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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 16d
Holiday savings at @jms-books.com! Fifty percent off thru Dec 28! ALL ebooks! Many lovely authors including @elliethomas.bsky.social, @fionaglass.bsky.social, @cypayseur.bsky.social @klnoone.bsky.social, Ofelia Grand and @kateyhawthorne.bsky.social!
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The Fake Boyfriend's Best Friend, a mm romance by Mere Rain. Low heat (ace rep) low angst, short. Blizzards and Bullets, a mm romance by Mere Rain. High heat, suspense, age gap.
mererain.bsky.social
(Also still open to subs, I believe)
othersidespec.bsky.social OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 19h
Since we opened to submissions, we've reached over 260 patrons! As a thank you, we're doing a Patreon subscription giveaway! This includes access to our community Discord, behind-the-scenes newsletters, and more!

To enter, like and repost this post. We'll draw a winner on Monday, January 12th!
Get more from OTHERSIDE on Patreon
a magazine of the queer fantastic.
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January 10, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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rachelwithers.bsky.social
"The categories of what is unsayable & who is silenced will inevitably grow. Today it is Gaza, but next it could be the environment or social policy. As we see in the US, the slippery categories of terrorism & community cohesion are ever-growing as forces of oppression."

Flanagan nails it, as usual
Politicians shouldn’t decide who appears at writers’ festivals. It’s a dangerous path
Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa Abdel-Fattah.
www.smh.com.au
January 10, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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claireconnelly.bsky.social
Close to 100 authors have pulled out of Adelaide Writers Week over the board’s decision to remove Palestinian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah from its lineup

www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
Writers' Week under threat of collapse as list of writers leaving nears 100 - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
A multitude of high-profile authors has joined the flood of names demolishing the Writers' Week lineup.
www.indailysa.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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ryanlcooper.com
I wrote this almost 11 years ago theweek.com/articles/444...
When heavy military equipment is taken from its original context and placed in the hands of a domestic law-enforcement agency with little training in wartime scenarios, it becomes nothing more than an instrument of intimidation. It simply has no other purpose. Wearing jungle camouflage in an urban setting, pointing guns at civilians, driving around pointlessly in an armored personnel carrier — all of these egregiously violate military best practices. This is playing soldier dress-up to scare the pants off the locals — except the guns are real. Notice also how many of these riot cops have their faces completely covered by gas masks and insect goggles. That is almost never seen in recent wars, because covering the face makes a soldier look less human, which is directly at odds with modern counterinsurgency thinking. But covering the face to dehumanize the enemy is a common feature in first-person shooter games (like Half Life 2 and the Killzone series), where the player often has to slaughter them by the score. Doing it to oneself is, I think, a deliberate effort to broaden the emotional distance between law enforcement and the people who are being forced into submission. It turns out that when you put normal cops into soldier gear, you don't get soldiers. You get paramilitary goons.
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
mererain.bsky.social
TEN on the TENTH: romance titles either 99c or FREE
via @gayromancereviews.bsky.social
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January 10, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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seizethepress.bsky.social
We're putting together a mailing list for short fiction reviewers and critics to get review copies of the magazine.

So if you're a short fiction reviewer - first off you're doing the lord's work - but also email me at jonny@seizethepress.com and I'll add you to our shiny new reviewers list.
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
ATTN: Los Angeles!

@ologies.bsky.social & I are hosting an evening of ART & ACTIVISM. We're going to be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city.

RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x

Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social!

Please repost, LA!
a bunch of animals including a blushing coyote, beaver, rattler, ram, raccoon, and crane, sit around a table all making art. It's so fucking cute. There are crayons and paints and pan pastels all over the table. The middle of the table says Bad Art For Good and Art + community event Jan 15, 6:30-9:30
December 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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stinasdemons.com
Update: these two are sold
Three mini paintings, two of which have been sold and are marked as such
January 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
mererain.bsky.social
Mmm, anyone else suddenly craving spumoni?
tenebrouspress.bsky.social Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 2d
🔥COVER REVEAL🔥

Enjoy this first look at the art for @dangerslater.bsky.social's WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE is out this September; illustrated by @mattblairstone.bsky.social

No creatures were harmed in the making of WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE, but we can't vouch for its effects on you once you read it🖤☠️
Cover art; an illustrated cross section of a house, in vaporwave greens oranges and yellows. In the dining room, a woman wields an axe over the head of an unsuspecting individual at the table. In the kitchen, a man has his hands shoved deep into the sink; blood is splattered on the backsplash. Beneath the sink something fleshy and bulbous. The bottom half of the illustration is all swollen bulbous fleshy intestines in browns, pale pinks and off-white. The book title and author are spelled out in blobby fleshy letters
January 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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jms-books.com
New LGBTQ ebooks drop Wednesday from JMS Books!

