C.L. McCartney
@chrismccartney.bsky.social
(he/him) Writes things and edits things. Mostly SFF, mostly queer. Managing Director and Co-Founder of @BonaBooks.bsky.social
Queer, nerd, lefty. Views my own.
Queer, nerd, lefty. Views my own.
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I Want That Twink Obliterated! - Paperback (Pre-Order late 2024) — Bona Books
The twinks are among us. Loving, lying, sashaying, betraying. Storming the tower of Belzarian, wandering the eldritch streets of Shoggothtown, and seizing power on Bavarrón Eleven. Since the dawn of t...
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Well hello there, new followers 👀
For my intro and shameless plug: I'm a gay writer, editor and publisher, and my recent anthology of outrageously queer, pulp, science fiction and fantasy is now officially on its second printing! 🥰🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.bona-books.com/shop/p/produ...
For my intro and shameless plug: I'm a gay writer, editor and publisher, and my recent anthology of outrageously queer, pulp, science fiction and fantasy is now officially on its second printing! 🥰🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.bona-books.com/shop/p/produ...
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And yet the current government seems to see economic salvation lies in LLM-based so-called AI (statistical best-guess vending machines) whose main selling point is enabling companies to do away with the entry level posts where employees used to learn how a business works and the skills to progress.
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
And yet the current government seems to see economic salvation lies in LLM-based so-called AI (statistical best-guess vending machines) whose main selling point is enabling companies to do away with the entry level posts where employees used to learn how a business works and the skills to progress.
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fellas is it maximum alpha to be crammed into a wooden horse with fifty other sweaty guys at 1.25x speed
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
fellas is it maximum alpha to be crammed into a wooden horse with fifty other sweaty guys at 1.25x speed
Ooh, @trip.bsky.social and I will be talking to Cymera's Writers' Conference about Bona Books and accidentally becoming award-nominated publishers.
We're aiming for thoughtful reflection and insight. Actual contents may vary.
We're aiming for thoughtful reflection and insight. Actual contents may vary.
We'll be chatting with indie publisher Bona Books about their journey from reader/writer to setting up a publishing house.
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Ooh, @trip.bsky.social and I will be talking to Cymera's Writers' Conference about Bona Books and accidentally becoming award-nominated publishers.
We're aiming for thoughtful reflection and insight. Actual contents may vary.
We're aiming for thoughtful reflection and insight. Actual contents may vary.
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We'll be chatting with indie publisher Bona Books about their journey from reader/writer to setting up a publishing house.
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Happy Walking Circulatory System Day to all who celebrate!
On this day, Dr. Manhatten first reappears after his atomized destruction in a lab accident. Happy November 10th to all who observe.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Happy Walking Circulatory System Day to all who celebrate!
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In addition, it is extremely libertarian to confuse values for rules.
So first off someone update these people about what "punk" means in this context, but second I beg you to understand that people doing these things around old school punks would quickly experience what can only be called a very sharp reminder of the fragility of the human occipital bone
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
In addition, it is extremely libertarian to confuse values for rules.
What's that? I'm sitting down with a cup of tea, a story draft and a stack of feedback I received at @milfordsff.bsky.social last year? 🥰
(Yes, slow - I blame running a small press, lol.)
(Yes, slow - I blame running a small press, lol.)
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What's that? I'm sitting down with a cup of tea, a story draft and a stack of feedback I received at @milfordsff.bsky.social last year? 🥰
(Yes, slow - I blame running a small press, lol.)
(Yes, slow - I blame running a small press, lol.)
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A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY is getting a LIMITED EDITION *beautifully* blinged-out HARDCOVER print run!
Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE
So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out...
litpinsandco.com/products/a-m...
Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE
So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out...
litpinsandco.com/products/a-m...
A Market of Dreams and Destiny Signed Special Edition - PREORDER
The Untermarkt is calling you, now join Deri and his adventure in LitPins&Co's special edition of A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey!
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November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY is getting a LIMITED EDITION *beautifully* blinged-out HARDCOVER print run!
Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE
So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out...
litpinsandco.com/products/a-m...
Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE
So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out...
litpinsandco.com/products/a-m...
Very late to the party on I Saw the TV Glow, but... WOW.
