
places where you cannot be: an afro-american travel guide by @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #queerhorror #booksky 🌈📚
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
places where you cannot be: an afro-american travel guide by @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #queerhorror #booksky 🌈📚
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#Fannibals, our time has come.
Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: suzanne.scott@utexas.edu.
October 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#Fannibals, our time has come.
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We're so excited about Dark Paths and our other two publications!
We have 17 days left on our Kickstarter and unfortunately are no longer fully funded after a pledge was rescinded! Please help us get to our £500 goal, and on our way to the first stretch goal!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
We have 17 days left on our Kickstarter and unfortunately are no longer fully funded after a pledge was rescinded! Please help us get to our £500 goal, and on our way to the first stretch goal!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
October 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We're so excited about Dark Paths and our other two publications!
We have 17 days left on our Kickstarter and unfortunately are no longer fully funded after a pledge was rescinded! Please help us get to our £500 goal, and on our way to the first stretch goal!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
We have 17 days left on our Kickstarter and unfortunately are no longer fully funded after a pledge was rescinded! Please help us get to our £500 goal, and on our way to the first stretch goal!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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Have you pledged yet?
We have 24 days to go and we're just £79 away from our goal! Help us smash it and get moving towards the first stretch goal!
We're posting regular updates about the publications too so do check them out!
#supportindiepress #supportindiewriters #indiepress #booksky
We have 24 days to go and we're just £79 away from our goal! Help us smash it and get moving towards the first stretch goal!
We're posting regular updates about the publications too so do check them out!
#supportindiepress #supportindiewriters #indiepress #booksky
The Kickstarter for our 2025/6 publications is NOW LIVE!!
Oct 2025: Dark Paths: A Queer Horror Romance Collection
Dec 2025: Light Paths: A Queer Fantast Romance Collection
Feb 2026: trans romance novella Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
Oct 2025: Dark Paths: A Queer Horror Romance Collection
Dec 2025: Light Paths: A Queer Fantast Romance Collection
Feb 2026: trans romance novella Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
Queer Horror, Fantasy and Romance by A Coup of Owls Press
Help us publish our 2025-2026 collections and novella: Horror Romance (Oct '25) Fantasy Romance (Dec '25) and Trans romance (Feb '26)
www.kickstarter.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Have you pledged yet?
We have 24 days to go and we're just £79 away from our goal! Help us smash it and get moving towards the first stretch goal!
We're posting regular updates about the publications too so do check them out!
#supportindiepress #supportindiewriters #indiepress #booksky
We have 24 days to go and we're just £79 away from our goal! Help us smash it and get moving towards the first stretch goal!
We're posting regular updates about the publications too so do check them out!
#supportindiepress #supportindiewriters #indiepress #booksky
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Check out our latest update:
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
Glory to God by @amandamblake.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #vampires #vampire #vampiregoddess #queerhorror #gayvampires #booksky 🌈📚
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
Glory to God by @amandamblake.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #vampires #vampire #vampiregoddess #queerhorror #gayvampires #booksky 🌈📚
October 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Check out our latest update:
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
Glory to God by @amandamblake.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #vampires #vampire #vampiregoddess #queerhorror #gayvampires #booksky 🌈📚
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
Glory to God by @amandamblake.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#queerfiction #vampires #vampire #vampiregoddess #queerhorror #gayvampires #booksky 🌈📚
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Check out our latest update:
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
Up first - Vampire Joe by Clinton Seiter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#gayfiction #queerfiction #vampires #vampire #gayvampires #booksky #queerwriters 🌈📚
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
Up first - Vampire Joe by Clinton Seiter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#gayfiction #queerfiction #vampires #vampire #gayvampires #booksky #queerwriters 🌈📚
September 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Check out our latest update:
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
Up first - Vampire Joe by Clinton Seiter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#gayfiction #queerfiction #vampires #vampire #gayvampires #booksky #queerwriters 🌈📚
We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications.
Up first - Vampire Joe by Clinton Seiter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
#gayfiction #queerfiction #vampires #vampire #gayvampires #booksky #queerwriters 🌈📚
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Take it from a longtime editor/author/musician: no legitimate publisher/agent/book club/record label will ask you for money to work with you. Anyone who does is scamming and won’t do anything for you.
