Gailey 🍉
@sarahgailey.bsky.social
They pay brisk money for this crap?
essays and recipes @ https://stone-soup.ghost.io/
essays and recipes @ https://stone-soup.ghost.io/
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Gailey 🍉
@sarahgailey.bsky.social
· Nov 11
MAKE ME BETTER is my forthcoming novel about the horrors of community. It is about cults, wellness, control, and the things we will do to escape grief.
Sometimes it hurts to grow -- but your community believes that you can be made pure.
It comes out in May.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Sometimes it hurts to grow -- but your community believes that you can be made pure.
It comes out in May.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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If you've been calling, too, you're awesome! If you haven't yet, now's a great time to start! 5 Calls makes it easy, finds your reps for you, and provides scripts.
5calls.org
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
If you've been calling, too, you're awesome! If you haven't yet, now's a great time to start! 5 Calls makes it easy, finds your reps for you, and provides scripts.
5calls.org
5calls.org
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I love criminals because criminals are people, and people are deserving of love. Crime is a construct. Evil is a verb, not a noun.
RE my last repost: "Oh, so you love criminals" is absolutely a misdirect and a trap. And also, if someone says that to me, my answer is yes, in part because there is no difference between the person I am today and the criminal I may become tomorrow.
I got to deliver a talk on the history and legacy of the Hays Code and the Comics Code, contemporary censorship efforts, and the necessity of identifying with criminality. You can watch and read the whole thing here:
January 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I love criminals because criminals are people, and people are deserving of love. Crime is a construct. Evil is a verb, not a noun.
RE my last repost: "Oh, so you love criminals" is absolutely a misdirect and a trap. And also, if someone says that to me, my answer is yes, in part because there is no difference between the person I am today and the criminal I may become tomorrow.
I got to deliver a talk on the history and legacy of the Hays Code and the Comics Code, contemporary censorship efforts, and the necessity of identifying with criminality. You can watch and read the whole thing here:
Read Like a Criminal
Big Gay Read 2025 Keynote Speech
stone-soup.ghost.io
January 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
RE my last repost: "Oh, so you love criminals" is absolutely a misdirect and a trap. And also, if someone says that to me, my answer is yes, in part because there is no difference between the person I am today and the criminal I may become tomorrow.
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You gotta reject the "oh so you love criminals" shit when authoritarians say well he was a bad guy. That's a stupid trap. Either the order applies to everyone or it doesn't. If it applies only at the pleasure of the supreme leader then you do not have a society.
January 4, 2026 at 7:23 PM
You gotta reject the "oh so you love criminals" shit when authoritarians say well he was a bad guy. That's a stupid trap. Either the order applies to everyone or it doesn't. If it applies only at the pleasure of the supreme leader then you do not have a society.
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I know this is extremely tangential to the LIST OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT USE SUBSTACK
But one of them is that even when you use your own domain with them, when someone shares a link from the Substack app, it points to Substack instead of your name/brand
They don’t respect you, the user!!
But one of them is that even when you use your own domain with them, when someone shares a link from the Substack app, it points to Substack instead of your name/brand
They don’t respect you, the user!!
January 4, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I know this is extremely tangential to the LIST OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT USE SUBSTACK
But one of them is that even when you use your own domain with them, when someone shares a link from the Substack app, it points to Substack instead of your name/brand
They don’t respect you, the user!!
But one of them is that even when you use your own domain with them, when someone shares a link from the Substack app, it points to Substack instead of your name/brand
They don’t respect you, the user!!
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AMERICA! "Spread Me" by @sarahgailey.bsky.social, is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle today!
Spread Me
Spread Me - Kindle edition by Gailey, Sarah. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Spread Me.
www.amazon.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
AMERICA! "Spread Me" by @sarahgailey.bsky.social, is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle today!
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My husband and I did it over morning coffee this morning. We will do it over morning coffee every damn day until our Congress reclaims authority and holds this administration accountable.
You don't have to give a big speech. They're counting numbers - seeing how many constituents care enough to call in. Just tell them to impeach for this illegal war. Also, make sure you only call YOUR reps - they don't care about out-of-district calls.