I'm having emotions.
I'm having emotions.
a group of people standing around a table with a sign that says super bart on it
ALT: a group of people standing around a table with a sign that says super bart on it
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November 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Very late to the party on I Saw the TV Glow, but... WOW.
I'm having emotions.
I'm having emotions.
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“Look on my werks, ye bitches, and DESPAIR!” —Aurora Thunder, at the height of her successful debut at the Darkness and Light Ball
…Aurora swept down the catwalk like an oncoming storm, trains of filmy black fabric trailing her like thunderheads.
Facet gasped…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
…Aurora swept down the catwalk like an oncoming storm, trains of filmy black fabric trailing her like thunderheads.
Facet gasped…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
Coming soon: The Fall of the House of Valenziaga: A Special Edition Novel
A queer, science fantasy novel featuring a city beyond the edge of time and space, drag magic, and world-shaking family drama!
www.kickstarter.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“Look on my werks, ye bitches, and DESPAIR!” —Aurora Thunder, at the height of her successful debut at the Darkness and Light Ball
…Aurora swept down the catwalk like an oncoming storm, trains of filmy black fabric trailing her like thunderheads.
Facet gasped…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
…Aurora swept down the catwalk like an oncoming storm, trains of filmy black fabric trailing her like thunderheads.
Facet gasped…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
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Just hit 40 pre-launch followers, which is almost twice as many as my last campaign! 😍 Can we hit 50?
If you like queer, dark fantasy with South East Asian influences about overthrowing tyrants, this book is for you!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rdp...
If you like queer, dark fantasy with South East Asian influences about overthrowing tyrants, this book is for you!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rdp...
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Just hit 40 pre-launch followers, which is almost twice as many as my last campaign! 😍 Can we hit 50?
If you like queer, dark fantasy with South East Asian influences about overthrowing tyrants, this book is for you!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rdp...
If you like queer, dark fantasy with South East Asian influences about overthrowing tyrants, this book is for you!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rdp...
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Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
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November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
The soundtrack throughout Celebrity Traitors was impeccable, but a massive shout-out to the use of John Murphy's Adagio in D Minor at the end there. 👌
Sunshine Soundtrack - John Murphy - Adagio In D Minor
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November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The soundtrack throughout Celebrity Traitors was impeccable, but a massive shout-out to the use of John Murphy's Adagio in D Minor at the end there. 👌
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This story out today by @worldanvil.bsky.social is incredibly beautiful and spoke to my grief when I needed it most this morning.
www.dreamtheory.media/song-of-the-...
#Writersky #Booksky
www.dreamtheory.media/song-of-the-...
#Writersky #Booksky
Song of the Loom
by Janet Forbes
I Sang to the loom, the day my mother died.
My hands were an echo of hers. Heavy with grief, they wove eight hundred threads onto the frame, a hundred for each string of her Lyra. ...
www.dreamtheory.media
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This story out today by @worldanvil.bsky.social is incredibly beautiful and spoke to my grief when I needed it most this morning.
www.dreamtheory.media/song-of-the-...
#Writersky #Booksky
www.dreamtheory.media/song-of-the-...
#Writersky #Booksky
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A reminder: AI is a bad translator--it will give you in a pinch the meaning (if it doesn't get hopelessly confused) , but i will not create something that reads like a book.
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
"Amazon propose une traduction par IA pour les livres Kindle auto-édités"
Bon, je n'en peux plus de soupirer. 🙃
Bon, je n'en peux plus de soupirer. 🙃
Amazon offers AI translation for self-published Kindle books
AI translation is coming to your Kindle.
www.theverge.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A reminder: AI is a bad translator--it will give you in a pinch the meaning (if it doesn't get hopelessly confused) , but i will not create something that reads like a book.
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
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Putting together a list of every cyberpunk book ever written by Trans+ person. Trad or self.
If you’ve got ‘em, drop em’ below.
To kick things off, Aubrey Wood’s modern masterpiece Bang Bang Bodhisattva.
If you’ve got ‘em, drop em’ below.
To kick things off, Aubrey Wood’s modern masterpiece Bang Bang Bodhisattva.
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Putting together a list of every cyberpunk book ever written by Trans+ person. Trad or self.
