Sacha Coward
@sachacoward.bsky.social
LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) 🌈 Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention.
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Sacha Coward
@sachacoward.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Remember all my mad book drama?
(If not, buy me a pint and I'll sing you the ballad of the dodgy ex-publisher...)
Well, I'm absolutely delighted to say it's over!
An enormous thanks to my wonderful new publisher @manchesterup.bsky.social
Queer As Folklore will be back in the wild! 🧜🏼♂️
(If not, buy me a pint and I'll sing you the ballad of the dodgy ex-publisher...)
Well, I'm absolutely delighted to say it's over!
An enormous thanks to my wonderful new publisher @manchesterup.bsky.social
Queer As Folklore will be back in the wild! 🧜🏼♂️
Reposted by Sacha Coward
The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
August 6, 2024 at 12:36 PM
The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
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And they're often the writers that get published, btw. I always tell new writers, if you love what you're writing, your reader's going to feel that. It's the special sauce. Write something you want to read yourself. You'd be amazed at how many people still don't.
Unsolicited writing advice: no. 678:
It's fine to write just for pleasure. Writers who write just for pleasure are still writers. (Also applies to readers, and reading.)
It's fine to write just for pleasure. Writers who write just for pleasure are still writers. (Also applies to readers, and reading.)
January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
And they're often the writers that get published, btw. I always tell new writers, if you love what you're writing, your reader's going to feel that. It's the special sauce. Write something you want to read yourself. You'd be amazed at how many people still don't.
Friends: Sacha, you need to stop looking so gullible and being so trusting and desperate for validation!
Me: ...
Friends: For anyone willing to take advantage you're just such a good mark!
Me: ...did you call me a 'good' mark? 👉👈
Me: ...
Friends: For anyone willing to take advantage you're just such a good mark!
Me: ...did you call me a 'good' mark? 👉👈
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Friends: Sacha, you need to stop looking so gullible and being so trusting and desperate for validation!
Me: ...
Friends: For anyone willing to take advantage you're just such a good mark!
Me: ...did you call me a 'good' mark? 👉👈
Me: ...
Friends: For anyone willing to take advantage you're just such a good mark!
Me: ...did you call me a 'good' mark? 👉👈
So. I went to see Funny Girls in Blackpool last night. (For those that don't know, it's a long running drag cabaret show in England.)
It was fab! But it got me overthinking (pretentious mind dump klaxon) 1/
It was fab! But it got me overthinking (pretentious mind dump klaxon) 1/
January 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM
So. I went to see Funny Girls in Blackpool last night. (For those that don't know, it's a long running drag cabaret show in England.)
It was fab! But it got me overthinking (pretentious mind dump klaxon) 1/
It was fab! But it got me overthinking (pretentious mind dump klaxon) 1/
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Very excited. Bought Queer As Folklore by @sachacoward.bsky.social as a Christmas gift for my boyfriend (but also secretly so I could read it too).
January 4, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Very excited. Bought Queer As Folklore by @sachacoward.bsky.social as a Christmas gift for my boyfriend (but also secretly so I could read it too).
The exhausting tension of wanting to be online because you care about the world and want to stay alert and informed but you also don't want to melt your brain and become a complete weirdo to your friends...
January 4, 2026 at 10:33 AM
The exhausting tension of wanting to be online because you care about the world and want to stay alert and informed but you also don't want to melt your brain and become a complete weirdo to your friends...
On a gay weekend in Blackpool and my run on being picked upon mercilessly by every drag queen we encounter is still unbroken...
Do I win a stick of rock?
Do I win a stick of rock?
January 3, 2026 at 10:20 AM
On a gay weekend in Blackpool and my run on being picked upon mercilessly by every drag queen we encounter is still unbroken...
Do I win a stick of rock?
Do I win a stick of rock?
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I say this often but it bears repeating: if you make your money from creating art then you NEED to find an art or craft where you just do it for fun and don't try to be perfect or make any money from it, and when anyone tells you to monetise it you say 'No', because otherwise your soul will die.
Have needle. Have thread. Have scraps of paper. Have free will. Have made a notebook.
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I say this often but it bears repeating: if you make your money from creating art then you NEED to find an art or craft where you just do it for fun and don't try to be perfect or make any money from it, and when anyone tells you to monetise it you say 'No', because otherwise your soul will die.
Conservative men when there is a history month of any kind.
January 2, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Conservative men when there is a history month of any kind.
Happy very belated new year.
Touch grass. Fight for rights. Play games. Make art. Stroke cats. Eat the rich. Drink water.
Touch grass. Fight for rights. Play games. Make art. Stroke cats. Eat the rich. Drink water.
January 2, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Happy very belated new year.
Touch grass. Fight for rights. Play games. Make art. Stroke cats. Eat the rich. Drink water.
Touch grass. Fight for rights. Play games. Make art. Stroke cats. Eat the rich. Drink water.
