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Caleb Weinhardt
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⚧️ Short fiction writer and dog dad in the PNW. Learning gamedev and looking for covid-cautious community #StillMasking

Words in Broken Antler Magazine, Tales to Terrify, Cursed Morsels +

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Caleb Weinhardt @calebweinhardt.bsky.social · Oct 18
Hi new friends! I'm Caleb, queer/trans/chronically ill writer of horror fiction and other stuff. I love writing about historical queers, bodies doing weird things, and horrible people. I started publishing stories this past year! Nice to meet you all <3

Find my stuff at calebweinhardt.com!
A selfie of Caleb resting his head on his hand and looking out a window. Caleb on the beach holding his small black and white dog, Winnie.
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forgeforwardtrans.bsky.social
For our next contributor highlight, we're excited to share "(winding) path to healing" by gray broderson! Find gray's piece in the Trans Survivors Zine at forge.tips/zine. Connect with gray on Instagram at @going___gray!

#TransSurvivors #MHAM #Healing
[Image: White text and a black background. On the first slide is an image of gray broderson's art piece, "(winding) path to healing." It includes a painted background with a collaged flower, petals made up of small circles of yellow paper. Text: "Trans Survivors: Healing in Action Zine. forge.tips/zine" FORGE logo.] [Image: White text and a black background. Text: "Trans Survivors: Healing in Action Zine. About the Artist. gray broderson. as a queer and trans artist, much of my work is self-reflective, unraveling the processes of becoming, knowing, and the connection to the infinite of our world. inviting radical vulnerability, I try to incorporate anything that feels relevant in the moment, blending past and present, digital and physical, reality and fantasy, to create works that capture the chaos in which we exist, but highlight the hope and beauty that can be found in little insignificant moments. @going___gray forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.]
May 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social
What a great job @thesicktimes.bsky.social did covering the #MillionsMissing protest at Washington DC yesterday!

Quoted: me, Laurie Jones, Shaina Coleman, David Burke

Lots of wonderful photos.

Check it out and please do share!

thesicktimes.org/2025/05/12/m...
“Millions Missing” protest at the Capitol demands myalgic encephalomyelitis funding, social support - The Sick Times
Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), Long COVID, and other chronic disease advocates demonstrated outside the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., this afternoon. Organized by the advocacy group #MEAction...
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May 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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forgeforwardtrans.bsky.social
Harley Burns's "Beginning to Bind" is a powerful exploration of vulnerability, connection, and voyeurism around trans identity. Connect with Harley on Instagram at @cloud_palace_art and find the full zine at forge.tips/zine!

#TransSurvivors #MHAM #MentalHealth #TransArtists
[Image: White text and a black background. On the first slide is an image of Harley Burns's painting, "Beginning to Bind." It depicts a person with a blond mullet standing outside while people out of frame help to bind their chest with white cloth. Text: "Trans Survivors: Healing in Action Zine. forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.] [Image: White text and a black background. Text: "Trans Survivors: Healing in Action Zine. About the Artist. Harley Burns. Harley Burns is a non-binary multidisciplinary artist working in oils, clay, watercolors, and linocuts in Asheville, NC. Their work explores gender identity, trans (in)visibility, interior and exterior spaces, and a more expansive view of self-portraiture. @cloud_palace_art forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.]
May 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Sam Torrington's "Razors" hit us hard, exploring the many meanings a single object (a razor) can hold throughout our lives as a result of trauma and growth. We're grateful to Sam for sharing this deeply personal piece with us! Read the full piece at forge.tips/zine
[Image: White text and a black background. On the first slide is a sample of text from Sam Torrington's "Razors": "My dad never taught me how to shave, but it came naturally to me when I started. I opted for a safety razor, the ones that generations before me used. They’re coming back because of hipster millennials, longing for a simpler time that I’m not sure ever existed." Text: "Trans Survivors: Healing in Action Zine. forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.] [Image: White text and a black background. Text: "About the Writer. Sam Torrington. I am a transmasculine nonbinary person who is a child sex trafficking survivor. I am a PhD candidate in Gender Studies who is determined to finish while working a full-time job. When I'm not writing, I'm working in a garden, relaxing with my partner and cat, or learning something new. forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.]
May 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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forgeforwardtrans.bsky.social
Mariam Aduke shared this about their poem, "So I danced!": "As a Nigerian demigirl, I often navigate the tension between familiarity and change, between who I was told to be and who I am becoming. Read the full poem in the Trans Survivors zine! forge.tips/zine

