Dr Anna Quercia-Thomas
@annaqthomas.bsky.social
writer, academic, dramaturg, aspiring gentleman of leisure, PhD from UWA: Shakespeare, male friendship, history of emotion (she/they)
What do I want for my 30th birthday? Just a cold email from every creative I admire praising my worth, skill, and virtue??
June 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
What do I want for my 30th birthday? Just a cold email from every creative I admire praising my worth, skill, and virtue??
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CFP is live! Submit a proposal for ‘Shakespeare in spirit’ (whether adaptive, religious, or ghostly, to name just a few possibilities), the 2025 ANZSA conference in Brisbane, 2-4 July.
Featuring keynotes from Dennis Austin Britton (British Columbia) & Brandon Chua (Hong Kong)
conference.anzsa.org
Featuring keynotes from Dennis Austin Britton (British Columbia) & Brandon Chua (Hong Kong)
conference.anzsa.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
CFP is live! Submit a proposal for ‘Shakespeare in spirit’ (whether adaptive, religious, or ghostly, to name just a few possibilities), the 2025 ANZSA conference in Brisbane, 2-4 July.
Featuring keynotes from Dennis Austin Britton (British Columbia) & Brandon Chua (Hong Kong)
conference.anzsa.org
Featuring keynotes from Dennis Austin Britton (British Columbia) & Brandon Chua (Hong Kong)
conference.anzsa.org
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the gay urge to simply lie down on a chaise longue and turn into moss
March 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
the gay urge to simply lie down on a chaise longue and turn into moss
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I think we need to be prepared to fight in the streets. If we see this happening, yell like there's a baby trapped in a burning building.
They're operating like the SS, so we have to get loud. We're socialized not to make a scene, not to argue.
We need to recall how to scream.
They're operating like the SS, so we have to get loud. We're socialized not to make a scene, not to argue.
We need to recall how to scream.
March 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I think we need to be prepared to fight in the streets. If we see this happening, yell like there's a baby trapped in a burning building.
They're operating like the SS, so we have to get loud. We're socialized not to make a scene, not to argue.
We need to recall how to scream.
They're operating like the SS, so we have to get loud. We're socialized not to make a scene, not to argue.
We need to recall how to scream.
Not so much "reading" Hymn to Dionysus by @natashapulley.bsky.social as I am adjusting to life now that my heart has been ripped out and stomped on and replaced and my whole chest feels like a bruise. 🙏🙏🙏
March 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Not so much "reading" Hymn to Dionysus by @natashapulley.bsky.social as I am adjusting to life now that my heart has been ripped out and stomped on and replaced and my whole chest feels like a bruise. 🙏🙏🙏
I only just saw that TJ Klune published a new book last year and low key almost started crying just looking at the cover. I'M READY
March 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I only just saw that TJ Klune published a new book last year and low key almost started crying just looking at the cover. I'M READY
nothing is more disappointing than the RSC Hamlet with naval vibes and advertisements featuring a CLUMP OF ENTANGLED MEN finishing the week before I get to the UK. my inability to witness this clump in person is literally a grave insult to me and my research :(
February 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
nothing is more disappointing than the RSC Hamlet with naval vibes and advertisements featuring a CLUMP OF ENTANGLED MEN finishing the week before I get to the UK. my inability to witness this clump in person is literally a grave insult to me and my research :(
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I really feel we don't sufficiently account for how many people in the past were absolutely shitfaced, all the time.
February 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I really feel we don't sufficiently account for how many people in the past were absolutely shitfaced, all the time.
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Boy Actors: A Conversation with Roberta Barker.
#Shakespeare #theatre #drama #acting
www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/boy-actors-a...
#Shakespeare #theatre #drama #acting
www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/boy-actors-a...
Boy Actors: A Conversation with Roberta Barker
In the third part of this series of guest episodes before we get back to continuing the journey through the Shakespeare and Jonson cannon, we are going deep into th…
www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Boy Actors: A Conversation with Roberta Barker.
#Shakespeare #theatre #drama #acting
www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/boy-actors-a...
#Shakespeare #theatre #drama #acting
www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/boy-actors-a...
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Hello Bluesky! We are the Guild of Queer Early Modernists - an organization dedicated to supporting queer scholars and scholars of queerness in early modern studies! We are just starting, but have big plans for a mentorship program, and more! Come join! gqem.org
The Guild of Queer Early Modernists
Visit the post for more.
gqem.org
February 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Hello Bluesky! We are the Guild of Queer Early Modernists - an organization dedicated to supporting queer scholars and scholars of queerness in early modern studies! We are just starting, but have big plans for a mentorship program, and more! Come join! gqem.org
My weird story about homoerotic ghosts was longlisted!
mindsshinebright.com/2025/02/03/a...
mindsshinebright.com/2025/02/03/a...
Announcing the Light and Shadow Writing Competition Results - Minds Shine Bright
The overall winner of the Minds Shine Bright Light and Shadow writing competition was poet Isi Unikowski from Canberra Australia for his poem Bright Square of Morning. The poem is about leaving Melbou...
mindsshinebright.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
My weird story about homoerotic ghosts was longlisted!
mindsshinebright.com/2025/02/03/a...
mindsshinebright.com/2025/02/03/a...
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We're excited to announce our Best Small Fiction nominees! It's been such a pleasure to publish genre-focused flash this past year!
Congrats @claudiamonpere.bsky.social Paul Martz @stayquinning.bsky.social @annaqthomas.bsky.social
Congrats @claudiamonpere.bsky.social Paul Martz @stayquinning.bsky.social @annaqthomas.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We're excited to announce our Best Small Fiction nominees! It's been such a pleasure to publish genre-focused flash this past year!
