Erin Barbeau (ze/zir)
@erintomologist.bsky.social
Nonbinary science fiction writer & egl enthusiast. Nonpracticing entomologist. Lover of Imperial Radch & queer sff. Published in F&SF.
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Obligatory Intro Post: Hi I'm Erin. Ze/Zir. I'm a science fiction writer and lolita fashion lover. I'm an entomologist by training, but I currently toil away selling bologna. Cringe is dead, I will not partition my interests and hobbies. Nice 2 meet ya'll.
The scariest thing is getting the library newsletter on Halloween to see the friends of the library are sponsoring workshops on chatgpt/AI and ALSO essential oils 😬😬😬
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The scariest thing is getting the library newsletter on Halloween to see the friends of the library are sponsoring workshops on chatgpt/AI and ALSO essential oils 😬😬😬
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it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
More Cake ???? More Cake !!! 2026 is going to be a great year for queer sff short fiction, we are up to 4 queer sff mags !
ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:
FANTABULOSA!
Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.
& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:
FANTABULOSA!
Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.
& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
October 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
More Cake ???? More Cake !!! 2026 is going to be a great year for queer sff short fiction, we are up to 4 queer sff mags !
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Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.
craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...
craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...
Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance
The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.
craftindustryalliance.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.
craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...
craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...
5:45am "you shouldn't draw attention to yourself" talking at is a great start to the day. This time triggered by teaching a cosplay workshop to teens about animal ears. It's a rather boring way to live to actually not draw attention and counterproductive too imo.
October 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
5:45am "you shouldn't draw attention to yourself" talking at is a great start to the day. This time triggered by teaching a cosplay workshop to teens about animal ears. It's a rather boring way to live to actually not draw attention and counterproductive too imo.
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Heere ys the booke of the humoral and elemental values of the Teenaged Mutante Turtles Who Are Ninjas:
Michelangelo - Ayre - Sanguine - Springtyme
Raphael - Fyre - Choleric - Somer
Donatello - Earthe - Melancholic - Autumn
Leonardo - Watir - Phlegmatic - Wynter
Michelangelo - Ayre - Sanguine - Springtyme
Raphael - Fyre - Choleric - Somer
Donatello - Earthe - Melancholic - Autumn
Leonardo - Watir - Phlegmatic - Wynter
October 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Heere ys the booke of the humoral and elemental values of the Teenaged Mutante Turtles Who Are Ninjas:
Michelangelo - Ayre - Sanguine - Springtyme
Raphael - Fyre - Choleric - Somer
Donatello - Earthe - Melancholic - Autumn
Leonardo - Watir - Phlegmatic - Wynter
Michelangelo - Ayre - Sanguine - Springtyme
Raphael - Fyre - Choleric - Somer
Donatello - Earthe - Melancholic - Autumn
Leonardo - Watir - Phlegmatic - Wynter
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2025 Lambda Literary Awards and Special Awards Winners
2025 Lambda Literary Awards and Special Awards Winners
The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the winners for the 37th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender b…
locusmag.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
2025 Lambda Literary Awards and Special Awards Winners
i have no more excuses for not having a copy of nana like a good little jfashion enthusiast.
Viz Media announced a "Ai Yazawa x Vivienne Westwood" Collaboration Cover for the upcoming NANA 25th Anniversary Edition Vol. 1
• $25.00 MSRP
• Scheduled to release in the Oct 21st, 2025 in the US and Nov 20th in the UK.
• You can get an early copy if you go to New York Comic Con
#Manga
• $25.00 MSRP
• Scheduled to release in the Oct 21st, 2025 in the US and Nov 20th in the UK.
• You can get an early copy if you go to New York Comic Con
#Manga
October 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
i have no more excuses for not having a copy of nana like a good little jfashion enthusiast.
Did you miss @spacemagiccon.bsky.social ? The 2025 panels are all up on youtube for viewing pleasure including the one I was on, Defining Genres: Do We Need To! youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiLg-RonFvaDdTJwMN6avZaNjKn6Jr_S&si=aNGPhtQTjElChGy6
I also really enjoyed the Queer Desire panel <3
I also really enjoyed the Queer Desire panel <3
RSM 2025 - YouTube
Rainbow Space Magic 6.0 took place October 4-5 2025
youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Did you miss @spacemagiccon.bsky.social ? The 2025 panels are all up on youtube for viewing pleasure including the one I was on, Defining Genres: Do We Need To! youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwiLg-RonFvaDdTJwMN6avZaNjKn6Jr_S&si=aNGPhtQTjElChGy6
I also really enjoyed the Queer Desire panel <3
I also really enjoyed the Queer Desire panel <3
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REVIEWERS: I have e-ARC copies of SONG OF SPORES, my weird trans, intersex space opera book coming Nov 4 from Broken Eye Books!
You can request a copy here:
forms.gle/XZamWpmBUGwH...
I will be offline soon for Sukkot, so tell your friends in the meanwhile & I'll respond on Wed night (G-d willing)
You can request a copy here:
forms.gle/XZamWpmBUGwH...
