Tessa Gratton
@tessagratton.bsky.social
NYT bestselling queer SFF author. #MXTX trash. STRANGE GRACE, THE QUEENS OF INNIS LEAR, LADY HOTSPUR, NIGHT SHINE, STAR WARS: The High Republic, and forthcoming THE MERCY MAKERS! nonbinary, she/he/they
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By the great @annienocenti.bsky.social
Daredevil #283 (1990)
Daredevil #283 (1990)
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
By the great @annienocenti.bsky.social
Daredevil #283 (1990)
Daredevil #283 (1990)
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Happy 85th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki ♡
January 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Happy 85th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki ♡
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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There is *no* ethical use of genAI. It is built on stolen art, through exploitative labour, and every day as they train new model and answer query, they burn immense amount of energy & water.
It has no place in our field, none.
It has no place in our field, none.
December 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
There is *no* ethical use of genAI. It is built on stolen art, through exploitative labour, and every day as they train new model and answer query, they burn immense amount of energy & water.
It has no place in our field, none.
It has no place in our field, none.
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It's your birthday, Duane.
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's your birthday, Duane.
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A Blue Jay giving a mid-flight glance over his/her shoulder while showing those beautiful blue feathers.
December 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A Blue Jay giving a mid-flight glance over his/her shoulder while showing those beautiful blue feathers.
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I’ll take Genre Organizations Trying to Destroy Their Awards Systems for a thousand, Alex.
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’ll take Genre Organizations Trying to Destroy Their Awards Systems for a thousand, Alex.
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And the babes together!
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
And the babes together!
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Here's the cover illustration I had the pleasure of painting for 'The Shape of Monsters' by @tessagratton.bsky.social , for Orbit Books!
It's Book 2 of The Moon Heresies trilogy and sequel to The Mercy Makers 🌔
Out June 2026!
It's Book 2 of The Moon Heresies trilogy and sequel to The Mercy Makers 🌔
Out June 2026!
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Here's the cover illustration I had the pleasure of painting for 'The Shape of Monsters' by @tessagratton.bsky.social , for Orbit Books!
It's Book 2 of The Moon Heresies trilogy and sequel to The Mercy Makers 🌔
Out June 2026!
It's Book 2 of The Moon Heresies trilogy and sequel to The Mercy Makers 🌔
Out June 2026!
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oh, yes.
THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS, Book 2 of THE MOON HERESIES TRILOGY, has a cover!
And it is perfect. No notes. Coming June 2026
Design by Stephanie Hess
Illustration by
@eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
And it is perfect. No notes. Coming June 2026
Design by Stephanie Hess
Illustration by
@eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
oh, yes.
THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS, Book 2 of THE MOON HERESIES TRILOGY, has a cover!
And it is perfect. No notes. Coming June 2026
Design by Stephanie Hess
Illustration by
@eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
And it is perfect. No notes. Coming June 2026
Design by Stephanie Hess
Illustration by
@eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS, Book 2 of THE MOON HERESIES TRILOGY, has a cover!
And it is perfect. No notes. Coming June 2026
Design by Stephanie Hess
Illustration by
@eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
And it is perfect. No notes. Coming June 2026
Design by Stephanie Hess
Illustration by
@eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
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Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
www.thenation.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
this article is SO GOOD
It's chic, it's tasteful, and it's dominating the literary landscape: cannibalism. Readers are hungry and author @wenyilee.bsky.social examines its relationship to revenge, exploitation, and desire 🥩
Tender Is the Flesh-Eating: The Literary Cannibal as Exploitation and Desire - Reactor
Wen-yi Lee examines the teeth of fictional cannibalism
reactormag.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
this article is SO GOOD
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Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
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If you're an author of queer lit with copies burning a hole in your pocket (or tumbling off your shelves) and you want to contribute a few to the Bookish Holiday Drive, please email me at LGBTQReads@gmail.com to let me know!
LGBTQReads Bookish Holiday Drive
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of…
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of…
LGBTQReads Bookish Holiday Drive
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of bookish respite, you can fill out this form to be matched with a bookish donation from one of many contributing authors and agents!
lgbtqreads.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If you're an author of queer lit with copies burning a hole in your pocket (or tumbling off your shelves) and you want to contribute a few to the Bookish Holiday Drive, please email me at LGBTQReads@gmail.com to let me know!
🫣😅🤩
“THE MERCY MAKERS is well-constructed, with compelling characters, interesting worldbuilding, and a strong voice.” @hawkwing_lb reviews new work from @tessagratton.bsky.social
The Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton: Review by Liz Bourke
The Mercy Makers, Tessa Gratton (Orbit 978-0-31657-879-0, $19.99, 560pp, tp) June 2025. Tessa Gratton’s The Mercy Makers is a peculiar, meditative fantasy novel. It’s concerned, as many recent fant…
locusmag.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🫣😅🤩
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Just grabbed it for the same price on Apple Books, so heads-up to non-Kindle users about that option!
THE MERCY MAKERS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! Only $2.99 for six hundred pages "alight with glorious epiphanies!"
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1) eBook : Gratton, Tessa: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Just grabbed it for the same price on Apple Books, so heads-up to non-Kindle users about that option!
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Me. I said that. ‘alight with glorious epiphanies’, and I stand by it.
THE MERCY MAKERS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! Only $2.99 for six hundred pages "alight with glorious epiphanies!"
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1) eBook : Gratton, Tessa: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Me. I said that. ‘alight with glorious epiphanies’, and I stand by it.
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This book is one of the most stressful reading experiences I have ever had and I mean this in a good way. The best way, even.
I'm not even done yet (because i am stressed but want to SAVOR IT) and I highly urge everyone to pick up a copy!!
I'm not even done yet (because i am stressed but want to SAVOR IT) and I highly urge everyone to pick up a copy!!
THE MERCY MAKERS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! Only $2.99 for six hundred pages "alight with glorious epiphanies!"
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1) eBook : Gratton, Tessa: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This book is one of the most stressful reading experiences I have ever had and I mean this in a good way. The best way, even.
I'm not even done yet (because i am stressed but want to SAVOR IT) and I highly urge everyone to pick up a copy!!
I'm not even done yet (because i am stressed but want to SAVOR IT) and I highly urge everyone to pick up a copy!!
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Had occasion, as one does, to think on Shakespeare's sonnets this morning, which called to mind this bit of absolute gorgeousness from Judi Dench. In case you need some beauty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XKS...
Judi Dench - Sonnet 29 - 'When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes' - 4K
YouTube video by Shakespeare Network
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November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Had occasion, as one does, to think on Shakespeare's sonnets this morning, which called to mind this bit of absolute gorgeousness from Judi Dench. In case you need some beauty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XKS...
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Just finished The Mercy Makers by @tessagratton.bsky.social and it's one of the best fantasy stories I've read in a while. Queer, subversive, dreamy, tense, and spicy, with gorgeous, intriguing world-building, fascinating magic, and my favorite kind of narrator (3rd person cheeky). I'm astounded.
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Just finished The Mercy Makers by @tessagratton.bsky.social and it's one of the best fantasy stories I've read in a while. Queer, subversive, dreamy, tense, and spicy, with gorgeous, intriguing world-building, fascinating magic, and my favorite kind of narrator (3rd person cheeky). I'm astounded.
THE MERCY MAKERS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! Only $2.99 for six hundred pages "alight with glorious epiphanies!"
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1) eBook : Gratton, Tessa: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
THE MERCY MAKERS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! Only $2.99 for six hundred pages "alight with glorious epiphanies!"
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
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Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
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Honestly, this was my favorite news of the night.
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Honestly, this was my favorite news of the night.