October 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Take it from a longtime editor/author/musician: no legitimate publisher/agent/book club/record label will ask you for money to work with you. Anyone who does is scamming and won’t do anything for you.
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🎃STARTS WEDNESDAY🎃
My horror-loving friends, it is time 👻
#31DaysofHorror bingo
1. Each day in October watch a horror movie.
2. For each horror movie, mark a tombstone on the bingo board.
3. Post your progress and challenge others.
4. Tag me to be entered to win a RED WALLS gift box.
My horror-loving friends, it is time 👻
#31DaysofHorror bingo
1. Each day in October watch a horror movie.
2. For each horror movie, mark a tombstone on the bingo board.
3. Post your progress and challenge others.
4. Tag me to be entered to win a RED WALLS gift box.
September 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🎃STARTS WEDNESDAY🎃
My horror-loving friends, it is time 👻
#31DaysofHorror bingo
1. Each day in October watch a horror movie.
2. For each horror movie, mark a tombstone on the bingo board.
3. Post your progress and challenge others.
4. Tag me to be entered to win a RED WALLS gift box.
My horror-loving friends, it is time 👻
#31DaysofHorror bingo
1. Each day in October watch a horror movie.
2. For each horror movie, mark a tombstone on the bingo board.
3. Post your progress and challenge others.
4. Tag me to be entered to win a RED WALLS gift box.
Looking forward to this!
Myself and Leonie from the Owls team will be there representing @acoupofowls.bsky.social and selling BOOKS, MERCH and BOOKISH BITS!!! Come along and say hi if you're in Norwich on 25th October!
Myself and Leonie from the Owls team will be there representing @acoupofowls.bsky.social and selling BOOKS, MERCH and BOOKISH BITS!!! Come along and say hi if you're in Norwich on 25th October!
September 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Looking forward to this!
Myself and Leonie from the Owls team will be there representing @acoupofowls.bsky.social and selling BOOKS, MERCH and BOOKISH BITS!!! Come along and say hi if you're in Norwich on 25th October!
Myself and Leonie from the Owls team will be there representing @acoupofowls.bsky.social and selling BOOKS, MERCH and BOOKISH BITS!!! Come along and say hi if you're in Norwich on 25th October!
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The spammers aren’t even putting in the minimum effort any more!
September 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The spammers aren’t even putting in the minimum effort any more!
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✊🏿 Paid opportunities for Black LGBTQIA+ writers and journalists!
The @thelovetankcic.bsky.social Phil Samba @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social is joining @WeAreQueerAF.com as our Black History Month UK guest editor
Details in 🧵 or apply now 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/black-histor...
The @thelovetankcic.bsky.social Phil Samba @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social is joining @WeAreQueerAF.com as our Black History Month UK guest editor
Details in 🧵 or apply now 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/black-histor...
September 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
✊🏿 Paid opportunities for Black LGBTQIA+ writers and journalists!
The @thelovetankcic.bsky.social Phil Samba @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social is joining @WeAreQueerAF.com as our Black History Month UK guest editor
Details in 🧵 or apply now 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/black-histor...
The @thelovetankcic.bsky.social Phil Samba @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social is joining @WeAreQueerAF.com as our Black History Month UK guest editor
Details in 🧵 or apply now 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/black-histor...
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It's a great time to write queer horror
It’s simple:
Sad man = LitFic
Sad man with dog = Romance
Sad man with whiskey = Crime
Sad man with talking dog = Fantasy
Sad robot = Science fiction
Any kind of woman lead whatsoever = Chicklit
Sad man = LitFic
Sad man with dog = Romance
Sad man with whiskey = Crime
Sad man with talking dog = Fantasy
Sad robot = Science fiction
Any kind of woman lead whatsoever = Chicklit
September 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It's a great time to write queer horror
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Kickstarter has been such a great platform for us, and we're looking forward to once again bringing more stories to life and putting them into reader's hands (physical or digital!).
Whilst you're over checking out our Kickstarter, be sure other amazing projects!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
Whilst you're over checking out our Kickstarter, be sure other amazing projects!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
Queer Horror, Fantasy and Romance by A Coup of Owls Press
Help us publish our 2025-2026 collections and novella: Horror Romance (Oct '25) Fantasy Romance (Dec '25) and Trans romance (Feb '26)
www.kickstarter.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Kickstarter has been such a great platform for us, and we're looking forward to once again bringing more stories to life and putting them into reader's hands (physical or digital!).
