Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦
@prysmcat.bsky.social
Writer of diverse fantasy. Queer, NB (she/her), ND, and disabled. Pwned by cats.
All writing/contacts: https://linktr.ee/prysmcat
No follow4follow. Will block accts that are all politics or pro-genAI.
All writing/contacts: https://linktr.ee/prysmcat
No follow4follow. Will block accts that are all politics or pro-genAI.
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Hi! I write fantasy. It's LGBTQIA+, often with trans/NB/fluid rep, + increasing disability & autism rep. Poly, kink, sex positive but not explicit. Some is urban, some isn't. No grimdark/horror. Free options for almost all.
Find it all via prysmcat.com but see below for a quick list.
Find it all via prysmcat.com but see below for a quick list.
Well, no idea if I'm going to bother trying to re-engage with BlueSky* at this point, but figured I'd drop a reminder anyway.
* (or, for that matter, with doing The Indy Author Thing instead of just writing for fun and mental health and sharing the results for free)
* (or, for that matter, with doing The Indy Author Thing instead of just writing for fun and mental health and sharing the results for free)
Hi! I write fantasy. It's LGBTQIA+, often with trans/NB/fluid rep, + increasing disability & autism rep. Poly, kink, sex positive but not explicit. Some is urban, some isn't. No grimdark/horror. Free options for almost all.
Find it all via prysmcat.com but see below for a quick list.
Find it all via prysmcat.com but see below for a quick list.
October 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Well, no idea if I'm going to bother trying to re-engage with BlueSky* at this point, but figured I'd drop a reminder anyway.
* (or, for that matter, with doing The Indy Author Thing instead of just writing for fun and mental health and sharing the results for free)
* (or, for that matter, with doing The Indy Author Thing instead of just writing for fun and mental health and sharing the results for free)
If you want funny feel-good inclusive fantasy, and a chance to get out of the real world into a brighter one, go read this!
(Full disclosure: I got to offer some encouragement and a few thoughts early on. But I only did it because I loved it so hard!)
(Full disclosure: I got to offer some encouragement and a few thoughts early on. But I only did it because I loved it so hard!)
💙 📚 🪐 📚 🌈 #cozyfantasy #newrelease Who needs a romp?
lynnstrong.com/books/haroun: Off the chain on Sept 13!
😎 Crimes of fashion
🧶 Weaponized fiber arts
😺 🤝 🐶 Cats & dogs living together
♿ A blind dogfolk & his seeing eye human
😱 50 pg bonus recipes!
Game time: 1 repost = 1 backstage trivia 😁
lynnstrong.com/books/haroun: Off the chain on Sept 13!
😎 Crimes of fashion
🧶 Weaponized fiber arts
😺 🤝 🐶 Cats & dogs living together
♿ A blind dogfolk & his seeing eye human
😱 50 pg bonus recipes!
Game time: 1 repost = 1 backstage trivia 😁
September 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If you want funny feel-good inclusive fantasy, and a chance to get out of the real world into a brighter one, go read this!
(Full disclosure: I got to offer some encouragement and a few thoughts early on. But I only did it because I loved it so hard!)
(Full disclosure: I got to offer some encouragement and a few thoughts early on. But I only did it because I loved it so hard!)
Hey, Bluesky! You like banning people for wishing ill on JK Rowling?
I wish on her exactly what she wishes for all trans people: a future of ostracism, isolation, dehumanization, silencing, unspeakable pain, death, and being remembered only as a misstep bad for humanity.
I'm non-binary, btw!
I wish on her exactly what she wishes for all trans people: a future of ostracism, isolation, dehumanization, silencing, unspeakable pain, death, and being remembered only as a misstep bad for humanity.
I'm non-binary, btw!
August 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Hey, Bluesky! You like banning people for wishing ill on JK Rowling?
I wish on her exactly what she wishes for all trans people: a future of ostracism, isolation, dehumanization, silencing, unspeakable pain, death, and being remembered only as a misstep bad for humanity.
I'm non-binary, btw!
I wish on her exactly what she wishes for all trans people: a future of ostracism, isolation, dehumanization, silencing, unspeakable pain, death, and being remembered only as a misstep bad for humanity.
I'm non-binary, btw!
How can a furry little carnivore fill so much of your life that it leaves an enormous aching void when the only loving thing left to do is let go?
August 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
How can a furry little carnivore fill so much of your life that it leaves an enormous aching void when the only loving thing left to do is let go?
What does Responsible AI mean to you? 🗣️️ @openmediaorg.bsky.social is gathering public input to help shape Canada’s AI laws. Make sure your voice is part of the conversation. #AIRegulation #ResponsibleAI! Share your thoughts by Aug 25. 🗓️️ openmedia.org/AI-survey-2025-bsky ✍️
Help shape Canada’s AI future!