If you’ve got ‘em, drop em’ below.
To kick things off, Aubrey Wood’s modern masterpiece Bang Bang Bodhisattva.
If you’ve got ‘em, drop em’ below.
To kick things off, Aubrey Wood’s modern masterpiece Bang Bang Bodhisattva.
Well. That's going to COMPLETELY change how I watch Harvey from now on.
Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Well. That's going to COMPLETELY change how I watch Harvey from now on.
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Not all mothers love their children.
Not all rulers deserve their crowns.
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VALENZIAGA
Launching Q1 2026!
Imagine THE CHRONICLES OF AMBER meets POSE by way of SIGIL (PLANESCAPE)
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Not all rulers deserve their crowns.
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VALENZIAGA
Launching Q1 2026!
Imagine THE CHRONICLES OF AMBER meets POSE by way of SIGIL (PLANESCAPE)
Please Like/Share/Click ‘Notify Me On Launch’!
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Coming soon: The Fall of the House of Valenziaga
A queer, science fantasy novel featuring a city beyond the edge of time and space, drag magic, and world-shaking family drama!
bit.ly
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Not all mothers love their children.
Not all rulers deserve their crowns.
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VALENZIAGA
Launching Q1 2026!
Imagine THE CHRONICLES OF AMBER meets POSE by way of SIGIL (PLANESCAPE)
Please Like/Share/Click ‘Notify Me On Launch’!
bit.ly/42H61Ic
Not all rulers deserve their crowns.
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VALENZIAGA
Launching Q1 2026!
Imagine THE CHRONICLES OF AMBER meets POSE by way of SIGIL (PLANESCAPE)
Please Like/Share/Click ‘Notify Me On Launch’!
bit.ly/42H61Ic
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A thorough and intellectually robust exploration of the epistemology and sociology underlying the Trans Panic in Britain. Every ally of trans rights should read this and try to internalize it. Doing so will make your arguments against transphobes far more convincing.
“The courts are not the paramount legal framers in the UK, that would be the UK Parliament. All Parliament needs do is pass legislation stating that trans people are who they affirm themselves to be, and not a social problem requiring exorcism from society.”
Yet Parliament shirks responsibility! 😣
Yet Parliament shirks responsibility! 😣
Reshaping UK transgender policy
The shadow cast by the UK Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland (FWS) ruling in April 2025 is impossible to ignore. At its core is the…
rejserin.medium.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A thorough and intellectually robust exploration of the epistemology and sociology underlying the Trans Panic in Britain. Every ally of trans rights should read this and try to internalize it. Doing so will make your arguments against transphobes far more convincing.
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Always a pleasure to spend time with these boys. 🥰 @joshwinning.bsky.social @trip.bsky.social @chrismccartney.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Always a pleasure to spend time with these boys. 🥰 @joshwinning.bsky.social @trip.bsky.social @chrismccartney.bsky.social
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At the British Fantasy Awards ceremony! @trip.bsky.social @chrismccartney.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
At the British Fantasy Awards ceremony! @trip.bsky.social @chrismccartney.bsky.social
The moment has arrived.
But it has been prepared for.
But it has been prepared for.
November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The moment has arrived.
But it has been prepared for.
But it has been prepared for.
Folks at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social! I will be talking Queer Fantasy in the Balmoral Room at 12 :)
November 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Folks at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social! I will be talking Queer Fantasy in the Balmoral Room at 12 :)
This is one of the titles I'm most proud of, for reasons that will be incredibly evident if you've read 😏
And now it's a PROMO CODE 😈
And now it's a PROMO CODE 😈
Good idea.... if you use code REDFLAGS you can have 75% off the ebook of THE CRAWLING MOON for the next week.
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/crawl...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is one of the titles I'm most proud of, for reasons that will be incredibly evident if you've read 😏
And now it's a PROMO CODE 😈
And now it's a PROMO CODE 😈
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Good idea.... if you use code REDFLAGS you can have 75% off the ebook of THE CRAWLING MOON for the next week.
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/crawl...
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/crawl...
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Good idea.... if you use code REDFLAGS you can have 75% off the ebook of THE CRAWLING MOON for the next week.
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/crawl...
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/crawl...