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Antithesis Press
@antithesis-press.bsky.social
A Pacific Northwest based trans/queer focused small press.

https://antithesispress.com
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Hey y'all!! We're literally just getting started, but if you're an Developmental / Structural / Line / Copy editor or proofreader, and you'd be interested in working with us, please ping us with your pricing / contact details or for more info about our plans.
Today's been a *day*.

Our first book is really close to being ready for press so we decided to work on the ePUB version of it.

It turns out the theoretical 'knowing ePUB production is a hot mess' thing is entirely different from a practical 'discovering how much of a hot mess it is' experience.
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Layout, round 2 has begun! (First time was a practice run).

If we can get our payment processor sorted we should be ready for preorders for our first few books in the next few weeks!
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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This book (recommended by the lovely @april.social) is absolutely destroying me.
October 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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If you're interested in how to balance writing and research, whether non fiction, fiction, or student writing, here's a free zoom meeting/talk/discussion with the authors of a new book on that very topic, Oct 30, 7 pm ET. #writing #writing&research #research

Sign up here:

rcwms.org/event/writin...
Writing with Research with Kristen Neuschel & Ann Marie Rasmussen (Sponsored by RCWMS) - RCWMS
Writing with Research is built around a simple insight: if you feel strongly that you’ve got something to say or know there’s a problem you feel compelled to investigate, then […]
rcwms.org
October 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This article by @taliabhatt.itch.io reminded me of what I saw watching author friends challenges and is exactly why we exist.

And also why we're not open yet... Because our first two payment processor options were based in Texas... So now we're working on option 3 www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Trans women are building their own publishing world, and it’s under threat
Online communities are stepping in where traditional publishing stops.
www.theverge.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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The authors: Persephone is a pretty terrible person.
GO characters: Persephone is a pretty terrible person.
The readers: Can she step on me?
October 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We're at Tacoma Studio Tour at Blue Cactus Press! ( tacomaartsmonth.org/2025-studio-... ) Why not come visit us and say hi!

(And check out Blue Cactus Press' awesome range of books).
October 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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IT'S INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN DAY SO YOU CAN BUY ALL MY LESBIANEST BOOKS FOR ONLY $10 UP TO MIDNIGHT WEST COAST TIME

20 HOURS
$10
16 STORIES

COME GET YOUR GAYS

itch.io/s/161550/int...
October 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Reminder that book 22 (!) will be out October 7, is called “Galactic Unicorn,” contains some of my favorite comics I’ve made, and is already available for preorder.

bookshop.org/p/books/gala...
Galactic Unicorn: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure Volume 22
Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure Volume 22
bookshop.org
August 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
As a reader, I love when I have access to both a physical book and an ebook edition. The physical book is my favored reading experience, but when I'm traveling the ease of just grabbing my ereader is nice.

So, I'm just wondering what y'all's preference is... Do you buy one, both?
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Santa Cruz! I am coming to you!

This Sunday, Oct. 5, I'll be at Bookshop Santa Cruz for the kickoff of Banned Books Week. Fight for your right to read the stories you love <3
October 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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STRANGLER IN A STRANGE LAND — CHAPTER 4

This is the final chapter of my wife’s Dorley story, now available to all patrons!

www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
BONUS RELEASE: STRANGLER IN A STRANGE LAND 4 — THE FINAL CHAPTER (33.8k) | Alyson Greaves
Get more from Alyson Greaves on Patreon
www.patreon.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
@halschrieve.bsky.social Thanks for the awesome talk at Browsers this evening! It was great to meet you...Sorry we don't have business cards yet! ;)
September 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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I did not plan to spend today attempting to coax a financial institution into letting me give them money, but here we are.
September 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The awesome and delightful @victoriascott.bsky.social is at Elliott Bay books in Seattle tonight. If you can you should go see her (and buy her excellent book).
September 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is why we need to make this work.

(The radio silence has been business planning time).
She's got a few unsold manuscripts that I'd love to read. It's a big big shame that they haven't sold (afaik).
August 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I feel like I ought to be able to point to the bad posts I was making in 2001 to verify my age for internet purposes
I sure enjoy that there are multiple different services being used to verify my age, that I can’t just hand over my data to a single service but that I have to repeatedly reverify for every tom, dick and discord that asks

this was, typically for the british government, astonishingly poorly executed
July 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Censorship is a sinkhole. You are not safe just because it opens up under someone else's house. Porn. LitFic. Black art. Queer art. Band together, because nobody is safe unless everybody is safe.
Really hoping to see some bigger names like @chucktingle.bsky.social speaking up about the censorship on Itch, because they might be coming for indies now but once they've had some victories with smaller creators they WILL come for every. Single. Person. Writing queer & erotic art

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July 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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...I wouldn't be putting off going to the doctor for this infection. The whole mental calculus of Disability Vs. What I Can Afford is a blight.
If you won $90,000,000, would the money change you? Or would you mostly be the same person with more resources?
July 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Spent a big chunk of the day talking to another small press & another bookstore.

The rest of it working on the business plan. We have about a third of a completed, workable, business plan. And a friend with finance experience is going to help us with the finance modeling to make sure it's good.
July 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Patriarchy is core to a fascist regime, as is control over cultural production, the means of distribution, the tools to shape ideology and manufacture consent. 'Obscenity' then has always been a tool of control, of regulating sexuality to be ... well, not non-exploitative, but under strict control.
The fascists are counting on you finding erotica and porn too distasteful to support. Because they always start here. And even if they ended here, sexuality and erotism are integral components of queer expression. You can't support queer authors without supporting 'nsfw' content.
July 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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So Tempting Poison is currently delisted / banished to the shadow realm, so if you want to read these stories about (mostly trans) lesbians doing things to one another, you'll have to use the link!
moniker-ersatz.itch.io/poison

It's lesbian sickos territory, so please read the content warnings.
Tempting Poison by Jemma Topaz
Stories of toxic and broken lesbians
moniker-ersatz.itch.io
July 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Remembering in 2016 when my beloved cousin archly told me "the LGBT community will be just fine" under Trump. Tell me again, how government mandated erosion and outright attacks are us being "just fine."
June 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out after being released from ICE detention.

"The Trump administration are doing their best to dehumanize everyone here," Khalil said.
June 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We've been absolutely stunned by the level of interest and excitement - thank you all so much!

We'll keep everyone up-to-date on what we're planning and where we're at. And, if you've sent us a resume or link we'll hold that so we can find good matches for the books we have planned...
June 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM