Sofia Ajram
@sofiaajram.bsky.social
Writer & metalsmith
Books: Coup de Grâce (Titan Books), Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror (Ghoulish), now out.
Bram Stoker Award winner, Shirley Jackson Award finalist, British Fantasy Award winner
https://linktr.ee/sofiaajram
Books: Coup de Grâce (Titan Books), Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror (Ghoulish), now out.
Bram Stoker Award winner, Shirley Jackson Award finalist, British Fantasy Award winner
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.
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Made a little Weird Books for Weird Readers video :)
With:
@nadiabulkin.bsky.social
@sofiaajram.bsky.social
Ling Ma
@tiffmorris.bsky.social / @ericraglin1992.bsky.social
@johnlangan.bsky.social
@emnays.bsky.social
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
With:
@nadiabulkin.bsky.social
@sofiaajram.bsky.social
Ling Ma
@tiffmorris.bsky.social / @ericraglin1992.bsky.social
@johnlangan.bsky.social
@emnays.bsky.social
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Made a little Weird Books for Weird Readers video :)
With:
@nadiabulkin.bsky.social
@sofiaajram.bsky.social
Ling Ma
@tiffmorris.bsky.social / @ericraglin1992.bsky.social
@johnlangan.bsky.social
@emnays.bsky.social
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
With:
@nadiabulkin.bsky.social
@sofiaajram.bsky.social
Ling Ma
@tiffmorris.bsky.social / @ericraglin1992.bsky.social
@johnlangan.bsky.social
@emnays.bsky.social
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
Found this spectacular interactive exhibit called Thresholds by Michel de Broin at the Arsenal Contemporary Museum this weekend. Utterly giddy to walk through it again and again in what felt like a theatre set of Coup de Grâce.
February 2, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Found this spectacular interactive exhibit called Thresholds by Michel de Broin at the Arsenal Contemporary Museum this weekend. Utterly giddy to walk through it again and again in what felt like a theatre set of Coup de Grâce.
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Hundreds of local elections with upcoming deadlines still boltsmag.org/criminal-jus...
In Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat - Bolts
With roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff this year, Bolts reviews the map and early hotspots that will shape criminal punishment and law enforcement practices.
boltsmag.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Hundreds of local elections with upcoming deadlines still boltsmag.org/criminal-jus...
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If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
Oh! Ohhhh! New B.R. Yeager! Time trippin’! Ohhh!!! Get my fainting chair!
We’re very excited to share that B.R. Yeager's next novel, Toad Psalm, will be published by Apocalypse Party in 2027!
January 27, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Oh! Ohhhh! New B.R. Yeager! Time trippin’! Ohhh!!! Get my fainting chair!
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COUP DE GRÂCE is an escherian fever dream, a labyrinth of self-loathing, a maze of made of concrete and memories. At times I felt like I might have a panic attack (complimentary). You should check it out.
(via @titanbooks.bsky.social)
www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...
(via @titanbooks.bsky.social)
www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...
Coup de Grâce
Coup de Grâce [Ajram, Sofia] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Coup de Grâce
www.amazon.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:33 AM
COUP DE GRÂCE is an escherian fever dream, a labyrinth of self-loathing, a maze of made of concrete and memories. At times I felt like I might have a panic attack (complimentary). You should check it out.
(via @titanbooks.bsky.social)
www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...
(via @titanbooks.bsky.social)
www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...
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COUP DE GRÂCE is, to its benefit, a short book, but for a book about being trapped in an inescapable space that all looks the same, it keeps you guessing as to what’s possible and what’s next. A specific structural change near the end had me yelling “fuck you” at the book (complimentary).
January 22, 2026 at 12:32 AM
COUP DE GRÂCE is, to its benefit, a short book, but for a book about being trapped in an inescapable space that all looks the same, it keeps you guessing as to what’s possible and what’s next. A specific structural change near the end had me yelling “fuck you” at the book (complimentary).
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Ajram might as well have written COUP DE GRÂCE specifically for me. A main character with suicidal ideation, wandering through a recursive, liminal space made of brutalist architecture, finding cracks in the foundation that lead to—something unimaginable. It’s EXTREMELY my shit.
January 22, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Ajram might as well have written COUP DE GRÂCE specifically for me. A main character with suicidal ideation, wandering through a recursive, liminal space made of brutalist architecture, finding cracks in the foundation that lead to—something unimaginable. It’s EXTREMELY my shit.
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COUP DE GRÂCE, by @sofiaajram.bsky.social
Vicken’s going to kill himself. He has a plan and everything. But when he gets off the subway to finally commit the act, he finds himself in an endlessly looping train station, concrete hallways that go nowhere yet keep unfolding, with no exit to be seen—
Vicken’s going to kill himself. He has a plan and everything. But when he gets off the subway to finally commit the act, he finds himself in an endlessly looping train station, concrete hallways that go nowhere yet keep unfolding, with no exit to be seen—
January 22, 2026 at 12:31 AM
COUP DE GRÂCE, by @sofiaajram.bsky.social
Vicken’s going to kill himself. He has a plan and everything. But when he gets off the subway to finally commit the act, he finds himself in an endlessly looping train station, concrete hallways that go nowhere yet keep unfolding, with no exit to be seen—
Vicken’s going to kill himself. He has a plan and everything. But when he gets off the subway to finally commit the act, he finds himself in an endlessly looping train station, concrete hallways that go nowhere yet keep unfolding, with no exit to be seen—
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The new @shortwavebooks.bsky.social edition of SLEEP ALONE is releasing almost exactly three years after the original (within one day!) and that’s pretty damn magical and you should totally preorder a copy for some of that magic 🌟
SLEEP ALONE is out in two months!