I will be offline soon for Sukkot, so tell your friends in the meanwhile & I'll respond on Wed night (G-d willing)
Get an e-ARC of SONG OF SPORES!
This is for reviewers to request a copy (epub, pdf) of the weird trans, intersex space opera book Song of Spores by Bogi Takács, Broken Eye Books (upcoming Nov 4 2025). Please do not self-reject :) I ...
forms.gle
October 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
REVIEWERS: I have e-ARC copies of SONG OF SPORES, my weird trans, intersex space opera book coming Nov 4 from Broken Eye Books!
You can request a copy here:
forms.gle/XZamWpmBUGwH...
I will be offline soon for Sukkot, so tell your friends in the meanwhile & I'll respond on Wed night (G-d willing)
You can request a copy here:
forms.gle/XZamWpmBUGwH...
I will be offline soon for Sukkot, so tell your friends in the meanwhile & I'll respond on Wed night (G-d willing)
working at the deli requires a REALLY BIG BUBBLE WAND just saying, maybe even a BUBBLE MACHINE.
October 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
working at the deli requires a REALLY BIG BUBBLE WAND just saying, maybe even a BUBBLE MACHINE.
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And now for today's good news ... a wonderful librarian now has a full time job getting people excited about books. All kinds of books. Even the diverse ones that the government doesn't want you to read.
OMG! Mychal did it. Anyone who first caught this wonderful human gaining an audience on TikTok knew there was something special happening. What an incredible journey and story. Promoting reading and libraries is so damn important right now, and I can't think of a better ambassador.
Reading Rainbow Returns With New Host and Celebrity Guest Stars
Reading Rainbow is back after almost 20 years! The beloved children's TV program — which ran for 26 years before wrapping in 2006 — is celebrated for fostering childhood reading and literacy.
people.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
And now for today's good news ... a wonderful librarian now has a full time job getting people excited about books. All kinds of books. Even the diverse ones that the government doesn't want you to read.
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UM WHAT our campaign is officially a Kickstarter "Project We Love"! Now more than ever supporting queer speculative art, poetry, and stories is so important—it means a lot that our want to create space for queer artists, poets, and writers resonates so strongly!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!
A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.
www.kickstarter.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
UM WHAT our campaign is officially a Kickstarter "Project We Love"! Now more than ever supporting queer speculative art, poetry, and stories is so important—it means a lot that our want to create space for queer artists, poets, and writers resonates so strongly!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
*slaps roof of car* this bad boy can fit so much fucking gay words in it.
Have you backed @othersidespec.bsky.social on kickstarter yet? They have 1.5 years of queer spec fic funded with each issue at a 15k words. Let's fill that bad boy UP.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
Have you backed @othersidespec.bsky.social on kickstarter yet? They have 1.5 years of queer spec fic funded with each issue at a 15k words. Let's fill that bad boy UP.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
*slaps roof of car* this bad boy can fit so much fucking gay words in it.
Have you backed @othersidespec.bsky.social on kickstarter yet? They have 1.5 years of queer spec fic funded with each issue at a 15k words. Let's fill that bad boy UP.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
Have you backed @othersidespec.bsky.social on kickstarter yet? They have 1.5 years of queer spec fic funded with each issue at a 15k words. Let's fill that bad boy UP.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
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Translunar Traveler's Lounge is open for speculative fiction, 5000 words and under. Please check the guidelines before submitting, but other than that, don't self-reject. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
Submissions
Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]
translunartravelerslounge.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Translunar Traveler's Lounge is open for speculative fiction, 5000 words and under. Please check the guidelines before submitting, but other than that, don't self-reject. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
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OP: Maxicimam
Blouse, headdress, bloomers: BTSSB
Actually my comfiest MAM piece thus far but MAM has a lot of comfy pieces i love them ahhhhhh
#jfashion #eglcomm #ロリィタ #ロリータファッション #ロリータ #lolitafashion
Blouse, headdress, bloomers: BTSSB
Actually my comfiest MAM piece thus far but MAM has a lot of comfy pieces i love them ahhhhhh
#jfashion #eglcomm #ロリィタ #ロリータファッション #ロリータ #lolitafashion
September 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
OP: Maxicimam
Blouse, headdress, bloomers: BTSSB
Actually my comfiest MAM piece thus far but MAM has a lot of comfy pieces i love them ahhhhhh
#jfashion #eglcomm #ロリィタ #ロリータファッション #ロリータ #lolitafashion
Blouse, headdress, bloomers: BTSSB
Actually my comfiest MAM piece thus far but MAM has a lot of comfy pieces i love them ahhhhhh
#jfashion #eglcomm #ロリィタ #ロリータファッション #ロリータ #lolitafashion
get in the otherside kickstarter launch shinji
Tomorrow is Kickstarter launch daaaay! Tomorrow!! TOMORROW!!! We appreciate everyone who has signed up for the pre-launch campaign—there are 248 of you! Could we get to 250 in the next 24 hours? 👀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
September 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
get in the otherside kickstarter launch shinji
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researching a maritime disaster in 2025:
Option A: 350 word article by someone from politics beat
