Marianne Kirby
@therotund.bsky.social
Writer, editor, semi-professional fat person.
SFF/spec/soft horror/whatever. Here for the weird stuff.
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SFF/spec/soft horror/whatever. Here for the weird stuff.
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Marianne Kirby
@therotund.bsky.social
· May 2
My partner does not find this nearly as funny as I do so I had to come here and share it. Bi-cycles! They go both ways!
I am here for fat goth loli Klingons!
Thiiiiiis point is why I wear EGL with my Klingon ridges- yes please give me all the subculture variety! #KlingonGothicLolita
I am circling back to my own mention of flagging - because there is no freaking way that subcultures don't exist in space. I don't just mean rebels wearing rebel insignia either. I mean, like, where are the goths on Babylon Five? I know they're there. Give me space goth.
February 19, 2026 at 2:53 AM
I am here for fat goth loli Klingons!
The future is a big place. Fit more kinds of bodies in it.
Absolutely yes. And for gods' sake, be brave with different bodies. I was so glad to see someone even TV fat on Star Trek: Disco. The future is a big place! Fit more kinds of bodies in it!
February 19, 2026 at 2:43 AM
The future is a big place. Fit more kinds of bodies in it.
Hey, pals! @megelison.bsky.social and I are having this conversation right now! We have a LOT of opinions.
Tonight, @therotund.bsky.social and I will be talking about examples of fashion in spec fic, both written and on-screen. Right here on Bluesky, in fanfare for the forthcoming "What Elegant Stars," a fashionable space opera anthology. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
What Elegant Stars
Queer Tales of Impossible Style, a fashionable space opera anthology.
www.kickstarter.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Hey, pals! @megelison.bsky.social and I are having this conversation right now! We have a LOT of opinions.
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This “queer tales” series has been a labor of love since we founded Neon Hemlock in 2019.
GLITTER + ASHES: QUEER TALES OF A WORLD THAT WOULDN’T DIE was sorta the first, but it stole the series title from…
GLITTER + ASHES: QUEER TALES OF A WORLD THAT WOULDN’T DIE was sorta the first, but it stole the series title from…
February 16, 2026 at 12:10 AM
This “queer tales” series has been a labor of love since we founded Neon Hemlock in 2019.
GLITTER + ASHES: QUEER TALES OF A WORLD THAT WOULDN’T DIE was sorta the first, but it stole the series title from…
GLITTER + ASHES: QUEER TALES OF A WORLD THAT WOULDN’T DIE was sorta the first, but it stole the series title from…
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sabrina carpenter singing islands in the stream w the muppets has healed me in ways i did not know i needed
February 6, 2026 at 2:46 AM
sabrina carpenter singing islands in the stream w the muppets has healed me in ways i did not know i needed
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A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 AM
A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Every time I talk to @karnythia.bsky.social I wind up logging into BlueSky like "What the hell are you talking about???"
Y'all, i just feel like there is no answer to Mikki's question.
Y'all, i just feel like there is no answer to Mikki's question.
A random Sons of Anarchy plot hole that bugs me every time I think of it...why would an American biker gang selling guns need to buy them from IRA? Wouldn't they be selling guns to the IRA and other groups? Theft from military armories and police seizures and gun shipments is right there
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Every time I talk to @karnythia.bsky.social I wind up logging into BlueSky like "What the hell are you talking about???"
Y'all, i just feel like there is no answer to Mikki's question.
Y'all, i just feel like there is no answer to Mikki's question.
That's me! NO SHAME! *laugh*
A friend just told me "I go to a monthly monster fucker book club" and I love being a writer with writer friends
January 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
That's me! NO SHAME! *laugh*
Pals, I am so hype to have TWO stories on Ellen Datlow’s complete recommendation list for Best Horror - and also to be have the list be Stephen King and then me thanks to how the alphabet works. 😆
If you read either/both of these stories, I hope you love it/them.
If you read either/both of these stories, I hope you love it/them.
The Yearning of the All-Devouring Earth, by Marianne Kirby
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January 6, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Pals, I am so hype to have TWO stories on Ellen Datlow’s complete recommendation list for Best Horror - and also to be have the list be Stephen King and then me thanks to how the alphabet works. 😆
If you read either/both of these stories, I hope you love it/them.
If you read either/both of these stories, I hope you love it/them.
I wrote my first published novel to the Carnivale - I'm still so into that show. And Clancy Brown.
But that's been true since the Kurgan.
But that's been true since the Kurgan.
Happy Birthday to The Voice and the best part of Carnivale, Clancy Brown.
January 6, 2026 at 12:53 AM
I wrote my first published novel to the Carnivale - I'm still so into that show. And Clancy Brown.
But that's been true since the Kurgan.
But that's been true since the Kurgan.
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A gorgeous fairy tale poem and a discussion about writing in English and Finnish with Sara Norja! www.juliarios.com/in-winter-a-...
In Winter, A Wedding: a poem and an interview with Sara Norja
I invited Sara Norja to read her Worlds of Possibility poem, "In Winter, a Wedding" and to talk to me about her creative process.
www.juliarios.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
A gorgeous fairy tale poem and a discussion about writing in English and Finnish with Sara Norja! www.juliarios.com/in-winter-a-...