This new edition of @jawmccarthy.bsky.social's short novel also includes the bonus story "With Animals". Pre-orders available now everywhere books are sold!
"Instantly intoxicating." – @haileypiperfights.bsky.social
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/slee...
This new edition of @jawmccarthy.bsky.social's short novel also includes the bonus story "With Animals". Pre-orders available now everywhere books are sold!
"Instantly intoxicating." – @haileypiperfights.bsky.social
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/slee...
January 20, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The new @shortwavebooks.bsky.social edition of SLEEP ALONE is releasing almost exactly three years after the original (within one day!) and that’s pretty damn magical and you should totally preorder a copy for some of that magic 🌟
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Just finished reading Coup de Grâce by @sofiaajram.bsky.social (never skip a @scumbelievable.bsky.social recommendation guys!) and let’s just say it was the perfect read before starting my new job at STM… I am truly in awe and will think about it for a long time!
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Just finished reading Coup de Grâce by @sofiaajram.bsky.social (never skip a @scumbelievable.bsky.social recommendation guys!) and let’s just say it was the perfect read before starting my new job at STM… I am truly in awe and will think about it for a long time!
Sent my recommendations in!
HWA members, please take a moment to recommend work you enjoyed in 2025! Let your favourites be heard.
If you want to add works to the Stoker recommended reading list, here’s how:
horror.org/how-to-recom...
HWA members, please take a moment to recommend work you enjoyed in 2025! Let your favourites be heard.
If you want to add works to the Stoker recommended reading list, here’s how:
horror.org/how-to-recom...
January 15, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Sent my recommendations in!
HWA members, please take a moment to recommend work you enjoyed in 2025! Let your favourites be heard.
If you want to add works to the Stoker recommended reading list, here’s how:
horror.org/how-to-recom...
HWA members, please take a moment to recommend work you enjoyed in 2025! Let your favourites be heard.
If you want to add works to the Stoker recommended reading list, here’s how:
horror.org/how-to-recom...
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I am quiet on socials still as I catch up on work - but given the deadline this is important. If you read something and enjoyed it, please recommend it -
As a member of the Horror Writers Association, you can recommend works, and those recommendations do not close until 1/15.
As a member of the Horror Writers Association, you can recommend works, and those recommendations do not close until 1/15.
January 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I am quiet on socials still as I catch up on work - but given the deadline this is important. If you read something and enjoyed it, please recommend it -
As a member of the Horror Writers Association, you can recommend works, and those recommendations do not close until 1/15.
As a member of the Horror Writers Association, you can recommend works, and those recommendations do not close until 1/15.
Some women fujo out with M/M media because they haven’t yet discovered they’re trans men or genderfluid. Something to chew on!
I spoke to women (and one man) about what they find so hot about Heated Rivalry.
"The main reason I read MM is I just absolutely cannot stand reading or watching women suffer at the hands of men – in any way, big or small, anymore... We, as women, can just watch this and relax.”
"The main reason I read MM is I just absolutely cannot stand reading or watching women suffer at the hands of men – in any way, big or small, anymore... We, as women, can just watch this and relax.”
Women are feral for Heated Rivalry. What does that say about men?
The explosive popularity of the gay hockey TV drama reveals women’s desire for sex and romance without violence or hierarchy
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Some women fujo out with M/M media because they haven’t yet discovered they’re trans men or genderfluid. Something to chew on!
I realized I rarely get to hear Acknowledgements in audiobooks. Is there a reason why they’re omitted? I feel like sometimes they add much needed context or act like a nice airlock between the story and return to reality, but I can’t recall the last time I heard one included.
The audiobook of Coup de Grâce is out today!
I got to speak with the production team about how to tackle the last act’s format (no spoilers—IYKYK!) but I haven’t listened to it yet. I think I understand actors who won’t rewatch their work in a movie now.
I got to speak with the production team about how to tackle the last act’s format (no spoilers—IYKYK!) but I haven’t listened to it yet. I think I understand actors who won’t rewatch their work in a movie now.
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I realized I rarely get to hear Acknowledgements in audiobooks. Is there a reason why they’re omitted? I feel like sometimes they add much needed context or act like a nice airlock between the story and return to reality, but I can’t recall the last time I heard one included.
The audiobook of Coup de Grâce is out today!
I got to speak with the production team about how to tackle the last act’s format (no spoilers—IYKYK!) but I haven’t listened to it yet. I think I understand actors who won’t rewatch their work in a movie now.
I got to speak with the production team about how to tackle the last act’s format (no spoilers—IYKYK!) but I haven’t listened to it yet. I think I understand actors who won’t rewatch their work in a movie now.
January 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The audiobook of Coup de Grâce is out today!
I got to speak with the production team about how to tackle the last act’s format (no spoilers—IYKYK!) but I haven’t listened to it yet. I think I understand actors who won’t rewatch their work in a movie now.
I got to speak with the production team about how to tackle the last act’s format (no spoilers—IYKYK!) but I haven’t listened to it yet. I think I understand actors who won’t rewatch their work in a movie now.
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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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! 🥺💕