You can do this. It'll just take a minute. 💪
You can do this. It'll just take a minute. 💪
January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
My husband and I did it over morning coffee this morning. We will do it over morning coffee every damn day until our Congress reclaims authority and holds this administration accountable.
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matthew did a thread on why, when you call your representatives & senators, you can make life easier for yourself
your message does NOT have to be elaborate or detailed or polished
your message does NOT have to be elaborate or detailed or polished
(i've just done this a lot — i used to really try to insist on people using much more precise wording, until one day, as I was leaving a podium, a kind MoC pulled me aside and was like "you're making it too complicated, we don't track that level of detail from those calls")
January 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
matthew did a thread on why, when you call your representatives & senators, you can make life easier for yourself
your message does NOT have to be elaborate or detailed or polished
your message does NOT have to be elaborate or detailed or polished
This has kicked off and is already awesome!! Come join us!!
The year in review, including a BIG announcement about 2026 👀💕
2025 in Review and What’s to Come
Look Back and Looking Forward
stone-soup.ghost.io
January 3, 2026 at 12:57 AM
This has kicked off and is already awesome!! Come join us!!
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I'm not reading that (because I want to know as little as possible) but this is one of my top three books I'm excited about in 2026 and I already requested it on NetGalley even though I said I wasn't going to request anything on NetGalley...
Wow, so excited to see this LitHub write-up of MAKE ME BETTER on their list of SFF to look forward to in 2026!!
lithub.com/26-sci-fi-an...
lithub.com/26-sci-fi-an...
January 2, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I'm not reading that (because I want to know as little as possible) but this is one of my top three books I'm excited about in 2026 and I already requested it on NetGalley even though I said I wasn't going to request anything on NetGalley...
Wow, so excited to see this LitHub write-up of MAKE ME BETTER on their list of SFF to look forward to in 2026!!
lithub.com/26-sci-fi-an...
lithub.com/26-sci-fi-an...
January 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Wow, so excited to see this LitHub write-up of MAKE ME BETTER on their list of SFF to look forward to in 2026!!
lithub.com/26-sci-fi-an...
lithub.com/26-sci-fi-an...
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“I’m a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company.
The driver sees $0 of it.”
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
The driver sees $0 of it.”
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
January 2, 2026 at 9:36 PM
“I’m a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company.
The driver sees $0 of it.”
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
The driver sees $0 of it.”
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
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The year in review, including a BIG announcement about 2026 👀💕
2025 in Review and What’s to Come
Look Back and Looking Forward
stone-soup.ghost.io
December 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The year in review, including a BIG announcement about 2026 👀💕
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#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 27: Ain't nobody judging your monster porn, fam
SPREAD ME, Sarah Gailey's (@sarahgailey.bsky.social) slick, smutty, endlessly clever first-encounter SF. Gailey effortlessly balances tantalization with squick, shame with desire, creeping terror with breathless anticipation
SPREAD ME, Sarah Gailey's (@sarahgailey.bsky.social) slick, smutty, endlessly clever first-encounter SF. Gailey effortlessly balances tantalization with squick, shame with desire, creeping terror with breathless anticipation
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 AM
#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 27: Ain't nobody judging your monster porn, fam
SPREAD ME, Sarah Gailey's (@sarahgailey.bsky.social) slick, smutty, endlessly clever first-encounter SF. Gailey effortlessly balances tantalization with squick, shame with desire, creeping terror with breathless anticipation
SPREAD ME, Sarah Gailey's (@sarahgailey.bsky.social) slick, smutty, endlessly clever first-encounter SF. Gailey effortlessly balances tantalization with squick, shame with desire, creeping terror with breathless anticipation
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In June I finished a poem about being suicidal and the tiniest things one can use as a carrot to keep themselves going, and here at the close of the year I am finally (mostly) ready to share it
December 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
In June I finished a poem about being suicidal and the tiniest things one can use as a carrot to keep themselves going, and here at the close of the year I am finally (mostly) ready to share it
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I recorded a game of WE DID START THE FIRE by @morganeilish.bsky.social with @sarahgailey.bsky.social, which you'll hear on the podcast feed, that has not left my brain since it happened. The story went some absolutely WILD directions and ended in a place which really blew me away.
for a more serious question; did you have any play in 2025 that you really had to sit with afterwards? that hit you somewhere that doesn't patch up easy?