Option B: 60 min netflix docu with 45 min of unsubstantiated vibes
Option C: some rando YTer called Brick Immortar who has a 4 hr breakdown with all court docs & interviews with every survivor
Option A: 350 word article by someone from politics beat
Option B: 60 min netflix docu with 45 min of unsubstantiated vibes
Option C: some rando YTer called Brick Immortar who has a 4 hr breakdown with all court docs & interviews with every survivor
September 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
researching a maritime disaster in 2025:
Option A: 350 word article by someone from politics beat
Option B: 60 min netflix docu with 45 min of unsubstantiated vibes
Option C: some rando YTer called Brick Immortar who has a 4 hr breakdown with all court docs & interviews with every survivor
Option A: 350 word article by someone from politics beat
Option B: 60 min netflix docu with 45 min of unsubstantiated vibes
Option C: some rando YTer called Brick Immortar who has a 4 hr breakdown with all court docs & interviews with every survivor
I am currently reading the Extinction of Irena Rey and it's so unhinged. The first chapter is like I am a beautiful horrible translator do not sue me. Second chapter is fungi evil. It just goes to 100 and does not stop
September 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I am currently reading the Extinction of Irena Rey and it's so unhinged. The first chapter is like I am a beautiful horrible translator do not sue me. Second chapter is fungi evil. It just goes to 100 and does not stop
I'll be yapping about genre as a tool and the post cyberpunk genres in October at Rainbow Space Magic! Hope to see you there
Defining Genres: Do We Need to? with @klnoone.bsky.social @erintomologist.bsky.social Heather Flournoy @elleeire.bsky.social @lynnemeyer.bsky.social & @nycwritercomposer.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I'll be yapping about genre as a tool and the post cyberpunk genres in October at Rainbow Space Magic! Hope to see you there
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Our Kickstarter launches in TEN DAYS! September 29 is in fact SOMEHOW ten days away!!! We’re nervous and excited and SO ready. We're only screaming intermittently.
Sign up to be notified when it launches. We have a lot of fun rewards and goals planned… you won’t want to miss this 👀
Sign up to be notified when it launches. We have a lot of fun rewards and goals planned… you won’t want to miss this 👀
www.kickstarter.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Our Kickstarter launches in TEN DAYS! September 29 is in fact SOMEHOW ten days away!!! We’re nervous and excited and SO ready. We're only screaming intermittently.
Sign up to be notified when it launches. We have a lot of fun rewards and goals planned… you won’t want to miss this 👀
Sign up to be notified when it launches. We have a lot of fun rewards and goals planned… you won’t want to miss this 👀
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FF is at FoF! I'll be hosting a limited-seating chill-n-chat on Saturday the 27th at 9 AM Eastern. Join me to chat about anything short fiction related!
Enter the lottery to get a seat! flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/
And if you haven't heard of FoF, it's only the greatest virtual con going!
Enter the lottery to get a seat! flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/
And if you haven't heard of FoF, it's only the greatest virtual con going!
It's finally September! Do you know what that means???
Flights of Foundry is THIS MONTH.
Register: flights-of-foundry.o...
Let's gooooo! 🪽🪽🪽
Flights of Foundry is THIS MONTH.
Register: flights-of-foundry.o...
Let's gooooo! 🪽🪽🪽
September 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
FF is at FoF! I'll be hosting a limited-seating chill-n-chat on Saturday the 27th at 9 AM Eastern. Join me to chat about anything short fiction related!
Enter the lottery to get a seat! flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/
And if you haven't heard of FoF, it's only the greatest virtual con going!
Enter the lottery to get a seat! flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/
And if you haven't heard of FoF, it's only the greatest virtual con going!
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Come hang out with us! Ask us your burning magazine questions, learn more about our vision for the first issue of OTHERSIDE, or just yell excitedly with us about all our favorite queer SFF. See you there!
The OTHERSIDE co-founders have a Chill-n-Chat during Flights of Foundry! We're number 45 on the list linked below at hour 24—which is Saturday, September 27 @ 12pm Eastern Time 👀
We can't wait to hang out! Sign up here (note that it's a lottery system): flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/
We can't wait to hang out! Sign up here (note that it's a lottery system): flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/
FoF Update:
Everyone registered will be emailed a link to request lottery sessions starting today. The lottery is open until Sept 15. Results will be emailed Sept 17, even if you didn’t win any seats.
After the lottery closes, everyone can directly sign up for remaining seats.
Everyone registered will be emailed a link to request lottery sessions starting today. The lottery is open until Sept 15. Results will be emailed Sept 17, even if you didn’t win any seats.
After the lottery closes, everyone can directly sign up for remaining seats.
September 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Come hang out with us! Ask us your burning magazine questions, learn more about our vision for the first issue of OTHERSIDE, or just yell excitedly with us about all our favorite queer SFF. See you there!
As I toil away in the meat mines on this labor day, what are some of your favorite labor related sf? Mine are Metal From Heaven, Ancillary Mercy, & Going Postal.
September 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
As I toil away in the meat mines on this labor day, what are some of your favorite labor related sf? Mine are Metal From Heaven, Ancillary Mercy, & Going Postal.