#TransSurvivors
[Image: White text and a black background. On the first slide is a sample of text from Mariam Aduke's "So I danced!": "So I danced! / Danced like it was a baptism, / rhythm of rebirth echoing in my veins. / Each step a surrender, / a shedding of the skin of the past, / Maybe I'll be clean? / Maybe I'll be new? / Maybe I'll be unbothered? / wirling, unwrapping the weight of all I carried, / until I was bare, stripped to soul and bone." Text: "Trans Survivors: Healing in Action Zine. forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.] [Image: White text and a black background. Text: "About the Writer. Mariam Aduke. Mariam Aduke (she/they) is a Nigerian Artist, and advocate for inclusivity. Their work explores transformation, survival, and self-reclamation through poetry and crafts. @alterscape1 forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.]
May 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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forgeforwardtrans.bsky.social
For our next contributor highlight, we're excited to share "Peach with a mustache" by Sylvia Kunst! Read the full poem (and the rest of the zine) at forge.tips/zine. Keep an eye out for contributor highlights from incredible artists and writers throughout May for #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth!
[Image: White text and a black background. On the first slide is a sample of text from Sylvia Kunst's "Peach with a mustache": "but she shaves it the very next day / hair disappearing like amoeba flooded / by germicide / Oh! But her biceps, THOSE she'll keep, winding bulging serpents, as well the fuzz splattered all across her tummy and dripping down over her crotch, her balls / She's all natural, baby. forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.] [Image: White text and a black background. Text: "About the Writer. Sylvia Kunst. I'm a 24 year old butch-first-woman-second transfemme from central Wisconsin. I'm a factory worker and in my free time I love to work out, read and write poetry, spend time with my lovely polycule and beat up nazis (I wish.) I am the co-founder of a local poetry workshop aimed at supporting queer adults in my area. forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.]
May 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
calebweinhardt.bsky.social
"ARE YOU WEARING MY BACKPACK" has to be the best line delivery I've ever heard
May 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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forgeforwardtrans.bsky.social
We are so excited to share our first contributor highlight for the Trans Survivors: Healing in Action zine: Howl Hazebrook, the artist behind "Transgender Creature"! Find the full zine with art and writing from 20 different creators at forge.tips/zine #TransSurvivors
[Image: White text and a black background. An image of Howl Hazebrook's art piece, "Transgender Creature." It includes two paintings of a purple werewolf with top surgery scars. Slide 1 text: "Trans Survivors: Healing in Action Zine. Transgender Creature by Howl Hazebrook. forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.] [Image: White text and a black background. Text: "About the Artist. Howl Hazebrook. I’m a queer trans man originally from Michigan, who now resides in Milwaukee! Before I had the words and the space to opening express my identity, I have used art to do so. I’m extremely passionate about creating, no matter what kind of work it is! @hazyhund forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.]
May 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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always fire!
May 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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𝔒𝔩𝔞𝔣𝔲𝔯 𝔄𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔞𝔫 | curator, tailor, gourmand, courtier, spy.

"... lace at his wrists and throat, disdain in his eyes and heart."
Graphite sketch of a Dutch colonial young man with his hair coming down from its ribbon. He pokes at the rubble of a fire with his booted foot. Graphite sketch of a man in a colonial style house, dressed in a high collar coat and hunter's cockaded hat. In the background is an open window and he holding a bag of presumed valuables. He is poised to be moving quietly. Graphite and watercolor image of a man in silhouette observing through a window a church on fire. The reflection of the burning church is cast on the glass window panes. An image of a man in Dutch colonial garb standing behind a tree. There is a fire beyond the tree line behind him that casts long web-like shadows all around him. He is staring at the viewer with deep shadowed eye sockets. The combination of shadows and red light give him an image of a devil.
May 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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bilboyaga.bsky.social
A new book asks, “Who had the audacity to prevent the death and disability of children?”

Here’s an accessibly-written review of the science and the grim reality that the danger to kids is repeated exposure to COVID, not school closures.

5.8 million kids with long COVID in the US. So far.
May 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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forgeforwardtrans.bsky.social
Calling all writers, artists, and creators! FORGE is creating a zine celebrating the voices of trans and nonbinary creators. Submit visual art, poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction and receive a $25 contributor payment if your piece is selected. Learn more at forge.tips/zine!
Text on a collaged notebook background with cutouts of a rose and a butterfly. Title text "Trans Survivors" is written in magazine cutout lettering. Text: "Call for submissions: Trans Survivors Healing in Action. digital zine; poetry, art, and short fiction/nonfiction; submit through April 15; $25 contributor payment. forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.
March 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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whitecitypress.bsky.social
Preorders now available for A KILLING AT THE COPA: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF BARRY MANILOW. The deaths of Rico and Tony were just the beginning! whitecitypress.com/product/copa/ #barrymanilow #fanilow #mystery #crime #anthology
March 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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blackdisabilityins.bsky.social
We are excited to announce that @newdisabledsouth.org is launching the Black Disability Institute’s Anthology Series, uplifting stories on Black disability & mental health!

