Sofia Ajram
@sofiaajram.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Award-winning author 🏳️⚧️
Jewelry designer & metalsmith sofiazakia.com
COUP DE GRÂCE
BURY YOUR GAYS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRAGIC QUEER HORROR
https://linktr.ee/sofiaajram
Jewelry designer & metalsmith sofiazakia.com
COUP DE GRÂCE
BURY YOUR GAYS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRAGIC QUEER HORROR
https://linktr.ee/sofiaajram
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Sofia Ajram
@sofiaajram.bsky.social
· Jun 15
I WON A BRAM STOKER AWARD
FOR COUP DE GRÂCE!!!
TRULY OVERJOYED!!! Thank you so much to the @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social and to @titanbooks.bsky.social for championing this dark experimental book about a man who finds hope and choice in the depths of despair. I’m so honoured.
FOR COUP DE GRÂCE!!!
TRULY OVERJOYED!!! Thank you so much to the @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social and to @titanbooks.bsky.social for championing this dark experimental book about a man who finds hope and choice in the depths of despair. I’m so honoured.
always thinking about…her (tower of terror ride architecture in japan)
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
always thinking about…her (tower of terror ride architecture in japan)
Honoured and overjoyed to learn that Bury Your Gays won a British Fantasy Award!! 🙇♂️ I’m so grateful for the opportunity to have worked with @ghoulish.bsky.social and our incredible contributors. Thank you to everyone involved in the British Fantasy Awards!! Kicking my heels in glee.
And the winner is Bury Your Gays by Sofia Ajram, accepted on their behalf by Joanne Harris
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Honoured and overjoyed to learn that Bury Your Gays won a British Fantasy Award!! 🙇♂️ I’m so grateful for the opportunity to have worked with @ghoulish.bsky.social and our incredible contributors. Thank you to everyone involved in the British Fantasy Awards!! Kicking my heels in glee.
Back at urgent care (second time this week!) cause of post-op bleeding from hysterectomy. Got to go in a CT scan for the first time. Big xray donut—neat!
September 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Back at urgent care (second time this week!) cause of post-op bleeding from hysterectomy. Got to go in a CT scan for the first time. Big xray donut—neat!
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The outpouring of support from readers & colleagues is overwhelming. I can't imagine them coming together like this for a "problematic" trans woman even five years ago. If you want to help me make up the lost income from comics work, you can subscribe to my Patreon.
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
Get more from Gretchen Felker-Martin on Patreon
Creating Filth
www.patreon.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The outpouring of support from readers & colleagues is overwhelming. I can't imagine them coming together like this for a "problematic" trans woman even five years ago. If you want to help me make up the lost income from comics work, you can subscribe to my Patreon.
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
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Horror folks, it's the middle of September, and the Stoker Recommended Reading List is looking extremely small. If you're a member of the HWA, go recommend something you've read that you loved!
horror.org/awards/curre...
horror.org/awards/curre...
HWA Bram Stoker Award Recommendations
horror.org
September 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Horror folks, it's the middle of September, and the Stoker Recommended Reading List is looking extremely small. If you're a member of the HWA, go recommend something you've read that you loved!
horror.org/awards/curre...
horror.org/awards/curre...
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Gretchen Felker-Martin on Charlie Kirk and violence in a public post on her Patreon an hour ago, link in replies:
September 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Gretchen Felker-Martin on Charlie Kirk and violence in a public post on her Patreon an hour ago, link in replies:
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JAW Unhinged - Horror & Other Weird Fictions with J.A.W. McCarthy jaw-unhinged-jaw-mccarthy.beehiiv.com/p/jaw-unhing...
JAW Unhinged - Horror & Other Weird Fictions with J.A.W. McCarthy jaw-unhinged-jaw-mccarthy.beehiiv.com/p/jaw-unhing...
JAW Unhinged - Horror & Other Weird Fictions with J.A.W. McCarthy
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September 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I've moved my newsletter to beehiiv! Check out the updates enclosed, and consider subscribing? Thanks for sticking with me!
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JAW Unhinged - Horror & Other Weird Fictions with J.A.W. McCarthy jaw-unhinged-jaw-mccarthy.beehiiv.com/p/jaw-unhing...
Finally home from hysto surgery after 13 hours at the hospital 🥲 I feel like dogshit but the surgery went well and I’m excited to be pain-free sooooon!
August 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Finally home from hysto surgery after 13 hours at the hospital 🥲 I feel like dogshit but the surgery went well and I’m excited to be pain-free sooooon!
At the hospital for my hysterectomy! Pray good things! 🥺💕
August 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
At the hospital for my hysterectomy! Pray good things! 🥺💕
New author pic! 😘 my last one was 3 years old so it felt like time for a refresh.
August 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New author pic! 😘 my last one was 3 years old so it felt like time for a refresh.
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Anyway, buy trans books.
On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
August 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Anyway, buy trans books.
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USA TODAY BEST-SELLER BLACK FLAME, debuting higher on the list than CUCKOO ever made it
God, I'm so grateful to all of you. Thank you for making it possible for me to have this career I've been dreaming about since I was fourteen.
God, I'm so grateful to all of you. Thank you for making it possible for me to have this career I've been dreaming about since I was fourteen.
August 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
USA TODAY BEST-SELLER BLACK FLAME, debuting higher on the list than CUCKOO ever made it
God, I'm so grateful to all of you. Thank you for making it possible for me to have this career I've been dreaming about since I was fourteen.
God, I'm so grateful to all of you. Thank you for making it possible for me to have this career I've been dreaming about since I was fourteen.
Grinning quite proudly (and joyfully!) at this CBC Books recent mention! A feature that thrilled my parents but not as much as meeee!