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Dear bluskeeters!
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Dear bluskeeters!
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
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There's one critique of ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA I need to respond to: a medieval lesbian having a strap isn't anachronistic. There's a lot of purposeful anachronism/timey-wimey shit in ISLE, but the strap isn't one of those things.
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
There's one critique of ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA I need to respond to: a medieval lesbian having a strap isn't anachronistic. There's a lot of purposeful anachronism/timey-wimey shit in ISLE, but the strap isn't one of those things.
Well, I have not finished my fabric cataloging but I have made a great big dent and also proven to myself most thoroughly that I gotta sew like eight pairs of pants stat if nothing else.
December 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Well, I have not finished my fabric cataloging but I have made a great big dent and also proven to myself most thoroughly that I gotta sew like eight pairs of pants stat if nothing else.
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
December 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
Spending today cataloging some of my fabric on ThreadLoop. It’s very satisfying even as I am confronted with just how much fabric I have acquired over the last five years. Whew. I have so much sewing to do.
Also I really gotta finish my Indyx closet, too.
Obviously I long for organization.
Also I really gotta finish my Indyx closet, too.
Obviously I long for organization.
December 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Spending today cataloging some of my fabric on ThreadLoop. It’s very satisfying even as I am confronted with just how much fabric I have acquired over the last five years. Whew. I have so much sewing to do.
Also I really gotta finish my Indyx closet, too.
Obviously I long for organization.
Also I really gotta finish my Indyx closet, too.
Obviously I long for organization.
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One of the last two days I can really try to beat the USPS monster, so yes, another thread of gifts. Free US Shipping over $25. Queer made, with love. Or spite.
Both.
Inspired by Sinners. Onyx and pearl with a handmade ceramic. $65.20
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
Both.
Inspired by Sinners. Onyx and pearl with a handmade ceramic. $65.20
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
Hillary's Sinner | Peculiarity Shop
Hillary has been inspired by Sinners as we all should be. Big Pearline vibes here. Components: glass, freshwater pearl, brass, Czech glass, focal from Ceramics by Lina 19". Lead/nickel free
www.peculiarityshop.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
One of the last two days I can really try to beat the USPS monster, so yes, another thread of gifts. Free US Shipping over $25. Queer made, with love. Or spite.
Both.
Inspired by Sinners. Onyx and pearl with a handmade ceramic. $65.20
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
Both.
Inspired by Sinners. Onyx and pearl with a handmade ceramic. $65.20
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
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In the dark of your heart,
there is a summer,
a brightly lit secret,
a creature of beautiful burning,
flame-smart and foolish,
a desire to be
and become,
so what are you doing?
No more standing still,
standing small,
no more sweetness
and sidelness,
it's time to forgive the fall.
#TinyPoem
there is a summer,
a brightly lit secret,
a creature of beautiful burning,
flame-smart and foolish,
a desire to be
and become,
so what are you doing?
No more standing still,
standing small,
no more sweetness
and sidelness,
it's time to forgive the fall.
#TinyPoem
Can I come to this party!!! More poems please!! This is amazing! Makes me love the internet again!
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In the dark of your heart,
there is a summer,
a brightly lit secret,
a creature of beautiful burning,
flame-smart and foolish,
a desire to be
and become,
so what are you doing?
No more standing still,
standing small,
no more sweetness
and sidelness,
it's time to forgive the fall.
#TinyPoem
there is a summer,
a brightly lit secret,
a creature of beautiful burning,
flame-smart and foolish,
a desire to be
and become,
so what are you doing?
No more standing still,
standing small,
no more sweetness
and sidelness,
it's time to forgive the fall.
#TinyPoem
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A car just passed down my street with Last Christmas at full volume. I fear he plans to eliminate the entire city by the end of the day.
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A car just passed down my street with Last Christmas at full volume. I fear he plans to eliminate the entire city by the end of the day.
Jason is one of the most generous people I know.
This year I've been reflecting upon and writing about my life as a neurodiverse author. Here's one of the most personal essays I've ever written about being on the spectrum. In addition, an updated version of my free booklet "Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers" is available.
The Mask Comes Off When I Write | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
Get more from Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Jason is one of the most generous people I know.
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If you can, please donate to help one of our regular contributors in this time of need.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you can, please donate to help one of our regular contributors in this time of need.
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I love when you ask an autistic person for something and they're like STAND BY and you know you're about to get the absolute best resources available.
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I love when you ask an autistic person for something and they're like STAND BY and you know you're about to get the absolute best resources available.
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I enjoyed this in much the same way I enjoy elaborate fan theories attempting to reconcile incompatible episodes of Doctor Who, but also in the way I enjoy old investigative reports about shady banks in Miami.
Thousands Of Words About The Bearer Bonds In DIE HARD
You will learn things from this blog post!
www.calmdownben.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I enjoyed this in much the same way I enjoy elaborate fan theories attempting to reconcile incompatible episodes of Doctor Who, but also in the way I enjoy old investigative reports about shady banks in Miami.
Also, the Lebanon Hanover show was EXCELLENT.
October 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Also, the Lebanon Hanover show was EXCELLENT.