December 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I recorded a game of WE DID START THE FIRE by @morganeilish.bsky.social with @sarahgailey.bsky.social, which you'll hear on the podcast feed, that has not left my brain since it happened. The story went some absolutely WILD directions and ended in a place which really blew me away.
The year in review, including a BIG announcement about 2026 👀💕
2025 in Review and What’s to Come
Look Back and Looking Forward
stone-soup.ghost.io
December 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The year in review, including a BIG announcement about 2026 👀💕
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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such a beautiful and moving project. I found so many spots of brightness and comfort to return to when things are hard and the way seems dark. everyone should be so immensely pleased and proud 💖
Some reflections on my first year of publishing Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive. What an incredible year it has been. How very, very lucky I am.
(Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)
(Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)
A Reflection on Love Letters
Love Letters 12.30.2025 - Stone Soup
stone-soup.ghost.io
December 31, 2025 at 1:41 AM
such a beautiful and moving project. I found so many spots of brightness and comfort to return to when things are hard and the way seems dark. everyone should be so immensely pleased and proud 💖
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SPREAD ME by @sarahgailey.bsky.social was the best book I read this year, hands down. I am begging everyone to read it if they like horror and don't mind explicit sexual content.
We all read some bad books this year. I didn’t finish some and had to write negative reviews here and there. However, what I really want to hear about is the stuff that blew your mind, that made you think, that stayed with you. Tell me about the cool books you loved this year.
December 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
SPREAD ME by @sarahgailey.bsky.social was the best book I read this year, hands down. I am begging everyone to read it if they like horror and don't mind explicit sexual content.
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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these arriving in my inbox was a highlight of the day, every time they did. every single one was so wonderful and beautiful. Gailey did a terrific job selecting the authors for this project, and every author did a terrific job nailing the assignment.
a true gift of joy in what was not a joyful year
a true gift of joy in what was not a joyful year
Some reflections on my first year of publishing Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive. What an incredible year it has been. How very, very lucky I am.
(Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)
(Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)
A Reflection on Love Letters
Love Letters 12.30.2025 - Stone Soup
stone-soup.ghost.io
December 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
these arriving in my inbox was a highlight of the day, every time they did. every single one was so wonderful and beautiful. Gailey did a terrific job selecting the authors for this project, and every author did a terrific job nailing the assignment.
a true gift of joy in what was not a joyful year
a true gift of joy in what was not a joyful year
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Working on this project was one of the highlights of my (Very Rough™️) year. It was an honor, a pleasure, and a point of pride to put out each and every one of these essays.
(And getting to add some of my art to vol 3 on top of everything else was a dream come true.)
(And getting to add some of my art to vol 3 on top of everything else was a dream come true.)
Some reflections on my first year of publishing Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive. What an incredible year it has been. How very, very lucky I am.
(Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)
(Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)
A Reflection on Love Letters
Love Letters 12.30.2025 - Stone Soup
stone-soup.ghost.io
December 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Working on this project was one of the highlights of my (Very Rough™️) year. It was an honor, a pleasure, and a point of pride to put out each and every one of these essays.
(And getting to add some of my art to vol 3 on top of everything else was a dream come true.)
(And getting to add some of my art to vol 3 on top of everything else was a dream come true.)
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I love all of this, but Peter Beagle has such a special place in my heart
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
December 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I love all of this, but Peter Beagle has such a special place in my heart
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
Some reflections on my first year of publishing Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive. What an incredible year it has been. How very, very lucky I am.
(Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)
(Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)
A Reflection on Love Letters
Love Letters 12.30.2025 - Stone Soup
stone-soup.ghost.io
December 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Some reflections on my first year of publishing Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive. What an incredible year it has been. How very, very lucky I am.
(Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)
(Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)