Congrats @claudiamonpere.bsky.social Paul Martz @stayquinning.bsky.social @annaqthomas.bsky.social
Congrats @claudiamonpere.bsky.social Paul Martz @stayquinning.bsky.social @annaqthomas.bsky.social
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Omens in the dark 👁 #art #illustration
January 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Omens in the dark 👁 #art #illustration
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I don’t really know how I want to interact with this platform yet or if I will much. However as a placeholder here is me with my first book published 2022. It is very good. My second is coming out in July this year and I guess I will post about it here.
January 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I don’t really know how I want to interact with this platform yet or if I will much. However as a placeholder here is me with my first book published 2022. It is very good. My second is coming out in July this year and I guess I will post about it here.
Just a casual night roasting my nemesis (Ben Johnson) with the queen of queer historical spec fic herself @natashapulley.bsky.social?? I'm living the dream.
January 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Just a casual night roasting my nemesis (Ben Johnson) with the queen of queer historical spec fic herself @natashapulley.bsky.social?? I'm living the dream.
I LOOOOVED this!!!
THE FAERIE HOUNDS OF YORK is a gay gothic fantasy/horror novella with a bittersweet romance and a faerie curse, set in North York, 1810. You can read it in ebook, paperback, and Kindle Unlimited 🖤
✨ www.amazon.com/dp/B08FK99YT2
✨ www.amazon.com/dp/B08FK99YT2
January 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I LOOOOVED this!!!
3 years until Noel Coward's "Design for Living" is in public domain. 3 years to acquire the skills, fame, and thespian renown to spearhead the production of my dreams. this is the representation chaotic bisexual artists DESERVE.
January 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
3 years until Noel Coward's "Design for Living" is in public domain. 3 years to acquire the skills, fame, and thespian renown to spearhead the production of my dreams. this is the representation chaotic bisexual artists DESERVE.
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This is really incredible @annaqthomas.bsky.social. www.unchartedmag.com/stories/mach...
Machines, bodies, machines - Uncharted
He wonders if the bed springs know that they are different things from the springs in his body that clench and unclench throughout the night, instinctive in a helpless attempt to roll himself away fro...
www.unchartedmag.com
December 27, 2024 at 8:41 PM
This is really incredible @annaqthomas.bsky.social. www.unchartedmag.com/stories/mach...
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"He wonders if the bed springs know that they are different things from the springs in his body that clench and unclench throughout the night, instinctive in a helpless attempt to roll himself away from the fire burning in each of his bones."
Haunting & gorgeous story!
@annaqthomas.bsky.social
Haunting & gorgeous story!
@annaqthomas.bsky.social
Flash contest 3rd pace winner by @annaqthomas.bsky.social "He wonders if the bed springs know that they are different things from the springs in his body that clench and unclench throughout the night..."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/mach...
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/mach...
Machines, bodies, machines - Uncharted
He wonders if the bed springs know that they are different things from the springs in his body that clench and unclench throughout the night, instinctive in a helpless attempt to roll himself away fro...
www.unchartedmag.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:28 PM
"He wonders if the bed springs know that they are different things from the springs in his body that clench and unclench throughout the night, instinctive in a helpless attempt to roll himself away from the fire burning in each of his bones."
Haunting & gorgeous story!
@annaqthomas.bsky.social
Haunting & gorgeous story!
@annaqthomas.bsky.social
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Flash contest 3rd pace winner by @annaqthomas.bsky.social "He wonders if the bed springs know that they are different things from the springs in his body that clench and unclench throughout the night..."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/mach...
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/mach...
Machines, bodies, machines - Uncharted
He wonders if the bed springs know that they are different things from the springs in his body that clench and unclench throughout the night, instinctive in a helpless attempt to roll himself away fro...
www.unchartedmag.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Flash contest 3rd pace winner by @annaqthomas.bsky.social "He wonders if the bed springs know that they are different things from the springs in his body that clench and unclench throughout the night..."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/mach...
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/mach...
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Fiction: @eqreader.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @tkrex.bsky.social, Sophia Adamowicz, @dana-berube.bsky.social
Poetry: Russell Nichols, Matthew Roy, @ajvanbelle.bsky.social, @annaqthomas.bsky.social
Reviews: @danaiwrites.bsky.social
Cover: @carlydraws.bsky.social
Poetry: Russell Nichols, Matthew Roy, @ajvanbelle.bsky.social, @annaqthomas.bsky.social
Reviews: @danaiwrites.bsky.social
Cover: @carlydraws.bsky.social
February 14, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Fiction: @eqreader.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @tkrex.bsky.social, Sophia Adamowicz, @dana-berube.bsky.social
Poetry: Russell Nichols, Matthew Roy, @ajvanbelle.bsky.social, @annaqthomas.bsky.social
Reviews: @danaiwrites.bsky.social
Cover: @carlydraws.bsky.social
Poetry: Russell Nichols, Matthew Roy, @ajvanbelle.bsky.social, @annaqthomas.bsky.social
Reviews: @danaiwrites.bsky.social
Cover: @carlydraws.bsky.social
me, an early modernist, sitting down to read a mystery with dark academia and shakespearean elements written by someone who has actually read, understood, and engaged intelligently with their shakespeare references:
April 1, 2024 at 3:07 AM
me, an early modernist, sitting down to read a mystery with dark academia and shakespearean elements written by someone who has actually read, understood, and engaged intelligently with their shakespeare references:
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The British Royal Navy adopted the 24-hour clock in 1915, or a quarter past seven as it was called at the time.
January 11, 2024 at 7:39 AM
The British Royal Navy adopted the 24-hour clock in 1915, or a quarter past seven as it was called at the time.