auden patrick
@patrickauden.bsky.social
author of THOUGHTS BE BLOODY (DAW, 2026) • I write about fear, love, and monsters • rep: Shannon Lechon at Azantian Literary Agency • he/him 🏳️⚧️
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Behold the marvelous cover for Thoughts Be Bloody by Auden Patrick 🎭📜🪶
Read an excerpt on Nerdist! Out on March 24th, 2026, preorder this dark academia novel today!
Artist: Aykut Aydogdu
Cover Director: Jenna Stempel-Lobel
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Read an excerpt on Nerdist! Out on March 24th, 2026, preorder this dark academia novel today!
Artist: Aykut Aydogdu
Cover Director: Jenna Stempel-Lobel
buff.ly/9WTOMuA
Please listen. It starts like this:
Please listen. It starts like this:
Behold the marvelous cover for Thoughts Be Bloody by Auden Patrick 🎭📜🪶
Read an excerpt on Nerdist! Out on March 24th, 2026, preorder this dark academia novel today!
Artist: Aykut Aydogdu
Cover Director: Jenna Stempel-Lobel
buff.ly/9WTOMuA
Read an excerpt on Nerdist! Out on March 24th, 2026, preorder this dark academia novel today!
Artist: Aykut Aydogdu
Cover Director: Jenna Stempel-Lobel
buff.ly/9WTOMuA
July 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Please listen. It starts like this:
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happy ✨cover✨ day (and some reading material for ya!)
Vessel likes meeting people. They just often happen to be dead when he gets there.
We are thrilled to reveal the cover (and an excerpt!) of @thesuiway.bsky.social's The Iron Garden Sutra, out from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social on February 24, 2026!
reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
We are thrilled to reveal the cover (and an excerpt!) of @thesuiway.bsky.social's The Iron Garden Sutra, out from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social on February 24, 2026!
reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
Revealing The Iron Garden Sutra by A. D. Sui - Reactor
A spaceship murder mystery — arriving February 2026 from Erewhon Books!
reactormag.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
happy ✨cover✨ day (and some reading material for ya!)
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"Do not forget, do not make me repeat myself. The Infinite Light does not love."
We're THRILLED to share the cover for THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA by Nebula Award-winning author, @thesuiway.bsky.social with our friends at @reactorsff.bsky.social & an exclusive excerpt.
reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
We're THRILLED to share the cover for THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA by Nebula Award-winning author, @thesuiway.bsky.social with our friends at @reactorsff.bsky.social & an exclusive excerpt.
reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
Revealing The Iron Garden Sutra by A. D. Sui - Reactor
A spaceship murder mystery — arriving February 2026 from Erewhon Books!
reactormag.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"Do not forget, do not make me repeat myself. The Infinite Light does not love."
We're THRILLED to share the cover for THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA by Nebula Award-winning author, @thesuiway.bsky.social with our friends at @reactorsff.bsky.social & an exclusive excerpt.
reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
We're THRILLED to share the cover for THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA by Nebula Award-winning author, @thesuiway.bsky.social with our friends at @reactorsff.bsky.social & an exclusive excerpt.
reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
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Exclusive cover reveal and excerpt from Thoughts Be Bloody, a queer, trans retelling of Hamlet.
We Reveal Gorgeous THOUGHTS BE BLOODY Book Cover & Excerpt From Queer, Trans HAMLET Retelling
nerdist.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Exclusive cover reveal and excerpt from Thoughts Be Bloody, a queer, trans retelling of Hamlet.
The cover of my dreams for my debut novel THOUGHTS BE BLOODY (from @dawbooks.bsky.social in March ‘26) was revealed over on the Nerdist today, along with the prologue! To quote the article: “It’s Horatio/Hamlet. Yes, all your English class fanfic dreams ARE coming true.”
nerdist.com/article/thou...
nerdist.com/article/thou...
We Reveal Gorgeous THOUGHTS BE BLOODY Book Cover & Excerpt From Queer, Trans HAMLET Retelling
We're delighted to exclusively reveal the book cover and excerpt from Thoughts Be Bloody, a queer, trans retelling of Hamlet.
nerdist.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The cover of my dreams for my debut novel THOUGHTS BE BLOODY (from @dawbooks.bsky.social in March ‘26) was revealed over on the Nerdist today, along with the prologue! To quote the article: “It’s Horatio/Hamlet. Yes, all your English class fanfic dreams ARE coming true.”
nerdist.com/article/thou...
nerdist.com/article/thou...
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In short:
* there is very little the author can do on social media to sell books
* the Good News Firehose is just as detrimental as the Bad News Firehose
* taking a walk >opening your feed
* if publishing is hard for you right now, you're not alone
* keep writing; we need your stories 14/14
* there is very little the author can do on social media to sell books
* the Good News Firehose is just as detrimental as the Bad News Firehose
* taking a walk >opening your feed
* if publishing is hard for you right now, you're not alone
* keep writing; we need your stories 14/14
May 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In short:
* there is very little the author can do on social media to sell books
* the Good News Firehose is just as detrimental as the Bad News Firehose
* taking a walk >opening your feed
* if publishing is hard for you right now, you're not alone
* keep writing; we need your stories 14/14
* there is very little the author can do on social media to sell books
* the Good News Firehose is just as detrimental as the Bad News Firehose
* taking a walk >opening your feed
* if publishing is hard for you right now, you're not alone
* keep writing; we need your stories 14/14
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Taps the fucking sign aggressively
April 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Taps the fucking sign aggressively
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
April 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
I'm going to be a published novelist! THOUGHTS BE BLOODY is a queer/trans Hamlet retelling set at a magic college, about fate, ghosts, a beautiful memory that still hurts like a bruise, & relationships that spin out of control. Look for it early 2026!!
