Faye Gabriel
@faye-gabriel.bsky.social
Baltimore-based queer SFF writer of both original work and fanfic, sewist, bard/barbarian multiclass & parent
Repped by Dylan Haston / @glassglassmadeof.bsky.social at DMLA.
@ AO3 13th_blackbird | fayegabriel.com
she/he | mx.
Repped by Dylan Haston / @glassglassmadeof.bsky.social at DMLA.
@ AO3 13th_blackbird | fayegabriel.com
she/he | mx.
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...and if you attended our underground-concert-style secret hotel party and listened to me & Brendan do a LIVE PIANO VERSION of the reading, you know we also take requests. 😂 @lynnesargent.bsky.social @manahil.bsky.social @anoteinpink.bsky.social @faye-gabriel.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
...and if you attended our underground-concert-style secret hotel party and listened to me & Brendan do a LIVE PIANO VERSION of the reading, you know we also take requests. 😂 @lynnesargent.bsky.social @manahil.bsky.social @anoteinpink.bsky.social @faye-gabriel.bsky.social
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Breaking the social media avoidance to signal boost Sienna Tristen's Kickstarter for an *orchestrated audiobook* of the first Heretic's Guide to Homecoming novel!
I've heard a sample (you can too, below) and trust me, if you like audiobooks, you need this.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
I've heard a sample (you can too, below) and trust me, if you like audiobooks, you need this.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming: An Orchestrated Audiobook
Help fund the long-awaited audiobook of this cult-classic fantasy novel, complete with musical accompaniment.
www.kickstarter.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Breaking the social media avoidance to signal boost Sienna Tristen's Kickstarter for an *orchestrated audiobook* of the first Heretic's Guide to Homecoming novel!
I've heard a sample (you can too, below) and trust me, if you like audiobooks, you need this.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
I've heard a sample (you can too, below) and trust me, if you like audiobooks, you need this.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
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i was delighted to illustrate @neonhemlock.bsky.social's Fall 2025 issue of Baffling Magazine !
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
i was delighted to illustrate @neonhemlock.bsky.social's Fall 2025 issue of Baffling Magazine !
Can't wait for this!
Our noses are burid in the advanced copy of Love Galaxy! This romantic sci-fi thriller is smart, sexy, and compulsively readable and fun, and it’s looking so pretty on our shelves 🌌💗
Preorder now, available May 5, 2026
buff.ly/INAKAtK
Preorder now, available May 5, 2026
buff.ly/INAKAtK
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Can't wait for this!
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SFWA’s Writing Dates Program runs every Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 PM PST, offering dedicated sessions to help authors meet their word counts and other creative goals.
Volunteer to lead a writing date! You don’t need to be a SFWA member to apply as a guest host. Learn more at sfwa.org/volunteer
Volunteer to lead a writing date! You don’t need to be a SFWA member to apply as a guest host. Learn more at sfwa.org/volunteer
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
SFWA’s Writing Dates Program runs every Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 PM PST, offering dedicated sessions to help authors meet their word counts and other creative goals.
Volunteer to lead a writing date! You don’t need to be a SFWA member to apply as a guest host. Learn more at sfwa.org/volunteer
Volunteer to lead a writing date! You don’t need to be a SFWA member to apply as a guest host. Learn more at sfwa.org/volunteer
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I've unlocked a big essay I wrote this summer about developing your table's shared storytelling skills for games like but not limited to: Daggerheart, Blades in the Dark, Apocalypse Keys, The Between, etc.
www.patreon.com/posts/142374...
www.patreon.com/posts/142374...
UNLOCK - Developing Your Table's Shared Storytelling Skills | Michael R. Underwood
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November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I've unlocked a big essay I wrote this summer about developing your table's shared storytelling skills for games like but not limited to: Daggerheart, Blades in the Dark, Apocalypse Keys, The Between, etc.
www.patreon.com/posts/142374...
www.patreon.com/posts/142374...
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CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
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Can*Con is done, but another event looms! In Toronto!
Join me and @thescreambean.bsky.social as we talk messy found families at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social on November 15. This'll be my first bookstore event for CASTOFF, and my first ever event at Bakka!
Join me and @thescreambean.bsky.social as we talk messy found families at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social on November 15. This'll be my first bookstore event for CASTOFF, and my first ever event at Bakka!
October 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Can*Con is done, but another event looms! In Toronto!
Join me and @thescreambean.bsky.social as we talk messy found families at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social on November 15. This'll be my first bookstore event for CASTOFF, and my first ever event at Bakka!
Join me and @thescreambean.bsky.social as we talk messy found families at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social on November 15. This'll be my first bookstore event for CASTOFF, and my first ever event at Bakka!
I couldn't imagine a sharper duo to grab a critique from -- don't miss this!
With THREE DAYS LEFT in the Kickstarter, time is running out to grab a 2026 subscription + a query letter critique from the incredible MK Hardy (@mkhardywrites.com), author of sapphic gothic novel horror The Needfire!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
October 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I couldn't imagine a sharper duo to grab a critique from -- don't miss this!