Check out this week's authors:
❤️ Lou Dellaguzzo
🧡 Adam Carpenter
💛 Ray Hatch
💚 Quinn Lockhart
💙 Becky Black

#queerbooks #mmromance #ffromance #jmsbooks

www.jms-books.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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courtneymilan.com
Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.

He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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stevewestenra.bsky.social
For those considering using AI/LLMs for their books or book covers. I was just about to mark a book as one I was interested in reading as part of a judging allotment, then didn't due to the use of AI in its cover. You're genuinely missing out on readers (& reviews) when you use this shite
January 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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omgjulia.bsky.social
It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
A gift to end 2025 — Worlds of Possibility Volume 2!
This second volume collects short stories, flash fiction, and drabbles from the August 2023 to June 2025 issue run of Worlds of Possibility.
www.juliarios.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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crawfordartgallery.bsky.social
We’re embracing the cold today with Colin Middleton’s Winter: Camden street, and all of its crisp, frosty vibes! ❄️ With its cool palette it evokes fog and wintry air, especially the silvery-blues of the upper portion of the painting.

#CrawfordArtGallery #WinterVibes
January 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
mererain.bsky.social
Almost all the queer romance and fantasy I have out is available via Kobo+ (also Hoopla, if your library offers that). I write a lot of novelette-length stories if you're looking for things you can read in one sitting.
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Princes at War m/m fantasy but not the kind that needs maps and pronunciation guides Stealing Gifts contemporary mm holiday romance
January 5, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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qospress.bsky.social
#Booksky Our books are available at your local library! You can request them via Libby or in print (IngramSpark) - it’s the proverbial win-win! Support your library and us at the same time!
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eBook - Running Dry
A new kind of vampire...Artist Ernst Doud has been living with his secrets for over a century: feeding, killing and creating art to assuage his guilt. All of that is about to change. Sergio, the lover...
www.overdrive.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:13 PM
mererain.bsky.social
Keep Christmas with you, Owl through the year 🎶
diane.dianeduane.com Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 14d
At #Ebooks Direct for the holiday season: OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. Warning: contains New York City, COVID, #Christmas tree theft, gay wizards (officially Out at last...),other wizards who're not *quite* so Young any more, and a very small but abruptly powerful avian. ebooks.direct/products/owl...
An image of a small, angry-eyed owl in a Christmas tree. Caption: "Sometimes the tree IS the present. AND SHE WANTS HERS *NOW.* Also: mockups of the cover (for smartphone and tablet) of OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.
January 4, 2026 at 10:21 AM
mererain.bsky.social
Convert or be devoured
gemmafiles.bsky.social weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social · 6d
I’ve never seen this reliquary from this angle, and it only looks worse :)))
St Anthony’s tongue
January 4, 2026 at 10:15 AM
mererain.bsky.social
Sale still going, through Sunday! 🔥
My books, other people's books; short books, long books, anthologies!
jms-books.com JMS Books LLC @jms-books.com · 8d
As we turn the page on another year, we just want to say thank you.

To everyone who bought a book, shared a review, attended a reading, or simply told a friend about one of our titles—you are the reason we get to keep doing what we do.

Save 45% off all ebooks this weekend. www.jmsbooks.com
Save 45% off our website this weekend.
January 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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stevewestenra.bsky.social
For any self-published #SFF authors, the #SPFBO entry form opened today & can be filled out for 24 hours! 300 entrants will be chosen by lottery to be entered in the contest! Definitely encourage everyone to apply as it gets new eyes on your books!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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January 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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davidmack.pro
This is just such a damned disgrace. A crime against knowledge and humanity itself.
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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innerworlds.bsky.social
Submissions are open now for our final issue! The theme for this issue is 'endings'

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Submission guidelines
Our next issue will be our last one, so we are looking for stories on the theme of endings. We'd like to read about loss, change, grief, relief, hope, and possibility. What to submit * Sci...
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January 1, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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thebluedahlia.bsky.social
Their mascot is AI and they try to harvest banking information from users for scam purposes. It's blocked for me by a blocklist I subscribe to so this is the first I've seen of them.

They seem to be targeting Vtubers so please keep an eye out.

Here's the alt text for that image:
A screen shot of a blue sky profile page for user @MyTipMe.com. The about me reads: The easiest way for fans to tip their favorite creators. Tools & more -- The platform where creators keep 100%! Join today! It's FREE. (Includes link to their website).
January 1, 2026 at 11:24 PM
mererain.bsky.social
SO haunted
ruinsofdespair.bsky.social Ruins of Despair @ruinsofdespair.bsky.social · 8d
so haunted at moonlight with bat and owl and ghostly moth

#PhantomsFriday #illustration

Elizabeth Shippen Green for An Old Country House by Richard Le Gallienne 1902
A black-and-sepia picture of a tree nymph in a tree, wearing a flowery tunic. There's also a bat, and I might be imagining an owl, but I cannot for the life of me find the ghostly moth.
January 2, 2026 at 10:59 AM