Theater nerds, rejoice! And get ready for @patrickauden.bsky.social's debut novel THOUGHTS BE BLOODY, a queer and trans reimagining of Shakespeare's Hamlet, if Hamlet took place at a magic school. Coming 2026.
October 9, 2024 at 4:03 PM
I'm going to be a published novelist! THOUGHTS BE BLOODY is a queer/trans Hamlet retelling set at a magic college, about fate, ghosts, a beautiful memory that still hurts like a bruise, & relationships that spin out of control. Look for it early 2026!!
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New Series!
YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR is a new non-fiction series by @patrickbarb.bsky.social in Shortwave Magazine.
Each month Patrick will interview a different author. Our first installment features @aijiang.bsky.social on Toni Morrison.
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...
YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR is a new non-fiction series by @patrickbarb.bsky.social in Shortwave Magazine.
Each month Patrick will interview a different author. Our first installment features @aijiang.bsky.social on Toni Morrison.
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...
May 13, 2024 at 3:01 PM
New Series!
YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR is a new non-fiction series by @patrickbarb.bsky.social in Shortwave Magazine.
Each month Patrick will interview a different author. Our first installment features @aijiang.bsky.social on Toni Morrison.
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...
YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR is a new non-fiction series by @patrickbarb.bsky.social in Shortwave Magazine.
Each month Patrick will interview a different author. Our first installment features @aijiang.bsky.social on Toni Morrison.
shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...
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After 7 years of putting our hearts into this passion project, the founding editors have decided Apparition Lit will close at the end of 2024.
You can read our full announcement here:
www.patreon.com/posts/all-go...
With gratitude to all our contributors and supporters,
The Apparition Lit Team
You can read our full announcement here:
www.patreon.com/posts/all-go...
With gratitude to all our contributors and supporters,
The Apparition Lit Team
May 13, 2024 at 1:15 PM
After 7 years of putting our hearts into this passion project, the founding editors have decided Apparition Lit will close at the end of 2024.
You can read our full announcement here:
www.patreon.com/posts/all-go...
With gratitude to all our contributors and supporters,
The Apparition Lit Team
You can read our full announcement here:
www.patreon.com/posts/all-go...
With gratitude to all our contributors and supporters,
The Apparition Lit Team
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Publication day!! Thrilled that my short story “Everything in the Garden Is Lovely,” about a woman sentenced to transform into a garden, is out today in Apex 😊
You can read it for free here: apex-magazine.com/short-fictio...
You can read it for free here: apex-magazine.com/short-fictio...
Everything in the Garden is Lovely - Apex Magazine
Now that I’ve failed as a woman, my punishment is to become a garden.
apex-magazine.com
March 12, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Publication day!! Thrilled that my short story “Everything in the Garden Is Lovely,” about a woman sentenced to transform into a garden, is out today in Apex 😊
You can read it for free here: apex-magazine.com/short-fictio...
You can read it for free here: apex-magazine.com/short-fictio...
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Neon Hemlock's 2024 Kickstarter is *so* close to the finish line that dave is starting to ponder stretch-goals!
let's get that bread (to Neon Hemlock) 🔥
let's get that bread (to Neon Hemlock) 🔥
🐍 The 2024 Neon Hemlock Novella Series is open for pre-orders via Kickstarter. 🐍
Seven incredible speculative works from a queer indie press, coming at you for the rest of 2024 and into 2025.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
Seven incredible speculative works from a queer indie press, coming at you for the rest of 2024 and into 2025.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
Neon Hemlock's 2024 Novella Series
Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly
www.kickstarter.com
March 3, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Neon Hemlock's 2024 Kickstarter is *so* close to the finish line that dave is starting to ponder stretch-goals!
let's get that bread (to Neon Hemlock) 🔥
let's get that bread (to Neon Hemlock) 🔥
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BIPOC writers!
the @apparitionlit.com MERCURIAL issue (which i am guest editing) is currently OPEN!!! we'd love to read your stories and have them in this absolutely amazing call! the submissions window is linked in the next post.
here's a blog post of what we're looking for!
the @apparitionlit.com MERCURIAL issue (which i am guest editing) is currently OPEN!!! we'd love to read your stories and have them in this absolutely amazing call! the submissions window is linked in the next post.
here's a blog post of what we're looking for!