⏳Submit by April 30, 2025
🔗Submit your story here: bit.ly/BDIstory
📄 Full RFP and details here: bit.ly/BDIrfp
A digital flyer for the Black Disability Institute (BDI) Anthology Series. The top left corner features the Black Disability Institute logo, which includes a stylized outline of a person’s head with a brain illustration and interconnected lines forming a book. The title “Anthology Series” is displayed in bold black text. Below, the heading “We want to hear your story!” invites Black disabled individuals to submit personal stories related to mental health, psychiatric disabilities, and mental health care experiences. The flyer states that 50-100 Black disabled people will be selected, with ten stories chosen for videography and others published in a printed anthology. The submission deadline is April 30, 2025, with a hyperlink to the “Anthology Submission Form.” The bottom left corner features the New Disabled South logo. The background is light beige with black and purple text.
February 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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bethgoder.bsky.social
My horror story at Flash Fiction Online is free to read today!

"The mirror-hole appears on Haley’s sixteenth birthday as she’s putting on eyeliner."

www.flashfictiononline.com/article/mirr...
Mirror-hole
The mirror-hole appears on Haley’s sixteenth birthday as she’s putting on eyeliner. A huge, jagged oval in the middle of the mirror.Haley shrugs and puts on mascara. It’s not like she’s never…
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February 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
Exactly why I've been writing, podcasting, and damn near screaming about using the right language.

The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now.

Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI.

This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.
michaelharriot.bsky.social Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · Feb 22
By accepting Trump’s anti-Black premise and regurgitating the narrative that equates anything Black as DEI, the NY Times has become part of the propaganda machine
February 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Just a preview from my OCD-inspired flash piece in the first issue of Blanket Gravity! (It's even narrated 😯!) www.blanketgravitymag.com/justchecking
Text: "Just Checking. Caleb Weinhardt, Issue 1, Winter 2025. Look closely at your eyes. Blink. Are you sure, this time, that both pupils are the same size? Isn't one just the slightest bit bigger than the other?"
February 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.

That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
calebweinhardt.bsky.social
Very excited to share the pre-order link for A Killing at the Copa, and my short story "Can't Smile Without You!" This was my first time writing crime fiction and one of my favorite stories of the year 🫀 whitecitypress.com/product/copa...
The cover of "A Killing at the Copa." The background is a pink and blue scene of a brick wall and nightclub window. Text says: "A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow. Edited by J. Alan Hartman."
February 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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To give more time for submissions (I've received fewer than ten so far), I'm extending the BIPOC-only submission call through the end of February.

Got a horror/Weird fiction collection? Send it my way! cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
Submission Calls
Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections by BIPOC writers only. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. Submission window is open until our 2026 calendar is filled. Not…
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February 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
calebweinhardt.bsky.social
And what an amazing lineup!! 🫀
manylittlewords.bsky.social Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · Feb 3
And that full TOC you wanted?

NUZO ONOH
ADAM NEVILL
AI JIANG
RAMSEY CAMPBELL
HAILEY PIPER
NADIA EL-FASSI
USMAN T MALIK
PREMEE MOHAMED
GABINO IGLESIAS
V.CASTRO
ERIKA T WURTH
ELENA SICHROVSKY
CALEB WEINHARDT
SARAH DEACON

Here we go! Welcome, all!
A banner image of ROOTS OF MY FEARS contributing authors: NUZO ONOH ADAM NEVILL AI JIANG RAMSEY CAMPBELL HAILEY PIPER NADIA EL-FASSI USMAN T MALIK PREMEE MOHAMED GABINO IGLESIAS V.CASTRO ERIKA T WURTH ELENA SICHROVSKY CALEB WEINHARDT SARAH DEACON
February 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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😱 Y'all I could not be more excited! Look at that cover art!
manylittlewords.bsky.social Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · Feb 3
I CAN FINALLY SHARE THE MOST GORGEOUS BOOK COVER REVEAL ARGH!

I am BESOTTED 😍

ROOTS OF MY FEARS, an anthology of ancestral horror stories edited by me.

Featuring: Onoh, Iglesias, Mohamed, Campbell, Piper AND MORE! Full TOC in next post.

Out September, Titan. Cover: Julia Lloyd.
shorturl.at/AzMj8
Cover reveal for ROOTS OF MY FEARS edited by Gemma Amor. Shows a rustic style green tree with spreading branches and roots against a black background with a red beating heart forming the trunk, wrapped with banners reading Gabino Iglesias, Nuzo Onoh, Hailey Piper, Premee Mohamed, Ramsey Campbell.
February 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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bilboyaga.bsky.social
With ONE ACTION you can:

1) Protect trans, BIPOC, & disability communities!

2) Show anti-capitalist, pro-worker, class solidarity!

3) Protect yourself & your family from illness & climate change!

4) Engage in community care!

The action: wear an n95 in public. Give/get mask mutual aid:
Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
maskbloc.org
February 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM