Straith🍉
@straith.ca
D.A. Straith (they/them) - Toronto-adjacent fiction person and beginner plant parent - nonbinary trans & queer settler - work in Augur, Fusion Fragment, On Spec - querying! - straith.carrd.co
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Straith🍉
@straith.ca
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The kingdom is drowning, reality is collapsing, and now this hot married couple, in ignorance of the time loop he's oathbound to maintain, is playing kissing games with Sir Gavin.
The yearly beheadings don't seem to be helping. Neither does being "good".
Time to try something different 🏳️🌈🌈✨
The yearly beheadings don't seem to be helping. Neither does being "good".
Time to try something different 🏳️🌈🌈✨
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Rhysling nominations close today! I hope you'll consider 'Eagle-Eyed', my slipstream poem published in Eye to the Telescope, for the short-form category.
🪶 The doctors had no explanation
for the bird’s eyes set into
my flawed and human head.
Read now: eyetothetelescope.com/archives/057...
🪶 The doctors had no explanation
for the bird’s eyes set into
my flawed and human head.
Read now: eyetothetelescope.com/archives/057...
Eye to the Telescope
Eye to the Telescope, the quarterly online journal of SFPA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
eyetothetelescope.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Rhysling nominations close today! I hope you'll consider 'Eagle-Eyed', my slipstream poem published in Eye to the Telescope, for the short-form category.
🪶 The doctors had no explanation
for the bird’s eyes set into
my flawed and human head.
Read now: eyetothetelescope.com/archives/057...
🪶 The doctors had no explanation
for the bird’s eyes set into
my flawed and human head.
Read now: eyetothetelescope.com/archives/057...
honey wake up I need to turn the grow light on in the bedroom
February 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
honey wake up I need to turn the grow light on in the bedroom
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Predating my Earth and Sea series, but tapping into the tragic, fragile narratives learned from Vincent Desiderio while working as his assist. in the mid 90's.
Executed as a center panel of a triptych private commission for Jane and Howard Frank in 2001.
Eric Bright-eyes
34" x 34" Oil on Panel 2001
Executed as a center panel of a triptych private commission for Jane and Howard Frank in 2001.
Eric Bright-eyes
34" x 34" Oil on Panel 2001
February 15, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Predating my Earth and Sea series, but tapping into the tragic, fragile narratives learned from Vincent Desiderio while working as his assist. in the mid 90's.
Executed as a center panel of a triptych private commission for Jane and Howard Frank in 2001.
Eric Bright-eyes
34" x 34" Oil on Panel 2001
Executed as a center panel of a triptych private commission for Jane and Howard Frank in 2001.
Eric Bright-eyes
34" x 34" Oil on Panel 2001
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NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we’re talking about KALYNA THE CUTTHROAT by @elijahkinchspector.bsky.social. Fast-paced erudite adventure fantasy for the cleverest and queerest of us. Our drink, Radiant Basket of Rainbow Shells, would delight a Loashti scholar and you as well!
![[Image desc: a stemmed glass with a bright golden drink sits amid autumn sun on a pile of bricks alongside an advance reader copy of KALYNA THE CUTTHROAT by Elijah Kinch Spector]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ry77yg67bhrjsh4h5ptccng6/bafkreicgxshl42esu36sdni6vtc4xtewnhlbaubzs3rs4jb7kha2amnkwu@jpeg)
November 26, 2024 at 5:03 PM
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we’re talking about KALYNA THE CUTTHROAT by @elijahkinchspector.bsky.social. Fast-paced erudite adventure fantasy for the cleverest and queerest of us. Our drink, Radiant Basket of Rainbow Shells, would delight a Loashti scholar and you as well!
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And some more because books look best in a beautiful setting!
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
And some more because books look best in a beautiful setting!
this wonderful piece from 1920 by Maurice Leroy is highly relevant to our current winter games, and also, love the energy of him depicting someone straight up falling on their ass while the other person poses jauntily
February 15, 2026 at 1:25 AM
this wonderful piece from 1920 by Maurice Leroy is highly relevant to our current winter games, and also, love the energy of him depicting someone straight up falling on their ass while the other person poses jauntily
progress update on a collage for my new novel project (I use exclusively public domain art for these)
February 14, 2026 at 11:12 PM
progress update on a collage for my new novel project (I use exclusively public domain art for these)
SIGN ME UP
Hannah Waddingham and Gwen Christie buddy comedy where they’re both vulgar hard-drinking lady knights whose carousing is interrupted by an unwelcome quest WHEN
February 14, 2026 at 5:14 PM
SIGN ME UP
DO IT, YOU COWARDS!
Cast Hannah Waddingham as a sword and sorcery villain NOW
February 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
DO IT, YOU COWARDS!
getting a bubble waffle today mark my words
February 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM
getting a bubble waffle today mark my words
GOOD MORNING from eastern time, how we all doing this morn
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
GOOD MORNING from eastern time, how we all doing this morn
week 2 of querying is behind me! I must now go nurse my nervous-system-fatigue headache by going to bed early* ☺️💚 hope everyone gets some good quality rest
*I may in fact pretend to go to bed whilst in fact watching a horror film on hoopla
*I may in fact pretend to go to bed whilst in fact watching a horror film on hoopla
February 14, 2026 at 1:52 AM
week 2 of querying is behind me! I must now go nurse my nervous-system-fatigue headache by going to bed early* ☺️💚 hope everyone gets some good quality rest
*I may in fact pretend to go to bed whilst in fact watching a horror film on hoopla
*I may in fact pretend to go to bed whilst in fact watching a horror film on hoopla
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obsessed with this panel. the play of light and shadow. the expressions. the fact he's wearing pants and shoulder pads and absolutely nothing else.