What does “Mercurial” mean to Apparition Lit? - Apparition Literary Magazine
apparitionlit.com
March 3, 2024 at 10:25 PM
BIPOC writers!
the @apparitionlit.com MERCURIAL issue (which i am guest editing) is currently OPEN!!! we'd love to read your stories and have them in this absolutely amazing call! the submissions window is linked in the next post.
here's a blog post of what we're looking for!
the @apparitionlit.com MERCURIAL issue (which i am guest editing) is currently OPEN!!! we'd love to read your stories and have them in this absolutely amazing call! the submissions window is linked in the next post.
here's a blog post of what we're looking for!
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Please repost! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from February 19-26! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
February 7, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Please repost! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from February 19-26! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
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Annual PSA about "eligible" stories:
Any story published in 2023 is eligible for awards consideration. That's it. It does not have to be published in a pro-paying or even a paying publication. If it was published anywhere in print or online it is eligible and you can make an eligibility post.
Any story published in 2023 is eligible for awards consideration. That's it. It does not have to be published in a pro-paying or even a paying publication. If it was published anywhere in print or online it is eligible and you can make an eligibility post.
November 20, 2023 at 3:28 AM
Annual PSA about "eligible" stories:
Any story published in 2023 is eligible for awards consideration. That's it. It does not have to be published in a pro-paying or even a paying publication. If it was published anywhere in print or online it is eligible and you can make an eligibility post.
Any story published in 2023 is eligible for awards consideration. That's it. It does not have to be published in a pro-paying or even a paying publication. If it was published anywhere in print or online it is eligible and you can make an eligibility post.
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Another fabulous moth from the Andean cloud forest. The coloring and patterns of this tiger moth remind me of something you might find decorating a playing card.
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador
(Amaxia sp.) 🌿🧪🐡 #invertebrate
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador
(Amaxia sp.) 🌿🧪🐡 #invertebrate
November 17, 2023 at 11:15 PM
Another fabulous moth from the Andean cloud forest. The coloring and patterns of this tiger moth remind me of something you might find decorating a playing card.
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador
(Amaxia sp.) 🌿🧪🐡 #invertebrate
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador
(Amaxia sp.) 🌿🧪🐡 #invertebrate
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"Some Ways to Tell a Fairy Tale", which began as part of the short story reading project, is now out on @tordotcom to read for free (it is very short)
www.tor.com/2023/11/08/s...
www.tor.com/2023/11/08/s...
Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale
There’s more to “once upon a time” than meets the eye…
www.tor.com
November 13, 2023 at 4:09 AM
"Some Ways to Tell a Fairy Tale", which began as part of the short story reading project, is now out on @tordotcom to read for free (it is very short)
www.tor.com/2023/11/08/s...
www.tor.com/2023/11/08/s...
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Friendly Hercules beetle
November 17, 2023 at 5:10 AM
Friendly Hercules beetle
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Just another day in a castle in Spain.
November 15, 2023 at 1:40 PM
Just another day in a castle in Spain.
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Local trans masc making y'all aware that it's Transgender Awareness Week!
Hello, I'm Mx. Morgan and I'm a trans masculine artist and illustrator based in Seattle, WA. I'm also available for work!
If you'd like to show some appreciation (thanks!) check out my shop/tip jar at ko-fi.com/mxmorgan
Hello, I'm Mx. Morgan and I'm a trans masculine artist and illustrator based in Seattle, WA. I'm also available for work!
If you'd like to show some appreciation (thanks!) check out my shop/tip jar at ko-fi.com/mxmorgan
November 14, 2023 at 9:05 PM
Local trans masc making y'all aware that it's Transgender Awareness Week!
Hello, I'm Mx. Morgan and I'm a trans masculine artist and illustrator based in Seattle, WA. I'm also available for work!
If you'd like to show some appreciation (thanks!) check out my shop/tip jar at ko-fi.com/mxmorgan
Hello, I'm Mx. Morgan and I'm a trans masculine artist and illustrator based in Seattle, WA. I'm also available for work!
If you'd like to show some appreciation (thanks!) check out my shop/tip jar at ko-fi.com/mxmorgan
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Gender Envy by @patrickauden.bsky.social helped me to articulate my own complicated gender feelings and honestly is so fun to read and re-read
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/gen...
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/gen...
November 14, 2023 at 12:08 PM
Gender Envy by @patrickauden.bsky.social helped me to articulate my own complicated gender feelings and honestly is so fun to read and re-read
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/gen...
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/gen...
I GOT SO HIGH IN THE OPERATING ROOM BEFORE MY SEX CHANGE I THOUGHT I WAS A BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ANGEL MADE OUT OF BARBIE DOLL PARTS by @felixlecocq.bsky.social remains one of my favorite poems ever
Darlings! Let's talk poetry. Quote skeet (sigh) this with a poem/poet you love and tell me what you love about it.
To me, there is so much magick in poetry. Even if you're not a fan of poetry in general, there is a poet out there for you, I promise.
To me, there is so much magick in poetry. Even if you're not a fan of poetry in general, there is a poet out there for you, I promise.
November 14, 2023 at 6:33 AM
I GOT SO HIGH IN THE OPERATING ROOM BEFORE MY SEX CHANGE I THOUGHT I WAS A BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ANGEL MADE OUT OF BARBIE DOLL PARTS by @felixlecocq.bsky.social remains one of my favorite poems ever