What does Responsible AI mean to you? 🗣️ @OpenMediaOrg is gathering public input to help shape Canada’s AI laws. Make sure your voice is part of the conversation. #AIRegulation #ResponsibleAI! Share y...
openmedia.org
August 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What does Responsible AI mean to you? 🗣️️ @openmediaorg.bsky.social is gathering public input to help shape Canada’s AI laws. Make sure your voice is part of the conversation. #AIRegulation #ResponsibleAI! Share your thoughts by Aug 25. 🗓️️ openmedia.org/AI-survey-2025-bsky ✍️
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In all honesty, I suspect that many people’s sudden willingness to have LLMs think for them may in fact be a *very bad* attempt to cope with new brain fog and other cognitive issues from repeat COVID infection that most of society is sweeping under the rug. (In fact, I know a lot of people will
August 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In all honesty, I suspect that many people’s sudden willingness to have LLMs think for them may in fact be a *very bad* attempt to cope with new brain fog and other cognitive issues from repeat COVID infection that most of society is sweeping under the rug. (In fact, I know a lot of people will
Hey, @charlieangus104.bsky.social
There's more to Canada than tariffs & arms.
This would not protect children. It would make them grow up in a world of censorship, repression, and ignorance.
It would kill the arts.
And it could easily be abused to persecute LGBTQIA folks.
So maybe speak up?
There's more to Canada than tariffs & arms.
This would not protect children. It would make them grow up in a world of censorship, repression, and ignorance.
It would kill the arts.
And it could easily be abused to persecute LGBTQIA folks.
So maybe speak up?
Canada NOW has a UK/Australia style Internet ID Bill!
Bill S209 - "An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material"
www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...
Who will DEFINE "pornographic"??
This bill defines it as nudity for a sexual purpose! Wikipedia? Sex Health?
...WTF?
#CanPoli
Bill S209 - "An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material"
www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...
Who will DEFINE "pornographic"??
This bill defines it as nudity for a sexual purpose! Wikipedia? Sex Health?
...WTF?
#CanPoli
S-209 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada
S-209 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada
www.parl.ca
August 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Hey, @charlieangus104.bsky.social
There's more to Canada than tariffs & arms.
This would not protect children. It would make them grow up in a world of censorship, repression, and ignorance.
It would kill the arts.
And it could easily be abused to persecute LGBTQIA folks.
So maybe speak up?
There's more to Canada than tariffs & arms.
This would not protect children. It would make them grow up in a world of censorship, repression, and ignorance.
It would kill the arts.
And it could easily be abused to persecute LGBTQIA folks.
So maybe speak up?
Hey, all you folks who keep talking about #Canada like we're the greatest humanitarian human-rights-supporting nation ever, & I mean Canadians as well.
You might want to pay attention.
There is nothing in this that protects kids, who get to grow up without the right to express themselves or learn.
You might want to pay attention.
There is nothing in this that protects kids, who get to grow up without the right to express themselves or learn.
Canada NOW has a UK/Australia style Internet ID Bill!
Bill S209 - "An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material"
www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...
Who will DEFINE "pornographic"??
This bill defines it as nudity for a sexual purpose! Wikipedia? Sex Health?
...WTF?
#CanPoli
Bill S209 - "An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material"
www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...
Who will DEFINE "pornographic"??
This bill defines it as nudity for a sexual purpose! Wikipedia? Sex Health?
...WTF?
#CanPoli
S-209 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada
S-209 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada
www.parl.ca
August 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Hey, all you folks who keep talking about #Canada like we're the greatest humanitarian human-rights-supporting nation ever, & I mean Canadians as well.
You might want to pay attention.
There is nothing in this that protects kids, who get to grow up without the right to express themselves or learn.
You might want to pay attention.
There is nothing in this that protects kids, who get to grow up without the right to express themselves or learn.
Reposted by Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦
Itch and Steam got a bunch of us thinking; we need a catalogue where creative (esp. NSFW & Queer) works are less vulnerable to censorship. A storefront we won't be delisted from. One giving us the autonomy to sell our stuff our way. So we're making Conjured Ink. You can join us. https://conjured.ink
August 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Itch and Steam got a bunch of us thinking; we need a catalogue where creative (esp. NSFW & Queer) works are less vulnerable to censorship. A storefront we won't be delisted from. One giving us the autonomy to sell our stuff our way. So we're making Conjured Ink. You can join us. https://conjured.ink
Deep history of how we got to this point, lots of sources, and what we're ultimately up against. (It won't surprise anyone paying attention.)
*This is the references page to a YT vid, which is also there.
www.lextorias.com/references/p...
*This is the references page to a YT vid, which is also there.
www.lextorias.com/references/p...
Payment Censor
The Secret War To Censor The Internet
Payment processors are censoring the internet, but that's only half the story.