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Christmas book haul includes even more books from @aptshadow.bsky.social and @patricknessbooks.bsky.social and a previously (to me) unknown book from @kurtbusiek.bsky.social :) And I finally got my hands on @sachacoward.bsky.social's book from the non-evil publisher!
January 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Christmas book haul includes even more books from @aptshadow.bsky.social and @patricknessbooks.bsky.social and a previously (to me) unknown book from @kurtbusiek.bsky.social :) And I finally got my hands on @sachacoward.bsky.social's book from the non-evil publisher!
So.. Traitors!?!
*rubs hands together like a horrid little fly*
*rubs hands together like a horrid little fly*
January 1, 2026 at 9:16 PM
So.. Traitors!?!
*rubs hands together like a horrid little fly*
*rubs hands together like a horrid little fly*
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Not my biggest reading year ever but I managed to find a few gems and revisit some longer audiobook series. Thanks to @thestorygraph.com for keeping track of it with interesting stats!
January 1, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Not my biggest reading year ever but I managed to find a few gems and revisit some longer audiobook series. Thanks to @thestorygraph.com for keeping track of it with interesting stats!
This year I'm going to dress for the job I want...
I want to be Mimikyu.
I want to be Mimikyu.
January 1, 2026 at 12:53 PM
This year I'm going to dress for the job I want...
I want to be Mimikyu.
I want to be Mimikyu.
Happy new queer!!!
January 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Happy new queer!!!
One of the cool things about being queer is that in the theatre of life you get to perform on stage but also see behind the scenes...
You know the props are cardboard and the explosions are fake!
When people make grand assertions about sex and gender you know it's all a show.
You know the props are cardboard and the explosions are fake!
When people make grand assertions about sex and gender you know it's all a show.
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
One of the cool things about being queer is that in the theatre of life you get to perform on stage but also see behind the scenes...
You know the props are cardboard and the explosions are fake!
When people make grand assertions about sex and gender you know it's all a show.
You know the props are cardboard and the explosions are fake!
When people make grand assertions about sex and gender you know it's all a show.
Well. Project 'pretend to be an adult and profit by making a go of it in the beige place' is so far going about as well as might be expected...
December 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Well. Project 'pretend to be an adult and profit by making a go of it in the beige place' is so far going about as well as might be expected...
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I loved Pagans by @jamesbluecat.bsky.social & Queer As Folklore by @sachacoward.bsky.social
And I really love I Shall Strangle A Horse which is a silly game by @brainmage.bsky.social
And I really love I Shall Strangle A Horse which is a silly game by @brainmage.bsky.social
A lot of writers have busted their butts all year to publish great fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and journalism.
Consider sharing their work today. Consider what you send people's attention to.
Consider sharing their work today. Consider what you send people's attention to.
December 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I loved Pagans by @jamesbluecat.bsky.social & Queer As Folklore by @sachacoward.bsky.social
And I really love I Shall Strangle A Horse which is a silly game by @brainmage.bsky.social
And I really love I Shall Strangle A Horse which is a silly game by @brainmage.bsky.social
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@sachacoward.bsky.social's Queer as Folklore was the perfect Christmas gift for my husband! We both look forward to diving in.
(Now need to figure a way to get Sacha to the Pacific Northwest so he can sign the book!)
(Now need to figure a way to get Sacha to the Pacific Northwest so he can sign the book!)
December 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
@sachacoward.bsky.social's Queer as Folklore was the perfect Christmas gift for my husband! We both look forward to diving in.
(Now need to figure a way to get Sacha to the Pacific Northwest so he can sign the book!)
(Now need to figure a way to get Sacha to the Pacific Northwest so he can sign the book!)
I think we gave dad a really special Christmas this year. Alzheimer's is a beast of an illness but he smiled all day long. X
December 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I think we gave dad a really special Christmas this year. Alzheimer's is a beast of an illness but he smiled all day long. X
My mum thinks the leftovers I'll be heading home with will see me through to February...
I don't think my mum has even met her son (me)! 😬
I don't think my mum has even met her son (me)! 😬
December 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My mum thinks the leftovers I'll be heading home with will see me through to February...
I don't think my mum has even met her son (me)! 😬
I don't think my mum has even met her son (me)! 😬
I shall be making Christmas dinner today and honestly it's one of my favourite things in the world! I have a project to work on... access to booze... control over the music... magic!
December 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I shall be making Christmas dinner today and honestly it's one of my favourite things in the world! I have a project to work on... access to booze... control over the music... magic!
He was so tiny... 😭
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
He was so tiny... 😭
To all those driving a long way home for Christmas with very pissed off pets... Solidarity and strength 💪
December 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
To all those driving a long way home for Christmas with very pissed off pets... Solidarity and strength 💪
Sproutsword Fagdad
The final boss of Christmas
The final boss of Christmas
December 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Sproutsword Fagdad
The final boss of Christmas
The final boss of Christmas