August 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Grinning quite proudly (and joyfully!) at this CBC Books recent mention! A feature that thrilled my parents but not as much as meeee!
self-portraits on 35mm. It’s been fun getting back into old hobbies.
August 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
self-portraits on 35mm. It’s been fun getting back into old hobbies.
Can anyone share scenes from books or short stories that depict overstimulation / autistic meltdown well?
August 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Can anyone share scenes from books or short stories that depict overstimulation / autistic meltdown well?
In London for a couple days. Got to see HADESTOWN with Len this evening and it was fun! I love an Underground Railroad setting.
July 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In London for a couple days. Got to see HADESTOWN with Len this evening and it was fun! I love an Underground Railroad setting.
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📖 Coup de Grâce
by @sofiaajram.bsky.social
REACTOR BEST BOOKS OF 2024 | BARNES & NOBLE BEST HORROR 2024
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#queerbooks #lgbtqia #booksky #horror 🇨🇦
📖 Coup de Grâce
by @sofiaajram.bsky.social
REACTOR BEST BOOKS OF 2024 | BARNES & NOBLE BEST HORROR 2024
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#queerbooks #lgbtqia #booksky #horror 🇨🇦
Coup de Grâce
Check out Coup de Grâce - <b>BRAM STOKER AWARD WINNER.<br><br>"A harrowing exploration of the expanding labyrinth of despair and the self." Paul Tremblay.<br><br>A mindbending and visceral experimenta...
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July 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🌈📚
📖 Coup de Grâce
by @sofiaajram.bsky.social
REACTOR BEST BOOKS OF 2024 | BARNES & NOBLE BEST HORROR 2024
Bookshop Affiliate Link
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
ebook bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
#queerbooks #lgbtqia #booksky #horror 🇨🇦
📖 Coup de Grâce
by @sofiaajram.bsky.social
REACTOR BEST BOOKS OF 2024 | BARNES & NOBLE BEST HORROR 2024
Bookshop Affiliate Link
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
ebook bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
#queerbooks #lgbtqia #booksky #horror 🇨🇦
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Currently feeling a heavy dose of Strong Existential Dread while reading Coup de Grâce by @sofiaajram.bsky.social 🥰
July 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Currently feeling a heavy dose of Strong Existential Dread while reading Coup de Grâce by @sofiaajram.bsky.social 🥰
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I first read The Haunting of Hill House when I was 27, a richly complex blessing of a book that moved me on a soul level so sincerely that I made a necklace (Her Cup of Stars) inspired by it. It’s a beautiful feeling to have things come full circle—I am now a Shirley Jackson Award nominee.
June 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I first read The Haunting of Hill House when I was 27, a richly complex blessing of a book that moved me on a soul level so sincerely that I made a necklace (Her Cup of Stars) inspired by it. It’s a beautiful feeling to have things come full circle—I am now a Shirley Jackson Award nominee.
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Shirley Jackson Awards streaming tonight!
SATURDAY! 8pm EST, 5PM PST, live from ReaderCon!!! The Shirley Jackson Awards will stream on YouTube @shirleyjacksonawards1305 and on our FB page!
July 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Shirley Jackson Awards streaming tonight!
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The nine picture books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. "What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people."
The Ugly Stereotype Beneath the Supreme Court Ruling on LGBTQIA+ Books
The nine picture books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people.
www.slj.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The nine picture books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. "What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people."
HOW I WISH I COULD SEE THISSS
July 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
HOW I WISH I COULD SEE THISSS
Very sad I couldn’t be at Readercon this weekend *but* am consoled by the fact that Len and I got to visit the most delightful museum of Gilded Age fairgrounds in Paris & we got to ride the last Velocipede carousel in the world (human powered bike carousel) from 1897!!!
July 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Very sad I couldn’t be at Readercon this weekend *but* am consoled by the fact that Len and I got to visit the most delightful museum of Gilded Age fairgrounds in Paris & we got to ride the last Velocipede carousel in the world (human powered bike carousel) from 1897!!!
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Lisa made a handy list of Readercon program participants! @readercon.org
I’ll be there! And I made a program participant starter pack if anyone finds that useful: bsky.app/profile/lisa...
If you're heading to @readercon.bsky.social this year, here's a starter pack of all program participants I could find on Bluesky. Tell me if I missed anyone! I will be there, and hope to do some at-con interviews as I have in the past. Looking forward to seeing and meeting folks! go.bsky.app/TJVbCC8
July 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Lisa made a handy list of Readercon program participants! @readercon.org
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A STARRED REVEIW?!! FROM PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY??
FOR MY QUEER ECO/BODY HORROR SCI-FI THRILLER ABOUT CONSPIRACIES AND THE OCEAN AND CARNIVEROUS CORAL AND A DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR DURING THE APOCALYPSE?????
Write your weird book, y’all. 🤠
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FOR MY QUEER ECO/BODY HORROR SCI-FI THRILLER ABOUT CONSPIRACIES AND THE OCEAN AND CARNIVEROUS CORAL AND A DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR DURING THE APOCALYPSE?????
Write your weird book, y’all. 🤠
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July 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A STARRED REVEIW?!! FROM PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY??
FOR MY QUEER ECO/BODY HORROR SCI-FI THRILLER ABOUT CONSPIRACIES AND THE OCEAN AND CARNIVEROUS CORAL AND A DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR DURING THE APOCALYPSE?????
Write your weird book, y’all. 🤠
⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
FOR MY QUEER ECO/BODY HORROR SCI-FI THRILLER ABOUT CONSPIRACIES AND THE OCEAN AND CARNIVEROUS CORAL AND A DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR DURING THE APOCALYPSE?????
Write your weird book, y’all. 🤠
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