Watch On YouTube
Watch On Patreon
Music & Backgrounds Used
www.lextorias.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Deep history of how we got to this point, lots of sources, and what we're ultimately up against. (It won't surprise anyone paying attention.)
*This is the references page to a YT vid, which is also there.
www.lextorias.com/references/p...
*This is the references page to a YT vid, which is also there.
www.lextorias.com/references/p...
Do petitions help? Eh. 🤷 But it's a way to scream. Almost 100K other people are. chng.it/BrQvtmYJbZ
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Tell MasterCard, Visa & Activist Groups: Stop Controlling What We Can Watch, Read, or Play
chng.it
July 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Do petitions help? Eh. 🤷 But it's a way to scream. Almost 100K other people are. chng.it/BrQvtmYJbZ
Reposted by Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦
Everyone has a skill they can contribute, so if you want to join this effort to make a truly safe home for queer and/also nsfw content, please consider joining!
Wanna help? We're gathering together and comparing notes and sharing resources, as well as pooling engineering power to get this show on the road: discord.gg/NhhpW4ZeEa
Details in the Discord. I think this'll work :)
Details in the Discord. I think this'll work :)
July 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Everyone has a skill they can contribute, so if you want to join this effort to make a truly safe home for queer and/also nsfw content, please consider joining!
Reposted by Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦
Look, my two primary advice are:
1) Download what you bought now. Store it elsewhere than on itch
2) If you are a creator, initiate your payout now, just in case. I meant to work on a small guides about this today, lol, but the highlights are below:
1) Download what you bought now. Store it elsewhere than on itch
2) If you are a creator, initiate your payout now, just in case. I meant to work on a small guides about this today, lol, but the highlights are below:
July 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Look, my two primary advice are:
1) Download what you bought now. Store it elsewhere than on itch
2) If you are a creator, initiate your payout now, just in case. I meant to work on a small guides about this today, lol, but the highlights are below:
1) Download what you bought now. Store it elsewhere than on itch
2) If you are a creator, initiate your payout now, just in case. I meant to work on a small guides about this today, lol, but the highlights are below:
Reposted by Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦
In case anyone missed itch’s statement on this—yes it’s because of Collective Shout, who targeted the site because of ONE game that’s no longer available. Yes, itch handled this incredibly badly. Like, unbelievably so.
July 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In case anyone missed itch’s statement on this—yes it’s because of Collective Shout, who targeted the site because of ONE game that’s no longer available. Yes, itch handled this incredibly badly. Like, unbelievably so.
Reposted by Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦
I'm sorry yall but we might have to start being euphemistic in our language on the platforms themselves. I know that sucks but we still gotta eat.
July 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I'm sorry yall but we might have to start being euphemistic in our language on the platforms themselves. I know that sucks but we still gotta eat.
Reposted by Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦
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What the fuck, itch?
July 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
What the fuck, itch?
Newest science-based COVID news roundup from @violetblue.bsky.social!
And if you can donate, even once, even a little, please do - Violet's got a very sick cat while struggling with other expenses, and losing a beloved pet while wading through all this stuff for us every day would be brutal!
And if you can donate, even once, even a little, please do - Violet's got a very sick cat while struggling with other expenses, and losing a beloved pet while wading through all this stuff for us every day would be brutal!
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June 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Newest science-based COVID news roundup from @violetblue.bsky.social!
And if you can donate, even once, even a little, please do - Violet's got a very sick cat while struggling with other expenses, and losing a beloved pet while wading through all this stuff for us every day would be brutal!
And if you can donate, even once, even a little, please do - Violet's got a very sick cat while struggling with other expenses, and losing a beloved pet while wading through all this stuff for us every day would be brutal!
Huh. 12 days mostly off Bsky, just ducking in briefly for specific purposes.
I think I'm going to continue that past the end of June.
I mean, that craving for the dopamine buzz of a ♥️ or reply is there, but it's just addiction.
And it doesn't outweigh the rest.
1/
I think I'm going to continue that past the end of June.
I mean, that craving for the dopamine buzz of a ♥️ or reply is there, but it's just addiction.
And it doesn't outweigh the rest.
1/
June 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Huh. 12 days mostly off Bsky, just ducking in briefly for specific purposes.
I think I'm going to continue that past the end of June.
I mean, that craving for the dopamine buzz of a ♥️ or reply is there, but it's just addiction.
And it doesn't outweigh the rest.
1/
I think I'm going to continue that past the end of June.
I mean, that craving for the dopamine buzz of a ♥️ or reply is there, but it's just addiction.
And it doesn't outweigh the rest.
1/
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COVER REVEAL
"Roots of Chaos" meets "The Locked Tomb" in this book abt saving what is precious (& lesbians).