February 14, 2026 at 1:26 AM
obsessed with this panel. the play of light and shadow. the expressions. the fact he's wearing pants and shoulder pads and absolutely nothing else.
my best story yet (in my opinion) was published in On Spec in 2025, and I’m so honoured I was able to be a part of it—and was so devastated to learn of its closure.
On Spec for best semiprozine 💜
On Spec for best semiprozine 💜
The importance of On Spec cannot be overstated. The magazine's editor, Diane Walton, has done incredible work for more than 30 years
On Spec is eligible as semiprozine.
It would be really great to see her get her first Hugo nod as best editor (short form), since this year will be her last chance.
On Spec is eligible as semiprozine.
It would be really great to see her get her first Hugo nod as best editor (short form), since this year will be her last chance.
Oh, and two mags that are no longer publishing in 2026 but are eligible for 2025 nominations are On Spec and Fantasy. Stories from both appear in my short fiction spotlight column. Go check them out.
10/10
10/10
February 13, 2026 at 10:53 PM
my best story yet (in my opinion) was published in On Spec in 2025, and I’m so honoured I was able to be a part of it—and was so devastated to learn of its closure.
On Spec for best semiprozine 💜
On Spec for best semiprozine 💜
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messy, mostly free-handed suit of discarded armor. idk if a giant meat mutant wearing this would count as a mech but in my heart it does. like an eva or a god warrior or something
February 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM
messy, mostly free-handed suit of discarded armor. idk if a giant meat mutant wearing this would count as a mech but in my heart it does. like an eva or a god warrior or something
In Which Being Bi Saves The World
The kingdom is drowning, reality is collapsing, and now this hot married couple, in ignorance of the time loop he's oathbound to maintain, is playing kissing games with Sir Gavin.
The yearly beheadings don't seem to be helping. Neither does being "good".
Time to try something different 🏳️🌈🌈✨
The yearly beheadings don't seem to be helping. Neither does being "good".
Time to try something different 🏳️🌈🌈✨
February 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
In Which Being Bi Saves The World
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Less than $500 to go!
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February 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
LESS THAN $50 NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's Straith's awards eligibility post for 2025!!
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It's Straith's awards eligibility post for 2025!!
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
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Please help Ahmad's family survive Israel's genocide, which has left them starving & homeless in winter. His mother needs urgent treatment for retinal disease. Bluesky keeps deleting him, & donations are low:
We in Gaza are living through dire humanitarian conditions and exorbitant prices.
We need just €100 a day to provide food, water, and basic necessities.
Your donation, no matter how small, helps us survive another day.
Don't leave us alone 🤍🇵🇸
Donation link ⬇️🫂
chuffed.org/project/157281
We need just €100 a day to provide food, water, and basic necessities.
Your donation, no matter how small, helps us survive another day.
Don't leave us alone 🤍🇵🇸
Donation link ⬇️🫂
chuffed.org/project/157281
Urgent appeal: Help Ahmed and his family in Gaza
Hello everyone, I am Ahmed Nabil Al-Madhoun, 25 years old, studying for a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, fourth level, at Al-Quds Open University. I was supposed to graduate, but unfortunately the w...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Please help Ahmad's family survive Israel's genocide, which has left them starving & homeless in winter. His mother needs urgent treatment for retinal disease. Bluesky keeps deleting him, & donations are low:
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New parenting style just dropped
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
New parenting style just dropped
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For the families of Tumbler Ridge.
Folks – there are several families who do not have individual GoFundMe fundraisers set up, and so they may be relying heavily on the funds raised by the local school PAC.
There are a few independent links for specific children and/or their families, and Johnny Malcom Foundation has the list:
There are a few independent links for specific children and/or their families, and Johnny Malcom Foundation has the list:
Looks like one of our local nonprofits will endeavour to keep all the verified links in one spot for easy access:
www.johnnymalcolm.com
www.johnnymalcolm.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:46 AM
For the families of Tumbler Ridge.
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I would like to welcome everyone from across the gamut from impulse-buy-okay-get-an-ebook-it's-only-nine-dollars to let's-give-these-queerdos-a-thousand-dollars-to-make-paper-dolls and then back to i-have-no-money-but-i-will-repost!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
What Elegant Stars
Queer Tales of Impossible Style, a fashionable space opera anthology.
www.kickstarter.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I would like to welcome everyone from across the gamut from impulse-buy-okay-get-an-ebook-it's-only-nine-dollars to let's-give-these-queerdos-a-thousand-dollars-to-make-paper-dolls and then back to i-have-no-money-but-i-will-repost!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
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Delighted to share that my poem “Toward a Cladistic Analysis of Hauntings,” from my collection TIME TRAVEL IS EASY, has been nominated for the Rhysling Award long list! This is my first ever Rhysling nom. Best of luck to all nominees!
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Delighted to share that my poem “Toward a Cladistic Analysis of Hauntings,” from my collection TIME TRAVEL IS EASY, has been nominated for the Rhysling Award long list! This is my first ever Rhysling nom. Best of luck to all nominees!
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Proud to be the 6th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026
Sword & Sorcery magazine featuring short fiction, non-fiction, and gorgeous art. Made with love for the classics, and an inclusive, boundary-pushing approach to storytelling! Luxurious hardcover, clas...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Proud to be the 6th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...