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💀 Eight more days to send us your speculative novellas! 💀
Some recent fav reads to give you an idea of genres we'd enjoy:
COPPER SCRIPT by KJ Charles
LAST EXIT by Max Gladstone
HOUSE OF HUNGER by Alexis Henderson
THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed
THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO by Zen Cho
Some recent fav reads to give you an idea of genres we'd enjoy:
COPPER SCRIPT by KJ Charles
LAST EXIT by Max Gladstone
HOUSE OF HUNGER by Alexis Henderson
THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed
THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO by Zen Cho
whoa october is around the corner!
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
October 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
💀 Eight more days to send us your speculative novellas! 💀
Some recent fav reads to give you an idea of genres we'd enjoy:
COPPER SCRIPT by KJ Charles
LAST EXIT by Max Gladstone
HOUSE OF HUNGER by Alexis Henderson
THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed
THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO by Zen Cho
Some recent fav reads to give you an idea of genres we'd enjoy:
COPPER SCRIPT by KJ Charles
LAST EXIT by Max Gladstone
HOUSE OF HUNGER by Alexis Henderson
THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed
THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO by Zen Cho
I had such a lovely time in Ottawa this weekend! The SFF community up here is truly something special.
I don’t quite know how to capture my feelings about #CanCon2025. Gratitude, joy, relief, hope, fatigue, glitter(!), love, the magnitude of something freed from the past and sparkling brighter toward the future.
Thank you all for coming. For caring. For being kind. 💖💖💖
Now to sleep. 😴
Thank you all for coming. For caring. For being kind. 💖💖💖
Now to sleep. 😴
October 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I had such a lovely time in Ottawa this weekend! The SFF community up here is truly something special.
I could have talked with these folks for another two hours! I hope you all write those essays you mentioned...
the Alanna the Lioness and the Queer Foundations of fantasy Fiction panel with @faye-gabriel.bsky.social @lynnesargent.bsky.social and @kercoby.bsky.social was top tier and I just want to keep yapping
Kerry said Alanna’s gender is knight and I’m gonna be thinking about that for a couple months
Kerry said Alanna’s gender is knight and I’m gonna be thinking about that for a couple months
October 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I could have talked with these folks for another two hours! I hope you all write those essays you mentioned...
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say hi to me this weekend at can*con please
October 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
say hi to me this weekend at can*con please
Today! The continued adventures of my favorite badass Deyeri. Love this cast of characters who continue to grow and change well into the second halves of their lives.
Release day for Castoff!!
Three years in the making, we return to a fractured world for the conclusion of the Aspects of Aelda duology.
Available wherever you get your books!
www.atthisarts.com/p...
#Booksky #newrelease @atthisarts.com
Three years in the making, we return to a fractured world for the conclusion of the Aspects of Aelda duology.
Available wherever you get your books!
www.atthisarts.com/p...
#Booksky #newrelease @atthisarts.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today! The continued adventures of my favorite badass Deyeri. Love this cast of characters who continue to grow and change well into the second halves of their lives.
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📚 Opening in two days 📚
(If you submitted to us over the summer, we are still reading/considering those manuscripts and hope to get back to you within the next 30 days or so)
(If you submitted to us over the summer, we are still reading/considering those manuscripts and hope to get back to you within the next 30 days or so)
whoa october is around the corner!
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
October 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
📚 Opening in two days 📚
(If you submitted to us over the summer, we are still reading/considering those manuscripts and hope to get back to you within the next 30 days or so)
(If you submitted to us over the summer, we are still reading/considering those manuscripts and hope to get back to you within the next 30 days or so)
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Tonight! Join me live on @epicrealms.bsky.social where I'll be talking Castoff, games writing and more. Plus there'll be a Q&A!
7 pm EST / 6 pm Central 🦑
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@epi...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Epic_R...
#Booksky #canadian #SFF
7 pm EST / 6 pm Central 🦑
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@epi...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Epic_R...
#Booksky #canadian #SFF
October 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Tonight! Join me live on @epicrealms.bsky.social where I'll be talking Castoff, games writing and more. Plus there'll be a Q&A!
7 pm EST / 6 pm Central 🦑
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@epi...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Epic_R...
#Booksky #canadian #SFF
7 pm EST / 6 pm Central 🦑
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@epi...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Epic_R...
#Booksky #canadian #SFF
Full request; form rejection.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Full request; form rejection.
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I'm thrilled to share the news that I am Lead Designer for the new Dungeons of Drakkenheim Campaign Guide for Daggerheart!
An official collaboration b/w @dungeondudes.bsky.social, @ghostfiregaming.bsky.social, and Darrington Press.
More in my own words here: www.patreon.com/posts/140655...
An official collaboration b/w @dungeondudes.bsky.social, @ghostfiregaming.bsky.social, and Darrington Press.