Thank you, @maybarros.com.br
Preorder: dax.ink/shackles
Prepare for the release by snagging earlier books in the series in the Queer Lights in the Darkness Bundle! itch.io/b/3065
🌈📚🪐🦄🧡📚
"Roots of Chaos" meets "The Locked Tomb" in this book abt saving what is precious (& lesbians).
Thank you, @maybarros.com.br
Preorder: dax.ink/shackles
Prepare for the release by snagging earlier books in the series in the Queer Lights in the Darkness Bundle! itch.io/b/3065
🌈📚🪐🦄🧡📚
June 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
COVER REVEAL
"Roots of Chaos" meets "The Locked Tomb" in this book abt saving what is precious (& lesbians).
Thank you, @maybarros.com.br
Preorder: dax.ink/shackles
Prepare for the release by snagging earlier books in the series in the Queer Lights in the Darkness Bundle! itch.io/b/3065
🌈📚🪐🦄🧡📚
"Roots of Chaos" meets "The Locked Tomb" in this book abt saving what is precious (& lesbians).
Thank you, @maybarros.com.br
Preorder: dax.ink/shackles
Prepare for the release by snagging earlier books in the series in the Queer Lights in the Darkness Bundle! itch.io/b/3065
🌈📚🪐🦄🧡📚
@authorsmiller.bsky.social Hi - could you drop me from the SP1 starter pack? Seems like all the follows these days are only accounts looking for followers they can shove their alt-text-free genAI US-political memes at. Not worth it. Thanks!
June 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
@authorsmiller.bsky.social Hi - could you drop me from the SP1 starter pack? Seems like all the follows these days are only accounts looking for followers they can shove their alt-text-free genAI US-political memes at. Not worth it. Thanks!
Highly recommended - I had a sneak editor-ish peek, and this is an awesome read!
#booksky #cozyfantasy - anyone want an #ARCreader copy of Haroun?
The LOL recap: Two Very Good Boys would like to Fight Crime, maybe? (If there has been a crime other than their fashion sense.)
#Disability rep, Pratchett style hijinks, cats & dogs living together!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The LOL recap: Two Very Good Boys would like to Fight Crime, maybe? (If there has been a crime other than their fashion sense.)
#Disability rep, Pratchett style hijinks, cats & dogs living together!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Advance Review Copy: Haroun and the Study of Mischief
Hello, readers! This is my first Advance Review Copy application form, modeled on similar forms from friends in the FaRo Society server. I hope not to mess things up too badly.
About this book:
Harou...
docs.google.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Highly recommended - I had a sneak editor-ish peek, and this is an awesome read!
Free for 24 hours only for No Kings Day from @violetblue.bsky.social
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Pay if you can.*
Spread this around!
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Pay if you can.*
Spread this around!
STAY SAFE
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June 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Free for 24 hours only for No Kings Day from @violetblue.bsky.social
"the most essential personal and digital security advice for those attending protests, rallies, marches, or other events where there's an element of risk"
Pay if you can.*
Spread this around!
STAY SAFE
"the most essential personal and digital security advice for those attending protests, rallies, marches, or other events where there's an element of risk"
Pay if you can.*
Spread this around!
STAY SAFE
Being me, when I decided to take a break and do fanfic, it's of a science podcast.
Specifically, of @commondescentpod.bsky.social (joined one year by @paleolorax.bsky.social) playing with speculative evolution.
www.scribblehub.com/series/16576...
The first few are up! I'm adding more.
1/2
Specifically, of @commondescentpod.bsky.social (joined one year by @paleolorax.bsky.social) playing with speculative evolution.
www.scribblehub.com/series/16576...
The first few are up! I'm adding more.
1/2
Spook-E Snips
Anyone like speculative evolution?
The two paleontologists and science educators of the Common Descent Podcast have an annual tradition of doing 'Spookulative Evolution' (Spook-E) episodes in October...
www.scribblehub.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Being me, when I decided to take a break and do fanfic, it's of a science podcast.
Specifically, of @commondescentpod.bsky.social (joined one year by @paleolorax.bsky.social) playing with speculative evolution.
www.scribblehub.com/series/16576...
The first few are up! I'm adding more.
1/2
Specifically, of @commondescentpod.bsky.social (joined one year by @paleolorax.bsky.social) playing with speculative evolution.
www.scribblehub.com/series/16576...
The first few are up! I'm adding more.
1/2
@commondescentpod.bsky.social Hi! Um, quick question. I've been re-listening to Spook-E episodes and got inspired, but I don't do art - I do words. Lots of them. I love worldbuilding and the interaction of nature and culture is a part of that.
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June 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
@commondescentpod.bsky.social Hi! Um, quick question. I've been re-listening to Spook-E episodes and got inspired, but I don't do art - I do words. Lots of them. I love worldbuilding and the interaction of nature and culture is a part of that.
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