Whilst you're over checking out our Kickstarter, be sure other amazing projects!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
Whilst you're over checking out our Kickstarter, be sure other amazing projects!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
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With just over a month to go until our Kickstarter ends AND we send out the first of our 2025 publications, we are currently at 69% funded!
We would love to smash through the £500 goal so that we can include some great stretch goals!!
#booksky #queerwriters #writersofcolour 🌈📚 #supportindiewriters
We would love to smash through the £500 goal so that we can include some great stretch goals!!
#booksky #queerwriters #writersofcolour 🌈📚 #supportindiewriters
The Kickstarter for our 2025/6 publications is NOW LIVE!!
Oct 2025: Dark Paths: A Queer Horror Romance Collection
Dec 2025: Light Paths: A Queer Fantast Romance Collection
Feb 2026: trans romance novella Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
Oct 2025: Dark Paths: A Queer Horror Romance Collection
Dec 2025: Light Paths: A Queer Fantast Romance Collection
Feb 2026: trans romance novella Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth...
Queer Horror, Fantasy and Romance by A Coup of Owls Press
Help us publish our 2025-2026 collections and novella: Horror Romance (Oct '25) Fantasy Romance (Dec '25) and Trans romance (Feb '26)
www.kickstarter.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
With just over a month to go until our Kickstarter ends AND we send out the first of our 2025 publications, we are currently at 69% funded!
We would love to smash through the £500 goal so that we can include some great stretch goals!!
#booksky #queerwriters #writersofcolour 🌈📚 #supportindiewriters
We would love to smash through the £500 goal so that we can include some great stretch goals!!
#booksky #queerwriters #writersofcolour 🌈📚 #supportindiewriters
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An aimless retail worker discovers new, elusive residents of the store, and decides to be delighted rather than frightened.
Miracle Aisle by Bethany L. Sherwood is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a
#BookSky #ShortStories #RetailHell
Miracle Aisle by Bethany L. Sherwood is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a
#BookSky #ShortStories #RetailHell
a fried chicken leg on a white plate
Alt: a fried chicken leg on a white plate with each frame of the gif showing more of it has been eaten until it is just bone.
media.tenor.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
An aimless retail worker discovers new, elusive residents of the store, and decides to be delighted rather than frightened.
Miracle Aisle by Bethany L. Sherwood is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a
#BookSky #ShortStories #RetailHell
Miracle Aisle by Bethany L. Sherwood is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a
#BookSky #ShortStories #RetailHell
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A humanities major hitchhiking in Jordan embarks on a quirky road trip that becomes a mysterious quest for the Ark of the Covenant.
Backpacking Through the books of Exodus... by Rowan Tate is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a
#BookSky #ShortStories #RoadTripwithGod
Backpacking Through the books of Exodus... by Rowan Tate is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a
#BookSky #ShortStories #RoadTripwithGod
a car is driving down a road at sunset with the sun shining through the clouds .
Alt: a car is driving down a road at sunset with the sun shining through the clouds .
media.tenor.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A humanities major hitchhiking in Jordan embarks on a quirky road trip that becomes a mysterious quest for the Ark of the Covenant.
Backpacking Through the books of Exodus... by Rowan Tate is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a
#BookSky #ShortStories #RoadTripwithGod
Backpacking Through the books of Exodus... by Rowan Tate is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a
#BookSky #ShortStories #RoadTripwithGod
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A retelling of the Norse myth of Fenrir and Tyr… from Fenrir’s perspective.
The Hand that Feeds by Phoebe Bush is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a
#BookSky #ShortStories #NorseMythology
The Hand that Feeds by Phoebe Bush is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a
#BookSky #ShortStories #NorseMythology
a black dog is running on a chess board .
Alt: a gif of a large black dog is running across a bridge towards the camera
media.tenor.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A retelling of the Norse myth of Fenrir and Tyr… from Fenrir’s perspective.
The Hand that Feeds by Phoebe Bush is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a
#BookSky #ShortStories #NorseMythology
The Hand that Feeds by Phoebe Bush is now live in our Autumn 2025 issue: acoupofowls.com/2025/09/15/a
#BookSky #ShortStories #NorseMythology