More in my own words here: www.patreon.com/posts/140655...
Dungeons of Drakkenheim x Daggerheart | Michael R. Underwood
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October 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'm thrilled to share the news that I am Lead Designer for the new Dungeons of Drakkenheim Campaign Guide for Daggerheart!
An official collaboration b/w @dungeondudes.bsky.social, @ghostfiregaming.bsky.social, and Darrington Press.
More in my own words here: www.patreon.com/posts/140655...
An official collaboration b/w @dungeondudes.bsky.social, @ghostfiregaming.bsky.social, and Darrington Press.
More in my own words here: www.patreon.com/posts/140655...
Looking forward to my first in-person @canconsffh.bsky.social NEXT WEEK (how did that happen?). I'll be on two panels on subjects I love: collaborative writing & Alanna the Lioness (and other formative queer fantasy works), as well as celebrating the release of CASTOFF by @brandoncrilly.bsky.social!
October 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Looking forward to my first in-person @canconsffh.bsky.social NEXT WEEK (how did that happen?). I'll be on two panels on subjects I love: collaborative writing & Alanna the Lioness (and other formative queer fantasy works), as well as celebrating the release of CASTOFF by @brandoncrilly.bsky.social!
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And these? These are all BOOKS.
CATALYST and CASTOFF, together for the first time, courtesy of @atthisarts.com.
Most are bound for my launch at @canconsffh.bsky.social (Oct 18!) and the rest will lie in wait for a special November event at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social w/ @thescreambean.bsky.social!
CATALYST and CASTOFF, together for the first time, courtesy of @atthisarts.com.
Most are bound for my launch at @canconsffh.bsky.social (Oct 18!) and the rest will lie in wait for a special November event at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social w/ @thescreambean.bsky.social!
October 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
And these? These are all BOOKS.
CATALYST and CASTOFF, together for the first time, courtesy of @atthisarts.com.
Most are bound for my launch at @canconsffh.bsky.social (Oct 18!) and the rest will lie in wait for a special November event at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social w/ @thescreambean.bsky.social!
CATALYST and CASTOFF, together for the first time, courtesy of @atthisarts.com.
Most are bound for my launch at @canconsffh.bsky.social (Oct 18!) and the rest will lie in wait for a special November event at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social w/ @thescreambean.bsky.social!
Delicious, finally some good fucking food!!!!
"We read for the flame. Not the heat of arousal (necessarily), but the way a story changes when two forces meet. Both things cannot maintain the same trajectory."
"We read for the flame. Not the heat of arousal (necessarily), but the way a story changes when two forces meet. Both things cannot maintain the same trajectory."
"And to tidy away always the messiness of life, to make it always palatable, that’s the most damning lie of all."
Author @clclark.bsky.social reflects on sex within Nicola Griffith's Ammonite, placing desire at the core of character and experience:
reactormag.com/everyones-in...
Author @clclark.bsky.social reflects on sex within Nicola Griffith's Ammonite, placing desire at the core of character and experience:
reactormag.com/everyones-in...
Everyone’s in Love, but Nobody’s Horny - Reactor
C.L. Clark discusses writing sex, desire, and queerness in Nicola Griffith's Ammonite
reactormag.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Delicious, finally some good fucking food!!!!
"We read for the flame. Not the heat of arousal (necessarily), but the way a story changes when two forces meet. Both things cannot maintain the same trajectory."
"We read for the flame. Not the heat of arousal (necessarily), but the way a story changes when two forces meet. Both things cannot maintain the same trajectory."
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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...
Be careful out there!
My new Genre Grapevine dives into the book club scams targeting authors. These scams now include creating fake Discord communities filled with AI slop and chatbots. Artificial intelligence circles every level of this scam like water down the toilet.
www.patreon.com/posts/139940...
www.patreon.com/posts/139940...
Genre Grapevine: Book Club Scams Are a Warning of Emerging AI Super-Scams | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
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September 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Be careful out there!
My first panel at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social is coming up at 3pm EST - When Writing Isn't Your Day Job. Tips, tricks, and how to keep all your separate (or are they?) selves happy while you create.
September 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My first panel at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social is coming up at 3pm EST - When Writing Isn't Your Day Job. Tips, tricks, and how to keep all your separate (or are they?) selves happy while you create.
If you've always wanted to dip a toe into TTRPGs but haven't had a chance, I couldn't think of a better first DM to have than @brandoncrilly.bsky.social (even if a carnivorous plant eats your character).
I'm also running a closed one-shot of one of my Tiny Frontiers adventures, Orchids with Appetite, on Sunday with a group of lucky* players!
*Debatable. Their characters might get eaten by carnivorous plants.
*Debatable. Their characters might get eaten by carnivorous plants.
September 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you've always wanted to dip a toe into TTRPGs but haven't had a chance, I couldn't think of a better first DM to have than @brandoncrilly.bsky.social (even if a carnivorous plant eats your character).